Atlanta Global
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Somali Radio, part 2
PSS, the website has a lot of background info on East African communities in Atlanta, such as, the EA population of Atlanta metro is 10,000+.
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Big thanks to alert reader David Redd for his further info on Sagal Radio:
The English-language site is at www.sagalradio.org
And the regular broadcast is on AM 1420 on:
- Saturday 1400-1600,
- Sunday 2000-2200 and
- Wednesday 2100-2300.
PS, you students: they take interns!
PSS, the website has a lot of background info on East African communities in Atlanta, such as, the EA population of Atlanta metro is 10,000+.
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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Somali Radio
So there's a Somali radio station HQ'd here. But alas, until babelfish starts a Somali-to-English translator, we can't say much more about it. (Hint: it's all .pls format -- Get winamp to play it.)
The website also has a list of Somali businesses in Clarkston and Decatur.
So there's a Somali radio station HQ'd here. But alas, until babelfish starts a Somali-to-English translator, we can't say much more about it. (Hint: it's all .pls format -- Get winamp to play it.)The website also has a list of Somali businesses in Clarkston and Decatur.
The main office of the National Somali Bantu Organization is in Clarkston, too.
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Ain't Nothin' Hard Like Playing Soccer in Clarkston
The New York Times finally follows AG's lead!
Today's NYT featured a front page story on the refugee epicenter that is Clarkston and our long-simmering soccer issues.
Clarkston is fulla refugees, see?
Like, for example, our grocer is apparently the only Iraqi that our local Fox affiliate knows. Whenever news happens in Iraq, the Fox5 van is down at his market to interview him and put his blurb on the news.
And there is a beautiful, wonderful, five-star ESL school here put on by Dekalb Tech. That place gives so many people their lives back. I am glad my tax dollars pay for that.
(Alas, though, the Cambodian restaurant was just replaced by a Bosnian [if I remember correctly] nightclub -- such are the changing demographics of the refugee population.)
But all is not well in the land of milk and honey. To wit, the mayor, and other of his ilk are giving our local kids' soccer team, the Fugees, trouble.
“There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor,” said Swaney.
He's referring to the beautiful field at Milam Park, as NYT explains. Pictured at right, the field in question is past the picnic shelter.
There is also a beautiful field beside the community center. It is behind a padlocked fence and I've never seen anyone in there.
But this is local grousing. Just remember, yall, check the links on the right to hear about the massive refugee community here and how you can volunteer and meet the most remarkable survivors you will ever meet. Or just come for one of our many halal butchers, pho diners or Burmese laundromats.
PS, you always know when Lee Swaney is coming because his big 'ol truck has a big magnet on the door reading, "Lee Swaney, Mayor of Clarkston." ¶ 9:17 PM 0 comments
Today's NYT featured a front page story on the refugee epicenter that is Clarkston and our long-simmering soccer issues.
Clarkston is fulla refugees, see?
Like, for example, our grocer is apparently the only Iraqi that our local Fox affiliate knows. Whenever news happens in Iraq, the Fox5 van is down at his market to interview him and put his blurb on the news.
And there is a beautiful, wonderful, five-star ESL school here put on by Dekalb Tech. That place gives so many people their lives back. I am glad my tax dollars pay for that.
(Alas, though, the Cambodian restaurant was just replaced by a Bosnian [if I remember correctly] nightclub -- such are the changing demographics of the refugee population.)
But all is not well in the land of milk and honey. To wit, the mayor, and other of his ilk are giving our local kids' soccer team, the Fugees, trouble.
“There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor,” said Swaney.He's referring to the beautiful field at Milam Park, as NYT explains. Pictured at right, the field in question is past the picnic shelter.
There is also a beautiful field beside the community center. It is behind a padlocked fence and I've never seen anyone in there.
But this is local grousing. Just remember, yall, check the links on the right to hear about the massive refugee community here and how you can volunteer and meet the most remarkable survivors you will ever meet. Or just come for one of our many halal butchers, pho diners or Burmese laundromats.
PS, you always know when Lee Swaney is coming because his big 'ol truck has a big magnet on the door reading, "Lee Swaney, Mayor of Clarkston." ¶ 9:17 PM 0 comments
Friday, January 19, 2007
International Poultry Expo
Maybe its a little early for the hype, but the Farmer's Market Bulletin has already broken the news: The International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo start throwing down on Wednesday.
Last year's IPE / IFE attracted over 3000 international companies representing 93 countries.
Marta has already prepared -- posting directions and info about the expos on the trains. There will be more than 20,000 attendees this year.
For the science-y types, there's a pre-expo special: The International Poultry Scientific Forum, put on by the Southern Poultry Science Society and the Southern Conference on Avian Diseases. Stop Bird Flu today!
Maybe its a little early for the hype, but the Farmer's Market Bulletin has already broken the news: The International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo start throwing down on Wednesday.Last year's IPE / IFE attracted over 3000 international companies representing 93 countries.
