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Some experts dispute the severity of "black dog syndrome." Kimberley Intino, director of animal sheltering issues for the Humane Society of the United States, cites one study by Pethealth Inc., a pet insurance and animal microchip company, that went through numbers from 679 shelters and found black dogs indeed had longer stays before being adopted - but just by two days on average. "The idea that black dogs are not being adopted is not as gloomy as it is being portrayed," Intino says. But the anecdotal evidence seems hard to dispute. When it announced its unfortunate promotion, over half the dogs...
...solve the issue of teens wanting to get pregnant. Says rising junior Kacia Lowe, who is a classmate of the pactmakers': "No one's offered them a better option." And better options may be a tall order in a city so uncertain of its future. - With reporting by Kimberley McLeod/New York...
...Beers has undergone a makeover almost as dramatic as Botswana's. For a century, De Beers (founded by the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes but named after the family on whose South African farm the Kimberley mine was discovered) was a secretive near monopoly that extracted or bought 70% of the world's diamond supply in order to keep prices artificially high. Under the leadership of Gareth Penny, who joined the board in 2002 and became managing director in 2006, the group sold off its entire diamond stock and now sells only diamonds it mines itself (40% of global output). Gone...
...loved his time and classes here.“I took a lot of religion classes at Harvard. I love it. They were my favorite classes,” he says. “My favorite professor at Harvard was Professor [of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion Kimberley C.] Patton [‘80].”And although he swears he loved Annenberg’s food, maybe someday Rich will reveal aspects of his college experience that he wasn’t so fond of. As in “Ant Farm,” many...
...sapphire or the emerald covers it, well then OK. I just personally want a diamond because I like the way they look - and I don't think there's anything wrong with that as long as you get one from a supplier who is in compliance with the Kimberley Process. What type of symbol are you thinking about wearing on your finger? A waxed walnut half? A split pea? -Cathy...