Sania Mirza played despite pain to reach the Wimbledon second round with a 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-4 win over Catalina Castano of Colombia . Mirza, the 32nd seed, had only returned to action two weeks ago after missing the last three months following surgery on a right wrist injury. She next plays Spain’s Maria Jose […]
Saving the coral biodiversity of St. Martin’s island
St. Martin’s, a small continental island in the Bay of Bengal, is located on the southern most tip of Bangladesh separated from the mainland by a channel which is about 9 km wide. The distance between the island and Teknaf (the head of mainland) is about 34 km. It is said that in 1926, the […]
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary today of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., we’ve excerpted a speech delivered today by AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff to the Southern Regional Meeting on April 4, 2008. Thank you for your welcome, but most importantly, thanks for all you do everyday. I am very proud […]
Part 15: El Camino de Santiago
JAMES Camino – Day 15 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us from the beautiful town of Astorga to the one-street backwater of Rabanal Del Camino. Today started with an even better, or worse if you happened to be here, demonstration of just why the Germans are so universally hated abroad. Normally they are bad, […]
Part 9: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 10 Buenos dias los amigos! Today’s stage took us from Beldorado to the last village outside of Burgos, Ages (Pronounced Ajez) (ahh-hace). Today was by far my most enjoyable day on the Camino so far! I know this might come as much of a surprise to you as it has to me, but today […]
A letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
In commemoration of the Martin Luther King Day on January 21 Dear Dr. King, I am writing to you because of your magnificent speech “I have a dream.” It is such an awesome speech that I would like to give some compliments and responses regarding the speech you uttered. First of all, your speech has […]
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