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Pillars Inc

March 9, 2011 by  
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“Is an innovative long term, prevention programme serving children with a parent in prison. Established in 1988, their services are delivered by professional social workers and volunteer mentors.

Doctors Hawa Abdi & Deqo Mohamed: Mother & Daughter Doctor-Heroes

March 7, 2011 by  
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They’ve been called the ‘Saints of Somalia’. Doctor Hawa Abdi and her daughter Deqo Mohamed discuss their medical clinic in Somalia, where in the face of civil war and open oppression of women they have built a hospital, a school and a community of peace.

Nigel Marsh: How Make Work-Life Balance Work

March 7, 2011 by  
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Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. He lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.

Paper the World

March 4, 2011 by  
Filed under mindStyle

“Is dedicated to spreading simple origami of models that focus on endangered animal species. Primarily it is to educate and teach children how to make origami animal figures so that they can enjoy the art and creativity of folding paper and making beautiful things from such common material.

Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies

March 4, 2011 by  
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Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another. By listening to the humans around them and ‘taking statistics’ on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.

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