2007 Consulate Distributions

Elections, Business and Economy,  Science, Culture, Our Picks of Websites

Wednesday, October 31, 2007, Distributions

ELECTIONS:

This edition presents an introduction to the upcoming 2008 U.S. elections. In these elections, U.S. voters will have the opportunity to vote for president and vice president, congressional representatives, state and local officials, and ballot initiatives. The journal describes aspects of this election which make it different from most recent elections and includes a pro-con debate of the Electoral College.  (Read More)

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:

Businesswoman Creates Opportunities for Women in Conflict Zones: the most popular item in her collection is the Jerusalem candle of hope

An American woman who was uprooted by conflict during her childhood is focusing her business acumen on marketing gifts made by women in war zones in the Middle East, Central America, Asia and Africa. (Read More)

Muslim Employees Find “Welcome” Sign in U.S. Companies

Many U.S. companies are trying to accommodate the religious beliefs of Muslim employees by setting aside rooms for prayer and meditation, supporting the wearing of traditional head coverings, adjusting work hours and honoring leave requests for major Islamic holidays.   (Read More)

Islamic Development Bank Joins Broad Global Anti-poverty Effort

An ambitious $10 billion anti-poverty program launched by the 56-member Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will focus on the basic needs of some of the world's poorest people through job creation, education and prevention of diseases like malaria and AIDS, according to the bank's president, Ahmad Mohamed Ali.  (Read More)

SCIENCE:

Breast Cancer a Health Risk for Women Worldwide

U.S. first lady Laura Bush, encouraging women to undergo early screening for breast cancer, announced collaborations on testing and treatment programs during her five-day tour of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan.  (Read More)

Shuttle Launches To Continue Space Station Construction

Space shuttle Discovery blasted into Florida’s morning sky October 23, beginning a 14-day STS-120 mission to continue construction of the International Space Station.  At the station, Discovery's crew will add the Node 2 module, called Harmony, to the expanding station to provide attachment points for the European Space Agency’s laboratory module Columbia in December, and the Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module early in 2008.  (Read More)

CULTURE:

United States Supports Cultural Heritage Preservation Worldwide

A rare wooden mosque from the 1600s was brought back from oblivion in 2004, and now 1,000 Muslims in Kabul, Afghanistan, are able to pray there.  But first it took more than 45 workers two months to remove 400 years of oil paint from the cedar pillars damaged by shrapnel and bullets at the Mullah Mahmood Mosque and to remove unexploded ordnance and human remains from the huge two-story building.  (Read More)

OUR PICK OF WEBSITES!

Crayola.com: Crayola provides fun pages full of activities to usefully occupy children time.  Works for family activities. 

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