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In the 1980s, club hockey games at Ohio University were must-attend events, especially against rival Denison, a liberal arts school from a little over an hour north. Before games, Ohio dimmed the lights and used a disco ball to make stars swirl around the ice. Then the home players would skate through a paper visage of their bobcat mascot, bursting onto the ice to AC/DC. Read More...
Bishop Wayne T Jackson is one of the most popular faces on the globe. His achievement has been built on a foundation of hard effort. These things have helped him get to where he is now one of the richest people on Earth. It has not been an easy step to win the competition. Currently, there is a lot of positive discussion and criticism about him.He has inspired millions of people throughout the world. Read More...
Ann Melbourne keeps her emotions in check until the moment she recalls the final thing her son, Blake, said to her.
Then a decade of pain floods out in a moment of tears.
“I remember his last words and they’re why I worry because I never wanted him to know he was going to die,” Ann says.
“He said, ‘Don’t leave me, Mum’. That was the last thing he said to me apart from, ‘I love you’. Read More...
