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Stephania D

Jordan River - 0 views

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sewage pollution water spiritual

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    • Stephania D
      Stephania D on 01 Dec 08
       
      Nasser argues on the topic of the environmentalists worries.
  • This pollution, coupled with the diversion of much of the river's clean water by Israel, Syria and Jordan, is endangering the river
  • "The Lower River is an open sewage canal, and the sad irony is that the sewage water is keeping the river flowing. Being baptized in the water below the dam - something that takes place on the Jordanian side of the river - cannot be too spiritually uplifting,"
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  • , when Israel started to divert the water for agriculture and other domestic use.
  • ronmentalists
  • ordan and Syria built a series of dams and canals on the Yarmouk River, the Jordan's main tributary, further cutting the flow to the river. Yet another large Jordanian-Syrian
  • dam is slated to open by 2006, a fact that makes the issue that much more urgent for envi
  • The river's slow but steady decline began in the 1950s
  • If it were up to environmentalists, local countries would import more produce in order to save the Jordan and other water sources in the water-deprived Middle East.
  • "if Christians knew that just a mile down the river a toxic mix was being dumped, they would be very upset about it."
  • Stephania D on 01 Dec 08
     
    Sewage pours into Jordan River
anonymous

The dope on steroids: Why some athletes take the risk : UMNews : University of Minnesota - 0 views

www1.umn.edu/...me_athletes_take_the_risk.html

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  • The stakes in Athens are fierce. The difference between an Olympic gold or silver medal could be a one hundredth of a second on the track or in the pool; an inch on the pole vault or shot put.
  • The athletes who make the Olympic cut are blessed with the right combination of physical and psychological traits, including an intense competitive drive and an unrelenting determination to be the best. This is the stuff of champions.
  • Steroids are not just for elite athletes--they can be used by anyone who wants to change his or her body image. The Centers for Disease Control's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance report shows more than a million youth taking steroids, and the numbers have been rising every year.
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  • Unfortunately, sometimes so are steroids. For decades, athletes have used anabolic (meaning muscle-building) steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs to build strength and endurance. And those drugs are getting more and more sophisticated in an effort to evade detection. Doping, as the practice is called, is illegal and, by most people's standards, unethical. Athletes who have been caught using these drugs have been stripped of their Olympic medals and world records and banned from their sports, sometimes for years, and on occasions for a lifetime.
  • "There are rights and wrongs in life, and if it's against the rules, it's cheating to do it," says Wiese-Bjornstal. "I love sports, but some athletes treat elite sports as if they are life itself, more important than their health, their loved ones, and even their lives."
  • In addition, steroids mess with your body. Potential side effects include high blood pressure, strokes, nausea, sleep problems, increased aggressiveness, and severe mood swings. In men, steroids can reduce sperm count and cause impotence, breast growth, and shrunken testicles. In women, side effects can include reduced breast size, increased body and facial hair, a deepened voice, and menstrual problems.
  • With the risks and consequences of steroid use so high, why do some athletes continue to dope?
  • "The major underlying factor [with steroids use] is that winning at all costs is the most important thing," says Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology.
  • She says that athletes that use steroids often have the mindset that "they are demonstrating that they are as highly committed to their sport as they can be and are doing whatever it takes to prove to themselves, their coaches, and to the world that they are true athletes who will do anything to win."
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      anonymous on 03 Dec 08
       
      Diane Wiese-Bjornstal's Comment
  • From a moral and ethical framework, Wiese-Bjornstal believes this is twisted thinking. "There are rights and wrongs in life, and if it's against the rules, it's cheating to do it," she says. "I love sports, but some athletes treat elite sports as if they are life itself, more important than their health, their loved ones, and even their lives."
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      anonymous on 03 Dec 08
       
