Everyone’s got them. No one is immune to problems.
Here’s Michael J. Fox, a famous actor, with his take on his debilitating and life-threatening medical condition:
Parkinson’s has made me a better person. . . . Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul.
What does it take toHappy family, Image courtesy of photostock, FreeDigitalPhotos.net have a happy family?
“Families that eat together, stay together. It’s that simple,” writes Denise Mann in “15 Secrets of Happy Families” on WebMD.com. Do you agree? Is it really that simple?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in the same article suggests this: “Have one or two unifying activities that the family does together on a nightly basis.” This could be reading a story or playing a game together.
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Have you read or viewed Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. You’ll find a wonderfully ironic scene in chapter XVIII. The setting is an elaborate ball. All are dressed beautifully and are on their best behavior. The dancing is organized in lines or circles, much like square dancing but much more sedate. Against…
Do you have an old spy drone or aerial photography drone lying around? You know, those unmanned aircraft that can be as tiny as a dragonfly or as large as small airplane.
The folks at Philadelphia’s Manayunk Cleaners have one. They’re using their pre-owned drone to deliver dry-cleaned clothes to their customers. Sure, they can only deliver one shirt at a time, but it’s the novelty that counts.
No, this isn’t a science-fiction story by Edgar Rice Burroughs or Ray Bradbury. Mars One is a project that is taking applications for a trip to Mars, scheduled for some time in 2022. You can read more about it here.
Are you in? In the United States, you can apply to Mars One for only $38 dollars. Out of the thousands who have applied so far, only 40 will be on the trip to put a human colony on Mars. What’s the hitch?
No, this isn’t a fun-loving film about Caribbean pirates and Johnny Depp. I’m talking about real pirates with lethal weapons who board your boat, take you captive, kill your crew, and hold you for ransom. That kind of pirate. They’re very real, and they’re very active off the shores of South America and Africa.
Being captured by real pirates is exactly what happened to Captain Richard Phillips in 2009. Captain Phillips, a movie of his harrowing experience, comes out October 11 with Tom Hanks playing the captain.
What did Phillips think of his experience? In a Parade interview of September 22, 2013, Phillips says this about fear
Students learn about a cause-and-effect essay when they examine why they didn’t finish their homework. Suitable for grades 5-8.
