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The Home of Spider and Bear (✿◠‿◠) ❤

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Did you know that? * Spiders are small animals with eight legs. All spiders spin silk threads. Many of them use the threads to make a sticky web and stay still in the middle of the web for catching insects. Not all spiders trap their food in webs. Some are hunters and chase their prey and others lie in wait, and then pounce. When a spider catches, it stuns or kills it with poisonous bite. All spiders have poison, but in most cases they do not hurt people. *  Bears  sleep through most of the winter in protected places such as holes that they dig beneath trees. Bears eat almost anything including fish and seals. Bears are found in most parts of the word except for Australia and Africa. The largest of all bears are the brown bears of Alaska.

Message on the First Observance of the International Day of Non-Violence 2 October 2007

I have a new book in Indonesian language which the title is "Be The Change" by Anand Krishna. I'm so interested in this book because on the page xlvii, the Secretary General of U.N., H.E. Ban Ki-moon have stated  about the message on the first observance of the International Day of Non-Violence 2 October 2007. I'd like to copy it and share it here with you all. The United Nation was created in the hope that humanity could not only end wars, it could eventually make them unnecessary. Our founders hoped that the Organization could help help stop violence by spreading a culture of peace, promoting tolerance and advancing human dignity.  These same ideals sum up the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, whose birthday we celebrate today. His peaceful struggles against unjust regimes in South Africa and India captured the world's imagination. And his incorporation of non-violence into everyday life inspired countless individuals to lead better, more meaningful lives. "Non-v...