But for a while I could still breathe in some small gulps of air.

I do not want, even for a second, for us to wash our hands of our responsibility, as Syrians, from the growth of this cancerous creature across our lands.

Ever since then, and especially during the Winter War and Continuation War, it has been the scene of many key moments in the nation's political life.

Switching off our lights and promising to cut carbon emissions may make us feel momentarily virtuous, but that s all it does.

While everyone is up in arms about getting relief to Haiti as well they should they should be taking a few moments to look around their own country.

A day after American forces entered Baghdad, a company of Marines began rounding up bank robbers and were cheered on by the crowds a hopeful moment that was short lived.

Savor it for a moment. Now consider this None of our modern human ancestors ever breathed anything like it and, the way things are going, nor will our descendants.

Did you feel the urge to flee this god forsaken country in a boat and risk death and humiliation?

When you meet someone here at TED and this is the top networking place, of course, of the year you don't shake somebody's hand and then say, Can you hold on for a moment while I take out my phone and Google you?

First, it held a symbolic moment of silence at its Reception on 16 August to mark the first anniversary of the violent deaths of the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello and his colleagues.

The unconscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendence, when the skull line disappears and we are lost in a challenge or a task when a craftsman feels lost in his craft, when a naturalist feels at one with nature, when a believer feels at one with God's love.

Those who do not stop to question the excessive brutality of Turkish forces in the Kurdish populated east should not be shocked when a similar violence is visited upon the places they are used to calling home.

Economic competition may also play a role if billions are to be made by innovators, more of the most talented get into innovation, so that, even in a winner take all world, the winner captures the market for a fleeting moment before someone else takes it away from him.