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Branson, Missouri becomes a food town with Level 2 Steakhouse

aple Leaf Farms Duck Breast and fresh from the sea Halibut ( Jacquie Kubin)

With over 15 years of traveling back to Missourri for family, Branson has never been on the top of my “foodie” list. Things change and with the addition of an easy to use airport, the Branson Convention Center and Hilton hotel properties, comes Level 2 Steakhouse, helmed by Chef Nathan Read.

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Make A Wish Foundation: Bringing hope and joy

By Carla Ledbetter, specifically for Donne Tempo.  ALEXANDRIA, La, December 9, 2010. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants a child’s wish every 40 minutes. David Williams, President of Make A Wish Foundation: “Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has given hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions…We’ve evolved into an organization that grants a child’s [...]

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One in six Americans needs help with food and groceries

By Carla Ledbetter, specifically for Donne Tempo. ALEXANDRIA, La January 7, 2011— Feeding America works to help the one in six Americans who now needs help to obtain food and groceries. Feeding America, formally known as America’s Second Harvest, is our nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. They work with a wide network of some 200 food [...]

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Making community gardens easier to grow

Credit: Morgue File

Community Gardens help individuals and groups come together for a great cause!

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Americans for the Arts: Bringing Art Awareness

Credit: Americans For the Arts

Art speaks to us in a variety of ways

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Tunica-Biloxi Tribe strives to build future that honors past

Tunica Tribe Basket

Tunica-Biloxi Tribe: Moving forward while honoring the past

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Egyptians work together for a peaceful revolt

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The Egyptian people are a living testament to the fact that peaceful revolts can work.

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What’s more important – Obama’s performance or birth certificate?

President Obama

It’s unlikely there are many “birthers” who think Obama is doing a good job. Why don’t they focus on explaining to the rest of us how awful his job performance is?

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Jerusalem: a holy pilgrimage during Passover and Easter

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem (Photo: Ruth Hill)

On Good Friday, pilgrims will process along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering), which tradition holds is the same path Jesus took as He carried the cross to the site of the crucifixion.

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Who is John Galt? Atlas Shrugged.

Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) and Hank Reardon (Grant Bowler) in Atlas Shrugged

In Atlas Shrugged part one, devotees of author Ayn Rand finally get to hear the question, “Who is John Galt?” at their local movieplex

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