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Urban Farming In The South Bronx
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addictive_picassos Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Urban farming has become increasingly popular these days, as more city dwellers search for rooftops, backyards and abandoned lots where they can grow vegetables. In addition to providing fresh, healthy produce where concrete and convenience stores once ...17 hours ago -
Exclusive Clip of Warrior Champions
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In honor of Veterans Week, we are thrilled to have an exclusive sneak peak of the feature film Warrior Champions. This documentary tells the emotional and inspiring story of a group of severely wounded American Soldiers, as they fight to turn nightmares of war into Olympic dreams. Iraq War Veterans Kortney ...20 hours ago -
Do Climate Change Scare Tactics Work? (Video)
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The British government recently launched a new tv ad featuring a father reading his daughter an ominous and frightening tale of what the future will look like if we fail to act on climate change, but some critics are concerned that scare tactics such as this could backfire. Personally, I don’t think the ...1 day ago -
Junior youth spiritual empowerment: Baha’i social action
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Copyright © 2008 The Ruhi Foundation . All rights reserved. Last Saturday, the junior youth group in Lowell got together. We said a prayer, and then took a walk down by the canal, which had recently been emptied. M. talked about wanting to make the neighborhood better for her younger siblings and for the other ...1 day ago -
Grown Ups: Upcoming Movie Trailer
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If there was ever a movie for fathers and their sons Grown Ups might be it. It’s filled with little boy humor and the male comedians (Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider) that have been making fathers laugh for the past 10+ years. The plot is also a pretty wholesome one. The ...1 day ago -
Combating Cholera: The Preventable Epidemic
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julien_harneis Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Cholera has ceased to be a major health threat throughout most of the world, yet in some countries in Africa, particularly Zimbabwe, the preventable and easily treatable disease continues to claim thousands of lives every year. Contaminated water supplies, poor ...1 day ago -
After_Deadline: Names in a hat - Cogdill, Berryhill, Grover, Lyons, Ridenour, Keating ...
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A couple announcements this week are shaking up next years elections in unexpected ways. First, Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, announced that he wouldnt seek re-election next year. That opens opportunities for Assemblymen Tom Berryhill of Modesto and Mike Villines of Fresno to run for a safe Republican seat in the ...1 day ago -
The Democrats’ Dilemma: Their Own Trojan Horse Kicks Free
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House Democrats broke into a paroxysm of self-congratulation for passing a health reform bill. By embracing the Stupak-Pitts amendment, however, they entered the women’s hall of shame. They had promised no more limitations based on preexisting conditions. But House leadership allowed a codicil: Except if you are a ...1 day ago -
Prime Minister’s Council on Social Action launches new research at Chain Reaction
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Today at our Chain Reaction event the Council on Social Action will be launching three new papers.* You can follow Chain Reaction live on this page , and even watch the launch of these papers, with vice-chair David Robinson at 11.30am. The first two look at just how important human relationships are in society. A ...2 days ago -
Metaverse Fundraising
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Charities are tracking their users in social networks and virtual realms to raise real money ; http://j.mp/3OWVZZ2 days ago -
School Lunch Food Fight Ends In Arrest of 25 Chicago Students
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cornelluniversitylibrarys Flickr photostream/Creative Commons We take school lunch very seriously here at TakePart, particularly efforts to increase access to healthy, local ingredients, but a Chicago middle-school may have gone a little overboard when they had 25 students arrested for a cafeteria food fight . ...2 days ago -
Help Support Homeless Veterans (Video)
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henrymdiazs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons As Veteran’s Day comes to a close we should pay special consideration to homeless veterans and encourage the Obama administration to continue pursuing new efforts to end homelessness among veterans . No one should have to live with out a home, and it’s ...2 days ago -
Veterans Call For Clean Energy And Climate Legislation (Video)
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A few months ago I wrote about Operation Free , a growing group of U.S. veterans advocating for a clean energy future and climate legislation, so in honor of Veteran’s Day I wanted to share with you a video of some of the organization’s members touring the country by bus to raise awareness of the threat that ...2 days ago -
Send Holiday Mail To Our Country’s Heroes
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The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. are once again inviting Americans to “send a touch of home” to United States service members and veterans across the country and abroad through their Holiday Mail for Heroes program. Over 1.4 million men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces and over 24 million ...2 days ago -
Celebrate Veterans Day by Watching The Way We Get By
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Editor’s note: For Veterans Day, we wanted to repost this piece from August about a phenomenal documentary, The Way We Get By, which premieres tonight on PBS . A few updates: -The filmmakers have launched an incredible partner site, Returning Home: Mosaic of Support , which allows users to express ...2 days ago -
No Dog Left Behind: Canine Companions For Veterans
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angells Flickr Photostream/Creative Commons Veterans Day provides us the opportunity to honor and thank all those who have committed their lives to serving the country, and the documentary No Dog Left Behind , which airs this Sunday on the Military Channel , introduces us to some canine companions who have ...2 days ago -
IAVA’s New PSA in Honor of Veterans Day
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This is IAVA ’s brand new PSA, created in partnership with the Ad Council. This Veterans Day, let’s show all veterans that we’ve got their back.3 days ago -
The Kiva Lender and Borrower Connection
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Lowe on the Kiva cycle : A lender ties the fate of hir money to the ability of the borrower to repay ; http://j.mp/4xQsEr3 days ago -
Torch Films Rethinks DVD Production
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I love watching movies and as a filmmaker I am constantly burning DVDs, which unfortunately means a lot of DVD creation and eventually a lot of DVD waste. Luckily there are folks out there paving the way for change when it comes to DVD production, like Torch Films in New York City: Thankfully, one startup, Torch ...3 days ago -
The Only Good Oyster is a Safe Oyster
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It never ceases to amaze me how business interests have more sway with Congress than good, protective food safety measures. Two weeks ago, the FDA finally did the right thing and told the shellfish industry that, starting in 2011, gulf coast oysters would have to be post-harvest processed to kill the deadly ...3 days ago
