With President Obama’s signature on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” this morning, 2010 ends on a high note for gay rights. With the defeat of the DREAM Act in the Senate last week,...
Miro interviews Joe, a public development & research economist, working on a project in Guatemala that studies chronic malnutrition among children.
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future”
~John Fitzgerald...
Kristianstad, a town in Sweden with a population of around 80,000, tends to be known for its production of Absolut Vodka. But, this just in - it's now known for something else - something in...
One of my favorite daily rituals is walking home from practice and picking up a string of fresh jasmine flowers. The garlands are seen everywhere: at temples, strung around rickshaw lights, doorways, in people's hair,...
By Lainie Liberti on December 28, 2010 in Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, Events, Festivals, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Panama City, Photos
Scenes of Local Life.
The children dancers lining up to perform in Merida, Mexico.
Wonderful mariachis in Playa Del Carmen
Man in Merida, Mexico
Helpful waiter with umbrella in Merida, Mexico
Man in foreground, man in background in Merida, Mexico
Snack...
Photo courtesy of Ananda Banerjee
The terrible thing about tigers
This year, 2010, is the year of the tiger according to Chinese astrology — and according to the World Wildlife Fund. But though the year is almost...
This is a joint statement by the City of Cape Town, Cape Nature and the South African National Biodiversity Institute:
Setting the facts straight on arum lilies and frogs.
The City of Cape Town’s Environmental Resource Management...
[Disclaimer: back in 2006, Svein Rennemo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein_Rennemo - chairman of StatoilHydro and Statnett - two major companies in Norway) gave a presentation regarding business culture in Norway. I was not present at his delivery, nor...
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