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Sending a Letter to Phillip Ashley

By Claire Rogers on December 20, 2010 in North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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In late 1995 we were riding our tandem, Zippy across remote West Texas. We were 30 miles from any town, enjoying the warmth and sun, racing winter in New Mexico. A seventies era car passed...

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Color Chart Promotes Fertilizer Efficiency for Asian Rice Farmers

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 20, 2010 in Asia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Photos, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

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Access to nitrogen fertilizers can mean the difference between success and failure of an entire year’s investment for an Asian rice farmer. But overuse of fertilizer can degrade the long-term quality of the soil and...

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Notes on Turkish Bidets

By Susannah Woodbury on December 20, 2010 in Featured, Istanbul, Photos, Turkey

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Author's note: this post contains potty humor and a rather graphic Victorian-era sketch. Bidet is the French for pony. Etymologists find that this word stems from the notion that one "rides" a bidet much like...

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Satoimo (Taro Root)

By Naomi Kuwabara on December 19, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos

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Satoimo (taro root) look like hairy little potatoes but are very different from potatoes. They have a slimy texture and are starchier compared to regular potatoes. Not everyone is a fan of the slimy...

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West Side Story – A Puerto Rico Adventure

By Kathy Drasky on December 19, 2010 in Caribbean, Photos, Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico’s got a bum rap. Not sure how much the Broadway play (and Hollywood movie) “West Side Story” has contributed to this over the past 50 years, but lyrics like “Puerto Rico . ....

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The (Chinese) Communist Party Are Eating Their Young

By Claire Rogers on December 19, 2010 in Asia, China, Photos

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The headline of this post comes from a man who’s family has lived in the same house for hundreds of years, and he is being forcibly removed to make room for progress. China’s rapid growth, forced and...

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Innovative Electricity Scheme Sparks Rural Development in India’s Gujarat State

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 19, 2010 in Asia, India, Photos

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This is the first of three guest posts written by staff at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). IWMI  is a non-profit organization  supported by  the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) that targets water and...

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Eighties Dublin… and other vintage travel photos

By Rosa Abbott on December 19, 2010 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Ireland, London, Photos, Switzerland, USA

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I always enjoy looking at vintage photographs. So when I stumbled across Blogtrotter Revisited: the 70s and 80s (courtesy of a tweet by @gutterbookshop), I swooned. The blog is a collection of images taken on...

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