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min-height does not work in IE 6. Here is a hack.

.container {
  min-height: 400px;
  height: auto;
}

/*\*/
* html .container{
  height: 400px;
}
/**/

“Yesterday’s decision marks a radical departure from previous Supreme Court abortion decisions that required law-makers to legislate based on facts not politics.”

Why do those in power believe they can make choices for others but want to ensure that all options are available for themselves? Why are men so quick to control the actions of women but do not want women to control the actions of men?

When a women gets pregnant she should be able to choose what to do with her pregnancy. This seems self-evident to me. After all… it is her body we are talking about. It has never been clear to me where people think they get the authority to regulate this? If we are all sentient, why
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Gaza Fixer by George Azar

I am proud to say George is one of my dear friends and was over at our house this weekend with his children for a pot luck. He and his wife, Miriam, are writing stories and creating film that will change the world. I wish them luck and calm seas.

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Foreign reporters in conflict zones often rely on local ‘fixers’ – people who earn a living helping journalists get their stories. Raed Atharmneh is a fixer living and working in the Gaza Strip.

Film-maker George Azar chose to film Raed’s daily life as he works to provide for 42 clan members. It was supposed to be a straightforward story.

But Raed’s world was
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Taken in the village of Ayod during the Sudan famine crisis, the picture depicts a small, starving Sudanese child being stalked by a vulture.

Kevin Carter biography

500 years ago the African continent was a net exporter of food. What have we done? I saw this picture yesterday and I was moved to tears. I wept for a full 5 minutes with my head in my hands. Why have we come to this? This could be my son but for a stroke of fate.

I recently read “What is the What?” (Thank you Maureen McFadden!) This book recalls an earlier Sudanese tragedy. The story of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” is
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Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world… are the ones who do. - Apple

Yes, I love Macs. But more than anything, I love what they allow me to do. YVOD is changing the world… because we think we can.

I find the entire article elitist [Why does the kid have to be black while everyone else's color is undefined? What is so special about classical music that we should notice? Why choose the metro instead of a more relaxed setting?] But the author writes well and brings up some good points.

“If something like this happened in Brazil, everyone would stand around to see. Not here.”

We live in a world where beauty is not appreciated. In our world, money matters. If it does not make money it is not respected. Is it any wonder that so much of what is beautiful comes from those without money while those with it spend so very, very much to attain that which is
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A friend sent me this link. I find the concept interesting. 90% of the worlds population have far greater say in how the world will work than the 10% who are rich. In time, the rich will fade and we will become a family.

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Bright Green Buildings

The rich will never care for the planet–even if it is in their own interest. They are self-absorbed.

Best to concentrate on the expectation that pragmatically a social movement to “green” the working poor’s homes (and remove urban and rural codes difficulties in doing it) is a workable goal: they are the ones who will really benefit economically from small percentages of energy efficiency savings as it is a larger portion of a smaller
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