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Immigrants Weave New Connections Through Old Looms – msnbc.com
Old wooden looms sat unused at an arts center in Cleveland for more than 20 years – until an Ohio woman started weekly weaving workshops where Bhutanese women practice English and learn American-style weaving. Rebecca … [read more]
Fewer travelers unplug while on vacation – msnbc.com
People used to go on holiday to unplug. Now they’re demanding to be plugged in. That secluded, desert island-type getaway may soon be as dated as the post-vacation slideshow as more travelers use e-mails, Facebook and … [read more]
Immigrant clients at Mid-County Health Center now greeted by multicultural art … – Oregonian
View full size Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian Kwa Franklin, a native of Cameroon, stands beside his painting, “Tears of Joy,” which is one of 44 pieces of art on display as part of the Multicultural Art Wall at … [read more]
A newsmaker you should know: Busy college student still finds time to volunteer – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Looking back, 21-year-old Marie Berube can trace her desire to help others back to the time when a Vietnamese family moved into her neighborhood when she was 2. She grew up with that family’s children on Troy Hill until … [read more]
Asia’s glaciers in retreat, could signal crop failure and flooding in the future – USA Today
Asia’s glaciers are retreating, which could mean drought, plus crop losses upstream and flood conditions downstream for millions of people. A report published by the U.S. Geological Survey , in collaboration … [read more]
Refugees find the American dream down on the farm – Los Angeles Times
A dingy floral print peels from the walls, and sheets of plastic are taped over some of the windows. But for Harka Rai, the sagging trailer home he bought in rural Oregon is his piece of the American dream … [read more]
Get the most out of your garage sale – San Jose Mercury News
Pockets heavy with quarters and dollar bills, I collapse on my white plastic patio chair at 2 p.m., exhausted. I’ve just learned through seven hours of hawking junk on my driveway that having a garage sale isn … [read more]
Something for everyone at Peoplefest – Boston Globe
Manchester, N.H. has embraced its diversity, and its Peoplefest is a celebration proving so. Traditions established more than a century ago by its original settlers – the French Canadian, Scottish/Irish, Italian, Greek … [read more]
Sacramento schools eligible for federal refugee money – Sacramento Bee
Sacramento School districts are eligible for federal funding to help 1,801 refugee children in grades K-12 who have arrived in the county in the last three years, the California Department of Social Services … [read more]
Shopkick funding shows real world mobile trend – Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) – Shopkick, a Palo Alto, California-based startup that tries to get people to use their mobile phones to go shopping in the physical world, raised $15 million in a Series B … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
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27 August, 2010 – SAARC goodwill ambassador for HIV/AIDS & TB, Shabana Azmi, at a press conference in Thimphu yesterday [read more]
A brutal murder in broad daylight in what seems to be an armed robbery
27 August, 2010 – Four unidentified men had killed a 46-year-old woman and her 69-year-old mother in their house in Samtse yesterday morning. [read more]
Opposition concern of a precedent being set by government led to litigation
First Constitutional Case27 August, 2010 – Two justices on either side of the acting chief justice were seated high above the dimly lit traditional courtroom floor. The clerk read out the order of the day. [read more]
UPDATE27 August, 2010 – The recovery operation for two people washed away by the Pachu on August 16 has ended. [read more]
PM’s grievance cell to investigate IT firms’ complaint
Meet The Press27 August, 2010 – The order for 700 Dell and Lenovo laptops for civil servants by the information and communication ministry has been suspended, after the capital’s IT firms submitted a letter to the prime minister’s grievance cell. [read more]
Garbage plus imagination equals art
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| Youngzoom On Garbage: Raising awareness on a social issue through a creative medium |
Vast/TCC Exhibition27 August, 2010 – It is a rare combination: garbage and art.
