Kids & Family - Jan. 7, 2008
Adoption Ally understands waiting parents
A woman in Maine e-mailed me in response to today's "Motherfest" column. She started Adoption Ally in 2000 to help parents waiting to adopt.
Tags: Adoption Ally, adoption, international adoption, China, Guatemala, Motherfest, Russia, Colombia, Cambodia, Korea

Arts & Entertainment - Feb. 26, 2005
Milwaukee Public Museum polishes up "Pearls" exhibit
The Milwaukee Public Museum will shine when it unveils "Pearls: A Natural History" March 5-June 26. The exhibit contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of pearls ever assembled. It traces the lore, legends and facts of this treasure of nature.
Tags: Milwaukee Public Museum, Pearls: A Natural History, Chicago Field Museum, pearls, jewelry, decorative art, Venezuela, Tahiti, South Sea, Renaissance Europe, Imperial China, India, Russia, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Barbara Bush

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 3, 2004
Milwaukee exports huge shovel to Russia
The Port of Milwaukee will load a huge P&H electric mining shovel today for export to St. Petersburg, Russia on the Palessa, a vessel owned by the Danish shipping company J. Poulsen Shipping.
Tags: huge shovel, russia, export, port of milwaukee

Living - June 16, 2009
Facebook in Russia
            Facebook, the exceptionally fast growing networking site, is both symbol and tool of globalization. The Internet represents development of a global society as well as economy. This particular social arena is populated primarily by...
Tags: Facebook, Russia, DST, Internet, Chat, Social Network

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 7, 2009
Turkey Visit An Obama Success
President Barack Obama’s trip to Europe has been a success, especially in media and public relations terms. Including both the European Union and NATO dimensions of Atlantic area relationships reinforces awareness of association between economic growth and military security. The White House...
Tags: Turkey, US, Ergodan, Obama, Iraq, Israel, Bosporus, Black Sea, Mediterranean, Russia, Islam

Politics - Jan. 16, 2009
Turkey, Russia, Ukraine & Energy
At the start of the New Year, Russia publicly squabbles with Ukraine over the terms of shipping gas to the European Union, while Turkish police have announced the discovery of a very large weapons cache buried in a pine forest near Ankara.          &nb...
Tags: Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Oil, Gas, U.S., Foreign Policy

Politics - Nov. 20, 2008
Russia's Missile Game
          ‘Hitting a bullet with a bullet’ is the way even proponents of anti-ballistic missile systems describe the extraordinary technical challenge. Yet there has been sustained pressure within the United States government for a half cen...
Tags: Russia, Missiles, U.S., Foreign Policy, Cold War