{"id":251,"date":"2019-02-10T03:24:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T03:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2019-02-10T03:27:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T03:27:02","slug":"archives-by-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/archives-by-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives by Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sya_container\" id=\"sya_container\"><p class=\"sya_yearslist\" id=\"sya_yearslist\"><a href=\"#year2025\">2025<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2024\">2024<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2023\">2023<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2022\">2022<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2021\">2021<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2020\">2020<\/a> &bull; <a href=\"#year2019\">2019<\/a><\/p><a id=\"year2025\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2025\/\" rel=\"section\">2025<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>8<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-war-ii-d-day-veteran-tiktok-star-papa-jake-102-1922-2025-to-be-honored-at-normandy\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1117\" rel=\"bookmark\">World War ii D-Day Veteran and TikTok star &#8220;Papa Jake&#8221;, 102 (1922-2025), to be honored at Normandy<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) WWII veteran, TikTok star &#8220;Papa Jake&#8221; Larson to be honored in Normandy Families in Normandy, France, are getting ready to celebrate the life of &#8220;Papa Jake&#8221; Larson \u2014...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/historical-site-found-george-washington-stops-friendly-fire-with-sword-1758\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1115\" rel=\"bookmark\">Archeologists find 1758 site where George Washington saved lives by stepping between friendly fire to block muskets with his sword<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania Three decades before his election as the first...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-30-years-own-stunts\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1111\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;8000 ft with 140 mph winds. No CGI.&#8221; Still doing the impossible, 30 years on: 62-year-old Tom Cruise receives 7-and-a-half-minute ovation at Cannes premier of Final Reckoning full of &#8220;mind-melting stunts&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Watch Tom Cruise Dangle Off a Plane in New &#8216;Mission: Impossible &#8211; The Final Reckoning&#8217; Sneak Peek Paramount Pictures has unveiled a jaw-dropping behind-the-scenes video from...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/pope-leo-xiv-first-american-pope-peru-two-decades-calls-for-peace\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1109\" rel=\"bookmark\">First American Pope Leo XIV, also a Peruvian citizen, calls for unity and reconciliation, &#8220;to build bridges with dialogue and encounter so we can all be one people always in peace&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) VATICAN CITY (CNS) \u2014 Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as the successor of St. Peter by calling for \u201ca united...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/adem-yaren-fisherman-friendship-stork-friendship\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1105\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nature and lasting bond: stork journeys 2,500 miles visiting fisherman friend in Turkish village every year for 14 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Old Man and the Stork: An Unlikely Friendship That Captivated a Nation From Turkiye comes the story of an annual spring reunion that has captivated the hearts of a nation for 14 years. It...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/plogging-sport-sweden-italy-world-championships-running-while-picking-up-trash\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1102\" rel=\"bookmark\">Plogging to stay fit and keep earth clean &#8211; new Swedish sport catches on with world championships in Italy collecting thousands pounds of trash<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A new international workout trend has made it possible to get in shape and care for the environment at the same time. Groups of people around the world are picking up trash while out running,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wisdom-world-oldest-known-bird-74-year-old-albatross-becomes-mother-again\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1100\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wisdom the albatross, good luck to sailors and ships, with many children, welcomes another new baby in her 70s or 80s &#8211; world oldest bird?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) At 74, Wisdom the albatross is welcoming new motherhood once again The Laysan albatross was first banded (or marked) in Hawaii in 1956. Meaning, she could be even older than the current...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/california-fire-chief-saves-two-homes-from-la-fires-with-milk-beers-he-finds-in-fridge-when-water-hose-runs-dry\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1098\" rel=\"bookmark\">LA Fire Chief saves two homes from surrounding blaze with milk and beers he finds in fridge when faced with melting gas meter and dry fire hose<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A California fire chief had to improvise while trying to save whatever homes were left standing as the Eaton fire threatened a neighborhood in Altadena. At a neighbor&#8217;s home, Fennessy...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2024\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2024\/\" rel=\"section\">2024<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>55<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/lego-christmas-tree-35-feet-tall-364-thousand-bricks-3000-hours-to-build\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1095\" rel=\"bookmark\">35-foot Lego Christmas tree took 364,000 bricks and over 3,000 hours to build; Lego carrying the toy industry by &#8220;staying three steps ahead&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Market.Watch)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Lego is reinventing its iconic brick sets and keeping the toy industry afloat The toy industry is headed for its second consecutive annual sales decline, but it\u2019s got one thing propping it...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/white-christmas-song-movie-timeless-classic-fun-facts-bing-crosby-danny-kaye-irving-berlin-rosemary-clooney-vera-ellen\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1093\" rel=\"bookmark\">White Christmas &#8211; one of the most beloved songs and movie classics of all time, starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/uk-most-festive-pub-55000-lights-snowman-made-from-empty-bottles-christmas-decorations\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1091\" rel=\"bookmark\">55,000 lights and a snowman made from empty bottles at UK&#8217;s &#8220;most festive pub&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The UK&#8217;s &#8216;most festive pub&#8217; with 55,000 lights and a snowman made from empty wine bottles A charming Somerset pub, known to be one of the most festive in the world, has lit...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/polar-night-norway-svalbard-arctic-winter-deep-appreciation-nature-calm-peaceful\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1089\" rel=\"bookmark\">Polar night: how Norwegian towns make the most of sunless winter with &#8220;deep appreciation for nature&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Norwegian Town Where the Sun Doesn\u2019t Rise I spent a year in Troms\u00f8, Norway, where the \u201cPolar Night\u201d lasts all winter\u2014and where rates of seasonal depression are remarkably low....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/30-stranded-pilot-whales-rescued-by-maori-group-new-zealand-with-sheets\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1087\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Zealand &#8211; M\u0101ori group rescues 30 stranded pilot whales by lifting them on sheets<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) More than 30 stranded whales rescued in New Zealand A pod of more than 30 pilot whales were rescued after being stranded on Ruak\u0101k\u0101 Beach near Whang\u0101rei in northern New Zealand on Sunday,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/moveable-bridge-swings-horizontally-to-let-boats-pass-in-scotland\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1084\" rel=\"bookmark\">184-m-long double-leaf swing bridge connects banks across long-divided Scottish river, &#8220;as much a machine as a structure&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Awesome Bridge Swings Back and Forth to Allow Boats to Pass Over Long-Divided Scottish River It\u2019s one of the world\u2019s first large \u201cdouble-leaf swing bridges,\u201d to use the proper term,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/elwood-edwards-voice-behind-iconic-aol-greeting-youve-got-mail-beginning-internet-age-inspired-movie\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1083\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elwood Edwards &#8211; voice behind the iconic AOL greeting &#8220;You&#8217;ve got mail&#8221; at beginning of an simpler, friendlier internet age that inspired a movie<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Elwood Edwards, the voice behind the online service America Online&#8217;s iconic &#8220;You&#8217;ve got mail&#8221; greeting, died at age 74, one day before his 75th birthday, according to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/quotes-reading-books-childrens-story-only-enjoyed-by-children-not-c-s-lewis\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1081\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.&#8221; &#8211; Edgar Allan Poe<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.&#8221; &#8211; Edgar Allan Poe&#8220;A children\u2019s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children\u2019s story in the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/more-screentime-for-kids-reading-down-literacy-reading-proficiency-record-low\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1080\" rel=\"bookmark\">Screen time up, reading down? Children&#8217;s reading rates plummet to lowest since records began 2 decades ago, report finds<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Education.Advisor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Children aren&#8217;t reading for pleasure according to new research The National Literacy Trust&#8217;s annual literacy survey 2025 reveals that one in three children and young people do not...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fungi-intelligence-decision-making-without-a-brain\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1078\" rel=\"bookmark\">The unseen intelligence of mushrooms: &#8220;they have memories, they learn, and they can make decisions.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) No Brains, No Problem: The Surprising Intelligence of Fungi \u201cYou\u2019d be surprised at just how much fungi are capable of,\u201d remarks Yu Fukasawa of Tohoku University, \u201cThey have memories,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/joshua-the-goat-runs-half-marathon-newfoundland-becomes-international-celebrity\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1075\" rel=\"bookmark\">Newfoundland: Joshua the Goat joins a half marathon, runs four kilometres, wins a medal and becomes international celebrity<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) This goat hopped into a Newfoundland marathon \u2014 and won a medal Joshua the goat has become a star, says Mayor Darrin Bent As marathon runners made their way through winding forest pathways...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/where-words-fail-music-speaks-hans-christian-andersen\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1077\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.&#8221; &#8211; Plato<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Where words fail, music speaks.&#8221;&#8211; Hans Christian Andersen &#8220;Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/centuries-old-sheet-music-by-mozart-found-in-austria\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1074\" rel=\"bookmark\">New music manuscript found &#8211; attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart written around 1760 between 10 and 13 years old<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) New Mozart Just Dropped: Lost Manuscript Reveals Centuries-Old Music The young Mozart composed the piece around 1760 and was played for the first time at the Leipzig Opera over the weekend. A...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/beautiful-bird-photos-swinhoe-flycatcher-elegant-terns-bald-eagles-hummingbird\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1069\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos of beautiful feathered friends: Swinhoe on flower, Flycatcher mid-air snack, Elegant Terns strut about, Bald eagle aerial acrobatics, hummingbird on blossoming fruit tree<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Image courtesy Elizabeth Yicheng Shen and AudubonRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/dame-maggie-smith-2024-beloved-actress-harry-potter-downton-abbey\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1072\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sad. Beloved Maggie left behind her legacy, saying farewell as Lady Violet Crawley in &#8220;Downton Abbey&#8221;: &#8220;\u2026and now it&#8217;s time to go&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Maggie Smith: \u2018A National Treasure\u2019 Viola Davis commended Smith for \u201cdefying the expectations of age\u201d in a touching tribute. \u201cThe end of an era of the sheer definition of what it...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/belgian-eco-designer-gives-used-tennis-balls-new-purpose-as-chairs-than-landfill\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1066\" rel=\"bookmark\">300 million tennis balls made each year taking 400 years to decompose &#8211; Belgian designer turns them into comfy chairs instead<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In the last two years, tennis has taken over our closets (court-appropriate garb can be found everywhere from Skims to Miu Miu), our screens (who could forget Zendaya\u2019s turn as the tennis...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/original-signed-copy-us-constitution-found-in-filing-cabinet-auction\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1068\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ultra-rare original &#8220;archetype&#8221; signed copy of the U.S. Constitution found in a filing cabinet<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Ultra-Rare Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Found in a Filing Cabinet, Heads to Auction If you\u2019ve ever wanted to own a rare signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, now\u2019s your chance. On...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/procreate-ceo-james-cuda-pledges-no-generative-ai-in-products-protect-human-creativity\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1064\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Creativity is made, not generated&#8221; &#8211; Procreate CEO defies industry trend, vows &#8220;no generative AI&#8221; will be included in its products<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Procreate announced that it will not incorporate generative AI into its popular iPad illustration app. The decision comes in response to an ongoing backlash from some parts of the art...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/turning-banana-peels-agricultural-waste-into-fabric-and-clean-renewable-fuel\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1062\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fashion and fuel go bananas: breakthrough can turn agricultural waste into textile while leftovers to power half of rural Pakistan<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) New method turns banana waste into green textiles, energy Scientists estimate that the banana agricultural waste in Pakistan could yield 57,488 million cubic meters of syngas. Scientists from...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/robotaxis-trying-to-park-keep-neighborhood-awake-with-endless-honking-at-each-other\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1059\" rel=\"bookmark\">Self-driving Waymos trying to self-park keep neighborhood awake with endlessly honking<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Endless Honking of Waymo\u2019s Driverless Taxis Wakes a Neighborhood In late July, Waymo rented a parking lot outside two San Francisco apartment buildings for its vehicles to idle in. Then...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/mathematicians-make-breakthrough-in-distribution-of-prime-numbers-162-years-after-riemann-hypothesis\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1058\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mathematicians make breakthrough in distribution of prime numbers 162 years after Riemann hypothesis, 3 centuries after Gauss&#8217;s estimate<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Mathematicians Clear Hurdle in Quest to Decode Primes Paul Nelson has solved the subconvexity problem, bringing mathematicians one step closer to understanding the Riemann hypothesis and the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/france-first-cheese-museum-musee-du-fromage-paris-traditional-cheesemaking\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1056\" rel=\"bookmark\">France&#8217;s first cheese museum opens in Paris with a window into traditional cheesemaking processes<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Cheesemaker Pierre Brisson, who moved to Paris 15 years ago and also runs a cheesemaking school, has decided to open a Mus\u00e9e du Fromage to showcase traditional cheesemaking processes. \u2018I...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/70-year-old-senior-woman-starts-modeling-career-life-doesnt-end-at-70\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1055\" rel=\"bookmark\">Being herself: natural elegance and charm. Belfast retiree starts fashion model career at 70<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by blog_admin)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8216;I was a shy pensioner &#8211; now I&#8217;m a 70-year-old model proving it&#8217;s never too late&#8217; Anne Flanagan, 70, from Belfast, was approached by a photographer in the street...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/copenhagen-rewards-tourists-and-locals-with-free-food-and-activities-by-taking-part-in-eco-friendly-tasks-like-biking-taking-public-transportation-or-pick-up-litter\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1052\" rel=\"bookmark\">Copenhagen rewards tourists and locals with free food and activities by taking part in eco-friendly tasks like biking, taking public transportation or pick up litter<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Is a free lunch enough incentive to get you to litter-pick on holiday? Copenhagen hopes so Tourists to the Danish capital will be rewarded with free food and activities &#8211; but only if...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/three-musical-scottish-brothers-look-to-set-another-world-record-cross-pacific-row-from-peru-to-australia-non-stop\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1049\" rel=\"bookmark\">Edinburgh: first three brothers to row any ocean with Atlantic record set to make history again to cross Pacific non-stop and un-supported in boat they designed themselves to raise money for clean water<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Edinburgh brothers look to make history with Pacific Ocean row A trio of brothers from Edinburgh are set to take on their biggest challenge yet by attempting to become the first team to row...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/whats-happening-former-us-president-donald-trump-survives-shooting-at-campaign-rally-in-pennsylvania-on-saturday-july-13-2024\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1051\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s happening? Pennsylvania. July 13<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) CNN \u2014 Former President Donald Trump was wounded Saturday evening while speaking onstage at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in an incident that\u2019s being investigated as an assassination...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-largest-music-record-labels-sue-genai-startups-for-copyright-infringement-on-a-massive-scale\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1048\" rel=\"bookmark\">World largest music record labels sue GenAI startups for copyright infringement on a &#8220;massive scale&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Records have sued AI music-synthesis companies Udio and Suno for allegedly...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/need-vs-want-no-buy-challenge-catches-on-to-save-planet-and-wallet-most-people-in-wealthy-countries-own-77-155-pieces-of-clothing-and-only-wear-20-80-of-the-time\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1046\" rel=\"bookmark\">Need vs. want &#8211; &#8220;No Buy Challenge&#8221; catches on to save planet and wallet. Most people in wealthy countries own 77-155 pieces of clothing and only wear 20% 80% of the time<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A practical guide on how to stop buying clothes. Six years ago, Lauren Fay decided to stop buying new clothes for a full year. At the time, this seemed like a radical thing to do; but she was...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/narrowest-escape-at-midnight-self-driving-tesla-crashes-into-police-cruiser-while-driver-checks-phone-nearly-mowing-down-officer-and-another-dispatcher-car-investigating-fatal-traffic-accident\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1045\" rel=\"bookmark\">Narrowest escape at midnight: self-driving Tesla crashes into police cruiser while driver checks phone, nearly mowing down officer and another dispatcher car investigating fatal traffic accident<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Tesla driver using the vehicle\u2019s self-driving mode crashed into a police car Thursday morning in Fullerton, almost hitting an officer who was investigating another crash, according to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/walking-tree-named-new-zealand-tree-of-the-year-2024\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1043\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Walking Tree&#8221; named New Zealand Tree of the Year 2024<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Karamea Walking Tree Wins 2024 Tree of the Year New Zealand The New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ Arb) is delighted to announce The Walking Tree as the winner of the 2024 Tree of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/i-am-not-a-robot-captchas-are-getting-harder-as-machines-get-smarter\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1041\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;I am not a robot&#8221; &#8211; Captchas are getting harder as machines get smarter<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Philosophy)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a challenge-response authentication security technique. They are riddles designed to protect websites...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/if-you-cant-beat-them-eat-them-restaurants-turn-invasive-species-into-haute-cuisine\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1039\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;If you can\u2019t beat them, eat them&#8221; &#8211; restaurants turn invasive species into haute cuisine<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;If You Can\u2019t Beat Them, Eat Them&#8221; A new kind of out-of-town visitor likes to check out the famous Brandenburg Tor in Berlin these days: Louisiana crawfish scuttles through the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-openai-sam-altman-chat-gpt-voice-after-turning-him-down-twice\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1035\" rel=\"bookmark\">Actress Scarlett Johansson &#8220;shocked and angered&#8221; over OpenAi&#8217;s chatbot with voice &#8220;Eerily Similar to Mine&#8221; after saying no to Sam Altman both times<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Scarlett Johansson Says She Was \u2018Shocked\u2019 and \u2018Angered\u2019 Over OpenAI\u2019s Use of a Voice That Was \u2018Eerily Similar to Mine\u2019 Actor Scarlett Johansson said she turned down OpenAI\u2018s...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/rgk-ranch-texas-family-turn-down-developers-millions-to-build-public-park-1500-acres\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1033\" rel=\"bookmark\">Texas family turn down millions from developers to turn 1500 acres into public park for all to enjoy<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Developers Offered a Texas Family Millions for Their Land. They Chose to Make It a Park Instead. Daniel Kozmetsky wades through a sea of lemon-yellow wildflowers growing along a ridge and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/aurora-borealis-northern-lights-around-the-world-sunspots-largest-geomagnetic-storm-two-decades\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1031\" rel=\"bookmark\">Northern lights (aurora borealis) seen around the world from largest geomagnetic storm in two decades<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Northern Lights stun UK in spectacular display The Northern Lights have made a rare appearance across the UK, delighting sky watchers up and down the country. They could be seen after one of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/paris-france-to-host-world-largest-picnic-up-to-4000-guests-champs-elysees\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1030\" rel=\"bookmark\">Le Grand Pique Nique: Paris to host world largest picnic for up to 4,000 along Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es from Arc de Triomphe to Avenue George V<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es will be covered in an enormous picnic blanket, and everyone lucky enough to attend will get a free picnic basket of local delicacies There\u2019s something quite chic about...