Sunday Newscape Magazine

"Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it." ~ Anais Nin

I don't want to count my calories or know my cholesterol. I don't want to exercise five times a week and eat six vegetables a day. I don't want to vacuum the floor or polish the woodwork. I don't want to put on make up or dress up to go to the grocery store. I don't want to touch up my roots.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), two-thirds of new small businesses survive at least two years, 44 percent at least four years, and 31 percent at least seven years. You may be thinking to yourself, “Whoa! I can get better odds of winning on the slots in Las Vegas.”

Understanding the processes that cause volcanic eruptions can help scientists predict how often and how violently a volcano will erupt. Although scientists have a general idea of how these processes work - the melting of magma below the volcano causes liquid magma and gases to force their way to Earth’s surface - eruptions happen so rarely, and often with little warning, that it can be difficult to study them in detail.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reunited 14 Congolese children aged three to 17 years with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Host families had been temporarily looking after the children in refugee camps in Uganda. Some of the children had been separated from their parents for as long as a year.