Posted in Uncategorized, tagged captive, enemies, friends, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israeli, Palestinian, peace, soldier, war on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
From the World section of the Monday, January 14, 2008, Toronto Star, page AA3, an article about a message of peace from a soldier:
CAPTIVE SOLDIER DELIVERS A MESSAGE OF PEACE
Childhood story penned by Israeli seized in raid published as kids’ book
Matti Friedman
Associated Press
Jerusalem - Years before he was a soldier seized by Palestinian militants, 11-year-old [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biomonitoring, bisphenol-A, body burden, body burden studies, consumer activism, endocrine disrupters, environment, estrogens, flame retardants, hormone disrupters, manufactured goods, natural hormones, PBDEs, phthalate syndrome, phthalates, plastics, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, reduced sperm counts, reproductive organs, sex changes, sperm counts, synthetic chemicals on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Here is an article from the Daily Green, November 9, 2007, about a study done finding synthetic chemicals in our bodies (http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/body-burden-47110904).
Although this was a U.S. study, similar Canadian studies have shown that we are also contaminated. Until the U.S. and Canadian governments (and others who haven’t acted already) stop harmful synthetic products showing up [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged volunteering, compassion, unselfish, take action, what you can do, what we can do, World Vision, child sponsorship, child sponsor on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
My boys are both teenagers now. Since they are often on the computer, I do send them opportunities to sign petitions or otherwise get involved online in human rights or environmental issues. Amnesty International has a take action section for children, for example.
We also sponsor four boys from Armenia through World Vision, which has let us all [...]
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