Oil stranded on the shoreline adjacent to a fishing farm. The effects of oil spills can have wide ranging impacts that are often portrayed by the media as long lasting environmental disasters. Such perceptions are understandable as they are often fuelled by distressing images of oiled birds and other wildlife. It is true that an oil spill can have severe short term effects, especially when organisms are considered on an individual basis.
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose real name is NeftalÃ­ Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was born on 12 July, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. His father was a railway employee and his mother, who died shortly after his birth, a teacher. Some years later his father, who had then moved to the town of Temuco, remarried doÃ±a Trinidad Candia Malverde.
BACKGROUND. John Podesta was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1949. His grandparents immigrated to America from Italy and Greece, and his father left high school after one year to take a factory job and support his family.