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New York City Aims to Improve Lives of the Elderly - (www.nytimes.com)A Fast-Paced City Tries to Be a Gentler Place to Grow Old
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Top Ten Ways to Become a Hub | marketingforhippies.com (marketingforhippies.com)I’ve been talking a lot about ‘becoming a hub lately’. But, while that’s a nice idea and theory – what can you actually do about it. I can think of at least ten things
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Canada to buy 65 F-35 jet fighters in C$9 bln deal - (ca.news.yahoo.com)Canada will buy 65 new fighter jets from Lockheed Martin Corp for C$9 billion ($8.6 billion), one of the biggest arms deals in the nation's history, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.
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Local at risk youth seek direction at Ozzy's Garage (www.northernlife.ca)Drug and gang specialist Rick 'Ozzy' Osborne, seen here speaking in April, will spend a total of seven weeks between July 12 and October 8 working with at-risk youth rebuilding a motorcycle, which will be raffled off.
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5.Chavez "communes" stoke Venezuela democracy debate - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Tucked into forested hills in southwest Caracas, a red-brick housing complex for the poor is a testing ground for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's latest step to build socialism in the Latin American oil producer.
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Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) (www.ilsr.org)The Institute’s mission is to provide innovative strategies, working models and timely information to support environmentally sound and equitable community development.
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7.Maywood, California, lays off all employees and privatizes the entire City (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Tiny Maywood, Calif., laid off every single one of its city employees on Wednesday.
But that doesn't mean the city is closing up shop. City Hall will still be open, as will Maywood's park and recreation center. Police will continue to patrol the streets. -
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BICYCLES DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE (www.africycle.org)By empowering and engaging people; Africycle is working to create sustained, responsible development in Africa. Stimulated by the support of Canadians, Africycle’s model of development utilizes a holistic strategy to benefit communities as a collective, leveraging the greatest outcome from all resources - money, time and people.
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Morning Coffee Archives | UN Dispatch (www.undispatch.com)Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to
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10.Orillia Heritage centre envisioned at school (www.orilliapacket.com)
The Orillia Heritage Centre (OHC) is proposing that Orillia Central School be turned into a multi-use facility focused on heritage and culture.John Smith, chair of the OHC, recently submitted a proposal to the city asking officials to consider housing some of the OHC's artifacts in the school, while also sharing the space with other cultural groups
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11.Police fight domestic violence in red stilettos - (www.thesudburystar.com)
About 60 males, many of them drawn from the ranks of Greater Sudbury Police, donned red stilettos and walked the streets around Tom Davies Square Sunday morning as part of the Walk a Mile in My Shoes event staged by the Sudbury YWCA to raise awareness of partner abuse in this city
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12.School collects 1,700 books for Haitian students - (www.thedailypress.ca)
For two weeks, students at École Catholique St-Dominique have been collecting books to send to students in Haiti
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Living with Lakes:Construction webcam (www.laurentian.ca)Living with Lakes:Construction of 2nd level is underway.
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14.Mexico May Cut Millions Of Cellphones to Fight Crime (www.nytimes.com)
Tens of millions of Mexicans could find their cellphones disconnected this weekend if the government goes ahead with a new law meant to fight crime by forcing people to register their identities.
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Please check back often as this site slowly evolves into a guide to the places and systems which helped protect America's security during those perilous years of the Cold War.
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16.China uproar over dead babies dumped near river - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Chinese officials have sought to contain public outrage after workers at a hospital dumped 21 dead fetuses and infants' bodies near a river bank.
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17.New military weapons facility to open in London, Ont.; Harper says 'welcome' (ca.news.yahoo.com)
A Norwegian-based company announced Thursday that it's planning a new military weapons facility for this southwestern Ontario city.
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The Librarian Social Worker (www.governing.com)Public libraries have long been a daytime sanctuary for the homeless. Now, they're starting to see even more of the down-and-out among the bookshelves.
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Haitian Building Wisdom (www.greenhomebuilding.com)I would like to recommend an excellent resource for understanding how the Haitian culture has been reflected in their architecture over the years
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HAITI...my amazing experience! (www.amelialyon.net)As many of you know, I had the fortunate, life-changing opportunity of going to Haiti recently. I spent two and a half of the most intense and rewarding weeks of my life there, and I happened to have my camera with me. The following photos will help tell some of the stories that I wish to share with you.
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