Why We Celebrate Memorial Day - Kids News Article

Why We Celebrate Memorial Day - Kids News Article: "n 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday and moved from May 30th to the last Monday of May, so that Americans could enjoy a three-day weekend. Though having an extra holiday is a great idea, the significance of the day has been somewhat diminished. Kids think of it as holiday that marks the 'beginning of summer' or the 'first day when swimming pools open', while adults, fret about their barbeque parties."



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A Key Defender of the Aging Brain?

A Key Defender of the Aging Brain?: "A protective protein called REST is the difference-or at least a big part of it-according to a study by Yankner and colleagues that was published in Nature in late March. In cognitively normal elderly brains, the protein exists at relatively high levels in neurons, particularly in the brain regions that would be first affected by Alzheimer's. In brains with Alzheimer's dementia, by contrast, REST activity is much lower in those affected regions.

The findings hint that in many people, high levels of REST keep their brains free from Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases into their 90s and beyond."



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Grant Giving Investment Areas - Cisco Foundation @ Cisco

Grant Giving Investment Areas - Cisco Foundation @ Cisco: "Economic Empowerment        
Cisco's strategy is to encourage employment success, entrepreneurship, and long-term self-sufficiency by providing access to skills, knowledge, and financial products and services via technology-based solutions. What we look for:

Programs for underserved populations transitioning from education to workforce or re-entry to workforce.
Solutions that facilitate widespread and equitable access to resources needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency and participate in local socio-economic development.
Tools which increase the reach, efficiency, sustainability, transparency and social impact of microfinance institutions to provide more access to financial products and services."



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Sochaczew, Poland (Pages 601- 627)

Sochaczew, Poland (Pages 601- 627): ""I never saw someone as mighty as him even amongst ten thousand brave warriors. The physicians cannot imagine what type of proper vessel laden with might he is unto me." This statement was made about the fourteen-year-old prodigy just after his marriage, and at that time he was dangerously ill with jaundice. Indeed, he was dangerously ill all of his life, however the illness did not in any way drain his power for Torah. This was so much the case that the Hassidim used to say of him that he lives and breathes through the power of the Kotzker lung, that is to say, in the merit of the blessing given to him by the Kotzker he was able to live even though his own lungs were weak by nature. The "



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Protecting Jews in Ukraine

Protecting Jews in Ukraine: ""When there's trouble, Jews always seem to be caught in the middle," says Rabbi Kruskal who, as CEO of the Tikva social services network of in Odessa, is responsible for hundreds of orphaned children, college students and the elderly.
"I hesitate to use the word evacuation, which has emergency connotations," he told Aish.com. "We are taking the students to an environment where they're able to feel more relaxed.""



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Rialto Assignment Asking Students to Question Holocaust to Be Revised | KTLA 5

Rialto Assignment Asking Students to Question Holocaust to Be Revised | KTLA 5: "The Rialto school district planned to revise an eighth-grade assignment that raised red flags by asking students to consider arguments about whether the Holocaust — the systematic killing by the Nazis of some 6 million Jews and millions of others — was not an “actual event” but instead a “propaganda tool that was used for political and monetary gain.”"



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An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! | Hen Mazzig | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel

An Israeli Soldier to American Jews: Wake up! | Hen Mazzig | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel: "This new form of bigotry against Israel has been called the “new anti-Semitism,” with “Israel” replacing “Jew” in traditional anti-Semitic imagery and canards, singling out and discriminating against the Jewish state, and denying the Jewish people alone the right to self-determination. The new anti-Semitism is packaged in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS), which claims to champion Palestinian rights though its real goal is to erode American support for Israel, discredit Jews who support Israel, and pave the way for eliminating the Jewish state."



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Video Compressor - Compress Video MPEG, MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV...

Video Compressor - Compress Video MPEG, MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV...: "When try to upload video to YouTube, Vimeo and other video sites or send video by email, only to find the video file size is too large to upload or send. And in this case, we need to compress the video to a smaller file size. Though there are many Video Compressors, they either compress video in poor output quality or support few video formats.

This article just aims to introduce a powerful video compressor and a step by step guide on how to reduce the file size of various video with almost no loss of video quality."



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KidsCash: Online Money-Management for Kids - The Next Web

KidsCash: Online Money-Management for Kids - The Next Web: " Parents can sign their kids up, or kids can sign themselves up, and the parents are then notified by e-mail. When a child joins, they are immediately given a virtual $5 to experiment with on the site, and can only begin real purchasing once parents give the OK, and put in their credit card information.

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New Social Media Site - Profit to Charity | Indiegogo

New Social Media Site - Profit to Charity | Indiegogo: "As a successful entrepreneur putting in 12 to 15 hours of work a day, it hit me; I could focus my efforts on something that really makes a difference. There will be businesses who want to advertise on the site - and herein lies the difference between our site and other social media giants. The profits generated from advertising will be donated to non-profits.

It's not an innovative idea, nor a cutting edge technology; it is completely free and will impact so many people in an amazing way."



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Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to Charity - SocialTimes

Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to Charity - SocialTimes: "
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Social Media for Social Change: New Site UnscriptiD to Donate Ad Profits to CharityChristie Barakat on May 9, 2014 3:30 PM


Project Change the World (CTW) is an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund and create the world’s first social media site that will donate its advertising dollars to charity. The plan is to give people a fun and easy-to-use platform, while generating funds that will change the world in positive ways.

Money raised from the Indiegogo campaign will fund the site and app, called UnscriptiD, with successive advertising dollars donated to local and worldwide not-for-profit initiatives."



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Warsaw Ghetto Fights and Polish Home Army Q's and A's

Warsaw Ghetto Fights and Polish Home Army Q's and A's: "By now (March 1943) every partisan was equipped, on average, with one pistol (and ten to fifteen rounds for it) four or five hand grenades, four or fife Molotov cocktails. Two or three rifles were assigned to each ‘area’. There was just one machine gun in the entire Ghetto". (5)
Apart from help given to the Jewish Combat Organisation (ZOB) by the Home Army, another Warsaw Ghetto resistance group, "



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