Quinn Northup was a senior at Minnesota’s Edina High School (EHS) last November when the world around her began to go a little crazy. Teachers and students were openly weeping, some uncontrollably. There was hugging. People were offering words of comfort and support to one another. “It’s going to be okay…” “Don’t worry…” “We will
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Every parent of a daughter will know the feeling – looking at your little girl and thinking: how could anyone be so beautiful? I am certainly guilty of it; I think I experience this every day! My little Emma is just over a year old, and often I can’t help but tell her she’s beautiful
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1. A 2014 study by the Max Planck Institute found that men who frequently view pornography have decreased brain cells, specifically in the right caudate of the brain, making their brains smaller on average than those of men who do not view pornography. 2. According to the Huffington Post, 30 percent of the material streamed
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I’ve been working for a long time to arrive at the central truth of my existence. In search of answers I’ve read extensively the works of mystics, saints, sages and great teachers from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions. I’ve read New Age books and talked to psychics and healers. I’ve studied philosophy in
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One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Over the past few years I’ve led a team that has been studying this ice shelf and monitoring change. We spent many weeks camped on the ice investigating melt ponds and their impact – and struggling
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Despite cries against the “corporatization of public schools,” the reality is that the private sector is injecting public education with much-needed innovation. Stuck in a 19th century factory model, mass schooling needs a 21st century makeover. Today’s tech giants are just the ones to usher public education into modernity. Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,
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