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January 17, 2010 at 6:10 pm
The new crown of Worlds Tallest Building goes to the Burj Khalifa located in Dubai. The original name of the building was supposed to be the Burg Dubai however after ... (
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January 16, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Want to change the world, start a petition. This is the rally cry of this cool website Care2 that I came across. It allows anybody to start their own petition for any ... (
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January 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, an overwhelming show of support is coming across from everywhere on the internet. Technology is paving ways for raising capital ... (
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January 14, 2010 at 11:27 am
This is a pretty sad story in what should be a happy occasion. It is really a miraculous story in that Nicholas Coke was born a year ago without a brain. Nicholas was ... (
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January 13, 2010 at 1:13 pm
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday has caused widespread destruction. The prime minister of Haiti has announced that hundreds of thousands of people are ... (
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January 13, 2010 at 10:00 am
On this New Years Eve, make a difference in the life of a dog or cat. All to often animals are abused out of intentional acts of cruelty or simply the failure of us to take ... (
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January 12, 2010 at 9:40 am
I came across a human rights documentary regarding The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since 1998, the death toll in the country is about 5.4 million people. The ... (
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January 11, 2010 at 10:00 am
Today is the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. So I thought i'd post some statistics to show you what we're fighting against.
• Today 27 million people ... (
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January 10, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Have you been seeing people post some funky Facebook status updates lately? We'll what women (some men jokingly) are posting are their bra colors for support of Breast Cancer. ... (
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January 9, 2010 at 6:27 pm
In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, an except from his speech.
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always ... (
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January 8, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Here is some really disturbing video of executions of blindfolded men. The video has been confirmed by forensic experts to be authentic. The video shows the brutal ... (
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January 8, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Ok this story is truly gonna warm your hearts. I saw this on CNN the other day and I had to blog about it. In Africa, elephants are routinely hunted down for their ... (
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January 7, 2010 at 4:10 pm
The White House and President Barack Obama issued a proclamation that January will be the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It is fitting that a President ... (
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January 7, 2010 at 10:15 am
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and Pixar shares his life journey of opportunities and setbacks. He urged the graduates of Stanford to pursue your dreams, stay hungry and ... (
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January 6, 2010 at 10:14 am
I was reminded of how powerful a speaker Nick Vujicic is. My friend Tracy had worked on a the film Butterfly Circus starring Nick and she was saying what an amazing guy he ... (
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January 5, 2010 at 10:10 am
There are a lot of things, I mean a lot of things that we take for granted living in the States. Access to clean water, food, shelter etc... As I was reading this excerpt ... (
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January 4, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Sadako Sasaki, suffering from effects of the Hiroshima bombing was told that if you make 1000 cranes that you'll get better. Sadako set out to make these 1000 cranes from ... (
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January 3, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Photo by Jehad NgaA new calm and hope for a better future is finding its way to Darfur. Since 2003, the has so far claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced millions ... (
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January 2, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Photo by Eros HoaglandThe New York Times has a great article about the dwindling Christian population in Iraq. Even as the government of Iraq has new laws and has increased ... (
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January 2, 2010 at 10:00 am
Amnesty Internationally posted a message from Sting to its supporters regarding recent events in Iran. Here is the letter.
Dear Supporter,
I was shocked to hear reports that ... (
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January 1, 2010 at 4:01 am
I thought i'd start the new year off with one of my favorite quotes.
"Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in a square hole, ... (
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December 31, 2009 at 2:31 pm
In one of the most successful advertising campaigns turns 21 today. The Designated Driver campaign launched 21 years ago changed our perception of drinking and driving. Harvard ... (
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December 31, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Are you a videographer? Do you want to express issues facing this country? Do you want to win some money? Well you only have till Jan 20, 2010 to submit your ... (
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December 31, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Here is a story from Careerbuilder.com. It is a compilation of the years most heroic stories of workers saving lives of their co-workers.
The heroes
1. Co-worker helps ... (
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December 30, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Fazeelat Bibi was a cheerful, joking, youngest member in a family of 6 kids and living in Pakistan. She hoped for the same things that most girls hope for, a nice future, ... (
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