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A quarter-century after he changed everything by summiting Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, Reinhold Messner is looking fit, feeling adventurous, and acting about as mellow as a snapping turtle. Ah, well: Great men aren’t always sweethearts—

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Black smoke billowing from tailpipes into the humid, tropical air was once a Bangkok trademark. But a decade and a half after Thailand began a battle for better air quality, this erstwhile icon of smog has emerged as a role model for Asia’s pollution-chok

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Vladimir Putin has presided over a staggering economic boom in the six years since he took control of the Kremlin. Meanwhile, a dozen of his critics have been assassinated and the country’s vast natural resources are in the pockets of a chosen few. Mi

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November 23, 1984: Doug Flutie’s “Hail Mary” finds Gerard Phelan to give BC a huge 47-45 win over Miami.

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Until one day several years ago, I, like most people, harbored no ill feelings toward the state of Delaware. I suppose in some vague sense I thought of it as harmless and even endearing, the way you tend to regard other small things, such as Girl Scouts o

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When you’re traveling around the world, it’s good to know that there are public transit systems available to help you get where you want to go. Underground subway systems offer the convenience of getting where you want when you want without the hassle of

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Harvard Business School Professors Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee prepared this case. Senior Multimedia Producer Melissa Dailey and Experience Designer Peggy Nelson assisted. This case was developed from published sources. HBS cases are developed

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The media imperialism thesis is the most widespread systemic account of cultural globalization. This is in spite of the fact that various ethnographic studies of culture consumption continue to produce evidence that shows that the predictions derived from

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The MIX Market strives to facilitate exchange and investments flows, promote transparency and improve reporting standards in the microfinance industry

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(tags: Microcredit Tajikistan)

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Pat Cashman describes the new “simple” long distance rates.

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Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz wrote this to CEO Jim Donald earlier this month. The memo’s authenticity has been confirmed by Starbucks.

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(tags: Human_Rights Columbia)

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The MFWG is comprised of some 500 members drawn from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the wider Columbia community, other universities, alumni and those working in the microfinance and microenterprise sectors around the world. The

(tags: Microcredit Columbia)

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Value is what gets created when investors invest and organizations act to pursue their mission. Traditionally, we have thought of value as being either economic (and created by for-profit companies) or social (and created by nonprofit or non-governmental

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This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe

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Microfinance—the provision of financial services such as small loans to the world’s poor—has grown in the past decade, extending billions of dollars in credit to tens of millions of people. A major aim of the microfinance movement is to provide fund

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InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany) gGmbH is synonymous with human resources and organisational development in international cooperation. Its education, exchange and dialogue programmes that offer places for about 55,000 individuals every ye

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This is the third report in the series of South Asia regional reports based on the methodology of the annual global Doing Business report.

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China is sending more troops to the mostly Muslim province of Xinjiang in the far west of the country. Concerns are rising in Beijing of ethnic unrest in the border region. Its plans for economic development there may be in trouble.

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Beyond the River, or “Ma wara’ an-nahr,” is what the invading Muslims in the 8th century called the geographical area northeast of the Amu Darya river.

(tags: Central_Asian_Studies)

The Civil War was the first “modern war.” Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided nation during a period of both technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces

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This is a self-learning course on the Citizen Report Card (CRC). If you are interested in this course please take a few moments to ENSURE that your computer is appropriately configured

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Are you doing a good job meeting the needs of your small business? Keeping a good handle on finances? Networking? Do you have a system for organizing your marketing strategy? Do you even have a marketing strategy?

(tags: Entrepreneurship Software)

In this paper we study the political economy determinants of traffic fines. Speeding tickets are not only determined by the speed of the offender, but by incentives faced by police officers and their vote maximizing principals. Our model predicts that p

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We need to find it, dig it up, and get rid of it. I’m talking about the South Florida Giant Underground Weirdness Magnet. It’s buried around here somewhere. It has to be. How else can you explain why so many major freak-show news stories either happen, or

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A unique three-year collaboration to improve the sustainability and transparency of wood supplies from Russia.

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The Diplomatic Journal is a non-profit Journal. We provide coverage of essays, articles, editorials and opinions concerning International Relations. It is our aim to create a forum where diplomats, professors, experts, students and the like from all ove

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The conventional view holds that girih (geometric star-and-polygon, or strapwork) patterns in medieval Islamic architecture were conceived by their designers as a network of zigzagging lines, where the lines were drafted directly with a straightedge and a

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Hamzawy, Ottaway, and Brown respond to the reactions and critiques by Islamists and seek to explain the issues on which Islamist movements need to achieve greater clarity in order to gain credibility in the West. Using the case of the Egyptian Musl

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While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. This article explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: dissociative anonymity, invisibility,

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(tags: Inequality)

(tags: Finance)

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Washington’s political and media elite will soon observe an annual inside the Beltway ritual — running the gantlet of black-tie media dinners.

(tags: American_Presidency)

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All right, no more excuses, people. After four years in Iraq, it’s time to get serious. We’ve spent too long goofing off, waiting to be saved by the bell, praying that we won’t get asked a stumper like, “What’s the difference between a Sunni and

(tags: Iraq)

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In-depth reporting from Mother Jones on the issues that matter.