      Wiese-Bjornstal's Comment
  • She also says there is pressure to dope because of the belief that everyone else is doing it, and that if an athlete wants to compete at the highest level, she or he has to do it, too.
  • Nancy Cullen, a sports psychology consultant for the University, says the temptation to use steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs simply comes down to the rigors and pressure of elite competition and the desire to win. She cites an alarming poll taken in 1995 of 198 sprinters, swimmers, power lifters and others, most of whom were Olympians or aspiring Olympians. The poll asked if the athletes would take a banned performance-enhancing substance if they knew if would help them win and they wouldn't be caught--195 responded, yes.
  • Most athletes train for perfection," says Cullen. "The drive to achieve and win is so strong. If the difference between winning or losing is a hundredth of a second, and there is a drug that might give you the edge, the temptation can be great."
  • For some Olympic events, steroid scandals have cast a pall over the games, leaving viewers to wonder after each win, "Did he take drugs? Did she?"
  • Both Wiese-Bjornstal and Cullen agree that education, beginning with young athletes, is important in the fight against steroid use, as are drug testing and stiffer penalties for those who are caught. They also believe that coaches and parents play an important role in supporting the healthy ambitions of developing athletes.
  • "It's important to teach athletes to know what the consequences are and to learn other training practices that are legal and don't involve taking drugs," says Cullen. "Strive to win, strive for perfection, but do it within the rules of the game."
  • anonymous on 03 Dec 08
     
    Good Site for information and Comments on use of drugs on athletes. Site has lots of good comments. Very Interesting.
  • anonymous on 03 Dec 08
     
    Use it
Catherine A.

Child development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Child_development

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    • Catherine A.
      Catherine A. on 03 Dec 08
       
      Now I understand why my new baby cousin sometimes cry when i carry her
  • The capacity to learn, remember, and symbolize information, and to solve problems, exists at a simple level in young infants, who can perform cognitive tasks such as discriminating animate and inanimate beings or recognizing small numbers of objects
  • Abilities for physical movement change through childhood from the largely reflexive (unlearned,involuntary) movement patterns of the young infant to the highly skilled voluntary movements characteristic of later childhood and adolescence
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  • Physical growth in stature and weight occurs over the 15-20 years following birth, as the individual changes from the average weight of 7 1/2 pounds and length of 20" at full-term birth to full adult size. As stature and weight increase, the individual's proportions also change, from the relatively large head and small torso and limbs of the neonate, to the adult's relatively small head and long torso and limbs.
  • Newborn infants do not seem to experience fear or have preferences for contact with any specific people.By about 8-10 months, they go through a fairly rapid change and become fearful of perceived threats; they also begin to prefer familiar people and show anxiety and distress when separated from them or approached By strangers
  • Dyslexia is a significant topic in child development as it affects approximately 5% of the population (in the western world). Essentially it is a disorder whereby children fail to attain the language skills of reading, writing and spelling commensurate with their intellectual abilities.
Sara Espinosa

City Populations - World City Population, Biggest Largest Cities in the World - Worldatlas.com - 0 views

www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm

populated cities

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      Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
       
      biggest-Tokyo, Japan-28,025,000 people smallest- Napoli, Italy-3,012,000 people
  • 1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000 2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000 3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000 4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000 5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000 6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000 7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000 8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000 9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000
  • 91. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000 92. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000 93. Dalian, China - 3,153,000 94. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000 95. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000 96. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000 97. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000 98. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000 99. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000 100. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000
  • Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
     
    largest cities in the world-by population
Marcia Roberts

Women of the Century - DiscoverySchool.com - 0 views

school.discoveryeducation.com/...index.html

women discoveryschool socialstudies games gifted interactive

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  • Marcia Roberts on 08 Dec 08
     
    100 years of American Heroes. 3 parts - phenomenal women, decade by decade, and note the quote
Sara Espinosa

Biggest Cities | Galleries | Allianz Knowledge - 0 views

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people

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  • 1. Tokyo, Japan Metropolitan area: 34 million people City: 12.5 million people Tokyo is by far the largest urban region in the world. Despite its size and complexity, Tokyo has a very efficient public transportation, which accounts for almost 80 percent of all daily journeys in Tokyo.
  • 1. Tokyo, Japan Metropolitan area: 34 million people City: 12.5 million people Tokyo is by far the largest urban region in the world. Despite its size and complexity, Tokyo has a very efficient public transportation, which accounts for almost 80 percent of all daily journeys in Tokyo. Urban Detail: Tokyo Bay has been gradually filled up to create more space for housing and offices. Odaiba, an island entirely created out of waste material, became one of Tokyo’s most interesting tourist spots with futuristic architecture, shopping, and entertainment centers. (Photo: Miki Yokoyama)
  • Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
     
    tokyo
emily jackson

A new crop of kids: Generation We - CNET News - 0 views

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Gabriel generatinWE WE

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      emily jackson on 03 Dec 08
       
