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Introducing the Baraclava; Eat your heart out Shepard Fairey

Nadir Gullu, chef and baklava master of Karakoy Gulluoglu, shows off his portrait of President Obama made of baklava, also known as the Baracklava. " Turks rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected president last November, and he remains a popular figure in predominantly...

created by ksjhalla | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago
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PediaPress | Print Your Favorite Wikipedia Articles As Books

Techcruch carried an interesting note on how you can create a book by importing wikipedia pages. What is great is that you can create a book on any topic, sort information by chapters and PediaPress takes care of typesetting, printing and shipping. PediaPress allows you to...

created by ksjhalla | 38 wks ago
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Will we cost out Capital Punishment soon?

Perhaps this is how capitalist societies stay honest. Rather than abolish laws that seem outdated and cause controversy, they just raise the bar to make them too costly to execute ... " Mr. O’Malley, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic who has cited religious opposition to...

created by ksjhalla | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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Is this the begining of a green revolution in Africa?

With the sharp rise in global grain prices, many affluent countries with limited arable land have begun looking to Africa for food security. Countries like Angola, Tanzania and Ethiopia have already shown...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Beijing Olympics: Wanjiru gives Kenya Olympic marathon gold

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Of Marathon Golds, Closing Ceremonies and Kenya's best Olympic performance ever

h/t @jollyrulezIn a conversation with a @jollyrulez yesterday, he just made me realize that the only Olympic medals given out during the closing ceremony were all claimed by African Marathon runners - ensuring...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Kenyan swimmer Jason Dunford and his 7 minutes of fame

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Kenyan swimmer Jason Dunford and his 7 minutes of fame

A Kenyan swimmer overshadows American swimming sensation Michael Phelps for 7 glorious minutes"For seven memorable minutes, the world stood up and watched as brilliant Kenyan swimmer Jason Dunford held the Olympic...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Diaing for a World-Class Ambulance Service in Mumbai

How do you provide a city like Mumbai and its 22 million residents an efficient Ambulance service? The Acumen Fund's Sasha Dicheter, talks about their latest investment, "Dial 1298" service with its 51 ambulances, each fitted with intensive care service combining world-class...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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Sailing around Africa in a Phoenician boat

"On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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India's Temples Go Green

"For decades, the temple's community kitchen has fed nearly 15,000 people, cooking 30,000 meals a day. Five years ago, Tirumala adopted solar cooking technology, allowing it to dramatically cut down on the amount...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Terry Macalister on the global resurgence of coal as an energy source

"The last couple of years has seen a massive swing towards king coal after decades when it looked doomed to be phased out, because of acid rain and then greenhouse gases, of which it is a huge emitter. Its use in US power stations alone is responsible for 1.5bn tonnes of CO2...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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Two Harvard Grads work to bring change in Kenya's largest slum

"Nairobi's Kibera slum is home to as many as a million people, struggling to survive in a community of tin huts, dirt roads, and garbage. To make matters worse, ethnic tension periodically boils over, adding...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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On High-tech Cheetahs and Blade Runners in Africa

<img class="aligncenter" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/16/sports/runner_650.11.jpg" alt="" />LET PISTORIOUS RUN !!!"The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a ruling allowing the double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius to compete at...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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On High-tech Cheetahs and Blade Runners in Africa

<img class="aligncenter" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/16/sports/runner_650.11.jpg" alt="" />"The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a ruling allowing the double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius to compete at the Beijing Olmypics,...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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China and the importance of a robust civic society during a crisis

The importance of a robust civil society can be invaluable during a time of national crisis as shown by the current events in China. In the past China was under-resourced and overwhelmed by natural calamity, and the government was quick to bury the evidence of...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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Raila factor in Obama contest

"Right-wing activists in the United States are attempting to use Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan links to discredit him. Senator Barrack Obama and Mr Raila Odinga. Photo/ FILEThe activists, most of them conseervative Christians, claim that Mr Obama is a relative of Prime...

created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago
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