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Food for thought is anything that provides mental motivation

for thinking. In simple words, if something is food for thought, it
is worth thinking about or considering seriously. So we want you
to put on your thinking caps and help us answer these simple
thoughts. Every morning we will give you one that will whet your
appetite for more.
1. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
2. Don't let your dreams go up in smoke - practice fire safety.
3. Plastic, paper and glass are in the wrong place if they're in
the trash!
4. The groundwork of all happiness is health. James Leigh
Hunt
5. When the well is dry, we know the worth of water
Benjamin Franklin
6. Don't blow it - good planets are hard to find Quoted in
Time
7. They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers James G.
Watt
8. For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're
beating it to death Tom Mcmillan
9. The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The
activist is the man who cleans up the river Ross Perot
10. Every day is Earth Day
11. If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise
again from the Wastepaper Age Jazques Barzun
12. Environmentalists have long been fond of saying that the
sun is the only safe nuclear reactor, situated as it is some
ninety-three million miles away

Word for the day:

Adaptation (n) adapt- (v) adaptable (adj) : able to adjust to or
be altered for new conditions or used
Latin adaptare
The Himalayan tiger will not be able to adapt to this climate.
Breathalyser (n), Breathalyse (v) : a device for measuring the
amount of alcohol in a drivers breath
Breathalyse (v)
Without breathalysers it would be difficult for policemen to check
drunken driving.
Clampdown (n) : a determined attempt to prevent something
Policemen should clampdown on rash driving.
Doom (n), be doomed (v): death, destruction, or another
terrible fate
Origin old English decree
If we carry on destroying natural resources, then one day we
have to spell doom with a capital D.
Extinguisher (n) , extinguish (v): put out (a fire or light)
Origin latin extinguere
The extinguisher helped put out the fire in the building.
Fanatic (n), fanaticism (n): a person filled with excessive
enthusiasm
Origin from latin word fanaticus
Fanatic does more harm than good.

Hubbub (n) : 1) a busy, noisy situation

2) a loud confused noise caused by a crowd

The hubbub at the rally was deafening.
Incurable - (adj): not able to be cured
Cancer still seems to be incurable.
Jet-lag (adj) : feeling extremely tired after travelling across
many time zones quickly
After flying from Seattle to London, I felt totally jet-lagged.
Keep fit (n): regular exercises to improve personal fitness and
health
If you do not keep fit you cannot perform physically or mentally.
Proliferation (n), proliferate (v) : increase rapidly in number
Origin latin prolificus
Nuclear proliferation among nations is an area of concern.

Video Sunshinin day

Sunshine is the source of all energy to a healthy and happy life.
In fact, without it, it will be a dark unhealthy and gloomy world.
This is why every form of life looks up to it. So enjoy the best of
sunshine every day and keep smiling!