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...This is mass chaos. To tell you the truth, I'd rather be in Iraq." JASON DEFESS, U.S. National Guard sergeant and Iraq war veteran, on the abysmal conditions inside the New Orleans Superdome, where thousands had sought shelter during Hurricane Katrina...
Such arguments don't persuade U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. Santorum, who has a German shepherd named Schatzie, has long advocated stricter animal-care laws, which regulate the basic food, shelter and air quality that wholesalers must provide for animals. He says his state's dubious distinction as the "Puppy-Mill Capital of the East" is part of what motivates him to press for change. In May, he introduced the federal Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS), which would require anyone who sells more than 25 dogs a year to comply with the same inspections as large-scale wholesalers...
...SHOP AT A SHELTER Local shelters frequently have purebred dogs, like this rescued miniature pinscher, left, and ensure that all animals have had their shots and were checked by a veterinarian...
...easy task. Nor is erecting a concrete structure in less than an hour. But Peter Brewin and William Crawford have figured out how to do both. The two British engineers, both 26, dreamed up the Concrete Canvas--a sack of cement-impregnated fabric that morphs into an emergency shelter with the addition of two simple ingredients: water and air. Brewin says the hut can be deployed by a single untrained person in about 40 minutes. Before being inflated, the bag containing the construction material weighs about 500 lbs. The builder fills the sack with water, then inflates...
...character building organization. Giving back to the community is a really fundamental aspect of what it means to be a Sigma Chi member.” Balesh said Sigma Chi has extended its efforts to help the community this fall. Currently three brothers volunteer at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter every Thursday night. In October, the fraternity co-sponsored a party with the Delta Gamma sorority to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. For its next community service endeavor, Sigma Chi plans to collaborate with the Children’s Miracle Network to raise money for Children?...