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Benjamin, aka "Mr. Math", professor of mathematics, magician and author, makes his case against classic math curriculum in high school in this short (3 min.) video below. Via TED: "Someone always asks the math teacher, 'Am I going to use calculus in...
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Heroic is saving our souls, our spirits." The idea of rescuing dogs from Afghanistan came from a British marine who could not bear to be separated from the dog he befriended there, named Nowzad for a nearby town. That marine, Pen Farthing, met Delray...
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Program launched by Delray Beach businessman rescues dogs from Afghanistan, reunites them with U.S. soldiers
Palm Beach Post
Every day they're with us is a good day," Schaffer said. AWESOME. I feel sorry for people who can't understand the emotional ties between a human and an animal. It's great that there are people around here like Arthur Benjamin. What a wonderful thing...
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J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday/MCT U.S. Army Spc. Sheila Schaeffer of Iowa holds Charlie, the dog she befriended while serving in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, Schaeffer was reunited with Charlie at New York's Kennedy International Airport.
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Founded in 2007, by Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing a former sergeant with England’s Royal Marines (after he broke-up a dogfighting competition in Afghanistan, and cared for one of the badly injured canine combatants). Long Island businessman Arthur...
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The men were introduced earlier this fall at a meeting of the Humane Society of the United States .The Marine, Paul "Pen" Farthing, founded his Nowzad Dogs charity in 2007, after breaking up a dogfighting competition in Afghanistan , and caring for one...
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"You get soldiers out there who get sad and depressed and are missing home, and having a dog can mean a lot," she said. The airport reunion was partly the work of a former Royal Marine sergeant from England, who hatched the plan with former Woodmere...
About Arthur Benjamin
Wikipedia
Arthur Leslie Benjamin (September 18, 1893, Sydney – April 10, 1960, London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rhumba, composed in 1938. Full Article
