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When President Barack Obama welcomes Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the White House on April 9, both leaders will say that their countries’ bilateral ties are better than ever, and growing steadily.

Destruction of the Ball of the Femur (Aseptic Necrosis) Aseptic Necrosis of the head (‘ball’) of the femur (that part of the thigh bone which fits into the ‘socket’ of the hip bone) is due to impaired blood supply to that ‘ball’.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – April might be the cruelest month, but, for India’s major political parties this year, March is fairly brutal.

The Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) or Porcupine is a spiny, arboreal, nocturnal creature and in the North Rupununi has been noted for having a preference for palm forests.

The orchid (Orchidaceae) is the most diverse family of plants. According to Paul Thomas of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, more than 28,000 species of orchid are known to exist.

So much begins with parents. So much continues in the training grounds.

What exactly did Caricom Heads of Government agree to in respect of the Caricom Secretariat when they met in Paramaribo?

Introduction I trust that there is no ambiguity whatsoever in the minds of readers as regards my opinion of the four traditional or standard goals of taxation, which I introduced in last week’s column (raising revenue; reducing income and wealth inequalities; politically facilitating stakeholder representation in the tax regime; and altering relative prices of goods and services in order to reward-punish economic choices).

Introduction Today’s column concludes the review of the Auditor General Report on the audits of the ministries, departments and regions for the year 2010.

This week persons at the Ministry of Education’s Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair held at Diamond Secondary School spoke about how the initiative has benefited them, what they have learnt and what can be done to improve the exhibition in the future.

“There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.”

Those thoughts were prompted by two events – or sets of events.

Life is about stories. What story do we harbour about ourselves?

For a country that has remained the poorest in the English speaking Caribbean and one of the poorest in the northern hemisphere notwithstanding its abundant agricultural and mineral, to say nothing of human resources, the prospect of our finding oil in the near future has generated an almost reckless optimism. 

Hot Momma’s Advice: What you really want for your child is a happy and fulfilling life and with encouragement and support.

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

By Rory Fraser Rory Fraser is Professor of Forest Economics and Policy at Alabama A & M University.

Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah This week on ‘What the People Say’ persons in Berbice commented on some of the changes they would like to see

Introduction Among other things, in the previous eight Sunday columns of this series on tax reform I have sought to establish three broad propositions.

Introduction I am unable to carry my review of the 2010 Report of the Auditor General as I am in the USA without access to all the relevant material.