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Check out this time lapse footage of our solar system.  If it wasn't for the light pollution most of us are surrounded by we might get a chance to see something similar in our own night sky.  

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Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day

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Today is human trafficking day. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some statistics of the current state of human trafficking within Nepal.  According to Nepal Monitor between 10,000 and 15,000 girls and women are trafficked to India annually. 7,500 children are trafficked domestically for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. The Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation estimated that, annually in Nepal, 20,000 to 25,000 girls become involuntary domestic workers.

That’s just Nepal

An estimated 2.5 million people are in forced labor (including sexual exploitation) at any given time as a result of trafficking Of these:  o 1.4 million – 56% - are in Asia and the Pacific  o 250,000 – 10% - are in Latin America and the Caribbean  o 230,000 – 9.2% - are in the Middle East and Northern Africa  o 130,000 – 5.2% - are in sub-Saharan countries  o 270,000 – 10.8% - are in industrialized countries  o 200,000 – 8% - are in countries in transition http://www.nepalmonitor.com/2009/06/human_trafficking_in.html http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/labour/Forced_labour/HUMAN_TRAFFICKING_-_THE_FACTS_-_final.pdf