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Some big and exciting challenges face Blue Dragon at the moment.

We've secured a lease on a new building, which will soon be our new children's centre, and it's a great place in a great location...


Our challenge is how to mould this into something that's welcoming to street kids. There's a lot of space for the kids to play and study, but converting an office building into a friendly children's centre will take some effort:


We're working on our ideas right now!

If you want to be involved, be sure to visit the Blue Dragon website to find out more. (...)

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]]>Some big and exciting challenges face Blue Dragon at the moment. We've secured a lease on a new building, which will soon be our new children's centre, and it's a great place in a great location... Our challenge is how to mould this into something that's welcoming to street kids. There's a lot of space [...]http://aidblogs.org/raw-material/feed/0Enough Responds to My Criticismshttp://aidblogs.org/enough-responds-to-my-criticisms/AidBlogsTue, 22 May 2012 09:46:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=3015619340560d493640b9123cae47e9 John Bagwell writes an evenhanded response to my concerns about an earlier Enough Project post that cast the debate about Dodd-Frank section 1502 as 'people vs profit.' Bagwell argues at the end that the discussion about costs could be a setback for the progress made. I am curious as to what others think.

A selection of the response (bold emphasis added):
We welcome reasonable debate about section 1502 and have participated in numerous panels and forums alongside critics of both the provision itself and Enough's approach on the issue. There is no doubt that Dizolele and Seay's intentions are, like our own, aimed at helping the people of Congo and not on the side of industry in this 'profits vs. (...)

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]]>John Bagwell writes an evenhanded response to my concerns about an earlier Enough Project post that cast the debate about Dodd-Frank section 1502 as 'people vs profit.' Bagwell argues at the end that the discussion about costs could be a setback for the progress made. I am curious as to what others think. A selection [...]http://aidblogs.org/enough-responds-to-my-criticisms/feed/0Building American Support for Global Health Spendinghttp://aidblogs.org/building-american-support-for-global-health-spending/AidBlogsTue, 22 May 2012 02:41:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=f3dfe091bd291f033d6978d571896de2 A version of this post appeared in the PSI blog.

What do Americans think about the role of the US in global health? A Kaiser Family Foundation survey released today sought to answer that question.

As you may already know, Americans are terrible at guessing how much of the US budget is spent on foreign assistance. Previous surveys put the estimates of Americans into the 10 to 20 percent range. (...)

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]]>A version of this post appeared in the PSI blog. What do Americans think about the role of the US in global health? A Kaiser Family Foundation survey released today sought to answer that question. As you may already know, Americans are terrible at guessing how much of the US budget is spent on foreign [...]http://aidblogs.org/building-american-support-for-global-health-spending/feed/0The Lancet’s editors don’t get evaluation (sadface)http://aidblogs.org/the-lancets-editors-dont-get-evaluation-sadface/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 14:51:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=3adffca82aebfdc410f642da5fb62d78 So Matt beat me to the punch on Friday on the Lancet Millennium Village retraction. Since then I've being trying to think of a polite way of expressing my total dismay and despair at the tripe written by the Lancet editors in response to the retraction (for which, by the way, a little bit of Kudos to Pronyk et al).

The Lancet editors write:
The Millennium Villages project team has quickly and commendably corrected the record after understanding the validity of the challenge it received. But the withdrawal of this element of the paper does not detract from the larger result—namely, that after 3 years Millennium Villages saw falls in poverty, food insecurity, stunting, and malaria parasitaemia, together with increases in access to safe water and sanitation.
Which is just total nonsense. (...)

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]]>So Matt beat me to the punch on Friday on the Lancet Millennium Village retraction. Since then I've being trying to think of a polite way of expressing my total dismay and despair at the tripe written by the Lancet editors in response to the retraction (for which, by the way, a little bit of [...]http://aidblogs.org/the-lancets-editors-dont-get-evaluation-sadface/feed/0How Can Pheromones Help or Nothttp://aidblogs.org/how-can-pheromones-help-or-not/PheromonesAidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 10:50:46 PDThttp://deepsouthsudan.com/?p=20As far as humans are concerned, whether they are males or females, young or old… Attraction is indeed a science and an art that most people really master. Attraction can be achieved through the mind, the sight and, of course, by the smell. The latter is what pheromone is concerned about.

We know that pheromones are natural chemical substances that are exerted by humans and other organisms which cause certain reactions to others. (...)

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]]>As far as humans are concerned, whether they are males or females, young or old… Attraction is indeed a science and an art that most people really master. Attraction can be achieved through the mind, the sight and, of course, by the smell. The latter is what pheromone is concerned about. We know that pheromones are [...]http://aidblogs.org/how-can-pheromones-help-or-not/feed/0Swimming, playing, learninghttp://aidblogs.org/swimming-playing-learning/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 07:03:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=2f75ebf656cefe8698b841854d4f3d23
It's Monday! As we go back to work around the world, here's a look at how Blue Dragon kids spend their weekends...

Swimming!


Blue Dragon United doesn't have a field at the moment, so we're making the best of it by teaching swimming instead. Summer has started, so the kids don't mind at all! (...)

