tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:54:07 +0000<i>from little things big things grow</i>http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)Blogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-2394562596173293947Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:13:00 +00002009-11-07T14:32:34.545+11:00Our WorldAn open letter from an ordinary citizen to the world's powerful.Violence has embedded itself in human life throughout the planet and there is no way of stopping it. There is no government, nor army, nor religion, nor political party, nor economic group capable of defeating the violence in the world. There is no power capable of ending the violence that grows day by day, infiltrating all of our http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/10/manifesto-of-world-march-for-peace-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-2960960090113057644Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:57:00 +00002009-09-24T15:01:36.167+10:00Our WorldYann Arthus-Bertrand is perhaps the best known aerial photographer on our planet. I feel privileged to hold one of the 3 million copies sold worldwide of his seminal photo essay Earth From Above.Yann seeks to uncover the story behind the landscape, not just create a pretty picture. Indeed, his subjects are not always photogenic -- his prints show poverty and strife as well as green tranquility; http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/06/6-milliards-dautres-6-billion-others-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-4011639613673232179Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:09:00 +00002009-10-03T14:05:42.569+10:00Our WorldThe worst thief is he who steals the playtime of children! - Big Bill HaywoodToday marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark ILO Convention No. 182, which addresses the need for action to tackle the worst forms of child labour.Of an estimated 218 million child labourers, about 100 million are girls. Exposed to danger in hazardous labouring are an estimated 58 million girls.Yet http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/06/world-day-against-child-labour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-1867886759678863141Wed, 13 May 2009 11:09:00 +00002009-06-21T20:13:23.397+10:00Sri LankaConflictsSri Lanka needs to be looked at now. I'd been working (slowly) on the next post in the alphabetic sequence I've taken so far, but I received this call to action from my friends at Avaaz and it has to be shared:Dear friends,A modern day bloodbath is unfolding on the small island of Sri Lanka and the key to stopping this humanitarian disaster lies with Sri Lanka’s largest donor and closest partnerhttp://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/05/sri-lanka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-5622197890762007281Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-05-14T16:29:54.921+10:00Ascension IslandAlmost invisible on a world map, the small island called Ascension seems to be reduced only to a fragment of land lost in the South-Atlantic Ocean and devoid of any interest. However it is strategically positioned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.Ascension has no indigenous population. It was first inhabited in 1815 when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon I onhttp://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/04/ascension-island.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-6701754584805581388Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:35:00 +00002009-05-17T09:47:18.287+10:00ArubaThere is a 33-kilometre long island in the southern Caribbean Sea. Caiquetios had been living on this most southwestern island of the Caribbean archipelago for 1,000 years or more, then came ships from Spain. The Conquistadors aboard those ships were seeking gold and other precious metals. They searched and found none, so the Spaniards declared Aruba one of the Islas Inutiles (Useless Islands).http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/aruba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-3454027968982286460Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:09:00 +00002009-05-16T12:28:02.350+10:00http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/03/earth-hour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-6164699288425682029Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:01:00 +00002009-05-14T20:51:16.853+10:00ArmeniaThe country in the mountainous parts of the South Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, known to its people as Hayq (later Hayastan), is a land at a strategic location between two continents, the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. As is the way with such situations, the people inhabiting this strategic location often suffered foreign invasion, occupation and oppression. http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2009/01/armenia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-6034028452251204447Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-06-21T20:14:38.092+10:00ArgentinaArgentina has a long, troubled history of serious political, economic and social crises. The situation now seems to be stable in the world's eighth largest country --one that is rich in resources, has a well-educated workforce and is one of South America's largest economies. But stability it seems has not been the norm in this land. When the history of the place is examined, it has often fallen http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/argentina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-7053480321436313682Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-14T20:52:11.594+10:00Antigua and BarbudaThe people of this Caribbean nation populate two major islands – known today as Antigua and Barbuda – as well as a number of smaller islets.The first major island was originally settled by peoples from Central or South America. They named the place Yarumaqui, which is believed to be derived from Yaruma, a plant from which canoes and rafts were made and Qui an island. Later it was known as Waladlihttp://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/antigua-and-barbuda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-605732750661272988Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:09:00 +00002009-05-17T09:47:51.245+10:00AnguillaAnguilla, today a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, is located in the Caribbean Sea, the northern most island in the Leeward Island chain. It was a paradise, a lush island covered in dense rain forest, and it was first settled by peaceful tribes who slowly island hopped by raft or dugout canoe from the Orinoco region on the South American continent. They called the place Malliouhana, http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/anguilla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-1773915333065013288Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:24:03.616+10:00AndorraIf