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/blue-rock-thrush-rare-bird-sighting-in-oregon-first-in-united-states\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1029\" rel=\"bookmark\">Birding world all aflutter over accidental rare bird photo: first blue rock thrush sighting in US<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting On a trip to the Oregon coast in late April, amateur photographer Michael Sanchez took his new camera out to Hug...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/generation-z-increasingly-choose-trade-school-over-college-for-six-figure-jobs-that-cannot-be-replaced-by-ai\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1027\" rel=\"bookmark\">Generation Z increasingly choose trade school over college for six-figure jobs that cannot be replaced by AI<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The \u2018Toolbelt Generation\u2019: Gen Z skipping college for trades Gen Z has earned a new nickname for taking on more skilled trade positions as more young people are reportedly skipping...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2-billion-birds-migrate-through-texas-each-spring-lights-out-program-keep-buildings-dark-at-night-to-keep-birds-safe-from-collisions\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1026\" rel=\"bookmark\">2 billion birds migrate through Texas each Spring &#8211; Lights Out program keep buildings dark at night to keep birds safe from collisions<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Texas is globally important for birds. Approximately 1 of every 3 birds migrating through the U.S. in spring, and 1 of every 4 birds migrating through the U.S. in the fall, or nearly two...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/total-solar-eclipse-2024-across-continental-north-america-32-million-people-in-the-path-of-totality-from-mexico-to-united-states-and-canada\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1025\" rel=\"bookmark\">Total solar eclipse 2024 across continental North America: 32 million people in the path of totality from Mexico to United States and Canada<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Eclipse across North America: The total solar eclipse that swept across Mexico, the United States and Canada has completed a spectacular journey over continental North America. An estimated...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-nature-photography-awards-2024-photos-gannets-fishing-scotland-winter-landscape-iceland-plant-looks-like-owl-thailand\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1023\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Nature Photography Awards 2024 winners: gannets fishing in Scotland, magical winter landscape in Iceland, owl-look-alike plant in Thailand<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland\u2019s Shetland Islands has won first prize at the World Nature Photography Awards. The image by Tracey Lund, from...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/oregon-outback-world-largest-international-dark-sky-sanctuary-from-artificial-light-pollution\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1022\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oregon Outback now world largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary to protect over 11 million acres of pristine wilderness full of stars from light pollution<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Step into the heart of eastern Oregon, where the night sky unveils a spectacle so mesmerizing that it&#8217;s officially been crowned the world&#8217;s largest International Dark Sky...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/un-world-happiness-report-2024-finland-tops-list-as-happiest-country-7-years-in-a-row\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1021\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Happiness Report 2024: Finland tops list as happiest country 7 years in a row<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Finland Tops Happiest Countries List for the Seventh Time For the seventh year running, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the United Nations\u2019 World Happiness...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/confusing-food-expiration-date-labels-united-states-contribute-to-food-waste-uneaten\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1020\" rel=\"bookmark\">Over 1\/3 of food goes to waste &#8211; 400 pounds per American totalling $165 billion per year. Confusing food expiration date labeling key contributor<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Dating Game: How Confusing Food Date Labels Lead to Food Waste in America Here&#8217;s a superbly-kept secret: All those dates on food products\u2014sell by, use by, best before\u2014almost...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/st-pauls-cathedral-secret-library-open-for-one-night-stay-world-book-day\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1018\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sleep amongst 22,000 books &#8211; St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral&#8217;s secret library open for one overnight stay in honor of World Book Day<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) With its towering dome, St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral is one of the most famous structures in all of London. Soon, some lucky travelers will have a chance to spend the night at the famed...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/chile-under-water-mountain-range-full-of-deep-sea-creatures-new-species\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1017\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chile: 100+ possibly new deep-sea species found in 1,800-mile-long underwater mountain range<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) An international team of scientists may have found more than 100 new species, during a mission to explore seamounts off the coast of Chile. These creatures who look like they come from a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/san-francisco-lunar-new-year-parade-largest-outside-asia-near-300-foot-golden-dragon-2024\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1014\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lunar New Year&#8217;s Parade in San Francisco largest outside Asia, nearly 3 hours long over 1.3 miles featuring 289-foot-long golden dragon<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) San Francisco\u2019s Lunar New Year parade celebrates the Year of the Dragon (Video) Amid the loud pops of firecrackers, thousands of people gathered as dozens of floats rolled from Market and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/italian-airport-vineyard-roof-florence-design-tuscany-wine-region\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1013\" rel=\"bookmark\">Florence airport design: 19-acre rooftop vineyard a reflection of Tuscany&#8217;s culture of wine<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) This Italian Airport Will Have A Vineyard On Its Roof From their window seats, future visitors landing at the Amerigo Vespucci Airport in Florence (sometimes called Peretola Airport) will...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/photos-lunar-new-year-of-wooden-dragon-2024-around-the-world-lion-dance-red-lanterns-mulan\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1009\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024 &#8211; photos from celebrations around the world<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Image courtesy Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images, Leon Neal\/Getty Images, Ezra Acayan\/Getty Images, Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images, Axel Miranda\/SOPA Images\/Sipa\/Reuters, Disney and Lego<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/once-near-extinct-sea-otters-restore-california-coastline-erosion-by-feasting-on-marsh-crabs\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1008\" rel=\"bookmark\">Once hunted to near extinction, restored sea otters restore degraded coastline, cutting erosion by 90% by chowing down on crabs<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Sea Otters Returned to a Degraded Coastline Ate Enough Crabs to Restore Balance and Cut Erosion by 90% Against all odds, a distressed California coastal ecosystem is on the mend, in large...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/billionaires-millionaires-open-letter-for-wealth-tax-to-pay-for-public-services-stable-economy\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1007\" rel=\"bookmark\">More than 250 billionaires and millionaires sign open letter for wealth taxes on themselves to provide better public services and more stable economy<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) \u201cOur request is simple: tax us, the very richest in society,&#8221; they write in an open letter. \u201cIf elected representatives of the world\u2019s leading economies do not take steps to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/stars-are-land-marks-of-the-universe-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1006\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The stars are the land-marks of the universe.&#8221; &#8211; Sir John Frederick William Herschel<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;The stars are the land-marks of the universe.&#8221; &#8211; Sir John Frederick William Herschel &#8220;Ye stars! Which are the poetry of heaven.&#8221; &#8211; Lord Byron &#8220;Silently, one...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fed-regulations-no-more-humor-in-highway-signs-safety-measure\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1004\" rel=\"bookmark\">US State highway signs have two years to stop being funny: no more &#8220;use yah blinkah&#8221; in Massachusetts or &#8220;Hocus Pocus, drive with focus&#8221; in New Jersey<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by blog_admin)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Tough crowd? Feds putting end to \u2018humorous\u2019 highway signs to prioritize safety The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is cracking down on \u201chumorous\u201d digital signs that have been...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/simpler-life-before-always-plugged-in-smartphones-survey-millenials-gen-z-miss-days-before-internet\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1003\" rel=\"bookmark\">The simpler life: 67% of poll respondents including 77% of Americans age 35-54 would like to go back to life before internet and smartphones<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed According to a new survey, Americans are yearning for an era before constant connectivity....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/steamboat-willie-mickey-mouse-enters-public-domain\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-1001\" rel=\"bookmark\">1 January 2024: Mickey Mouse of &#8220;Steamboat Willie&#8221; enters public domain<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8216;Steamboat Willie&#8217; is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse? An early Walt Disney movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse is among the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2023\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2023\/\" rel=\"section\">2023<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>59<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/full-cold-moon-photos-december-2023-day-after-christmas\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-999\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Cold Moon&#8221; &#8211; 13th and last full moon of 2023 see on Boxing Day (day after Christmas) around the world<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) December\u2019s full moon, the \u201cCold Moon,\u201d rose during dusk on Tuesday as Boxing Day\u2014the day after Christmas Day\u2014was celebrated. The final full moon of 2023 and the first of winter, it...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/over-40-us-states-sue-meta-over-childrens-addiction-online-privacy-and-mental-health\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-998\" rel=\"bookmark\">Over 40 US States sue Meta over children\u2019s addiction, online privacy and mental health<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people\u2019s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/what-price-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-uses-electricity-close-to-poland-more-water-than-nyc\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-996\" rel=\"bookmark\">What price cryptocurrency? Bitcoin uses nearly as much electricity as the entire country of Poland, more water than New York City, &#8220;a swimming pool of water&#8221; per payment<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill &#8220;a back yard swimming pool&#8221;, a new study suggests. That&#8217;s around six million times more than is used in a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/new-zealand-to-ban-cellphones-in-schools-literacy-rates-drops-to-new-low-classroom-crisis\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-995\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools as literacy rates drops to new low: &#8220;we want our kids to learn and we want our teachers to teach&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Education.Advisor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) WELLINGTON \u2014 Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday (Dec 1), as his fledgling government looks to turn around the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/judge-sends-kids-to-school-for-support-education-job-skill-keep-them-out-of-jail-john-phillips-rancho-cielo\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-994\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Jobs, not jail&#8221;: judge founded vocational training school to keep kids out of prison: $110,000 a year to incarcerate vs. $25,000 a year to educate<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Jobs, Not Jail: A Judge Was Sick of Sending Kids to Prison, So He Found a Better Way By the year 2000, Judge John Phillips had long since lost count of the number of minors he had sent...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/marcus-aurelius-meditations-roman-emperor-philosophy-wisdom-life-lessons\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-992\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meditations &#8211; journal of second-century A.D. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius who turned to philosophy and introspection for answers to life and happiness<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Philosophy)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive &#8211; to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.&#8221; &#8211; Marcus Aurelius (quote) What were Marcus...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-james-webb-telescope-combine-photo-galaxy-cluster-macs0416\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-991\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA photo: JWT and Hubble team up to create most comprehensive views of universe ever taken<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have united to study an expansive galaxy cluster known as MACS0416. The resulting panchromatic image combines visible and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gardening-quotes-hands-in-the-dirt-head-in-the-sun-heart-with-nature-to-nurture-a-garden-is-to-feed-not-just-the-body-but-the-soul\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-990\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.&#8221; &#8211; Alfred Austin &#8220;It will never...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/cruise-suspends-robotaxis-across-us-after-rolling-over-pedestrian-california-dmv-revokes-permit\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-987\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cruise pauses driverless cars nationwide after immediate indefinite suspension by California DMV due ot &#8220;unreasonable risk to public safety&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) California has ordered the company Cruise to immediately stop operations of its driverless cars in the state. The Department of Motor Vehicles said on Tuesday that it was issuing the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tech-layoffs-near-250k-2023-october-vs-165k-2022\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-986\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tech layoffs close to 1\/4 million as of October 2023 vs. 165k in 2022: Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta, Zoom\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Last year\u2019s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that\u2019s already 50% higher than last year and growing. Earlier this year,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/annular-solar-eclipse-2023-ring-of-fire-photo\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-984\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amazing Photo: &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221; Annular Solar Eclipse 2023<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Saturday saw a major solar eclipse cross the Americas, with all but the tips of North and South America able to see the new moon appear to take a bite out of the sun. Over the course of a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/iconic-american-southern-fades-with-gen-z\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-982\" rel=\"bookmark\">One of America&#8217;s most iconic (and voted &#8220;most attractive&#8221;) accents is fading: the Southern drawl declining sharply in Gen Z<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Well, bless their hearts \u2014 Gen Z is killing the Southern drawl, y\u2019all. That\u2019s according to a new study published in Language Variation and Change, which claims the classic Southern...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/oktoberfest-world-largest-folk-festival-originated-1810-bavarian-crown-prince-ludwig-princess-therese\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-981\" rel=\"bookmark\">World-largest folk festival Oktoberfest originated in 1810 in honor of Bavarian royal wedding, runs longest in 2023<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) From September 16 to October 3, the largest folk festival in the world takes place on the Theresienwiese. The festival site covers an area of 34.5 hectares. 898 companies have applied for...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/michael-gambon-82-years-old-laurence-olivier-richard-harris\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-980\" rel=\"bookmark\">Michael Gambon (1940 &#8211; 2023), internationally known for playing Professor Dumbledore in Harry Potter, was &#8220;one of the last links to the great generation of actors&#8221; with six-decade-long career<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Sir Michael John Gambon CBE (19 October 1940 \u2013 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/pregnant-elephant-dies-in-agony-from-pineapple-filled-with-explosives\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-978\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pregnant wild elephant &#8220;walked for days in pain before dying&#8221; in India after being fed explosive pineapple, sparks outrage<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Indian wildlife officials are mourning the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala, India, who reportedly died after being fed a firecracker-filled pineapple by an unknown assailant....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/authors-guild-file-class-action-suit-against-open-ai-copyright-infringement-open-letter-john-grisham-michael-connelly-george-r-r-martin\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-976\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Authors Guild and 17 prominent writers including Grisham, Connelly, Baldacci, GRRM file class action lawsuit against OpenAI for &#8220;flagrant and harmful&#8221; copyright infringement, 10,000+ authors sign open letter, &#8220;people keep telling me they bought my newest book\u2026 I didn\u2019t write&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) George R. R. Martin, Jodi Picoult and other famous writers join Authors Guild in class action lawsuit against OpenAI New York (CNN) \u2014 A group of famous fiction writers joined the Authors...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/61yo-home-owner-fights-back-stabs-attacker-with-own-knife\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-977\" rel=\"bookmark\">61-year-old Napa man stabbed in back by trespasser, pulls out knife to stab him back, subdues attacker for arrest<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Stabbed Napa County homeowner pulls out knife, stabs assailant, sheriff says When a 61-year-old man was stabbed in the back on his Napa County property Saturday morning, he pulled the knife...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tourists-outnumber-locals-venice-residents-feel-like-foreigners-in-own-home\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-974\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;We feel like foreigners in our own home&#8221; &#8211; Venice locals outnumbered by tourists, day-tripper entrance fee to start in 2024<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The number of beds available to tourists on Venice\u2019s main island has surpassed the number of year-round residents for the first time, as a Unesco decision on the city\u2019s future on the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/superior-mirages-fata-morgana-floating-ships-waterfalls-on-fire-the-waves-rock-formation\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-975\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fata Morgana and other natural optical phenomena: floating ship, waterfalls on fire, undulating waves in rocks<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) At sea, objects in the distance may appear to be floating above the horizon. A Fata Morgana is a complex, rapidly changing form of a superior mirage, an optical phenomenon that is created...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/cable-cars-invented-150-years-2023-andrew-smith-hallidie-san-francisco-only-moving-national-landmarks\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-972\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cable cars invented by Andrew Smith Hallidie 150 years ago, 40 cable lines worldwide, now a moving US National Landmark<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) San Francisco\u2019s first tech boom wasn\u2019t about silicon, but steel. Steel cable that triggered a revolution in urban transportation. Scotsman Andrew S. Hallidie, an experienced maker of wire...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/japan-dumps-fukushima-radioactive-water-into-ocean-no-radiation-level-safe-scientific-study\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-970\" rel=\"bookmark\">Protests in multiple countries as Japan begins dumping Fukushima nuclear waste water into ocean. Study: &#8220;No Radiation Level Safe&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In a decision steeped in controversy, Japan started releasing radioactive water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. In South Korea, protests and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/self-driving-cars-sits-in-cement-waiting-for-rescue-brilliant-placement-of-a-traffic-cone-do-they-think-firetrucks-should-yield-to-them\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-968\" rel=\"bookmark\">Self-driving cars sits in cement waiting for rescue; &#8220;brilliant&#8221; placement of a traffic cone; do they think firetrucks should yield to them?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Self-Driving Cars Wearing a Cone of Shame There\u2019s a brilliant campaign to stop San Francisco\u2019s autonomous vehicles in their tracks. Self-driving cars have met their match in the form...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/cartoons-artificial-intelligence-coffee-machine-ai-take-over-fast-food-extinction-risk-real-intelligence-self-driving-text\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-966\" rel=\"bookmark\">AI cartoons: coffee machine, fast food takeover, extinction risk, real intelligence, self-driving and texting?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Image courtesy Dilbert, newworldai.com, pinterest and theweek.comRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/twitter-bluebird-lost-to-new-x-logo-elon-musk-rebrand-jack-dorsey\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-964\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blue Bird, lovely, lively, missing Jack? Had his ambitions not grown bigger (Shakespeare: &#8220;the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream&#8221;), Blue Bird would still tweet on Twitter<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Dare.Say)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Al Young, joint chief creative officer, St Luke\u2019s \u201c&#8230;getting rid of the perfect little bird icon, which is instantly recognizable and charismatic, in favor of X is not going to be a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/twitter-bluebird-lost-to-new-x-logo-elon-musk-rebrand\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-963\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blue Bird, lucky birds, continue to cheerfully chirp, twitter, sing among trees and flowers though lost duel with &#8220;X&#8221;: one from nature, the other from where?