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...that leaves much to the imagination, but one of the enduring mysteries is who exactly got the site started. In an interview with the New York Times, Moscow teenager Andrey Ternovskiy stepped out as the site's founder. Ternovskiy says he coded the site himself, with hosting for the project funded by family and friends. (The site now funds itself through a small line of advertisements at the bottom of the screen.) What's next for the 17-year-old whiz kid? More "weird" updates for ChatRoulette, and perhaps a trip across the Atlantic. Ternovskiy told the Times...
Silvestri said that he and other members of Christian Impact have worked with officers from the Phillips Brooks House Association over the past year to try to make their education project viable in the long term...
...last a sensible comment on foreign aid for education. One of the easiest projects to fund in developing countries is building a school. Schools are useless without teachers and teachers in developing countries are poorly educated and qualified. Many daunting problems would evaporate if all the world was similarly well educated. A step in that direction would be to channel educational aid into a massive project to send all newly qualified teachers from richer countries on a gap year to teach in an underdeveloped country. The teachers are young, fresh and motivated and would inspire their pupils likewise. Joanna Perry...
...Love You in a segment directed by Nair. And he may star opposite Cate Blanchett in a planned film about the relationship between Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten, wife of India's last viceroy. Khan says coyly that he is "very eager" to be on the set - but the project is on hold indefinitely until the producers can get past the unease that India's Central Board of Film Certification has with the idea of the great statesman romancing a memsahib...
...India's environment watchdog had granted Lafarge permission to mine in forestland there, but critics of the company's operations have alleged that the company misrepresented facts in their application. (Lafarge is due to respond to those allegations in a court hearing next month). Those opposed to the mining project also say that deforestation has led to a severe change in rainfall patterns in the region. (See pictures of the effects of global warming...