While the capital city grapples with an ever increasing garbage issue, city corporation officials and artists from VAST showcased just what could be done with some of it. [read more]
27 August, 2010 – How will a right to information act further help you to access more information, which you already have? [read more]
Surviving children comprise biggest group to receive benefit
National Pension And Provident Fund27 August, 2010 – Children of pension members, who passed away while in service, make up the largest group of beneficiaries of the civil pension plan, according to the records of the national pension and provident fund (NPPF). [read more]
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| Turning Point: Gang members agree to make a change for the better in their lives |
27 August, 2010 – Beginning today, Thimphu city will hear no more of MB boys or Sabjibazaar gang or, for that matter, any of the known gangs. Yesterday, the leaders of two gangs signed a pledge never to form one. [read more]
ADB & Japan FPR27 August, 2010 – The Asian development bank (ADB) and Japan are extending USD 3M to Bhutan to rebuild damaged schools, using earthquake-resilient materials and designs, which could potentially be replicated around the country. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Tudors win easy over Aspens
Tudors had an easy win over Aspens during the Open SumÂÂmer Basketball ChampionÂÂship’s super-league round on August 25 in Thimphu. Tudors thrashed Aspens 53-28. Aspens took the lead in the first-quarter but Tudors came back strong in the next two quarters. In the fourth-quarter, Tudors took an asÂÂtounding lead with 38 points to Aspens’ 8. [...] [read more]
136 power tillers distributed
Out of 152 power tillers received through KR-II, a Japanese grant scheme for deÂÂveloping countries to increase food production, 136 have been allotted to farmers from different dzongkhags (see table). An official from Agriculture Machinery Centre in Paro said that the existing functional farmer’s group with clear agriculture production and development plan will be given [...] [read more]
Despotism Incognito
Words like efficiency, transparency, accountability, collaborative working and the like have become everyday-voÂÂcabulary in all our government offices, which if we go by the discourse we hear sounds apt in our fast changing society. But the sad reality is, beneath these high-flown ideas lies a travesty; there lurks the primordial rule of despotism. People who [...] [read more]
Gangs pledge to disband
55 gang members pledged to dissociate themselves from gangs and gang violence The leaders of the two most notorious gangs in Thimphu, MB Boys and Sabji Bazaar Gang, signed a pledge of alÂÂlegiance yesterday on behalf of their members, formally disbanding the gangs for good. The pledge, which symbolÂÂised realisation that they have gone astray, [...] [read more]
Drukair plans to attract more Indian tourists
Drukair says India could be the single biggest tourist market for Bhutan With the aim to increase InÂÂdian tourists visiting Bhutan by five percent this year, DruÂÂkair Corporation has revived its holiday package under the Royal Druk Holidays (RDH) brand. The package for Indian tourists ranges from a miniÂÂmum of three nights four days to [...] [read more]
Contractual grey area
Officials call for stronger clauses on termination of contracts The revised standard bid docÂÂument (SBD) is at the heart of delay in government contract works, officials pointed out yesterday at the sixth annual engineering conference in Thimphu. Officials said that the revised SBD’s clauses on conÂÂtract termination on grounds of fundamental breach of contract are [...] [read more]
Understand Bhutan better
A recent article titled China, India and Nepal: Entangled in unresolving Tibetan issue published by a news blog in Massachusetts in the US has portrayed Bhutan in an irresponsibly wrong light. The Himalayan Voice article starts with this line: “It becomes natural for the Dalai Lama to see Tibet, ‘real autonomous’, if not independent at [...] [read more]
Ap Tsara
Wai! If foreigners call Bhutan a poor country with rich people, it’s mainly because of an extravaÂÂgant number of expensive BG SUVs that beam along our narrow roads all day long, everyday, everywhere. Despite the govÂÂernment’s faltering attempt at preventing the BG vehicles from running amok round the clock, they are like our stray dogs, [...] [read more]
Best of Bhutan for dancing couples
A break away from the singing shows. Bhutanese audience will soon be treated to a new dancing reality show where couples will dance to rigsar music. Organized by Norling, the couple dance competiÂÂtion, Best of Bhutan, is only for couples in Thimphu. The show will be held nationwide if the response from the pubÂÂlic is [...] [read more]
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