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Jason Balousek suffers from kidney failure and has been told he only has a matter of weeks to live.
When he heard that news, it made him happy, much to his doctor's surprise.
At this point, he says, death is preferable to the life he's been leading.
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Jason is homeless. He wanders downtown Boulder streets with his wife, Shannon, who suffers from mental illness. People see his four broken dialysis ports, the damaged veins on his arms, and think he's hooked on drugs. One time at a 7-Eleven a worker told him, "You people keep clogging the toilets with your needles."
People have associated symptoms of his polycystic kidney condition, hypertension and pancreatitis with being drunk. They see the 42-year-old's tattoos and assume he got those while he was in prison. He gets hassled by authority figures more when he wears short-sleeved shirts that expose his ink.
But he says he never does drugs, doesn't drink and has never been to prison.
He emphasizes that the kidney failure was not caused by alcohol abuse. It is a genetic condition he inherited from his mother.
"I'm so sick of being treated like a criminal, like I've done something wrong," Jason says. "Not everyone out here is a drunk. Not everyone out here does drugs. … Stuff like that drives me insane."
The dialysis ports, or "fistulas," that doctors have tried to implant keep breaking and are impossible to keep clean because of his homeless lifestyle.
"They don't understand that carrying a backpack all day, sleeping on the concrete at night, it's just not possible," he wrote on the Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow Facebook page. "Part of why I quit going to dialysis completely was because after a treatment I would be so exhausted. Where did they expect me to rest? I would get a ticket for sleeping."
Now he's sitting outside a coffee shop near the Pearl Street Mall where the tables and chairs are chained to a pole to keep them from being stolen. Shannon stands behind him, puts her arms around his shoulders and laments the city's anti-camping ordinance, which has made it against the law to sleep under any kind of shelter, even a blanket or tarp.
"It's illegal to sleep," she says. "You'll get a camping ticket."
"I have no place to lay down," Jason adds.
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"We just fell through the cracks," Shannon says of what happened to the couple during the past three years.
"I just got sick," Jason explains, recounting the path that led him to this place. The Chicago native says his parents split when he was a baby, and he spent a lot of time in foster homes growing up. Up until a few years ago, Jason was working two jobs, at a motel and restaurant, seven days a week in Madison, Wis. His condition, in which the kidneys stop filtering out toxins, worsened, to the point where the only thing he could consume without throwing up was milk.
"I drank a gallon of milk a day for six months," he says.
He put off going to the doctor because he couldn't afford it. But one day he was so sick he had to go to the hospital, where he was told he'd need dialysis the rest of his life — or a transplant.
A surgical procedure to place a catheter in his chest for dialysis treatments created a clot in his heart. The motel closed, and Jason lost the other job because the kidney failure and associated medications made him too dizzy to work — or, as Shannon describes it, "He was a zombie."
The medical complications continued, even worsened, in part because he could no longer work and didn't have the money for proper treatment.
"So I kind of freaked out and hopped a bus to Colorado," says Jason, who as a kid had once seen the Rocky Mountains in Montana. "I wanted to be close to the mountains when I die."
The couple was in Manitou Springs when Jason had a seizure and ended up breaking two fistulas that had been implanted.
"Being homeless is not conducive to recovering from surgery," Shannon says.
Jason adds, "They expect me to walk around homeless with a tube hanging out of my chest."
Since he could not seem to keep the fistulas clean and intact, he was forced to have emergency dialysis at the hospital every three to four months. But now he's all but given up on treating his condition.
"I'm really frustrated these days," Jason says. "I'm not sure what to do. I'm done with dialysis, that's for sure. I'm done. I'd rather have quality of life instead of quantity at this point."
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The couple has two sons, age 9 and 7, who live with Shannon's aunt and uncle in Wisconsin. Jason says he doesn't like his kids seeing him in the hospital.
"The kids don't know how sick I am," he whispers, as if they are nearby.
He has older kids, too, from previous relationships: a 20-year-old son, a 22-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old daughter. He recently returned to Wisconsin to visit one of them and ended up in the emergency room for dialysis, during which he vomited, messing up the needles and causing his arm to swell up.
In Boulder, the two regularly eat meals at the Bridge House, and Shannon "flies a sign" at the McDonald's on Baseline. Her sign reads, "McHungry! McThank You! I Love Nuggets!" She mentions "McHippies," one of her favorite Facebook groups.
Shannon says the couple can't make it back to their usual campsite near the west end of Arapahoe Avenue anymore because Jason can't walk that far.
He gets only about $280 of his $750 disability check because of deductions for child support and Medicare. Jason figures he's been in the hospital 18 times in the last two years.
"I can't seem to stay out of the place," he says. "I can't do it anymore. It's an impossible scenario, is what it is."
Shannon walks down the sidewalk for a smoke, and Jason confides that he's gotten into some fights because other homeless guys hit on her. He says predators see a woman on the street as prey.
"To be honest, I can't really call this living anymore," he wrote on the BOHO Facebook page. "I'm looking forward to getting off such a cruel planet. This is the only light at the end of this tunnel."
But as defeated as he seems, Jason hasn't given up on the idea that he still has some rewarding moments left with his wife.
"I guess we're just waiting for fate together, and trying to have as many good days as we can," he says as Shannon returns to the table.
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"I wanted to share my story more than anything because I am so tired of this attitude that because someone is homeless they must have 'done something wrong,'" Jason concludes in his Facebook post. "Not all of us are here because of decisions we have made. Not all of us are here because of poor life choices. I was given no choice in this.
"At this point I feel more sorry for all of you," he writes. "I will be dead soon and won't have to deal with all of this hate and indifference anymore. I just hope my story might help someone else in the future."
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So wait let me get this Straight: your reporter talks to a panhandler for 15 minutes, doesn't do a single lick of investigative work (like, say, looking for a possible criminal record, medical records to verify his story, calling the relative in Wisconsin, etc) and just... takes a panhandler's sob story as the unvarnished truth and actually *reports that garbage as NEWS?* ... Someone needs to be fired. The editor for allowing this to be published.
