Imagine if you will, Tokyo, minding it’s own business, as it usually is just before an impending invasion/attack, when suddenly a giant robot that you eventually find out is called ‘Black Ox’ drops out of the sky. It starts smashing up the place and the local police set about shooting at it , which, as you’d expect, is totally ineffective. The robot ignores this annoyan...
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Sep. 27--The reasons are complex, but the fact is clear: On average, black people die younger than white people.
On Saturday, organizers of a free public health forum will try to drive home that point with hard statistics - and then get people to do something about it. And in an unusual move, the forum won't be in a clinic, church or community center but in an apartment building in the E...
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It was the late summer of 1956. The Korean War was over. But, the Cold War was in full swing. The Soviet Union and United States were locked in a nuclear chess game, each trying to checkmate the other without turning the world into an orbiting cinder.
One of the strategies was to use every means possible, short to military confrontation, to find out where the other was in nuclear technolo...
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Bisbort: This brings me back to the language that one uses now to frame political debate. Orwell often used phrases like "common decency" as his yardstick. I always thought that the idea of common decency is really what they're saying is "liberal." That's essentially what it boils down to. Is there some way to resuscitate the word "liberal," finding a new way of saying it or should we just di...
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HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continuing a tradition of supporting and recognizing the efforts of local nonprofit organizations, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has donated a total of $12,500 among ten different non-profit organizations in the Syracuse area in a ceremony today at the company's Syracuse offices.
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PALM CITY - Mark and Karen Zook considered adopting children years ago. When their son died while serving in Iraq, they knew adoption was for them.
Marine Cpl. Ian T. Zook, 24, died during enemy action in 2004. The Zooks used money from their son's life insurance to adopt Anya, 11, and Alexander, 12, from Russia.
"We wanted to make sure we put it to good use," Mark Zook said.
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American International Group, Inc. (AIG), world leaders in insurance and financial services, is the leading international insurance organization with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional and individual customers through the most extensive worldwide property-casualty and life insurance networks of any insurer. In addition, AIG com...
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AIG Launches Multimillion Dollar Global Microfinance Innovation Program with ACCION (09/27)
Barclays, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Co-Op Bank to speak at Sustainable Finance Summit in London, Nov 28-29 (09/27)
Henk Campher to Join Cone as Vice President Corporate Responsibility (09/27)
CSRwire-hosted CSR Directory Continues to Grow (09/26)
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Ed. note: The editor of Religion & Liberty, the journal of the Acton Institute of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rev. Raymond J. de Souza interviewed Stanford University professor Kenneth Arrow on how eternal religious and ethical values shape economic activity. Professor Arrow, in the interview, says that people “have aims in life, and not just the grand achievement of material gains. They're concer...
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FÁS is to launch a campaign in New York to highlight the opportunities of living and working in Ireland, it was announced today.
The exhibition will open on Friday, October 20 and will provide information on the key topics for those considering making the...
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