      This kid named Gabriel is a smart kid who really likes using the computer and internet.
  • emily jackson on 03 Dec 08
     
    This is an article by Stephanie Olsen
karen ponce

Thanksgiving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Thanksgiving

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  • hanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday. The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida[1][2], the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.
  • Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast. Though the holiday's origins can be traced to harvest festivals which have been celebrated in many cultures since ancient times, the American holiday has religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by Native Americans after the brutal winter at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day is often called the holiday season.
Paloma Gomez

Issue 82 - May 2008 - Page 1 - 0 views

www.hoax-slayer.com/82-1.shtml

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  • Habacuc claims that he was inspired to create the exhibit by a case in which a Nicaraguan crack addict named Natividad Canda was killed by two dogs because police and firemen watching from the sidelines would not or could not intervene. Subsequent footage of the incident shown on TV generated disgust from the public. Habacuc viewed this disgust as hypocritical and therefore wanted to create a similar public reaction with his exhibition. Again, he does not clearly confirm or deny if the animal died during the display. In the interview, he rather ambiguously states that "the human eye is treacherous" and suggests that what one first believes he is seeing may turn out to be different after due reflection.
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      tells a little more for the reason of his display
  • Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
     
    tells a little more about the reason for his display
kathleen mcclung

The Independent Florida Alligator: The Avenue - Different music affects personal style - 0 views

www.alligator.org/...rock.txt

music different people

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  • kathleen mcclung on 09 Dec 08
     
    shows how personality is formed by music influence
Paloma Gomez

Starving Dog as Art Isn't Dead - Don't Believe Everything You Read | Dabbler.ca - 0 views

www.dabbler.ca/...e-everything-you-read-20080411

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  • As a result, the people at the exhibit who were largely unaffected by the actual display of the dog, would be outraged when they read about it in the news the next morning and thus “became what they read” because the newspaper (the moral authority) told them they should be outraged
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      Explain what the so called artist meant when he put... you are what you read
  • the people at the exhibit who were largely unaffected by the actual display of the dog, would be outraged when they read about it in the news the next morning and thus “became what they read” because the newspaper (the moral authority) told them they should be outraged.
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      Explain what so called artist meant when he put up ....you are what you read in dog food
  • Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
     
    Explains what the artist meant when he put.... you are what you eat
Paloma Gomez

"Artist" Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display - Killing Animals as Form of Contemporary High Art - Softpedia - 0 views

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  • A man who calls himself an artist ties a dog to a wall inside an art gallery. No, you heard me correctly - we're not talking about the night janitor who caught the starving animal littering the front steps of the gallery and decided to vent a lifetime of frustration by pulling off a ridiculously cruel stunt. We're talking about a man who calls himself an artist. His name is Guillermo Vargas Habacuc and the year is 2007. Guillermo is one of the artists taking part in an art exhibition that takes place at a Costa Rican gallery - pompously called "Centro Nacional de la Cultura" (National Center for Culture). He pays a bunch of kids to catch the street dog, which he cruelly baptizes "Natividad" (Spanish for "birth"). His aim is to make an artistic statement about the fragility and the misery in which all dogs - indeed, all human beings live, and he achieved just that by letting the dog starve to death tied to a wall, in plain view of the exhibition visitors, some of whom demanded futilely that the dog be released.
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      Tells how the man caught the dog and what he did once he put in on display
  • Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
     
    Tell how the animal was caught and put on display... also tells what his explanation or reason is for doing what he did
Ann Thomas

