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TIGblogs are TakingITGlobal's online space for you to reflect on events, talk about your travels, comment on the news, or just chat about your day! Below you can read about what's new at TakingITGlobal in our staff group blog, check out the featured TIGblog, or browse through TIGblog entries from the last 24 hours. Did you miss something important? Check out the most popular entries this week on the right hand side of the page.
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Peter Levine , from Tufts University, mentioned TIG in his latest blog post on youth civic engagement. He asks a really pertinent question:
"I wondered why these other groups couldn't... (read more)
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 2 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US $100 million initiative to help scientists pursue innovative ideas for solving major global health problems. Anyone can apply, regardless of education or experience level.
Grant proposals are being accepted online at... (read more)
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Types of causes of poverty
A.Individual
Poverty is explained by individual circumstances and/or characterstics of poor people. Some examples are:
amount of education, skill, experience, intelligence.
health, handicaps, age.
work orientation, time horizon, culture of poverty.
discrimination, together with race, sex, etc.
B. Aggregate
There are two types... (read more)
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Prostitution and HIV/AIDS
This topic is significant for three main reasons:
• High rates of HIV have been found amongst individuals who sell sex in many different and diverse countries. Even where HIV prevalence is low amongst this group, it is usually higher than the rate found amongst the general adult population.
• Sex workers usually have a high number of... (read more)
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UNITED NATIONS warns hungry Haitians could cause more unrest in Haiti
UN warns hungry Haitians could cause more unrest:
By Louis Charbonneau -
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): Ignoring the plight of hurricane-ravaged Haiti and leaving its population hungry and angry could lead to a new wave of social unrest in the Caribbean country, the top UN envoy to Haiti said Friday.
Haiti was hit by four storms -- Fay,... (read more)
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Education
Saad Rajput is a student of International Relations and International Economics at Memorial University. (read more)
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support for Africa churches
servant of God
the Servant of God, I Greet you in the nme of Jesus christ the son of Living God, Happy chrismas and Happy New year, us we thank you God a like you to reach this new year for the Golden chance to do the work of GOD so Last year I have the good chance,
for the Crusades I preached the Gospel in Iringa Region, and I pray for... (read more)
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Surrendering to the Embrace of the Universe!
Surrendering to the Embrace of the Universe!
Of the worldwide commemorations, Earth Day is the one which best focuses our attention on perennial questions which have faced all generations of humans:
Who made the Universe? How come our World is what it is? What is the purpose of life and thus our responsibility in this marvelous... (read more)
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Is LCD heading for another split?
Lesotho Congress for Demoracry is heading for a third split. When the then prime minister of Lesotho Dr Ntsu Mokhehle left Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) to form LCD in 1997 oodles believed that was the beggining of an end for his political career. However LCD became victorious in the 1998 general elections which were followed by the well... (read more)
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DEMOCRACY IS WHEN THE POWER OF THE VOTE IS REAL
General elections normally held as an exercise of democracy loses meaning if the voters will not actually decide the verdict of the vote. It becomes fake democracy. General elections as a formality, while the high and mighty decide who takes the government. It is useless, and it wastes time and resources, leads to wars and loss of lives, leaves... (read more)
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Editorial: The delay of rural areas development
Somaliland rural population estimated 65% , in spite of that, the life of there is too trouble, people live with, droughts, environment problems, run out livestock due to diseases and droughts.
On the other hand, the life of rural is the mother of Africa civilization from the earlier up to now. Despite of that, for the past three decades... (read more)
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Inspiration and good vibes for a dreamer
I think everything starts with a dream. I’m here because of that.
It is my first post and I thought could just play with words. I’m afraid I’m not being serious enough. It is strange how people, when thinking about serious issues, start to act like the typical "hard-line adult". So far being like that didn't help much. I think we have... (read more)
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I hate the Newsweek cover.
I hate the cover on Newsweek. +http://www.theimproper.com/Template_Article.aspx?IssueId=7&ArticleId=2504+ It shows an extra-close up of Sarah Palin. And it's only half the face. Showing all her "flaws." First of all, there's no such real thing as flaws on facial features, right? And aren't so many women (especially younger ones) being depicted... (read more)
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McCain Incites Hatred for Obama
In my opinion, it was the beginning of the end of John McCain's campaign the moment he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. I can't even begin to recap all of the certifiable insanity that they have indulged in since then and time is short, so I have to fast-forward to today.
This week John McCain, after failing miserably in the second... (read more)
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The Difference between Managing Paid Staff and Volunteers
I believe that the management of people-based resources is at its core, the same regardless of whether the people involved are paid or unpaid. I know that many will disagree adamantly with me on this point but please read on to consider the experience I just had that supported this view. Later this month I’ll delve into the negative results of... (read more)
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Tears from Heaven
My mum always worried about me losing my life. It was her dream to see me in school and become a doctor. She said that the greatest thing in life was to be a servant to others so that Allah can bless you and that you have to have a big heart to contain life miseries.
My mum was inside cooking one day whiles I was outside playing with my... (read more)
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Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise
The Global Carbon Project, based in Australia, has released their new 2008 report, which promises to make the global warming skeptics shiver in their boots. In the report, we learn that “carbon dioxide emissions from mankind are growing about 4 times faster since 2000 than during the 1990s, despite efforts by a number of nations to rein-in... (read more)
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