Today as we mark Memorial Day, the United States has lost its 1000th GI to the combat in Afghanistan. Marine Corporal Jacob Leicht, a native of Kerrville Texas, had been in country just two weeks after spending the last two years in physical therapy for a serious injury sustained in combat in Iraq.  He would have turned 25... > more

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Pornography is a multibillion dollar industry, but you won’t find it on your iphone, at least not officially. Several sites, include Techland.com (a subsidiary of Time) reported a series of emails between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and one unsatisfied customer, Ryan Tate.  In the emails Tate asks Jobs what he think Bob Dylan (a hero of Jobs’) would think... > more

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Over 16million Americans suffer from alcoholism, based on US census data. That’s about twice the population of New York City. The problem is also widespread in Canada and other countries as well. It doesn’t help that alcohol advertisers constantly remind those struggling with alcohol about their problem and tempting them to abandon their attempts to quit. Is it even possible to... > more

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“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” ~Mother Theresa He is unaware of my presence. His eyes are closed, the patterned quilt above him faintly rising and falling. The small clock radio at his bedside blares an old country station, but the silence is overwhelming. Grandchildren innocently look out from photographs haphazardly arranged on the desk.... > more

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After a massive 6.1 aftershock rocked Port-au-Prince once again this week, we received an urgent message from our Canadian GAiN staff in Haiti. “After spending the past 5 days seeing, feeling and smelling the destruction and massive loss of life from the earthquake just over one week ago, I am deeply moved. I realized that I would never have made... > more

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On January 12, 2010 a devastating earthquake hit Haiti just a few miles south of the capitol. The US Geological Survey reports that the initial quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, with aftershocks registering as high as 5.9.  The Richter scale considers 7.0 a major quake and notes that at 5.9 even the aftershock “can cause major damage... > more

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