Category: newsletter
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Nigerian Referees
Fanny Amun, the acting secretary-general of the Nigerian Football Association, said bribery happens frequently, but referees “should only pretend to fall for the bait, but make sure the result doesn't…
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Penguin Suits
Spotted by one of Mac's friends: Mormon women in New South Wales are knitting sweaters for penguins. Doll size, tight-fitting wool sweaters keep this breed of “fairy” penguins warm as…
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Meeting News from London
July Meeting News from London by Padmassana As is our custom the July meeting was given over to club members to take us around the world in 90 minutes. Africa…
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Meeting News from London
June Meeting News from London by Dan James Our first speakers this month were Katrina Manson and James Knight, who have just finished writing a new book on Burkino Faso…
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Meeting News from London
May 2006 London meeting Despite competition from a giant elephant in Trafalgar Square and a spaceship near Waterloo, Globies was still packed this month. Our first speaker this month was…
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Meeting News from Ontario
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…
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Seeing China First Hand
The Beetle recently spent a couple of weeks staying with her friend Nicola in a beautiful village outside Philadelphia. Nicola wrote this article about a trip to China in 2005…
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A Fun Day Out In Jail by Tony Annis
Stuck between two very large local ladies with a yard of wet fish draped across my legs, gave a moment to ponder on an extremely different day out that I…
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The Camino de Santiago – The More Things Change& by Alex Chang
The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage to the sacred tomb of Saint James located in the Northwest corner of Spain. Over a thousand years separate those first faithful footsteps…