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Mechanic to millionaire : the Peter Cooper story
Documents the life of Peter Cooper, the 19th-century American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. He founded The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a college in Manhattan.
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A job-training pioneer
Nineteenth-century inventor and educator Peter Cooper was an early advocate of the idea that wealth is a public trust. Spalding discusses Cooper's work and ideas about education.
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Why young children are dying from malnutrition
POVERTY, lack of education, HIV/Aids and parents' ignorance on nutritious food are the reasons why Gauteng has malnutrition cases that have even claimed lives. The province recorded 113 deaths of children aged five and under in the past year due to malnutrition, while it identified more than 3 000 cases of malnourished children. \"So some children are missed because they don't look malnourished. Acute or severe malnutrition is the malnutrition that has been going on for a very short period of time, for a few weeks, and the child will be very thin. Many children who are malnourished die of infection because their immune system is not strong,\" said [Peter Cooper].
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Couple trapped by leopards in Kruger
Tour guide Peter Craig-Cooper, who found the couple, said: \"We came across them early the next morning.\" \"We followed it for 50m to see where it was heading but lost sight of it.\" \"We are sure that this will be a lesson well learnt. Read the rules of the park and do not leave the road.\"
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