People do not enslave other people to be mean to them. People enslave other people for a profit. People are not even a capital purchase item – they are an disposable commodity. Kevin Bales, President and Co-Founder of Free the Slaves gave a TED talk in which he discusses how we ...
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The following comes from Greenpeace. Mr. Obama, yes we can handle a relationship based on open communication.  Yes we can understand the facts of the situation if you give them to us. Yes we can handle truth instead of spin. This blog comes from John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner. In ...
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We're flesh and blood, resigned to our three score and ten, but rivers are the lifeblood of the earth, created long before us, to remain long after we're gone. If there's only one thing I could share with the 30 million people who depend upon the Colorado River, it's this: ...
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“We are non-local awareness residing temporarily in a physical body.” Russell Targ, physicist and really smart guy, said this. Russell helped to develop the laser beam. He also co-founded the Stargate Project, a 23-year, $25-million, top-secret program of research funded by the US government, into psychic abilities and their use ...
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As a member of the American Red Cross National Disaster Human Resource Team, M. Ann Smith has been deployed to 16 national disasters in 15 states. She provided relief to victims of 9/11 and Katrina as well as innumerable tornadoes, floods, tropical storms, forest fires and home fires. Although ...
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iPhones use the download link to listen Life can overwhelm any of us, grab us, hold us, leaving us suddenly trapped within oppressive realities.  In those moments, freedom can seem elusive, even nonexistent, but it’s not. We just need to know where to look and what to do. Here’s the ...
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I don’t consider defiance a great character trait. In fact, I’d probably remove it from the list of my character traits, given the chance. Not that I think that’s wise, but because I’m embarrassed this trait is part of my personality. Let me tell you a story. As a woman ...
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On one hand, it is arrogant for us to think we are the caretakers of this planet. On another hand, we are the species that has the greatest control over the management of it. And as such, we have undeniable responsibilities. I won’t begin to list those responsibilities here. That ...
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