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Jessica Angelique is the creator of Definitive Voices;she is in the running for a grant of $250,000 from Pepsi Refresh Project. She plans to help showcase non profits who help those in need.

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Why can’t television be used to build people up instead of tearing them down? Pepsi is running a competition for grant money-please vote for Definitive Voices.

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Pet ownership can improve the quality of life for the elderly, disabled, or those struggling with a chronic illness or disease. Pets can teach responsibility and improve a person’s health.

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The World Health Organization has listed tanning beds/booths as high on the list of known carcinogens. People pay money to go tan in salons & could be getting exposed to cancer without realizing it.

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Frank McCourt the author of, Angela’s Ashes passed away today. He wrote of an impoverished childhood and his journey to adulthood. His ordinary life became extra-ordinary in it’s ability to overcome.

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Farrah Fawcett passed away today…she was many things to many people but to much of America at one time she was part of our love story with who she was and how she looked; she became much more than an actress…she became an inspiration in her battle with cancer.

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        Last year 100 million dollars was raised to help fight cancer in an unprecedented way.  All three major television networks joined together to do a broadcast announcing the plan to join together to raise funds and raise awareness in the battle against cancer.  Celebrities, newspeople, researchers and medical professionals and everyday people have combined [...]

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         Daniel Hauser is the 13 year old cancer patient who fled his home; instead of pursuing chemo treatments like his physician was urging him to do.  He allegedly had tried some chemo but struggled with it and stopped treatment.  His family believes in natural, holistic healing treatments that  some Native Americans use;  namely the practices are [...]

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       Today, a judge in Minnesota decided that a 13 year old cancer patient’s family does NOT have the right to reject chemotherapy, for their son who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  The family of the young man had decided, along with their son, that they wished to honor their religious beliefs to choose natural healing and alternative [...]

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I grew up in a time when Farrah Fawcett was one of the premier icons of fame, beauty, wealth, and career.  At the time, she was an actress who forged a name for herself with a very famous television show, a poster of herself in a recognizable bikini (even today), and a haircut that every [...]

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