Don't put those skis away just yet

Mount Washington Alpine Resort will be open for skiers and snowboarders over the Canada Day weekend for the first time on record.

"It's going to be a great winter this summer," Don Sharpe, director of the resort's business operations, said Wednesday.

NGOs in Cambodia: Accommodation with the regime can be very profitable. - By Ken Silverstein - Slate Magazine

Yes, it's always a fine time to be an expatriate aid worker in Cambodia, where several thousand NGOs and aid organizations operate. By day, swarms of foreign do-gooders clog the streets of Phnom Penh in their company-provided SUVs, and by night they fill bars, restaurants, and nightclubs.
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Scan the world's hot spots and disaster areas, and you'll invariably find NGOs and advocacy groups living high off the hog from donor money and hyping their causes with artfully presented information designed to prompt people to reach for their checkbooks.