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Petra: A Place That Inspires

By Jeff Lee on November 2, 2010 in Featured, Jordan, Middle East, Photos

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Little thirsty “Ignorance is bliss”. Often true. At the risk of sounding like an airhead, there are times (maybe more than I’d like to admit) during travel that I am almost grateful for the...

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From Slash and Burn to Sustainable Development from the Grassroots in Northeast India

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 2, 2010 in Asia, India, Photos

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“I know all about food security,” says Mitharam Maslai, a farmer from India’s Northeast highlands. “We ate only pumpkin and bamboo shoots every year for two to three weeks because we had run out of...

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Bikini Monsoons, Killer Centipedes and Rabbit Island

By Rick Politz and Sara Damergi on November 2, 2010 in Asia, Cambodia, Photos

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Jungle is definately massive. Jasmine Valley in Kep was set right in the heart of the Cambodian Jungle. The sounds were amazing like a rainforest meditation CD, Monkeys, crickets, birds, choruses of frogs the wind...

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Y Combinator’s Trevor Blackwell on Success: Don’t Give Up, It’s That Simple

By Haegwan Kim on October 30, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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Trevor Blackwell (TB) on success: My definition of success is doing something that I love and something that my customers love. When we can save our customers time and make them happy, that’s what motivates me...

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Empowering Women to Take Back the Land

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 30, 2010 in Africa, Photos

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In celebration of International Day of Rural Women last week, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) partnered with the World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to host a seminar on gender...

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Alain Ducasse Formation

By Rodrigo Pacheco on October 29, 2010 in Europe, France, Paris, Photos

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This beautiful “Chapon Farci” was one of the many recipes we prepared at Alain Ducasse Formation in Paris, one of the best schools for professional chefs in the world. Last January I had the chance...

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PayPal: Absolutely No Plans To Go IPO

By Jean-Baptiste Su on October 29, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA, Videos

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At the PayPal X conference in San Francisco, PayPal president Scott Thompson confirmed once more that the San Jose, Calif.-based company has no plans to go IPO anytime soon. “We’re happy to be part of...

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Guatemala’s Volcan Pacaya

By Jeff Lee on October 29, 2010 in Central America, Featured, Guatemala, Photos, Videos

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Being told the prices of things in other countries is a little like constantly having to adjust a barometer. Price equates to value, and so by adjusting to the countries price systems, I gain...

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