Our body is truly amazing, with two vital organs—the heart and the brain—working together seamlessly to keep us alive and healthy. The heart acts as a “pump,” tirelessly circulating blood through the vascular system, providing oxygen and nutrients to the brain, lungs, and other organs to function properly. Meanwhile, the brain serves as the command center,…
Audit Your Credit Cards for Greater Savings
Credit card rewards help our family save money on groceries, gas and other necessities. We also use rewards for airline tickets, hotel rooms and airport lounge access. We’re in good company. Most Americans have at least one rewards card, and nearly half of rewards cardholders are using their perks to help offset rising inflation, according…
Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’: To Yield or Not to Yield?
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” These simple words from “Ulysses” by Alfred Lord Tennyson became one of the most famous lines in poetry, and with them the acclaimed poet assumes the rousing eloquence which Homer’s epic hero might have had. Written in 1833, the poem presents us with a portrait…
Small-Business Tax Planning for the Coming Increased Taxes
Small businesses can save a lot of money if they take time to plan how they can reduce their taxes. Waiting until the end of the year to discover which tax credits or tax deductions you can get is too late. Most likely, you will wish you knew about some new deductions before the year…
Elizabeth Taylor’s Near-Death Experience in the 1960s
Elizabeth Taylor was an icon—two time Oscar winner for best actress and activist, she was a trailblazing woman of the 1900s. In 1992, Taylor appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and shared a near death experience that she had in the 1960s while she was in London and was pronounced dead from a pneumonia. “I…
This Mysterious ‘Cursed’ Outcrop Steeped in Roman Ruins Led Many to Fatal Ends on Her Rocky Shores
Just off Italy’s southern coast, is a rocky island believed to be so cursed that many locals refuse to go near it. Embedded within the wave-beaten outcrop, a tiny abandoned villa lies, all but in ruins, a mere 100 feet from the coastline of Posillipo, an affluent residential area of Naples. The island consists of two…
With the Old Guard: Tips for Men 65 and Up
“It’s just a number,” my 72-year-old friend says of his age. He and I graduated from college together approximately 600 moons ago. But that number has ramifications. Hit the age of 55, and you’re entitled to the senior discount at McDonald’s. Search online for “At what age are people considered elderly?” and the overall consensus…
Dear Next Generation: What Is Your Most Important Thing?
What is the most important thing? From the time I entered the engineering profession, my primary goal was to rise into the partnership of a major design firm. My steps forward were in every sense methodical. I sat for both professional examinations as early as I could. I finished both exams early and passed both…
‘Climb of Faith’ Is Only Way to This Christian Church Carved Into Cliff in Ethiopia Centuries Ago
A test of faith challenges the souls of all who make the perilous pilgrimage to Abuna Yemata Guh, the monolithic cave church in northern Ethiopia that towers 400 feet above the valley floor. It was in the fifth century that the Christian priest Father Yemata from Egypt supposedly walked into the Tigray region in the African country…
Flightless Bald Eagle in Missouri Who Was Incubating a Rock Receives a Heartwarming Gift
A flightless bald eagle who resorted to incubating a rock has been given the most heartwarming gift: an eaglet to take care of. Murphy, who lives at the World Bird Sanctuary in Missouri, took to nursing the rock in the giant enclosure he shared with five other bald eagles back in March. After constructing a…
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