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The Guest

By Jacques Legume on August 31, 2010 in All Countries, Europe, Featured, France, Paris, Photos

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Antony, 28 Aug, 2010 It's finally happened. An acquaintance from the states came to Paris, and actually wrote an asked to stay with me. I tried to explain that I lived in a rather...

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Is 62 REALLY too old to work?

By Jacques Legume on August 31, 2010 in France, Paris, Photos, Provence/Riviera

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Greetings from strike-ridden France, currently in partial paralysis due to a slew of strikes, to protest the goverment's proposed hike in the retirement age from 60 to 62. Never mind that 1/3 of...

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5 Fun Things to Do with Kids in & Around Anchorage

By Glennia Campbell on August 31, 2010 in Alaska, Anchorage, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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Planning a family vacation to Alaska? Be sure to stop in Anchorage, where fun activities for the whole family abound.  We spent a week in Anchorage in June, and these were some of the highlights...

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All the Tea in China

By Duncan Kabinu on August 31, 2010 in Asia, China, Featured, Photos

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The people of Chengdu love tea. No question about it. The city has the highest density of teahouses of any city in China. There are literally thousands of teashops, where people go to play cards, chat...

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An Interview with Ben Hammersley

By Haegwan Kim on August 31, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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Haegwan Kim: Your professional engagement as a journalist widely expands to business to technology to foreign affairs. How does this happen?Ben Hammersley: Well, I think really the reason I do so many things is because...

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Celosia: Nature’s Prettiest Vegetable

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 31, 2010 in Africa, Benin, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Photos, West Africa

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By Amanda Stone You may know it as that pretty ornamental flower in your garden, but did you know that celosia could also be a delicious snack? This beautiful plant with flame-like flowers is actually a...

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The Meaning of Life

By Fred Hatman on August 30, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos, Videos

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So, here we are on another Moanday (sic), sitting in a post-weekend stupor in offices all over the globe. Same grumpy old boss. Same boring old meetings. Same rubbish coffee. Same old grubby work colleague...

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Upcoming: San Jose’s Zero1 Techno-Arts Festival – The Future Is About What Matters… Not What’s Next

By Tom Foremski on August 30, 2010 in California, Events, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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This is an event well worth catching, it gets better each time: The 2010 01SJ festival is September 16-19.Steve Dietz, the artistic director, and Jaime Austin, Assistant Curator, write:The future is not just about what's...

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