We leave Thursday for Kathmandu. The same day as elections that have stirred up some violence in Nepal’s capital. But we don’t actually get there until Saturday … so it’s hard to know before we get on the plane what to expect when we arrive. I’ve been reading Nepal News, “News from Nepal as itContinue reading “Jimmy Carter’s there. How dangerous could it be?”
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Don’t worry about a thing
KATHMANDU, March 14 (Xinhua) – Security officials of India and Nepal Friday decided to tighten security along the Indo-Nepal border in view of April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. In a meeting between Nepali and Indian security officials held Friday, both sides agreed to install additional barriers and pickets and post more armed security personnelContinue reading “Don’t worry about a thing”
Fake acupuncture nearly equal to real deal
I knew it! Eastern medicine is bogus. AP – Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Wait, what?Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about aContinue reading “Fake acupuncture nearly equal to real deal”
America’s troubles
Wanna know why young people care more about Nicole Richie’s DUI than the war in Iraq? I mean, not that I’m a young person anymore, I’m in my 30s! …But George W. pre-empted the Today Show this morning and I can’t stand to hear him talk, OK? So I was forced to change the channel,Continue reading “America’s troubles”
The Birds
See? Bald eagles are so ubiquitous (can there be degrees of ubiquity?) that the local paper’s photographer went out the other day and found several. Click to see gallery. I love how you can really tell it’s fish and crab in the eagles’ mouths. She probably has a better telephoto lens than I do. Mine’sContinue reading “The Birds”
The ubiquitous eagle
Hooray for bald eagles! I moved to this state in January 2003, during the heart of eagle season along the Skagit River. You were supposed to be able to drive upriver and see little white heads all over the place. My mom and I went up there, and I went up there again a fewContinue reading “The ubiquitous eagle”
I believe the children are our future
From the New York Times: The lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing bowl to induce mindful awareness. With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine “loving kindness” on the playground.…ThisContinue reading “I believe the children are our future”
No. 1 Amendment
CHICAGO — Told to express emotion for a creative-writing class, high-school senior Allen Lee penned an essay so disturbing to his teacher, school administrators and police that he was charged with disorderly conduct, officials said Wednesday. Lee, 18, a straight-A student at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Ill., was arrested Tuesday near his home andContinue reading “No. 1 Amendment”
Kari Neumeyer 