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"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
    ~ Victor Hugo

Word of the Day

curio (KYUR-ee-oh) noun
A valued, novel object; an object valued as a curiosity, often a collectible.

Random Fact

In 1992 Operation Restore Hope: One day after the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 794, U.S. President George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order after the dissolution of the country's central government during the ongoing Somali Civil War.

"The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us, I think, a little piece of God is just waiting to be discovered."
    ~ Tina Turner

Word of the Day

incursion (in-KUR-zhun) noun
1: A sudden attack; invasion, raid.  2: A running or flowing in.

Random Fact

Albert Einstein, according to writer Illana Katz, may have had autism.

"And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you."
    ~ John 20:22

Word of the Day

solace (sol-is) noun
1: Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.  2: Something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief.
transitive verb
1: To comfort, console, or cheer.  2: To alleviate or relieve from sorrow or distress.

Random Fact

The English landscape architect Edward Milner designed three public parks in Preston, Lancashire, as a scheme for relieving unemployment caused by the cotton famine in the 1860's.