Pets 911 - Pets, Dogs, Cats provide health benefits to humans - 0 views

www.pets911.com/...benefits-of-adopting-a-new-pet

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  • Ann Thomas on 03 Dec 08
     
    # Senior citizens who own pets actually need less medical attention than those that do not. # Pet owners typically have lower blood pressure than non-pet owners, and one study actually proved that with as little as 10 minutes with a pet can lower blood pressure significantly. # Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels than non-owners. # Pet owners have overall better physical health due to exercise with their pets. 70 percent of families surveyed reported an increase in family happiness and fun after acquiring a pet. # Children exposed to pets during their first year of life have a lower frequency of some allergies and asthma. # Children who suffer from autism have more pro social behaviors if they own a pet. # Owning a pet - especially a dog - helps children in families better adjust to the serious illness or death of a parent. # Pets decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in their owners. # Having a pet may decrease heart attack mortality rates by 3 percent, which translates into 30,000 lives saved annually. # Positive self-esteem in children is enhanced if the child owns a pet. # Children owning pets are more likely to be involved in sports, hobbies, clubs or even chores. # Victims of AIDS who own a pet report less depression and reduced stress levels. # Many groups take therapy pets to visit residents of nursing homes, and the experience has shown to be a very positive one for both the pet and the individual. # The reverse is also true - the life of a pet is usually enhanced if its owner cares for it properly.
Michael Smith

Industry Projects - Air Force Technology - 0 views

www.airforce-technology.com/projects

jets air force

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  • Michael Smith on 04 Dec 08
     
    Provides all information and history on almost every type of aircraft used by the military
Kate L

The Energy Story - Chapter 15: Solar Energy - 0 views

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energy thermal resources

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  • Solar energy can also be used to make electricity.
  • solar power plants, like the one in the picture to the right in California's Mojave Desert, use a highly curved mirror called a parabolic trough to focus the sunlight on a pipe running down a central point above the curve of the mirror.
  • mirror focuses the sunlight to strike the pipe
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  • gets so hot that it can boil water into steam
  • team can then be used to turn a turbine to make electricity.
  • California's Mojave desert, there are huge rows of solar mirrors arranged in what's called "solar thermal power plants"
  • this idea to make electricity for more than 350,000 homes
  • problem with solar energy is that it works only when the sun is shining
  • cloudy days and at night, the power plants can't create energy.
  • solar plants, are a "hybrid" technology
  • daytime they use the sun
  • night and on cloudy days they burn natural gas to boil the water so they can continue to make electricity.
  • form of solar power plants to make electricity is called a Central Tower Power Plant, like the one to the right - the Solar Two Project.
  • Sunlight is reflected off 1,800 mirrors circling the tall tower
  • mirrors are called heliostats
  • move and turn to face the sun all day long
  • light is reflected back to the top of the tower in the center of the circle where a fluid is turned very hot by the sun's rays.
  • luid can be used to boil water
  • make steam to turn a turbine and a generator.
  • We can also change the sunlight directly to electricity using solar cells.
  • Solar cells are also called photovoltaic cells
  • PV cells for short
  • be found on many small appliances
  • calculators
  • even on spacecraft
  • first developed in the 1950s for use on U.S. space satellites
  • made of silicon, a special type of melted sand.
  • sunlight strikes the solar cell, electrons (red circles) are knocked loose
  • move toward the treated front surface (dark blue color)
  • electron imbalance is created between the front and back
  • two surfaces are joined by a connector, like a wire, a current of electricity occurs between the negative and positive sides.
  • individual solar cells are arranged together in a PV module and the modules are grouped together in an array.
  • arrays are set on special tracking devices to follow sunlight all day long.
  • electrical energy from solar cells can then be used directly
  • used in a home for lights and appliances
  • in a business
  • Solar energy can be stored in batteries to light a roadside billboard at night
  • energy can be stored in a battery for an emergency roadside cellular telephone when no telephone wires are around.
  • Kate L on 03 Dec 08
     
