Andy Rooney Quote – Conversation
“In a conversation, remember that you’re more interested in what you’re saying than anyone else is.” – Andy Rooney
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Howard Thurman Quote – Don’t Worry About What The World Needs
“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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Poem – A Nuclear Childhood (By Donal Mahoney)
A Nuclear Childhood What if your parents had never met had never married had never yelled at each other and instead had wed someone they loved and lived peacefully all those years. That would have been their Eden but you shaking there now decades later wouldn’t be with us cursing the tremors of a […]
Read moreSnorkeler Mistakes Fake Skeletons for Real Human Remains, Sends Authorities on Hunt
A man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border sent authorities on a hunt after he alerted them to what appeared to be “skeletal remains” at the bottom of the river. After he called police in Arizona, authorities launched a search for the remains on Monday, and divers from the Buckskin Fire Department swam down to […]
Read moreCartoon – Never Get A Tattoo When You Re Drunk And Hungry
Death from overwork – Can it be prevented?
The Japanese are working themselves to death. Labor activists have been trying to draw attention to the problem of karoshi, or death from overwork, for decades. Reliable statistics can’t be found, because it’s hard to prove causation in the case of someone who, say, worked 36 hours in a row several times in the same month and then died of […]
Read moreRobust kids dying from the flu
A child’s general good health is no guarantee that a case of the flu won’t have fatal consequences, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A surprising 43 percent of the 830 children who died from flu complications in the U.S. between October 2004 and September 2012 were otherwise healthy and did not have […]
Read morePeter F. Drucker Quote – Management vs. Leadership
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker
Read moreBenjamin Franklin Quote – If Men Are So Wicked
“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it?” – Benjamin Franklin
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