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) For over a decade, the Twitter bird logo has been inseparable from the social media platform. But with the service\u2019s X rebrand, Musk is saying goodbye to \u2018all the birds.\u2019 Early Monday...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tony-bennett-1926-2023-music-legend-wwii-veteran-great-generation-smile\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-961\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;A tear may be so near\u2026life is still worthwhile, if you just smile&#8221;: Tony Bennett (1926-2023), World War II veteran and music legend spanning 7 decades<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Tony Bennett, legendary singer and master of the American songbook, dies at 96 &#8220;I&#8217;ve never worked a day in my life,&#8221; Tony Bennett told USA TODAY in 2011, &#8220;because I...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sailor-and-dog-adrift-at-sea-survives-two-months-on-fish-rainwater\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-960\" rel=\"bookmark\">51-year-old Australian sailor and dog survives two months stranded at sea by eating raw fish and drinking rain water<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) An Australian sailor who survived two months in the Pacific Ocean by eating raw fish and drinking rainwater is &#8220;stable and very well&#8221;, a doctor says. Sydney resident Tim Shaddock,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-photo-james-webb-telescope-anniversary-2023-50-stars-born-stellar-nursery\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-958\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA &#8220;stellar nursery&#8221; photo celebrates James Webb Telescope one year anniversary: formation of 50 young stars all similar in size to the Sun &#8220;like a newborn first stretching her arms out into the world&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A star is born: On its one-year anniversary, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope published an image capturing the formation of 50 young stars in vivid detail, including some that indicate the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/elon-musk-tweet-classic-poem-of-seven-steps-prince-cao-zhi-emperor-cao-pi-brothers\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-956\" rel=\"bookmark\">Musk&#8217;s trick tweet treat: classic verse Cao Zhi (AD 192-232) composed within 7 steps on his brother Cao Pi&#8217;s order about brothers without the word &#8220;brother&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In a Monday tweet, Elon Musk wrote \u201chumankind,\u201d followed by the 1,800-year-old classical Chinese poem The Quatrain of Seven Steps. Here is the poem translated into English by Moss...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/canada-fires-2023-by-the-numbers-worst-fire-season-over-8-million-hectares-burnt-over-100-million-in-us-under-air-quality-alert\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-954\" rel=\"bookmark\">Earth runs a fever from pollution. Over 3,063 fires before July in Canada&#8217;s worst fire season, 8.2 million hectares burnt, over 100 million in US under air quality alert<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Canadian wildfire smoke reaches Europe as Canada reports its worst fire season on record (CNN) Canada has officially marked its worst wildfire season on record, with smoke from the blazes...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/divers-fish-octopus-friendship-bond-meet-each-other-oscar-winning-documentary\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-952\" rel=\"bookmark\">Divers and fish or octopus meet now and then: how to recognize one another in vast waters, billions swimming\u2026 Karma? Reincarnation?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A scuba diver has forged an unlikely bond with a wild fish and the pair meet up every summer beneath the waves for a reunion. Rex Colubra made friends with the small mouth bass while on a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/creator-kindergarten-friedrich-frobel-learn-by-play-21-april-1782-21-june-1852\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-951\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inventor of the kindergarten passed away today in 1852: learn by play. &#8220;Let us educate them to stand with their feet rooted in God&#8217;s earth, but with their heads reaching even into heaven, there to behold truth.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Education.Advisor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of good hard work, to introspection and analysis without deeds, or to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/dr-david-hawkins-positive-mind-positive-energy-healthy-you\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-949\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amazing findings: Positive mind produces positive energy, and healthy you! by Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In his book Power vs. Force, Dr. Hawkins goes through the scale consciousness. &#8230;from the lower levels of Shame, Guilt, Apathy, Fear, Anger, and Pride; to Courage, Acceptance, and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/real-life-cowboy-lassos-runaway-steer-michigan-highway-i-75\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-948\" rel=\"bookmark\">Real-life cowboy lassos brave and habitual runaway steer on highway I-75: challenging speeding vehicles of steel and iron\u2026 what a moment!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8216;It was pretty hairy,&#8217; says cowboy who lassoed a rogue steer on a Michigan highway Lester is home at his animal sanctuary and doing just fine thanks to cow catcher Ricky...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/man-stops-bank-robbery-with-kindness-and-hug-desperate-would-be-robber-no-job-wants-to-go-to-jail\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-946\" rel=\"bookmark\">69-year-old man saves bank and jobless would-be robber with kind words and a hug<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) When a struggling Californian attempted to alleviate his financial stress by robbing a bank, Michael Armus Sr. recognized it was out of sadness and not malice. Stepping in with words, and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/lawyer-uses-chatgpt-submits-fake-citations-in-court-generative-ai\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-945\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lawyer suing airline cites six non-existent cases in court based on ChatGPT: &#8220;bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A lawyer used ChatGPT and now has to answer for its \u2018bogus\u2019 citations A filing in a case against Colombian airline Avianca cited six cases that don\u2019t exist, but a lawyer working for the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/eyes-on-road-carmakers-bring-back-buttons-dangers-touchscreens-driving\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-944\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back to origins. Simple or fancy: which is reliable in high-speed traffic? in the split second of saving a life? More Automakers bringing back buttons over touchscreens<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature &#8211; Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touch screens. Buttons are back! Unlike in most peer countries, American roadway deaths...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/content-lucxeed-spend-wise-waste-less-visit-my-confidant-redwood-train-of-morrow\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-916\" rel=\"bookmark\">2009 &#8220;Spend wise, Guardian to Purse&#8221;&#8230; 2021 &#8220;Visit My Confidant&#8221; (p46-49  &#8220;Train of Morrow&#8221;) by LuCxeed<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Spend wise &#8211; Guardian to Purse; waste less &#8211; Angel to Earth. Poll: protecting the planet given priority over economy growth quote from &#8220;Visit My Confidant&#8221;, page 46-49 of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/godfather-of-ai-geoffrey-hinton-interviews-implications-artificial-intelligence-humanity\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-914\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Godfather of artificial intelligence&#8221; Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and &#8220;blows the whistle&#8221; on AI advancement: &#8220;very few examples of a more intelligent thing being controlled by a less intelligent thing&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Why the \u2018Godfather of AI\u2019 decided he had to \u2018blow the whistle\u2019 on the technology \u201cI\u2019m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,\u201d...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/quotes-math-mathematics-in-its-way-poetry-of-logical-ideas-albert-einstein\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-902\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein &#8220;Mathematics is the music of reason.&#8221; \u2014 James Joseph Sylvester &#8220;A mathematician...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/einstein-shape-discovered-aperiodic-monotile-13-sided-shape-never-repeat\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-909\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mathematicians discover 13-sided &#8220;Einstein Shape&#8221; &#8211; aperiodic monotile that can tile an infinite plane and never repeat the same pattern<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) (CNN) &#8211; A geometry problem that has been puzzling scientists for 60 years has likely just been solved by an amateur mathematician with a newly discovered 13-sided shape. Called \u201cThe...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/australian-breaks-guinness-world-record-with-3206-push-ups-in-one-hour-almost-one-per-second\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-910\" rel=\"bookmark\">Australian breaks Guinness World Record with 3206 push-ups in one hour &#8211; almost one per second<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Barrel-chested Lucas Helmke, 33, from Brisbane, Australia, has pushed his strength and stamina to their limits to break the most push ups in one hour world record. Lucas performed 3,206 push...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/panda-video-pandas-sit-at-table-eating-bamboo-who-has-the-best-table-manners\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-908\" rel=\"bookmark\">Who has the best table manners?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/martin-cooper-inventor-of-cellphone-motorola-1973-first-call\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-907\" rel=\"bookmark\">94-year-old former Motorola engineer Martin Cooper remembers inventing the cellphone 50 years ago<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) \u201cHi, Joel? It\u2019s Marty Cooper.\u201d Engineer Martin Cooper cradled a bulky object to his ear, listening. The gray device had two rows of numbered buttons between the ear and mouthpiece. An...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gordon-moore-94-2022-intel-co-founder-philanthropist-moores-law\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-904\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gordon Moore (1929-2023) &#8211; Intel co-founder and philanthropist who predicted rise of personal computing in &#8220;Moore&#8217;s Law&#8221; 20 years before PC and 40 years before iPhone<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (Reuters) &#8211; Intel Corp (INTC.O) co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose &#8220;Moore&#8217;s Law&#8221; predicted a steady rise in...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/travelers-can-spend-a-night-in-the-parisian-opera-house-that-inspired-the-phantom-of-the-opera-novel-from-real-events-and-legends-surrounding-palais-garnier\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-903\" rel=\"bookmark\">Travelers can spend a night in the Parisian opera house that inspired the Phantom of the Opera, novel from real events and legends surrounding Palais Garnier<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Phantom of the Opera fans can now spend the night inside the opulent Parisian opera house that inspired the beloved musical and novel. Airbnb and the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris have teamed up to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/well-well-quest-and-design-2-astron-hues-new-book-release-exclusive-debut\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-912\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Well Well&#8221; &#8211; Quest and Design ii. Exclusive. Debut. new book release: &#8220;Design talkings? Oh yes! Design Sense?&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Well Well &#8211; Quest and Design ii&#8221; by Astron Hues Debut. Original. Exclusive. Dedicated to Friends. Brief beginning: &#8220;Design talkings? Oh, yes! Design Sense?&#8221;...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gen-z-young-workers-grew-up-swiping-smartphones-baffled-by-basic-office-tech\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-900\" rel=\"bookmark\">Back to basics: &#8220;Scanners and copy machines are complicated&#8221; &#8211; older workers help Gen-Z who grew up on smartphone apps learn office tech<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Education.Advisor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) They may be digital natives, but young workers were raised on user-friendly apps \u2013 and office devices are far less intuitive Garrett Bemiller, a 25-year-old New Yorker, has spent his entire...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fashion-of-haste-more-rush-hour-in-daily-doings-than-traffic\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-892\" rel=\"bookmark\">Future in Fashion of Haste: &#8220;More rush hours in daily doings rather than rush hours in traffic&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Future in Fashion of Haste. New book &#8220;As You Wish&#8221;, philosophical Slow down, possible? &#8220;More rush hours in daily doings rather than rush hours in traffic.&#8221;<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/smarter-than-we-think-intelligence-cockatoo-uses-mulitiple-tools-sheep-unlocks-gate\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-898\" rel=\"bookmark\">They&#8217;re smarter than we think: cockatoo makes and uses toolset, sheep unlocks gate<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Cockatoos can not only use tools, they can carry whole toolkits to trickier jobs, study shows (CNN)The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/real-life-colonel-sanders-kfc-founder-facts\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-895\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can.&#8221; \u2013 Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Before it became the world&#8217;s second-largest fast-food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken was the brainchild of a man named Harland Sanders, who cooked up simple country dishes at a roadside...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/care-profound-miss-you-with-whole-heart-wish-you-the-best-as-you-wish\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-891\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Valentine&#8217;s! 2023 book dedicated to beloved: &#8220;wish you the best as you wish&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Care, profound Miss you with whole heart wish you the best as you wish (new title: &#8220;As You Wish&#8221;)<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fortune-shifts-its-tone-now-wears-hat-with-health-as-you-wish\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-889\" rel=\"bookmark\">Unfit, unfortunate. Fortune shifts its tone \u2026now wears hat with &#8220;Health&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Fortune wears hat with &#8220;Health&#8221;.Facemasks are daily norm, like runaways from hospitals. (new title: &#8220;As You Wish&#8221;) conversational Unwell, unfortunate. Fortune shifts its...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/life-is-short-quote-mark-twain-forgive-quickly-love-truly-never-regret-anything-that-makes-you-smile\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-879\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Life is short&#8230; Forgive quickly&#8230; Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile. Mark Twain<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-lunar-new-year-rabbit-albert-einstein-brad-pitt-jet-li-edith-piaf-david-beckham-lionel-messi\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-877\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit 2023! Famous Rabbits: Albert Einstein, Brad Pitt, Jet Li, Edith Piaf, David Beckham, Lionel Messi<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>The Year of the Rabbit: An illustrated guide to Lunar New Year Grab your favorite red shirt; it\u2019s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival. Saying goodbye to the Tiger,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/as-you-wish-quest-and-design-1-astron-hues-what-crowns-winner\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-887\" rel=\"bookmark\">Baseball teams designed to win. What crowns the winner? 20-straight win in 2002 vs in 1884<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Quest &amp; Design: As You Wish All baseball teams designed to win. What crowns the winner? (new title: &#8220;As You Wish&#8221;) artistic and insightful 20-straight win in 2002 vs in 1884<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/shoebill-whale-headed-stork-looks-like-big-bird-sounds-like-machine-gun-eats-crocodiles-bows-in-greeting\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-875\" rel=\"bookmark\">What looks like Big Bird, sounds like a machine gun, eats crocodiles, and bows in greeting?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) You probably wouldn\u2019t win a staring contest with it, though you\u2019d be hard pressed to look away. Taller than a mailbox, with an eight-foot wingspan, the shoebill is quite a kick to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/as-you-wish-quest-and-design-1-astron-hues-new-book-release-exclusive-debut\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-880\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;As You Wish&#8221; &#8211; Quest and Design. Exclusive. Debut. new book release: &#8220;Design things? Surely. Design Happiness?&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Debut. Original. Exclusive &#8211; &#8220;As You Wish&#8221; &#8211; Quest and Design&#8221; by Astron Hues &#8220;Design things? Surely. Design Happiness? All baseball teams designed to win. What...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/rare-comet-visible-to-naked-eye-for-first-time-in-50000-years\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-872\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rare comet visible to naked eye for first time in 50,000 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said. The comet is...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2022\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2022\/\" rel=\"section\">2022<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>66<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/100-year-old-veteran-returns-to-skies-in-wwii-plane-thanks-to-grounded-no-more-nonprofit-group\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-870\" rel=\"bookmark\">100-year-old WWii veteran returns to the skies in historic plane in volunteer group&#8217;s 500th flight<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Ted Giannone is 100 years old, and a World War II veteran, so he\u2019s seen some things. But he said he\u2019d never really seen the Superstition Mountains until Tony Anger showed them to him....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/king-charles-iii-first-christmas-speech-as-monarch-2022-pays-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth-feel-their-absence\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-867\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;We feel their absence.&#8221; First Christmas without Queen: King Charles pays tribute to late Queen Elizabeth in first Christmas speech as monarch, new UK banknotes featuring the King unveiled<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) King Charles Pays Tribute To Queen Elizabeth In First Christmas Speech As Monarch \u201cI\u2019m standing here in this exquisite chapel of St George, at Windsor Castle, so close to where my beloved...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-argentina-wins-lionel-messi-soccer-genius\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-866\" rel=\"bookmark\">Argentina wins FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 after 1978 and 1986. Sports genius: Lionel Messi in soccer, just like Roger Federer in tennis and Tiger Woods in golf<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Argentina wins 2022 World Cup and Lionel Messi gets the legacy-defining dream ending he deserves Messi delivered in style as Argentina won their first World Cup since Maradona&#8217;s magical...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/photo-historic-stirling-castle-scotland-snow-capped-shrouded-in-mist\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-865\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photographer captures mist-shrouded, snow-capped historic Stirling Castle in Scotland<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A photographer snapped snow-capped Stirling Castle shrouded in mist as he compared it to something out of Harry Potter. Scotland has been in the grip of an icy cold snap all week, with...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/first-christmas-card-invented-1840s-victorian-england-disney-warner-bros-artist-bambi-holiday-cards-household-name\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-863\" rel=\"bookmark\">First Christmas card invented in 1840s Victorian England, became a modern industry in 1915, designs by Disney and Warner Bros illustrator of &#8220;Bambi&#8221; fame became a household name<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A prominent educator and patron of the arts, Henry Cole travelled in the elite, social circles of early Victorian England, and had the misfortune of having too many friends. During the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/artificial-intelligence-cannot-tell-fiction-from-fact-misinformation-fabrication\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-861\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meta&#8217;s AI &#8220;Galactica&#8221; trained on 48 million science papers shut down after 2 days, described as &#8220;random bullshit generator&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Meta Trained an AI on 48M Science Papers. It Was Shut Down After 2 Days Galactica was supposed to help &#8220;organize science.&#8221; Instead, it spewed misinformation. In the first year of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tech-layoffs-2022-biggest-cuts-meta-facebook-twitter-cisco-amazon\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-859\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tech layoffs 2022: 1138 rounds globally through mid-Nov affecting 182k people; biggest cuts announced at Meta, Twitter, Cisco, Amazon, HP, Carvana, Stripe, Coinbase, Snap\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The job cuts in tech land are piling up, as companies that led the 10-year stock bull market adapt to a new reality. Layoffs come as digital advertisers are cutting back on spending and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/blaisdell-pencils-patented-1895-self-sharpening-paper-pencil\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-858\" rel=\"bookmark\">19 Nov 1895 &#8211; American inventor Frederick E Blaisdell patents the paper pencil<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Frederick E Blaisdell Pencil debuted in the 1800s The pencil was an improvement from grease pencils\u2014all you had to do once the graphite wore out was unwrap up more of the pencil. Blaisdell...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/story-behind-safeway-name-founding-history-cash-and-carry-first-grocery-stores-self-service-selling-by-weight-sell-by-dates\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-857\" rel=\"bookmark\">Story behind Safeway&#8217;s founding and name, first grocery stores with self-service, selling goods by weight and sell-by dates<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In 1915, the Skaggs family owned a small grocery store in American Falls, Idaho. Originally owned by S. M. Skaggs, a Baptist minister, the store was opened to help provide for his family of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/smiling-sun-photo-nasa-happy-grin\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-854\" rel=\"bookmark\">The sun &#8220;hath a smile for every one&#8221; &#8211; NASA snaps a big solar grin<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The sun put on a happy face during a week full of solar flares and ejections. Our local star seems to be taking the &#8220;sun is smiling down on us&#8221; phrase literally. NASA&#8217;s...