Ratanakiri's tourist industry is rapidly expanding: visits to the province increased from 6,000 in 2002 to 105,000 in 2008.
A12 World Briefing A8 NATIONAL A14-22 Court Limits StatExpanded Expanded Visiting Right The Supreme Court, voting 6 to 3, ruled that a Washington State law went too far in permitting a judge to order visiting rights for grandparents over a mother's objection.
Those are some of the options available, part of a trend that has seen more wineries expanding the visiting experience to include much more than tasting.
In his presidential campaign platform, Mr. Obama pledged to establish a Presidential Early Learning Council to coordinate federal, state and local policies; to quadruple financing for Early Head Start; to provide federal challenge grants for states to use for early care and education programs; and to expand home visiting programs for low-income mothers.
Clinton's child care proposal also includes provisions to expand home visiting for new and expectant mothers, since studies have shown such programs can significantly improve intellectual, mental and even physical health for kids growing up in low-income neighborhoods.
So he and other board members made a "major commitment" to the center, he said, raising money, expanding board membership, visiting Holocaust museums around the country for ideas and broadening the center's mission.
It also wants to budget $1.4 billion more for Early Head Start and $15 billion for expanding a home visiting program for at-risk families.
President Obama knows this, too, and has proposed significant new investments in early learning, through an initiative to make high quality preschool available to all four-year olds, create new Early Head Start-Child Care partnerships, and extend and expand voluntary home visiting services.
Even as he was being blacklisted from Ukraine, Depardieu's love for the former Soviet Union was only expanding as he visited Belarus on Wednesday.
For a glimpse of the expanding art scene, visit the MICA Building (140 Hill Street; www.mica.gov.sg), a colorful gallery warehouse in a former police station, now run by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.
