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Atheists are good people too
Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren Buffett, the three biggest charitable donors in history and not a religious thought between them. Not everybody needs a religion to do good.
“All religions lie to people in some form; the big lie is that those who do not follow the religion are not good people.”
“There are good people everywhere.
Some sliver of a silver lining from the ‘stimulus” bill, Charter Schools.
School Choice Even Obama Supports By RiShawn Biddle As a presidential aspirant last year, Barack Obama gained the support of the National Education Association -- and the scorn of school choice activists -- when he declared his skepticism of the school choice and accountability measures in the No Child Left Behind Act. Then in the early months of this year, the newly-elected president further pleased teachers unions when he tacitly allowed congressional Democrats to shutter the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Plan, the school voucher program that helps 1,716 Washington students attend private schools -- even though he avoided sending his own children to D.C.'s abysmal public schools.Some sliver of a silver lining from the ‘stimulus” bill, Charter Schools.
School Choice Even Obama Supports By RiShawn Biddle As a presidential aspirant last year, Barack Obama gained the support of the National Education Association -- and the scorn of school choice activists -- when he declared his skepticism of the school choice and accountability measures in the No Child Left Behind Act. Then in the early months of this year, the newly-elected president further pleased teachers unions when he tacitly allowed congressional Democrats to shutter the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Plan, the school voucher program that helps 1,716 Washington students attend private schools -- even though he avoided sending his own children to D.C.'s abysmal public schools.One Step Closer to a Malaria Vaccine
Malaria vaccine enters phase III clinical trials Success in large-scale studies could see drug to market by 2012 Anjali Nayar The world's most advanced malaria vaccine entered its final phase of pre-approval testing yesterday in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, raising hopes that the drug could be licensed for widespread use by 2012. On 26 May, five infants aged 5–17 months were inoculated with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)'s RTS,S vaccine. In the coming months, the study will become the largest ever trial of a malaria vaccine candidate, involving 16,000 children under the age of two at eleven sites in seven African countries.Providers to the poor try to stretch meager resources to meet growing need
SEATTLE - As snowstorms blew into this Northwest city and the economy iced over in December, the occupants of a shelter nestled among industrial buildings on the north side prayed for divine intervention. “We were hoping for the Christmas miracle,” says Glen Dennis, 41, who was working his way through a residential drug-treatment program at the CityTeam Ministries shelter. Dennis and the other 11 guys in the long-term program —dubbed the “disciples” — also worked each day to prepare for some 50 to 60 overnight shelter guests, and dish up free hot meals to about 100 people.Brad is among those featured in the Vanity Fair "Africa Issue".
Source- JustJared:
The African-themed July issue of Vanity Fair is being guest edited by U2 frontman Bono — the biggest July issue ever. 20 covers, all shot by Annie Leibovitz reflect Africa and its supporters — Bono, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Jay-Z, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Warren Buffett, Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Ali, Bill and Melinda Gates, Iman, Don Cheadle, Barack Obama, Madonna, Maya Angelou, Queen Rania of Jordan, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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