"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...
I put this story in culture rather than tech and biz because I am, admittedly, a pretty big nerd. That means I enjoy Star Trek (Original series, TNG and most of DS9, if you're curious) and am anxiously awaiting the fresh reboot of the series that J. J. Abrahams is promising...
If you've travelled to Nepal, and fallen in love with its people, and have a desire to help them, now you can. The Mountain Fund has a visitor center in Kathmandu that assists people in finding an appropriate...
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UPDATE | June 17, 2008 - George Takei was the first person to purchase a same-sex marriage license in California on Tuesday and is set to marry his longtime partner of 21 years, now that gay marriage has been...
Another of the old guard passes on."Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-known episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, died on May 18 at his home here. He was 96. ...Mr. Pevney directed 14 episodes of that 1960s series, including “The City...
"Space, the final frontier."Just got shivers hearing Leonard Nimoy say that line during the trailer. "In a mind-boggling convergence of sci-fi pre-release buzz, new stills from Star Trek XI and X-Files 2 were...
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The Mountain Fund's "Moving Medical Camp", in Kathmandu, Nepal.
October 2007:
Greetings from Kathmandu. The rainy season has gone on about a week longer than it should so it is hot in Kathmandu and...
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Happy New Year, Sci-Fi/Lit Nerds (c'mon, I know I'm not the only one): the BAM in Brooklyn is presenting a modernized staging of Macbeth starring--drumroll--Patrick Stewart! I don't know about you guys, but for me...
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Like the Rolling Stones have proven for at least the past 100 decades, it pays to stay together. And if your rock band has long since broken up, it's as simple as this: re-unite, rehearse, and reap the...
Kathmandu, Nepal:
An International medical team of volunteers from US, UK and Nepal treks the Tamang Trail in Nepal and provides medical care on the move.
A team of health professionals traveled to Nepal in...
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Fuel Cell technology has come a long way recently and should be a major player in the "green" vehicle market within the next few years. Although ethanol is promising, there are issues with it such as creating global...
Another baby story--this afternoon I got to thinking about names (uh-oh, honey...I know I promised but I can't help it). So I started a lazy-ish Google search, and there's a news story about a new book with a whole...
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched a three-day tour of Canada's
North on Wednesday by announcing the long-awaited expansion of Nahanni
National Park Reserve."
Last night a few lucky folks were the first to witness the reunion tour of the Police, beginning tonight with two shows in Vancouver before heading east. It's something Vancouverites have been waiting for since they...
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