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]]>It's Monday! As we go back to work around the world, here's a look at how Blue Dragon kids spend their weekends... Swimming! Blue Dragon United doesn't have a field at the moment, so we're making the best of it by teaching swimming instead. Summer has started, so the kids don't mind at all! (...) [...]http://aidblogs.org/swimming-playing-learning/feed/0In Which UNICEF Discovers RCTs…and People Reacthttp://aidblogs.org/in-which-unicef-discovers-rcts-and-people-react/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 05:14:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=8f578b85036f4706bf7656c6195b5a62
An article in Financial Times interviewing the head of UNICEF, Anthony Lake, is meant to be cutting edge, but it shows that Lake is just a tad behind on the times.
Here Lake seems to be with the new 'randomistas', who say that to find what works in aid, you need to apply the sort of randomised control trials used in medicine. For instance: how to persuade teachers in rural India to turn up at school? Esther Duflo, the development economist, arranged for classrooms to have free cameras. Pay depended on how often teachers could show end-of-day photographs with their classes. (...)

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]]>An article in Financial Times interviewing the head of UNICEF, Anthony Lake, is meant to be cutting edge, but it shows that Lake is just a tad behind on the times. Here Lake seems to be with the new 'randomistas', who say that to find what works in aid, you need to apply the sort [...]http://aidblogs.org/in-which-unicef-discovers-rcts-and-people-react/feed/0#151 Holidays in Way Out Placeshttp://aidblogs.org/151-holidays-in-way-out-places/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 02:21:10 PDThttp://stuffexpataidworkerslike.com/?p=3442Submitted by Reeny

Photo: http://www.amusingplanet.com/

Just as every EAW knows their street cred status by the remoteness of where they work, every EAW knows that the location of their next holiday is critically important. (...)

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]]>Submitted by Reeny Photo: http://www.amusingplanet.com/ Just as every EAW knows their street cred status by the remoteness of where they work, every EAW knows that the location of their next holiday is critically important. (...) Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/151-holidays-in-way-out-places/feed/0Bloomberg Bows to "Beltway Bandits"http://aidblogs.org/bloomberg-bows-to-beltway-bandits/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 01:30:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=53183b816284cb46b0e1fd20095688e0
Earlier this month, Bill Easterly and Laura Freschi of the Aid Watchers NYU DRI blog highlight the efforts of the Professional Services Council to overturn a USAID decision to increase spending through local contracts from 11% to 30%. This means USAID can spur local economies by supporting businesses in the countries of work. Further, it cuts out the middlemen position currently occupied by domestic contractors working internationally.

Easterly and Freschi explain:
Joining forces as the Professional Services Council and the public-facing Coalition of International Development Companies (from the website: 'Did You Know…that funding through international development companies offers superior accountability and transparency?') they have employed the Podesta Group, which, according tolobbying disclosure forms, has been hard at work 'promoting the work of international development companies' in Congress at PSC's behest. (...)

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]]>Earlier this month, Bill Easterly and Laura Freschi of the Aid Watchers NYU DRI blog highlight the efforts of the Professional Services Council to overturn a USAID decision to increase spending through local contracts from 11% to 30%. This means USAID can spur local economies by supporting businesses in the countries of work. Further, it [...]http://aidblogs.org/bloomberg-bows-to-beltway-bandits/feed/0Procrastinationhttp://aidblogs.org/procrastination/AidBlogsMon, 21 May 2012 00:55:20 PDThttp://robrooker.com/blog/?p=1081Read the original article...

]]>When I was a child my mother bought me a t-shirt that said "Destination: Procrastination". Thanks mom. Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/procrastination/feed/0Gigglingbob’s Weekly Twitshttp://aidblogs.org/gigglingbobs-weekly-twits-64/TweetsAidBlogsSun, 20 May 2012 18:10:00 PDThttp://robrooker.com/blog/archives/1079ewazo: http://t.co/INIGc90q Oral Literature In Africa – Open Book Publishers endeavors to make book freely available to African… # A list of most excellent music from this continent http://t.co/l6IXWse7 @ItsBuddhaBlaze @wamathai @just_sham_it @davidmuriithi # I love Dropbox because its just [...]

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]]>RT @ewazo: http://t.co/INIGc90q Oral Literature In Africa – Open Book Publishers endeavors to make book freely available to African… # A list of most excellent music from this continent http://t.co/l6IXWse7 @ItsBuddhaBlaze @wamathai @just_sham_it @davidmuriithi # I love Dropbox because its just [...] Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/gigglingbobs-weekly-twits-64/feed/0Gigglingbob’s Weekly Twitshttp://aidblogs.org/gigglingbobs-weekly-twits-63/TweetsAidBlogsSun, 20 May 2012 18:10:00 PDThttp://robrooker.com/blog/archives/1080ewazo: http://t.co/INIGc90q Oral Literature In Africa – Open Book Publishers endeavors to make book freely available to African… # A list of most excellent music from this continent http://t.co/l6IXWse7 @ItsBuddhaBlaze @wamathai @just_sham_it @davidmuriithi # I love Dropbox because its just [...]

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]]>RT @ewazo: http://t.co/INIGc90q Oral Literature In Africa – Open Book Publishers endeavors to make book freely available to African… # A list of most excellent music from this continent http://t.co/l6IXWse7 @ItsBuddhaBlaze @wamathai @just_sham_it @davidmuriithi # I love Dropbox because its just [...] Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/gigglingbobs-weekly-twits-63/feed/0Where’s Wally?http://aidblogs.org/wheres-wally/AidBlogsSun, 20 May 2012 07:04:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=c411a73bd7cad16d079222dca9346667

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]]>This is my new thing... Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/wheres-wally/feed/0Snapshots- dot.comhttp://aidblogs.org/snapshots-dot-com/Photo of the DayAidBlogsSun, 20 May 2012 07:00:13 PDThttp://martynsinafrica.com/blog/?p=2114

Saw these lovely looking treats and couldn’t resist taking a picture to share with you all!

