A Spanish long-distance runner showed exemplary sportsmanship last month when he helped a confused rival finish before him. Iván Fernández Anaya was in second place to Olympic bronze medalist Abel Mutai in a race in Navarre, Spain, when he noticed the Kenyan runner stop about 30 feet from the finish line. Mutai thought he had completed the race and couldn’t […]
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“When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.” – Jonathan Swift
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Supernatural Love (Parody of Golden Earring’s “Radar Love”) by, Melissa R. Mendelson I’ve been waiting for this night, My heart’s a pounding real tight Their voices fill my head Those boys are ready for the next fight. It’s their calling, that’s right To tell all of us that they are here And now baby, there’s nothing to fear […]
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“A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.” – Barbara Deming
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“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?” – Mahatma Gandhi
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“Nothing is over until we decide it’s over.” – John Belushi
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“If only sorrow could build a staircase, or tears could show the way, I would climb my way to heaven and bring him back home again. Don’t give up hope, my friend, This is not the end.” – “Suicide Season”, by Bring Me The Horizon
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Spending evenings in front of a glowing computer, TV, or cellphone screen can put you at risk of depression, Science News reports. Nighttime exposure to light from gadgets has already been shown to contribute to insomnia, cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Now, a new study shows that screen glow can cause mood-related changes in the brain. For weeks, researchers exposed hamsters […]
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AZURIST’S INDIGO HAND (By Joseph Cavera) Cracks fault my indigo hand Post “D” I must not land This bastard child, what is it worth? My dark offspring in two past six Is it immoral that a lad give birth? A grand graphic scratch I wish I could nix Arid sands form a cloud in my brain As I […]
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American culture is sick, and secularism is the cause of our disease. That, said Steve Chapman, is the contention of religious conservatives like presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who insist that feminists, liberals, and gay marriage have undermined traditional morality, and that only a return to our Christian roots will cure what ails us. But all evidence suggests that this view […]
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