    Solar/ thermal energy
Katie M

Global Warming Effects, Global Warming Causes, Causes of Global Warming, Effects of Global Warming - 0 views

globalwarming-awareness2007-arshad.com

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  • Many scientists have specified various reasons for global warming effects on the environment and for human life. It is not easy to point one reason for global warming effects, but recently you might have saw many change in global climate. Global warming effects have various consequences such as glacier volume decreasing, rise in sea levels, shrinkage of Arctic and altered fashion of doing agriculture have been named as direct effects on global warming. Secondary global warming effects are extreme weather events, increase in tropical diseases, changes in the timing of seasonal patterns in ecosystems, and drastic economic impact.
  • Before many times back, many scientist and researchers were hopping that a positive effect of global warming would be increased agricultural yields(outputs), because of the role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis which might behave in positive manner, but now it resulting in destructions of several crops. In the area of Iceland, due the rising temperatures which have made possible the widespread sowing of barley easily in an effective manner, which was not possible twenty years from now. The net result is expected to be that 33% less maize—the country's staple crop—will be grown. The reduction in rainfall has turned millions of land into deserts.
  • Insurance industry has been affected very badly with the risk of insurance; the number of major natural disasters has been increased to 300% since 1960s, and insured losses increased fifteenfold in real terms. According to Choi and Fisher (2003) each 1% increase in annual precipitation could enlarge catastrophe loss by as much as 2.8%.
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  • All major Transportation sources such as Roads, airport runways, railway lines and pipelines, always require time to time maintenance and renewal as they become subject to greater temperature variation. Regions already adversely affected include areas of permafrost, which are subject to high levels of subsidence, resulting in buckling roads, sunken foundations, severely cracked runways and many other related problems.
  • Most of the low-lying countries such as Bangladesh, Indonesia, Netherlands and many other small islands have been affected by sea level rise, in terms of floods or the cost of preventing them. In most of the poorest low-plain countries, land is the only available space, or fertile agricultural land which is livelihood for them. But due to flood they are finding problem now to perform their activities.
  • Katie M on 08 Dec 08
     
    effects of global warming
Ann Thomas

Cats Benefit from Great American Smokeout Nov 20 - Cat Blog - OregonLive.com - 0 views

blog.oregonlive.com/...benefit_from_great_americ.html

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  • Ann Thomas on 03 Dec 08
     
    Pets are affected by secondhand smoke. Your cat could get cancer from breathing through the haze of cigarette smoke.
Ashley T

Dog Family - MSN Encarta - 0 views

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social behavior

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  • dogs helping humans date from about 4500 years ago
  • the domestic dog
  • special relationship with human beings
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  • highly social behavior of wolves allowed them to accept a relationship with humans
  • help humans hunt for food
  • warning of predators or other intruders
  • herding, guarding, and simply providing companionship
  • Ashley T on 03 Dec 08
     
    located by netTrekker HISD Database
Patrick Wan

Breakdancing - 0 views

www.uic.edu/...break.htm

Moves

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  • The most basic breakdance moves are the 6-step and toprock. The rest of the dance is founded around these two elements. Dancers usually begin by toprocking, and then continue by going down to the floor and performing a 6-step or 4-step that may be heavily 'teched' (variated). The 6-step provides a base for other more complex moves to be formed, as well as power moves.
  • After performing a 6-step to begin the dance, and then performing a power move, the breakdancer will usually end the dance with a 'freeze' which is when he contorts his body to a strange position and literally freezes, stopping all dance motion. The breakdancer will usually hold the freeze for a second or two. There are nearly infinite variations on freezes, and coming up with new freezes greatly enhances the breakdancers style.
  • One popular move in 'break dancing' was known as the 'Floor Lock'. In this move dancers would support themselves on one hand while spinning their bodies around while kicking out their legs
Parker White

MS-7 - 0 views

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ms 7

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  • Parker White on 01 Dec 08
     
    We strive to help make A Brighter Tomorrow for Multiple Sclerosis patients by supporting research into its cause and cure as well as investigations of various medical and complementary treatment options. The scope of our services goes beyond that of a clearinghouse of pamphlets. Our priority is to serve with empathy, resourcefulness, and responsibility. We are here to listen, assist, and empower.
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