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Holy Water for Pilgrims
Take a look at @nytimes’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/768904807402901504?s=09 Every summer, hundreds of thousands of Indians, barefoot and draped in orange clothing, make a 100-mile pilgrimage on foot to fetch water from the sacred Ganges River that they then offer at their local temples to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. This year, they have a less…
Kate Sheppard
Several of you have asked – where is Kate now? The National Library of New Zealand has her on display for ten… http://t.co/45BjU7dONH — Women’s Refuge NZ (@womensrefugenz) September 18, 2014 Katherine Wilson “Kate” Sheppard (10 March 1847–13 July 1934)[a] was the most prominent member of New Zealand’s Women’s Suffrage and was the country’s most…
Three Quotes About Fatherhood
“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.” ― John Wilmot “Much of life, fatherhood included, is the story of knowledge acquired too late: if only I’d known then what I know now, how much smarter, abler, stronger, I would have been. But nothing…
Fatal Familial Insomnia
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Smartphones: used in mini bursts, five hours a day
http://www.psypost.org/2015/11/we-use-our-smartphones-twice-as-much-as-we-think-38923 People use their smartphones for an average of five hours a day – about a third of the time they are awake – and check the about 85 times a day, it is also noted that 1.5 billion smartphones are sold each year as well, with research suggesting these figures. This just goes to…
Parkinson’s can result in feelings of loss and social isolation
Battling a terrifying disease is even harder if you're in the "wrong" demographic https://t.co/pTQ3ZrCzM7 pic.twitter.com/qOz8O7YuL6 — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) February 16, 2016 It is a curious challenge to live with a disease for which you are in the “wrong” demographic. Back to the Future actor Michael J Fox was diagnosed with the condition at 29…