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USAID MAKING AN IMPACT -- Celebrating 50 years

USAID

 

 

To celebrate our 50th anniversary, USAID is honoring the visionaries whose spirit of innovation has improved millions of lives in the developing world. These heroes are the quiet force for progress – preventing disease and disasters, stabilizing societies and expanding free markets.

Welcome to their stories.

 

Giffords reaches 'major milestone' in recovery, doctors say

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Breaking News Alert: Giffords reaches 'major milestone' in recovery, doctors say
January 13, 2011 12:36:16 PM
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Doctors treating Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) said Thursday she has reached "a major milestone" in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head with her ability to open her eyes and seemingly respond to her surroundings.

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ONE CHILD IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE -- An Inspirational Story

About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer | Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer | Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. › About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer

About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) shares the vision of our founder and creator, Alexandra “Alex” Scott—a cure for all children with cancer.

When Alex, who was diagnosed with childhood cancer just before her first birthday, was four, she told her parents she wanted to set up a front-yard lemonade stand. Her plan: to give the money to doctors to help them find a cure. Her first “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” raised an astonishing $2,000 in one day. While bravely fighting her own cancer, Alex continued to set up lemonade stands every year. As news spread of the remarkable girl so dedicated to helping other sick children, people everywhere were inspired to start their own lemonade stands—donating the proceeds to her cause.

In 2004 when Alex passed away at the age of eight—her stand and inspiration had raised over $1 million towards finding a cure for the disease that took her life. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation was started by her parents in 2005 to continue the work that Alex began. Our mission is simple: to raise money for and awareness of childhood cancer causes—especially research into new treatments and cures—and to encourage and educate others, especially children, to get involved and make a difference for children with cancer.

Since Alex set up her first lemonade stand in 2000—truly exemplifying the saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade”—we have raised more than $35 million, with more than $12 million of those dollars coming from lemonade stands. That money has helped to:

• Fund more than 150 cutting-edge research projects

• Create a travel program to help support families of children receiving treatment

• Develop resources to help people everywhere affected by childhood cancer

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is the living embodiment of Alex’s spirit of determination and hope. Like Alex, we believe that every person can make a difference. Together, we can bring about a cure. Please join us in “making lemonade” today!

Our Mission

To raise money and awareness of childhood cancer causes, primarily research into new treatments and cures.
To encourage and empower others, especially children, to raise money for childhood cancer by holding their own Alex's Lemonade Stands.

Lennon's Final Interview Released

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Lennon's Final Interview Released
Singer muses on mid-life three days before death.
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New research: Sadness and depression with the brain in mind | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

New research: Sadness and depression with the brain in mind | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation.

Mr. Bai Fang Li

Paulo Coelho's Blog

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The Virtuous Mr. Bai Fang Li       Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:56 AM PST Suggested by Mia Tantina Using the money he earned from peddling trishaw, Mr. Bai Fang Li has contributed to finance more than 300 poor students in their tuition fees and living expenses, helping them to complete their studies. His daughter recalls “He suffers throughout his life, saving on food and drinks, stitching his torn pants [...]

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Today in History from Yahoo News 11.13.10

By The Associated Press The Associated Press – Sat Nov 13, 12:01 am ET

Today is Saturday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2010. There are 48 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Nov. 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., died in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.

On this date:

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

In 1909, 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Ill.

In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between lower Manhattan and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.

In 1940, the Walt Disney animated movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere in New York.

In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public city and state buses.

In 1960, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. married actress May Britt (the marriage lasted until 1968).

In 1969, speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network television news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints.

In 1971, the U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars.

In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

In 1985, some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.

Ten years ago: Lawyers for George W. Bush failed to win a court order barring manual recounts of ballots in Florida. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announced she would end the recounting at 5 p.m. Eastern time the next day — prompting an immediate appeal by lawyers for Al Gore. Joe Mullen and Denis Savard were among those inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Five years ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Jerusalem, strongly rebuked Iran's leadership, saying "no civilized nation" can call for the annihilation of another — a reference to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's (mahk-MOOD' ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhadhz) remark that Israel should be "wiped off the map." An Iraqi woman arrested by Jordanian authorities confessed on television to trying to blow herself up with her husband in one of the three Nov. 9 suicide attacks in Amman. American Indian historian and activist Vine Deloria Jr. died at age 72.

One year ago: President Barack Obama, in Tokyo at the start of a weeklong trip to Asia, said his decision about how many troops to send to Afghanistan would come soon and that he was bent on "getting this right." U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a decision to bring professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to trial at a lower Manhattan courthouse. Scientists said analysis of data from two NASA spacecraft that were intentionally crashed into the moon showed ample water near the lunar south pole.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Madeleine Sherwood is 88. Journalist-author Peter Arnett is 76. Producer-director Garry Marshall is 76. Actor Jimmy Hawkins is 69. Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 64. Actor Joe Mantegna is 63. Actress Sheila Frazier is 62. Actress Frances Conroy is 57. Musician Andrew Ranken (The Pogues) is 57. Actress Tracy Scoggins is 57. Actor Chris Noth (nohth) is 56. Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 55. Actor Rex Linn ("CSI: Miami") is 54. Actress Caroline Goodall is 51. Actor Neil Flynn ("Scrubs") is 50. Former NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde is 47. Rock musician Walter Kibby (Fishbone) is 46. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 43. Actor Steve Zahn is 43. Writer-activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali is 41. Actress Aisha Hinds is 35. Rock musician Nikolai Fraiture is 32. NBA player Ron Artest is 31. Actress Monique Coleman is 30.

Thought for Today: "If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank." — William Dean Howells, American author (1837-1920).

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THE BEAST RUMBLES --

Ginni Thomas' Pals on Why She Called Anita Hill Even her relatives tell The Daily Beast's Jacob Bernstein they don't understand why Clarence Thomas' wife placed that call to Anita Hill. But for Thomas, who's sampled both cult-like Lifespring and the Tea Party, it's perfectly in character. "It seems perfectly normal…She was looking for some sort of catharsis," says Hal Daub, the former Nebraska congressman and Ginni's boss in the '80s. Read it at The Daily Beast