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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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"For 50 years, Britain's Peter Ashton has been studying — and trying to preserve — a wealth of diversity in Asia's tropical forests." (CS Monitor) Thanks to SG for the link! |
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Posted by geri
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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"To live independently, single mothers need an education. But to get one, they also need a place to live and child care — needs that colleges are waking up to." (CS Monitor) Thanks SG! |
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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"Major lenders embark on a rescue mission to halt the wave of foreclosures sweeping the nation and delaying a housing market recovery." (CS Montor) Thanks to SG for the link! |
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Posted by geri
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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The governor of Oregon challenged himself to live on food stamps for one week, which didn't leave enough for his morning coffee. Twenty-one dollars is what the average state resident is allowed for groceries, so he shopped for "mac and cheese" while the media tagged along. (AP) |
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
 Libya amended its constitution to allow for female participation in elections (1963)- Under international pressure, Syria withdrew the last of its 14,000 troops from Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (2005)
On this day, in the year 121, Marcus Aurelius was born. Aurelius was Emperor of Rome (161-180) but known as much for his philosophical writing as for his reign. He didn't believe a society should be divided by class or engage in slavery. He believed all men were equal and that the government's purpose was to serve the people. He wrote, "Men exist for the sake of one another." He was a faithful husband and father. He studied the Stoic Greek philosophers who believed in detaching yourself from everything that is outside of your power to control. He compiled Meditations as a saintly handbook for how to live your life. It is also revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. - Marcus Aurelius (Books by the author )
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