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by Kevin Burton Imagine you went to the grocery store and instead of selecting the vegetables you wanted, you had to sign up for a “vegetable package.” So, you can’t get fresh green beans unless you also take artichoke, leeks and rutabaga. “Hey that’s the package, that’s how we sell it, take it …
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by Kevin Burton It’s been almost five years since Microsoft released Windows 11. Now, this humble blogger is on board. As I type this, I’ve been using it for maybe an hour. Did I come kicking and screaming to 11? Not exactly, but you can see I didn’t rush into it headlong and …
by Shonal Ganguly and Sheikh Saaliq Associated Press BIDUR, Nepal (AP) — Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: Floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received another warning by phone. Moments later, a parent arrived to take …
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by Rob Patterson Best Classic Bands There are two Woodstock festivals that happened in 1969: First and better known is the Woodstock Myth: the paramount Aquarian Age experience, as the mythic echoes imply, and they are not without a sizable measure of truth in some ways. The second is what really happened: the reality of …
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by Robin Levinson-Kingand and Sheila Flynn BBC Dolly Parton was a lot of things - a country musician, a philanthropist, an actress, a storyteller and a businesswoman. One thing she never was, however, was a politician. But don't think it's because no one asked her. In 1999, during an appearance on the talk …
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by Dictionary Scoop Picture this: you're at dinner with family, and someone says, “Oh, it's slow because of the bandwidth—you should really set up 2FA on that account.” Everyone nods. You nod too, mostly to avoid follow-up questions. Sound familiar? Here's the thing: this stuff is actually useful in today's modern life, and …
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by Interesting Facts Sleep duration varies drastically across the animal kingdom, with some such as the koala sleeping for as many as 22 hours each day, while others require just a few hours of daily rest to function. Sometimes these abbreviated sleep schedules are due to external factors (such as the threat of …
by Kevin Burton Sometimes at the movies, the writers ask you to suspend disbelief. For one 70s song, I couldn’t do it. The song is “Jolene” by Dolly Parton. In a quivering delivery, Dolly begs this Jolene character, “please don’t take my man.” I just never could buy that. I thought, …
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by Kevin Burton Fellow Christians, you’ve heard some stupid things no doubt, as you have tried to witness to unbelievers. Try this one on for size. Once while I was working as an English teacher in Mexico, I tried to witness to a supervisor. We were off the job, a few of us …
by Dr. Charles Stanley To love as Christ loves us is a worthy desire. And it sounds simple enough—until you're faced with someone who's hurt you, exhausted you, or simply rubbed you the wrong way. In those moments, selfless love can feel impossible. The Lord is very concerned about how believers live …