Marta has already prepared -- posting directions and info about the expos on the trains. There will be more than 20,000 attendees this year.
For the science-y types, there's a pre-expo special: The International Poultry Scientific Forum, put on by the Southern Poultry Science Society and the Southern Conference on Avian Diseases. Stop Bird Flu today!
AG does not endorse eating industrial chicken.
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Monday, January 15, 2007
AG Sells Out
Your Dekalb Farmer's Market, located on East Ponce between Scottdale and Decatur, will turn you into a food snob . . . for things like banana flowers, mangosteen and belacan.
This place has the freshest, best quality food in the ATL. Twice the variety and half the price of another WHOLEsome FOOD place around here. Maybe not half, but really much cheaper.
And probably more than twice the variety. Bring even your pickiest vegan to the fresh vegetable bins for anything that has ever been served in an ashram, undercover restaurant, or state dinner. What we're saying is freshness and variety and quality. What we're saying is probably 30 different varieties of green leaf alone. AG doesn't even know the names of all that stuff on the Asian green leaves row. . .Yet it is all so beautiful.
Until now we did not know there were different kinds of taro. There are.
Cheeses? Soft, medium, or hard? From which small town in France/Germany/Italy/Mexico/other?
This place is on point with dates during Ramadan and the lychees coming out now for Chinese New Year.
The ceiling is hung with world flags -- every country in the world I think.
The buffet is about the only healthy eating in Atlanta.
It is in a giant, cold warehouse.
Tourists come from Alabama to visit it.
Send me my fruit, YDFM!
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Emory's Global Health Institute Granted $20 million by Gates
Emory must submit $55 million itself for the institute, to be matched by outside funding -- which has just got a $20 million boost from the Gates foundation.
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Emory's Global Health Institute aims to "foster research, training and service partnerships that promote health, prevent disease, and facilitate health care treatment in low and moderate resource areas of the world."
At a press conference Wednesday, the new institute, with a total budget of $110 million, highlighted three programs of the type they fund. First, a program by an Emory chemist to train South African scientists in drug R&D. Second, a similar project in New Delhi aimed at discovering new vaccines. And, and expanded research/capacity building/training/exchange program with The National Institutes of Public Health in Mexico. As reported by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Emory must submit $55 million itself for the institute, to be matched by outside funding -- which has just got a $20 million boost from the Gates foundation. "Gates" at Emory. . . get it?! Ha ha!
Monday, January 08, 2007
And They Have Flights Direct to Kingston
My grandpa told me to get from hell to heaven you have to transfer through Atlanta. it must be true. Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta is again the busiest airport in the world1, in terms of number of takeoffs and departures. However, there are many ways to measure "busiest airport", such as number of passengers, weight of freight, number of destinations served and etc. In all fairness, most big cities have more than one airport.
In tastier news:
Recommended by a real Jamaican: Tropical Flavor Restaurant on Moreland. You know the East Atlanta Big Chicken at Moreland and 20? That's the place.
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In tastier news:
Recommended by a real Jamaican: Tropical Flavor Restaurant on Moreland. You know the East Atlanta Big Chicken at Moreland and 20? That's the place.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Olympics Continue in DeKalb
So, it may be an amateur competition, but if someone's gonna get the Olympic gold (or silver or bronze), they're going to need intense training from a young age. Like at world-class facilities. But young people have to go to school -- high school or vocational. . .but where? The Dekalb International Training Center!
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So, it may be an amateur competition, but if someone's gonna get the Olympic gold (or silver or bronze), they're going to need intense training from a young age. Like at world-class facilities. But young people have to go to school -- high school or vocational. . .but where? The Dekalb International Training Center!Current students are Olympic hopefuls from 16 different countries in both hemispheres. They have academic school and physical training, all from one institute.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Indian Art from Painting to Comix
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The Carlos Museum begins a new exhibit for those who have already seen the Greek bathtub.
Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting promises not only six centuries of Indian art, but also a calendar of inspired events.
Just a few highlights:
January 11: Lecture: Great Mughals of India
January 23 – February 27: Yoga course
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Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting promises not only six centuries of Indian art, but also a calendar of inspired events.
Just a few highlights:
January 11: Lecture: Great Mughals of India
January 23 – February 27: Yoga course
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January 28: Virgin Comics Day at the Carlos. This Bangalore-based company, founded by Sir Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur, and comic book publisher Sharad Devarajan publishes comics to showcase Indian mythology to a generation raised on Cartoon Network.
January 30: Lecture: The Blue God: The Life of Krishna in Indian Art
February 2: Family Film: Hanuman (2005, animated)
February 15: Krishna Leela: Dancing the Play of a Deity
Should you have plans on the 28th, no fear, comics of Hanuman, Buddha, and other luminaries are regularly sold at Mingei World Arts.
February 2: Family Film: Hanuman (2005, animated)
February 15: Krishna Leela: Dancing the Play of a Deity
Should you have plans on the 28th, no fear, comics of Hanuman, Buddha, and other luminaries are regularly sold at Mingei World Arts.
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