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]]>Saw these lovely looking treats and couldn’t resist taking a picture to share with you all! Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/snapshots-dot-com/feed/0The countdown to whatever comes nexthttp://aidblogs.org/the-countdown-to-whatever-comes-next/AidBlogsSun, 20 May 2012 02:38:27 PDThttp://ourmaninhanoi.com/?p=1737IMAG1114

This Wednesday will be my last day working for the British Council here in Hanoi.

There’s no single reason why I decided to leave, I’ve spoken to a few people recently, both within the BC and  others in similar positions to my own (I was head of marketing and communications), and everyone seems to be going through a process of transition.  The old ways don’t work any more but the new ways need more in-house resources, not to mention a step change in attitudes. (...)

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]]>This Wednesday will be my last day working for the British Council here in Hanoi. There’s no single reason why I decided to leave, I’ve spoken to a few people recently, both within the BC and  others in similar positions to my own (I was head of marketing and communications), and everyone seems to be [...]http://aidblogs.org/the-countdown-to-whatever-comes-next/feed/0Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-5-akureyri-to-reykjavik-386-km/AidBlogsSat, 19 May 2012 12:58:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=ad5814af75b5fa697aeb561628b1b48b
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Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)



Akureyri built its airport right in the fjord

Nearly ox-bow lake

Icelandic horses


Hvalfjörður Tunnel under the fjord

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]]>Please see also:Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)Akureyri built its airport right in the fjordNearly ox-bow lakeIcelandic horsesHvalfjörður Tunnel under the fjordThank you for viewing my blog! Read [...]http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-5-akureyri-to-reykjavik-386-km/feed/0Learning from historyhttp://aidblogs.org/learning-from-history/UpdateAidBlogsSat, 19 May 2012 10:25:14 PDThttp://martynsinafrica.com/blog/?p=2155Wanted to pass along the insight from the daily devotional found at Our Daily Bread.

“Paul also saw the value of embracing the lessons of history. He warned of the destructive nature of bad choices by recounting the story of the children of Israel and their wilderness wanderings—a result of their refusal to trust God and enter the Promised Land (see Num. 14). (...)

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]]>Wanted to pass along the insight from the daily devotional found at Our Daily Bread. “Paul also saw the value of embracing the lessons of history. He warned of the destructive nature of bad choices by recounting the story of the children of Israel and their wilderness wanderings—a result of their refusal to trust God [...]http://aidblogs.org/learning-from-history/feed/0the problem with the way we handled attachment parentinghttp://aidblogs.org/the-problem-with-the-way-we-handled-attachment-parenting/AidBlogsSat, 19 May 2012 02:16:06 PDThttp://www.abejero.net/?p=2920

The above image is from the 21 May 2012 issue of TIME magazine. “Are you mom enough?” – That headline just grabs you, doesn’t it, questioning your values and your parenting.

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]]>The above image is from the 21 May 2012 issue of TIME magazine. “Are you mom enough?” – That headline just grabs you, doesn’t it, questioning your values and your parenting. (...) Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/the-problem-with-the-way-we-handled-attachment-parenting/feed/0Uses of Pheromones For Men and Womenhttp://aidblogs.org/uses-of-pheromones-for-men-and-women/PheromonesAidBlogsFri, 18 May 2012 15:50:24 PDThttp://deepsouthsudan.com/?p=17The fact that lots of people are using Pheromones, both males and females, shows that they are getting a lot of results from the usage. In this article I will look more at some of the uses and importance of Pheromones, for both males and females.

Pheromones act as natural perfume with an additional option for attraction. However, it is not the only factor. (...)

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]]>The fact that lots of people are using Pheromones, both males and females, shows that they are getting a lot of results from the usage. In this article I will look more at some of the uses and importance of Pheromones, for both males and females. Pheromones act as natural perfume with an additional option [...]http://aidblogs.org/uses-of-pheromones-for-men-and-women/feed/0#12 Links Expat Aid Workers Likehttp://aidblogs.org/12-links-expat-aid-workers-like/AidBlogsFri, 18 May 2012 07:58:08 PDThttp://stuffexpataidworkerslike.com/?p=4776It’s Friday, and I have a few minutes, so am getting right down to business of getting y’all some links.

One bit of news that no self-respecting, Harlequin Romance loving, disaster working, self-mocking EAW will want to miss is Tales from the Hood’s announcement that Disastrous Passion as a complete, downloadable e-book is coming out!

“Will Jim-Bob figure out that aid is a profession, not a hobby? (...)

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]]>It’s Friday, and I have a few minutes, so am getting right down to business of getting y’all some links. One bit of news that no self-respecting, Harlequin Romance loving, disaster working, self-mocking EAW will want to miss is Tales from the Hood’s announcement that Disastrous Passion as a complete, downloadable e-book is coming out! “Will Jim-Bob [...]http://aidblogs.org/12-links-expat-aid-workers-like/feed/0Kick!http://aidblogs.org/kick/AidBlogsFri, 18 May 2012 03:56:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=cefc0e119a925d26cc273af98f719f96
Blue Dragon's almost-famous soccer team, Blue Dragon United, has been on something of a roller coaster ride over the past year.

