WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, it’s certainly no exaggeration—least of all for Indigenous people. According to the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Report by the United Nations, more than 50 per cent of Indigenous adults over the age of […]
Half of U.K. IT Firms to Offshore Jobs: India Favored Destination
The IT Contractor Portal, Contractor UK reported that nearly fifty percent of IT firms are ready to relocate jobs overseas. This would place U.K.’s technology sector the most likely private industry employer to begin offshore operations. According to 10 percent of all respondents seeking to ship jobs overseas from the U.K., India was listed […]
Buddhism Finds New Home in United States
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning and while many people in are on their way to the local Christian church, members of the Saddhama Vipassana Meditation Center are venturing 45 minutes outside Richmond city limits to Louisa County. The center is a new Buddhist monastery and the members, mostly Vietnamese-American families, sit cross-legged on the floor […]
Buddhism is an Eastern Way of Life Appealing to Westerners
By Jessica Porter Scarlett Sams works in a Presbyterian Church during the day, but on Thursday nights she attends a meeting of Tibetan Buddhist’s at Ekoji Buddhist Sangha in Richmond, Va. She is a part of a growing Buddhist movement in the United States of every day Americans finding comfort in this Eastern tradition. “It’s […]
Living History — Confessions of a Real-Life Relic
As a 56-year-old college student, I face certain challenges but none so great as my last two required classes. Let’s talk about Psychology One, the first of the two that I am enrolled in. I signed up for this class to learn about the workings of the mind. But to my abject disappointment, it is all about […]
The “Bush Effect” – Hopefully for a Third and LAST Time
12/30/08 The “Bush Effect” – Hopefully for a Third and LAST Time By Mary Lyon Third time’s a charm, maybe? I’ve compiled three of these lists now. In 2006, I issued the first one, looking back on everything George W. Bush has adversely affected since he first arrived in the Oval Office. Just a damage […]
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