Cause and Effect of Illiteracy in the United States

This is an article that I ended up writing for an English Comp class and never used. I felt that I did a pretty decent job on this and wanted to put it up for others to read and critique. Here it is: Since the existence of written knowledge and education, there have been...

Cuban help to Africa cannot be ignored

It is not easy to read stories or articles on assistance and solutions to poverty and diseases within Third World countries. This article printed by Gramma International would probably not...

Local SF Shelter Resident Puts New Books In Shelters- Without Funding !

Friday, April 4, 2008Shelter Resident Creates Libraries Inside San Francisco Shelters Without Funding !San Francisco has an abundance of talent, ideas, creativity and 'outof the box' thinking -- right inside of our own tax funded HomelessShelters. We have some great shelter...

In Brazil, Rich or Poor, We’re All Prisoners

 "An old adage stated, “Brazilian, profession hope.” Today, it would be more correct to say, “Brazilian, profession prisoner.” Prisoner of transit, in cars that are ambulatory cells in slow march,...

Why burn books? Just stop reading...

    Orwell warned of this as had other writers when they wove cautionary tales of the right and left spectrums of political extremism that allowed no minority opinion.  First come the...

Boston Scientology Volunteer Ministry's Crime Reducing Tools Used In National...

Time: 5-7pmDate: August 7thPlace: Boston Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministry            1783 Washington Street (near Massachusetts Ave.), Boston, MA Contact: Robert Castagna (617) 927-2247...

Scientology Volunteers Help the Children of Tamil Nadu, India

They travel throughout the region, visiting with local leaders, finding out what each village or town needs and providing services that really help. That's how the members of the Mobil Volunteer Ministers Center of Tamil Nadu, India have come to be known, and why they are...

He left his village in Uruzgan and went to Kandahar...

The broken dreams... a hidden wide-spread issue. Abdul Kabir-not real name-is 12 years old. He left his village in Uruzgan and went in Kandahar to work in a...

A super power waiting to emerge -or a disaster waiting to happen? A realistic...

  Things in my area are changing. Where previously I could once find small shops, I now find construction sites laid out for huge buildings or towers that shall touch the sky, almost, and all this forces me...

Crunching the Numbers on Literacy – Scientology Volunteer Ministers in India

"According to UNESCO, there are 771 million illiterate adults in the world today, about two-thirds of whom are women. Nearly two-thirds of the world's illiterate adults are found in only 9 countries, and 45% of the world's 771 million illiterate adults live in India and China...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

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