Cartoon – The Eulogy
Author: Antarctica Journal
Hundreds of Civilians Massacred In South Sudan
Bentiu, South Sudan Horrific massacre: Rebels have massacred hundreds of civilians in the South Sudanese city of Bentiu in the worst atrocity of the young country’s civil war. Bodies, including those of children and old people, were piled in heaps in a mosque, a church, and other buildings all over town. The ethnic Nuer rebels killed all non-Nuer they found, […]
Read moreCould we talk with whales?
Human-like sounds made by a captive beluga whale suggest that cetaceans could learn to mimic our voices, and perhaps even converse with us. Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation first noticed in the 1980s that one of their whales was attempting to copy the speech patterns of his handlers and they began recording his human-like vocalizations. Recently, they analyzed […]
Read moreEleanor Roosevelt Quote – The Beauty Of Their Dreams
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreGive That Man A Hand . . .
A British pilot momentarily lost control of his passenger plane when his artificial arm fell off during landing. The captain of the FlyBe turboprop was approaching Belfast City Airport in windy conditions with 47 passengers on board when his prosthetic left arm suddenly became detached, forcing him to handle the controls with just one arm. The plane touched down heavily […]
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Cartoon – Even Midas Had Problems
Cartoon – Trash Talk
Rainer Maria Rilke Quote – Live The Questions Now
“Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday, far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
Read moreMaya Angelou Quote – History
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage doesn’t need to be lived again.” – Maya Angelou
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