Just last August we celebrated our 1000th game - a huge milestone, and a terrific celebration for the kids.

In recent month, however, soccer games have become sporadic and occasional, rather than the regular feature of our week that they have been for almost 10 years.

This is not at all due to a lack of interest from the kids or the Blue Dragon team; rather, due to the lack of availability of our field.

Unfortunately some simple tasks, such as booking a football field, can be inexplicably difficult in Hanoi. (...)

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]]>Blue Dragon's almost-famous soccer team, Blue Dragon United, has been on something of a roller coaster ride over the past year.Just last August we celebrated our 1000th game - a huge milestone, and a terrific celebration for the kids. In recent month, however, soccer games have become sporadic and occasional, rather than the regular feature [...]http://aidblogs.org/kick/feed/0A view on Hope; and a pertinent question to randomistashttp://aidblogs.org/a-view-on-hope-and-a-pertinent-question-to-randomistas/AidBlogsFri, 18 May 2012 03:39:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=596270cf742eb7af48678d015c04f67a

...What concerns me is that the direct interventions that are targeted towards addressing such psycho-social constraints are not highlighted or even mentioned as they are not neat enough for RCT measurement. Instead the reliance is on the outcome variables and a black box of intervention package which is not very helpful for intervention design. Short of component randomization which is impractical, evaluation experts should come up with credible ways to speak to this need. Analytical narration of interventions that directly address such constraints could be a starting point... (...)

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]]>...What concerns me is that the direct interventions that are targeted towards addressing such psycho-social constraints are not highlighted or even mentioned as they are not neat enough for RCT measurement. Instead the reliance is on the outcome variables and a black box of intervention package which is not very helpful for intervention design. Short [...]http://aidblogs.org/a-view-on-hope-and-a-pertinent-question-to-randomistas/feed/0Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-4-egilsstadir-to-akureyri-266-km/AidBlogsThu, 17 May 2012 12:02:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=743f821ba1bc55010ce5ae87e869c0f5
Please see also:
Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)



Public infrastructure at Europe's most powerful waterfall.

Dettifoss - Europe's most powerful waterfall. (Waterfall power = volume per unit time x height)

Námafjall geothermal vents

Námafjall geothermal vents

Sellandafjall

Goðafoss waterfall

Goðafoss waterfall
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]]>Please see also:Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)Public infrastructure at Europe's most powerful waterfall.Dettifoss - Europe's most powerful waterfall. (Waterfall power = volume per unit time x height)Námafjall [...]http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-4-egilsstadir-to-akureyri-266-km/feed/0Snapshots- Pre-planninghttp://aidblogs.org/snapshots-pre-planning/AidBlogsThu, 17 May 2012 07:00:31 PDThttp://martynsinafrica.com/blog/?p=2127Nairobi is a growing city and new apartments are popping up all over. On both sides of the compound we live on new complexes have been built. To one side they are putting on the finishing touches and realized they needed an extra water tank in the back. Unfortunately, they could not get it through the narrow walkway behind the building and the fence They had to come up with a way to lift it around the covered porches, pushing against the electric fence at times. This was unfortunate but does show the inventiveness when needed is a valuable skill set most have here in Nairobi. (...)

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]]>Nairobi is a growing city and new apartments are popping up all over. On both sides of the compound we live on new complexes have been built. To one side they are putting on the finishing touches and realized they needed an extra water tank in the back. Unfortunately, they could not get it through [...]http://aidblogs.org/snapshots-pre-planning/feed/0Parallels Between a 5 Fingered Running Revolution and Aidhttp://aidblogs.org/parallels-between-a-5-fingered-running-revolution-and-aid/AidBlogsThu, 17 May 2012 04:45:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=bea20a00cbd0daf345dfedd616143c2d Nicholas Thompson writes about new trends in running and former marathoner and super coach Alberto Salazar. Salazar has become an important figure in the distance running world by focusing on the technical aspects of the sport. An extensive article in the New Yorker in 2010 looked at the obsession of Salazar and his discovery that the elite African runners used a full finishing stride when running longer distances; the complete opposite of the energy-saving short recovery that was being taught at the time. The training of Dathan Ritzenhein by Salazar is interwoven into the larger story about the changing face of distance running.

We are also in the midst of a running revolution thanks to Chris McDougall's Born to Run. (...)

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]]>Nicholas Thompson writes about new trends in running and former marathoner and super coach Alberto Salazar. Salazar has become an important figure in the distance running world by focusing on the technical aspects of the sport. An extensive article in the New Yorker in 2010 looked at the obsession of Salazar and his discovery that [...]http://aidblogs.org/parallels-between-a-5-fingered-running-revolution-and-aid/feed/0Lobbying: what our Parliament should learn from the US’ Senatehttp://aidblogs.org/lobbying-what-our-parliament-should-learn-from-the-us-senate/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 18:35:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=41380b6fc69316726c9cc76d9102f205 In this age of blatant lobbying,
The (US) Senate minority who last week blocked a vote on ending Big Oil subsidies received more than four times the oil and gas contributions than the 51 senators voting to end them. Exxon Mobil, the world's most profitable corporation, has helped preserve these and other loopholes for oil and gas by building a Washington force tied intimately to conservative lawmakers, Steve Coll reports in this week's New Yorker. The corporation relies on an algorithm to determine tiers of oil industry allies and sent 90 percent of contributions to Republicans last year
we are still bothered about cash-for-questions and personal endorsements?

