Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Some 80 percent of the world’s rice production is grown by smallholder farmers in developing countries, according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). From Bangladesh to Benin, these farmers continue to develop different solutions to improve the process of rice production. These methods include using […]
Valentine’s Day Text Messages and Love SMS Quotes
Valentine’s Day is coming and people here in the Philippines will soon send their favorite love quotes and Valentine’s Day text messages to their family and friends. This is an annual event but sending SMS is actually a year round activitiy here in the Philippines. As for me, I’ve already chosen my love SMS quote […]
Georgian authorities mistook messages from the U.S. administration as encouragement to use force aga
Georgian authorities mistook messages from the U.S. administration as encouragement to use force against Georgia’s breakaway provinces an action that triggered war with Russia, a former Georgian diplomat said Wednesday. Erosi Kitsmarishvili, who was ambassador to Moscow in the months before the August war, said the Georgian government’s actions were to blame for the conflict. […]
Casey Anthony Text Messages Released
Casey Anthony’s text messages were included in nearly 600 pages of documents of evidence against released yesterday by Florida’s Sate Attorney’s office regarding her missing daughter, Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony is a person of interest in the disappearance of 2-year-old Caylee. The text messages and documents show suspicious behavior by Casey Anthony on the days […]
Video: Political Messages in Online Music Video Stir the Population
by Juliana Rincón Parra SubVerso (SubVerse) is the artistic name of Vicente Durán, author of Inform Yourself, a political critique Hip-hop song and video distributed mainly online, which has caused a stir in the Chilean community and unleashed a flood of comments, both in favor of the message it gives of informing yourself and not […]
Sex, Lies, and Text Messages in Detroit
"I’m deeply disappointed. I will remain focused in moving this city forward…Lying cannot be tolerated, even if a judge and jury can see through it and doesn’t buy the line. Witnesses must give truthful testimony," said Detroit’s Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy early on Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, 38-year old, seventh-year Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick stated […]