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/elon-musk-buys-twitter-44-billion-deal-let-that-sink-in-the-bird-is-freed\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-852\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The bird is freed.&#8221; &#8220;Let that sink in&#8221; &#8211; Elon Musk carries kitchen sink into Twitter HQ after completing $44 billion deal, dubs self &#8220;Chief Twit&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. The deal\u2019s closing removes a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Twitter\u2019s business, employees and shareholders for much...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/anna-may-wong-first-asian-american-us-currency-hollywood-walk-of-fame-quarter-george-washington\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-849\" rel=\"bookmark\">New quarter dollar, new face: 1st Asian American to grace US currency, receive a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, host US TV show, &#8220;Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong&#8221;&#8230; and gain international recognition<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) \u2018Momentous\u2019: Actor Anna May Wong to be first Asian American on U.S. currency More than 60 years after Anna May Wong became the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/pandas-in-qatar-first-in-arabic-world-suhail-soraya-world-cup-2022\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-844\" rel=\"bookmark\">Qatar welcome first two pandas to Arabic world: Suhail (&#8220;star in the sky&#8221;) and Soraya (&#8220;a group of shining stars&#8221;) examine new home&#8230;then enjoy bamboo, ready for World Cup!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Qatar welcomes M-E\u2019s first pandas ahead of World Cup Qatar is the 20th country in the world that has the giant pandas. The public will have the opportunity to visit the giant panda park at...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/elizabeth-truss-resigns-uk-prime-minister-after-44-days-shortest-theresa-may-courtesy-to-queen\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-847\" rel=\"bookmark\">Unprecedented record! UK PM resigns after 44 days &#8211; noticeable shortest (10% rating). Official? No joke! Theresa May&#8217;s courtesy to Queen. Liz Truss&#8217;?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced she would step down from office Thursday after just 44 days in office \u2014 making her the UK\u2019s shortest-serving leader ever. The shunned...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/pillars-of-creation-stunning-photo-nasa-james-webb-telescope-hubble\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-843\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mother Universe &#8211; Pillars of Creation. Stunning: Webb&#8217;s Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation 19Oct22 (vs 1995 first image Hubble Space Telescope)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/australia-sets-aside-30-percent-land-for-endangered-species-conservation\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-836\" rel=\"bookmark\">Australia to set aside 30% of land for endangered species protection<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Australia will set aside at least 30% of its land mass for conservation in a bid to protect plants and animals in the island continent famed for species found nowhere else in the world,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/two-female-foreign-ministers-nanaia-mahuta-new-zealand-penny-wong-australia-southern-hemisphere\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-841\" rel=\"bookmark\">Southern Hemisphere. Two female Foreign Ministers: Nanaia Mahuta of New Zealand, Penny Wong of Australia<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>New Zealand PM appoints first female Indigenous foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta Penelope Ying-Yen Wong has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 23 May 2022. Image courtesy optimistdaily.com...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/hurricane-ian-boats-ashore-93-year-old-on-fanboat-babcock-ranch-no-power-loss\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-834\" rel=\"bookmark\">Florida: boats heavily packed ashore, 93yo on fanboat, Babcock Ranch weathered Hurricane Ian without loss of power<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Floridians are facing devastating scenes after Hurricane Ian, one of the strongest storms ever to hit the U.S., swept across the state. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida as...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/european-land-art-festival-elaf-dunbar-scotland-stone-stacking-championships-connect-with-natures-beauty-mindful-practice\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-831\" rel=\"bookmark\">5th annual European \u201cLand Art\u201d Festival in Dunbar, Scotland: Stone Stacking Championships celebrate connection with beautiful nature, &#8220;calm and focus racing minds&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Every year, a wonderful event celebrating the beauty of nature and humanity\u2019s connection with it takes place over a weekend in Scotland. The European \u201cLand Art\u201d Festival and Stone...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/italy-farmers-use-caves-to-store-apples-save-energy-costs\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-830\" rel=\"bookmark\">Natural refrigerators: Italian fruit farmers use caves to store 30,000 tonnes of apples and save 32% electricity<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) PREDAIA, Italy, Sept 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Apple farmers in the north of Italy are using natural refrigerators carved under a hillside to store their harvest in a controlled environment that...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/roger-federer-retires-tennis-2022-ilia-malinin-first-quad-axel-figure-skating-history\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-826\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dancing, greeting flying ball: &#8220;to the game of tennis: I love you and will never leave you&#8221; &#8211; legendary Federer retires at 41 after 103 ATP titles (since 1998). Effortless quadruple axel in air &#8211; 17 year old figure skater Ilia Malinin, first in history<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8230;far beyond just the public-relations vids and soundbites, Federer demonstrated mostly grace, humility, gratitude, respect for the game, respect for fans, and, on the court, all-around...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/alexander-von-humboldt-founder-of-geography-naturalist-explorer-botany-carl-ritter\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-827\" rel=\"bookmark\">Alexander von Humboldt (born 14 Sep 1769), geographer, naturalist, explorer, co-founded modern geography science with Carl Ritter, 21 years to journal 5-year journey around world<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 \u2013 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/96-round-gun-salute-queen-elizabeth-ii-king-charles-iii-first-speech-tribute-late-mother\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-819\" rel=\"bookmark\">96-round-gun salute honours the Queen. King Charles III, 1st speech as sovereign, heartfelt tribute to his late mother, &#8220;darling mama&#8230;&#8221; (full speech)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The King pays tribute to his \u201cdarling mama\u201d as he delivers a moving address to the nation The King\u2019s Address in full: \u201cI speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-ii-prince-philip-heart-wisdom-nobility-rock-love-stability-end-of-an-era-greatest-generation-world-war-ii\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-816\" rel=\"bookmark\">Heart of Wisdom and Nobility. Rock of Love and Stability. Queen and Philip are gone, so is an era, century of great generation. Mourning crowds in tears<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Queen Elizabeth ii on her coronation day, in 1953: &#8220;I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-ii-2022-september-8-73-year-marriage-70-years-service-longest-reign-uk\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-813\" rel=\"bookmark\">Farewell. Double rainbow. Flag down. Notice on gates of Palace. Queen Elizabeth II passed away at 96 on 08Sept22, after Prince Philip on 09Apr21, 73-yr marriage, 70-yr service, longest reign<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>India Today September 9, 2022 &#8211; \u201cA rainbow had appeared right before the announcement happened, and another came up soon after the Queen&#8217;s passing when the flag was lowered at her...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/brazil-ancient-underground-tunnels-13000-years-old\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-811\" rel=\"bookmark\">13,000 year-old underground tunnels discovered in Brazil &#8211; &#8220;non-man-made, not naturally formed&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In the 1930s, a group of archaeologists and explorers looking for the remains of the Mayan civilization went deep into the rainforest, where they did not find the remains of the Mayan...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tourists-fined-expelled-from-venice-surfing-illegally-grand-canal\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-808\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tourists fined and expelled from Venice for riding motorized surfboards down Grand Canal, called out by mayor as &#8220;overbearing imbeciles who made a mockery&#8221; of UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Two surfers filmed whizzing along Venice&#8217;s busiest canal have evoked the wrath of the city&#8217;s mayor. Videos of the two people foil surfing between boats and water buses on the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/humans-swallowed-whole-by-humpback-whale-spit-back-out\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-805\" rel=\"bookmark\">Real life Pinocchio? Lobster diver and kayaker gulped by humpback whales and spit back out again<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) 2021: A LOBSTER diver was swallowed whole by a humpback whale and then lived to tell about it after getting spit out. Wearing scuba gear Michael Packard of Wellfleet Massachusetts estimates...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/uk-fisherman-catches-and-releases-400-pound-halibut-off-coast-norway\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-803\" rel=\"bookmark\">400lb 70-90 yo halibut caught and released by UK fisherman after dragging his boat half a mile<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A city fisherman has hauled in a record-breaking beast of the deep &#8211; a whopping 7ft halibut. The largest ever of its species to be caught by a Brit, the 90-year-old creature was caught...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/overcrowded-trains-germany-punctuality-no-longer-bikes-on-board\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-797\" rel=\"bookmark\">Germany: overcrowded trains, passengers had to be turned away, or told no bicycles on board, punctuality &#8220;national joke&#8221;, &#8220;looking for German efficiency, go to Switzerland&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Vice-chairman of the DB Regio Works Council, Ralf Damde, said around 400 trains were overcrowded on each day. &#8220;Platforms and trains were full all over Germany, and in several cases...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-releases-new-photo-of-the-cartwheel-a-ring-galaxy-500-million-light-years-away-in-the-sculptor-constellation-shaped-from-a-cosmic-collision\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-800\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA releases new photo of The Cartwheel: a ring galaxy 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, shaped from a cosmic collision<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) See the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s Dazzling New Photo of the Cartwheel Galaxy Located 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, the galaxy got its unique wagon...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/swiss-alps-melting-glacier-moves-italian-lodge-into-switzerland\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-795\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fasten belts: Italian mountain lodge restaurant moved across Alps into Switzerland. Melting glacier&#8217;s &#8220;prank&#8221;, no kidding!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Italy\u2019s rustic hut Rifugio Guide del Cervino is technically two-thirds Swiss due to glacier movement. Swiss ski resort Zermatt and Italian resort Cervinia share a border and together form...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/ai-chess-robot-breaks-child-finger\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-793\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chess competition. AI vs 7-yo: Player acts as Judge, and gets physical? Old fashioned parents told kids: play chess, there&#8217;s no violence<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Chess Robot Broke a Kid&#8217;s Finger And the child is being blamed for violating safety policies. Chess isn&#8217;t typically a contact sport. At the Moscow Open earlier this month,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/record-heatwave-us-eu-uk-france-spain-portugal-wildfires\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-791\" rel=\"bookmark\">Earth runs a fever from pollution. Heatwave melts roofs and runways, cracks bridges and pipes, UK reaches highest temperature on record (104 degrees), blazes in France, Spain, Portugal<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) It&#8217;s so hot, roads are buckling, they&#8217;re putting foil on a bridge and roofs are melting around the world The deadly heat waves of the last week have sparked strange...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/james-webb-telescope-first-images-mind-blowing-photos-from-space-galaxies-nebula-planets-blackholes-stars\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-789\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Universe&#8217;s magnificence&#8221; &#8211; jaw-dropping first images from the James Webb Telescope<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) This Week\u2019s New Space Images From The Webb Telescope And More Will Make Your Jaw Drop Webb\u2019s \u2018Cosmic Cliffs\u2019 A close-up of the Carina Nebula\u2014a nursery 7,600 light-years...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/july-national-parks-and-rec-month-fun-facts-about-parks\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-787\" rel=\"bookmark\">US National Parks and Recreation Month in July: fun facts about parks<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Since 1985, people in the United States have celebrated Park and Recreation Month in July to promote building strong, healthy and resilient communities through the power of parks and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/quote-good-health-good-sense-two-of-lifes-greatest-blessings\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-785\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Good health and good sense are two of life\u2019s greatest blessings.&#8221; &#8211; Publilius Syrus<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Good health and good sense are two of life\u2019s greatest blessings.&#8221; &#8211; Publilius Syrus&#8220;The best doctors gives the least medicine.&#8221; Benjamin Franklin&#8220;In a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/mexico-construction-site-uncovers-mayan-ruins-1400-years-old\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-758\" rel=\"bookmark\">Well-preserved 1400-year-old remains of Mayan city found in Mexican construction site<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Construction Crew Stumbles on 1,400-Year-Old Ruins of Maya City While construction crews were hard at work building a new industrial park near M\u00e9rida in 2015, they stumbled upon the remnants...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/new-zealand-world-first-plan-tax-cow-sheep-cattle-burps\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-756\" rel=\"bookmark\">How much for a burp? New Zealand to tax cattle emissions<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Cow and sheep burps may be taxed in a novel plan to cut greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. The country has a population of five million but about ten million cattle. Under the plan,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-largest-plant-australias-shark-bay-seagrass-from-a-single-seed-stretches-180-km-long-over-4500-years\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-757\" rel=\"bookmark\">World largest plant: Australia&#8217;s Shark Bay seagrass from a single seed stretches 180 km long over 4,500 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Meet the world&#8217;s largest plant: A single seagrass clone stretches 180 km in Western Australia&#8217;s Shark Bay Next time you go diving or snorkeling, have a close look at those...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 4 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/dignity-devotion-queen-elizabeth-ii-lifeguard-14-wwii-volunteer-19-coronation-25-platinum-jubilee-70-years-reign\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-779\" rel=\"bookmark\">Icon of Grace. Dignity and Devotion. Queen Elizabeth II, junio lifesaving award at 14, WWii army driver\/mechanic at 19, queen at 25, now marks 70 years&#8217; reign in Platinum Jubilee<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) London (CNN)It was the perfect ending to a triumphant four days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations &#8212; Her Majesty surprising the crowds with an appearance on the balcony of Buckingham...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/iceland-horses-reply-to-work-emails-during-vacation-on-giant-keyboard\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-751\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hoofing it: Iceland horses trots out replies to work emails for vacationers in world first &#8220;outhorse&#8221; service<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Iceland has trotted out a service that lets horses reply to work emails when you&#8217;re on vacation. The world-first &#8220;OutHorse Your Email&#8221; service is designed to encourage...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/clean-up-the-lake-tahoe-cleanup-project-divers-pull-25000-pounds-of-trash-in-one-year\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-753\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Clean Up The Lake&#8221; divers pull 12 tons of trash from Lake Tahoe in year-long project<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Divers pull 25,000 pounds of trash and some oddities from Lake Tahoe SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. \u2013 If you dropped your Blackberry while on Lake Tahoe back in 1999, it quite possibly was...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tulips-holland-amsterdam-keukenhof-meaning-of-tulips-colors-history\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-748\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spring Tulips in Holland: over 7 million bulbs in Keukenhof Park, annual flower festival in Amsterdam<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Ultimate Guide to Holland\u2019s Tulip Season 2022 The tulip season in the Netherlands starts at the end of March and finishes around the middle of May. The tulips are at their absolute best...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/buffet-simple-living-high-thinking-cryptocurrency-does-not-produce-anything-chris-munger-on-bitcoin\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-746\" rel=\"bookmark\">Warren Buffett wouldn&#8217;t pay $25 for &#8220;all the bitcoin in the world&#8221;: &#8220;it doesn\u2019t produce anything&#8221; &#8220;rat poison squared&#8221; Charlie Munger: bitcoin &#8220;stupid and evil and make me look bad in comparison to somebody else&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) It doesn\u2019t look like legendary investor Warren Buffett will be adding bitcoin to his portfolio any time soon. Asked Saturday at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting if he had...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/musk-buys-twitter-44-billion-takes-company-private-digital-town-square\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-744\" rel=\"bookmark\">Elon Musk buys Twitter in historical $44 billion deal, takes company private, plans to make algorithms open source for the &#8220;digital town square&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2022 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-book-day-proposed-100-years-ago-now-celebrated-in-100-countries-reading-is-fun-relevant-accessible-exciting-and-has-the-power-to-transform-lives\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-741\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Book Day proposed 100 years ago now celebrated in 100 countries &#8211; &#8220;reading is fun, relevant, accessible, exciting, and has the power to transform lives&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) We love books, and our friends at UNESCO agree. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proposed World Book Day as a day of celebrating the joy of reading for...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happiness-quote-now-and-then-its-good-to-pause-in-our-pursuit-of-happiness-and-just-be-happy\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-739\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Now and then it&#8217;s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Now and then it&#8217;s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.&#8221; Guillaume Apollinaire<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-happiness-report-2022-finland-ranks-first-5-years-running\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-738\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Happiness Report 10th anniversary 2022: &#8220;acts of kindness&#8221;, balance and harmony in difficult times<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The world&#8217;s happiest countries for 2022 For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the world&#8217;s happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based largely on life...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-princ-philip-memorial-2022\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-735\" rel=\"bookmark\">Prince Philip Memorial service: Queen with children &#8211; Charles, Ann, Andrew and Edward, joined by PM Johnson, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Mar 29 &#8211; The Duke of York arrived alongside the Queen at Westminster Abbey, where other members of the Royal family, European royals and representatives from hundreds of charities...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/inventor-of-gif-stephen-wilhite-compuserve-1987-webby-lifetime-achievement-award\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-732\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stephen Wilhite (1948-2022) created the gif image file format in 1987, defining an internet culture for decades<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Gif inventor Stephen Wilhite \u2018helped shape the modern world\u2019 If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif is worth millions. The image file format has been a defining element of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fun-facts-mind-boggling-scotland-snow-churchill-chocolate-eagles-bankrupt-study\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-729\" rel=\"bookmark\">400 words for &#8220;snow&#8221; in Scotland, Churchill escaped death by chocolate, folding paper to reach the moon, and other mind-boggling facts<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) 100 Mind-Blowing Facts Scotland has more than 400 words for &#8220;snow.&#8221; What better way to cope with the cold than by learning all 421 Scottish words for &#8220;snow.&#8221; This was...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/spirit-speed-selected-lucxeed-poems-collection-3-new-book-release-exclusive-debut\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-723\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exclusive. 2022 3.14 book release Spirit Speed &#8211; Selected LuCxeed Poems (&#8220;Intrepid Legend&#8221;, &#8220;Road Untraveled&#8221;, &#8220;At Edge of Moonlight&#8221;&#8230;)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Between day and night we all aretime travelers. Who isn\u2019t? Spirit Speed: Selected LuCxeed Poems, Collection .iii. Nature&#8217;s serenity and Society&#8217;s anxiety are the muse of poet LuCxeed...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/canadian-millionaire-leaves-life-savings-for-fields-of-flowers\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-722\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The earth laughs in flowers.&#8221; (Emerson) &#8211; Canadian millionaire leaves legacy of over 150k daffodils now in bloom<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Daffodils brightening up Sidmouth in tribute to millionaire Yellow blooms are brightening up a Devon town thanks to the legacy of a man who left more than \u00a32m to a community association....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/art-is-the-child-of-nature-longfellow-poetry-of-earth-never-dead-keats-quotes\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-717\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cArt is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mother&#8217;s face.