Lyndon B. Johnson Quote – Tomorrow is ours to win or lose
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
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Killer whales under threat of extinction from toxic ocean chemicals
At least half of the world’s killer whales will become extinct because of toxic waste in the oceans within the next century according to researchers. Some areas despite efforts to control the pollutants of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) still remain at high levels. Research scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are saying that if we don’t bring down the […]
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Martin Sheen quote – Civil disobedience
“I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.” – Martin Sheen
Read moreClimate change stirred ancient political turmoil
Climate change may have helped to alter the course of history. A period of extreme and unprecedented cooling in the northern hemisphere 1,500 years ago may have reduced the eastern Roman empire, set the stage for a famine and a devastating pandemic that killed millions, and favored the rise of the Islamic forces that created the Arab empire. The so-called Little […]
Read moreFriends will come and go but family remains forever
“Friends will come and go but family remains forever.”
Read moreWhy the obese keep eating
Could obesity be treated as a form of drug addiction? A new study suggests that some overweight people may be addicted to eating in the same way that, say, a cocaine addict craves another hit of his favorite drug. Researchers at Yale University gave a small group of young women questionnaires to determine their levels of food addiction. Then they […]
Read moreBenjamin Disraeli Quote – Desperation
“Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Read moreReef madness
It seemed like a good idea at the time. In 1972, Broward County, Fla., organized more than 100 boats to dump an estimated 700,000 tires into the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of sparking the growth of an artificial reef. Ultimately corals never grew on the bundles of tires, and over time the bundles became loose, causing damage to nearby natural […]
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