More than at any other time in recent memory, I am hearing the lament that the world is in a terrible state and that things just seem to be getting worse.
Teacher
When the world’s youth asks for change, teachers are on the front lines trying to provide them with a quality education. We need to value the teachers in our society because if we don’t, we lose something bigger – hope.
How to Manage Pain and Avoid Addiction
Spilled Capsules from Prescription Bottle.Abuse of painkillers and addiction is an ever growing epidemic in America. Knowing how to manage pain without falling prey to crippling dependency is a difficult path to navigate for most people. Here are a few guidelines to help you manage your pain without becoming addicted.
Wisconsin: It’s Not Just the Cheese
An hour north of Milwaukee lies a Great Lakes vacation region that has been off the radar for much of the rest of the country.
A Chance Encounter
It was just by fluke I noticed something moving in our maple tree one afternoon. When I went outside to my surprise I found a beautiful woodpecker sitting in the tree. Later I looked up what kind it was and found it was a typical North American bird called the Pileated Woodpecker.
Arts Voice For Planet Earth
Early in my young career as an artist I would purchase pre-stretched and primed canvases. One day I decided to increase the volume of my work, so I went out and purchased six of these canvases in various sizes. When I got back to my studio I unwrapped each one canvas from its plastic shrink-wrap.
Do You Give Too Much?
If I chose to help out it would only be to release guilt and ‘look good’ in the eyes of my former colleagues. It would have nothing to do with genuinely wanting to offer my energy to the work at hand.
“You’re beginning to believe the illusions we’re spinning here” (Part One)
News organizations depend on our uncritical consumption of such stories as the Boston Marathon bombing and on their ability to manipulate our emotions through carefully selected imagery, sound bites, and the testimony of victims, bystanders, and “experts” of all kinds, in order to sell the products that are advertised during the coverage of such tragic spectacles.
Koh Rong: A Backpacker’s Paradise in Cambodia
If you’re a backpacker with a limited budget, have a taste for drugs, enjoy a carefree lifestyle and love clean beaches in a tropical paradise, then Paradise Beach on Koh Rong just may be your dream destination.
The Heart of Asia
Xinjiang’s demographics differ from the rest of Mainland China. The Uyghur Autonomous region, with its 1.6 million square kilometers, is China’s largest subdivision and a place loaded with history. It borders no less than eight countries.
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