\u201d<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;The poetry of the earth is never dead.&#8221; \u2015 John Keats &#8220;Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mother&#8217;s face.&#8221; &#8211; Henry Wadsworth...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/magpies-outsmart-scientists-help-each-other-remove-tracking-devices\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-710\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Thanks but no thanks&#8221; &#8211; Australian magpies help each other remove tracking devices, stun scientists<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/22-02-2022-three-book-covers-volume-two-three-series-lucxeed-poem-collection-book-of-l-two-steps-wiser\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-707\" rel=\"bookmark\">Catch a moment! 3 2s go hand in hand! Posted on 22022022 2:22, 3 Vol 2 book covers in 3 series<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Catch a moment! 3 2s go hand in hand! Posted on 22022022 2:22, 3 Vol 2 book covers in 3 series &#8211; LuCxeed Poem Collection vol2 (Math &amp; Music, released on 2022 Jan 01), Book of L vol2...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/iceland-ends-whaling-2024-whales-largest-ocean-mammals-fun-facts\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-715\" rel=\"bookmark\">Iceland ends whale hunting from 2024<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Iceland says it will end whaling from 2024 amid dwindling demand and continuing controversy. &#8220;There are few justifications to authorize whale hunting beyond 2024,&#8221; when current...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/quad-king-rocket-man-nathan-chen-sets-world-record-wins-gold-for-team-usa-at-2022-olympics\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-705\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Quad King&#8221; &#8220;Rocket Man&#8221; Nathan Chen sets world record, wins gold for Team USA at 2022 Olympics<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Nathan Chen wins gold with figure skating master class (CNN) American ice skater Nathan Chen has won his first Olympic Gold medal in Beijing, with a flawless performance that set him well...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/superyacht-scrapes-through-canals-under-bridges\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-700\" rel=\"bookmark\">How big is big enough? Super-sized luxury superyacht squeezes through Dutch canals and under bridges with only 5 inches to spare in a hair-raising feat of limbo<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Multi-million-pound yacht squeezes under bridge with less than half a foot to spare as it is transported to the sea in Holland A gigantic superyacht has been captured barely squeezing under a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-lunar-new-year-nasa-spectacular-photos-crescent-moon-over-ocean\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-703\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA wishes all a Happy Lunar New Year with breathtaking photos of new moon over Indian Ocean<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA Wishes All a Happy Lunar New Year with Photo From the International Space Station The Lunar New Year is upon us, and NASA shared one of the best photos to mark the moment. Of course,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/deep-sea-creatures-bigfin-squid-found-by-subsea-explorers-diving-for-shipwreck\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-699\" rel=\"bookmark\">Life in the deep blue sea: same researchers who discovered deepest-dwelling octopus and jellyfish dive for sunken wreck and find deepest-dwelling squid<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Man Who Found World\u2019s Deepest-Dwelling Octopus and Jellyfish Scores 3-of-a-Kind, With Deepest-Dwelling Squid There\u2019s a dynamic duo of divers out there that can\u2019t seem to keep to stop...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/supreme-court-blocks-federal-vaccination-mandate-2022\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-697\" rel=\"bookmark\">US Supreme Court Blocks Mandate for Companies with More Than 100 Workers<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test policy WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden&#8217;s COVID-19...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/jon-stewart-first-responders-speech-9-11-victims-compensation-fund-passes-congress-senate\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-691\" rel=\"bookmark\">Heroes: 9\/11 victims fund extended to 2090 after tearful testimony by John Stewart in decade-long fight for First Responders<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) House panel passes 9\/11 victims fund bill a day after Jon Stewart&#8217;s testimony June 2019 &#8211; The House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill which would permanently...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/daniel-craig-honor-queens-honours-list-2022-james-bond-007\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-685\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honor: Daniel Craig awarded Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on Queen&#8217;s New Years Honours list, same as James Bond 007<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Daniel Craig has been named in the Queen\u2019s New Years Honours list The 53-year-old actor has been named as a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) &#8211; which was the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/math-and-music-selected-lucxeed-poems-collection-2-new-book-release-exclusive-debut\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-689\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exclusive. 2022 New Year&#8217;s book release: Math and Music &#8211; Selected LuCxeed Poems (&#8220;Its Own Contrary&#8221;, &#8220;Me and Drizzle&#8221;, &#8220;Fate Rolls the Dice&#8221;&#8230;)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Math and Music: Selected LuCxeed Poems Nature&#8217;s serenity and Society&#8217;s anxiety are the muse of poet LuCxeed who more than often travels back and forth, between nature and society,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2021\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2021\/\" rel=\"section\">2021<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>53<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/betty-white-december-31-2021-positivity-longevity-screen-legend-national-treasure-americas-grandmother\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-683\" rel=\"bookmark\">Betty White, 99, &#8220;radiated joy and gratitude&#8221;, &#8220;a true legend on and off the screen&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Betty White found gold on the small screen, smiling all the way. Along with upending expectations. Betty White: Now that was a career. And that was a pro, adored by millions who appreciated...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/red-sox-owner-boston-globe-john-henry-saves-harvard-book-store-fenway-park\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-682\" rel=\"bookmark\">Harvard Book Store&#8217;s new investor: John Henry, Red Sox and Boston Globe owner who saved Fenway Park from the wrecking ball<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Harvard Book Store gets a new backer: John Henry John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox and owner of the Boston Globe, has chosen to invest in another Boston-area institution....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/93-year-quebec-old-man-protects-donates-uninhabited-island-to-nature-conservancy-to-protect-nature\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-679\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Nature more important than some stupid money in my pocket&#8221;: 93-year-old donates cherished island to protect natural habitat from urban crawl<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;Nature was more important than some stupid money in my pocket. This is something [that&#8217;s] got to be preserved, and I kept my word.&#8221; Thor Vikstr\u00f6m, 93, bought the island in...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/omicron-variant-resistant-to-vaccines-fully-vaccinated-boosted-medical-professionals-infected-after-attending-group-event\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-677\" rel=\"bookmark\">Omicron variant resistant to vaccines? Fully-vaccinated, boosted medical professionals infected after attending group event<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Omicron in Oakland: How a Wisconsin wedding with \u2018super responsible\u2019 vaccinated people led to outbreak Most if not all of the guests wore masks when the Nov. 27 wedding ceremony started...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-of-cake-sylvia-weinstock-91-school-teacher-turned-baker-edible-art-creations\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-674\" rel=\"bookmark\">School teacher turned &#8220;Queen of Cake&#8221;, 91, and her 15-feet cake creations adorned with hundreds of true-to-life flowers<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Celebrity wedding cake designer Sylvia Weinstock \u2014 who earned the nickname \u201cQueen of Cakes\u201d for her extraordinary edible art \u2014 has died. She was 91. Weinstock \u2014 who made appearances...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/first-generation-tech-founders-twitter-amazon-netflix-instagram-apple-microsoft-google\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-671\" rel=\"bookmark\">Twitter, Amazon, Netflix, Instagram, Apple, Microsoft, Google&#8230; First-generation tech founders stepping aside<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Big tech\u2019s first generation of founders starts to step aside Massive tech companies like Google, Amazon, Netflix, and more have had a huge impact on the way we live our lives, and have had...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/train-of-morrow-selected-lucxeed-poems-collection-1-new-book-release-philosophical-debut\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-665\" rel=\"bookmark\">Philosophical. Debut, Thanksgiving Eve release: Selected LuCxeed Poems, Train of Morrow &#8211; &#8220;Nature&#8217;s serenity and Society&#8217;s anxiety&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Train of Morrow: Selected LuCxeed Poems Nature&#8217;s serenity and Society&#8217;s anxiety are the muse of poet LuCxeed who more than often travels back and forth, between nature and society,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/murano-venice-italy-artisan-glassblowers-crisis-methane-prices\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-663\" rel=\"bookmark\">Out of the oven and into the fire: centuries-old artisan glassworks in Murano, Italy in jeopardy from rising methane prices<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Italy\u2019s artisan glassblowers feel heat as gas prices soar Surging energy prices are posing problems for the artisan glassblowers of Italy\u2019s Murano. They have seen off plagues and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/faroe-islands-sea-turns-red-largest-dolphin-massacre-1500-sea-mammels-slaughtered\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-661\" rel=\"bookmark\">Will someone invent a device to warn dolphins to steer clear of Faroe Islands?  1,428 sea mammals killed turning sea red in largest slaughter ever recorded<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Sea turns red with blood as 1,428 dolphins killed in &#8216;largest ever&#8217; Faroe Islands hunt 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were slaughtered in the bay of Sk\u00e1labotnur on Sunday....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/the-ocean-cleanup-project-great-pacific-garbage-patch-dutch-inventor\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-655\" rel=\"bookmark\">The 7 Year Dream: Dutch teenager invents world first ocean plastic cleanup system, a floating barrier nearly 2,000ft long to reduce Great Pacific Garbage Patch by half by 2025<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Dutch Teenager Had a Dream to Clean Up the World&#8217;s Oceans. 7 Years On, It&#8217;s Coming True For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 4 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/little-known-truck-driver-ed-durr-wins-new-jersey-senate-election-on-less-than-10000\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-658\" rel=\"bookmark\">Little-known truck driver wins New Jersey Senate election on less than $10,000<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) How a little-known New Jersey truck driver defeated a top state Senate power broker on less than $10,000 State Senate President Stephen Sweeney, one of New Jersey&#8217;s most powerful...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/diving-kingfisher-captured-on-amazing-photos-patience-of-photographer-waited-two-years\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-659\" rel=\"bookmark\">Patience and integrity: photographer waited two years to capture amazing photos of kingfisher diving at 25mph<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) These amazing pictures showing the movement of a diving kingfisher are the result of a photographer\u2019s two-year wait for the perfect photo. 47-year-old Vince Burton used a slow shutter speed...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/global-supply-chain-crisis-covid-19-pandemic-supply-vs-demand-disruption\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-649\" rel=\"bookmark\">Empty shelves and hiking prices while 70 cargo ships float off LA coast &#8211; global supply chain chaos<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Take a look at the record-breaking port congestion from 10,000 feet above, as 70 hulking cargo ships park off the LA coast Every day last week, key ports in Southern California hit a new...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/the-great-resignation-2021-4-million-americans-quit-jobs-july-10-9-million-open-positions\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-651\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Great Resignation: 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021 alone, with a record-breaking 10.9 million openings at end of July<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Since the pandemic, employees are leaving the workforce or switching jobs in droves. For many, employers have played a big part in why they&#8217;re walking away. A Microsoft survey of more...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/blue-angels-2021-75-years-airshow-founded-1946-world-war-ii-photos-video\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-645\" rel=\"bookmark\">75th anniversary air shows from Blue Angels, world&#8217;s 2nd oldest formal aerobatic team founded in 1946 after World War II. What characters!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year (2021). For only the second time in U.S. history, the three North American jet teams \u2014 the U.S. Navy Blue Angels,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/location-data-new-multi-billion-dollar-industry-phone-location-history-bought-and-sold\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-647\" rel=\"bookmark\">New 12-billion dollar industry: phone location data &#8211; &#8220;1.6 billion people across 44 countries, 1.9 billion devices&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Your Phone&#8217;s Location Data Is Worth $12 Billion Interconnected firms are monetizing user data and analytics from &#8216;1.9 billion devices&#8217;. Wherever you go, you might make...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/global-coffee-cultures-around-world-national-coffee-day-2021-sep-29\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-638\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Coffee Day Sep 29 2021! From khavi to karsk to caff\u00e8 crema to Koffietijd to Fika &#8211; how the world drinks coffee<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Top Coffee-Consuming Countries Canada stands out as the only non-European country to make the list of the world&#8217;s top ten coffee consumers. The traditional Finnish way of brewing...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/delivery-workers-survey-study-app-based-food-orders-doordash-uber-eats-grubhub\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-622\" rel=\"bookmark\">What happens between tapping that order and food reaching the door? 65,000 app-based food delivery workers in NYC, 42% surveyed saw under\/non-payment, 49% had accidents, 54% bike theft (30% assaulted during robbery)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NYC food delivery workers face a &#8216;harrowing world&#8217; New York City&#8217;s app-based delivery workers\u2014a lifeline to city residents during the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014regularly face...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/australian-farmer-giant-heart-formed-by-sheep-moving-tribute-to-beloved-aunt\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-632\" rel=\"bookmark\">Giant heart formed from sheep: Australian farmer pays touching tribute to beloved aunt in astonishing video<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A sheep farmer stuck in lockdown in New South Wales who was unable to attend his aunt\u2019s funeral has honoured her memory with the ultimate tribute: a love heart made from sheep. Ben Jackson...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-rover-perseverance-collects-first-mars-rock-sample-2021\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-624\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve got it!&#8221; NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover collects its first Mars rock sample 190 days into mission, historic step ahead of plan to return it to Earth within a decade<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover has collected its first rock sample on Mars, marking an historic first step in a mission to return the sample to Earth later this decade. Initially scientists...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/five-steps-wiser-six-steps-wiser-world-culture-pictorial-reading-and-reflection-volumes-five-six\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-626\" rel=\"bookmark\">Five Steps Wiser and Six Steps Wiser: World Culture Pictorial Reading &#038; Reflection Vol. 05 and 06<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>New book releases Sep 9 2021 Comprehensive reading, broad vision, World Culture Pictorial\u00ae Reading &amp; Reflection &#8211; from poetry to policy, history to technology to legends. Cutting humour,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/21st-baron-dunsany-castle-ireland-rewilds-1600-acre-estate\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-634\" rel=\"bookmark\">Death metal Irish baron turns 1600-acre estate into nature reserve in rewilding project over 7 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) \u2018People think you\u2019re an idiot\u2019: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate Trees, grasses and wildlife are returning as Lord Dunsany recreates a vanished landscape in County Meath...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/ultimate-47-national-parks-roadtrip-15k-miles-cross-country\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-633\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ultimate roadtrip: all 47 National Parks in Continental US, 14,498 miles<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) There are 59 well-known, protected lands that are the most famous parts of the National Park Service. Of these, 12 are on Hawaii, Alaska or other U.S. territories. This route hits all 47...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/monet-quote-my-garden-is-my-most-beautiful-masterpiece\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-619\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.&#8221; &#8211; Claude Monet<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.&#8221; Vincent Van Gogh &#8220;I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.&#8221; &#8220;My garden is my most beautiful...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/first-3d-printed-mud-house-constructed-in-10-days-from-natural-materials-costing-900-euro\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-614\" rel=\"bookmark\">First 3D-printed &#8220;mud house&#8221; constructed in 10 days from natural materials costing 900 Euro<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Natural materials such as raw soil, shredded straw, husk, and wood were used to build the \u201cmud house\u201d Italian 3D printer manufacturer, Wasp, has 3D-printed the first eco-friendly house...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/japan-mysteriously-low-death-rate-lowest-vaccination-rate-in-g7\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-612\" rel=\"bookmark\">Striking. BBC and Japan Today: &#8220;mysteriously low virus death rate, and Japan&#8217;s vaccination rate lowest among G7: 1% in April&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Japan&#8217;s COVID-19 deaths drop 5% amid state of emergency during Games July 25 (UPI) &#8212; Japan is staging the Summer Olympics during a state of emergency and without spectators in the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/prince-philip-memorial-coin-celebrating-life-legacy-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-617\" rel=\"bookmark\">Royal Mint unveils new memorial \u00a35 coin celebrating the life and legacy of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) THE ROYAL MINT has unveiled its new commemorative coin, celebrating the life and legacy of Prince Philip. The Duke, who passed away in April, served as president of The Royal Mint Advisory...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/roger-federer-wimbledon-2021-39-years-old-tennis-greats\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-611\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sportsmanship. Standing ovation. Roger Federer back on tennis court at 39 after 2 knee surgeries and 13 months away, as oldest man to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Roger Federer loses at Wimbledon, then ponders if it\u2019s for the last time Federer, the sixth seed who turns 40 on Aug. 8, won the first of his record eight Wimbledon men\u2019s singles titles...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/american-kungfu-master-jake-pinnick-wudan-wushu-martial-arts-taoism\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-609\" rel=\"bookmark\">American small-town kid 11 years ago journeyed to Wudang Mountains to study Kung Fu and Daoism (Taoism), now master and teacher dedicating life to Wushu Martial Arts<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Kewanee Graduate Jake Pinnick on Life in Wudan China and Dedicating His Life to the Martial Arts Several years ago, WKEI profiled a Kewanee graduate and Black Hawk College East Campus...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/98-year-old-granny-kung-fu-since-5-years-old-teaching-for-free\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-607\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Kung Fu Granny&#8221; still practicing and teaching kung fu (for free) at 98 &#8211; &#8220;Learning kung fu is for defending, not for bullying others. We should help others&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) When she was just five years old, her father introduced her to the martial art of kung fu, which she continued to practice throughout her entire life. In fact, even the village she lives in...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/smiling-horse-photo-bombs-neighbors-cut-tree-half\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-604\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: laughter from heaven and &#8220;neighbours from hell&#8221;. Toothy grinning stallion trotted into maternity snaps. 25 years&#8217; harmony shocked by tree sawn in half<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) grinning horse photo-bombs his laughing owners&#8217; maternity snaps &#8230;couple were saddled with Buckshot&#8217;s toothy grin after he trotted into shot &#8220;We&#8217;ve been here for...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/god-made-time-but-man-made-haste-irish-proverb\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-601\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;God made time, but man made haste.&#8221; &#8211; Irish Proverb<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/amazing-photos-solar-eclipse-june-10-2021-super-flower-blood-moon-may-26\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-599\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stunning Photos: Super Flower Blood Moon May 26, Solar Eclipse June 10 2021<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA&#8217;s new solar eclipse photos rule NASA&#8217;s senior photographer Bill Ingalls didn&#8217;t think the weather would cooperate. It did. On Thursday morning, Ingalls captured stunning...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/golden-rule-never-dump-on-family-in-public-harry-merkle-persona-non-grata-uk-lady-colin-campbell-petition-give-up-titles-voluntarily\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-597\" rel=\"bookmark\">AU&#8217;s golden rule: never dump on family in public. Harry upset Australians and lost all support. In UK? Persona non grata. Lady C amasses 60k signatories: why not give up royal title voluntarily?