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Can our #WoundedWarriors be transformed into …”The Six Million Dollar Man”?

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This is just flat-out cool, and I can think of no one more deserving of having access to this technology first than our magnificent Wounded Warriors:

(via Fox News) – “…A tragic cost of war is that many service members are missing limbs when they come home from combat. The U.S. military is working harder than ever to replace them with prosthetics that work just like the real thing. 

The high-tech whizzes at DARPA, the military research arm of the Defense Department, displayed some breakthrough technology for space, ocean, robotics and ground war at a Congressional Tech Showcase in Washington earlier this month…”

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Just for fun: Do YOU know all the U.S. Capitals?

Just For Fun

I needed a brief reprieve from all of the recent craziness, and figured you might, as well.

So we’re re-publishing a very old “fun” post of ours, which should be a nice change-of-pace AND let you see if you were truly paying attention back in Geography Class. 

Enjoy…. 

Did you ever just want to have that “sense of accomplishment”?

angry-nun-with-ruler 1Well, I currently have about 137 different Number One Priorities on my “Do It Yesterday” list (none of which are even close to being completed , by the way), so I really wanted needed that “accomplished” feeling.

So I thought, “Hey, a nice, easy test will satisfy my superego“. Which it could have, except for the fact that I managed to get a couple wrong.

…..Sister Ruth and Sister Dominic (my 6th grade teachers) would NOT be happy with me right now.

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Do YOU know all the U.S. Capitals?

Did you ever just want to have that “sense of accomplishment”?

angry-nun-with-ruler 1Well, it’s been a pretty tiring month, and since I still have about 12 different “Top Priorities” in my juggle right now, I really wanted that “accomplished” feeling.

So I figured, “Hey, a nice, easy test will satisfy my “superego“. Which it would have, …..except for the fact that I got a couple wrong.

***My 6th grade teachers, Sister Ruth and Sister Dominic, would NOT be happy with me right now.

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So, do YOU know all the State Capitals?

Good luck.

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