I will always remember April 2009. No, not because it was the first month after the power takeover in Madagascar . Not because I learned that I may have actually made the right career decision after many sleepless nights. Not because our pet donkey just..
Topics: Foko Madagascar risingvoices

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As part of an assignment for my quant stat course, we were told to propose an hypothesis showing a potential correlation between two quantifiable variables. I pondered for a moment to research average altitude of major cities vs number of Olympic medals.
Topics: africa, internet connection

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Why I love the randomness of browsing the web. (Or in twitter language, the things I wish I tweeted or RT'ed) - Read somewhere (paraphrased): " A woman will enlarge anything you give her. You give her a smile, she will give you her heart. You...

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I have been receiving a few emails ( some nastier than others ) about my take on the events in Madagascar. This is an attempt at clearing things up because my name and avatar were used in many forums, unbeknown to me, writing words that I never thought..

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Thanks to the dynamic new digital media user community in Madagascar ( in trying conditions nonetheless), there is a tiny silver lining in the ongoing puzzling crisis at home. It seems that I have gotten the opportunity to explain it quite a bit...
Topics: Madagascar, twitter

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