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Jun 2, 2021, Jake Thrupp, Sky News Australia &#8211; &#8220;Harry, you&#8217;ve lost ALL support from Australians after what you&#8217;ve put the Queen through&#8221; In Australia, we have a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/mars-landings-2021-perseverance-hope-probe-spacecraft-tianwen-zhurong\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-583\" rel=\"bookmark\">2021 Mars Landings: Perseverance (&#8220;Percy&#8221;, similar to Curiosity); UAE\u2019s Hope probe, China&#8217;s Spacecraft Tianwen-1 orbiter, rover Zhurong<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Landing on Mars is difficult, often fails, and will never be risk-free China&#8217;s rover Zhurong, named after the mythological fire god, successfully touched down on Mars on May 14 \u2014 the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/harry-told-to-go-back-to-england-by-furious-americans-after-he-called-first-amendment-free-speech-bonkers\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-585\" rel=\"bookmark\">Harry told to &#8220;get the hell out of US&#8221; and &#8220;go back to England&#8221; by furious Americans after he called the 1st Amendment &#8220;bonkers&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Meghan McCain leads US fury at Harry Prince Harry told \u2018get the hell out of US\u2019 by furious Americans after he called First Amendment \u2018bonkers\u2019 \u2018Go back to England\u2019: Prince Harry...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/mourning-queen-elizabeth-ii-95-opens-uk-parliament-sitting-alone-philip-funeral\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-587\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos: Mourning Queen, 95, opens UK parliament; Queen sitting alone at Philip\u2019s funeral; Queen and Prince Philip pictured during opening of Parliament in 2013<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Queen then took her place on the Great Throne in the House of Lords, and gave the signal for MPs to be summoned, her first major royal duty since Prince Philip\u2019s funeral. The State...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/spacex-starship-lands-first-successful-test-flight\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-539\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The Starship has landed,&#8221; SpaceX launches and lands spacecraft in first full successful test flight<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX lands Starship spacecraft in first full successful test flight The flight comes after NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to develop Starship to land astronauts...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/come-in-poem-quote-art-robert-frost\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-594\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;&#8230;I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn&#8217;t been.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>from the poem &#8220;Come in&#8221;by Robert Frost&#8220;\u2026I was out for stars;I would not come in.I meant not even if asked;And I hadn&#8217;t been.&#8221;<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/weifang-international-kite-festival-shandong\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-534\" rel=\"bookmark\">April 16 2021 soars on kite&#8217;s wings. 38th Weifang International Kite Festival: world&#8217;s biggest kite took 28 craftsmen 48 days to design and complete, 55 people to fly<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) 19-Apr-2021 &#8211; The world&#8217;s biggest kite, shaped like a dragon and stretching over 280 meters, soared in the skies over the city of Weifang. It took 28 craftsmen 48 days to design...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-mars-rover-perseverance-made-breathable-oxygen-on-mars-historical-first\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-533\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Rover converts carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars: first time breathable air has been made on another planet<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover just made breathable air on Mars The Perseverance rover converted carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars, marking the first time breathable air has been made on...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tribute-prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-531\" rel=\"bookmark\">Code of Honour: Tribute to Prince Philip (1921-2021)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021-world-in-grief\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-525\" rel=\"bookmark\">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021. World in grief with flags flown at half mast<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/massive-ship-stuck-in-suez-canal-finally-freed-with-help-from-moon\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-527\" rel=\"bookmark\">1,300-foot 220,000-ton giant cargo ship blocking Suez Canal for nearly a week finally freed with a little help from the moon<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A massive container ship&#8217;s embarrassing and inconvenient predicament is visible from space. Tiny Earth-observing Dove satellites operated by San Francisco-based company Planet have...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/john-steinbeck-born-1902-feb-27-literature-nobel-laureate\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-508\" rel=\"bookmark\">February 27 1902: John Steinbeck born, later to win Nobel Prize in Literature &#8220;for realistic and imaginative writings&#8230;sympathetic humour and keen social perception&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (February 27, 1902 \u2013 December 20, 1968) was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner &#8220;for his realistic and imaginative writings,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/iceskating-granny-siberia-79-year-old-grandmother-skates-everyday\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-504\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Have to look for my cows,&#8221; 79yo grandmother puts on 7-decade-old iceskates, gliding across frozen lake in Siberian wilderness every day by herself<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Watch: This 79-year-old woman\u2019s skating skills continue to stun everyone on social media Lyubov Morekhodova lives near Lake Baikal in Siberia and uses skates that are seven decades old,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/antarctica-pink-snow-melting-glaciers-ice-caps-algae\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-503\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mysterious &#8220;watermelon snow&#8221;: what&#8217;s turning Arctic snow pink?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Why the Arctic snow is turning pink and why it\u2019s a bad sign Pink snow occurs as a result of algae. During the months that it\u2019s warm in the Arctic, a thin layer of meltwater forms on ice...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/bernie-sanders-inauguration-day-photo-goes-viral-2\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-489\" rel=\"bookmark\">Great Mountaineering! 10 Nepalese climbers at summit of 2nd highest mountain (8,611m), K2, smaller than Everest, far harder climb, nicknamed &#8220;Savage Mountain&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Nepalese climbers return home after historic winter summit of K2 mountain A team of climbers from Nepal that made the first winter ascent of K2 received a warm welcome upon returning home on...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/bernie-sanders-inauguration-day-photo-goes-viral\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-488\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bernie Sanders in fashion on Inauguration Day: mask on, mittens oversized, sitting on a folding chair, distancing from all the rest.  Photo goes viral<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;It&#8217;s just Bernie being Bernie&#8221; &#8211; How a photo of Sanders wearing mittens at Inauguration Day went viral One of the most enduring and endearing photos &#8211; an image...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/del-monte-banana-sticker-bill-auctions-60k-dollars-collectors-item\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-487\" rel=\"bookmark\">Value of rare error, worth 3,000 times its $20 face value. Colorful banana sticker (\u201cEcuador Del Monte Quality\u201d #4011) still affixed for almost 20 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Del Monte $20 bill set to sell for nearly $60,000 \u2013 barring banana skins makes 2004 banknote a collector\u2019s item, auctioneer says Officially, it is classified as \u201can obstructed printing...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/when-you-are-content-to-be-simply-yourself-and-dont-compare-or-compete-everyone-will-respect-you-lao-tzu\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-496\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;When you are content to be simply yourself and don&#8217;t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.&#8221; &#8211; Lao Tzu<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;When you are content to be simply yourself and don&#8217;t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.&#8221; &#8220;At the center of your beingyou have the answer;you know who you areand...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/65-years-old-still-young-who-new-age-standard\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-492\" rel=\"bookmark\">18-65 years old: youth\/young people; 66-79 years old: middle-aged &#8211; WHO&#8217;s new age standard<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) World Health Organization (WHO) had declared that 65 years old is still considered young. Before, based on the Friendly Societies Act (1875) in Britain, old was defined by age of 50. The UN...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-new-year-photos-angel-wings-healthy-happy-2021\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-476\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy New Year! Images: Angel Wings; Healthy happy 2021<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2020\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2020\/\" rel=\"section\">2020<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>52<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/last-day-2020-historic-cliff-house-san-francisco-to-close-earthquake-beneath-golden-gate-bridge\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-473\" rel=\"bookmark\">Both on last day of 2020 &#8211; Earth must be very upset: earthquake beneath Golden Gate Bridge next to iconic Cliff House (visited by 5 US presidents since 1863)&#8230; which sadly closes its doors<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) \u2014 New Year\u2019s Eve got off to a rocky start early Thursday as a 3.6 magnitude struck along the San Andreas Fault just south of Muir Beach and was felt widely in San...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/new-corona-virus-strain-strikes-europe-more-contagious-less-lethal\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-477\" rel=\"bookmark\">Europe panics: new strain of virus more contagious, likely not more lethal; can vaccine catch up?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A New Covid-19 Strain Is Shutting Down Europe The presence of a more infectious strain of the virus that causes Covid-19 is shutting down Europe, causing a wave of lockdowns and travel...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-ii-photos-each-year-of-her-reign\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-485\" rel=\"bookmark\">Queen since 1952: Elizabeth II in Photos. Her father stayed in London, shared dangers and deprivations in WWii<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) As one of the most photographed women in the world, Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s reign has been documented through a camera lens from the very start. Following the death of her father King...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sidney-walton-101-yo-world-war-two-veteran-honored-as-unsung-hero\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-483\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Unsung Hero&#8221; of the Greatest Generation, 101-year-old WWII veteran Sidney Walton launches \u201cNo Regrets Tour\u201d at 99<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Walton joined the Army at the age of 21, nine months before Pearl Harbor. Walton, now 101, has been traveling the country with the goal of meeting all 50 governors and anyone who wants to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/most-valuable-small-size-bill-sold-at-heritage-auctions-world-record\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-482\" rel=\"bookmark\">Perennial Trophy. One of 8 surviving 1934 &#8220;small-size&#8221; $10,000 notes (#562) for exchange between banks, sold at $384,000, world record<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;This is easily the best of its kind I have ever seen,&#8221; said Dustin Johnston, Director of U.S. Currency at Heritage Auctions, which sold the note Friday evening, September 18, as...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gmo-biotech-crops-lose-resistance-to-pests-2\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-471\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten&#8217; even in a Pandemic: a 5-4 ruling<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8216;Even in a Pandemic, the Constitution Cannot Be Put Away &amp; Forgotten\u2019. The ruling said, &#8220;Members of this Court are not public health experts, and we should respect the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/good-morning-2020-11\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-561\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good Morning<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/chang-e-5-moon-sample-return-mission-launched-to-deliver-first-lunar-soil-sample-to-earth-since-70s\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-464\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chang&#8217;e-5 Moon mission launched to deliver the first lunar soil samples to Earth since the 1970s<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) China launches Chang&#8217;e-5 Moon sample return mission A Long March 5 rocket launched China&#8217;s Chang&#8217;e-5 spacecraft Monday to kick off a 23-day mission to deliver the first...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/white-spirit-moose-killed-in-canada-indigenous-people-mourning\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-463\" rel=\"bookmark\">Indigenous people in Canada mourning after white &#8216;Spirit Moose&#8217; killed<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The indigenous people in Canada are &#8220;outraged&#8221; and mourning after someone killed a white &#8220;spirit moose&#8221; and left it alongside the road. &#8220;Everybody is outraged...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gmo-biotech-crops-lose-resistance-to-pests\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-470\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nature does not permit: biotech crops lose their power<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Some of the most popular products of biotechnology \u2014 corn and cotton plants that have been genetically modified to fend off insects \u2014 are no longer offering the same protection from those...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/blue-moon-halloween-2020-two-full-moons-one-month\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-461\" rel=\"bookmark\">Once in a Blue Moon, full moon twice in one month &#8211; October 2020 sees first Halloween Blue Moon since WWii<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) October has not one, but two full moons &#8212; and because it&#8217;s 2020, the second one naturally falls on Halloween. That gives this year 13 full moons instead of the usual 12....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sir-sean-connery-1930-2020-my-name-is-bond-james-bond\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-460\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;My name is Bond, James Bond.&#8221; Thomas Sean Connery, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 25 Aug 1930, died in his sleep on 31 Oct 2020, aged 90, at his home in the Bahamas<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The former James Bond star died at the age of 90 on Saturday. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 \u2013 31 October 2020) Thomas Sean Connery, named Thomas after his grandfather, was born in...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fukushima-2011-japan-to-releae-nuclear-polluted-water-into-ocean-radioactive-carbon-14-half-life-5370-years\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-458\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nightmare since March 2011: Japan to release 1.23m tonnes of nuclear polluted water into ocean, radioactive Carbon-14 has a half life of 5370 years, &#8220;incorporates into all living matter&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Cleanest country should keep the sea clean too. (quote) Oct 18, 2020 Forbes: Japan To Release Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean The new Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, is facing...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/new-zealand-life-back-normal-beat-virus-again-france-curfew-extended-cover-46-million-population\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-457\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Zealand: life back to normal, \u201cbeat the virus again\u201d. France: COVID curfew extended to cover 46 million (70% of 65.3mil population)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) October 5, 2020 &#8211; New Zealand declared on Monday \u201cbeat the virus again\u201d and announced restrictions in the country\u2019s largest city would be eased, after a second Covid-19 wave was...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/ultra-fast-camera-takes-70-trillion-pictures-per-second-caltech\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-467\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ultra fast camera developed by Caltech researchers can takes 70 trillion pictures per second<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In other words, it\u2019s fast enough to see waves of light traveling and the fluorescent decay of molecules. The camera technology is called compressed ultrafast spectral photography (CUSP) and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/portland-oregon-air-quality-hazardous-worst-in-world-west-coast-fires\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-450\" rel=\"bookmark\">13 Sep 2020. West Coast. Portland&#8217; air quality index (AQI) reaches 516 (vs. East Coast: 14) after 100-day chaotic restlessness<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The breathability of Portland\u2019s air significantly worsened overnight and into Sunday, reaching 516 on the air quality index in the hardest hit parts of the city, according to the U.S....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/human-wildlife-photos-elephants-eating-human-trash-half-million-sharks-could-be-killed-for-vaccine\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-453\" rel=\"bookmark\">Human and wildlife in photos: elephants eating man-made garbage on a giant dump; half a million sharks will be gone for vaccine against virus<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The elephants pictured here come to the garbage dumping grounds in Ampara in search of food. Unfortunately, this causes them to fall ill and many have died. Several of the winning submissions...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/physics-nobel-prize-2020-black-holes-awarded-3-scientists\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-454\" rel=\"bookmark\">2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes awarded to 3 scientists: Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain a mathematical impossibility, a singularity \u2013 an infinitely hot and dense...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tribute-to-firefighters-fallen-heroes\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-455\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;End of watch&#8221;: Morton&#8217;s father posted a photo of his son with this caption, tribute to fallen heros, firefighters<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) September 17, 2020 Morton&#8217;s father posted a photo of his son with the caption &#8220;end of watch.&#8221; Morton, 39, a San Diego native, was a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Forest...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/pacific-coast-san-francisco-air-quality-index-197-vs-atlantic-coast-boston-14\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-446\" rel=\"bookmark\">12 Sep 2020. Pacific Coast. San Francisco&#8217;s air quality index (AQI): 186 (Atlantic Coast &#8211; Boston: 14). Unprecedented.<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) San Francisco, along with Sebastapol in the North Bay, recorded an AQI of 186, the worst daily air quality of any other location in the past 25 days when the Bay Area has been impacted by...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/san-francisco-wakes-to-orange-sky-smoke-filled-darkness-california-wildfires\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-445\" rel=\"bookmark\">09 Sep 2020. Bay Area, San Francisco in smoke-choked darkness, a day without daylight<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) In the San Francisco Bay Area, locals woke to an apocalyptic, orange-tinged sky Wednesday. This as more than 90 major fires have burned an area of land about the size of Connecticut. The...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/striking-findings-covid-19-new-research-studies-inexpensive-widely-available-drugs-to-save-lives\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-443\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s next? Striking finding. New studies: &#8220;inexpensive and widely available drugs to save lives seriously ill with COVID-19&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Three new studies strongly support using inexpensive and widely available drugs to treat people who are seriously ill with COVID-19. Some doctors have long used steroids to treat conditions...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/thailand-theme-park-giant-sculptures-white-sand\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-440\" rel=\"bookmark\">Magical: Thailand theme park&#8217;s 30,000-sqm ice sculpture exhibit of mythological creatures uses white sand, melt-proof in 30C<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) SANDTASTIC BEASTS Thailand theme park uses white sand to imitate ice in dazzling display of art Visitors to the \u201cFrost Magical Ice of Siam\u201d park can walk around a -10c ice dome and learn...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/twin-pandas-turn-one-year-old-berlin-zoo-panda-mom-gives-birth-at-record-age-twenty-two\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-442\" rel=\"bookmark\">Charisma. And so cute. Berlin celebrates panda twins (rarely surviving in pairs) turning one year old: &#8220;they have grown very dear to us&#8217;; US&#8217; newborn panda, mom gives birth at 22 (near record of 23)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Zoo Berlin&#8217;s Twin Pandas Pit and Paule Turn 1: They &#8216;Have Grown Very Dear to Us&#8217; This panda duo is growing up so fast! On Monday, twin brother pandas Pit and Paule turned...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/australian-surfer-punches-shark-saves-wife-from-jaws\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-437\" rel=\"bookmark\">Super fella! Australian man paddled over, jumped off board, onto the shark, repeatedly punching 9ft shark until it released his wife<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) \u201cI did what anyone would have done,\u201d he said. \u201cThe shark was latched onto her leg. I just jumped into the water.\u201d An Australian surfer repeatedly punched a shark in the head until the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/surrender-of-japan-world-war-two-ends-1945-august-15\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-433\" rel=\"bookmark\">August 15, 1945. Surrender of Japan, end of World War II<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. PRINCE...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/douglas-engelbart-william-english-creators-computer-mouse\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-435\" rel=\"bookmark\">William English and Douglas Engelbart, co-creators of the computer mouse<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) If you\u2019re on a desktop right now, you\u2019re probably using a computer mouse. In which case, you should raise a glass to William English. English, an engineer and researcher, died on July 26...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/96-year-old-world-war-ii-survivor-graduates-university-top-honors\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-434\" rel=\"bookmark\">Congrats! Italy&#8217;s oldest student graduates university at 96, a WWII veteran who enrolled in degree study in 2017<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life &#8211; childhood poverty, war and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Now he has sailed through an exam that makes him...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/honor-handshake-30-years-promise-friends-split-lottery-winnings-22-million\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-426\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honor, unforgotten: 30 years after handshake, 2 friends split 22-million lottery winnings<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8216;A handshake is a handshake&#8217;: Friends split $22M Powerball jackpot, honoring years-old agreement When Tom Cook and Joe Feeney agreed to split their future lottery winnings years...