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== CRISES ==
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Name: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Kind: Wellhead Blowout
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Date and Time: April 20, 2010 - July, 15 2010
Human Impact: 11 killed in explosion
Economic Impact: Over $30 billion
Resources Needed: help cleaning spill and wildlife
Ways to Help: Volunteering along the gulf to help clean
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/BPOilCrisisInTheGulf?ref=ts
Embedded Images: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bp-oil-spill-bird-covered-in-oil.jpg, http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Eleven+People+Missing+After+Explosion+Offshore+4u55Qj3S000l.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY-PikuXTYY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEYtsUkFRY
External Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#Consequences, http://www.restorethegulf.gov/
People: Kenneth Feinberg
Organization: BP
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Name: Poliomyelitis (Polio)
Kind/Description: Poliomyelitis is a potentially fatal viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis
Location: Africa and Asia
Date and Time: An ongoing epidemic. Between the 1840s and 1950s, polio was more widespread. However, polio outbreaks still occur in several countries in Africa and Asia.
Human Impact: An estimated 50 million people are infected with polio and 14 million will die by 2015 without care. Since 1988, 2.5 billion children around the globe have been vaccinated against polio, and the number of polio cases per year has decreased by 99%.
Economic Impact: Provision of the vaccine costs $200 - 250 million annually.
Resources Needed: Global vaccination campaign
Ways to Help: http://www.polioeradication.org/Financing/Donate.aspx
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/pages/End-Polio-Now/78976274836
Embedded Images: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150647107914837&set=a.10150634608744837.411824.78976274836&type=3&theater
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmwcShVeM0
External Links: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/polio/pages/default.aspx
People: Jonas Salk
Organization: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
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Name: Childhood Obesity
Kind/Description: Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years has both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being.
Location: U.S.A.
Date and Time:
Human Impact:
Economic Impact:
Resources Needed:
Ways to Help: States and communities can assess their retail food environment to better understand the current landscape and differences in accessibility to healthier foods and provide incentives to existing supermarkets and farmers' markets to establish their businesses in low-income areas or to sell healthier foods.
Social Network: https://twitter.com/CDCObesity
Embedded Images: http://moviecitynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fat-Kid-Rules-the-World_04.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLMoFST_Lmc
External Links: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm
People: Michelle Obama
Organization: CDC
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Name: Greek Debt Crisis
Kind/Description: Greece was living beyond its means before adopting the Euro and after adopting the Euro public spending significantly rose. After years of overspending, Greece’s budget deficit spiraled out of control, which left Greece unprepared to handle the global economic downturn. Greece’s debt reached levels so high that it was unable to pay, so required massive loans from European partners and the IMF
Location: Greece
Date and Time: Began late 2009 and is still a current issue
Human Impact: Riots took place between 2010 and 2012 caused by the Greek Debt Crisis, resulting in 5 deaths and over 300 injuries.
Economic Impact: The European Union and IMF had to give Greece 2 different bailouts; one in 2010 for the sum of €110 and one earlier this year for the sum of €130
Resources Needed: Bailouts from EU and IMF
Ways to Help: http://ahepa.org/dotnetnuke/Issues/ReliefforGreece.aspx
Social Network: https://www.facebook.com/GreeceDebtFree
Embedded Images: http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/athens021312/s_a06_10125965.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshdJZruH_0
External Links: http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/02/10/greek.debt.qanda/index.html
People: George Papandreou
Organization: The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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== ORGS ==
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Name: BP
Kind: Oil and gas company
Location: London, United Kingdom
History: British multinational oil and gas company which is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by 2011 revenues. It is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production,refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuelsand wind power. Its largest division is BP America, which is the second-largest producer of oil and gas in the United States and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. As of December 2011, BP had total proven commercial reserves of 17.75 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The name "BP" derives from the initials of one of the company's former legal names, British Petroleum.
Embedded Images: http://www.wbrz.com/images/news/bpbiglogo.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtWoPZluI2E
External Links: http://www.bp.com
Crisis: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
People: Kenneth Feinberg
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Name: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Kind: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Location: Geneva, Switzerland.
