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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose 'last lecture' about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday at the age of 47, but 's inspiring message lives on. (See also the September, 2007 GNN video:
Rapidly Dying 47-Year-Old Professor Gives Exuberant ‘Last Lecture’
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue publicly called for a week of Fasting for Peace in the city as a response to a recent spike in violence. City leaders and clergy are promoting the weeklong effort. Some scoff that fasting couldn’t possibly work, but Donohue said, “The evidence suggests otherwise: Gandhi and Cesar Chavez used it quite effectively.” (Los Angeles Times)
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
For more than twelve years, US Amb. Dennis Ross played a leading role in shaping US involvement in the Middle East peace process. Responsible in both the former Bush and Clinton administrations for exploring ways to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he has now put his diplomatic expertise into a recently published book, entitled: Statecraft And How to Restore America’s Standing in the World. ...He outlines the “12 Rules to Follow,” for successful negotiations, and shows how America’s next president could resolve today’s problems and define a realistic, ambitious foreign policy. (Read Barbara Ferguson's full article in the Arab News )
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Posted by Nathaniel Weixel, Stateline.org
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
Every state but Alaska
has issued at least one AMBER Alert — a public announcement of a child
abduction using the media, email and traffic signs — since Texas
launched the first program in 1997. But the number of alerts has been
dropping off, and state officials say that’s not a bad thing.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC),
the number of alerts has declined in the past three years. There were
275 issued nationwide in 2005, falling to 262 in 2006 and 227 in 2007.
As of May 31 this year, there were only 74 alerts.
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Posted by Geminai
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
"Ashlee Smith, the 9-year-old who started to collect toys for kids who
have lost everything in fires, is now about to become a nonprofit
entrepreneur earning "501(c)3" status. She started out when the Angora fire hit last year, destroying many homes in South Lake Tahoe. Having
lost all her toys in a house fire once, Ashlee, the daughter of a firefighter, said she knew how it felt and wanted to
help. (Nevada Appeal) This is from our local paper and right in our back yard, so we'll be bringing her some toys for her cause this week!
Visit Ashlee's Toy Closet and help out
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
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The leaders of divided Cyprus are to enter direct peace negotiations on
September 3 aimed at ending the 34-year-old division of the island -- Europe's last cold war divide.
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Posted by jseiler1
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
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"A state official said Friday that a baby's cries led to his rescue
after a possible tornado demolished his grandparents' lakeside home." (Associated Press via Yahoo News has the story)
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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
An eight-year-old boy who had set his heart on
'marrying' his school sweetheart achieved his final wish the day before
he died of childhood leukemia. (Daily Telegraph) Karen wanted to pass this link along, saying, "I stumbled on this story and it brought tears to my eyes. It made me want to start searching for more "good news" and I was delighted to find your site."
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
NASA has solved some of the mystery behind the Northern lights. Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday. A fleet of five satellites on a mission known as THEMIS studied the phenomenon of energy that leads to the spectacular brightening of the aurora borealis.
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Animal lover Jerry Dimick was driving with a friend in northeast Pennsylvania when he saw a beautiful peacock standing on the side of the highway, cars speeding past. He was determined to find the bird a safe place to stay. He picked it up and, and with no room in the back of his pick-up truck, Jerry planted the peacock in the front seat. "The bird was sitting in between the two of us. He sat there," Dimock added. So far, the peacock's new foster father has had no luck with the Game Commission, animal control, the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or the local zoo. (WNEP.com TV-16 w/ Video)
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