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In Chinatown not long ago, on the corner of East Broadway and Forsyth Street, a sandwich that I bought from a street vender started me wondering whether I could consider myself a chowhound. Did I, that is, conform to the standards of the breed set forth b

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Just in time for President’s Day, a fun activity the entire family can enjoy: Who was the worst vice-president ever? CLAY RISEN reviews history’s candidates who could reach for Cheney’s crown.

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In the rolling countryside of eastern Nebraska, the town of Aurora, population 4,500, resembles a small urban outcropping amid the spreading wheat, cornfields and cattle ranches America’s midsection. With its neat town square and red-brick civic buildin

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The only surprise about the Republican debacle in the 2006 congressional elections was that many conservatives found it surprising. For at least a decade, the conservative movement has been on intellectual cruise control. The well of conservative ideas th

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Just what do non-believers believe in? Despite all the tempting spiritual goodies our world offers, enlightened skeptics still seek to practice a secular, humanist morality. But the lure is growing hard to resist: Even pious Catholics are starting to drea

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The Spanish civil war united a generation of young writers, poets and artists in political fervour. The wrong side may have won, but in creating the world’s memory of the conflict, the pen, the brush and the camera have had the more lasting triumph, argue

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Sustainable firms. Green businesses. Socially responsible corporations. A growing number of magazines, activist groups and websites publish such lists, suggesting that one can distinguish the good companies from the bad.

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Archaeologists recently discovered what appears to be the other half of Stonehenge, illuminating what they believe is a much larger Neolithic complex than has long been envisioned. What is coming to the surface seems strangely familiar. Looking closely at

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A new Moroccan plan to grant substantial autonomy to its restive Western Sahara region offers the best chance to end a damaging stalemate with neighboring Algeria and resolve Africa’s oldest territorial dispute, a top Moroccan diplomat said yesterday.

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Following President of China Hu Jintao’s historic and well-publicized visit to Africa, new questions are being raised about the nature of China’s involvement in the continent. In particular, the country’s lending practices are attracting fresh scrut

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South Africa’s democracy isn’t looking too good these days. Not only is violent crime rampant, but so too is corruption in the upper echelons of government. German companies bear some of the guilt.

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One would have thought that Serbia would have gotten the message by now — nobody wants to cohabit with Belgrade. One by one, all the former Yugoslav “sister” republics left Serbia to start a life on their own. The first to walk out on the Serbs were

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In the world of popular culture, Sofia Coppola and Jarvis Cocker are a rare breed. What these two have accomplished in modern film and in music in their young careers is not only artistically relevant but also quite astonishing. Now the two have discove

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May 1 will mark the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union between Scotland and England. Yet there will be little celebration in either country. Does no one care any more - or are we witnessing the return of the auld enmity? Ian Jack reflects on Britishnes

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In “honor” of Presidents Day, actors portraying Abe Lincoln and George Washington will no doubt provide faux endorsements for autos, mattresses and assorted other products.

(tags: American_Presidency)

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It always seemed like a dream job to me. I was never sure exactly what people did in a think tank, but it clearly required the least labor possible. “How was work today, honey?” “Oh, man, was it hard. I didn’t get a break. Even during lunch, I was thinkin

(tags: Conservatism Think_Tanks)

If we had the equivalent of a national sport just for Dallas, it would be “Tip-toe ‘Round the Elephant.” I do get why everybody debating the Bush library at SMU does it. The people against the library don’t want to get drawn off their base into an argumen

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Last November’s Democratic victory catapulted party leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Rahm Emanuel into prominence. But it’s not just those with a capital D after their names whose fortunes are on the rise these days. The changeover on

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I was on the convention floor in Boston the night Barack Obama unofficially became a candidate for president, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Up to that point, the Fleet Center was like a stale bag of popcorn, with uninspired party stalwarts g

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A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection.

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This page is be dedicated to analysis of the extent and cause of the injuries suffered by Lord Darth Vader. In Return of the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi states that Vader is “more machine now than man.” This page will be concerned with investigating the extent Ke

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“Didn’t I see you at another blogger party recently? Or did I dream it?” asked Lindsay Robertson, an editor for the Comedy Central network’s Insider blog.

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You know, the Interstate System is a pretty incredible bit of infrastructure, but have you ever looked at a map? It’s all over the place! Did those civil engineers never hear of a ruler? I actually designed most of this seven years ago, but I figured you

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Al Nakhlah, which is Arabic for date palm, features thoughtful and informative articles and editorials by Fletcher students and alumni.

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Maybe you don’t like flying, or are concerned about the environmental impact of flying. Or perhaps you just prefer real travel by train or ship, where the journey is part of the adventure… Either way, this website will tell you how to travel over

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Planix is a hosted application that enables project teams to consistently and accurately estimate the resources, scheduling and cost of their software development projects.

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The downloadable file contains a list of all towns, administrative divisions and agglomerations with their current population, their English name (if not equal to the international name) and parent country. The international names are displayed in UTF-8 f

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Robert Deodaat Emile Oxenaar – or Ootje as he’s known – is, at 76, still teaching in the graphic design department of the Rhode Island School of Design. Born in The Hague in the Netherlands he attended the city’s Royal Academy of Art and then, fro

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As if it weren’t provocative enough to hold a debate on religion in America, panelists in a recent debate were tasked with answering the following: “Is America Too Damn Religious?”

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It was funny, in a grim sort of way. Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates responded to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s polemical attack on the United States by remembering the 50-year Cold War as a “less complex time” and saying he was “a

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