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Human Development Index
The Human Development Report 2009 came out today, it’s sort of like a ranking of the general standards of living in the world. Wikipedia has their index updated already.
Here are a few selected countries and their score…
001
Norway
0.971
▲ +0.001
004
Canada
0.966
▲ +0.001
013
United States
0.956
▲ +0.001
081
Mauritius
0.804
▲ +0.003
083
Lebanon
0.803
▲ +0.003
084
Armenia
0.798
▲ +0.011
134
India
0.612
▲ +0.008
158
Nigeria
0.511
▲ +0.005
159
Togo
0.499
▲ [...]
Dictionary search box for your own website or blog.
So, I’ve added a new page to the dictionary section. It explains that anyone can now add a Memhr.org dictionary search box to their website or blog. The search box looks like this:
Memhr.org Dictionaries
Those who want the search box will need to copy and paste this code into the HTML of their site.
<table> <div [...]
Missing UN Diplomat
At sometime in December, I’m not too sure about the date, a Canadian diplomat and his aide went missing in Niger.
When it broke this was a big story in Canada, but it has since cooled. This is commonly done in the Canadian press to lower tensions and ease rescue/release in kidnapping cases. However, [...]
One Year!
Hey, I almost forgot… This December marks the one year anniversary of this website/blog. It was one year ago that I uploaded my first Tigrigna/English dictionary and published my first Tigrigna lesson.
I always believed that what I’m doing is nothing special. I am only doing what anyone with a ‘passing familiarity’ and some incomplete references [...]
Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
What is the FSI?
(It) is the Federal Government’s primary training institution for officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community, preparing American diplomats and other professionals to advance U.S. foreign affairs interests overseas and in Washington.
Now one of the jobs of this department is to develop complete and comprehensive language courses to [...]
Is Swahili a Pidgin?
A blog that I read recently had a post that described the east-African language of Swahili, as a pidgin. Here is a quote:
…my mother was born in East Africa (Uganda) and I wanted to feel a trace of what she once knew. Being under this sky, on this land, the pidgin that is Swahili ringing [...]
This seems to be bigger then I thought…
Hijab Hillary: Mrs. Clinton Wears Muslim Thing!
Will the shameful photographs of Democrats wearing “race clothing” ever end? Probably not! Here’s a picture of Hillary wearing the traditional Muslim wife’s “hijab,” which is just one letter away from “jihad.” What terrible opponent is leaking this smear photo on the Internets? The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential [...]
A small note for the record…
It seems that there a quite a few bloggers who have been calling this (the article that Hillary Clinton is wearing) a Hijab.
It’s not a Hijab; it is a traditional dress worn by Christian Eritrean and Ethiopian women.
Hillary lives in a glass house…
This is a language website and I hate people who blog about politics, but I just saw this on the BBC…
Robed Obama picture ignites row
The photo of Barack Obama was taken during a 2006 trip
US Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have traded accusations over a photo of Mr Obama circulating [...]
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