you are keen on a long life, one could assume that you should live as people do in the Principat d'Andorra. With a surface of 468 square kilometers (181 square miles) it is a small place; just three narrow valleys in the Pyrenees shaped like a "Y" and wedged between France in the north and Spain to the south. It has a population of only 71,800 inhabitants (July 2007 estimation), and only http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/andorra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-936954086940064664Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:21:41.087+10:00AngolaAngola shares the same motto as Andorra - Virtus Unita Fortior, a Latin phrase meaning "Virtue united is stronger." However, the Andorrans appear to live peaceably together, with their neighbours and visiting foreign guests (all in accordance with that motto), and thus they enjoy an average lifespan of 83 years or so; whereas the average Angolan can expect to live a meagre 41 years. Let's try to http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/06/angola.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-235674035093118336Sun, 25 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-10-01T09:25:42.432+10:00American SamoaIt is generally believed that about 3,000 years ago people first arrived and soon settled on the rugged chain of four volcanic islands and a number of lesser nearby islets strung loosely out, west by north, along and across the parallel of 14° south latitude and between 168° and 173° west longitude, 2,500 miles southwest of Hawai'i and 1,800 miles northeast of Te Ika a Māui (the north island of http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-samoa_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-4177839914678707410Sat, 17 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:17:50.875+10:00Algeria A scan of recent news, undertaken in order to start looking into the situation in this part of our world, reveals two key contemporary issues: Exploitation of its resources by an elite on the one hand; and "insurgency" by some of its suffering people on the other.These are intertwined issues. They are not really "new" issues; they're long running, central issues in this part of the world. An http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/algeria_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-1883532062348258352Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:11:52.720+10:00ÅlandAbout 10,000 years ago, the highest parts of an archipelago emerged from the brackish Baltic Sea. This archipelago now includes some six and a half thousand islands and skerries and is known as the Åland Islands. This place has an interesting story, and one we should examine more closely because this place, home today to a population of about 26,200 people, has a "special status" under http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-1635591418302145639Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:05:24.242+10:00Albania"We spent the 1990s worrying about a Greater Serbia. That's finished. We are going to spend time well into the next century worrying about a Greater Albania," said Christopher R. Hill, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia at the close of the last century.Why did he say this? Why did he think "we" will be "worrying about a Greater Albania" now and for years to come?I focus on Hill's http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/albania_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-4912562308823276543Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:03:11.098+10:00NeocolonialismAkrotiri and DhekeliaAnother land, like Abkhazia, that doesn't come to mind (for most in the West) very often, if at all? Know where it is?Here's a clue:It has been described as "a jolly, sunny place beside the sea, with private beaches, brandy sours and sweet-smelling, tree-lined avenues named after battles, generals or air marshals."Know where it is now?No?The flag of the United Kingdom flies over it, for this http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/akrotiri-and-dhekelia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-6427397029648663622Mon, 12 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-05-07T21:01:09.548+10:00AfghanistanConflictsThis morning I type "Afghanistan" into a Google News search and I select the story appearing at the top of the list (as sorted by relevance). It is an article published by The Associated Press: Militants die in Afghanistan clashBy AMIR SHAH – 3 hours agoKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Dozens of protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, claiming U.S.-led coalition forces killed three http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/afghanistan_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-7612742152348023315Sun, 11 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002009-06-21T20:15:49.145+10:00AbkhaziaConflictsIt may be a surprise to find that first in our list of countries to survey is Abkhazia.Where?Abkhazia!?Yes, Abkhazia!Abkhazia has a president, a flag, a national anthem and even a visa system for foreign visitors, but the country doesn't appear on many maps.Abkhazia is the land located in the Transcaucasus region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. It is a land that was incorporated into http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/abkhazia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-1023900513313260089Sat, 10 May 2008 12:12:00 +00002009-05-08T08:32:03.811+10:00As stated in my first post on this new blog, my intent is to set out on a journey of sorts and together we can walk about our world (virtually travelling via the world wide web); we can talk about what we see; and we can explore together the story of our present human condition through our conversations. The human condition encompasses all of the experience of being human, so to survey the http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/though-this-be-madness-yet-there-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809537870523862472.post-578373325671067938Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00:00 +00002009-10-02T15:12:53.720+10:00Where to begin with the first post on a new blog? When looking for inspiration I sometimes start by checking what others whom have gone before me have seen and said in such a way that their views and their insights are kept alive in our culture.On this occasion, the beginning of this new blog, I looked at what others have said about beginnings and I saw this pearl of wisdom:“The first step http://inapertwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/gather-round-people-ill-tell-you-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (orana gelar)0