Cartoon – Before & After
Author: Antarctica Journal
Thornton Wilder Quote –
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures” – Thornton Wilder
Read moreBenefit of short jogs in the long-term
Five minutes a day. That, according to a new study, is all the running that’s required to drastically reduce your chances of dying prematurely. Researchers examined the medical records of 55,137 American adults over a period of 15 years and found that there was a definite long-term benefit of short jogs. They found that the 24 percent who described themselves […]
Read morePlutarch Quote – Character is simply habit long continued
“Character is simply habit long continued.” – Plutarch
Read moreDeficit Of Female Births In India
Size of India’s annual deficit in female births, based on 2011 census data: 600,000
Read morePoem – Song of Innocence and Degradation (By Henryk Baranski)
Song of Innocence and Degradation I LOOKED UPON THE CHILDREN AS THEY SLEPT TOOK A HAND AND TESTED ITS PULSE PUT MY HAND ON A FOREHEAD JUST LIGHTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN’T DEAD. AND THEN TO WORK LEAVING THEM ALONE AWAY FROM MY HEART BECAUSE THE THINGS I SEE AND DO AMOUNT TO AN ANGUISHED CRY OF […]
Read morePoem – To The One Who Desires To Be Me (By Frank Eze)
To The One Who Desires To Be Me what life is left in me to be desired? me, the wayward wing of a brawny bluebird that lost its grip on the tiptop of a fruit tree fell flat on the heart of a wretched rock where rains washed all traces of its milky memories far far away i live on […]
Read moreCartoon – Easter Dying Contest
96-year-old Indian man – World’s oldest father
■ A 96-year-old Indian man has been declared the world’s oldest father after his wife bore a son last month—the second in two years. Ramjeet Raghav, a farmer in a village about 30 miles from Delhi, said the doctors who delivered the healthy boy in a nearby hospital were surprised when he told them he was the father. “I think […]
Read moreBernard Meitzer Quote – When You Forgive
“When you forgive you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future.” – Bernard Meitzer
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