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• Look Out … for the Children

  
  Mothers Fighting For Others — Authority: 108
  If you keep your eyes open, you’ll notice many opportunities to help children. Those that are quietly standing by, with their innocence, sometimes not realizing that they are missing out. Last week it was as simple as a conference I had with my daughter’s teacher. She had asked earlier for donations of $2.50 for ...
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• A wonderful story for young adults of any age

  
  Tostada Speaks — Authority: 108
  Review of “Habibi” , by Naomi Shihab Nye. Mass Market Paperback. Simon Pulse, 1997. Naomi Shihab Nye brings her poets voice to this touching story about 14 year old Liyana Abboud and her family as they move from St. Louis, Missouri to Palestine, where her father, a physician, was born and raised. The move ...
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• In the Year 2020: Biotechnology and Genetics

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Live to 149, program your nerves for pleasure, and eat entrail-fed meat machines, all by 2020.Check out Part I of our series about life in the year 2020.Nobody delivers profanity better than Bruce Willis. Nobody. Perhaps that’s why he’s seen so much of it in practically every script he’s tackled during the last ...
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• {Nutrition Assistance}

  
  {Link Adventure} — Authority: 122
  Story time! This is a package I did recently on Nutrition Assistance. Thats the new name for what used to be called Food Stamps. This one was fun for me -- I produced a segment in the show. Something new instead of just making a package that they insert into the newscast. * It kicked off with what we call a ...
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• 11/5 - Thank a Youth Worker Day!

  
  LIVE UNITED Y'All! — Authority: 413
  Thank a Youth Worker Day   November 5, 2009   By: Kerri Cokeley   I’m sure that we can all think back to our childhood and recall youth workers who positively impacted our lives. Teachers, coaches, counselors, and lunch ladies (and lunch men) are just a few examples of the people ...
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• Luggage That Turns Into a Couch

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Sitting in Style while TravellingDutch designer Erik De Nijs created Suited Case — a collection of four functional suitcases that can be linked together in the form of a couch. His goal was to give travelers a taste of home while away:This concept came from a research on nostalgia during travelling. When a familiar ...
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• Denise Kelly’s Classroom Intention, Year 2, Week 4

  
  Mind Body Smile — Authority: 142
  Below is Week 4 of my 2nd grade classroom’s Weekly Intention. We are now into the 2nd year of doing weekly intentions with the students in my classroom. We sometimes base it on one of Dr. Kiltz’s Intentions and other times create our own. Visit my Bio to read about how we began the Classroom Intention. ...
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• Extremely Rare – Royal Raymond Rife Microscope #2 Up For Auction In London

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Royal Raymond Rife Microscope #2Royal Raymond Rife, “genius scientist”, trained for six years at the Carl Zeiss Optical Company in Germany and became the inventor of powerful microscopes, leading to the discovery of a revolutionary therapy for viral diseases. Pictured above is his second microscope which will be ...
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• Energy Harvesting Rocking Chair

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Power that literally ROCKS!Rochus Jacob designed and built the Murakami Chair. As the user rocks back and forth during the day, the chair charges a battery that powers the lamp. Jacob writes: I was looking for opportunities to generate energy through activities we naturally do. The final result is a rocking chair that ...
  5 days ago

• Are you cheating the world of your gifts?

  
  The M.A.P. Maker — Authority: 118
  As Ive said many times before, I think finding passion is one of the best investments in your career you can make. It energizes you, makes you more confident, and fuels your persistence.  The flipside of that is that wedging yourself into a box that doesnt fit who you are (which is what most people do in their ...
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• Clay Aiken Makes a Difference

  
  Carolina On My Mind — Authority: 116
  THE BEST - As a singer, entertainer, philanthropist, Clay Aiken is the best. From the beginning, his goal has been to "make a difference," one which his fans have also adopted. Graphic by cindilu2. Fans Plan Final Push for Inclusion Remarkable Journey with Clay Within the ebb and flow of November ...
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• Carpet Cleaning Challenge

  
  makeorbreakmoments.com — Authority: 116
  I have company coming for Thanksgiving and as I make a list of all that needs to be done before they arrive, I realize the carpets need to be cleaned.The cleaner I used to use is no longer in business so it was back to the Yellow Pages to make a few calls. I called [...]
  6 days ago

• Face Detection Attendance System

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Now you SEE me…Want to rule the office with an iron fist? Well, if that’s the case, you’ll a facial recognition time attendance system, like the CVJB-G107 (pictured above). This device uses a set of digital cameras that can be used in the dark to track the attendance of your employees via facial recognition. The ...
  6 days ago

• Making a difference

  
  Change & Stuff — Authority: 419
  I am engaged in an interesting project that aims to help people and also to help people to help others.  After a couple of sessions we focused in on this idea of making a difference by sharing.  In this web era, everyone has the power to publish their ideas, their experiences and their creative outpourings.   ...
  1 week ago

• Do We Make it FUN for Our Customers?

  
  makeorbreakmoments.com — Authority: 116
  I just saw a video from Stockholm that tested the theory of added fun to the mundane.People, when given a choice of the stairs or escalators – chose the escalators. The Fun Theory, by Volkswagen, wanted to see if they added FUN to walking up the stairs if there would be a difference in behavior.Check [...]
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• The Growing Threat of “Money Mules”

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Don’t you think a lot more people need to be aware of this? Kevin Poulsen at Threat Level has a great item up about the growing menace of “money mules.” The term refers to bank customers who’ve been conned into unwittingly laundering cash that hackers have stolen from business bank accounts. The con and the ...
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• Musical Trends: Gavari Violin Ahead of the Times by 300 Years

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Next generation violinCheck out almost any classical violinist, and you might notice that the instruments they use are based on designs first created over 300 years ago. World class players are even willing to pay millions to own an original instrument from the great 17th century Italian masters like Antonio ...
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• Tora – Classical Style Board Game Raises Money For Ecological Concerns

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009Centuries ago in another land far away, a war was fought between two rulers of a tiger-like race.  Their names are long forgotten, but their memory lives on in this game of strategy and cunning!  Tora (TM) is a classical style board game done in the same vein ...
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• Shooting Hoops for FISH Food Bank at the Colorado Inventor Showcase

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 539
  Colorado Inventor Showcase collecting non-perishable donations for the FISH Food BankOn Tuesday, the DaVinci Institute will collect donations as part of the fifth Colorado Inventors Showcase. The event is from 1:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the University of Denver`s Cable Center, 2000 Buchtel Blvd., Denver.  School children ...
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• Video: Making a Difference - Bicycles Helping People Get to Work in Tough Economy

  
  The Healing Waters — Authority: 542
  From Denny: This is a really cool guy, a bicycle shop owner in South Dakota, took the idea from the national Cash for Clunkers and employed it for a local charity. He found a way to help finance a Bikes for Work program to help people who have no transportation be able to get to work. With 20 million homes in ...
  1 week ago

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