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...heard a lot of good ideas about teaching kids about nutrition. But perhaps the most striking and unforgettable lesson we can offer kids is something like the presentation we had from Dr. Mehmet Oz, showing us what organs like the liver look like after years of bad nutrition and obesity. How about a national effort to bring this kind of hands-on lesson into elementary school classrooms? Our student reporters from TIME For Kids confirm that this lesson has the kind of gross-out cool that makes an impression...
...country, with more than 300 churches in and around the city - about one for every 600 people. One must-see church is the Sé cathedral; a 12th century masterpiece that started out as Romanesque but was added to by every Bishop of Braga, making it a living architectural lesson, with Gothic arches alongside Baroque windows. Don't miss the cathedral's museum, which contains everything from a Hispano-Arab casket in silver from the 10th century to a pair of platform shoes belonging to a vertically challenged bishop. The area's biggest attraction is the Bom Jesus Sanctuary...
...last week's TV upfronts--the annual galas at which the broadcast networks preview next season's series for advertisers--CBS offered a lesson in the difference between life and TV. It closed its presentation with a surprise appearance by the Who, playing its classic Who Are You, the theme of CSI. Carnegie Hall shook, Pete Townshend windmilled on his guitar, and Roger Daltrey howled, "Oooooh...
...there is any lesson to be learned from the past, it is that no one will stand up for vulnerable people if they do not first stand up for themselves. From 80-20—the national nonpartisan group working for greater equality for Asian Americans in American politics—to Asians Against Ignorance, there are already resources available to help combat discrimination and racial bullying. But they are only effective tools if Americans unite in their efforts to use them. In a country founded on principles of justice and equality for all, these lingering trends of discrimination...
...begets violence. In the Iraqi town of Fallujah, Americans were fighting the so-called liberated Iraqis, whereas in the Waziristan area of Pakistan, the Pakistan army is fighting its own citizens. It is better to resolve an issue through negotiation than through violence. The sooner the Americans learn this lesson, the better. AFTAB AHMAD KHAN Lahore...