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US Food Aid as a money-maker for the corporate few?
peter.reardon from a personal perspective working with CARE-US : World , culture, Opinion:- CARE-USA's quantum shift in management philosophy with regard to "feeding the poor" in need of humanitarian aid is hopefully only a short term improvement of supplying... Mubarak remains: Washington powerless. Who is manipulating whom?
peter.reardon on Opinion: Middle EastMubarak's most recent speech to the people of Egypt did not address the call of the people for him to leave office. He will, he says his government will make changes to the constitution, commonly said by national journalists and... 174 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
Political and Social Change in the Middle East?
peter.reardon: on social turmoil for social justice in the Arab worldThe fallout from the success of the recent public demonstrations against the totalitarian Tunisian government was swift and massive and was copied across the Middle Eastern countries ruled by corrupt and... 269 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Growing up and developing values
peter.reardon on society, basic kindness and respect The attempted assassination of Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords; she was shot in the head but clings to life. As well as the slain there were also a number of critically injured people at the... China first in Haiti: the US second
peter.reardon on the politics behind humanitarian aid to Haiti: In a surprisingly deft political move the Chinese government outflanked the American government by providing the first foreign-aid to Haitian ... 1839 views | 39 recommendations | 12 comments
Parkinson's Disease: One door closes, another opens
On: Parkinson’s Disease: a personal narrative - So soon it seems that my disease has gone from being a nuisance to becoming life-style transforming. Muscle strength is lower but yet because of a high protein and calorie diet my weight is improved by... 350 views | 70 recommendations | 11 comments
Mystery Vessel boarded near Victoria: People smuggling?
A breaking news story from CHEK-TV in Victoria, British Columbia at 5 pm Pacific Time:The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) stopped and boarded the Ocean Lady early this morning. With coastguard support and a Canadian warship escort the vessel docked at Ogden Point at...
created by peter.reardon | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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156 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
China's aid practice: An example in the Pacific Islands
An Opinion on China’s “aid” practice: From the Pacific Islands’ ”Matangi Tonga Online” contributor Fergus Hanson, author of the 22 July 2009 story “China: influence in the Pacific” wrote: ""China has stepped up its aid program to the Pacific, but until... 243 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Say NO! to more Canadian CF-18 fighter bombers in Afghanistan
Politics: Source Ceasefire.ca petition to Conservative Government in Ottawa.Stephen Staples, president of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs speaks to yet another Canadian government crises-in-the-making and urges all supporters of ... Parkinson's Disease, and Cataracts. Part 2
A personal account: Finally I am able to work a little at the computer, with increasing comfort, after operations to have cataracts removed from both eyes. Fortunately, I was called to have the second operation appointment brought forward by three weeks which I... Fearful of Nighttime Dark
A Poem: - Fearful of the approach of nighttime darkTo walk, to hide, to sleep, and waitFor the morning dawn of light and lies; Is there no escape from political pretense?Not for me, nor mine, the corporate bonus.We believed that to vote the system changes.It does! For the... 111 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Organic Food: Promoted or Persecuted?
Dr. Elmar Ritzinger is the head of the Directorate for Sustainability and Rural Development in the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management. He spoke at Minneapolis University, as part of the Centre for Austrian Studies... 172 views | 20 recommendations | 4 comments
Parkinson's Disease, and Cataracts
A personal account:- My appointment this morning (Friday 9 April) with my ophthalmologist was labeled ‘routine’. The outcome was far from routine: The doctor’s examination confirmed that the cataracts, mild six months ago, now required surgical attention in... 868 views | 40 recommendations | 4 comments
China: Economic Investment Equals Political Influence
Story revised: - The Chinese government has been investing heavily throughout the world for many years to build its own industrial and economic infrastructure, consequently, its political stature within China has grown, as have its financial reserves.One global strategy to...
created by peter.reardon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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872 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Balkans: A Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd) Study
peter.reardon on the ‘scars of war’:- This study is but one outcome of the Bosnian war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (ptsd), it was welcome news personally that this emotional disorder is being recognised in one region, but sadly not all, of the former ...
created by peter.reardon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
1160 views | 14 recommendations | 7 comments
1160 views | 14 recommendations | 7 comments
