Winston Churchill Quote – Success
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
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George Washington Quote – Jealousy
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – George Washington
Read moreWest Antarctic Ice Melt Affects Sea Level Rise
New research indicates that accelerating ice loss in vulnerable West Antarctic ice shelves is almost inevitable in the coming century as surrounding waters warm. This development could suggest that previous predictions of one to three feet of sea level rise by 2100 were too conservative. The study reveals that, irrespective of aggressive human efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions and […]
Read moreInmate Starves To Death In Prison
Eddyville, Ky A prison doctor and two other staffers at the Kentucky State Penitentiary have been fired after a mentally disturbed inmate starved himself to death. James Kenneth Embry, 57, who had three years left on a nine-year drug sentence, was found dead in his cell in Eddyville in January. Embry started behaving erratically last spring when he stopped taking […]
Read moreCartoon – Proud Hunter
Japanese Proverb – Stand Up
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
Read moreCarrie Underwood, “Temporary Home”
Carrie Underwood, “Temporary Home”: “This is my temporary home, not where I belong, windows and rooms that I’m passing through. This is just a stop on the road to where I’m going. I’m not afraid because I know this is my temporary home.”
Read moreSuicide Season
“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
Read moreIt’s Not Easy Being Green
City officials in Chengdu, China, have been painting the city’s grass green to make residents think spring is here.The ruse came to light when some residents noticed unpainted patches of yellowish winter grass, and others found the green paint coming off on their shoes. The city was then forced to admit its deception, but an official said the goal was simply […]
Read morePoem – Many Alarms (By Gary Beck)
The frequent disasters in our fragile land never seem to end and in changing times new horrors abound, terrorist attacks, enormous oil spills strangling the seas, endless amounts of garbage poisoning the land, abundant toxins polluting the air, warning those who listen our days may be numbered. Author Bio: ‘Temporal Dreams’ is an unpublished poetry collection that reveals our […]
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