We really need to reform our parliamentary system...learn from the greatest democracy of the world? (...)

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]]>In this age of blatant lobbying, The (US) Senate minority who last week blocked a vote on ending Big Oil subsidies received more than four times the oil and gas contributions than the 51 senators voting to end them. Exxon Mobil, the world's most profitable corporation, has helped preserve these and other loopholes for oil [...]http://aidblogs.org/lobbying-what-our-parliament-should-learn-from-the-us-senate/feed/02004 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2004-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 17:35:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=892af3c7c78f72f63f41f88b53b99d7dHere, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2004:

Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001 and prior

Flashman and the Redskins, George MacDonald Fraser

The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene, 1940

Flashman in the Great Game, George MacDonald Fraser, 1975

Flashman at the Charge, George MacDonald Fraser, 1973

Flash for Freedom!, George MacDonald Fraser, 1971

Flashman's Lady, George MacDonald Fraser, 1977

Royal Flash, George MacDonald Fraser, 1970

Firefox Down, Craig Thomas, 1983

Flashman: Story of British Disaster in Afghanistan, From Flashman Papers 1839-1842, George Macdonald Fraser, 1969

The Quiet American, Graham Greene, 1955

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, 2003

Porno, Irvine Welsh, 2002

Tattooing and Body Piercing, Bonnie Graves, 2000

Madam Secretary: A Memoir, Madeleine Albright, 2003

Eats, shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss, 2003

My Life, Bill Clinton, 2004

Living History, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2003
Formula One Cars, A.R. Schaefer, 2005

Australia, Tracy Boraas, 2002

Our Woman in Kabul, Irris Makler, 2003

Afghanistan, Mary Englar, 2004

A look at Australia, Helen Frost, 2002

A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy, Robert Moore, 2003

Things Maps Don't Tell Us, Armin K. Lobeck, 1956

Air Spy: The story of Photo Intelligence in World War II, Constance Babington-Smith, 1957

Rabbits on the Farm, Mari C. (...)

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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2004:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorFlashman and the Redskins, George MacDonald FraserThe Power and the Glory, Graham Greene, 1940Flashman in the Great Game, George MacDonald Fraser, 1975Flashman at the [...]http://aidblogs.org/2004-readings/feed/02009 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2009-readings-2/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 17:32:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=da295b4bf7eddb28f33bf5ba58917681Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2009:

Please also see 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and prior

Beyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008

Tintin - The Blue Lotus, Hergé

Tintin - Cigars of the Pharoh, Hergé

Tintin in America, Hergé
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2009:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorBeyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008Tintin - The Blue Lotus, HergéTintin - Cigars of the Pharoh, HergéTintin in America, HergéThank you for [...]http://aidblogs.org/2009-readings-2/feed/02010 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2010-readings-2/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 17:20:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=7879819631b4ab7eac1e515b14b2f2f1Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2010:

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The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, 2007

The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson, 2006

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, 2005

Kingdom of Fear, Hunter S Thompson, 2003

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, Lilian Jackson Braun, 1966

The Time-traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century, Ian Mortimer, 2009

The Cuba Project: CIA covert operations 1959-62 - The Secret War, Fabián Escalante, 2009 top

Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell, 1949

Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, 1933
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2010:Please also see 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorThe Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, 2007The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson, 2006The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg [...]http://aidblogs.org/2010-readings-2/feed/02011 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2011-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 17:11:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=20ff959ac8584d462c041bdbab4eb322Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2011.

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Africa is Contagious - Experiences of a Doctor Without Borders, Steven van de Vijver, 2008

Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe, Sean Carroll, 2007

Papillon, Henri Charrière, 1969
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2011.Please also see 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorAfrica is Contagious - Experiences of a Doctor Without Borders, Steven van de Vijver, 2008Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe, Sean [...]http://aidblogs.org/2011-readings/feed/02010 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2010-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:52:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=1b7284672f2d71ad257595a08588ae0f
Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2010.

Please also see 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and prior


Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell, 1949

Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, 1933

Beyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008

Tintin - The Blue Lotus, Hergé

Tintin - Cigars of the Pharoh, Hergé

Tintin in America, Hergé

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, 2007

The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson, 2006

The Girl with the Draggon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, 2005

Kingdom of Fear, Hunter S Thompson, 2003

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, Lilian Jackson Braun, 1966

The Time-traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century, Ian Mortimer, 2009

The Cuba Project: CIA covert operations 1959-62 - The Secret War, Fabián Escalante


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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2010.Please also see 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorNineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell, 1949Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, 1933Beyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008Tintin - The Blue Lotus, [...]http://aidblogs.org/2010-readings/feed/02009 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2009-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:50:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=3127012cf49cece552a46b6cc7ab8b33Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2009:

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Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell, 1949

Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, 1933

Beyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008

Tintin - The Blue Lotus, Hergé

Tintin - Cigars of the Pharoh, Hergé

Tintin in America, Hergéa
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2009:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorNineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell, 1949Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell, 1933Beyond Miss World, Jennifer Hosten with Shaun Sarsfield, 2008Tintin - The Blue [...]http://aidblogs.org/2009-readings/feed/02008 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2008-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:48:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=0aae415b11aa22275179336aa1763c8fHere, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2008:

