Archive for January, 2012

El 16 de enero de 2012, 300 investigadores, formuladores de políticas, especialistas industriales y representantes de organismos no gubernamentales provenientes de 36 naciones se reunieron en la ciudad de México con el fin de participar en las reuniones de los proyectos MAÍZ y TRIGO del Programa de Investigación del CGIAR (CRP, siglas en inglés).... More»

video platform video management video solutions video player Doug Conant, former president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company, explains how to improve staff morale. Read the original article... More»

President Obama defended American engagement abroad on Monday afternoon, and calling out the national security, economic, and humanitarian importance of U.S. international affairs programs. During a Google+ “Hangout” and broadcast live on Youtube, Obama answered questions from five American’s over a video feed, and responded to 23 electronically submitted questions. (...) Read the original... More»

by Sarah TristerManager of Congressional Affairs The offices of Freedom House, along with those of 10 other organizations, were raided and closed by Egyptian police on December 29th. Since then, the assault on Egyptian civil society has intensified, and pressure on U.S. democracy organizations in Egypt has grown. In an attempt to justify its... More»

Building towers of recycled bottles and/or pots offers fantastic opportunities to grow fresh food with a minimum of water and fertilizer. One can grow at home, in cities and villages, all kinds of vegetables and herbs. Bottle towers are a … Continue reading → Read the original article... More»

By Scott Hensley / NPR The party may be over, but the trouble may just be starting in South Africa. The health department in Free State province is recalling 1.35 million condoms that may not be up to snuff. The affected condoms — a government brand called Choice — were distributed early this month... More»

Felix Salmon kindly put the questions I posted this week about Udacity to its founder, Sebastian Thrun, and wrote up a lengthy post about it here. Thrun helps to explain some of the uncertainty about the relationship between his various employers (Stanford and Google) and his new start-up venture, Udacity. Read the entire piece,... More»

via fishandbicycles.com The reports of King Coal’s demise appear to be exaggerated. At least for now. After a year of fighting for coal export terminals proposals in Washington, coal companies are moving south into Oregon. Last week, it was announced that port officials at the Port of St. (...) Read the original article... More»

On 16 January 2012, 300 researchers, policy makers, industry specialists, and NGO representatives from 36 nations gathered in Mexico City to launch the MAIZE and WHEAT CGIAR Research Program (CRP) meetings. In opening the proceedings, Pedro Brajcich Gallegos, representing INIFAP and SAGARPA, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, highlighted the importance of these... More»

Sometimes listening to criticisms of models feels a bit like this.  Read the original article... More»

Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/one-million-children-in-the-sahel-at-risk-of-severe-acute-malnutrition-by-spring One million children in the Sahel at risk of severe acute malnutrition by spring Source: member // Action Against Hunger – UK As the food crisis looms in … Continue reading → Read the original article... More»

Because of criticism from Hindu fundamentalists, the showing of a documentary by filmmaker Sanjay Kak at the Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce in Pune has been indefinitely postponed. The conservative student organization Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parisha protested Kak's film, "Jashn-e-Azadi" (How we celebrate freedom), which is critical of the Indian army's role in... More»

Members of the Obama administration’s National Security Council are expected to press Egyptian officials to end attacks on democracy and civil society groups at a White House meeting tomorrow, as an analyst warned that the affair could “spin out of control.” Egypt’s justice minister today rebuffed an appeal by the U.S. ambassador to allow... More»

Starting Friday, the Red Cross is partnering with Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds and the Brain! All blood and platelet donors who present to donate on Friday or Saturday during the month of February at the Portland, Salem, or Vancouver Red Cross donor centers will receive a free ticket to the Body Worlds and... More»

Sudan UNMIS Abyei UNPeacekeeping Flickr.jpg Did the U.N. mission in South Sudan muster all its resources to protect civilians caught up in violence in restive Jonglei state? Certainly some media reports have suggested that the civilian deaths in the midst of ongoing clashes between the Murle and the Lou Nuer have demonstrated the ineffectiveness... More»

2010 SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images ‘If you don’t, we won’t either.’ That’s the agreement the Saudi and Iraqi government found on the matter of executing prisoners each is holding from the other country. (...) Read the original article... More»

Civil rights leader and former United States Representative Barbara Jordan once proclaimed, “Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.” This February, our friends at JetBlue are answering that call by providing 10,000 new books to kids in need. The books will go to schools and programs in the... More»

When I began writing Passion & Purpose in 2009, I met Susan, a young woman on the brink of quitting her investment banking job to pursue her lifelong passion of starting a nonprofit. A year later, when I asked how her new venture was going, I was surprised to hear that she "couldn't bring... More»

Justice in Mexico: "Major General Manuel de Jesús Moreno Aviña has been accused of systematic abuses between April of 2008 and August of 2009 in front of the military garrison of Ojinaga, Chihuahua. According to Reforma, General Moreno Aviña is responsible for at least seven extrajudicial executions." read more Read the original article... More»

This month, our LIA team in Ethiopia shares a touching story of one woman’s encounter with our church partner’s HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia. Enjoy! “There is Hope” (...) Read the original article... More»