Cartoon – Discount Tanning
Author: Antarctica Journal
Jackie Robinson Quote – Impact On Other Lives
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Jackie Robinson
Read moreCharles Caleb Colton quote – Men will wrangle for religion
“Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.” – Charles Caleb Colton
Read morePoem – Memorial (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Atrocious moments in time paint history in red, and a thousand words can’t silence a million tears shed. Beautiful faces and gentle hands disappear from lives led, and golden grains of love slip from hearts bled from icy teardrops of loss, chasing pain and dread. But never would they be forgotten for all they dreamt and said, and always […]
Read moreWill Ghana’s Local Crops Die Out?
Ghana is being pressured to sell out it’s global agribusiness. The U.S. and the global seed industry are trying to strong-arm Ghana into adopting the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, known as UPOV. The treaty confers intellectual property rights on huge seed companies such as Monsanto and locks farmers into a limited selection of […]
Read moreMoney Moved Into Offshore Bank Accounts
Minimum amount that Chinese citizens have moved into offshore bank accounts since 2002: $1,000,000,000,000
Read moreWhy Americans Skip Taking Vacation
Being overworked is the main reason Americans say they skip vacation: 40% – Heavy workload upon return 35% – Nobody else can do the work 33% – Can’t afford to take it 28% – Want to show dedication 22% – Don’t want to be seen as replaceable
Read moreAlvin Toffler Quote – The Illiterate Of The Future
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” – Alvin Toffler
Read moreAmy Wigfull – Sleepwalker falls from hotel window
A sleepwalking British woman fell 50 feet from a hotel window, but survived because her sleeping body was relaxed when it hit the ground. Amy Wigfull, 24, was on vacation in Spain when she stumbled into the hotel bathroom and crawled out of a sixth-floor window while still asleep and plummeted to the sidewalk below. Experts say that the only […]
Read moreLeonardo da Vinci Quote – Stuck To Its Job
“A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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