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The Box, Marc Levinson, 2006

A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, 2007

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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2008:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorThe Box, Marc Levinson, 2006A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, 2007Thank you for viewing my blog! Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/2008-readings/feed/02007 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2007-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:43:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=44e73edb7cd19c15587a1787927c936dHere, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2007:

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Amsterdam, Ian McEwen, 1998

It is What It Is: The Autobiography, David Coulthard, 2007

Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography, Jackie Stewart,
2007

Working the Wheel, Martin Brundle

An Independent Man: The Autobiography, Eddie Jordan, 2007

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, 1998

The Berlin Wall - A World Divided, 1961-1989, Frederick Taylor,
2006

The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen, 1988

The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud, 2006

On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan, 2007

Home from the Vinyl Cafe, Stuart McLean, 2005

The Testament of Gideon Mack, James Robertson, 2006

The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection, David Quammen, 2007?

Fruit of the Lemon, Andrea Levy, 1999

Dis Information and other Wikkid Myths, Kark Kruszelnicki

Emergency Sex [and other Desperate Measures] - True Stories from a War Zone, Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson, 2004

Atonement, Ian McEwen, 2001

The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen, 2003

Akimbo and the Elephants, Alexander McCall Smith, 1990

Saturday, Ian McEwan, 2006

Small Island, Andrea Levy, 1999

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter, 2006

The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the eye of the beholder, David Quammen, 2000

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini, 2003
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2007:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorAmsterdam, Ian McEwen, 1998It is What It Is: The Autobiography, David Coulthard, 2007Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography, Jackie Stewart, 2007Working the Wheel, Martin [...]http://aidblogs.org/2007-readings/feed/02006 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2006-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:41:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=6c8710d7ce1818e2be35722357590b38Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2006:

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Complete Short Stories, Graham Greene, 2005

My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin, 1964

Flashman on the March, George Macdonal Fraser, 2005

Solomon Gurskey Was Here, Mordecai Richler, 1989

The Country Girls, Edna O'Brian, 1960

The Great Crash 1929, John Kenneth Galbraith, 1954

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Mark Haddon, 2004

The Russia House, John le Carré

The Spaghetti Tangle, Alexander McCall Smith, 2005

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith, 2005

The Kalahari Typing School for Men, Alexander McCall Smith,
2004

Morality for Beautiful Girls, Alexander McCall Smith, 2002

The Magician's Tale, David Hunt, 1999

Tears of The Giraffe, Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith

The Good Doctor, Damon Galgut, 2003

Sula, Toni Morrison, 1973
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson, 2003


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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2006:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorComplete Short Stories, Graham Greene, 2005My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin, 1964Flashman on the March, George Macdonal Fraser, 2005Solomon Gurskey Was Here, Mordecai Richler, 1989The Country [...]http://aidblogs.org/2006-readings/feed/02005 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2005-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:38:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=9ee60d43bfb4056ccec7d796ae4732b9Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2005:

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The Magus, John Fowles, 1966, revised 197?

A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, 1962

Cat Among the Pigeons, Agatha Christie, 1959

The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton, 1905

Lake Wobegon Days, Garrison Keillor, 1990

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John LeCarré, 1962

The Third Man, Graham Greene, 1949

Flashman and the Tiger, George MacDonald Fraser, 2001

Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby, 1992

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, George MacDonald Fraser,
1994

Flashman and the Mountain of Light, George MacDonald Fraser, 1990

Flashman and the Dragon, George MacDonald Fraser, 1987

Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathan Lethem, 2000

Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, 1719

Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich, Joachim Fest, 2004

Diana Mosley: Mitford Beauty, British Fascist, Hitler's Angel,
Anne de Courcy, 2003
Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt, 1996

Letter from America, Alistair Cooke

The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe, 1979

Himalaya, Michael Palin, 2004

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, 1971


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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2005:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and priorThe Magus, John Fowles, 1966, revised 197?A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, 1962Cat Among the Pigeons, Agatha Christie, 1959The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton, 1905Lake [...]http://aidblogs.org/2005-readings/feed/02003 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2003-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:33:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=18483e3843947df04706931d34973eb1Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2003:

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Swallowdale, Arthur Ransome, 1931

Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome, 1930

Unless, Carol Shields, 2003

In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson, 2000

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela,
Nelson Mandela, 1995

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert F. Kennedy, 1968

The Hipster Handbook, Robert Lanham, Jeff Bechtel Illustrator
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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a partial bibliography of the books I read in 2003:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001 and priorSwallowdale, Arthur Ransome, 1931Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome, 1930Unless, Carol Shields, 2003In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson, 2000Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of [...]http://aidblogs.org/2003-readings/feed/02002 Readingshttp://aidblogs.org/2002-readings/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:26:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=98432ad7e9ae8c41107889dab3803f34Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2002:


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A Passage to India, E.M. Forster, 1924

How to be Good, Nick Hornby, 2001

Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, 2002?

