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Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia • * South Carolina
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Education • * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
My friends who grew up with dogs tell me how when they were teenagers and trusted no one in the world, they could tell their dog all their secrets. It was the one friend who would not gossip or betray, could be solemn or silly or silent as needed, could provide in the middle of the night the soft, unbegrudging comfort and peace that adolescence conspires to disrupt. An age that is all about growth and risk needs some anchors and weights, a model of steadfastness when all else is in flux. Sometimes I think Twist's abiding devotion keeps my girls on a benevolent leash, one that hangs quietly at their side as they trot along but occasionally yanks them back to safety and solid ground.
We've weighed so many decisions so carefully in raising our daughters--what school to send them to and what church to attend, whether to let them drop soccer or piano at the risk of teaching them irresponsibility, when to give them cell phones and with what precautions. But when it comes to what really shapes their character and binds our family, I never would have thought we would owe so much to its smallest member.
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We've weighed so many decisions so carefully in raising our daughters--what school to send them to and what church to attend, whether to let them drop soccer or piano at the risk of teaching them irresponsibility, when to give them cell phones and with what precautions. But when it comes to what really shapes their character and binds our family, I never would have thought we would owe so much to its smallest member.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Children • Marriage & Family • * General Interest • Animals • * Theology • Pastoral Theology
Watch it all (please note it begins with a crisis which is upsetting but I promise it is encouraging--really; KSH).
Filed under: * General Interest
The Rev. Cathi Bencken managed to crack a joke Monday after an apparent lightning strike zapped an iron cross and crumbled the steeple of Trinity Episcopal Church.
“I don’t think it was (because) of anything I said,” she said of the sermon she delivered Sunday.
Neighbors in a nearby downtown apartment told Bencken and other church leaders that lightning hit the church about 3:30 a.m.
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“I don’t think it was (because) of anything I said,” she said of the sermon she delivered Sunday.
Neighbors in a nearby downtown apartment told Bencken and other church leaders that lightning hit the church about 3:30 a.m.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • TEC Parishes • * Christian Life / Church Life • Parish Ministry • * General Interest • Weather
From satirical site Lark News:
After spending $2,000 to upgrade his church’s sign, and fighting the board for the money, pastor Chad Thomas was chagrined to see the word "church" spelled incorrectly.
"My secretary was gone that day and I’m not much of a speller — it’s my fault," he says. "I signed off on the final copy."
Read the whole piece.
After spending $2,000 to upgrade his church’s sign, and fighting the board for the money, pastor Chad Thomas was chagrined to see the word "church" spelled incorrectly.
"My secretary was gone that day and I’m not much of a speller — it’s my fault," he says. "I signed off on the final copy."
Read the whole piece.
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
--An actual Kansas City Star headline courtesy of the WSJ's Best of the Web
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Media • * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.
She returned home to Colorado cowering and fearful. When her handlers tried to take her into a building, she would stiffen her legs and resist. Once inside, she would tuck her tail beneath her body and slink along the floor. She would hide under furniture or in a corner to avoid people.
A military veterinarian diagnosed with her post-traumatic stress disorder — a condition that some experts say can afflict dogs just like it does humans.
"She showed all the symptoms and she had all the signs," said Master Sgt. Eric Haynes, the kennel master at Peterson Air Force Base. "She was terrified of everybody and it was obviously a condition that led her down that road."
Read it all and check out the video as well.
She returned home to Colorado cowering and fearful. When her handlers tried to take her into a building, she would stiffen her legs and resist. Once inside, she would tuck her tail beneath her body and slink along the floor. She would hide under furniture or in a corner to avoid people.
A military veterinarian diagnosed with her post-traumatic stress disorder — a condition that some experts say can afflict dogs just like it does humans.
"She showed all the symptoms and she had all the signs," said Master Sgt. Eric Haynes, the kennel master at Peterson Air Force Base. "She was terrified of everybody and it was obviously a condition that led her down that road."
Read it all and check out the video as well.
Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Defense, National Security, Military • Iraq War • * General Interest • Animals
"This is the holy grail of artificial intelligence," said project director Kate Tillman, explaining that the robot instantly performs millions of computations to ensure feelings of unresolved anger and simmering resentment remain deeply buried within its complex circuitry. "We felt we were on the right track when we brought up a personal shortcoming and it paced around the lab muttering, but when it started breaking eye contact and changing the subject, we knew we had accomplished something revolutionary."
