Albania to build a Nuclear Power grid

This news has shocked a lot of Albanians. Nuclear Power grids are not uncommon however considering Albania’s area (29,000 km2) which is over populated, the latest explosions as well as lack of skilled labor force that could deal with this new technology people are very sceptical and scared that it might harm them in some way. [...]

Story repeats again: Over 2.6 million Somalis could go hungry, UN agency warns

Soaring food prices and drought have left many in need of assistance
Source: UN News Centre
19 May 2008 –
More than 2.6 million Somalis – comprising 35 per cent of the Horn of Africa nation’s population – need food assistance due because of the deteriorating humanitarian situation triggered by skyrocketing food prices, the weak currency and [...]

Albania in the news again….This time is kind of funny:)

Cat and mouse blamed for blackouts

Albania’s grid is in a poor shape

Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives.The country’s main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana.
The animals ran into an [...]

Ken lee tulibu dibu dachoo (can’t live without you!)

This video has been such a cheer up for a lot of my friends and me this semester so I had to post it. When we were kids, and didn’t know a word in Engish we used to make up our own words: for example for the Ace of Base song (all that she wants) we used [...]

UN appeals for $187 million to aid Myanmar cyclone victims

Survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the aftermath of the disaster

9 May 2008 – The United Nations today appealed for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar for the next six months.Launching the Flash Appeal in New York on behalf of 10 UN [...]

grading time…. 400 pages of economics….

 

 
 
 

When I left my job with World Vision to come and teach at LCC, my boss told me that I was really going to miss development work with the people in the field. He also told me that I was going to lose a lot by going into academics since I am more of a people’s [...]