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You may have seen The Great Gatsby over the weekend, but wait until you see The Great Catsby. 

Of course. — tanya b.

Erica Denosta Pablo, BS, RN

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’

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Francis Poulenc’s, “Melancolie”, as performed by his student, Gabriel Tacchino.

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Satellites are powerful tools. They beam our TV signals, phone calls and data around the planet. They help us spy, they track storms, they power the GPS signals in our cars and on our phones. But they also send back striking, totally disarming images of planet Earth.

This set of images is all about showing off the “beauty of the Earth,” says Lawrence Friedl, the director of NASA’s Applied Sciences Program and the editor of a project called Earth As Art.“We want people to look at these images and say, ‘How did nature do that?’ “

The project, which NASA has released in iPad and book form, spans the world, from cold peaks to desolate deserts to ocean islands. But these aren’t your typical snapshots.

Earth As Art: ‘How Did Nature Do That?’

Photo Credit: NASA

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If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and God’s love is perfected in us. Let us hope that this spirit will become the order of the day. We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee says: ‘Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.’

Best Friends

Born in Africa to French wildlife photographer parents, Tippi Degré had a most unusual childhood. The young girl grew up in the African desert and developed an uncommon bond with many untamed animals including a 28-year old African elephant named Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, lion cubs, giraffes, an Ostrich, a mongoose, crocodiles, a baby zebra, a cheetah, giant bullfrogs, and even a snake. Africa was her home for many years and Tippi became friends with the ferocious animals and tribespeople of Namibia. As a young child, the French girl said, “I don’t have friends here. Because I never see children. So the animals are my friends.”

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“Asleep” colour pencil and ink on recycled paper, Sarah Pangon

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GOOD MOVE, MR. PRESIDENT  President Obama high-fives eight-year-old Hinna Zejah after signing executive orders into effect as part of a broad gun control initiative at the White House in Washington, DC. Hinna and her mother Nadia were among a group of children and their families who wrote the president letters about guns and gun control after the December 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed.  Reached for comment, the NRA probably didn’t say “Stupid kids.”  Probably.  (Photo: Jason Reed / Reuters via The Telegraph)

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National Cathedral to Hold Gay Weddings
- Yasha Wallin posted in Living, Politics and Same Sex Marriage

Washington’s 106-year-old cathedral will begin performing same-sex weddings—one of the first Episcopal congregations to implement the church’s new policy. The cathedral’s dean, the Very Rev. Gary Hall, said same-sex weddings are keeping in line with laws in Maryland and Washington, both of which have legalized same-sex marriage.

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