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Plans to Head to Ishinomaki, Hit Hard By the Earthquake & Tsunami

By Linh Vien Thai on April 9, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Japan, Photos

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We're heading north to see the devastation from the earthquake. The phone rang early this morning and a very authoritative voice spoke. The coordinator called and said that I would not be able to go due...

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Tchepone, Laos and the Southeast Asian War I

By Claire Rogers on April 8, 2011 in Laos, Photos, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

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In my lifetime, we’ve gone to war, and won or lost, in a disturbingly recurring pattern: The politicians, responding to world events feel the pressure from former military and patriotic citizens, to do something. A...

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Rainy Season in Borneo, Flash Floods, and Why You Should Always Drive A Pickup

By Carrie Kellenberger on April 8, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Malaysia, Photos, Southeast Asia, Videos

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In Malaysian Borneo, it rains pretty much every afternoon and evening between the months of November through February. This discouraged us from getting a motorcycle to explore Sabah after we experienced our first torrential downpour...

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Submit Your Prediction for the Future of Health and Medicine to Win Scholarship to FutureMed, Singularity University’s Future of Medicine Program

By Renee Blodgett on April 8, 2011 in Events, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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FutureMed today launched a contest to attend its newly launched executive program dedicated to where exponential technologies, medicine, healthcare and biomedicine collide and are headed. FutureMed is held at Singularity University on the NASA-Ames Research Park...

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Return Leaders: Ajay Shah, Smart Modular Technologies Inc.

By Javier Rojas on April 6, 2011 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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I have known Ajay Shah for more than 15 years. His success runs counter to the approach of most technology companies in Silicon Valley, and provides valuable insights in today's technology market. Rather...

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An Eiffel Tower at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts

By Christian Carollo on April 5, 2011 in Events, Festivals, North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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A replica of the Eiffel Tower inside the Kimmel Center for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts....

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The Flavors and Flowers of Jordan

By Leen Al Zaben on April 5, 2011 in Amman, Featured, Jordan, Middle East, Photos

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I always compared Jordan to neighboring countries and took pride in the unity that Jordanians have; today, however, I find that that unity is wavering. I used to think that our identity was a difficult...

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Climate Crisis on our Plates

By Renee Blodgett on April 5, 2011 in All Countries, Photos

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ChinaDialogue recently published this excerpt from State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, in which Anna Lappé, co-founder of the Small Planet Fund, discusses the climate crisis on our plates. Although agriculture is directly affected by climate...

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