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Posted by CHERYL HECKLER
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Friday, 30 June 2006 |
 The Presbyterian Church (USA) has become the seventh major religious
organization in the United States to support the use of medical
marijuana, an issue expected to come before the US House of
Representatives during the week. "It is unconscionable that seriously ill
patients can be arrested for making an earnest attempt at healing by
using medical marijuana with their doctors' approval," said the Rev. Lynn Bledsoe, a
Presbyterian minister from Alabama who works as a hospice chaplain, in
a statement issued by the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative. . .
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Read more... [US Presbyterians Urge Medicinal Use of Marijuana]
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Posted by OWEN HEAREY
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
Waldemar Kaminski, who quietly ran a food stand
in Broadway Market for more than 50 years, has been revealed to be a
self-made millionaire and philanthropist who anonymously gave millions
to Buffalo charities and neighbors in need... He made his hidden fortune in the stock
market, carefully investing his hard-earned money over the course of
his lifetime. (6/23/06) Buffalo News
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
Readers Digest conducted a survey in big cities to see if courtesy was
dead. Are people really more rude than they were 20 years ago? The
Digest sent reporters into retail establishments to see how many would
hold the door, would help them pick up papers dropped by accident,
would say 'thank you' at the register. They've ranked 35 cities around
the world in a sort of kindness index.
The verdict was unexpected but delightful... NEW YORK City topped them all!
In the end, four out of every five people they encountered passed the Readers Digest courtesy test -- making New York the most courteous city in the world. Imagine that. (All the courtesy reported here.)
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Posted by geri
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
A Guyana news agency reports on the Lemonade Stand in Maryland, USA
that raised money to save 4000 acres of Guyana rainforest. Alex Rice
and his Cub Scout Troop raised $350.00 that was matched by Conservation
International (CI), and CI-Guyana... Public Service at its finest! (Stabroek News)
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 19 June 2006 |
I thought this was interesting...
Who is the greatest Canadian ever?
1.2 million Canadians voted in 2004 during a CBC reality TV show and
collectively decided that the greatest of them all was Tommy Douglas.
I had never heard of him but found his tale worth promoting. He earned
the respect of millions of Canadians by following his dream for
universally accessible medical care. After being hospitalized at the
age of 10 and threatened with the loss of his leg due to his family's
inability to pay for specialized care, he followed a life path into
politics and refined his skills as a fiery speaker becoming Canada's 'father of Medicare'. His notion, forged
in a Baptist college, of a "social gospel," a vision of
religion-in-action, was the foundation of his life. . .
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Read more... [The Greatest Canadian Ever]
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