Oh and hey here's a great article from across the mountains in Utah where they acutally know how to do an investigative story. Guess what? Panhandling is a major business. Maybe you could learn something from these reporters; they actually seem to know how to do their jobs!
I like your articles Jeff and you've focused on the community and the homeless for a number of occasions. I do wonder if the homeless population have asked for shelter and temporary housing and wonder why they found Boulder to be a place for panhandling. I've worked with the homeless for 15 yrs and most flock to capital cities because that's where they find community and another thing, is because they aren't as judged as they would be if they were in Cherry Hills or in Centennial. What makes Boulder and Denver so appealing since everywhere in Colorado is snowy. I am also sad that the homeless cannot have welfare or medicaid or food stamps. It's pretty baffling, but still...why Boulder? Is is because everyone is pro-liberal?
Not everyone who is homeless is horrible P.W. Yeah, some make up sob stories, but the majority don't. We are human. We get sick of being treated like we are terrible people. Life handed us a crap hand and this is how we deal. I hope one day you get the pleasure of experiencing life from our side. Let's see how truthful you stay. Let's see how long it takes before you're bitter and depressed because everyone "better than us" looks down upon you.
so calm your high and mighty tits there lady. This wasn't a horrible story.
I had a chance to see these comments and will be happy to provide complete documentation to anyone who might challenge my story they're are medical records as well as scars. I even have a document from Dr. Heather Certain MD. Meriter hospital of Madison WI that states I have less than a year to live. I asked her to put my condition in writing in case of such accusations. This is no joke. I am dying and my email address is Jason a louse kg mail.com. please feel free to send me a requst for any documentation you would like friend. I will be happy to send it. I tried to just post it here but there is too much. I would also be willing to sign releases of my info from Boulder Community and Meriter hospitals. Or you could contact one of the five different dialysis clinics that I have received treatments at.
Thank you who have supported me through this. I would also like to mention that I am not a "panhandler" I worked two jobs which there are also records of until I got hospitalized. I was at Chili's for four years before I got sick. Should I track down the w2's for you as well?
I am dying out here because noone really cares. Its that simple. I can only hope my story might help some other poor soul with no options.
Jason William Balousek SR.
I'm jason oldest daughter from madison. He is very ill I wanted him to stay in madison but he has given up. I just wish I had more time with him. :(


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I agree with other reviewers who note the slim cut of these slacks and the virtually non-existant tummy control. That said, however, I am still very pleased with my purchase. I ordered these slacks because of the inseam length: 32" which is perfect for me and unusual to find in misses' pants.) At 5'8" I'm considered tall, and most of my height is in my legs (very short-waisted). But I'm still not tall enough (legs not long enough) to wear Chadwicks' "tall" slacks: I'm not interested in having to re-hem brand-new pants with a 34- or 35" inseam. The fabric is a lighter weight than what I'd expected, but still acceptable considering the warm climate where I live. A lightwieght polyester fabric is comfortable enough to wear during the hot summers here. Suggest that Chadwicks make it clear in the product description that these slacks are made from "a lighter-weight fabric that hangs beautifully." And yes, these slacks are very snug--dare I say TOO snug--in the waist, hips, and even
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Product description says "Tummy Control". In my opinion there was none. Also found material flimsy/ not durable. For a tall gal, I found the length was great. Returned my order.
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not as i expected
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I have these pants in nearly every color and can wear them in every season. They are perfect professional pants and look great with blazers, sweaters, or a professional looking blouse. The fit is perfect for me and I love the length. Only problem? MORE COLORS PLEASE!!!! Years ago there was a lovely taupe color that I totally wore out and have never seen since. The emerald is much too bright; a soft green would be nice. A stone or khaki color would be nice as well-- the butter rum doesnt make it. Pinstripe varieties of all colors appreciated. It is hard to find nice classic pants like this so please increase your sales and profits by adding more options to this great design!
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They really nice pants and they dress beautifully. The only thing is that they are kind of tight on the waist. I order the size I wear size 6, the fit was nice but the waist.
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Nicely Tailored Pants
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I decided I wanted more rosewood on my Cu24. All EIRW:
Pickup Rings, Control Pocket cover, Trem Cover, Truss Rodd Cover, and you can't see it but a rosewood trem block which wasn't included in the shipment.
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John @ pickuprings.com did not respond to my order for week. When he did respond, he apologized with an excuse blaming NAMM (which was over weeks before). After a couple of more e-mails, he still took another 10 days to ship my order, and when it did arrive, my rosewood tremblock was not in the shipment (though it did include and extra toggle cover and control cover). I sent an e-mail requesting to have the trem block sent, and he said he would get it right out. Waited a week, and nothing. Sent another e-mail, waited another week, no response. I would not do business with him again in the future.
Also, the Truss Rod cover and trem cover did not fit properly(no option on order for US or SE fitment). So the truss rod cover had to be sanded down on the bottom edge to fit, and the screws on the trem cover cannot be tightened flush without the wood splitting, and have to be started in on an angle. I had to use a rasp and a small drill bit to make it fit somewhat normal.
Granted it's only a 5-6 dollar part. But, I am about getting what I paid for. Why I play PRS. You can respond to e-mails all you want with excuses, but if you don't execute, you are worthless IMHO.
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With a 2-0 set lead and a chance to finish a sweep against Juab on Tuesday night, the third set win ultimately slipped out of the Lady Dinos' grasp.
Instead of letting Juab crawl closer back into the game, the Lady Dinos grabbed control of the game winning the fourth set and picking up the victory (25-17, 26-24, 25-27, 25-21) at home.
It was a welcome sight for the Lady Dinos after struggling in recent weeks to put away opponents when they had an opportunity.
"We've had a few streaks of bad play, but the girls are learning not to back down," said CHS head coach Danielle Jensen. "The girls battled to get the win instead of shutting down and letting Juab back in it."
Front line hitters Annika Hansen and Shelby Cornforth combined for 19 kills in the win.
