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 DOGO News:  Forgotten Pooh And Piglet Sketch Could Be Worth Thousands Of Dollars A recently discovered sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, signed by E. H. Shepard, the original  illustrator  of the beloved series, could  fetch  as much as $36,000. The pen-and-ink image  depicts  Pooh and Piglet walking home after  bidding  farewell to their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. It was the final scene before the  characters  turned back into toys. The drawing is  identical  to the  illustration  in the  Winnie-the-Pooh  book published in 1926. However, this one is dated 1958. Besides the original one — which sold for $220,000 in 2022 — no other Shepard drawings of this image have been found. Experts believe it may be the first and last time the artist re-drew this  iconic  picture. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

 DOGO News:  Race Car Made Using Discarded Electronics Highlights The World's E-Waste Problem Plastic pollution gets a lot of attention. However, the ever-increasing pile of discarded electronics is not as well- publicized . In 2014, over 49 million tons of toxic "e-waste" ended up in landfills. This includes computers, smartphones, and televisions. If left unchecked, the number is expected to increase to 82 million tons by 2030. Envision Racing hopes to raise awareness about the urgent need to recycle and repurpose our gadgets with a racing car made entirely from e-waste... Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  Time for Kids:  Being a Buddy Sammie Vance, 14, knows there’s nothing worse than feeling left out. For years, she’s been helping kids who feel lonely make friends. “There was one little boy at school, younger than me,” she told TIME for Kids. “He would see me in the hallway and give me a thumbs-up, to tell me that what I was doing helped him.” What she was doing was running the Buddy Bench program. She started it when she was in the third grade, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The idea was that anyone at school who was feeling lonely could sit on the “buddy bench.” That let other kids know someone needed a friend. “It’s really helpful to have other people be able to notice you,” Sammie says.... Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  Josh McDowell Youth Devotions:   Claim It and Enjoy It! 10/30/2023 5:20:19 AM Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:12-14 Our High Priest offered himself to God as one sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Hebrews 10:12 “NOTHING IN LIFE is free,” Amanda protested. “I’ve confessed my sins to God, and I’ve turned away from the bad stuff I used to do. But I figure that sometime when I mess up in the future he’s going to say, ‘I knew you would mess up again!’ I just can’t believe forgiveness is free for the asking.” Some Christians think it’s a stretch that God actually forgives them when they confess their sins and repent. If that sounds like you, ... Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  TKSST:  Pikas Prep and Pilfer in the Canadian Rockies   Small and egg-shaped with round ears, furry  pikas  are famous for their end-of-summer activity: Haystack-building. The herbivores gather elaborate piles of nutritious wildflowers and grasses, drying the plants in the sun at the mouth of their rock debris dens. They do not hibernate, so they need these well-prepared pantries to sustain them over the cold, harsh winter of the  Canadian Rockies . Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  TKSST:  A Yellow Butterfly Emerges in Japan Nature photographer Kazuo Unno found a yellow chrysalis in his garden, and immediately began to film, hoping to capture the insect’s first moments as a butterfly. But it didn’t emerge that day, or the next. On the third day, it began to rain, so he moved the chrysalis indoors. In Japanese, Unno writes, “It finally emerged at 5:15 p.m. when it was dark. I never thought it would take this long.” Note:  The above comes directly from the TKSST website.

  Neal.fun:  Internet Artifacts Neal Agarwal is back with a new entry for his collection of  entertaining  (and sometimes  educational ) tiny websites.  Internet Artifacts  is a virtual museum of artifacts—some screenshots, though many of the websites are interactive—from early Internet history. Speaking as someone who’s been using the Internet since the mid-1980s, many of these artifacts were familiar, but others either predate me or came around once the Internet had grown too large for anyone to track. Among much else, you’ll find the first home pages for Apple, Google, and Wikipedia. The exhibit starts in 1977 with a map of ARPANET and ends in 2007 with a video of Steve Jobs announcing the iPhone. What’s your favorite artifact? Note:  The above comes from Tidbits.com.  Written by Adam Engst