Albert Camus Quote – We All Carry Within Us
“We all carry within us our ravages, our crimes, our places of exile.” – Albert Camus
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Nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy
“Nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy.”
Read moreNorth Korean Food Imports Down
Despite long-running drought, overall food situation appears similar to previous years. North Korea’s spending on imports of cereals decreased again in August, after recovering slightly the previous month, data from Chinese government figures show. Cereals – which include rice imports – decreased along with nearly every other food as classified by trade groups, and continued a downward trend that contrasts […]
Read moreMichael Meade Quote – Alive
African Proverb: “When death finds you, may it find you alive.” Alive means living your own damn life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live. – Michael Meade
Read moreFentanyl Epidemic in America
Doctors prescribe Fentanyl for severe pain relief since it is 50 to 100 times more effective that morphine. Since this drug can be sold as a patch or lozenges it is fairly easy to abuse and misuse. In the US illegal drug dealers are mixing it with heroin or cocaine to get a better high for the user. Most of […]
Read moreFleeing From Syria
GRAPHIC WARNING: The following images depict violence which some readers may find disturbing. Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. The number of innocent civilians suffering has surpassed more than 11 million. More than four years after it began, the full-blown civil war has killed over 220,000 people, half of whom are believed to be […]
Read moreTheodore Roosevelt Quote – Dare Mighty Things
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Read moreHermann Hesse Quote – Love Is Stronger
“Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence.” – Hermann Hesse
Read moreA.A. Milne Quote – Experience
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience—well, that comes from poor judgment.” – A.A. Milne
Read moreA deadly fever spreads
A devastating disease caused by airborne fungal spores is colonizing the Southwest in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “a silent epidemic.” The disease, coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, strikes more than 20,000 people per year in the region, 10 times the number it did 15 years ago. The spores live in the soil until wind lifts them […]
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