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach, 1977

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank, 2000

A Burnt-Out Case, Graham Greene, 1960

The Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene, 1948

Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995, Joe Sacco, 2000

Stupid White Men, Michael Moore, 2002

Sin and Syntax, Constance Hale, 1999

Presidential Trivia

Learn to Program with Visual Basic

The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes, 1999 edition

The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, Miles Harvey, 2001

The New York Times - Campaigns: A Century of Presidential Races


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]]>Here, captured from my now defunct website, is a bibliography of the books I read in 2002:Please also see 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001 and priorA Passage to India, E.M. Forster, 1924How to be Good, Nick Hornby, 2001Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, 2002?Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant [...]http://aidblogs.org/2002-readings/feed/0Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-3-hofn-to-egilsstadir-247-km/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 16:03:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=fbaef830bec4973cd05c37230bcd27bb

Please see also:
Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)

Almannaskarðsgöng tunnel (1,312m)

dinner







Icelandic horse


Djúpivogur

Djúpivogur


I think these are fish farms

Fáskrúðsfjarðargöng tunnel (5,850m)

Blizzard
Maximum darkness
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]]>Please see also:Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)Almannaskarðsgöng tunnel (1,312m) dinnerIcelandic horseDjúpivogurDjúpivogurI think these are fish farmsFáskrúðsfjarðargöng tunnel (5,850m)Blizzard Maximum darknessThank you for viewing my blog! Read the [...]http://aidblogs.org/iceland-exploration-day-3-hofn-to-egilsstadir-247-km/feed/0<div…http://aidblogs.org/div-5/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 13:15:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=d961f3f9c7a34e0e3252c4fb4e5bceb2
Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn (271 Km)

Please see also:
Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)
Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)

Pillow lava




Dust storm

Skeiðarárjökull

Remnant of bridge destroyed by Skeiðarárjökull jökulhlaup (flooding)

Skeiðarárjökull

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Höfn

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Höfn

Höfn

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]]>Iceland exploration Day 2: Vík to Höfn&#160;(271 Km)Please see also:Iceland exploration Day 1: Reykjavík to Vík (218 Km)Iceland exploration Day 3: Höfn to Egilsstaðir (247 Km)Iceland exploration Day 4: Egilsstaðir to Akureyri (266 Km)Iceland exploration Day 5: Akureyri to Reykjavík (386 Km)Pillow lavaDust stormSkeiðarárjökullRemnant&#160;of bridge destroyed by&#160;Skeiðarárjökull&#160;jökulhlaup (flooding)SkeiðarárjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullBreiðamerkurjökullJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónJökulsárlónSkaftafellsjökullHöfnHöfnHöfnHöfnThank you for viewing my blog! Read the [...]http://aidblogs.org/div-5/feed/0It’s all happening!http://aidblogs.org/its-all-happening/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 13:14:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=c1f0aaa83b38586ad22a86781927c004At long last, we're making some good progress on plans to open new centres for street kids here in Hanoi.

For over a year we have been looking for possible new places to open centres, but it's only in the past 2 months that we have really worked out what we're going to do.

The problem, in short, is that our current drop in centre for street kids is just too small. When we moved here 5 years ago, it was huge - but somehow it's shrunk! Or perhaps we just have more kids coming... (...)

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]]>At long last, we're making some good progress on plans to open new centres for street kids here in Hanoi. For over a year we have been looking for possible new places to open centres, but it's only in the past 2 months that we have really worked out what we're going to do. The [...]http://aidblogs.org/its-all-happening/feed/0Snapshots- ‘traffic’http://aidblogs.org/snapshots-traffic/Photo of the DayAidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 07:00:16 PDThttp://martynsinafrica.com/blog/?p=2116Here is traffic that we had to deal with in Malindi.

Driving into town Monday night we were greeted by Nairobi traffic.

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]]>Here is traffic that we had to deal with in Malindi. Driving into town Monday night we were greeted by Nairobi traffic. Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/snapshots-traffic/feed/0Obscuring the Conflict Mineral Debate With Simple Storieshttp://aidblogs.org/obscuring-the-conflict-mineral-debate-with-simple-stories/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 07:00:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=61f4a005ef810a12f35cab4cb8e73e75 A blog post by Annie Callaway appearing on the Enough Project blog yesterday reviewed May 10 hearing on Dodd-Frank section 1502 by the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. Section 1502 is the part of the bill that addresses the issue of what the Enough Project, Global Witness and others have labeled 'conflict minerals.'

The advocacy organizations successfully lobbied for the inclusion of the provision to ethically source minerals. The SEC is taking a hard look at the section to determine if it causes an undue burden on the mining industry. The mining industry says it will cause a steep financial burden on the industry to implement the regulations in 1502. (...)

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]]>A blog post by Annie Callaway appearing on the Enough Project blog yesterday reviewed May 10 hearing on Dodd-Frank section 1502 by the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. Section 1502 is the part of the bill that addresses the issue of what the Enough Project, Global Witness and others have [...]http://aidblogs.org/obscuring-the-conflict-mineral-debate-with-simple-stories/feed/0Hospital in Bangalore Innovates to Treat Both Rich and Poorhttp://aidblogs.org/hospital-in-bangalore-innovates-to-treat-both-rich-and-poor/AidBlogsWed, 16 May 2012 02:00:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=d6e8fbd9d0f220a08de2e74b5bebe95a

Ten years ago, Indian cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty founded a hospital he called Narayana Hrudayalaya ('Temple of the Heart') in Bangalore. His goal was to provide top notch health services to both rich and poor Indians in the same facility.

