The Canadian Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans recently announced that it has authorized the killing of 975,000 harp seals during the next three years. ... posted on Mar 24 2003, 1,344 reads

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When he talks, people listen. Because he's Dee Hock, founder of a 1.5 trillion dollar business -- Visa International. According to him, Visa's success was because of its "cha-ordic" structure. Hock coined the term chaordic to describe that perfect balance of chaos and order where evolution is most at home. Like the internet, the neural networks in our bodies and all of nature (snow flakes and ... posted on Mar 22 2003, 955 reads

Standing Up to Bulldozers
23-year-old American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army from destroying homes in the Gaza Strip. In a series of emails to her family, prior to her death, she had explained why she was risking her life for principle.... posted on Mar 21 2003, 2,005 reads

A growing body of research suggests that millions are managing their stress in precisely the wrong way. They compartmentalize by stressing out all day — and then push off relaxation to isolated blocks of time like evening yoga classes and weekend getaways. But this binge-and-purge approach to stress management won't work. Wall Street Journal reports: you have to deal with stress as it happen... posted on Mar 20 2003, 1,216 reads

Spend one day volunteering in the community with Red Lion hotels program, and they'll give you a free night's stay at their hotel!... posted on Mar 19 2003, 821 reads

Basketball players at Cairo High School in Illinois don’t have much, not even matching uniforms. But that doesn’t stop them from winning! They're ranked no. 3. The city of Cairo has abandoned industrial buildings, dilapidated houses, a downtown that looks like a ghost town ... but they have high schoolers with dreams. There's no public pool, no mall, no movie theater, not even a fast-food... posted on Mar 18 2003, 887 reads

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He signed his name with an "X" for almost a century, as a grandson of a slave. Then, at the age of 98, George Dawson started learning to read and write! So much so that he published a celebrated book -- 'Life Is So Good' -- when he was 101 years old.... posted on Mar 15 2003, 1,875 reads