Franklin D. Roosevelt Quote – Confidence
“Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Cartoon – Porcupine
Cellphones and Cancer – Is there a Link?
Researchers have come to the conclusion – which is very controversial – that the use of cell phones may cause cancer. They tested some male rats with cell phone radiation for nine hours a day and found that the male rats were at risk of developing cancer in the brain and heart. The use of the cell phones may cause […]
Read moreOxygen-starved oceans held back life’s recovery after the ‘Great Dying’
Stanford scientists have found that chronically low levels of oxygen throughout the oceans hampered the recovery of life after the Permian-Triassic extinction, the most catastrophic die-off in our planet’s history. Also known as the “Great Dying,” global ecosystems collapsed as some 90 percent of species perished in this extinction event 250 million years ago. The new findings, published this week […]
Read moreWORLD’S LONGEST SUSPENSION FOOTBRIDGE FOUND IN ALPS
If you are an adventurer be sure to check out the longest suspension footbridge – 1621 feet long and 26” wide – in the world. Located in Switzerland, 279 feet above the ground between Zermatt and Grachen. The previous bridge was destroyed in a rock avalanche back in 2010. They don’t recommend that you try to cross if you are […]
Read morePoem – On Love (By Naushena)
On Love I thought today what love is And now you read all this. Love inhabits the hearts of people Give and take is the only principle. Love is ignoring the qualities one lacks And appreciating the virtues one has. Love is giving each other surprises No matter what are the sizes. Love is listening to music in car Enjoying […]
Read moreBritain Teen Stuck In Drain
A British teenager had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve her new smartphone. Ella Birchenough, 16, dropped her iPhone down the drain while out walking her dog. “I thought to myself, ‘I’m not leaving this,’ and I jumped down to get it,” she said. But her waist became wedged […]
Read moreCartoon – Complex Carbohydrates
Poem – Misanthrope at Sunset Manor (By Donal Mahoney)
Even as a child Charles couldn’t forgive other children not for something they had done but rather for who they were. They were inferior and couldn’t help it, his parents both agreed. Charles couldn’t stand any of them. This continued his entire life. Charles almost married a woman he had hired only to discover later she wasn’t perfect, no better than the little people he had hired to wrap and mail thousands […]
Read moreCartoon – The Near Occasion of Sin