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(a) The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States. For such purposes, commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may at any time go on board of any vessel subject to the jurisdiction, or to the operation of any law, of the United States, address inquiries to those on board, examine the ship's documents and papers, and examine, inspect, and search the vessel and use all necessary force to compel compliance. When from such inquiries, examination, inspection, or search it appears that a breach of the laws of the United States rendering a person liable to arrest is being, or has been committed, by any person, such person shall be arrested or, if escaping to shore, shall be immediately pursued and arrested on shore, or other lawful and appropriate action shall be taken; or, if it shall appear that a breach of the laws of the United States has been committed so as to render such vessel, or the merchandise, or any part thereof, on board of, or brought into the United States by, such vessel, liable to forfeiture, or so as to render such vessel liable to a fine or penalty and if necessary to secure such fine or penalty, such vessel or such merchandise, or both, shall be seized.
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Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 45–47, 51, 52, 66, 67, 104, and on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 755 (R.S. 2747, 2758, 2760, 2762; June 18, 1878, ch. 265, § 4,20 Stat. 163; June 16, 1880, ch. 235, 21 Stat. 263; June 22, 1936, ch. 705, §§ 1–3,49 Stat. 1820; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, § 7,55 Stat. 585).
The words "or such merchandise" are inserted in the last clause of subsection (a) in order to provide for situations where it may be desirable to seize merchandise without seizing the vessel.
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The investigation determined that 17-year-oldNico Jaleel Robinson was a non-resident, making him ineligible to play football for Wilson, Melissa Salmanowitz the DCPS PIO said.
"Wilson will forfeit the games when this player was on the field, including two league games," Salmanowitz said.
Since the high school has to forfeit the two games the team will no longer be eligible for the playoffs and the Turkey Bowl.
9News learned that Robinson was also arrested on Oct. 14 in connection to multiple armed robberies in College Park, Md.
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Cobb Mixed Bonspiel (mixed)Thursday-Sunday, February 18-21, 2016
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An international bonspiel with extensive social activities for out-of-town teams and selected Utica teams (based on performance in the Mixed Championship). There are six medal events and a 4-game guarantee. Trophy presentations: President's Cup, winner of the first event; Curler's Cooler, runner-up of the first event; Silver Tassie, winner of the second event; The Ice Box, winner of the third event; and Friendship Trophy, winner of the fourth event.
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1777 Burrstone Rd, New Hartford
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- This is a competitive bonspiel, with extensive social activities, including out of town teams and selected Utica teams as based on the MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP. There are six medal events.
- Any curler who participates as a regular member of a MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP team that accepts a Marie Cobb invitation and fails to play in the event without good cause (I.e. illness, injury, business or death) shall be barred from the MARIE COBB UCC MIXED BONSPIEL for a period of one year.
- Should any skip require any subs, they will be assigned in accordance with the following order of precedence:
- 1 - members of Utica 6 (runner up of second event)
- 2 - members of Utica 7 (runner up of third event)
- 3 - members of Utica 8 (runner up of consolation event)
- If Utica 6, 7, etc are used as teams to fill the bonspiel, subs will come from the next eligible teams.
- Members of the UCC may play as members of other clubs, as long as they have not participated in the MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP as either regular team members or substitutes, and make up no more than 50% of the team.
- The order of application receipt shall determine acceptance for out-of-town teams.
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Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando Predators announced on Tuesday that Orlando will host the Arena Bowl at the Amway Center on Saturday, Aug. 17, with rock band KISS performing that weekend.
This year's Arena Bowl, the Arena Football League's championship game, will be the 26th title game in the league's history.
"This event will be more than just another football game," Dyer said. "We built the award-winning Amway Center to host national and international events with a vast array of fan amenities, which makes Orlando the ideal place to host the Arena Bowl."
Predators owner Brett Bouchy said that he thinks 10,000 season ticket holders will attend, and that they will sell out all 20,000 seats at the Amway Center.
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Discontinuation of Primary and Secondary Prophylaxis for Opportunistic Infections in HIV-infected Patients
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The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence of opportunistic infections between HIV-infected patients who continue and discontinue primary or secondary prophylaxis for opportunistic infections in whom receiving combination antiretroviral therapy and achieve undetectable HIV-1 RNA, but CD4 cell counts are less than 200 cells/mm3.
HIV Infection
Other: Discontinuation of prophylactic drugs i.e. co-trimoxazole, dapsone, fluconazole, itraconazole, azithromycin
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Discontinuation of Primary and Secondary Prophylaxis for Opportunistic Infections in HIV-infected Patients Who Had CD4+ Cell Count <200 Cells/mm3 But Undetectable Plasma HIV-1 RNA
- Incidence of opportunistic infections [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed up to 135 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
To test whether the incidence of opportunistic infections differs between these 2 groups
- Patients receiving cART and discontinue primary or secondary prophylaxis if their HIV-1 RNA achieve undetectable level.
- Patients receiving cART and continue primary or secondary prophylaxis even if HIV-1 RNA achieve undetectable level.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Arm A
Continuation of prophylaxis of opportunistic infections
Experimental: Arm B
Discontinuation of opportunistic infections
Other: Discontinuation of prophylactic drugs i.e. co-trimoxazole, dapsone, fluconazole, itraconazole, azithromycin
Discontinuation of prophylaxis for opportunistic infections
Detailed Description:
Currently, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has become the standard of care in the treatment of HIV infection in many parts of the world including Thailand. The benefits of cART represented by an increment of CD4 cell count and a suppression of HIV viral load have been reported worldwide. The National Institute of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (HIVMA/IDSA) recommended discontinuing primary and secondary prophylaxis for prevention of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults and adolescents receiving cART, when the CD4 cell count increase to a certain level for a certain period of time. For instances, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis can be discontinued when patients receiving HAART and CD4 ≥ 200 cells/mm3 for at least 3 months (for primary prophylaxis) or at least 6 months (for secondary prophylaxis), prophylaxis for Cryptococcal meningitis, disseminated penicilliosis, cerebral toxoplasmosis, and disseminated mycobacterium avium complex can be discontinued when patients receiving HAART and CD4 ≥ 100 cells/mm3 for at least 6 months. Our practices follow this guideline. However, recently there are new data showing that there were no cases developed PCP after primary or secondary prophylaxis discontinuation even if CD4 cell count < 200 cells/mm3. Discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis resulted in reduction in pill burdens that may improve HAART adherence, decrease drug-drug interactions, and also prevent drug adverse events that may happen.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years old
- regularly receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during follow up
- CD4 cell count < 200 cells/mm3
- HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/ml after receiving HAART
- receiving primary or secondary prophylaxis for opportunistic infections including infections caused by Pneumocystis jiroveci, Cryptococcus neoformans, Penicilliosis marneffei, Histoplasma capsulatum, Toxoplasma gondii, Mycobacterium avium complex
- given written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
1) pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01392430
|Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
|Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50130
|Principal Investigator:
|Romanee Chaiwarith, MD, MHS.
|Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
No publications provided by Chiang Mai University
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Romanee Chaiwarith, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01392430 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|OI prophylaxis
|Study First Received:
|July 11, 2011
|Last Updated:
|May 16, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Thailand: Ethical Committee
Keywords provided by Chiang Mai University:
Primary prophylaxis
Secondary prophylaxis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Opportunistic Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Virus Diseases
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Anti-Infective Agents
Antifungal Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
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Dress-up game with a slight difference: there are 6 hidden girls for you to find.
Not really a game but amazing anyway. Cut and mix music and scenes to produce your own little porn movie.
Russian Mafia
Just an animation for a few minutes, so don't expect a real porno game here.
Remember the position of the cards. If you solve the game in time, you will get a sucking surprise!
Topless Hentai Girl
In this anime mini-game you just have to use YOUR MOUSE and click that text at the bottom right until she puts down...
HTH2 Beta
The game is intended to be comprised of a new engine with established and new characters, as well as an improved...
Hentai High
Get to screw a girl named Mars in this game. Fulfill small erotic adventures to get information about her.
Take her clothes off by holding the mouse button at the proper places in order to have fun with her. Beat the game to...
Booty Call 1
In this porn game you represent pick-up artist called Jake. You are at your friends wedding and your aim is to get...
This seems to be a trailer to some porn movie or a game. Enjoy watching the sexy brunette babe getting fucked in all...
This seems to be a trailer to some porn movie or a game. Enjoy watching the sexy brunette babe getting fucked in all...
Bathing Undress
This hentai mini game features sexy anime girl with nice body. Just use YOUR MOUSE and click her swimsuit to take it...
Helena Bikini
Use YOUR MOUSE to click the buttons on the right side of the game screen. You can change her outfit, alter the...
Beer Sex Game
In this flash porn minigame a huge ugly woman tries to take you home. Well, if you drink enough she will become...
Strip Snake
Classic snake-game (eat more, grow longer) but with a little nudity for eye-candy.
Great Sex Game
In order to see all the great sex scenes at least you have to beat the other girl in a pong match.
hentai quiz 1
look a hentai picture and then answer some questions, if you are wrong for 3 times then game over.
Kansumi Hentai Game
Kansumi not only has clothes to put on, their're also a dildo to plug in.
Robo Sex Game
Control your foster mother, and get her to do things. You can have sex with students and other things.
Boyish Sim Date
This is porn sim date rpg game completely in japanese.
Big Boobs Memory
Does this seem to you as an easy memory game? Wrong! This one is pretty challenging. You must find all pairs within...
Target Fuck Game
Use your mouse to grope her boobs, play with her pussy, fuck her cunt, and make her suck your dick.
Sex Animation 3D
this is fucking flash animation for mature audience containing 5 different scenes. Use YOUR MOUSE and click anywhere...
She-Male Shell Game
Avoid the nuts under the shell.
XXX Puzzle Game
Rotate and move the puzzle pieces and put them together.
Ivy 2 Dressup
This is another flash undressing game. Use YOUR MOUSE and click the buttons on the left to change her outfit, click...
Ruda Porn Game
Use YOUR MOUSE to take off this hentai babe panties and touch her pussy, or stick pink dildo or your cock in her pussy.
Alien Sex Game
You, as one bad alien creature, captured and tied this cute hentai babe. And now you are going to play with her. Take...
Yui Fuck
Another one from h-cosine series. Use YOUR MOUSE to strip Yui down and then click buttons to do various actions. Type...
Avatar Positive Reinforcement
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Reiko 2
This is second part of Reiko Biker Babe sex game. Like in another Zone Archive porn games, use YOUR MOUSE to select...
Miyu Undress
In this undressing sex game you can take all clothes off this sexy and innocent looking girl. Use YOUR MOUSE and...
Haruko Fuck
This is an interactive hentai game demo featuring Haruhara Haruko from the anime series, FLCL (Furi Kuri / Fooly Cooly).
Sim Day and Night
Another SIM game. You have to improve yourself at day to get some girls at night.
Clit Tickler
Your goal in this free porn game is to bring Willow to orgasm by undressing her and playing with her body. Foreplay...
Kousoku 2
This is the second part of Kousoku porn game. Kousoku is tied to the bed and you have to use YOUR MOUSE and click her...
Foxy Bikini Babe
This is small erotic flash game where your aim is to use the MOUSE and click those blue arrows to take off her bra...
Booty Call 21
This time Jake attends some fashion show in NY. He meets his friend Tommy there and he introduces him to some hot...
Pokemon Hentai
So this redhead waited so long for Ash to fuck her. Press A KEY to fuck her, hold it to fuck her nonstop. Well, I was...
Space Girl and Tentacles
In this hentairela episode smoking hot hendai babe gers fucked by alien tentacles to all holes, and then gets...
Wendy Dress Up
This is nicely drawn erotic dress up game. Other than that there is nothing special about it. Just use YOUR MOUSE to...
dress me up
This is a good dress up game, dress up the girl and touch her pussy.
