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• Tim Kaine gives speech in Spanish to voice support for immigration reform

  
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  Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) made history Tuesday, becoming the first senator of the modern era to deliver a Senate floor speech entirely in Spanish as he explained his support for a bipartisan immigration bill up for consideration. Read full article >>        
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• What do you call it? Pop, soda, soft drink or coke?

  
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  This is interesting. What’s your word for a carbonated non-alcoholic beverage: pop, soda, soft drink or coke? It turns out that you can tell a lot about where somebody comes from by their answer to that question. I had never used the word “soda” before heading to Purdue for college. We always used “pop”. ...
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• An Interview With Romy Natalia Goldberg, Author Of Other Places Travel Guide, Paraguay

  
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  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Food and Drink , Stories , South America , Paraguay , Ecotourism , Budget Travel , Womens Travel , Travel Security Courtesy of Romy Natalia Goldberg Since April, Ive been writing about my adventures in Paraguay . Gadling sent me there for the exact reason most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Doing What’s Necessary: The Logical Outcome of Haute Cuisine, or, An Extremely Brief Meditation on the History of Privies and Toilets

  
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  I came face to face with the truth about outhouses on my first day in my Peace Corps village. Not that I’d never seen (or used) an outhouse before; I became intimately acquainted with the concept during the summer I worked as the assistant cook on an archaeological dig in Ozette, Washington. There, the pit descended ...
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• Immigration Reform – At Last?

  
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  By Kay Philips Chair of the YWCA Pacific Region Advocacy Committee  My first project with the YWCA was with migrant workers, some 50 years ago. I had gone to take a class at the Community YWCA in Berkeley, made possible … Continue reading →
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• Caroline in Armenia

  
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  My friend Caroline gave up a life of general comfort and house parties in Washington, D.C., to join the Peace Corps–forfeiting her mid-twenties to  do good. I advised against this decision because her assignment came up Armenia. Learning Armenian isn’t an especially lucrative life skill, and what’s more, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Business Centers in the Former Soviet Union: (Not) Helping

  
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  Business centers were a great way to introduce people in the Russian heartland to the outside world—many cities where Peace Corps operated had been closed to foreigners. But as engines of SME growth they were spectacular failures.
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• laziness + busy-ness = a quiet blog

  
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  But I’m going to work on not being too lazy (and busy) to update more often. Lots going on here… prom, graduation planning and attending, finishing up the “big” house project I’ve been working on, garden planting, mandolin playing (thank you again Loren, it’s crossed the line to obsession… mixed with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Peace Corps to Senegal: needs, reads, tips, advice, cautions and so on

  
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  Someone has joined the Peace Corps and is going to Senegal, working in agro-forestry. Here is what is requested: needs, reads, before and during, what not to miss seeing, what to know, all necessary tips on the Peace Corps, Senegal and the Peace Corps in Senegal, and so on. In a word: advice. In another: experience. ...
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• Peace Corps Begins Accepting Joint Applications From Same-Sex Couples

  
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  For the first time since it was founded in 1961, the Peace Corps has announced that the organization will begin accepting applications for same-sex couples to serve together overseas. Officials from the Peace Corps believe the change in policy will diversify the pool of applicants wishing to do humanitarian work ...
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• Prep Grad Heads to Africa with Peace Corps

  
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    On May 30, Sean Miller (Class of 2008) will begin a 27-month volunteer service tour of duty with the Peace Corps in Africa.  Sean will participate in a 10-week training program in Mozambique before receiving a permanent assignment.  He will be involved in providing programs dealing with awareness, education, and ...
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• Peace Corps Will Accept Applications From Same-Sex Domestic Partners Who Want To Serve Together

  
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  From the Peace Corps today:   Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.  Same-sex couples may begin the application process starting Monday, June 3. ...
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• Cameroon National Day

  
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  Today, May 20 th , is Cameroon National Day  which marks Cameroon’s 41 st anniversary of being a unified state. It’squite hard to believe that one year from today I’ll be celebrating National Daysomewhere over there, likely watching some masquerade surrounded by new friends,family, and colleagues. Since ...
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