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...profits have helped transform N'Tjinina, a hamlet of 49 families, 1,263 people, deep in the countryside southeast of Bamako. There are still no paved roads, no electricity, no running water anywhere in the district. But with help from its CMDT-sponsored village association, which bought insecticides, oxen and a weighing machine, the families regularly harvest bumper crops. Mali's Producers' Union, a rarity in Africa, negotiates with CMDT to set prices for the farmer, and the village association receives block earnings. Extra profits are pooled, and so far N'Tjinina has bought two water pumps and built three...
...weather for months. Thanks to an extremely mild winter, trees across much of the U.S.--including maple, alder, cottonwood and oak--are budding two to three weeks early, filling the air with their irritating pollen. Add torrential rains, which have produced bumper crops of wildflowers and grasses in the Southeast, along the Gulf Coast and in Southern California, and you have the makings of what some experts predict will be the worst allergy season in 20 years...
Popping up all about are mentions of the southeast Europe Film Festival, which, if true to its name, promises an instructive, highly entertaining, highly disturbing collection of alienation flics. Bully, too, for the ArtsFirst Film festivals-- look for an Asian Film grouping and the usual crowd-pleasing student films (who can forget the trip though Widener, or the reminiscences about Star Wars). Of course, film societies would give rise to more of these lovely, day-long, celluloid organisms, but Harvard hasn't seen a healthy film soc community since the days of helping out a friend's rough first time...
...East Asian studies, you're limited to China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam; the concentration omits the rest of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, as well as the entire Asian subcontinent. Asian Americans have a vibrant and long-standing history, cultural heritage and literature distinct from that of East Asia. Once you've done your homework, there's no getting around the fact that East Asian studies and Asian American studies are two entirely different disciplines...
...number one bus stops outside of Holyoke Gate shortly past 3 p.m. Stroller-pushing parents, busy tourists and bag-laden local shoppers quickly fill all seats, including the aisle--but no other students board. After circling the Yard, the bus begins heading southeast on Mass...