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/natures-mystery-awe-blue-hole-ocean-floor-black-hole-sky-beyond-sky\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-425\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mystery, Nature&#8217;s Awe. Blue hole, under ocean? Black hole, sky above sky<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Scientists are flocking to Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast for a glimpse of a mysterious 425-feet-deep &#8220;blue hole&#8221; on the ocean floor. The first reports of blue holes came from fishermen...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-knights-100-year-old-wwii-veteran-captain-tom-moore-for-raising-millions-for-nhs\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-420\" rel=\"bookmark\">Queen Elizabeth knights 100-year-old WWii veteran for &#8220;Captain Tom&#8221; for raising 33 million pounds for National Health Service<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of Britain during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbreak by raising millions of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/princess-beatrice-wedding-royal-myrtle-tradition-low-key-high-spirit-reception\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-423\" rel=\"bookmark\">Royal Myrtle (emblem of love) tradition &#8211; Princess Beatrice&#8217;s stunning bridal bouquet laid on the grave of the Unknown Warrior<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Sprigs of myrtle were included in Princess Beatrice&#8217;s breathtaking bridal bouquet. Reverend Anthony Ball, Canon of Westminster, places the bouquet on the Unknown Warrior&#8217;s Grave,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/let-your-smile-change-the-world-dont-let-the-world-change-your-smile\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-417\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Let your smile change the world, but don&#8217;t let the world change your smile.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Let your smile change the world, but don&#8217;t let the world change your smile. Author UnknownRead...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wwii-veterans-parade-belarus-swaggers-honor-guards-sing\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-409\" rel=\"bookmark\">On parade: WWii veterans in their 90s; Belarus swaggers, honor guards sing popular song &#8220;Katyusha&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. Its major economic...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-fathers-day-prince-william-duke-of-cambridge-birthday\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-415\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Father&#8217;s Day. Prince William: &#8220;It&#8217;s one of the most amazing moments of life, but also one of the scariest&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Prince William: Playful pictures released to mark duke&#8217;s birthday and Father&#8217;s Day One image shows Prince William, who turned 38 on Sunday, being jumped on by Prince George, aged...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/a-brother-may-not-be-a-friend-but-a-friend-will-always-be-a-brother-benjamin-franklin\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-431\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.&#8221; &#8211; Benjamin Franklin<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother. Benjamin FranklinRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/new-zealand-says-it-has-won-battle-against-coronavirus\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-410\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hope! New Zealand Prime Minister announces NZ has won &#8216;battle&#8217; against COVID-19<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) New Zealand&#8217;s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that the island nation has defeated \u2014 for the present \u2014 the coronavirus as her government announced the lifting of some restrictions...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/one-pound-of-learning-requires-ten-pounds-of-common-sense-to-apply-it\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-430\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. ProverbRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-ii-speech-coronavirus-full-text\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-411\" rel=\"bookmark\">In &#8220;an increasingly challenging time&#8221;, Queen Elizabeth II says, &#8220;if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome&#8221; this disease<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Queen&#8217;s Speech on coronavirus: Full text of Her Majesty&#8217;s address The Queen has spoken to the UK about the crisis over the coronavirus. Here is the full text of what she said....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/there-are-two-things-a-person-should-never-be-angry-at-what-they-can-help-and-what-they-cannot-plato\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-429\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.&#8221; &#8211; Plato<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 9 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/spacex-launches-dragon-spacecraft-to-international-space-station-with-nasa-cargo-science\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-412\" rel=\"bookmark\">SpaceX launches Dragon spacecraft to International Space Station with NASA Cargo and Science<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) SpaceX Falcon 9 Set to Launch Dragon Spacecraft to the International Space Station A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/the-reason-why-the-universe-is-eternal-is-that-it-does-not-live-for-itself-it-gives-life-to-others-as-it-transforms-lao-tzu\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-428\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.&#8221; &#8211; Lao Tzu<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms. Lao Tzu<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/ufo-footage-nasa-international-space-station-live-feed\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-414\" rel=\"bookmark\">UFO footage captured on NASA&#8217;s International Space Station live feed<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) If you are a science nerd who is ever bored, NASA has a YouTube channel filled with videos that might tickle your fancy, and among them is a live feed from the International Space Station....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/the-universe-must-not-be-narrowed-down-to-the-limit-of-our-understanding-francis-bacon\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-427\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding&#8230;&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Philosophy)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered. Francis...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/brexit-2020-january-31-uk-officially-withdraws-from-eu\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-402\" rel=\"bookmark\">Brexit Day: UK officially withdraws from the European Union on 31 January 2020<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) @BorisJohnson 24 January 2020: &#8220;Today I have signed the Withdrawal Agreement for the UK to leave the EU on January 31st, honouring the democratic mandate of the British people. This...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-lunar-new-year-mouse-mickey-mouse-minnie-mouse-disney\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-396\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mickey and Minnie celebrate Lunar New Year of Mouse 2020<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Oh, boy! It\u2019s the Year of the Mouse, so you can bet Mickey and friends are taking part. Lunar New Year honors the celestial journey of the sun and the moon as they cycle into another year....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 23 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/scotland-oldest-female-wwii-veteran-gladys-robson-age-108-former-army-major\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-401\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gladys &#8220;Anne&#8221; Robson, age 108, former army major and Britain&#8217;s oldest female WWII veteran, lived through 20 prime ministers, 4 monarchs and 1st space launch<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Former Army Major thought to be Britain&#8217;s oldest female WWII veteran &#8216;who always had a naughty twinkle in her eye&#8217; dies aged 108 Gladys Robson, known as Anne, served in the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/british-poll-meghan-markle-prince-harry-quit-royal-duties-sympathy-for-queen\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-400\" rel=\"bookmark\">UK poll: British people want Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to stop receiving public funding and out of their Windsor home<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) POLLING AWAY &#8211; Brits want Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stripped of cash and kicked out of their Windsor home, poll reveals An exclusive YouGov poll for The Sun on Sunday reveals an...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/kung-fu-wushu-chinese-martial-arts-to-be-added-youth-olympics-2022\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-392\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chinese Wushu martial arts to debut as official 2022 Youth Olympics event; Kung Fu superstar Jet Li on Tai Chi and wellness<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Chinese Wushu will become an event in the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics. The International Olympic Committee Executive committee approved the addition of the event. Together with Baseball5,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/austrian-chancellor-kurz-world-youngest-33-protect-climate-and-borders\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-398\" rel=\"bookmark\">Austria&#8217;s Sebastian Kurz, 33, returns as world&#8217;s youngest chancellor, vows to &#8220;protect climate and the borders&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) VIENNA, Austria \u2013 The leader of Austria&#8217;s conservatives Sebastian Kurz was sworn in Tuesday, January 7, as the world&#8217;s youngest democratically elected leader at the head of an...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/character-is-like-a-tree-reputation-like-a-shadow-is-what-we-think-of-it-tree-is-the-real-thing-abraham-lincoln-quote\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-399\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.&#8221; &#8211; Abraham Lincoln<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.&#8221;&#8211; Abraham Lincoln<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2020-new-year-simplicity-health\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-390\" rel=\"bookmark\">Catch up with 2020 in Simplicity and Health<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><a id=\"year2019\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/2019\/\" rel=\"section\">2019<\/a> <span class=\"sya_yearcount\"><span class=\"sya_bracket\">(<\/span>72<span class=\"sya_bracket\">)<\/span><\/span><ul><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/breakthrough-of-the-year-2019-blackhole-event-horizon-telescope\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-388\" rel=\"bookmark\">2019 &#8220;the year of the blackhole&#8221; &#8211; The Science Magazine&#8217;s Breakthrough of the Year goes to the Event Horizon Telescope<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) @sciencemagazine&#8217;s 2019 Breakthrough of the Year goes to the Event Horizon Telescope (@ehtelescope) global network of observatories for the first #realblackhole image....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/queen-elizabeth-speech-2019-december-house-of-commons-brexit\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-386\" rel=\"bookmark\">Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s speech to Members of Parliament and Lords at the State Opening of Parliament<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s speech to MPs and Lords at the State Opening of Parliament My Lords and Members of the House of Commons. My Government\u2019s priority is to deliver the United...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/fisherman-fishing-with-cormorants-ancient-ritual-since-960-ad-guilin-china\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-385\" rel=\"bookmark\">Guilin, China: fisherman partnering with cormorants to catch fish in ancient tradition dating back to 960 AD<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Stunning photograph shows an ancient tradition dating back to 960 AD This is the spectacular moment a fisherman with a close bond to cormorants used a flock of birds to catch big fish in a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/banana-duct-taped-to-wall-sells-for-120-thousand-dollars-concept-art-eaten-by-performance-artist\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-383\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bananas over bananas? &#8220;Concept Art&#8221; banana-duct-taped-to-wall sold for $120,000 to $150,000, eaten by performance artist: &#8220;it was very delicious&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The $120,000 Art Basel Banana, Explained So, uh, whose banana is it? Art Basel Banana is catchy, but it\u2019s not actually the work\u2019s name. Titled Comedian, it\u2019s by Maurizio Cattelan....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/cybertruck-tesla-electric-pickup-stainless-steel-zero-60-mph-2-9-seconds\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-382\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tesla Cybertruck unveiled: Electric Pickup with stainless steel body, 14,000-pound towing, zero to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Like a Zumwalt Class Destroyer meets leftover Blade Runner prop, Tesla\u2019s truck looks like none the world has ever seen before. Its design is deceptively simple. Its profile is diamondlike,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/americas-dams-need-repair-poor-unsatisfactory-condition-across-44-states-and-puerto-rico\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-378\" rel=\"bookmark\">1688 dams rated in &#8220;poor or unsatisfactory&#8221; condition across 44 US states and Puerto Rico<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) America&#8217;s aging dams could put tens of thousands of people across 44 states at risk of deadly floods as 1,700 are rated &#8216;poor or unsatisfactory&#8217; Built for flood control,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">December 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/amazon-newest-military-giant-fatal-flaw-artificial-intelligence-weapons-robots-useless\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-376\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amazon: America&#8217;s next military giant? The fatal flaw that could make AI weapons useless<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Market.Watch)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Meet America&#8217;s newest military giant: Amazon The fatal flaw that could make AI weapons useless AI-guided missiles could be blinded by adversarial data, and perhaps even steered back...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/university-colorado-live-buffalo-mascot-ralphie-forced-to-retire-for-being-too-fast\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-375\" rel=\"bookmark\">University of Colorado football team&#8217;s 1,200-pound buffalo mascot, Ralphie V, forced to retire for being &#8220;too fast&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Ralphie V, who just turned 13 last month, is in excellent health. The reason she&#8217;s being replaced? She&#8217;s a little too fast for her human companions. &#8220;As one of the biggest...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/hospitals-ransomware-leads-to-heart-patients-death-rate\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-374\" rel=\"bookmark\">Study finds heart patients&#8217; death rates rise in hospitals hit by Ransomware<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The way hospitals respond to a cyberattack can result in a slower response to critical heart patients. After an attack, corrective actions to improve security in hospital information...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/libraries-eliminate-overdue-fines-sees-surge-in-book-returns\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-373\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chicago among largest US cities to see library late fees eliminated, book returns increase 240%<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Chicago Public Library system has recently gotten rid of its late fees. The number of book returns has since increased 240%, a library official says. It\u2019s a big piece of evidence...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/duchess-cambridge-pays-tribute-to-grandmother-bletchley-park-enigma-codebreakers-world-war-ii\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-372\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kate Middleton pays tribute to Bletchley Park grandmother with &#8220;Codebreakers&#8221; poppy brooch on Remembrance Sunday<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The &#8216;Codebreakers&#8217; poppy has special meaning for Kate because her paternal grandmother Valerie Glassborow was among those who worked to decipher the secrets of the German Enigma...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/chris-mcdougall-running-with-sherman-donkey-born-to-run\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-371\" rel=\"bookmark\">Author of book &#8220;Born to Run&#8221; races with donkeys: &#8220;movement-as-medicine is a biological truth&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Chris McDougall Helped Spark the Barefoot Running Craze. Now He&#8217;s Racing With Donkeys. McDougall determines that if Sherman is going to survive, he\u2019ll need a mission: training for the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">November 1 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/heartbreaking-photos-memorial-day-ship-graveyard-siena-international-photo-awards-2019\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-368\" rel=\"bookmark\">Siena International Photo Awards 2019 Winners: &#8220;Memorial Day&#8221; and &#8220;Ship Graveyard&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Photo courtesy Matt McClain and Alla Sokolova \/ Siena International Photo AwardsRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/photo-award-winners-polar-bear-snail-lizard-praying-mantis-butterfly-whale-shark\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-367\" rel=\"bookmark\">Siena International Photo Awards 2019 Winners: polar bear photographer, snail greets lizard, mantis vs. butterfly, whale shark beneath<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Photo courtesy Roie Galitz, Andi Abdul Halil, Liang Wu, and Marco Zaffignani \/ Siena International Photo Awards<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/emperor-naruhito-empress-masako-new-faces-japan-monarchy\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-366\" rel=\"bookmark\">The New Faces of Japan&#8217;s Monarchy<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako become the Emperor and Empress following the abdication of his father, Emperor Akihito In 1989, Emperor Akihito pledged to protect the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/mexico-flies-over-300-indian-migrants-to-new-delhi-in-unprecedented-transatlantic-deportation\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-363\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mexico flies over 300 to New Delhi in unprecedented transatlantic deportation<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The move follows a deal Mexico struck with the United States in June, vowing to significantly curb U.S.-bound migration in exchange for averting U.S. tariffs on Mexican exports. &#8220;It is...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/hydrogen-powered-zero-emissions-aircraft-with-range-of-400-miles-or-four-hours\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-364\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hydrogen-powered zero-emissions aircraft with range of 400 miles or four hours<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The Skai hydrogen-powered aircraft produces zero emissions Eco-friendly aircraft could provide affordable and responsible solutions to \u201ceverything from relieving traffic congestion to...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/hariso-the-balancing-hound-dachshund-can-balance-anything-on-its-head\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-359\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hariso the Balancing Hound: adorable little dachshund with an amazing talent<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) It&#8217;s common knowledge that there are few things in this world more enjoyable than the sight of a small dachshund balancing random household objects on its adorable little head &#8211;...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">October 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/old-school-golden-rule-supposed-to-do-anyone-needs-help-homeless-man-help-woman-change-flat-tire\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-361\" rel=\"bookmark\">Homeless man helps woman change flat tire: &#8220;I believe in the Golden Rule. Anyone that needs help, I\u2019ll do it.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Utah woman who needed her tire changed got a little help from a homeless man, who saw her in the parking lot and noticed she needed a hand. &#8220;I\u2019m old school. I believe in the Golden...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 27 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-longest-viking-bridge-finally-completed-after-3-years-700-metre-long-built-by-more-than-1000-people-the-viking-way-with-no-machinery\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-356\" rel=\"bookmark\">World longest Viking bridge finally completed after 3 years, 700-metre-long, built by more than 1,000 people the &#8220;Viking&#8221; way with no machinery<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Viking bridge that took three years to build in Denmark is finally done. The bridge, which is now considered to be the world&#8217;s longest Viking bridge, was built using the tools and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 22 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/96-year-old-world-war-two-veteran-hero-of-cologne-receives-bronze-star-75-years-later\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-355\" rel=\"bookmark\">96-year-old WWii Veteran &#8220;Hero of Cologne&#8221; awarded Bronze Star in surprise ceremony 75 years later<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Clarence Smoyer received the surprise \u2014 and the award \u2014 of a lifetime, when the Army bestowed on him the Bronze Star for his heroism as a tank gunner during World War II. Flanked by a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 17 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/americas-first-true-pilgrims-french-colonists-50-years-before-mayflower-left-port\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-357\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;First True Pilgrims&#8221;: band of French colonists arrived in the New World 50 years before Mayflower left port<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Some fifty years before the Mayflower left port, a band of French colonists came to the New World. Like the later English Pilgrims, these Protestants were victims of religious wars, raging...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/first-plastic-free-nursery-britain-wooden-toys-higher-levels-curiosity-kids-stimulates-creativeness\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-352\" rel=\"bookmark\">Britain&#8217;s 1st plastic-free nursery replaces artificial toys with wooden ones and bans food wrapped in plastic: higher curiosity and wonder, stimulating youngsters\u2019s creativeness versus simply pushing a button<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Education.Advisor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Britain&#8217;s first plastic-free nursery has been unveiled, as artificial toys are swapped with wooden alternatives and food with unrecyclable packaging is banned. New World Nursery in...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-largest-rooftop-farm-to-open-in-paris-urban-farming\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-347\" rel=\"bookmark\">World largest urban farm to open soon on Paris rooftop with 150,000 square feet of vegetables<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Next year, French company Agripolis is opening a 150,000-square-foot urban farm in Paris, where, according to The Guardian, it will grow more than 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables every...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">September 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sos-amazon-rainforest-fires-worst-in-years-brazil-fire-ban-60-days\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-349\" rel=\"bookmark\">SOS Amazon: rainforest fires rage as Brazil bans burning for 60 days to reduce spreading damage<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Brazil has banned most legal fires used to clear land for 60 days in a bid to stop the spread of burning which has destroyed parts of the Amazon rain forest. The ban coincides with the dry...