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...that everyone, regardless of economic status, deserves the chance to eat healthy, organic food while being treated with dignity," explains Brad Birky, who opened SAME with his wife, Libby, in October. Customers who have no money are encouraged to exchange an hour of service - sweep, wash the dishes, weed the organic garden - for a meal. Likewise, guests who have money are encouraged to leave a little extra to offset the meals of those who have less to give. "We're a hand up, not a handout," says One World owner Denise Cerreta, who prides herself on the fact that everyone...
...While greed motivates most document thieves, it's not the only reason key materials go missing. Archives investigators also suspect some federal documents never make it to their facilities because government officials weed them out to try to sanitize history. Whatever the motive, missing documents can be maddening for historians. "Any document that is not available to historians means that the story is just that less complete," says Lee Formwalt, executive director of the Organization of American Historians...
...engineer composed an essay titled "How To Be A Better Me," outlining the steps he intends to take to "become successful in everything in life." Through interviews with working professionals, consultations with career advisors, and Internet research on the qualifications, salary and duties for a range of jobs, students weed through options and select a career. During a PowerPoint presentation to classmates reporting on her career research, a girl explains that she's attracted to counseling, despite the high burnout rate and meager staring salary, because "people need someone to talk to about their problems and I think...
...Aresa will have a reliable land-mine-detecting thale-cress in about two years and hopes to apply similar biotech to detect larger, unexploded ordnance and eventually to cull antibodies from plants. But first it will focus on land mines. If it succeeds, Aresa will make thale-cress a weed that will be welcomed...
...test for mad cow disease or HealthSTATS' wristwatch-like device that measures blood pressure. Either one could save your life. And speaking of lifesaving, how about Aresa's landmine-detecting plant? Not as hip as Technorati, a Web-search wonder, but in war's bloody wake, this is one weed that will be appreciated...