Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
Scott Harrison charity: water Scott Harrison is the Founder of charity: water, a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Scott had made his living for years in New York as a promoter of top nightclubs and fashion events. After a visit to West Africa in 2004, his life…
By Jon Donnison In a busy internet cafe in the centre of Gaza City, lots of people, mostly young, are typing and clicking away. Some of them are engrossed in the world of Facebook. “I use it 10 hours a day,” says Mohammed who owns the shop. “I have over 200 Facebook friends.” But Hamas,…
The Municipal Markets This represents my personal opinion, not the views of the SEC or its staff. My first blog post was in June, 2007. It was titled “What sorts of crises am I worried about now”. My answer was housing and credit. With the benefit of hindsight, this might be considered a no-brainer, although…
While millions will commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter Sunday, only a handful of people could discuss his works in the language he spoke: Aramaic. Nearly all of them live in three Syrian villages, the last outposts in a region largely swept by the Arabic of Islam. Modern branches of the…
The urban legend experts at Snopes.com note that several theories are worth considering. Some believe that the day falls on April 1 because of the arrival of spring, when “nature ‘fools’ mankind with fickle weather.” Another possibility: The holiday “is thought to commemorate the fruitless mission of the rook (the European crow), who was sent…
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Experiments smashing success The live stream is now over, video is now available on CERN website. The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, performed the first-ever proton collision of this magnitude earlier today; It’s a big day for science, and you don’t have to miss any of it if you have a laptop with Wi-Fi…
Over the past decade, Western media have repeatedly portrayed images of Muslim women as victims. We have read about the Taliban publicly beating young women who laugh in the street; we have read about the targeted killings of professional Iraqi women – doctors, journalists, lawyers – who represent an opposing view to an extremist agenda….