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Written by Rebecca Secrest
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Friday, 12 October 2007 |
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When do you give gifts? Some typical answers might be: birthdays, Christmas, or anniversaries. But some choose to give more often than that. Bill Clinton’s new book Giving is full of stories about people who choose to give all year around, some by volunteering time, a few by starting nonprofit organizations, and others by giving away possessions, or donating money.  Be first to comment this article |  Add as favourites (0)
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Written by Kenneth Casperson
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
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With the new semester starting so too are the careers (here, anyway), of new professors, and this year marks the coming of several new faces. Here is one. Professor Aryal, Lake State’s newest professor of Physics, hails from the western part of Nepal, about 600km from the capital. He went to his early schooling there, though he spent most of his life in Kathmandu, where he also obtained his bachelor’s degree. “Even though I was born in a different town, I spent most of my life there, so I say that I am from Kathmandu”, Aryal said. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) |
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Written by Graham Laur
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
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On September 22 of 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Pivotal though it was, the common misconception about this document is that it freed the slaves. That wasn’t official in United States law until the Thirteenth amendment was passed. We can certainly give credit to the Emancipation Proclamation for helping to free most of the four million U.S. slaves before the Thirteenth Amendment made their freedom official in 1865, though. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) |
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Written by John Petkus
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
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This summer saw the return of Jason Bourne, one of the most famous special operatives in all of film and fiction. Bourne is unique in that he does not know who he is, at least not in his entirety as he suffers from amnesia. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) |
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Written by John Petkus
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
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Ever since the first human threw a stick into a mud puddle and noticed that it could float, on that mysterious substance, mankind has used water as a means of transportation. Goods transported down stream to on boats made of reeds made the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt a possibility, the stones for the Roman temples and indeed many of the ancient buildings from ancient world were transported in this way. Grain and other goods such as wool, dye, weapons, horses and even slaves could be traded to peoples half a world away and returned for profit and strange new things. As long as mankind has been depending on the sea for transport of goods however, others have sought to make their own living by pillaging those loads becoming pirates. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) |
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