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...Gandhi said, what we are willing to die for. Nineteen young men answered that question in a terrible manner on 9/11; the passengers of Flight 93 answered it in a diametrically opposed, compassionate and extraordinarily caring manner. Both answers need to be analyzed and discussed and the results taught to every one of our youngsters. That is the only way we will eventually create a better world. Michel Mortier Zug, Switzerland...
...Since ENV was finally legitimized in 2002, it has proved its mettle. The group's Conservation Awareness Program established "conservation clubs" in 50 Vietnamese schools and taught some 100,000 children about the country's wildlife. It has trained rangers in 30 national parks to set up school programs on local endangered species. Vietnamese pop star My Linh appeared in a 2004 ENV television commercial urging people not to consume bear-bile tonic, which is extracted from the stomachs of trapped bears using steel catheters. This year, ENV set up a national wildlife-trafficking hotline for people to report poaching...
...discredited. Holding things together is consumerism. It imposes the only values we have." Ballard's values were shaped by Shanghai. "It was an enormous influence on me," he says of his three years in Japanese custody. "After Pearl Harbor, my secure and settled life was just swept away. It taught me that conventional reality can't be trusted, that human beings are not always governed by reason. They can be very cruel." Ballard's wife, Mary, died of pneumonia in 1964, leaving him to raise their three children alone. For nearly 40 years, he has had the help and companionship...
...steam-train to our hearts.Lyrics are the also the stock-and-trade of the third superstar on our list: John Darnielle, aka The Mountain Goats. His set was perfect. Fans got to hear unbelievably obscure nuggets like “Lady from Shanghai,” casual listeners were taught the words for a sing-along version of “No Children,” and John maintained his reputation as one of the most charismatic and audience-focused dudes in the singer-songwriter game.Last, but not least, we got an adorable set from an adorable man who comes...
...based poll, over two-thirds of the 244 Harvard assistant professors who completed the survey said they were satisfied with “teaching-related issues”—including the courses they taught, the discretion they have over their courses, the size of their classes, and the quality of their interactions with students, according to information provided by the assistant provost for faculty development and diversity, Shawn J. Bohen...