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The latest TIG Magazine - Culture, Identity and Climate Change - has launched! A pdf version is available for download here . While, the print version is being handed out at the 4th Annual World... (read more)
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"La diferencia entre una democracia y una dictadura consiste en que en la democracia puedes votar antes de obedecer las órdenes."
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) Escritor estadounidense. (read more)
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Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan
This summer, i visited Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan. Even in Afghanistan the province stands out for its uniquely harsh terrain and remoteness. Badakhshan has traditionally been one of the most under-developed provinces of the country, and remains somewhat the same even now (the province has one of the highest maternal mortality rates... (read more)
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T-shirts: Cool, or absolute failure?
"We *can* be the generation that no longer accepts that an accident of latitude determines whether a child lives or dies--but *will* we be that generation?"
--Bono, Foreword to "The End of Poverty" by Jeffrey D. Sachs
I created this site to spread the word about this project so that to get some help... (read more)
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Women Activist and The Right To Vote
A Message for all women
THIS IS MOVING. HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.....IF ....WE EVER KNEW......
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent... (read more)
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Geomagnetic field: when will compass fail?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - The recent trouble with the ISS, caused by simple computer virus capable of stealing logins and passwords for computer games only, was minor compared to possible environmental changes that could make space flights impossible. This could also cripple aviation and television, and even... (read more)
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Beginning
I really excited to have finally found a social network site that focuses on social responsibility and human rights. I'm eager to make connections. My profile is skeletal, at best, but I plan on having it grow! (read more)
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Trouble sleeping? Your body clock is out of sync
TODAY I READ THIS ARTICLE ,U ALL MUST ALSO READ
Sydney, Sep 5 (IANS) Biological clocks of humans, animals and even plants are intricately linked with day and night. But when they fall out of sync, they have potentially damaging consequences.
Swinburne University of Technology researcher Greg Murray, who has keenly studied the body clock or... (read more)
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