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Marius S

World War II- MSN Encarta - 3 views

  • World War II, global military conflict that, in terms of lives lost and material destruction, was the most devastating war in human history. It began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world.
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      Information about World War I/II
  • 1920s, attempts were made to achieve a stable peace
Katie Day

Budrus Official Film Website | Just Vision - 0 views

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    "Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel's Separation Barrier. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women's contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today."
Katie Day

CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Home - 0 views

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    CRIN empowers the global child rights community through the exchange of information and the promotion of children's rights. CRIN has 2,186 member organisations. There are 20,226 information resources on the site.
Katie Day

BBC - A History of the World - Home - 0 views

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    "This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You'll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK. What will you add to the collection? "
Katie Day

Nicholas Kristof column - Death by Gadget in Congo - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "An ugly paradox of the 21st century is that some of our elegant symbols of modernity - smartphones, laptops and digital cameras - are built from minerals that seem to be fueling mass slaughter and rape in Congo."
Katie Day

YouTube - I'm a Mac ... and I've Got a Dirty Secret - 1 views

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    "Hello, I'm a Mac, and I'm helping fuel the war in the Congo -- the deadliest war in the world. So are PCs, cell phones, digital cameras and other electronics. That's what Apple's famous ads don't tell you. So actor/activist Brooke Smith and cinematographer Steven Lubensky teamed up with actors Joshua Malina and John Lehr to create a version that sets the record straight. To learn more about conflict minerals and how you can help end war in the Congo, visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org."
Katie Day

Free Technology for Teachers: 10 Resources for Teaching & Learning About WWII - 0 views

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    "Next week my US History students will be beginning their studies of World War II. I spent some time this week going through some of the resources that I've used in the past and the resources that I've mentioned in the past on Free Technology for Teachers. "
Katie Day

Vision of Humanity - Global Peace Index Map 2010 - 0 views

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    "The Global Peace Index is a ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. It is the first time that an Index ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies the drivers of peace."
Katie Day

Nicholas Kristof -- Op-Ed - Moonshine or the Kids? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • There’s an ugly secret of global poverty, one rarely acknowledged by aid groups or U.N. reports. It’s a blunt truth that is politically incorrect, heartbreaking, frustrating and ubiquitous: It’s that if the poorest families spent as much money educating their children as they do on wine, cigarettes and prostitutes, their children’s prospects would be transformed. Much suffering is caused not only by low incomes, but also by shortsighted private spending decisions by heads of households.
  • Two M.I.T. economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, found that the world’s poor typically spend about 2 percent of their income educating their children, and often larger percentages on alcohol and tobacco: 4 percent in rural Papua New Guinea, 6 percent in Indonesia, 8 percent in Mexico. The indigent also spend significant sums on soft drinks, prostitution and extravagant festivals.
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    How the poorest families all around the world often spend money on alcohol and tobacco instead of education for their children.
Katie Day

NAMS - National Addictions Management Service -- Singapore - 1 views

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    "The National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) was incorporated in Aug 2008. Located at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), NAMS includes the Specialist Outpatient Clinic C (SOC C) as its outpatient arm, and the inpatient Serenity Centre, which provides residential detoxification and rehabilitation. NAMS treats problem gambling and other behavioural addictions (internet, gaming, etc), and substance addictions (alcohol and drugs). "
Katie Day

Singapore Health Promotion Board - Getting support - 0 views

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    Groups in Singapore that help people get support for different substance abuse problems
Katie Day

GeoHive: Global Data - 0 views

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    General, population, age, area, economic data by country / continents
Katie Day

Munsch admits to cocaine, alcohol addiction - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

  • For more than 30 years, Robert Munsch has fascinated young readers with his unique stories that have made his books staples of any child’s library. But it is his latest story, one of admission to cocaine and alcohol addictions, that has become the most shocking and captivating one, a story not intended for his young “Munschkin” fans. In a message titled “Note to Parents” posted on his website, the bestselling author admits he's been diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive and manic-depressive. “Those challenges have led me to make some big mistakes,” Mr. Munsch says, without providing further details. But in an interview with Global Television aired Saturday, Mr. Munsch admitted he is a recovering cocaine addict and alcoholic, adding he has been clean for about four months. In his note to parents, Mr. Munsch, 64, wrote that his mental health and addiction problems are not a secret to his friends and family.
Katie Day

Is Japan Seeing Internal Shift on Whaling? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • “Japan doesn’t like being told what to do,” said Isao Kondo, 83, who retired near here after a career as a manager at the Japan Whaling Company, now defunct. “But like it or not, whaling is dying.”
jack parker

rAINFOREST ALLIANCE - 0 views

  • The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.
  • Members & supporters: 35,000 Annual budget: $33 million Board Chair and Co-Founder: Daniel R. Katz President: Tensie Whelan Incorporated as a nonprofit organization in New York State: 1987 Recognized as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the IRS: 1987
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    this is a web site for the rainforest and their people and animals
Thomas C

UNICEF - Afghanistan - Girls' education is key to stopping forced and early marriages i... - 0 views

  • Forced and early marriages entrap girls and deprive them of their basic rights.
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      Hmm...So, what does education have to do with forced marrages? Read on and find out!
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    Education can stop these early marriages.
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    Nice reserch guys!!
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