Tom Sachs Quote – You Will Always Feel Poor
“If you worship money, you will always feel poor.” – Tom Sachs
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Underwater Mining
Number of square miles of seabed in international waters that were under contract for mining operations in 2000: 0 That are today: 463,323
Read morePrison Sentences – Loosening The Shackles
Prison Sentences – Loosening The Shackles U.S. Prison Population The U.S. prison population is the highest in the world. A quarter of the world’s inmates reside in U.S. prisons, despite being only 5% of the world population. Since the 1980’s the U.S. prison population has increased 8-fold to over 2.4 million people. More than $80 billion of taxpayer money […]
Read moreBoris Pasternak quote – when a great moment knocks
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is easy to miss it.” – Boris Pasternak
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – Faith is
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreGilbert K. Chesterton Quote
“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” ― Gilbert K. Chesterton
Read moreCartoon – Nothing About Smoking
Smoking Causes Schizophrenia in Newborns
In a study of women who smoke and their pregnancies they determined that there is a large possibility that the infant may have develop schizophrenia. Researchers found that if the women smoked cigarettes or used smokeless tobacco this could also occur. Some of the infants may have low birth weight, preterm delivery, and the possibility of sudden infant death syndrome. […]
Read moreThe human side of the oil industry
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for archaeologists. Nonetheless, a team of “punk archaeologists” are there, finding the history in the present by peering into the lives of people at the heart of North Dakota’s oil industry. Thanks to the lucrative nature of the “Bakken boom” — the ongoing oil drilling in North […]
Read moreCan Children Grow Out of ADHD?
ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder) is known to affect the child’s ability to pay attention. A study found that 1/3 of the children in the study did have ADHD when they became adults. It also may find that when they are adults, they may also have other psychic problems, more likely to get arrested, or likely to commit suicide. The children […]
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