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Global Village News and Resources Issue 86 - May 17, 2004

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In The News…

Conference Focuses On Empowerment for African Women

South Africa - Over 100 distinguished representatives from 22 sub-Saharan African countries are met in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 15-17 February at a high level workshop organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to discuss ways and means of promoting the role of women in the development process in Africa. A unique aspect of the workshop, which examined ways to improve the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming and the advancement of women, was that it involved the active participation of a wide range of stakeholder organizations, including international organizations, governments, women;s community action groups, NGOs, donor agencies, foundations and the private sector.

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Vegetable Fuel Oils Take Root In India

India - Several layers below the one that main media normally sees and reports on is the village level at which people are left to their own devices. They have no lobby, little money, no choices like emigration, but simply a commitment to bettering their lives. It is at this level that common people are finding innovative solutions to their everyday problems such as energy.

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Canada Awards $110,000 To Israeli Peace Center

Israel– The Government of Canada’s Human Security program has provided a contribution of $110,000 to the Women's Center at Givat Haviva, Canadian Ambassador to Israel Donald Sinclair announced recently on an official visit to the Women's Centre at Givat Haviva located a few kilometers from the central Israel city of Hadera.

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Soul Food
Inspirational thoughts to feed your soul.

Nail In The Fence

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence...

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Lighter Side
A touch of humor to "lighten" your day.

A Little Light On The Zodiac!

Q: How many Arians does it take to change a lightbulb?
A1: Just the one. You want to make something of it, eh?
A2: None: Arians aren't afraid of the dark.
A3: Only one Arian, but an awful lot of light bulbs. (*smash*)

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Guest Editorial

My Journey To Healing
After a Terrorist Killed my Only Daughter

by Bud Welch

When my only daughter, Julie, was killed, I joined a "club" that I wish had no members. The price of admission is too high. I know the pain of losing a loved one because of a senseless act of violence.

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Global Resources
Websites devoted to Positive Planetary Transformation

Consciousness
Mereon

www.mereon.org

Mereon is a powerful model of Holistic Relationships that was discovered in 1987, an architectural wonder richly textured with profound meaning and reason. Discovered in a Near Death Experience, this structure has been intensively explored in the exacting worlds of science since 1995. Demonstrating how matter interacts with matter that is visible, it is showing us how our senses interact with what is visible and invisible. In this, Mereon’s connection between invisible, death, and visible, life, is absolutely indivisible. It continues to lead to credible new views of and into our Universe.

Directories
Spirit & Sky

www.spiritandsky.com

A New Age directory of thousands of websites with everything from divination to UFOs

Planetary Citizenship
Center For Visionary Leadership

www.visionarylead.org

Visionary leaders are the builders of a new dawn, working with imagination, insight, and boldness. They present a challenge that calls forth the best in people and brings them together around a shared sense of purpose. They work with the power of intentionality and alignment with a higher purpose. Their eyes are on the horizon, not just on the near at hand. They are social innovators and change agents, seeing the big picture and thinking strategically.  There is a profound interconnectedness between the leader and the whole, and true visionary leaders serve the good of the whole. They recognize that there is some truth on both sides of most polarized issues in our society today. They search for solutions that transcend the usual adversarial approaches and address the causal level of problems. They find a higher synthesis of the best of both sides of an issue and address the systemic root causes of problems to create real breakthroughs.

Health & Healing
Energetic Matrix

www.energeticmatrix.com

Imagine a world in which AIDS is just an energetic imbalance, where cancer victims routinely experience spontaneous remission by healing themselves.

Politics & Government
Prison Planet

www.prisonplanet.com

Order Out Of Chaos blows wide open the official story behind a multitude of both historical and modern day events. Paul Joseph Watson uses mainstream media reports to exhaustively document how governments are exploiting and even carrying out terrorist attacks to further their unified political agenda. Every referenced article is available online so you can cross-check the facts for yourself! In this shocking expose you will discover how;

Science & Technology
Solar Village Institute Inc. - Independent Renewable Power
www.solarvillage.com

Independent renewable energy is the way of the future. It's inherently efficient, with no losses in long-distance transmission. It taps into sources of energy that are already there and will never run out. And solar, wind and micro-hydro technologies are vastly less polluting than any other available sources of energy. To have your own energy source is to be truly independent. You're prepared for emergencies, and you're invulnerable to storm-induced power outages. You can run remote systems far from any power line. And you can start cutting your electric bills!

 

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