Fewer Americans Taking Vacations This Year
According to this article on Yahoo News, a new AP-Gfk Poll states, "A third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns."
According to this article on Yahoo News, a new AP-Gfk Poll states, "A third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns."
Looks like people aren't the only ones suffering in this recession/bad economy. New York's Bronx Zoo is having to relocate some of their animals to other zoos and aquariums due to budget cuts. That's very sad.
The New Yor Times reports, the woman who named the planet Pluto, Venetia Phair, dies at the age of 90. Even though they have tried to demote the planet, there are still people in the space industry that are arguing over what defines a planet.
The Atlantic webzine gas posted information from a Harvard study performed over 72 years to find out, "What Makes Us Happy?"
"They followed 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history."
As I was growing up, my family occasionally watched Billy Graham when he was on TV. I've never been much for watching 'televangelists.' Not that some of them aren't genuinely doing amazing things to bring people to Christ. Just that it wasn't very personal for me as an individual. Plus, there were too many other distractions watching it from my living room.