What’s fascinating about this contest is that twelve of the 18 national teams are from the continent and the race is run by the organizers of the Tour de France. Oh, and in case you are wondering Burkinabes have won 10 of the past 19 Tours. More than 100 cyclists from around the world are [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Don’t Vote …
Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Cruise Cameron Diaz Snoop Dogg Harrison Ford Julia Roberts Ben Stiller Will Smith Steven Spielberg Justin Timberlake Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Zach Braff Colin Farrell Neil Patrick Harris Scarlett Johansson Shia LeBeouf Tobey Maguire Ryan Reynolds Jason Segal …. encourage you to vote These public service announcements to encourage American youth [...]
October 24, 2008
On Victory Gardens in San Francisco and what’s wrong with the American Green Movement
When I first read about San Francisco’s Victory Garden, I was elated. Victory gardens were first planted in North America during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. In addition to indirectly aiding the war effort these gardens were also [...]
October 23, 2008
the BULL is King …
BBC NEWS: A woman makes flower offerings before the statue of a bull outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 22 October 2008. Indian shares have lost nearly half their value this year as the global financial crisis has rippled around the world.
