Chocolate giant: Earth is running out of chocolate

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Submitted by Sujata Magar 26Dec
Efforts are under way to make chocolate cheap and abundant -- in the process inadvertently rendering it as tasteless as today’s store-bought tomatoes, yet another food, along with chicken and strawberries, that went from flavorful to forgettable on the road to plenitude.

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Desserts Are Losing Popularity, New Study Finds

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Submitted by Sujata Magar 26Dec
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They add inches to your waistline, make a dent in your wallet, and can even make you depressed—so the news that Americans are buying less cakes, cookies, and pies than ever is more than welcome. Sales of store-bought baked goods like these declined by 24 percent since 2005, according to a report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Unfortunately, manufacturers aren’t taking the hint: The study also found that newly released baked goods were no healthier than existing products.

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Middleway Films presents 'ANJALI' [Film Recommendation]

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 26Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
SOCIAL WORK

Directed by filmmaker Mohan Rai, the documentary 'ANJALI' premiered in September in Kathmandu. 

http://middlewayfilms.com

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Theatre Improvisation @ The School of Performing Arts, Kathmandu [Course Announcement]

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 26Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
Education
IMPROVISATION THEATRE for 18+: 8 weeks course, Starting from 18th January, 10:00-11:30
 
Book you place now!
 
Contact: 01-5000101 | 98-13930688 | Ekantakuna, Lalitpur
 

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Advocacy, the Invisible Hand

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Dec
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BETTER AID
Too much focus has been given on “doing stuff” rather than advocating for systemic change through advocacy. Neglecting such important area is detrimental to the entire goals of development cooperation. How to persuade donors to invest more in the powerful but “hidden” tools of advocacy? Unfortunately the focus is always focused on shortermism rather than long term.

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Holidays and Values

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Submitted by Michael Rosenkrantz 25Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
What are our core values especially when it comes to Christianity or for that matter, any religion
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[Sharing4good: An Overview]

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 25Dec

A brief overview of Sharing4good.org and the S4G philosophy. 

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My Merry Christmas to all of you

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Submitted by Sushil Adhikari 25Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE

Wishing you merry Christmas! We live by believing but not by seeing! We walk by faith but not by sight! May we all be free from suffering! Eyes can only provide the sight but it is the heart that that gives insight

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Toward an understanding of Mustangi Equine Culture

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Submitted by Sophie Dia Pegrum 24Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE

The horse has been central to existence, culture and spirituality in Mustang, Nepal.  The documentary “Talking to the Air: The Horses of the Last Forbidden Kingdom” tells the story of the ascent of civilization in the high Himalaya and turns a lens on issues of globalization, fragile border politics an

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Inside Out Project Group Action in Nepal [Crowdsourcing Announcement]

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 24Dec
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

'Inspired by artist JR’s large‐format street "pastings", INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they stand for. It is a global platform for people to share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.

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