Lisa Napoli's Blog, page 32
August 15, 2011
Latest flurry of Bhutanese refugee stories and information
From the Bhutan News Service, the latest tally of resettled Bhutanese is said to be 50k, the majority in the US:
http://www.bhutannewsservice.com/main-news/number-of-resettled-bhutanese-crosses-50000-mark/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bhutannewsservice+%28Bhutan+News+Service%29
From PRI, a visit to the camps:
http://www.theworld.org/2011/08/nepalese-immigrants-look-for-a-home/
From Peninsula Press, the struggle to assimilate:
http://peninsulapress.com/2011/08/15/bhutanese-refugees-struggle-to-feel-at-home-in-oakland-videos/
A school district struggling to handle the growing refugee population in Massachusetts:
http://peninsulapress.com/2011/08/15/bhutanese-refugees-struggle-to-feel-at-home-in-oakland-videos/
August 14, 2011
"Welcome to America. Now Get to Work." #Bhutan #refugees @twinfallstn
From the Times-News in Idaho, the latest in a series on Bhutanese refugees and how they're acclimating to life in the US after two decades of life in the camps.
Refugee Tirtha Rai cleans rooms at the American Inn on Wednesday in Twin Falls. Rai — who landed a job more quickly than many fellow newcomers — generally works six- to eight-hour shifts at the hotel. (ASHLEY SMITH • Times-News)
August 13, 2011
L.A.Times: Los Angeles helps the wealthy but not the little guy
From the Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles helps the wealthy but not the little guy
About a five-minute walk separates the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown L.A. from the old brick tenements on West 10th Place.
The full story can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/la-me-0812-tobar-20110812,0,3094561.column?track=latiphoneapp
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August 12, 2011
Salinger, Tolstoy, O'Connor and more: 10 Classics of Spiritual Literature
You always knew Flannery O's A Good Man is Hard to Find was a transcendent piece of writing. This writer agrees and adds to the list:
Action for Happiness on the London distress
The good folks at the GNH and Positive Psychology inspired Action for Happiness in the UK weigh in on the London riots…and link to this great wall of notes publicly posted by members of one of the affected communities:
August 9, 2011
The Secret Garden @ForeignOfficial on Australian Broadcasting
Take a half hour and watch this amazing dispatch filled with breathtaking images from the magnificent highest elevations of Bhutan, where nomads search for the magic and wildly expensive natural medicine cordyceps, also known as Himalayan Viagra. By Eric Campbell of Australian Broadcasting (who has the greatest gig ever.)
