John W. Gardner Quote – Life is the art of drawing without an eraser
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner
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Facebook post reunites woman with the niece
■ When Paula O’Brien met Abbey Donohoe at a party in Davenport, Iowa, in 2009, people said they looked like sisters.They hit it off despite an 11-year age gap, and became Facebook friends. But a chance posting by O’Brien this month clued Donohoe into a remarkable coincidence—the two are in fact aunt and niece. O’Brien noted the birthday of her […]
Read moreAir Pollution At School
Children who attend schools near busy roads could see their brain development hindered by air pollution, according to a new study by Spanish scientists. Researchers in Barcelona spent a year tracking the developmental progress of more than 2,700 children ages 7 to 10 at 39 schools in the city. They found that the cognitive skills of students at schools near […]
Read moreCartoon – Game Over
John le Carré Quote – To Watch The World
“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.” – John le Carré
Read moreCartoon – Over-Prepared
Cartoon – Genuine Pretense
Robert Bly Quote – To Have No Obsessions
“It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.” – Robert Bly
Read moreA NATIONAL TREND
SINCE 2006 THE INCOME GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR HAS GROWN \H THE 15 LARGEST U.S. CITIES
Read moreOVERCROWDED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS FOR PRISONERS
In the US the prison psychiatric hospitals are becoming over crowded with mental illness. About 20% of inmates (approximately 400,000) in jails have been admitted to hospitals. The countries hospitals can only accommodate about 38,000. The corrections system has been so overcrowded that now they are known as “The New Asylums.” Some county’s jails are now housing the mentally ill […]
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