In the US the prison psychiatric hospitals are becoming over crowded with mental illness. About 20% of inmates (approximately 400,000) in jails have been admitted to hospitals. The countries hospitals can only accommodate about 38,000. The corrections system has been so overcrowded that now they are known as “The New Asylums.” Some county’s jails are now housing the mentally ill […]
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“There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.” – Lance Crouther
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“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions, it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” – Irving Kristol
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“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
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Percentage of U.S. women prisoners who are mothers of young children: 61
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Antarctica’s Ancient Fossils Deep beneath the ice and snow of Antarctica, a hidden world of prehistoric creatures is being uncovered, offering scientists a glimpse into an era when the now-frozen continent was teeming with life. Recent fossil discoveries suggest that Antarctica was once a lush, temperate land home to dinosaurs, enormous amphibians, and unique plant life. Fossils Tell a Different […]
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“Losing is good for you,” said Ashley Merryman. But as your children return to school and fall sports, they are stepping back into a fantasyland where everybody is a winner and everybody gets a trophy. “Trophies were once rare things,” but manufacturers now churn out $3 billion worth of them a year. In one California youth soccer league, every player […]
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“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn’t what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today.” – Steve Maraboli
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Mississippi has overtaken West Virginia as the fattest state in the union, with an obesity rate of 35.4 percent. Montana had the lowest obesity rate—19.6 percent.
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