The announcement came after weeks of concern that the crisis in Greece could bring down the Cypriot economy.
What is the future of supranationalism? It wasn’t too long ago that countries were scrambling to join in an economic union with their neighbors. Countries like Turkey (that unsucessfully attempted to join the E.U.) are feeling better each passing month about not being constrained by financial commitments to struggling southern European economies.
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Botswana sprinter Amantle Montsho trains in Senegal, thousands of miles from home, in hopes of capturing her country’s first Olympic medal.
While some countries routinely get dozens of medals at each Olympiad, other countries (like Botswana) have never received a medal. World-class training facilities are not available everywhere, and youth participation in some sports is non-existant. What are some other factors that contribute to this uneven global patterns of world-class athletics?
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“Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time ever, a statement by the country’s London embassy says.” In what is viewed as sensitive ‘baby steps’ towards inclusion for women in activities most in the West take for granted, females will be competing for the Saudi Olympic team in London, something that has been forbidden until very recently. Allowing their participation also alleviates pressure from the entire team being disqualified due to gender discrimination. (Apparently they can ride horses – will driving automobiles be far behind?)
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Download KML FILE to BEST view this interactive map within Google Earth. My wife and I took a fabulous trip to the United Kingdom and Greece that was primarily for a writing project that she is wor…
I usually redirect readers to articles, lessons, materials and resources that other people have created. I would like to deviate from that model and share something original that I have created in Google Earth to share photos, give tour guide commentary and give a geography lesson. The sample is from a trip I was on about a month ago. I envision my introductory mapping students to create one of these next semester.
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Esri Press book provides insight for GIS implementation from indigenous sovereign nations.
“The book offers insight into how tribal governments and supporting organizations are employing GIS, from day-to-day operations to special projects for tribal leadership. Tribal GIS also highlights how GIS is being used to embrace a new movement in tribal governance toward improving citizen services, decision support for community leadership, sustained economic development, and the protection of tribal assets.”
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By importing goods from polluting factories in Asia, Americans and others in developed countries underwrite carbon emissions…
This is a compelling question: are reductions in greenhouse gases best measured by production or consumption? The question that this article is posing is essentially trying to find blame for greenhouse gas emmision, but thinking geographically, ponders where along the commodity chain should the bulk of the blame be placed. What do you think?
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This is an incredibly photo gallery of Vietnam (pictured) and Cambodia. The photographer, Michael Poliza has many other place and nature-based galleries at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/poliza/sets/
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Young Iranians are tuning out. Of those encountered on a visit, many seemed less interested in religious fanaticism than in sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.
Often we fall into the trap of assuming that the political rhetoric of the governmental regime is is culturally representative of the people of that country (such as this picture above. Listen to this podcast on the Iranian nuclear program for an example of the religous/political rhetoric: http://www.scoop.it/t/regional-geography/p/2016189455/iran-s-nuclear-fatwa-a-policy-or-a-ploy ). And yet, people are still people, and kids are just kids, even in a conservative theocratic government.
“One of the most pernicious misunderstandings in the West about Iranians is that they are dour religious fanatics…In the 1970s, disgruntled young Iranians rebelled against a corrupt secular regime by embracing an ascetic form of Islam. Now they’re rebelling against a corrupt religious regime by embracing personal freedom — in some cases, even sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.”
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These three charts (Fruit, Vegetable and Herbs) are an excellent reasource for teaching about agriculture and food systems. Many cultural festivals and traditions revolve around the seasonal availability of crops and many modern eating trends often call for a return eating foods within their season.
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