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Posted by geri
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
 Israeli president Shimon Peres, who is a Noble Peace Prize laureate, wrote lyrics to a song about peace, entitled Ray of Hope and posted them on Songweavers, a website where musicians from around the world -- including Iran -- have added music to go with the words.
So far, musicians from around the world, including Iran, have transformed his Ray of Hope with compositions as members hope, "Maybe the world can find some peace through
music."
Members of the Songweavers website have designed and compiled a humanitarian CD from which all proceeds will go to charity.
The CD was given to Mr. Shimon Peres this week and he has taken 100
copies, containing 20 versions of the song with him to Bejing, where he will give the Peace CD to other
heads of State.
Here are his lyrics:
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Read more... [Israeli President Posts Peace Song on Website]
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
 Iranian artists plan to weave a World Peace Carpet and feature an ancient declaration in its design, said to be the world's first charter of human rights -- a declaration issued by the Persian king Cyrus II, inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on a cylinder. (Iranian Press TV)
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Posted by geri
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 As they hoped, a South Carolina couple's giant backyard pumpkin has set a state record for weight. Frank and Tina Finders' pampered pumpkin weighed in Friday at 897 pounds, beating the previous best of 737 pounds.
The newlyweds – who have matching tattoos of a flowering pumpkin vine
on their shoulders – had been waiting for this moment for nearly four
months, keeping their pumpkin moist and shady.
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Read more... [897-Pound Pumpkin Sets Record for Newlyweds]
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
 College basketball coach Ron Hunter, who raised more than 250,000 pairs of shoes for
Samaritan's Feet, speaks to ESPN's Mike & Mike from his shoe
delivery mission in Lima, Peru. Coach Hunter wanted his players to experience the poverty of the country and to share their good fortune, so he brought them along, teaching them that winning basketball games isn't the most important thing in the world. This MUST-PLAY INTERVIEW is below! (Visit Samaritan's Feet to donate or contribute.)
Play the video/audio here.
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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
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A 66-year-old Michigan golfer has been swinging at greens for half a century but has never had a hole-in-one. Until last Thursday, when he had two of them - in the same round - beating the odds at 67 million to one. (City News in Toronto)
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