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Many Short Stories are here for your enrichment.
This page is dedicated to Short Stories and to those interested in reading light prose. Fewer and fewer people these days read stories. This is unfortunate. So only the lucky few will experience the joy that reading such fine work can give. The goal of this page is to give a nice cross section of this kind of stories in the hope that these stories will excite these people into rediscovering this excellent source of entertainment.
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- A rare event on the Suncoast Wednesday as thirteen centenarians in one facility celebrated birthdays. How long do you want to live? 70? 80? How about in the triple digits? And what drives some to keep going?
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Crossword GameJust like an old-fashioned word search! Using the mouse and the wordlist, find and highlight the hidden English words in the box! As the levels get harder, the words start appearing in different orientations. But hurry, the clock is running!Cumulus ConfectionHigh on Mt Olympus, the Greek gods are planning their annual carnival. But alas!
Biologists: Killer whales 'neurotic' in captivity
Trainers at SeaWorld are taught to reinforce the whales' good behavior with rewards and to not react at all to bad behavior. Whales get stressed when they are away from families, swimming in circlesTilikum weighs about 12,000 pounds, has been linked to two other deathsWhales may have had something going on socially among themselves before attack (CNN) -- Killer whales can weigh up to 22,000 pounds, and may be as long as 32 feet, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They often travel in groups of up to 50, being highly social. Confining such an enormous animal in an aquarium tank leads the animal to display neurotic behavior, experts say. "They get very stressed out," marine biologist Nancy Black of Monterey Bay Whale Watch said on CNN's "Larry King Live."
65 Year Old Bird Gives Birth to Chick - Easy English Articles
A 65-year old Laysan albatross named Wisdom has become the oldest known bird to give birth to a chick. Wisdom was tagged by biologist Chandler Robbins in 1956 for research. Her life and breeding activities have been followed by scientists and the media ever since. She is thought to have flown over 3 million miles since she was first tagged. “That is up to six trips from the Earth to the Moon and back again,” says Bruce Peterjohn, Chief of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center’s National Bird Banding Laboratory. Albatrosses are known for their very large wingspan and their ability to fly continuously for hundreds of miles.
Printable English Grammar Exercises, ESL Grammar Worksheets
ESL Lesson Plans & Resources for Kids Kiz School provides: Video Tutorials, PPT, Interactive Games & Quizzes, Printable PDF Worksheets & Flashcards, among others. You don't need to be a professional teacher to use our materials.It is an effective, affordable private and public teaching solution for parents and schools. English For Kids
Autism linked to genetic glitches – The Mercury News
New research reveals that genetic glitches are linked to autism, a finding that might eventually lead to strategies to treat one of the most mysterious maladies in medical science. An international team of researchers, coordinated by a Stanford scientist, announced Wednesday that it has identified dozens of genetic errors linked to 5 percent to 10 percent of autism cases. Those errors — caused by missing or duplicated pieces of DNA — are believed to interfere with the brain’s messaging system.
