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What is the Supercentenarian's Secret for a Long Life?
A supercentenarian is a person who is aged 110 years or older. Currently there are 70 verified living supercentenarians in the world and approximately 167 pending cases needing verification. Never before in history have so many people been recorded living for so long.With all the oldest people[...]
A Tale of True Love in the Face of Tragedy
Bethany Schmidt and Ryan Smith met their freshman year while attending the University of Oregon in 2005 and instantly they became inseparable. After graduating they moved into a one bedroom apartment and began planning their life together. They were at that time when most young adults are just starting to get their lives together, moving in together, traveling, starting new jobs,[...]
A Song for Ronan
Maya Thompson is a young mother, married to her husband Woody, with three sons; twins Liam and Quinn and their little brother Ronan who was born May 12, 2007. "The Journey Begins" was Maya Thompson's first online post, written after Maya and her sons returned home to Phoenix from a visit with family and friends in Washington. She was taking a picture of the three of them on her trip[...]
The Mystery Castle of Mary Lou Gulley
As a child, Mary Lou Gulley loved to build sandcastles and often, Mary's parents, Boyce and Frances would take the young girl to Alki Beach in Seattle. But when the waves came in and washed her castles away, Mary Lou would cry. Her father would comfort her, telling her she was his princess and one day, he would build her a castle big enough to live in. Then, in 1927, four years after[...]
Blogging Your Death
"Here it is. I'm dead." this is how Derek Miller's last blog post started. Derek Miller was one of the best known and earliest bloggers in Vancouver. When Derek was told that he had cancer he took his fight online. When he found out that his colorectal cancer had become terminal - he published that online too. When he died on May 3, 2011 it was not surprising that a posthumous blog post[...]
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