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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
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"It's not easy making Eagle, the highest honor in Boy Scouts. You need at least 21 merit badges and only 2 percent of Scouts get that far," wrote Paul Duggan in The Washington Post. But James Calderwood, a Maryland teen, has earned 121 merit badges — one in every category available... Check out the inspiring photo of James in his decorated uniform. |
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
 Chimpanzees and coffee have more in common than you might think.
It was in Gombe National Park in Tanzania in 1960 that legendary primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall first observed chimps in their natural habitat, the same lush habitat where coffee thrives. Beginning today, coffee lovers will be able to help preserve chimp habitat with each sip of their daily brew. A partnership was launched that will help to save these chimpanzees from the threat of extinction and also uplift their neighbors — the impoverished villagers surrounding the park — at the same time... |
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Read more... [New Coffee Helps Save Chimps and Impoverished Farmers at the Same Time]
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Posted by mikek
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
 Editor's Note- Today seems like a perfect day for publishing poems, so we're choosing this day in April to celebrate "Poetry Month" in America. This is an item I've been saving, from Mike in South Africa. He wrote it in 1998 and he never finished it. When he sent it to me in February he said, "Readers can add their own additions and maybe something good will come of it."
I love it and think you might have some brilliant additions. Here is his poem, Time Turns... |
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Read more... [Poem From South Africa: Time Turns]
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
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Colombia has initiated several rounds of peace talks with that country's second largest rebel group. In addition, the Colombian Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez met with rebel leaders in mid-March to help move negotiations forward. On Monday the rebels revealed they would "experiment to create an environment of peace (and) immediately ... to solidify a cease-fire" in return for a release of prisoners. (Herald Tribune) |
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
 Following the fatal shooting of dozens of students at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, the national children's crisis charity KidsPeace is issuing expert tips to help schools, parents, and children cope with the aftereffects of the situation. The 125-year-old nonprofit is also alerting schools and the public about the existence of a free resource that helps young people resolve problems before they become dangerous, and which has prevented school shootings in the past... |
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Read more... [Virginia Tech Shooting: Crisis Charity Offers Tips, Tools to Deal with Aftermath]
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