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Haiti: There is no limit to their hunger
3 hours ago
by holemaster
OK, this is a long one but try and stick with it… The following excerpt is from an interview with Camille Chalmers who is head of the Haitian Platform in Defence of an Alternative Development or PAPDA. Their aim is to develop and maintain a true democracy of the people through grass roots action inv ...
Esker Riada - eskerriada.wordpress.com ·  14 references
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Suicide Silence massive tour and new album
6 hours ago
by Matth
Suicide Silence are currently holed up together writing new material before embarking on a massive world tour this spring, which will see them hit territories such as Japan, East Asia and South America for the very first time. There is little doubt in anyone’s minds that Suicide Silence are the fron ...
Under The Gun Review - underthegunreview.net · Rank: 13,049 · 21 references
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McDonald’s global sales rise 2.6% in January
7 hours ago
by Amita Kalra
Fast food giant and world’s biggest restaurant company, Mc Donald’s, today posted a 2.6% rise in the global same store sales in January. Perhaps taking a cue from the CVS Q4 results that came out yesterday, Mc Donald’s too, as a pleasant surprise, beat analysts’ expectations. Global sales were predi ...
BizNomic - biznomic.com
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A 2nd Open Letter to GAP Adventres: Let's Still Be Friends, 'Kay?
8 hours ago
by oneyeartrip.com
Gap Adventures, thank you ever so much for the phone call, as I was sandboarding in the Peruvian deserts. Who would have thought? A phone call, just for me, in the middle of a very literal nowhere. It was as delightful and unexpected and receiving a handwritten letter in this day and age. I'd just l ...
one.year.trip - oneyeartrip.com · 10 references
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Americans jailed in Haiti tried taking other kids, officer says
12 hours ago
by predrag
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The group of American Baptist missionaries in Haiti who are facing kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country last week made an earlier attempt at taking dozens of other children, according to a Haitian police officer. The officer, who did not ...
Alpha Combat Group - alphacombatgroup.com
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I want to go to Antarctica
12 hours ago
by Jakie
Who doesn’t, really? For the past few years I’ve had a growing childlike feeling of wanting to seek out adventure whenever and wherever I can find it. This quite possibly has something to do with the fact that I’ve experienced that adventure just doesn’t come to you by itself. Also, I have always be ...
The Gonzo Anthropologist - gonzoanthropology.wordpress.com
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Train Travel Around the World
13 hours ago
by Deborah Swallow
I was recently sent an email with some amusing photos comparing overcrowded trains in India and Pakistan (as pictured on the right) with slick, modern trains in other parts of the world. I began to wonder just how stereotypical were these pictures and whether any of them depicted a true-to-life view ...
Dr Deborah Swallow - ... - deborahswallow.com · 2 references
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