History: Since 1988, more than 2.5 billion children have been immunized against polio thanks to the unprecedented cooperation of more than 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, backed by an international investment of over US$ 8 billion. By 2006, only four countries remained that had never stopped polio transmission, and annual case numbers had decreased by over 99%. In 2008, the World Health Assembly called for a new strategy to eradicate polio from the remaining affected countries and finally rid the world of polio. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative launched an intensified eradication effort involving the wide-scale use of new tools and tactics in each country, with renewed commitment by their leaders and donors.
Embedded Images: http://deskofbrian.com/wp-content/uploads/EndPolioNow.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLzUr-fnyFA
External Links: http://www.polioeradication.org/
Crisis: Polio
People: Jonas Salk
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Name: The International Monetary Fund
Kind: International economic organization
Location: Washington, D.C.
History: The IMF was created on July 22, 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference with the intention of rebuilding the global economic system after WWII. The IMF was formally organized on December 27, 1945 when 29 countries signed the Articles of Agreement. The IMF functions like a bank and makes sure that borrowing states can pay their debts on time. The IMF also offers member nations information on economic policies of all member nations, financial support in times of economic difficulties, and increased opportunities for trade and investment. The IMF is one of the key organizations of the international economic system. Currently, the IMF has 188 member nations and its largest borrowers are Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, and Ukraine.
Embedded Images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/International_Monetary_Fund_logo.svg/200px-International_Monetary_Fund_logo.svg.png
http://www.bulbul.com/imf/IMF.gif
Embedded Videos: http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=1697394593001
External Links: http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
Crisis: Greek Debt Crisis
People: George Papandreou
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Name: The American Academy of Pediatrics
Kind: The AAP is the major professional association of pediatricians in the U.S.
Location: Elk Grove Villiage, Illinois
History: Founded in 1930 by 35 pediatricians. The AAP has produced more than 480 publications in 140 countries. The AAP and its members work at the local level in hospitals, offices and clinics and in state and federal government to protect the well being of children.
Embedded Images: http://instinctmagazine.com/images/stories/blogs/jhigbee/april2012/aaop.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EuXIrWUkI0
External Links: www.aap.org/
Crisis: Childhood Obesity
People: Michelle Obama
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== PEOPLE ==
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Name: Kenneth Feinberg
Kind: An American attorney, appointed by the government as administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund.
Location: United States
Embedded Images: http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/TARP+Administrator+Kenneth+Feinberg+Testifies+uJMwFaAQy92l.jpg, http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/photo/ken-feinberg-ac7bac2aac47727f.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUe9mCKj4A8
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenneth-Feinberg/143047909045042
External Links: http://www.feinbergrozen.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg
Crisis: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Organization: BP
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Name: George Papandreou
Kind: Prime Minister of Greece during the Greek Financial Crisis, holding office during the period of October 6th, 2009 to November 11th, 2011.
Location: Greece
Embedded Images: http://www.premierlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/greek-prime-minister-george-papandreou-data.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/George_Papandreou.jpg
Embedded Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsq2l_tBrH8
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/george.a.papandreou
External Links:
Crisis: Greek Financial Problems
Organization:
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Name: Michelle Obama
Kind: She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States and wife to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama
Location: Hyde Park, Chicago (Private), 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC (Official)
Embedded Images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Michelle_Obama_official_portrait_headshot.jpg/225px-Michelle_Obama_official_portrait_headshot.jpg
Embedded Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWPrpwhMSI
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/michelleobama
External Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama
Crisis: Childhood Obesity
Organization: CDC
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Name: Jonas Salk
Kind: Jonas Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist know for his discovery of the first safe polio vaccine.
Location: New York, New York
Embedded Images: http://themurkyfringe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jonas-salk.jpg
Embedded Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQzs6qqYQg
Social Network: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jonas-Salk/193400977367840
External Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk
Crisis: Polio
Organization: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation