Catherine Venis no longer drops letters in the mailbox near her home in Flushing, N.Y. Instead, she walks six blocks to a post office and deposits them there. She’s noticed mail like birthday cards increasingly don’t get to her, and says her neighbors say the same.
“A lot of people around here have had missing mail,” she says of her neighborhood in Queens, where Congresswoman Grace Meng recently pushed the U.
inside The ‘Doomsday’ Vault
By jennifer duggan / spitsbergen
Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind. It’s not coal, oil or precious minerals, but seeds.
Millions of these tiny brown specks, from more than 930,000 varieties of food crops, are stored in the Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen, part of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago.
The early 2000s brought us some of the best cartoons of all time. The best of them had intricate storylines and nuanced characters that appealed to viewers of all ages. However, some early 2000s cartoons have been forgotten and didn’t receive as much attention then but are worth revisiting. This article will take you on a trip down memory lane as you explore the early 2000s cartoon landscape, including the best and forgotten gems.
1. Avatar: The Last AirbenderConsidered one of the best 2000s cartoons, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a beloved classic that continues to inspire and entertain fans of all ages.
There are photos that aren’t as simple as they might seem... there’s a story behind them, something special. A glance is not enough, they catch us and make us look closer. Photos can evoke a variety of emotions: sorrow, happiness, tenderness, but never ever leave us indifferent.
Our team selected 15 photos for you, showing that kindness is love.
Cat house
Little houses like this are provided for stray cats in Turkey. The words ’This is my house. Please don’t damage’ are written on it.
So different, but still together
The transition from childhood to adulthood can be a bumpy road. Many people undergo major changes in the process of growing up, and we all know this, mainly because most of us went through something similar in some way at least. But there are other people whose transformation was more like a metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. Just look at the photographic evidence they shared with the rest of us if you want to understand what we mean.
Bright Side found several examples of people who shared their before and after pics.