sabato 19 dicembre 2009

Logic has no place in this dream - from LATimes




check out the story of this family from England actually living in Los Angeles.

family's motto: always look at the bright side of things!

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here the link for the article from Los Angeles Times on line

lunedì 5 ottobre 2009

Malawian boy uses wind to power hope, electrify village




this guy has been able to build a windmill and make power for his village in Malawi.
great job!
my compliments to William Kamkwamba becuase he didn't give up!

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here the link for the article from Cnn.com on line

sabato 5 settembre 2009

China Web Sites Seeking Users’ Names

BEIJING — News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past...
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here you can find the rest of the article from JONATHAN ANSFIELD of NewYorkTimes on line (eng)

giovedì 3 settembre 2009

rovering for a place called home

this guy left Portugal 4 years a go looking for a place he could call home..

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here the link for the blog of this traveler

lunedì 31 agosto 2009

truffles in Oz



On the hunt for truffles in Western Australia, with sniffing dogs in South Western Australia..

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here the link for the article on LosAngeles Time on line (eng)

martedì 18 agosto 2009

Waiting at Heathrow, the Literary Experience

Travelers passing through Heathrow Airport in London this week may be surprised to encounter, in the middle of bustling Terminal 5, the writer Alain de Botton, author of popular books including “How Proust can change your life” and “The Art of Travel,”....

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here the link for the article from ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN on NewYorkTimes on line (eng)

lunedì 3 agosto 2009

you need it more then we do

MABVUTO BANDA

A MALAWI campaigner has told Scotland to keep its £9million African aid cash - and use it to improve conditions in Scotland.
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here the link for the story from the Scottish Sun on lin (eng)