Henry Ward Beecher Quote – Every Pebble In The Road
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble in the road.” – Henry Ward Beecher
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Poem – Man’s Bounty (By Gary Beck)
The birds and fish do not waste time discussing pollution, just go about their business, unaware of diminishing habitat, toxins in the gene pool, obey the cycle of life made infinitely more difficult with the help of man. Author Bio: ‘Temporal Dreams’ is an unpublished poetry collection that reveals our preoccupation with material things, sometimes to excess. […]
Read morePoem – MONUMENTS (By Herb Siegel)
MONUMENTS – By Herb Siegel Generals sit erect while marble horses rear high, fallen comrades lie etched beneath. Presidents in chiseled rocks, bodiless soldiers entombed wrapped daily in a wreath. Obelisks’ soar marking feats of heroism, granite arches harbor battles won and lost. Gravestones hiding dead from vandalism iconic landmarks stand in sun and frost. Yet end comes to […]
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Air Pollution Kills Over 5 Million People Every Year
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 600,000 children die from toxic air each year. Not only are the children dying the adults are dying at a rate of 5.5 million a year due to indoor and outdoor pollutions. Most homes use wood or paraffin to cook, heat their homes, and light which is polluting the indoors. WHO has been […]
Read moreGiant iceberg in Antarctica kills off 150,000 penguins
An enormous iceberg in Antarctica has killed off 150,000 penguins and threatens to wipe out an entire colony, which has become trapped and unable to reach food. A study by researchers from New Zealand and Australia said only about 10,000 Adélie penguins have survived after an iceberg – labelled B09B – grounded in a bay in 2010. The grounding, at […]
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
Read moreMark Twain Quote- Man Will Do Many Things
“Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied.” – Mark Twain
Read moreWhat If You Are Attacked By A Shark?
FIGHT BACK! But forget that old saw about punching them in the nose. The International Shark Attack File recommends that you borrow a page from a pro-wrestling villain and gouge its eyes or claw at its gills, which are more sensitive than its nose. Or you could just befriend some dolphins. On at least two occasions in 2004 and 2007, […]
Read morePoem – Reflections (By David Russell)
Reflections First there was a God Bounded by no face, Faced by no bounds. Yet first there was a mirror (What first is first with no bounds clear?) The mirror drew the sun, Scored with its bounds the sky And drew the God a face – And drew the God to Man; So drawn, the God […]
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