AS IT IS 2013-06-09 Afghan Fashion Designer Creates Dresses, Jobs Thanks for joining us again on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are discussing one of my favorite topics: wedding dresses. Last year I made a beautiful huge ball gown for a lady...
How to Create a More Hopeful Life When we hear about crimes, failures of governments and other institutions, public or private, it is our hope that takes a hit. Hope is a necessity. It is our emotional engine, the basis for engaging with life. How do...
Artist Creates Wood Sculptures With a Chainsaw Long shows off his skill, speed carving an owl in just 45 minutes. I love chainsaw carving. Its art. Its fun. People love it. It makes people smile, he said. Long began his career carving ice sculptures,...
Light Bulb Inventor Tried to Create Fake Rubber At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, the prolific American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison developed devices that changed industry, communication, and everyday life - from a practical...
Handbook Explains How to Create Durable and Inclusive Constitutions The book is called Constitution-Making and Reform: Options for the Process. Its authors say the process for designing and implementing a constitution is important: it is instrumental...
By June Soh College Park, Maryland 26 July 2007 Have you imagined eating a strawberry that tastes somewhat like chocolate, or cinnamon, or mint? That may be available in American grocery stores soon and eventually on the global market. A scientist's...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 March 2007 Two U.N. agencies are working on a plan that they hope will enable people in the Horn of Africa to keep their food supplies secure and to protect their livelihoods even in times of crisis. The joint initiative by...
By Noel King Khartoum 24 October 2006 Jan Pronk Sudan's decision to expel United Nations envoy Jan Pronk has created a rift within the government. Former southern and Darfuri rebels - now part of Sudan's unity government - say they do not agree with...
By Barry Unger Washington, DC 05 April 2006 watch Lab Grown Bladder report A new medical breakthrough has allowed doctors in the United States to successfully grow human bladders in a laboratory and i...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 15 February 2006 watch Diana Calenti report There has been a lot of talk lately, following the controversy over the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in E...