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Malaria Defined

From the medieval Italian "mal'" (bad) and "aria" (air), describing the miasma from the swamps around Rome in the summer months, believed to be the cause of fevers.

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DON"™T SLEEP, THERE ARE SNAKES: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle

Published November 21, 2008, 6:21 pm, Book Reporter

Daniel L. Everett is a linguist who first visited the PirahĂŁ tribe as a family man and missionary.

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Photo project remembers vets

Published November 21, 2008, 4:59 pm, Sonoma Index-Tribune

Top, from left, Art Clarke, Harold Cook and Marion Cooper. Bottom, from left, Max Musiel, George Nilan and Sam Simon. Tom Sanders/Special to the Index-Tribune

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A former crewman honors JFK

Published November 21, 2008, 2:29 pm, La Prensa San Diego

John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963. The young, skinny Navy officer strolled along the dock and met his new crewmen for the first time, as they stood on the sun-drenched deck of a nondescript, battleship-gray gunboat bearing large white numbers on its hull: PT 109.

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A firm grip on life by the handlebars

Published November 21, 2008, 12:55 pm, The Japan Times

"Enjoy life and laugh," says cyclist Mio Yamasaki when asked her motto for living. "No, wait," she interrupts, as she ponders the question further. "Make other people laugh. This is the happiest way to live your life." The words are followed by a warm smile and gentle chuckle, cementing my initial impression — this 26-year-old cyclist has seized life by the handlebars. Her thrills come not just ...

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ENTERTAINMENT Miss Malaika Ghana 2008 Tamara stands tall!

Published November 21, 2008, 8:46 am, The Ghanaian Chronicle

Last Saturday night at the National Theatre your Exciting Chronicle Entertainment Train Driver witnessed history repeat itself, when another medical student of the University of Ghana, Legon, stepped into the shoes of a past medical student as Miss Malaika Ghana 2008.

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NEWS Articles

Published November 21, 2008, 1:16 am, Ball State Daily News

When computer science graduate student Mary Fleming found herself surrounded by smoke in a Scheidler apartment Thursday she wasn't sure what to do. It wasn't long before she had trouble breathing. She started to panic and didn't know her next move. However, the spectacle was completely planned.

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Rewriting history

Published November 20, 2008, 4:34 am, BBC News

How Congolese rebels are changing life under their rule

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UNICEF TAP PROJECT Partners With Watergeeks for 2009 Clean Water Campaign

Published November 20, 2008, 2:30 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Freshwater Technologies Inc., the exclusive, world-wide distributor of Watergeeks branded water conservation products, is pleased to report that the UNICEF supported clean water campaign known as the "TAP PROJECT" today announced that water technology manufacturer, The Watergeeks Laboratories, will become a national supporter of the campaign in 2009 - the third year award-winning, life-saving ...

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CORRESPONDENCE: Malaria Prevention in Short-Term Travelers

Published November 19, 2008, 2:34 pm, New England Journal of Medicine

To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article on malaria prevention in short-term travelers, Freedman (Aug. 7 issue)1 offers clinical ...

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Missionary loses his religion in Brazilian jungle

Published November 19, 2008, 2:06 am, Chicago Sun-Times

The mission assigned to Daniel Everett after he graduated from Chicago's Moody Bible Institute was to change the lives of members of a tiny tribe in the Amazonian rain forest. It was, however, Everett who was changed. Everett, along with his wife and three children, were met in the rain forest by the Piraha people of central Brazil.

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