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The Morning Star: A Surprise in the Sky
5/19/2012

The other night I noticed a startling sight in the sky. It was two bright, star-like objects side by side, nearly on top of each other. I’m enough of a stargazer that I knew they must be the planets Venus and Jupiter: the two brightest objects, after the moon, in the night sky. How unusual to see them so close together. I actually whispered a little “wow!”

I went online and did some research. Sure enough, Venus an...

Where's Your Why?
5/15/2012

Meet Mawi Asgedom. Mawi was born on September 29, 1976, in Ethiopia at the onset of civil war within the country. Mawi’s father had to leave the country when Mawi was a toddler, leaving him behind with his brother, sister, and mother. Every day, Mawi’s mother cared for her small children amidst war and death. Every night, she looked at her three sleeping children and wondered if they would survive another day.

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