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It all started with a Silver Factory There once was a small silver factory in a city called Kathmandu, the Nepali capital. Our story begins in the year 2005. During that year the factory offered jobs to twenty outstanding silver smiths, who created the most amazing jewelry. Dambar, the owner of the factory, was looking for more customers to buy his stunning products. More customers meant more sales, which in return would let him secure employment for the men under his care. This news travelled halfway around the globe, and reached Cathelijne Lania, the founder of A Beautiful Story, in The Netherlands. From Coffee marketer to entrepreneur At that time, Cathelijne was working in the marketing department of coffee brand Douwe Egberts. Coincidentially, Dambar’s news found her right at the time when she was considering quitting her job, to go out in the world and help make it a better place, instead of focusing on money and profit alone. She thought to herself; ‘If I can sel...

In Alyssa Palombo’s first novel,  The Violinist of Venice , she tells the story of the composer Antonio Vivaldi and his secret, wealthy mistress, Adriana d’Amato. Her second,  The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence , examines a different kind of artist — painter Sandro Botticelli — and his beautiful but married muse for “The Birth of Venus,” Simonetta Vespucci. Palombo is clearly enamored with not just Italy and the arts, but also with passion and forbidden love. The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence  promises all the ingredients to entice readers: a stunningly beautiful young woman who inspires love and desire; the famous Medici family; 15th-century Florence; and the Renaissance painter Botticelli. One of the wealthiest cities in the world at that time, Florence dominated trade and finance. Lorenzo de’ Medici — and his father and grandfather before him — were great patrons of the arts as well as the city’s most influential citizens and financiers. The 15th centu...

Coral reefs are under threat from billions of  pieces of plastic . Reefs that are clogged with plastic are 20-times more likely to be diseased than plastic-free corals, according to  new research  published in the peer-reviewed journal  Science Friday. For the groundbreaking study, scientists tested 124,000 corals from 159 reefs across the Asia Pacific region between 2011 and 2014. They determined that plastic  fragments  cut corals, choke them of light and oxygen, and provide a means for pathogens to invade. The spikier the coral species, the more likely it was to snag plastic. While 89% of the plastic-draped corals the team studied were diseased, the same was true for only 4% of plastic-free reefs. “Corals are animals just like me and you – they become wounded and then infected,” the study’s research leader Joleah Lamb  told  the  Guardian . “Plastics are ideal vessels for microorganisms, with pits and pores, so it’s like cuttin...

GANTA, Liberia — Evelyn Dolo saved a teenage girl’s life, but not out of good will alone, she admits. A traditional birth attendant for more than 15 years in the small Liberian village of Zahmboyee, Ms. Dolo was summoned one night to help the teenage girl deliver her baby. Ms. Dolo rushed the girl to the nearest hospital, about 25 miles away, where she was immediately taken into surgery. A cesarean section saved both her and her baby’s life, said Zlangbah Dahn, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Ganta United Methodist Hospital. Ms. Dolo’s objectives in the case were twofold: She was racing to save the girl’s life, but she was also compelled to rush to the hospital under the rules of her village. Rather than deliver women’s babies at home, birth attendants in many villages are required to bring pregnant women to health centers or face penalties. In Ms. Dolo’s village, failure to comply would have meant a payment to the town elders of 5,000 Liberian dollars (about $50), a ga...

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