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Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Guide to container gardening

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Fresh is a strong word that conjures up an image of crispness and deep flavour. The best way to get your food fresh is to grow it yourself.Now it is difficult to grow food for many people, at least to grow enough to feed themselves and their families. However, you can grow some of your own food, especially if you enjoy salads... More..

Health & Fitness > Diabetes How to help myself stay healthy if I have diabetes

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I have non-insulin dependent type II diabetes. This does not prevent em from enjoying my life and eating a wide range of foods; it does mean that I must pay attention to my blood glucose levels and keep a record of my daily readings.There are two things that I do that help me stay healthy. One is watch what I eat. My daily me... More..

Home & Garden > Houseplants Growing African violets

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African violets have an honoured place in my memory, I can' remember my parents home without at least one brightening up a windowsill or plant stand. The same goes for my aunts' homes and in later years mine and my sister's.African violets are members of the Gesneriad family.The African violet is relatively easy to care for a... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change How developing countries are adapting or preparing to adapt to the impacts of global climate change

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Global climate change is likely to cause the most damage in regions that are already experiencing a number of political, social and economic problems. The changing weather patterns will compound the present difficulties unless responses to the changes are planned prior to their taking place.Food security is a major cause of c... More..

Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: My most inspiring garden experience

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My first garden memories go back to when i was fairly young. My mother was a passionate gardener. She loved flowers. My father also enjoyed his time in the yard. He grew tomatoes, down the back in a sunny spot behind the garage.Mom gave me the gardening passion. We spent hours in the backyard together. Weeding, dead-heading, ... More..

Home & Garden > Buying & Selling Homes How to add curb appeal to your home

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First impression are lasting impressions. The view people see as they drive up to your home will carry on as they enter the premises. Your front yard is the first and last thing people see when they come and go from your home.You can enhance your home's curb appeal by making sure that the paint is fresh and the yard is neat I... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?

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Foreign Aid, alone, is not a solution to global poverty. The function of foreign aid is to ameliorate the impact that disaster has on a community whether that disaster is war, drought, famine or disease.Foreign aid buys time to repair the damage that was done and reduce the impacts on the community that the particula rdisaste... More..

Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) How to protect the environment starting with your own yard and garden

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Do you want to help repair our damaged environment? Help clean the air, the water and the soil? Help build a community where the wild things, birds, bees, butterflies and bats are free to roam? Well you can and you do not have to leave your home to do so.The first step is to stop using chemicals to maintain your lawn and gard... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Why has international intervention to stop the fighting in Darfur failed, and what policy alternatives might succeed?

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Conflicts, whether in Darfur or elsewhere, can only be resolved when the root causes of the conflict are addressed.This is the primary reason that there has been no success in the attempts to calm the ongoing violence in Darfur. Peacekeeping forces can momentarily quell violence if they are numerous enough and have the financ... More..

Home & Garden > Landscaping Xeriscaping explained

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Water is a precious resource and wasting it is unwise and increasingly unacceptable. Now we all know that a garden needs water to grow. In addition to water, your garden needs; air, light, and soil.Nature provides the sun, air and if we are fortunate water while the gardener provides the soil and when necessary the water.Xeri... More..

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