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TIGblogs are TakingITGlobal's online space for you to reflect on events, talk about your travels, comment on the news, or just chat about your day! Below you can read about what's new at TakingITGlobal in our staff group blog, check out the featured TIGblog, or browse through TIGblog entries from the last 24 hours. Did you miss something important? Check out the most popular entries this week on the right hand side of the page.
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Read an interesting article in the New York Times today - "Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing." According to a study from the MacArthur Foundation (who has supported our YMEX... (read more)
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By Sara Speicher
For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a "war time situation". "People with
AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends", says Sawyer, an
AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York. By 1988, seven years after
the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US
then there were in the... (read more)
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 Last 24 Hours |
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The Grief of Death
This morning I woke up to some grief
I heard a death shrill over the air
So suddenly did it pierced the skies
That the calm air was thrown into turmoil
The skies shuddered and birds scared
Hairs stood up all over my terrified body
God gives and he takes
He creates and calls the stakes
We come on loan
And sometimes no matter how much... (read more)
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Global health funding - does not reflect the health needs
Global health funding at the World Health Organisation (WHO) is skewed
towards infectious diseases and does not reflect the actual health
needs of recipient countries, say researchers in The Lancet this month (1
November).
The United Kingdom-based team compared the allocations for infectious
diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases... (read more)
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Changes and updates
New dates: from march 17 to march 19, 2009.
Event location: Expo Forum.
Fees (for the three days):
General.-
Until December 31, 2008 --> $75.00 Dlls
January-February 2009 --> $125.00 Dlls
From March 1, 2009 --> $175.00 Dlls
Students.-
Until December 31, 2008 --> $30.00 Dlls
January-February 2009 --> $50.00 Dlls
From March 1,... (read more)
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Pot Calling th Kettle black
Following the aftermath of prop 8 being passed it has been reported that the reason for its success was due to blacks voting. To me that eerily sounds like Jim Crow thinking. In the land of the free and a place where all minorities have struggled four equal rights, why would one group of minorities allow finger pointing at another. I understand... (read more)
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Extension 1.3: Journal
Through this activity, I have learned more about the types factors surrounding HIV/AIDS and how they are affecting different types of people around the world. I was also able to view some messages of hope through photographs: how simple trees or groups of people talking together could symbolize the spreading of HIV/AIDS education and those... (read more)
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Grants to fund Music and Education-Related Service Projects
Need some extra cash to jump start your community project? Check out these amazing NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITIES!
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Doing something noteworthy with music in your community?
FOCUS: Using MUSIC to make a difference
AMOUNT: 20 $500 grants, 5 $3000 grants + a paid trip to the GRAMMY® Awards
DEADLINE: December... (read more)
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Take the worldwide survey of “climate solution providers”
This unique initiative is supported by the World Bank, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the International Development Research Centre, and has the active involvement of a wide range of other organizations (please see logos below).
In return for about twenty minutes of your time to complete the survey, we will be pleased to send you a... (read more)
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4U
TEQUILA AND SALT
This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day. > You may not realize it, but it's 100% true. > >
1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you... (read more)
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Care2
www.care2.com
a website which has hosted an e-mail account for me for over a year & a half now, for free, & I find it to be working well for me, what makes it better is that the site works as a community, &, such as TIG, a community of people willing to take steps as activists: a community which signs each others' petitions, & generally... (read more)
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“Good morning Korea, Good morning Vietnam” exhibition
“Good morning Korea, Good morning Vietnam” exhibition held in Hanoi from November 20 - 26, 2008.
The event introduces 43 large-sized paintings by 11 Vietnamese and 11 Korean artists. The paintings showcase a variety of mediums such as oil on canvas, lacquer, silk, water-colour and wood.
Korean artists attending the exhibition are all... (read more)
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The Politics of Irony
How unfortunate and regrettable a situation the US and by extension many developed and developing nations have found themselves in regarding the current economic crisis. Perhaps the most distasteful taboo in this whole situation is the fact that the creators and most reputable supporters of free trade and business and trade liberalization has... (read more)
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World AIDS Day marks 20th anniversary of solidarity
By Sara Speicher
For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a "war time situation". "People with
AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends", says Sawyer, an
AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York. By 1988, seven years after
the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US
then there were in... (read more)
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Lasik Eye Repair Surgery
Most LASIK patients notice a dramatic improvement in their vision immediately after the procedure. Vision may still fluctuate day to day. Some patients might need 3-6 Months After LASIK for their vision to stabilize after a surgery at Dr David Kleiman . When evaluating your vision after LASIK at , it's important to be patient. Although you... (read more)
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$23 million art in the UN building???
The undated photo released by Onuart on Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008 shows Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo working in the "Hall XX" at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. Barcelo finished the painting of the dome of "Hall XX" of work that will house the UN's Human Rights Council, after 13 months.
A $23 million ceiling painting... (read more)
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PRISONERS ARE HUMANS TOO
I was very disturbed by the recent images of inhumane treatment of prisoners in Kamiti Prison. They were striped naked and gravely beaten by the prison wardens sustaining serious injuries. There is no mistake that warrants senseless beating and denial of privacy. That is grave violation of human right and should be condemned in the strongest way... (read more)
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"Cure" for AIDS Stumbled Upon?
By Todd Heywood , RH Reality Check :
Doctors in Berlin, Germany, are reporting that a 42-year-old American living in that city may have eliminated the virus from his body after a bone marrow transplant.
According to the Wall Street Journal report, the man was suffering from leukemia and AIDS, and while he continues to receive... (read more)
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I'm disturbed! And, you might want to know why?
I'm disturbed! And, you might want to know why?
It's simply because of the present state of education in my country. Although, the value of education is still intact, and the teachers are doing their best, but it’s quite unfortunate that young people are becoming less interested in learning! In some States, these students receive the... (read more)
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Software Development Company Midlands
Custom Software Development Midlands
Software development is the process of converting marketing goals and user requirements into a software application. Basically software is developed to support the end user to accomplish some particular tasks. In Today’s competitive World, for any corporation, software solutions represent an... (read more)
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Murder Case and Library Material Regulation
In Japan, some libraries began to refuse to access to some materials because of murder cases.
An formar assistance administrator of formar Ministry of Health and Welfare and his wife were killed and another formar assistance administrator's wife was injured. According to the media, these cases may be terrorism because of the policy of pension... (read more)
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