Cremation
For every deceased person who is buried, four are now cremated.
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Does soda make kids violent?
Drinking soda, long known to contribute to childhood obesity, may also have a negative effect on childhood behavior. Columbia University researchers interviewed the parents of about 3,000 5-year-olds in 20 cities about their children’s soda consumption and behavior. They found that 43 percent of the children drank at least one soda per day, and that 4 percent drank four servings […]
Read morePoem – DO-OVER (By Ray Gallucci)
DO-OVER (Inspired while watching “United 93,” the one flight that was prevented by its heroic passengers from fulfilling its mission of murder on September 11, 2001) If you could go back To one time and place, Stop accursed attack On the human race, Could you simply choose (Knowing what you know) Holocaust of Jews? Nine-eleven’s blow? […]
Read moreNorth Korean Food Imports Down
Despite long-running drought, overall food situation appears similar to previous years. North Korea’s spending on imports of cereals decreased again in August, after recovering slightly the previous month, data from Chinese government figures show. Cereals – which include rice imports – decreased along with nearly every other food as classified by trade groups, and continued a downward trend that contrasts […]
Read moreJohn Burroughs Quote – Where You Are
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are” – John Burroughs
Read morePoem – BLASTS FROM THE PAST? (By Ray Gallucci)
BLASTS FROM THE PAST? Has all been quiet for four billion years? Or else a riotous clashing of spears Hurled among planets which orbit our Sun, Cosmic catastrophes second to none? Since Velikovsky proposed Earth had clashed* With Mars and Venus when close by they dashed During times Biblical as written down, Pummelings cyclically seem to abound. […]
Read morePope Francis Quote – Christ’s Ambassadors
“Christ has made you his ambassadors, the primary evangelizers of your contemporaries.” – Pope Francis
Read moreJohn A. Shedd Quote – Ship In A Safe Harbor
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
Read moreCartoon – AARP adds Bath & Body Works to it’s list of retailers
Omar N. Bradley Quote – We Are Given One Life
“This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.” – Omar N. Bradley
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