Truth

Don’t Share Senior Yearbook Photo

Graduation pictures - True story about high school photos

Protecting your personal information and your identity is paramount, especially when many people are home on their computers and hackers prey on unsuspecting victims. The Better Business Bureau recommends that if you have shared your senior high school information, to check the security of your accounts. Watch out, scammers or …

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Inspiring quotes and sayings

Mario and his Indy car

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” Mario Andretti (Indy Car Champion) We believe positive, inspiring words move the human spirit and motivate …

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Interesting U.S. Weather Info

Cliff on the Ocean

Even if you’re not a “Weather Nut,” you should find this interesting. Kind of looks like God never intended for people to live in Florida! Top 10 Cities with Least weather variety Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather 1. San Francisco, California 2. San Diego, California 3. Los …

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Kemmons Wilson: America’s Innkeeper

Small Roadside Motel

By Mike Brewster It's hard to imagine that before he founded the Holiday Inn motel chain, travelers had few places to spend a night on the road In the early 1950s, a new Interstate Highway system, cheap gasoline, big cars, and prohibitively expensive air travel meant that even millionaires packed up the family and took to the road for driving vacations. It was summer, 1951, when Kemmons Wilson, one of Memphis' most well-known businessmen, left on a two-week trip to Washington, D.C., with his wife and five children.

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Million-dollar gift 50 years in the making

Real Life Story that is truly uplifting

A TRUE UPLIFTING STORY… By Geoff Kirbyson Laurie Johnston took a gift of $200 more than a half-century ago and turned it into $1 million. The retired pharmacist donated $500,000 on Friday to both the Misericordia Health Centre Foundation and the Riverview Heath Centre Foundation. The impetus for his philanthropy …

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Refugees share inspiring success stories

By Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry Every once in a while, we find a story that embodies the triumph of the human spirit, the successful achievement against all odds, the individual passion for a better life that transcends all the noise from the digital, technology, blogosphere ÔÇö just mano-a-mano against the darkness and the sadness. In this case, the manos are two women refugees whose stories give us all a moment to pause and consider our many blessings, particularly at this time of year.

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