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The Butterfly
A man found the cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could…
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The Elevator
This has got to be one of the most profound quotes I’ve come across in the past few months. Not because of its content, but because of its aptness towards my personal life experience at this time. The person who told it to me doesn’t know where it came from, so I’ll atribute it to…
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Another way to look at Breasts.
The headline says it all. There is a new technology surrounding the examination of breasts. Let’s use 3d to find titty cancer! Seriously, I’m a male, but I’m for any innovation that keep my favorite friendly juglies around. Yes, ladies I just renewed my membership in Oink Oink. I’m a pig. Please pass the bacon.…
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Many U.S. Schools Are Unprepared for Another Pandemic
Washington, DC, August 30, 2012 – Less than half of U.S. schools address pandemic preparedness in their school plan, and only 40 percent have updated their school plan since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association…
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Your Blood Type Could Influence Your Risk for Heart Disease
People with blood types A, B, or AB appear to have a higher risk for coronary heart disease when compared to those with blood type O, according to new research published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal maintained by the American Heart Association— a national voluntary health agency that works to help reduce…
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Art Collector Herbert Vogel Dies At 89
Herbert Vogel, a well renowned art collector who possessed over 5,000 works despite his modest income, has died at the age of 89. Pieces from Vogel’s collection have been distributed to museums throughout the United States. A National Gallery of Art spokesperson, Deborah Ziska, reports that Vogel died Sunday of natural causes in New…
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U.S. News Ranks VCU Medical Center No. 1 in State and Metro Area
U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals edition has ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and in the Richmond metropolitan area, reflecting four programs — nephrology, pulmonology, orthopaedic surgery and urology — in the top 50. Specifically, the Division of Nephrology jumped from the No. 49 spot…
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A Warrior’s Love Reality
By kevin White: Roman maidens said come back with your shield, not upon it. I have to wonder to they know how hard the fight is. Do they honor it? Do they gather the strategy of tactics, the attention to details? Or are they just hoping for another night’s romp with the sexiest male. Great…
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Spring
By William Shakespeare: When daisies pied, and violets blue, and lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, mocks married men, for thus sings he: ‘Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo!’ O word of fear, unpleasing to a married ear. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,…
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The Manly Attitude
The Manly Man is a swaggering man, carrying himself with pride and self-assurance. He is not a follower and may not be a leader but, is unswayed by external forces. He goes where he wants, wears what he wants and says what he wants with no fear of condemnation. A real man may even eat…