Monday, July 14, 2008
Documentary on Ces Drilon's kidnapping on Sunday, July 13
You've seen the news coverage, but do you know the story?
"Kidnap" is a documentary about what happened in the nine days that ABS-CBN Senior Correspondent Ces Drilon, Cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion, and Assistant Cameraman Angelo Valderama were held captive by armed men in Sulu.
The documentary, airing on Sunday, July 13th at 10pm, is a story told from their differing perspectives.
The three narratives are pieced together into one storyline and supported by the extraordinary footage shot by Encarnacion in captivity- at great risk to his life.
"Kidnap" lets Valderama narrate what went through his mind while his kidnappers demonstrated to him just how he would be beheaded, lets Encarnacion relate how "Ma'am Ces" offered her life in exchange for his, and lets Drilon describe just how it feels to realize that no story is worth a life.
This is a documentary about recklessness and violence, about spirits that will not be broken by the barrel of a gun, about brotherhood, about family, about choices, about fear, and about just what it means to have courage.
i had watch the kidnap documentary and saw the actual footage that the camera man. its really a unforgotten experience that who ever will encounter this kind of situation.
CONCLUSION - The Potential Effects of Global Warming
Scientists are convinced the accumulation in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is heating up the earth, but they cannot say exactly how much warming will occur. Global warming is likely to produce much more erratic weather because a warmer atmosphere means the evaporation of more water from the oceans, leading to greater precipitation. It also means the exchange of more energy, leading to greater atmospheric violence. Which means some areas might be hit by droughts, while others could suffer more frequent and violent storms. Thus, it would hurt developing economies.
A prudent evaluation of the risks of global warming must also consider the possibility that climate change will be much more severe and/or much more rapid than the most likely scenario projected by climate
models. The IPCC noted that there are a number of potential feedback mechanisms not currently included in climate models that could increase greenhouse gas concentrations in response to the initial warming, amplifying climate change (IPCC 1990: xviii). These mechanisms include the potential for reduced carbon uptake by the oceans, increased CO2 emissions from the dieback of forests and the decay of soils, and increased methane emissions from wetlands and hydrates. Because these feedbacks interact with each other and other climate processes in a non-linear way, there is a risk that the overall climate sensitivity could be as much as twice as great as the upper bound of the uncertainty range adopted by the IPCC.
(Lashof: 213 (1989).
The transitional period as result of global warming will be a challenge for the nations of the world. If these changes are swift (not allowing humans to adjust) then food production will decrease (causing food shortages) and coastal flooding will increase (causing thousands of deaths of coastal and island people), especially in the developing economies.
The Kyoto agreement is good start for global cooperation among countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, even if it succeeds 100% in meeting its goals, greenhouse gases will continue
to rise. In a clear statement on its front page in early November, the New York Times declared that "a growing number of scientists and policy makers" believe it will be impossible to avoid a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. "...[M]any experts believe that it is already too late to avoid serious climatic disruption, that the task ahead is one of keeping it from becoming truly catastrophic," the Times said. "The reason, [these experts] say, is that the world's economic and political systems cannot depart from business as usual rapidly enough." (Stevens: A1, A12.)
Is this what the American people want? On December 11 the New York Times reported taking a poll which revealed that 65% of Americans feel the United States should cut its greenhouse emissions "regardless of what other countries do" and only 17% feel that cutting emissions "will cost too much money and hurt the United States economy." (Bennet: A1, A10). Another poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, nearly three out every four of 1,200 Americans survey say they would pay a nickel a gallon more for gasoline to address global warming.
There is need for more conferences like Kyoto to bring together different ideas and solutions from countries around the world to find ways of reducing greenhouse gases from the business-as-usually scenario. It is imperative that next step we take include action from both developed and developing counties in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countries must leapfrog from high CO2 emission fuel source (e.g. coal) to a lower CO2 emission fuel source (e.g. natural gas) in order to reduce greenhouse gases. These developing and developed countries must try to use the newest technologies presently available. Developed countries could trade emission releases in exchanged for helping to setup these technologies in
developing countries.
A prudent evaluation of the risks of global warming must also consider the possibility that climate change will be much more severe and/or much more rapid than the most likely scenario projected by climate
models. The IPCC noted that there are a number of potential feedback mechanisms not currently included in climate models that could increase greenhouse gas concentrations in response to the initial warming, amplifying climate change (IPCC 1990: xviii). These mechanisms include the potential for reduced carbon uptake by the oceans, increased CO2 emissions from the dieback of forests and the decay of soils, and increased methane emissions from wetlands and hydrates. Because these feedbacks interact with each other and other climate processes in a non-linear way, there is a risk that the overall climate sensitivity could be as much as twice as great as the upper bound of the uncertainty range adopted by the IPCC.
(Lashof: 213 (1989).
The transitional period as result of global warming will be a challenge for the nations of the world. If these changes are swift (not allowing humans to adjust) then food production will decrease (causing food shortages) and coastal flooding will increase (causing thousands of deaths of coastal and island people), especially in the developing economies.
The Kyoto agreement is good start for global cooperation among countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, even if it succeeds 100% in meeting its goals, greenhouse gases will continue
to rise. In a clear statement on its front page in early November, the New York Times declared that "a growing number of scientists and policy makers" believe it will be impossible to avoid a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. "...[M]any experts believe that it is already too late to avoid serious climatic disruption, that the task ahead is one of keeping it from becoming truly catastrophic," the Times said. "The reason, [these experts] say, is that the world's economic and political systems cannot depart from business as usual rapidly enough." (Stevens: A1, A12.)
Is this what the American people want? On December 11 the New York Times reported taking a poll which revealed that 65% of Americans feel the United States should cut its greenhouse emissions "regardless of what other countries do" and only 17% feel that cutting emissions "will cost too much money and hurt the United States economy." (Bennet: A1, A10). Another poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, nearly three out every four of 1,200 Americans survey say they would pay a nickel a gallon more for gasoline to address global warming.
There is need for more conferences like Kyoto to bring together different ideas and solutions from countries around the world to find ways of reducing greenhouse gases from the business-as-usually scenario. It is imperative that next step we take include action from both developed and developing counties in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countries must leapfrog from high CO2 emission fuel source (e.g. coal) to a lower CO2 emission fuel source (e.g. natural gas) in order to reduce greenhouse gases. These developing and developed countries must try to use the newest technologies presently available. Developed countries could trade emission releases in exchanged for helping to setup these technologies in
developing countries.
EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES
Greenhouse gases make up only a tiny fraction of the atmosphere, but they can have a big impact, and their proportion is rising rapidly as economic development speeds up around the world. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in middle of the 18th century, levels of carbon dioxide have jumped 30 percent, nitrous oxide 15 percent, and methane 100 percent. At present develop countries emissions account for approximately 60 percent of global total. But, developing countries emissions are growing rapidly, and by 2020, will account for more than half of the world’s emissions. China, which is already the world’s second-largest emitter, will surpass the United States within 15 years. The following subsections describe some the emission sources and the amount of emissions of the greenhouse gases (Rauber 36).
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