Yoko F-series
This is another sexy babe who will take down her clothes and show you her sexy body and huge tits in F-series porn game.
Beach Dress-Up
Nice Dress-Up game. Search the 'easter egg'. You'll find nice gimmicks like dildos and even dicks and hands to please...
Debbie Doll
In addition to change Debbie's clothes you can also change skin and clothes color and view her from all sides in this...
In this sex flash game you have to use your mouse to click twice on this bitches huge boobs to remove her top. Then...
Naruto Hentai Quiz 2
Answers questions to unlock gallery, a great naruto hentia quiz game.
Latina Holio U
In this part of Holio U you knock on the sexy latina chicks door. Do your best to get into her room and later in the...
Undress Shannon Elizabeth
This is cute little erotic game. You can dress and undres this fanous and hot model Shannon Elizabeth.
Strip Quiz 4
Another Erotic Strip Quiz game. This time smoking hot blond babe is willing to show you her secrets, but you must...
Alien Fuck Game
You have to help your alien buddies to get some Earth pussy! Shoot the dogs with tranquilizers, or drag them while...
DBZ Hentai Quiz 2
Your aim in this cool Dragon BallZ quiz game is to answer 10 questions correctly to get access to hand drawn...
Naughty Dancers
Dance Dance Revolution hits porn, your goal in this cool sex game is to hit the ARROW KEYS in the right time to...
Mune F-series
here is another sex game from the series featuring Mune, a sexy brunette babe with nice body.
Don't Wake Her
undressing the sleeping girl, be slow and careful, you dont want her to wake up and put everything back the way it...
Hitomi and Cocks
This is just small hentai minigame featuring nude Hitomi from Dead or Alive 3. Just click somewhere on the game...
Strip Blackjack Busty Jelena
Face this bust babe in the game of BlackJack. The rules are pretty clear, win a hand and Jelena will take a piece of...
Zone Tentacles
In this great interactive porn animation, the innocent goth girl is captured and gets all of her holes fucked by...
Japanese Ass Squirt
Use YOUR MOUSE in this cool squirting porn game to click the top of her anus to make her start squirting cum from her...
Pissing Hentai Game
the aim is to make the girl to pee as far as she can. Use YOUR MOUSE to click blinking arrows to go through those...
Booty Call 17
This time Jake and his buddy were invited to rock concert. Jakes cousin has her big gig in LA and she wants Jake to...
Head Cheerleader
This cheerleader is giving head backstage. Great sports game;-)
Final Fellatio X-2
This free porn game features two final fantasy characters Brother and Rikku. Use YOUR MOUSE and click only the arrow...
News Reporter Dressup
This is simple dress up game with a nice idea. You can see what is hidden under the desk when hot reporter brings you...
Strip Hangman
This is cool erotic quiz game. Your aim is to guess letters in a word until you can guess the word to see sexy girls...
Hot Blonde Girl
In this cool sexy game you can play with cute blonde chick. Click the small pics at the left site to select her...
Nanako SOS
Another flash game from cosine series. This Nanako babe is smoking hot and is awaiting you. Use YOUR MOUSE to remove...
Yayoi Dress Up
Yayoi is cute hentai babe with huge boobs. In this flash porn game you can see her taking her clothes down and having...
Really Good Night
This is nicely drawn fucking game where you fuck horny blond chick. Grab your mouse (not your dick!! :) and click the...
Naruto Hentai Game
In this free porn games, Answer the following naruto sex questions to see nude naruto hentai pictures.
Hentai Schoolgirl Game
Use your mouse to drag away the horny schoolgirl's glasses, panties and her top. Then find a clickable spot on her...
Elektra Bondage
In this fury flash game you can try various sex toys on horny tied fox. Just use YOUR MOUSE to select a toy from the...
Circle of Love
Your aim in this sexy game is to move girls on the proper corresponding place. You will find 5 girls wearing swimsuit...
Kylie Blow Job
Horny Kylie is giving head to some lucky stranger in this blowjob porn game. Click the Next button to make her start...
Play with Kagami
Another game from H-cosine series. This time you play with girl named Kagami. Her pussy is censored, but just type...
Police Woman Dressup
Cool hentai dress up game featuring sexy female cop change the sexy clothing of this cute female police officer.
Spanking Hime
This is very nicely drawn hentai spanking game. Your only aim is to spank this sexy hentai ass. Just click the LEFT...
Hentai Sex Gallery
This is an awesome hentai gallery. Too bad for you - several pics at the end are locked. There is a secret button...
Spider Slut
This is cool interactive flash game. Watch sexy blonde slut Charlie and her sexual adventures. Just watch the story...
Sexy Memory Quiz
This is cool quiz game where you are show a sexy picture for about 6 seconds. Thereafter you will be asked a few...
3D Tits
Do you own 3D glasses? Well, this online sex game is especially for you. Put them on and watch these nice 3d boobs....
Tails XXX Cosmo 2
This is second part of Tails XXX flash game. Again you can click those buttons in the bottom right corner by the LEFT...
Lucia Tovar Dress-up
Cool dress up game featuring smoking hot model Lucia Tovar. Wear her various outfits
Iroha F-series
This is another game from F-series. This time the star is busty housemaid named Iroha. Controls are the same as in...
Dress Up Kournikova
In this dress up game you can dress up or undress famous tennis player Anna Kurnikova. You can wear her sexy tiny...
Tiki Dress Up
This is cool dress up game featuring cute anime babe with nice body. Just use YOUR MOUSE and click buttons in the...
Miko 2007
This sexy little dress-up game features a huge titted babe named Miko. Use YOUR MOUSE to click the text on top right....
Dragon Ball Z Dressup
Another drees up game where you can strip down 4 well known characters from Dragon Ball Z series. Just use YOUR MOUSE...
Bitch Play
In this free sex game you must undress this horny german bitch. Use YOUR MOUSE to remove her top, skirt and pantyhose...
