"April 17, 2009"
http://www.spaceweather.com/
"Daily Sun: 17 Apr 09 The sun is blank--no sunspot. Sunspot number: 0"
"Far side of the Sun: This holographic image reveals no sunspots on the far
side of the sun."
"Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 0 quiet"

The face of the Sun is without blemish:
http://www.spaceweather.com/images20...flh2i9df l4d6

Please visit:
http://blog.nj.com/southjersey_impac...SolarCycle.jpg

The right panel shows the face of the Sun as it looked on a good day during
the late Modern Warm Period. Sunspots are the apparent size of craters on
the moon. The left panel shows a Sun as it appears today. Please write to Al
Gore so that Al knows that the Sun is not living up to his religious
expectations. Al Gore is a divinity school dropout. George Carlin had a
better grasp of the true nature of God's creation, than does Al Gore.

Please visit:
http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsl...es/sun-etc.jpg
which shows the relative sizes of the Sun and planets. Compared to the Sun,
Jupiter is the size of a pea, earth is the size of a grain of sand.

GNECC to combat illiteracy
Regina Ani-Awukubea , 15/04/2009

Alex Tetteh Enyo

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition is to embark on a global
action week to fight against the high rate of illiteracy in Ghana.

This action is an initiative of the Global Campaign for Education to network
with other organizations worldwide to advocate for quality education and
reduce the high rate of illiteracy especially in Ghana.

According to a UNESCO report, 42% of Ghana's population is illiterate. About
50% of women in Ghana were found to be illiterate as compared with 33% of
men.

However, there are regional disparities across the rural and urban divide;
illiteracy in Accra is estimated to be 21%, whereas in Ashanti it is 40%,
54% in Brong Ahafo and an estimated 76% + in the three Northern regions.

On the other hand, literacy rate at the basic level continues to reduce at a
higher spate especially in rural areas, affecting the ability of pupils to
perform well during the Basic Education Certificate Examination.

It is in light of these and other problems facing the education system in
Ghana that the Global Action Week 2009 was launched yesterday in Accra,
aimed at pressurising government to place literacy policies at the centre of
education systems and development efforts and create awareness on the need
for families to promote reading and writing in their homes.

The campaign week is being organised by the Global Campaign for Education
Coalition in collaboration with the World University Services of Canada,
National House of Chiefs, the Ministry of Education, GNAT, Action Aid, OXFAM
NOVIB, Ghana National Association of Private Schools, PLAN Ghana, UNESCO,
Institute of Adult Education, the Ghana Education Service, Non-Formal
Education Department and the Media.

Speaking at the press launch yesterday in Accra, the Country Director of
World University Service of Canada, Akwasi Addae-Boahene indicated that
global action week on education is an annual programme set aside by the
Global Campaign for Education where issues on education are discussed at all
levels, resources mobilised and practical actions taken to address the
challenges confronting the education sector.

The theme for this year's campaign is "Literacy for all, a challenge to
national development”, with three sub themes: “Improving literacy in basic
schools; sustained literacy for youth and adults; and improving continuing
education and distance learning”.

These themes, among other relevant topics will be discussed throughout the
week from 20th-25th April, 2009 especially on radio and TV. A national
durbar will be held at the Teachers’ Hall to round off the week and a
resolution presented to the Minister of Education.