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How One Family Got Inspired by Books and Blogging
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shuang
Tired of family movie night? Try a family book blog night. A family of four in Milburn, New Jersey is connecting together as a family through their shared love for books and blogging. To inspire their two girls (Lauryn, 11, and Sami, 9) to hold on to their love for reading, Mara and Dave Lateiner created a…
Metropolis Planet Organizes Bone Marrow Drive in Honor of Clyde Wills
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lbrockway
The Metropolis Planet is organizing a Bone Marrow Drive in honor of Clyde Wills, their Editor Emeritus, on April 12, and the town of Metropolis is rallying around this very special man. In this photo, then presidential hopeful Barack Obama poses in front of the town’s Superman statue in a photo taken by Clyde Wills. Many…
Five Strangers Pay It Forward…with Kidneys
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shuang
Would you be willing to give your kidney to save the life of a complete stranger? Five people (4 women, 1 man) in Chicago are doing just that–donating one of their kidneys to potentially save the lives of over a dozen people who need transplants. These “Good Samaritan organ donors” are part of a series of…
In Memory: Math Teacher Who Inspired ‘Stand and Deliver’
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shuang
Everyone knows the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver” with Edward James Olmos, about a high school math teacher in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood who helped his students succeed in AP Calculus. Jaime Escalante, the real teacher whose life inspired the movie, passed away from bladder cancer today at 79-years-old. In 1974, Escalante was a calculus teacher at Garfield High School. He faced dislike and opposition…
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