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Thank You, Jeanne-Claude
Region: New YorkI had the honor to work as an installer on the Gates Project in February 2005. It was a transformational moment for me and the City that I love. There is something magical about spending an entire week in Central Park, especially in the frost of winter, surrounded by nature and sky, laboring to raise a work of art. Jeanne-Claude was everywhere that week. Greeting us for breakfast in the Boat Hou... more
Views: 328SurivivingThe Holidays With The Relatives
Region: United StatesThe holidays are coming that means one thing, spending time with the family. Now unless you have the family from hell, most holiday get-togethers are not that bad. For the most part, you get to catch up with friends and relatives, eat, drink and be merry. However, for those situations where you are spending time with in-laws or family members that you have little in common or simply do not like,&nbs... more
Views: 160India: Environmentalists to Campaign 'Ride A Cycle'
Region: IndiaAs the campaign for climate change is gaining momentum and talks to cut down carbon emission is reaching its crescendo, a humble attempt is being made in southern India to push the cause of the good old peddle bicycle. Come December 2009 and 70 cyclists will set off on a 900-km-long tour from Bangalore to the beautiful Nilgiris Mountains in Tamil Nadu, to promote the cause of environmental conc... more
Views: 372Trocaire funded NGO arranged workshop at Arkari valley
Region: PakistanHuman Rights demanded providing of civic amenities to residents of Arkari. CHITRAL: A one day awareness raising workshop on human rights was held at Arkari valley the most remote, backward and non accessible locality of Chitral organized by Legal Awareness Program for Human Rghts (LAPH) funded by Trocaire in collaboration with Khair Andeesh welfare Society Arkari. Niaz Ali Shah Chairman Board of Director L... more
Views: 156Lawari top blocked for alll type of vehicular traffic
Region: PakistanChitrali labor fall to death. CHITRAL: A Chitrali labor who was working in an under construction building at F-7/3 Islamabad was fall down from the roof of the building and badly injured. He was rushed to Pakistan Institutes of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital Islamabad but he succumbed to his injuries and died before reaching to hospital. The deceased was identified as Daulat Hussain resident of Dewsar v... more
Views: 162How dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress - latest scientific evidence
Region: United StatesAccording to the article, "New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress," published online in the Nov. 12, 2009 issue of Medical News Today, the "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Proteome Research: Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in Free-Living Subjects. See the study's pres... more
Views: 227Oppression on Mobile, Email goes Unnoticed
Region: IndiaFor long mankind has known oppressions of various kinds. In the long list two more variety has been added in recent times. One is the oppression on your mobile phone and second on your internet mail box. Both of them have added a new dimension to word oppression but essentially in the tone tenure and character it remains the treatise that Karl Marx so laboriously built up in his magnum opus ‘Das Capital.’&n... more
Views: 253Put Together a Christmas Gift bag for $5
Region: United StatesLooking for ways to be creative this holiday season, without spending a lot of money? Follow these simple rules to create a stand out gift for cheap price. Step 1 Go to your local dollar store and find a small gift bag. Step 2 In the same Dollar Store, find a Christmas card or a holiday card (i.e. Happy Holiday, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.) Usually these cards are two for a dollar, so you can usually buy one for 50 cen... more
Views: 309Vegetarian holiday recipes - garbanzo bean flour pancakes with carrot juice and lentil loaf
Region: United StatesLet's say you want a vegan Thanksgiving and are on a no-salt-added and/or no-sugar added diet. Toppings to a vegan lentil loaf could include organic tomato paste that you get from a can which says organic tomatoes are the only ingredient. In tomato paste, most of the time, there's no salt added compared to tomato sauce in cans or jars to which lots of salt is added. In tomato paste, most of the time ther... more
Views: 449How To Plan For Black Friday
Region: United StatesOn November 27th, The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday will be upon us once again. However thanks to the bad economy, department stores like Sears are already jumping again and are offering great holiday deals. For those of you who like the hustle and bustle of Black Friday, here are a few tips to the get the most of one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Find three or more friends or fa... more
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