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Archive for October, 2010
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Biodiversity Saves Lives and Livelihoods
Biodiversity is in full swing these days. 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. The United Nation Environment Programme’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is currently holding its tenth biannual…
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Pulpo Paul, We’ll Miss You
It’s a sad day in the life of sports fans and comedians everywhere. Well, maybe at least for those who weren’t at the short-end of Paul’s prescient picks. Paul the…
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Just How Powerful are Unions in Europe?
Considering the massive strikes in France, you and I might think that the whole country is pretty much unionized. We would be wrong. Union Membership in Developed Countries The idea for this article comes…
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Digging into the Rare Earths Predicament
It’s hard to resist getting caught up in the intriguing tale about China’s control over the all-important supply of rare earth elements (“REs”). It turns out that these tiny, mysterious…
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French Say Non! to Change
Love them or hate them, you have to respect the French and their moxy for trying to stop time dead in its tracks. Try to visit that great family-run bistro…
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What’s for Dinner – Sushi or Fish Sticks?
If you live in Chile, Japan, Taiwan, or S. Korea, chances are pretty good that it once had fins and gills (or maybe still does). Chileans and Japanese consume more…
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Flying High in China
Despite recent events, China has somehow managed to maintain a fairly impressive air safety record, especially for a massive country growing at warp speed near or above 10 percent annually….
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Aid Game App from Save the Children Australia
A new aid game App from Save the Children Australia gives users the chance to experience what it’s like to try to respond to a natural disaster in real time with…
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Aging 150 Year Old Japanese in Abundance – Health Secrets and Population Issues
If you want to live forever, try moving to Japan and living like the Japanese. More than 77,000 missing Japanese residents are at least 120 years old according to government…