Hadiy-oss caberra!

Sintayehu Tilahun singing Dereben accompanied by Ras Band. I love the song's fast beat and the way he goes back and forth between Hadiyissa and Amharic. I heard in an interview he gave to Bawza TV that "Dereben kee bee'eh" means "find your peer" in the language of the Hadiya. Hadiy-oss caberra! Tope-oss caberra!

So much for "reset" and "flexibility"

Syria? Iran? Ukraine?

Context from the third presidential debate between Obama and Romney:

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that al-Qaida's a threat because a few months ago when you were asked, what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia — not al-Qaida, you said Russia. And the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years. 

... 

MR. ROMNEY: ...But I'll respond to a couple of the things you mentioned. First of all, Russia, I indicated, is a geopolitical foe, not — 

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Number one — 

MR. ROMNEY: Excuse me. It's a geopolitical foe. And I said in the same — in the same paragraph, I said, and Iran is the greatest national security threat we face. Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia or Mr. Putin, and I'm certainly not going to say to him, I'll give you more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

Ethiopian Wolf Catches a Mole Rat

We were delighted to witness this Ethiopian wolf successfully hunt its meal on our trip to the Bale Mountains National Park in June of 2013. The Ethiopian wolf is an extremely endangered species -- only about 500 of them left! Three out of five of these wolves are found on the Senati plateau of Bale Mountains, arguably the prettiest landscape in Ethiopia. Please learn more about these wolves by visiting the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme web site at: http://www.ethiopianwolf.org/