Booty Call 29
In this part of the series Jake enters the twilight zone. This game is full of hot and horny babes offering their...
Toilet Cumshots
Hot brunette in sexy lingerie got lost and ended on men toilets. Three horny dicks are awaiting her. You can change...
Lindsays Laundry day
It is laundry day in th dorms. Lindsay needs a break. See if you can make todays chores a little more interesting....
Hentai Maid Sex
This porn game loop featues a sexy hentai maid. Hover YOUR MOUSE over her pussy to see what's going on inside. Watch...
Momoko 03
This is pretty neat hentai mini-game. Just use YOUR MOUSE to drag that heart from her pussy. And then click her pussy...
Athena Dress Up
Your aim in this sex dressup flash game is to use YOUR MOUSE to change clothes on Athena, the hentai warrior. The set...
Play with Tukasa
just use YOUR MOUSE to click anything you can to enjoy this game. In the free mode you need to click the first white...
Busty Anal Sex
Busty hentai babe is rope tied in this interactive anal sex movie. Just use YOUR MOUSE and click the game screen when...
Strip Meina
Your goal in this very nicely drawn strip game is to take off all girls clothes. You do this by using YOUR MOUSE and...
Kisa Dress-Up
In this free porn game your task is to undress hentai schoolgirl in uniform. Use YOUR MOUSE to click that black...
Bree Dressup
This is pretty cool dress up sex game, however the graphics would be better. There are three different girls (you...
Zouna Riding Cock
Sexy blond babe Zouna gets fucked by black monster in this hentai mini-game. Just use YOUR MOUSE to click number...
Pleasure Babe
Your goal in this game is to pleasure this hentai girl. Just use YOUR MOUSE to click her tits and pussy. After...
Hentai Undercover
Your aim in this hentai seek game is to find the sweet spot on the four hentai pictures given to you. Use YOUR MOUSE...
Oppai Strip
This is cool dress up game featuring sexy anime nurse. Just use YOUR MOUSE , click those japanese characters at the...
Play With Konata
This seems to be just demo version of the full game as the Normal Mode doesn't work. However in the Free Mode you can...
Shitatiti Mature
Your goal in this mature flash game is to milk this girls abnormally gigantic tits out. Use YOUR MOUSE and click her...
Crimsom Yuna
In this good alien sex game, you have to use YOUR MOUSE to arouse that sexy anime babe. Click her pussy or tits....
A succubus is a demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men (especially monks) in dreams to have...
Naruto Dating Sim
Here are some tips for the game: At day 51 you should see Shika appear in your room. Choose the first option for the...
Tentacle Fucking
Your goal in this tentacle fucking game is to get her pussy wet enough so that she can be fucked by huge tentacle...
School Girl Sox v1
This is cool sex flash game. Sexy school girl is giving her horny teacher a footjob. Use YOUR MOUSE to click her...
Aisha Outlaw Star Hentai
This is a demo of my hentai game featuring Aisha Clanclan from the anime series, Outlaw Star.
Pokemon Dress Up
This hentai porn dress-up free flash game that features several pokemon hentai. You can dress up Officer, Nurse...
Hentai Bliss RPG
This one is great free hentai bliss sex role-playing game set in medieval times. Your goal is to follow the life...
Dress-up Shania Twain
Well, it's classic dress-up game. There is pic of nude pornstar Shania Twain and on the right half of screen you have...
Make Girl Pee
The object of this game is to make this sexy but terrified girl pee. Use YOUR MOUSE to put the black stick into her...
Inuyasha Hentai Farietail
Inuyasha fucks KOGOME in the hentai game, you can choose to tease, lick or eat her pussy, and finally Inuyasha fucks...
Zesika 2 Ex
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Kasumi 2
This is version 2 of Kasumi Fetish Game. In this version you can finally change her dress, hairstyle and background....
Saki Alien Cock
In this alien sex game you watch innocent anime babe getting fucked by alien dick monster. Just use YOUR MOUSE and...
Yukiko Ijimete
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High School Hentai
This hentai quiz game is huge and contains over 100 full images, which includes .gif animations and only the highest...
Teen Titans Quiz 3
Another part from Teen Titans Quiz series. This time you have to answer 12 questions about Teen Titans comic. After...
Sushi Eating
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Pinups 2
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Undress Babe 1
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Strip Darts
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Strip Poker Online
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Hentai Girl Loves Milk
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Clixsposing Samus
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Correction... it's SUPPOSED to autoload all the right drivers.
Knoppix on my laptop doesn't correctly identify and load the driver for my network card, nor does Knoppix networking work even after I manually load the correct driver and set up the networking.
I can use Lnx-BBC and other Live CD's just fine. I just wanted to make sure people knew that Knoppix isn't the end all uber distro people think it is :P
I'd love to get it working, but it just doesn't on my system.


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Spring is here after a bitter winter that held more than its share of surprises. It's that time of year when our senses are reawakened—by the caress of warm air, the fragrance of blossoms, and the morning birdsong wafting in through open windows. Our appreciation for Mother Nature is in full bloom, and we re-commit ourselves to caring for the environment and teaching our students to do the same.
This issue of the PSC features Montessori schools and students working actively as stewards of the planet. Some have taken on a specific cause, like protecting the nests of endangered sea turtles. Others, such as Abintra Montessori School—whose students are shown planting a tree for Earth Day—are working as a community to consistently reduce, reuse, and recycle.
We also celebrate Montessori schools that have earned recognition for meeting the highest green building standards with a new structure or remodeling project. Follow the links in this article to learn more about these schools and the process they went through to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
You'll find more resources in our "Worth Sharing" section, including Web sites replete with activities for teachers and students that foster knowledge and appreciation for many aspects of planet earth. Also recommended are 2 books for children that artfully explore the interconnectedness of the natural world.
We hope this issue of the PSC motivates and inspires you. Happy Earth Day to all!
Warmly,Nancy HoferPSC Editor
If your school or a class of students is involved in work that makes the world a better place, whether it is humanitarian efforts or environmental sustainability, please let us know. We would like to share your work through this newsletter.
