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Muang Khua, Dien Bien Phu, Udomxai, Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang…..A Long Journey

By Jeff Lee on August 16, 2010 in Asia, Laos, Photos

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We left Vietnam from Hanoi and after waiting 5 hours at the bus station (because of the incorrect advice from our guesthouse) we started our 13 hour ride to the border town Dien Bien Phu....

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Three Hours in Oak Bluffs

By Kira Matus on August 15, 2010 in Cape Cod, Featured, Massachusetts, New England, North America, Photos, USA

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Last year was the first time since 1997 that I did not so much as step foot on Martha’s Vineyard.  So this summer, I decided that at the very least, I had to make sure...

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The New Continental Corp.?

By Rory Keane on August 14, 2010 in Asia, China, Peru, Photos

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Energy.  Crisis.  Two words so inextricably tied to the forum of discussion concerning modern man that we may forget that the former is supposed to deliver us from the latter.  However, more often than not...

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Part IV: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 14, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Each day we are posting three of your responses to the question: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? 1. Koos Michel, Oxfam Novib, Netherlands says: “We need massive public investment in transfer of...

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Part II: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 11, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Each day we are posting three of your responses to the question: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? 1.  Dov Pasternak, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Niger says: “There...

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Seeking Mobile Content In Action for Awards

By Richard Oppenheim on August 5, 2010 in All Countries, Dubai, Events, North America, Photos, USA

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I have been asked to nominate eight examples of mobile content at work for the WSA Mobile Content Awards. WSA-mobile content (http://www.wsa-mobile.org) selects and promotes the world’s best in mobile content and innovative applications. It...

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Giving Family Farmers a Bigger Voice and a Bigger Impact

By Bernard Pollack on August 3, 2010 in Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Niger, Photos, Senegal, West Africa

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Senegal, says Moussa Faye of Action Aid Senegal, is the “epicenter of the farmers movement in Africa.”  During the 1970s “rebel” farmers groups organized opposition to state owned cooperatives, starting their own...

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‘Mad Men’ for Startups

By Kathy Drasky on August 1, 2010 in Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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USA Today business reporter Rhonda Abrams watched last week's season 4 premiere of "Mad Men" with a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. And why not? Season 4 of this hit TV show about life at...

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