Central and Eastern Europe is rich in examples of citizen participation projects related to governmental transparency, most of which work in partnership with major institutions that provide financial and methodological support like...
The game of the Shogi Ouza sen title match is being held today, September 22, in Kobe Japan. So far, Yoshiharu Habu, defending Ouza won one game over Takeshi Fujii. Each player has five hours and...
Nai Yang Beach is the beach closest to the Phuket Airport, and you pass over it when you land in Phuket. A couple of really cool things about Nai Yang Beach:
1. Not nearly as crowded...
Everyone knows that Steve Jobs has banned porn and any sexual content from the iPad but is this a wise move?
I just started reading Nick Bilton's book I Live in the Future & Here's How It...
In East Asian countries like China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, you actually begin aging when you’re just a tiny fetus. The first day that you’re born, you would already be a year old (rounding off...
The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind...
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This city doesn’t fit the profile for the clean and sterile utopia of Huxley’s imagination. I’d say it more closely resembles the decaying and crumbling not-so-distant future of Caurón or...
A gallery of images from Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan province, an important centre of Taoism. The main temple is reached via a winding path through the forest to the peak. Local people are helping repair...
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