By Patrice Gans
Each year, Americans discard more than 2 million tons of outdated electronic equipment. At Fraser-Woods School in Newtown, Connecticut, the 8th year leadership class is examining this "designed for the dump" mentality and exploring ways to safely recycle electronics.
According to the Consumer Electronics Association, Americans own approximately 24 electronic products per household. A majority of these items end up in landfills or are illegally shipped to developing nations such as China, India, Ghana, and Nigeria. There, poorly paid and often underage workers are exposed to toxic chemicals as they strip precious materials from these devices. The chemicals contaminate the air and water, and put workers at increased risk of cancer, kidney damage, lung disease, and other threats to health.
To address the illegal dumping and shipping of unwanted electronics, Fraser-Woods students have organized an e-waste collection drive that will culminate with a presentation at the school's annual Earth Day celebration on April 21. They are also producing a video about the perils of e-waste, complete with guidelines for purchasing green electronics, to be shared with the school and the larger community.
On the policy front, the class is spearheading an e-mail campaign to urge Congress to support the Responsible Electronic Recycling Act (HR 6252), a bill which would make it illegal to export toxic e-waste to developing countries.
By educating their community, enlisting their legislators, and partnering with their local transfer station and MyBoneYard®, a national recycling organization, Fraser-Woods students intend to make a dent in the proliferation of electronics that clutter local landfills. They also hope to inspire others to join the campaign to stop the global dumping of e-waste.
By Courtney McClellan
The vision of Abintra Montessori School in Nashville, Tennessee, is to develop confident, self-motivated learners who creatively meet life's challenges. We recognize sustainability as one of these challenges, and the school works hard to put green methods into practice whenever and wherever possible.Abintra's students practice sustainability by recycling and composting, conserving electricity, and preserving natural habitats in the surrounding environment. We run an ink cartridge recycling program as well as an electronics disposal station, where the local community can drop off old appliances to keep hazardous waste from ending up in landfills.
Each year we observe "Blackout Week," during which students, faculty, and staff conserve light and energy by minimizing electricity usage throughout the day.
Creating a truly green and sustainable environment takes everyone's diligent efforts on a daily basis. But Abintra students rise to the challenge with grace and enthusiasm, as evidenced in the words of these Upper Elementary students:"Here at Abintra the students try to be conservative with the materials we have. We recycle many things such as paper, plastic, aluminum, and cardboard. We also compost. Composting is a great way to stay green. Each classroom has a bowl or container that we empty into the compost bins every afternoon." - Sierra "We re-use scrap paper so we don't waste any paper. We try to print out our work as little as possible as to not waste paper or ink." - Natalie
"We use fabric rags to clean our room and cloth napkins at lunch, and we compost our unprocessed, half-eaten food instead of letting it decompose in a landfill. We pick up litter on our campus and write in journals instead of using loose sheets of paper. Earlier this year we visited the recycling center to try to learn more about what can be recycled and how we can beautify our neighborhoods and the places we go on a regular basis." - Katie (Upper Elementary student)"All of the classrooms help out. We have many gardens and places for animals to stay. We love our creatures here at Abintra!" - Isabel To learn more about Abintra's green environment and our approach to Montessori education, visit our Web site or call us at 615-352-4317.
By Deirdre Kearney
Each spring our 8th graders travel to the east coast of Costa Rica to volunteer with the Programa de Protección de Tortugas in Matina, Limon. The students spend 3 days and 2 nights working with scientists to study and help preserve the leatherback turtles that nest on the coast at this time of year. These huge, ancient reptiles are in danger of extinction due to beach development, poachers, and other human threats.
At night the students take 4-hour shifts, scouring a 6-kilometer stretch of beach in search of turtles laying eggs. Working with a trained guide, they help collect turtle eggs as they are being laid. They measure and tag the turtle, record its position on the beach, and then carry the eggs, ever so gently, back to the research station. There the eggs are re-buried in nests for incubation in a hatchery.
During the day the students help create new hatcheries: clearing land, raking and sifting sand, and marking the incubation grids. They also build fences around the hatcheries—to protect the eggs, the hatchlings, and the future of the species.
As we all know, so much of living the Montessori way is to understand and live the life of an "Earthly Steward." As Montessori guides we also know the importance of nurturing our young children's natural tendency of love and respect for the Earth.
At Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, we provide many ways for our students to be environmentally responsible. For example, each of our 3 – 6 classrooms contains worm composting bins. The children are responsible for taking care of the bins and for composting snack and food preparation waste. In doing so, they learn how worms are important to the health of the soil—a hands-on lesson in respect for nature and the value of even the smallest of Earth's creatures.
The children also recycle and compost lunch waste. Aluminum and plastic lunch containers are rinsed and recycled, and compostable lunch waste is deposited in our outdoor composter.
Our commitment to recycling is evident throughout the school. Visitors entering the building's back door are greeted by our 6-Pack Ring Recycling Tree, decorated by the students with plastic rings from 6-packs. When tree can't hold another ring, they are sent out for recycling.
Every classroom contains paper and co-mingle recycle containers, which the students empty, as needed, into larger waste receptacles. All recyclables are picked up once a week by our city's waste management company.
An exception is aluminum cans, which get special attention at Bunche. Our popular can crusher is centrally located in the building, and all students take part in rinsing, crushing, and recycling cans to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity.
We are always eager to find new ways to protect the environment, and this year our school has markedly reduced the amount of paper used to communicate with families. Weekly classroom and monthly school newsletters are now sent electronically to most households, thanks to the compilation of e-mail addresses for all in our school community.
In March our school was accepted into the Fort Wayne Watershed Rain Garden Initiative. To improve the quality of the city's drinking water, Fort Wayne's City Utilities has set a goal of establishing 1,000 rain gardens in the next 2 years. The city plans and designs the gardens, and purchases rain garden-appropriate plants. It also provides schools with training manuals and lessons for guiding students in garden care. The school's role is to plant and maintain the garden—an opportunity for our children to actively protect and care for the planet.