From Al Jazeera:
"We decided to adopt all the business principles of Walmart or Henry Ford - the one thing in common is the economy of scale," Shetty explains.

At the Narayana, approximately 40 per cent of patients pay a reasonable price for their treatment, a small percentage - those who "want the frills of executive rooms" - pay a premium, a majority pays less than the market rate and 10 to 20 per cent pay virtually nothing. For the latter category, the hospital's charitable wing raises money to help compensate for the material costs of their treatment. (...)

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]]>Ten years ago, Indian cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty founded a hospital he called Narayana Hrudayalaya ('Temple of the Heart') in Bangalore. His goal was to provide top notch health services to both rich and poor Indians in the same facility. From Al Jazeera: "We decided to adopt all the business principles of Walmart or [...]http://aidblogs.org/hospital-in-bangalore-innovates-to-treat-both-rich-and-poor/feed/0So full I couldn’t read another thinghttp://aidblogs.org/so-full-i-couldnt-read-another-thing/AidBlogsTue, 15 May 2012 23:35:35 PDThttp://ourmaninhanoi.com/?p=1726

Yesterday, in its own automated way, @vietnamblogs churned out six newly written blogs posts on Vietnamese street food.(1,2,3,4,5,6)

That was without the assistance of one or two Vietnam-based bloggers who write exclusively on the subject.  One of the articles came from The Word and highlighted its recent Hanoi poll.

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]]>Yesterday, in its own automated way, @vietnamblogs churned out six newly written blogs posts on Vietnamese street food.(1,2,3,4,5,6) That was without the assistance of one or two Vietnam-based bloggers who write exclusively on the subject.  One of the articles came from The Word and highlighted its recent Hanoi poll. (...) Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/so-full-i-couldnt-read-another-thing/feed/0People in Congo are Starving, Why?http://aidblogs.org/people-in-congo-are-starving-why/AidBlogsTue, 15 May 2012 17:57:03 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=5b9860cbb8bf8d4daca896f4597d7a3c

The United Nations Development Programme's Africa Human Development Report 2012 released today said the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the potential to become sub-Saharan Africa's breadbasket, yet it has the highest estimated prevalence of malnutrition in the world. Nearly 70 percent of the country's 68 million people are classified as under-nourished by the United Nation, and 38 percent of children have stunted growth due to malnutrition.

Despite good rainfall and rich agricultural potential, only two percent of the arable land and pasturelands in the DRC is under cultivation. The agriculture sector employs nearly 40 percent of the country's economically active population, but contributes only six percent to its gross domestic product and about two percent to exports. (...)

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]]>The United Nations Development Programme's Africa Human Development Report 2012 released today said the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the potential to become sub-Saharan Africa's breadbasket, yet it has the highest estimated prevalence of malnutrition in the world. Nearly 70 percent of the country's 68 million people are classified as under-nourished by the United [...]http://aidblogs.org/people-in-congo-are-starving-why/feed/0ToonsEAWL: Hoping their email finds you wellhttp://aidblogs.org/toonseawl-hoping-their-email-finds-you-well/AidBlogsTue, 15 May 2012 17:21:04 PDThttp://stuffexpataidworkerslike.com/?p=4783


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Gallup shares the results of a new poll measuring the approval of Africa's leaders in their home countries. Almost all have positive approval ratings. Of those at the bottom, Wade, Mutharika and Banda are now out of office. The findings in some countries are not likely indicative of true sentiments. Obama and Cameron sitting at around 50%, plus the more democratic African nations moving closer to the same middle range may indicate that the extreme highs are hiding the truth. (...)

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]]>Gallup shares the results of a new poll measuring the approval of Africa's leaders in their home countries. Almost all have positive approval ratings. Of those at the bottom, Wade, Mutharika and Banda are now out of office. The findings in some countries are not likely indicative of true sentiments. Obama and Cameron sitting at [...]http://aidblogs.org/gallup-finds-high-approval-of-africas-leaders/feed/0Chart of the Day: Gay Marriage in Americahttp://aidblogs.org/chart-of-the-day-gay-marriage-in-america/AidBlogsTue, 15 May 2012 04:26:00 PDThttp://aidblogs.org/?guid=d3c3881ad769f1cd894e74cf4cc20ac0
read more at the Monkey Cage.

And here is an equivalent chart for Europe.

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]]>read more at the Monkey Cage. And here is an equivalent chart for Europe. Read the original article...http://aidblogs.org/chart-of-the-day-gay-marriage-in-america/feed/0Location scouting trip reporthttp://aidblogs.org/location-scouting-trip-report/AidBlogsTue, 15 May 2012 04:15:32 PDThttp://martynsinafrica.com/blog/?p=2123While posting all about our family time I realized we have not shared an update about Taylor’s work trip! He had a pretty successful time looking at many options of locations for the film. Thankfully AIM is working under a Kenyan media house who had its owner represent them in beginning negotiations to secure locations. A huge praise is that the writing was completed by a Western missionary and is under review by a Kenyan to make more culturally appropriate.

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]]>While posting all about our family time I realized we have not shared an update about Taylor&#8217;s work trip! He had a pretty successful time looking at many options of locations for the film. Thankfully AIM is working under a Kenyan media house who had its owner represent them in beginning negotiations to secure locations. [...]http://aidblogs.org/location-scouting-trip-report/feed/0