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Quote of the day by Osho (Image: Wikipedia) Osho’s thought-provoking words shift attention away from one of humanity’s oldest questions and toward something considerably more immediate. “The real question is not whether life exists after death,” he said. “The real question is whether you are alive before death.” This exact line is extremely widely and…

Malone Lam flashes bundles of cash while partying at a Miami nightclub in September 2024. (Photo: United States Department of Justice) A 22-year-old Singaporean man has pleaded guilty to his role in an international cryptocurrency racketeering operation that prosecutors say stole and laundered more than $245 million in digital assets. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout…

Shaker believers in Mercer County began dismantling a frame house on December 16, 1816, to build a new dwelling about a mile northeast of their village centre. The move was deliberate. The Shaker community was growing, and they needed a proper place for new converts to live and learn about Shaker life. The new building…

The six finalists were the tulip poplar, American sycamore, blackgum, bald cypress, bitternut hickory and overcup oak. (wbaltv photo) For 52 years, Baltimore had the Chanticleer pear, also known as the callery pear, as its official city tree. That changed last month after the city selected the tulip poplar as its new official tree, replacing…

James Cameron bought his 102-acre California ranch in 1999 for about $4.4 million, creating a private retreat far removed from Hollywood’s usual celebrity lifestyle. Set within the secluded Hollister Ranch on Santa Barbara County’s Gaviota Coast, the property became a family home, writing retreat, working farm and base for the filmmaker’s interest in deep-sea exploration…