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Half the Sky

  Facebook games may seem to take over your life at times, but what if that game could change someone’s life? That’s the idea behind a new game launching this month from Half the Sky and Games For Change. Inspired by the book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” the game [...]

Dance Troop

Suddenly a rocket attack rang out in the hot desert air near Kandahar. Army Maj. Linda Dye of the Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan jumped into a bunker, closely followed by three other female soldiers. Gritting their teeth and following all the proper safety procedures, they watched and waited out the assault. Eventually conversation commenced, and Dye’s [...]

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Behind the Scenes… See how the new commercial for Zumba Fitness 2 on Wii was made. (YouTube)   Global Attention Check out what’s going on around the world in honor of World AIDS Day. (HuffPo)   Grammy Fever! 2012 Grammy noms … by the numbers. (MTV)   Didn’t Tanya Do it First? Love Adele? So [...]

Travel like a Local

05
Oct
2011
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Tired of the same old trips? Take a lesson from some out-of-the-box thinkers and see your destination from a new perspective. Perhaps you’ve taken a trip to the Smoky Mountains, photographed the views,  strolled the grounds of the Biltmore Estate, and stayed at the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville. But at the end of [...]




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