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Obama's Nobel war speech
… chief axiom of nonviolence says the very opposite. The ends lie within the means, just as the tree exists within the seed. How can the anguish of war -- destruction, displacement, hunger, …
Lady Madonna, cyclists at her feet
… A painting of the Madonna del Ghisallo by local artist Martin Wolfe hangs above a tree of candles where cyclists can park and sit in reflection. Visitors, Parker said, can offer …
Should you choose a real or artificial Christmas tree?
… Rich Heffern … The Green Home feature from the Sierra Club offers these tips on Christmas tree selection: "It seems that the battle between real and artificial holiday trees is as old as the tree-decorating tradition itself. Artificial trees were invented in the …
The wrenching choice: field or classroom
… Mrs. Victoria is the brave teacher, enthusiastically belting out, “The grass is green. The trees are tall,” in her English period. She also teaches Telagu, social science, mathematics and …
Nov. 20, St. Edmund of East Anglia, King and Martyr
… Church. This icon illustrates various elements of St. Edmund's story. The Danes tied him to a tree and shot arrows at him until he "was all beset with their shots, as with a porcupine's … the woods where a wolf guarded it until the King's followers came to retrieve it. In 1849 the tree that was believed to have been the site of Edmund's martyrdom fell down and was chopped up. An arrowhead was found at the heart of the tree. Coins were struck in memory of St. Edmund within 20 years of his death. "The St Edmunds …
The Psalm of the Great Amen
… it comes rolling back. Or it leaps across the roof tops, racing madly through the leaves of trees, whipping wildly over electrical wires linking pole to pole, and with the surge of a cosmic …
Mulism feminists
… . The teaser reads: She'd rather be wearing jeans, but is compelled to dress like a Christmas tree for the Spring Racing Carnival. Her desire to be desired for the depth of her cleavage is …
Saint of the Day, Oct. 30
… mountain and continent, Earth, all, out; who, with trickling increment, Veins violets and tall trees makes more and more) Could crowd career with conquest while there went Those years and …
In Maine, same-sex marriage is a Catholic issue
… has gone overboard with a no-holds-barred campaign to roll back same-sex marriage in the Pine Tree State. Maine voters are to decide Nov. 3 whether to keep or reject a bill extending civil …
Hopeworks 'N Camden
… that people can grow in and around.” He turned toward the front window. “We have a big tree planted outside,” he said. It was a cutting from a centerpiece at a banquet he attended … it’s going to tear up the sidewalk. I never should have planted it there, and I love it.” The tree that was a twig with three leaves that he thought had no chance of survival symbolizes what …
Compassion Farm in Zambia improves lives
… were planted. A banana plantation was created. After timber planting was begun, a moringa tree plantation and garden were also planted. The project offered employment opportunities such …
Taoist Tradition
… so easily become rigid of heart in their journeys to you. Make my heart like the green willow tree that easily bends in the wind, that bows gracefully before the storm only to raise its head …
Choose your catalogs wisely
… you don't want to receive and sends your requests directly to the merchants. Over 53 million trees are consumed each year to produce paper catalogs. The production of all those catalogs … households have used Catalog Choice to stop unwanted catalogs, saving approximately 250,000 trees per year. Sign up now to reduce your load of unwanted catalogs. …
Bad children's books?
… Bunny , Love You Forever , and (this is the one that really set my wife off) The Giving Tree . That's right: The Giving Tree . Apparently, the big thing wrong with The Giving Tree is … stop after parting with just a branch or two. After all, everyone says those branches are tree's best features, and she'd be nothing without them. This is all part of a trend in writing …
Junk mail's carbon footprint
… from the emissions created at paper plants during production. It takes more than 100 million trees to produce the total volume of junk mail that arrives in American mailboxes each …
Peacemaking in unexpected places
… in Florida. A lane into the farm is bordered by stately sentinels of century-old pecan trees. State coordinator and caretaker Bob Tancig is eager to converse about the raison d’être of …
The lost significance of hunt and harvest
… glimpse out of the corner of my eye. Could it be? Heading for the base of a sycamore tree, I saw the first mushroom -- elfin, pockmarked, and moistly fresh -- poking up through the … the leaf litter. As I placed it in my sack, I saw another peeking from around the side of the tree. And another. Then another. I had stumbled on a whole morel colony. Soon my bag was full, …
Walking down the road of barely surviving
… spitting cobras that frequent our neighborhood. I have watched him struggle to plant papaya trees and later watched monkeys scurry around stealing the fresh fruit of his labor. One morning …
Guerrillas abduct 17 Catholics from Sudan church
… mostly in their teens and 20s. One of the captives was later found dead after being tied to a tree and mutilated, while 13 others in the group remain missing, said a Sept. 18 statement by Aid …
U.S. sisters have served with grace and fidelity
… Noll, a spry 89-year-old gave a tour of the grounds in her golf cart. She had labeled every tree on the property with a small plaque that identified its species, and each had a name of a … every sister in their community, living and dead. Some sisters make regular visits to “their” tree. On Arbor Day, fifth-graders from the local school visited -- and each one left with a … those who struggle to earn a GED. Symbolic of her work: In her backyard are 37 fruit trees left by the house’s former owner. But where do the birds choose to nest? In a hanging …