Footprints on the Moon
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
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Why There’s a Skyscraper in the Amazon
The $9 billion, 1,000-ft. (305 m) Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory—now the tallest structure in South America—recently entered the final stages of construction. It will be inaugurated in August and fully operational by 2017. Here’s what Brazil and Germany, which co-funded the project, are hoping it will accomplish: Gather data The tower’s height and state-of-the- art instruments will enable scientists to […]
Read moreCartoon – Battle of The Therapists
Eleanor Roosevelt – Use Your Heart
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreJeanette Winterson Quote – After Every Victory
“After every “victory” you have more enemies.” – Jeanette Winterson
Read moreCarl Sandburg Quote – Discover Creative Solitude
“One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.” – Carl Sandburg
Read morePoem – It’s Snowing in Manila (By Karlo Sevilla)
It’s Snowing in Manila “The snow is always falling in ‘Fargo,’ cloaking the world in metaphysical confusion.” – Jessica Zafra The militant chided the child for singing “White Christmas” when the longest Christmas season isn’t white, in the absence of snow in these parts. (The movement would not give its imprimatur.) But it gets almost-white cold up in Baguio City. But […]
Read moreThomas Henry Huxley Quote – The Cost Of Doing Nothing
“There is a well-worn adage that those who set out upon a great enterprise would do well to count the cost. I am not sure that this is always true. I think that some of the very greatest enterprises in this world have been carried out successfully simply because the people who undertook them did not count the cost; and […]
Read moreCartoon – Signs of Weakness
Winston Churchill Quote – Men Occasionally Stumble
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” – Winston Churchill
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