Our school population serves as Earthly Stewards. Administration, teachers, and support staff all see the benefit and need to model environmentally responsible behavior. We never know the global impact we may have. But we know we have instilled in our students a love for the Earth that they will carry throughout their lives, and we hope future generations at Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Center will live in a world full of beauty and peace.
Many Montessori schools involved in building or remodeling projects have gone green in a big way. Guided by standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council, these schools have achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, an internationally recognized measure of the highest eco-friendly building practices.
LEED assesses a building's environmental impact across a broad range of sustainability and health measures, including energy savings, water efficiency, indoor air quality, and sensitivity to local ecosystems.
Listed below are several LEED-certified Montessori schools with links to Web sites that provide more information.
Montessori School of Maui, Makawao, HI
Pleasant Ridge Montessori, Cincinnati, OH
Ruffing Montessori School, Cleveland Heights, OH
St. Catherine's Montessori School, Houston, TX; Hilltop Montessori School, Birmingham, AL
By Rebecca Janke, MEd
Looking for books to help your students explore interconnections in the natural world? These 2 selections do it beautifully.
In You Are the Earth: Know Your World So You Can Help Make It Better, authors David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden explain how everything on Earth is connected. Packed with scientific facts, hands-on activities, and stories about children who have made a difference by being green, this appealing volume encourages young readers to get involved in preserving the planet.
The book reflects the mission of the David Suzuki Foundation, which works through education and advocacy to natural conserve resources and to protect the diversity of nature for future generations.
Beautifully illustrated and designed, Connected Wisdom: Living Stories for Living Systems, could easily be a coffee table book. But it is much more. Through simple folk tales from around the world, author Linda Booth Sweeney, EdD, introduces us to the profound principles of living systems. Woven into the stories of peoples who lived close to nature are lessons about interdependence, system integrity, biodiversity, rightness of size, and more. For both students and their teachers, this thought-provoking book provides a vital perspective for understanding the interconnectedness of our world.
Linda is a systems educator, researcher, and writer who is dedicated to helping people of all ages learn to embed everyday decisions with a deeper understanding of living systems principles. She works with Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) to integrate the principles and tools of systems thinking into education materials.
The Internet is a potent tool for engaging young minds in the issues facing our planet. Here, we offer some of our favorite Web sites for both educators and students. Included in the list are links to organizations doing important work toward sustaining the Earth and its inhabitants.
Staff picks from the Care2 social action network provide a high-caliber assortment of science and nature sites for children and youth. From Ranger Rick's Kid Zone to BBC Nature Online, all of the sites are informative, interactive, and include a teacher's resource section.
The Natural Resources Defense Council offers a wealth of sites for teaching environmental topics to children at all levels. Options include The Green Squad, an animated interactive program for promoting environmentally safe and sustainable schools. The Electronic Naturalist, an online education program, offers an environmental unit each week of the school year. Other sites listed here focus on animals, plants, habitats, energy, pollution, recycling, and much more.
Involve your students in 350.org's international campaign to find solutions to the world's climate crisis. The numeral 350 refers to 350 parts per million (ppm), the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere widely considered to be the safe upper limit. Our current carbon dioxide level stands at 388 ppm. Next fall, have students join the group's annual October 10 "day of action" by creating the numeral 350 in some way and posting a photo of it to the Web site.
Through Save the Rain it takes just $15 to provide water for one child for a lifetime. Visit the site's School to School project page to learn how your school can raise funds for a rain harvesting system to provide water for a sister school in East Africa.
Visit the "Heroes of Compassion" section of the Amman Imman site to see how schools are raising money to support the construction of safe water wells for the Azawak people of Niger. Many Montessori schools are participating by pooling the funds they raise.
One Change encourages communities to take simple actions to make a positive impact on the planet. Join their "Project Porchlight" commitment to replace your school's incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving compact fluorescents (CFL), and ask parents to do the same at home. Or encourage your school community to improve fuel efficiency by measuring the air pressures in their cars tires once a month.
Join the Roots and Shoots program to create positive change by working with others in your hometown or across the world. The Web site provides group listings, project ideas, and a resource center.
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Truffle Parmesan Biscuits with Pesto and Prosciutto. Unforgettable on your Easter table!#24037
The 26 Ingredients That Go Into a School Lunch Burger Include Chemicals, Blue Stuff and Question Marks.#24032
Aji Guacamole with loads of cilantro: the best guacamole you will ever eat!#24027
Maple Bacon S'mores - the best of both worlds: playful enough to tap into your inner kid but complex enough to please your adult taste buds.#24025
Addictive and delicious, these slice and bake Icebox Sugar Cookies are LIGHT. Make them, freeze them, and bake them when you crave them!#24022
Asparagus with bits of bacon. A great way to jazz up your veggies from Dorie Greenspan.#24021
Tirami Sud: a chef version of tiramisu dessert recipe, with ricotta and yogurt.#24019
Pastiera Napoletana - a typical Easter cake from Naples made with a sweet ricotta filling.#24018
Carrot Cake Cookies - The perfect combination of rich carrot cake and simple drop cookies.#24010
Blueberry-Chocolate Pudding - Vegan, gluten-free and low sugar! The lightest pudding you've ever had!#24004
Cassata Cake: A Sicilian inspired dessert that tiramisu and trifle lovers will love!#24003
Koulourakia - traditional Greek Easter cookies shaped by hand and topped with sesame seeds.#24001
Elk and Morel mushroom stew. Morel season is coming right up and elk is always in fashion for dinner.#23998


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If you are looking to enjoy the many wonderful restaurants that New York has to offer, Restaurant Week is the perfect way to see them all without breaking the bank.
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - Thursday, July 31, 2014
Where: Hyde Park, Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH
When: July 4, 2014 – July 13, 2014
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This summer Hyde Park is hosting an exciting programmer of music and entertainment at Barclaycard British Summer Time. Black Sabbath, McBusted, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and Tom Jones are set to play headline sets.
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