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/federal-deficit-1-2-trillion-per-year-social-security-trust-fund-depletion-2035-all-checks-23-percent-smaller-millions-bankruptcy\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-346\" rel=\"bookmark\">$ and math: average federal deficit to hit $1.2 trillion\/year, Social Security Trust Fund on edge of insolvency, to be depleted in 2035 &#8211; all checks 23% smaller<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Endless federal red ink may doom Social Security recipients According to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the average federal deficit is now expected to hit an...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/photographer-spent-2-years-on-shot-of-full-moon-rising-above-roseberry-topping-yorkshire-uk\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-341\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photographer spends two years getting &#8220;magical&#8221; picture of full moon rising above picturesque 1,000ft hill<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) He&#8217;s over the moon! British photographer spends two years getting the perfect shot on 1,000ft hill The magical picture shows a few walkers standing on the top of the 1000 ft Teesside...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/so-much-owed-by-so-many-to-so-few-quote-winston-churchill-1940-world-war-ii\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-342\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.&#8221; &#8211; Winston Churchill, August 20 1940<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Tomorrows.History)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;Never was so much owed by so many to so few&#8221; was a speech made by the British prime minister Winston Churchill on 20 August 1940 during World War II. The name stems from the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/charles-santore-book-illustrator-peter-rabbit-wizard-of-oz-columbo-tv-guide-grimms-fairytales-aesops-fables\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-343\" rel=\"bookmark\">Charles Santore (1935 \u2013 2019), illustrator of children&#8217;s books, fairy tales, poetry and history (&#8220;Columbo&#8221;, &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221;, &#8220;The Tale of Peter Rabbit&#8221;, &#8220;Paul Revere&#8217;s Ride&#8221;, Grimm fairytales and Aesop&#8217;s fables)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Charles Santore, 84, nationally known illustrator from South Philadelphia was born into an Italian-Irish family. He began his career in 1956 working as a freelance illustrator for local...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 10 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/greta-thunberg-team-malizia-cross-atlantic-zero-carbon-emission-yacht-climate-summit\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-340\" rel=\"bookmark\">Team Malizia zero-carbon yacht to sail across Atlantic for UN Climate Action Summit<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Team Malizia, skippered by Pierre Casiraghi and Boris Herrmann to sail from UK to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit on Malizia II. The journey will start in mid-August. Pierre...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">August 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-most-amazing-subway-lines-stations-history-nature-art-design\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-337\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s the journey&#8230;and the destination. Breathtaking subway lines and stations around the world<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) See why the world\u2019s best subway lines are destinations unto themselves These subterranean train rides are packed with striking architecture, historic sites, and surprising views. Blue Line,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 30 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/friendship-quotes-language-of-friendship-is-not-words-but-meanings\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-334\" rel=\"bookmark\">International Friendship Day July 30. &#8220;A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.&#8221; &#8211; Shakespeare<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.&#8221; &#8211; Shakespeare &#8220;Friends are...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/businesses-chatbots-how-to-tell-if-you-are-arguing-with-bot\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-333\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to tell if you&#8217;re debating with a bot? 80% of businesses plan to deploy chatbots by 2020<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) How to tell if you\u2019re arguing with a bot 80% of businesses are planning to deploy some type of chatbot by 2020 (unquote) Image courtesy Technology Review<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 21 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-oldest-housing-complex-rent-has-not-gone-up-500-years-fuggerei-germany\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-331\" rel=\"bookmark\">World&#8217;s oldest housing complex where rent has stayed <$1\/year for 500 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The city of Augsburg, in Germany\u2019s beautiful region of Bavaria, is a pleasant, affluent town, known for its 11th-century cathedral and stunning Renaissance buildings. The city grew up amid...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 16 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/toys-r-us-bankruptcy-lawyers-get-56-million-workers-get-2-million-60-dollars-each\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-330\" rel=\"bookmark\">Toys R Us&#8217; bankruptcy: 33,000 laid-off workers get $60 severence pay each while lawyers get $56 million in fees<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Market.Watch)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A year after Toys R Us closed, tens of thousands of laid-off workers are getting a portion of the severance promised and then rescinded as the retailer unraveled. While workers are getting $2...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-up-for-sale-starting-bid-1-million\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-327\" rel=\"bookmark\">Going, Going, Gone with the Wind: iconic mansion that inspired the film now up for auction with starting bid of $1 million<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Movie.Critic)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) The iconic mansion that inspired &#8220;Gone with the Wind&#8221; is for sale The instantly-recognizable plantation house that set the stage for the Wilkes family home in the movie...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 7 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sleep-inside-giant-wine-barrels-vineyard-hotel-in-portugal\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-329\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vineyard hotel in Portugal: sleep inside giant wine barrels<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A vine place to lay your head: Sleep inside a giant wine barrel at this vineyard in Portugal This is a wacky and wonderful place to plonk your head after a day, well, on the plonk. The Quinta...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">July 3 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/border-wall-under-construction-california\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-328\" rel=\"bookmark\">11-mile border wall panel installation underway in California<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) New reinforced panels are being used to strengthen the border wall in the Calexico area of California. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the Army Corps of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 29 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/us-china-president-donald-trump-president-xi-jinping-resume-trade-talks-suspend-tariff-escalation\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-322\" rel=\"bookmark\">US business groups &#8220;encouraged that President Trump and President Xi agreed to resume trade negotiations&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;Business Roundtable is encouraged that President Trump and President Xi agreed to resume trade negotiations and suspend any further tariff escalation,&#8221; the organization said in a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/calls-for-venice-to-be-put-on-endangered-cities-list-united-nations-after-cruise-ship-collides-with-dock\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-324\" rel=\"bookmark\">Call for Venice to be put on UN&#8217;s endangered cities list after a towering cruise ship collided with a dock<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Call for Venice to be put on the United Nations&#8217; list of endangered cities &#8211; and cruise ships banned from its lagoon Venice should be put on the United Nations&#8217; list of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/infographic-15-biggest-breaches-past-15-years\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-325\" rel=\"bookmark\">Infographic: 15 biggest data breaches in last 15 years<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) More than 14,717,618,286 records have been lost or stolen since 2013 due to data breaches, and 3,353,178,708 records were compromised in the first half of 2018 alone. In 2017, 86 percent of...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 15 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/bald-eagle-swimming-on-tape-beluga-whale-dives-to-help-woman-get-her-dropped-phone\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-323\" rel=\"bookmark\">Swimming Eagle, Diving Whale: bald eagle swims elegantly to shore, beluga whale helps woman retrieve her phone<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Bald Eagle Caught Elegantly &#8230; Swimming? Bald eagles are typically known for their elegant flying, skilled hunting and having such majestic strength and beauty that they became the U.S....<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 11 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sober-bars-new-trend-for-having-fun-without-booze-people-who-choose-not-to-drink\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-321\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tired of booze?  Sober bars a new trend for alcohol-free fun<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) People are sick of drinking. Investors are betting on the &#8216;sober curious&#8217; I ordered a carrot-and-ginger shrub and hoped it would be palatable. I was pleasantly surprised, drank...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">June 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-environment-day-air-pollution-smoke-mold-pollen-natural-air-filter-trees-capture-half\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-319\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Environment Day 2019 turns spotlight on air pollution. Nature&#8217;s air filter: tree leaves can capture >50%+ of particulate matter pollution<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) World Environment Day: To Beat Air Pollution, Make The Invisible Visible One of our most precious resources is often taken for granted and invisible unless it becomes visible. We don\u2019t give...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/walt-whitman-200th-birthday-bi-centennial-1819-5-31-1892-3-26\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-314\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars&#8221; &#8211; Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 \u2013 March 26, 1892)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) &#8220;I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/top-google-searches-words-spelling-by-us-state-beautiful-embarassed-patience-family-amazing\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-311\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Beautiful&#8221;, &#8220;embarrassed&#8221;, &#8220;patience&#8221;&#8230; America&#8217;s top spelling searches by state, according to Google<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Beautiful, bougie and all the other words Americans still can\u2019t spell, state by state Around the time 12-year-old Ananya Vinay of Fresno, Calif., triumphed with \u201cm-a-r-o-c-a-i-n,\u201d the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/italy-country-with-most-unesco-world-heritage-sites-florence-venice-rome-tuscany-amalfi-medici\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-316\" rel=\"bookmark\">Italy: most UNESCO Heritage sites in the world &#8211; Costiera Amalfitana, Florence, Venice, Rome, Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Art)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Italy boasts more World Heritage sites than any other country in the world. Its 51 designated cultural and natural landmarks make up over 5% of UNESCO\u2019s global list, and another 40 spots...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/electric-highways-for-trucks-sweden-2016-germany-2019-begins-testing-autobahn\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-315\" rel=\"bookmark\">Germany begins testing for electric highway for trucks to draw power from overhead cables and feed electricity back into grid when they brake<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Germany is joining the ranks of those countries betting on &#8220;electric highways&#8221; to foster eco-friendly trucking. The country has started real-world tests of an eHighway system on a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/airbnb-hidden-cameras-found-by-travelers-guests-live-streaming\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-305\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are you being watched? Airbnb guests worry about hidden cameras, 11 percent said they have discovered one<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) A Survey Found That 1 in 10 U.S. Airbnb Users Have Found Hidden Cameras They could be anywhere. Airbnb has been under fire lately after numerous reports of hidden cameras found in some of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">May 2 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/30-by-30-ocean-protection-study-overfishing-acidification-prevent-6th-global-extinction-event\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-309\" rel=\"bookmark\">30&#215;30: A Blueprint For Ocean Protection &#8211; scientific study maps out how to protect 30 percent of world&#8217;s oceans by 2030 and prevent 6th global extinction event<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Common.Sense)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 24 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/photo-camel-races-gloucestershire-england\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-308\" rel=\"bookmark\">Picture: Camel Races held in Gloucestershire, England<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Photo courtesy Paul Nichols \/ TelegraphRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 18 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/tiger-woods-comeback-win-2019-masters-first-major-title-11-years-22-years-since-first-green-jacket-21-years-old\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-303\" rel=\"bookmark\">Comeback: Tiger Woods claims 2019 Masters championship &#8211; his first major title in 11 years, 22 years since his first Masters win at 21<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Life.Coach)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Tiger Woods has won the Masters on Sunday at a rainy Augusta National, finishing what was arguably the greatest career comeback in the history of golf nearly a decade after injuries and...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/first-ever-picture-of-black-hole-messier-87-galaxy-55-million-light-years-away\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-307\" rel=\"bookmark\">First ever photo of a Black Hole, in a galaxy 55 million light years away from Earth<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Observer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had captured an image of the unobservable: a black hole, a cosmic abyss so deep and dense that not even light can escape it. \u201cWe have...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">April 8 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/google-ai-ethics-committee-disbands-10-days-after-forming-amazon-petitions-sec-to-stop-vote-on-rekognition-use\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-306\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google&#8217;s AI Ethics committee disbanded 10 days after it was formed, Amazon&#8217;s SEC petition to stop vote on curbing Rekognition use rejected<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Last week, Google announced that it had formed an AI Ethics committee to assist with the direction of its intelligent technology. This week came an update that few expected \u2013 the panel has...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 31 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/future-fate-of-retail-sears-bankrupt-jc-penny-payless-shoesource-closing-stores-nationwide\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-304\" rel=\"bookmark\">Uncertain future of retail: after Sears&#8217; bankruptcy, 116-year-old JCPenny shuts down hundreds more stores, Payless ShoeSource announces closure of all 2,100 US stores<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.System.Thinker)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) After Sears made headlines for its bankruptcy filing and store closures, the next retailer facing similar hardships is now JCPenney. The department store will shutter 27 of its 860 locations...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 25 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/cruise-ship-mayday-call-norway-thousand-people-airlifted-one-by-one-helicopter-amazing-rescue\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-300\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mayday call off Norway coast &#8211; Viking Sky cruise ship&#8217;s 1,300 passengers and crew, one-by-one airlifted to helicopters as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Story.Teller)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Rescue helicopters were battling severe winds on Saturday to airlift more than 1,300 people off a Viking Cruises&#8217; ship that issued a distressed call after an engine failure off the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/igen-young-generation-raised-on-smartphone-unhappy-lonely-mentally-fragile\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-299\" rel=\"bookmark\">Feel lonely or happier when spending more time on smartphone, less conversation with friends and family?<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) new study: young people raised on smartphones and social media &#8211; they&#8217;re born in 1995 or later and are the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 14 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/book-of-l-quotable-wit-and-wisdom-paperback-edition-pi-day-2019-hardcover-edition-2018\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-298\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;Book of L&#8221;, paperback release, Pi Day 2019; hardcover release, 2018<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Publisher)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Legacy of Latin Fiat Lux &#8220;Let there be Light&#8221;, like lightning, inspiring minds from ancient Rome to digital age, at this moment sheds light onto this Book of L. &#8220;L&#8221;, a magic...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">March 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/sun-of-the-sleepless-poem-by-lord-byron\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-290\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sun Of The Sleepless! &#8211; Poem by Lord Byron<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show&#8217;st the darkness thou canst not dispel, How like art thou to joy remember&#8217;d well! So gleams the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 26 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/leaning-millenium-tower-san-francisco-tilting-sinking-multi-million-dollar-condos-nearly-worthless\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-291\" rel=\"bookmark\">Modern luxury 645 ft tall yet tilting and sinking: 58-story SF skyscraper has sunk 17&#8243;, tilted 14&#8243;, multimillion-dollar condos &#8220;nearly worthless&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Millennium Tower in San Francisco is still sinking and leaning. A 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking \u2014 and residents say their multimillion-dollar condos are...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/1938-cost-of-living-tuition-of-harvard-university-420-per-year-gasoline-10-cents-per-gallon\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-259\" rel=\"bookmark\">1938 Cost of Living. Tuition of Harvard University: $420 per year; gasoline: 10 cents per gallon<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Market.Watch)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Image courtesy @HistoryInPixRead More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 13 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/nasa-officially-ends-opportunity-rovers-15-year-mission\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-294\" rel=\"bookmark\">NASA officially ends Opportunity rover\u2019s 15-year mission<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) For nearly 15 years, Mars was what you might call the land of Opportunity, as the little Mars rover punched way above its weight and managed to roam the red planet well, well beyond its...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 6 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/winter-surfing-ice-head-to-toe-during-polar-vortex-surfer-dan-michigan\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-295\" rel=\"bookmark\">Surfer surfing on and under ice during Polar Vortex, coming out shielded with ice from head to toe!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Photographer)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) They went surfing during the polar vortex and the photos are surreal&#8230; Temperatures below zero can\u2019t come between these guys and catching some waves! MARQUETTE, Mich. \u2014 Some of the...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">February 5 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/happy-lunar-year-of-the-pig-churchill-quote-fond-of-pigs\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-257\" rel=\"bookmark\">Churchill said &#8220;I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down. Pigs treat us as equals.&#8221; 2019: Happy Lunar Year of The Pig!<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Humor)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>Read More...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 28 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/20-coldest-major-american-cities-every-state-in-continental-us-has-temperatures-below-zero\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-261\" rel=\"bookmark\">20 coldest major American cities: Anchorage, Madison, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Denver, Boston&#8230; Below-zero record: every state in continental US<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Some cities just sound cold. Despite their best attempts to promote their pleasant summer weather, Chicago and Buffalo, New York, for example, may be a couple of U.S. cities that first come...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 20 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/lunar-eclipse-2019-earth-shadow-sweeps-over-lunar-surface\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-266\" rel=\"bookmark\">Earth&#8217;s shadow sweeps over Lunar surface &#8211; total lunar eclipse coincides with 2019&#8217;s first full moon: 1\/20-21<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Scientific.Mind)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>(quote) Standby for the last lunar eclipse for 2 years: The blood wolf moon night of 1\/20-21 coming to a North American continent near you Skywatchers across the continental U.S. will be treated to a...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 19 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/evening-star-poem-by-edgar-allan-poe-january-19-1809-october-7-1849\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-239\" rel=\"bookmark\">Evening Star &#8211; Poem by Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 \u2013 October 7, 1849)<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Poetic.Thought)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8216;Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro&#8217; the light Of the brighter, cold moon, &#8216;Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens,...<\/cite><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"\"><div class=\"sya_postcontent\"><span class=\"sya_date\">January 12 <span class=\"sya_sep\">~~~ <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/5-billion-scam-calls-from-robots-in-november-alone-inexpensive-auto-dialed-robocalls-prey-on-victims\/\" class=\"sya_postlink post-244\" rel=\"bookmark\">5.1 billion scam calls from robots in Nov&#8217;18 alone. Inexpensive, auto-dialed, robocalls prey on victims<\/a> <span class=\"sya_author\">(by WcP.Watchful.Eye)<\/span><div style=\"padding-left:9px\" class=\"robots-nocontent\"><cite>&#8220;Combatting illegal robocalls is our top consumer priority at the FCC,&#8221; Pai said in a statement last month. 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