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Education Ministry blasts Israeli Arab school for taking students to human rights march

'The students carried signs against racism, house demolitions, etc., which violates the director general's circular [i.e. ministry regulations],' ministry tells school.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - The Education Ministry reprimanded the Arara High School and demanded clarifications after the school participated in a human rights march in Tel Aviv at the beginning of the month.

"The students carried signs against racism, house demolitions, etc., which violates the director general's circular [i.e. ministry regulations]," stated the letter sent to the school.

A Closer Look at the Scientific Examination of Comets

Most people do not realize that the comet tail sweeps around the Sun like the spoke of a wheel and actually precedes the nucleus when the comet is receding away from the Sun...

(SAN DIEGO) - In a report from London dated Dec. 19, 2011 titled, “Comet Lovejoy Just Misses the Sun”, the scientists reported:

“Newly discovered comet, Lovejoy, defied all odds when it survived a hellish journey through the Sun’s corona, where temperatures soar to staggering 1.1 million C.

Whether Or Not You Weather The Storm

There’s something God wants you to do, there’s something God wants me to do, and there are risky things that God calls us to do.

(CLEVELAND) - Soren Kierkegaard, one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of a couple generations ago says we’ve interpreted the parable of the talents all wrong.

It’s the parable where a certain man goes on a journey and gives to one ten talents, to one five talents, to one only one talent. The guy with the ten talents invests it and comes out with ten talents more.

The warmongers want another war, and its close

It appears that pro war forces have now realized they cannot produce any smoking nuclear gun, for there is none.

(Jamestown, RI) - The same forces that dragged us into a war with Iraq resulting in over one million deaths are now hard at work desperately trying to immerse the US in yet another catastrophic war.

This time the target is Iran, and tragically they are having great success, for we are getting ever closer to the impending war.

Escaping the Military: Healing the Virus of Violence

From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War by William T. Hathaway: A young Buddhist novice contributed this account, which we then revised together. To protect the people who have protected him, he wishes to be nameless.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Back in high school I'd been good at languages but couldn't afford to go to college, so I joined the navy for the language training.

They have a program where if you pass an aptitude test, they'll send you to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, for an intensive course that's worth almost a year of college credit.

Group Demands Accountability Over State Pandemic Laws

Petition to demand accountability for medical professionals designing what are described as meticulously cruel torture programs and outright human experimentation.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Please circulate widely to medical/psychology groups and individuals since 99% would be appalled by this and are the ones that most need to be aware and to speak out nationally against this.

Constitutional groups and the public need to be aware that the state pandemic laws introduced by Bush at the same time as the Patriot Act, set up a frame work for forced human experimentation on anyone or any group in the US.

`Anonymous Us Project` - first story-collective for people involved in reproductive technologies

Currently, there is a shortage of stories from social, non-biological fathers and mothers as well as fertility industry professionals. Perspectives from these two groups are vital in constructing the giant mosaic of truth the project aims to build.

(New York, NY) - The Anonymous Us Project invites anyone involved in reproductive technologies--and especially persons born via these practices--to write about their experiences and opinions anonymously at www.AnonymousUs.org.

New center for Agent Orange victims in Quang Ngai

VAVA will coordinate to eventually build 55 such operations in most localities nationwide to help AO victims.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - A new rehabilitation center was inaugurated on Monday and put into operation to provide shelter, healthcare, and treatment for victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Located on an area of 900 square meters in Nghia Thang Commune of Tu Nghia District, the well-equipped facility is able to offer treatment and training for the victims, who stay as day boarders.

Letter from Vietnam Regarding Dow Sponsorship of London Olympics

"... Dow Chemical, however, has and continues to violate this spirit by manufacturing deadly chemicals that destroy the human body and mind."- letter to Olympic Organizers

(LONDON) - I returned to London on 16th December and while in Ho Chi Minh City along with others that included an Member of Parliament, representatives of the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service, we visited Children at the Tu Du Hospital affected by Agent Orange.

Dow Chemical was one of the companies that manufactured Agent Orange and has been given the contract for the Olympic Stadium that we are campaigning on to get cancelled.

Univ. of Oregon Male Students See Grades Dip During Winning Streaks

These gaps coincided with acknowledged student behaviors. Following a win, men reported drinking and partying more, studying less and missing more classes than when the team loses.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

The study looked at students' grade data at the University of Oregon from 1999 through 2007, covering nine seasons when the football program was rising but inconsistent.