Tag Archives: humanitarian

Pizza in Space

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Brigitte

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-funds-3d-pizza-printer-220300897.html Today I read the piece of news in the link above on twitter and it filled me with pride. I was proud of being human and of sharing the same planet with great people in the first world who … Continue reading →

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Mark the day

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Brigitte

Flashing images in the news, suffering humans, children wasting away, we see our fellow brothers and sisters in humanity in destitution beyond belief and we either change the channel or we wonder at the impotence of a World not being … Continue reading →

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An absolute minimum

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Brigitte

I would like to please ask you to first watch the clip I posted above, an ordinary CNN interview that gives one extraordinary shivers. All done? Aren’t these girls adorable? When I saw this on TV, tears  were rolling down … Continue reading →

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We, the humans…

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Brigitte

In Iraq they thought we were the coalition forces. We moved around in big jeeps, not our customary white ones, but dark blue and light blue ones. We were often attacked. By the same people we were racing against time … Continue reading →

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If you didn’t have it, you’d have to invent it

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Brigitte

The United Nations. A punching bag for many. Everyone (including myself) has at one point or another complained about the UN, how inefficient it is, how bureaucratic, how ineffective, how badly in need of reform and updating. All those claims … Continue reading →

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