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My Experience with Socialized Medicine

As I have watched our new US President, Obama, I have become more and more worried for our country. It seems he wants to steer us towards social medicine. I really hope that is not the case. I will tell you...

7 comments    health life children
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Air and our Health

Air, what causes air pollution and how it effects our health. What can we do to stop air pollution and clean up the environment.

9 comments    health pollution air
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101 Easy Ways You Can Make The World A Better Place

1. Play, genuinely play, with a little kid. 2. Tell someone you love them. 3. Donate unused computer time to cancer research (and other types of research) with BOINC 4. Use your blinker when you...

12 comments    love life friends
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Social Security: The Pros and Cons of socialized health care.

Health care is something everybody wants but very few actually get. I think that a good health care plan needs to be provided to all citizens world wide! Just to give you an example: I get paid a salary...

0 comments    health advice internet
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You can build a school, for chrissakes!

It only costs $8,500 to build a school in a third-world country. Did you know that? Ok, so the economy might not be at its best at the moment, but I know there are a lot of people who have money and don't...

8 comments    money education children
Bali Temple Dancer72

Don't Drink the Water or Kiss the Mosquitoes

Bali Temple Dancer Temple North of Bangkok Thailand Angko Wat Temple Cambodia Sanke Farm Thailand Island in Southern Thailand King & Queen Palace in Bangkok Rock Climbimg Railay Beach Thailand After...

4 comments    traveling backpacking mosquito
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Solar Power and Solar Desalination and Disinfection

There are many parts of the world aware rainwater is not a law tree that the people in that area afford.  Many Third World countries have trouble keeping their water clean from diseases and and purity's. ...

0 comments    water solar power solar energy
Kiva : Loans that Change Lives74

The Miracle of Microfinancing

Developed by Noble Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, microfinancing is the method by which small businesses in rural areas expand the range of their coverage, products and customers through small loans...

0 comments    business investing help
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Christmas Charity Made Easy

A child's inner clock/calendar is different from an adult's. In a stuffy elementary classroom, summer vacation seems an eternity away. Likewise the wait time for Christmas is interminable. For children in...

3 comments    children kids jesus
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The Malthus Factor: Poverty, Politics and Population in Capitalist Development

"The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the World. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed" -- George Orwell in 1984, Chapter III -...

0 comments    education food politics
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