Heh. Read it all.
Heh. Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Science & Technology • * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
That theater, and improv in particular, can make a company or employee more competitive is not a particularly new idea. But what may be surprising is such training has not lost favor during the recession.
Ward has taught corporate and professional classes for 10 years. The recession has not been easy, but he points out: "I'm a for-profit arts organization that has kept the doors open through three of the worst years I've seen in my lifetime."
Indeed, there appears to be enough demand to go around. Transactors Improv Co., also in Carrboro, has long offered what Greg Hohn calls applied improv classes. Hohn, Transactors' executive and artistic director, also teaches the class at UNC'sKenan-Flagler Business School for MBA students.
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Ward has taught corporate and professional classes for 10 years. The recession has not been easy, but he points out: "I'm a for-profit arts organization that has kept the doors open through three of the worst years I've seen in my lifetime."
Indeed, there appears to be enough demand to go around. Transactors Improv Co., also in Carrboro, has long offered what Greg Hohn calls applied improv classes. Hohn, Transactors' executive and artistic director, also teaches the class at UNC'sKenan-Flagler Business School for MBA students.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Economy • Corporations/Corporate Life • * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
At a press conference Tuesday, God Almighty, our Lord and Heavenly Father, gave his strongest indication yet that he might soon step down from his post as the supreme ruler of all things.
Don't miss the rest.
Don't miss the rest.
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
St. Peter’s Anglican Church has long been known as an open and inclusive place.
So open, it seems, they won’t turn anyone away. Not even a dog.
That’s how a blessed canine ended up receiving communion from interim priest Rev. Marguerite Rea during a morning service the last Sunday in June.
According to those in attendance at the historical church at 188 Carlton St. in downtown Toronto, it was a spontaneous gesture, one intended to make both the dog and its owner – a first timer at the church — feel welcomed. But at least one parishioner saw the act as an affront to the rules and regulations of the Anglican Church. He filed a complaint with the reverend and with the Anglican Diocese of Toronto about the incident – and has since left the church.
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So open, it seems, they won’t turn anyone away. Not even a dog.
That’s how a blessed canine ended up receiving communion from interim priest Rev. Marguerite Rea during a morning service the last Sunday in June.
According to those in attendance at the historical church at 188 Carlton St. in downtown Toronto, it was a spontaneous gesture, one intended to make both the dog and its owner – a first timer at the church — feel welcomed. But at least one parishioner saw the act as an affront to the rules and regulations of the Anglican Church. He filed a complaint with the reverend and with the Anglican Diocese of Toronto about the incident – and has since left the church.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Anglican Provinces • Anglican Church of Canada • * Christian Life / Church Life • Liturgy, Music, Worship • Parish Ministry • * General Interest • Animals
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"Normally, I don't go for political jokes — too many of them are getting elected."
--Bob Hope
--Bob Hope
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
Three years ago Ben Huh visited a blog devoted to silly cat pictures — and saw vast potential.
Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger, which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions, after it linked to his own pet blog. His site immediately crumbled under the resulting wave of visitors.
Sensing an Internet phenomenon, Mr. Huh solicited financing from investors and forked over $10,000 of his own savings to buy the Web site from the two Hawaiian bloggers who started it.
“It was a white-knuckle decision,” he said. “I knew that the first site was funny, but could we duplicate that success?”
Mr. Huh has since found that the appetite for oddball Internet humor is insatiable.
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Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger, which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions, after it linked to his own pet blog. His site immediately crumbled under the resulting wave of visitors.
Sensing an Internet phenomenon, Mr. Huh solicited financing from investors and forked over $10,000 of his own savings to buy the Web site from the two Hawaiian bloggers who started it.
“It was a white-knuckle decision,” he said. “I knew that the first site was funny, but could we duplicate that success?”
Mr. Huh has since found that the appetite for oddball Internet humor is insatiable.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Blogging & the Internet • * Economics, Politics • Economy • * General Interest • Animals
What comes to mind when I say moral blind spots? Abortion if you're a conservative? Gay rights if you're a liberal? But how can anything be "blind" if half the country is talking about it?
Mahatma Gandhi— viewed by many (including Martin Luther King Jr.) as one of the greatest moral leaders of the 20th century — opined that the moral fiber of a society is best gauged by how we treat our animals. So as a Baptist preacher who is interested in the morality of my country, I decided to check us out. What I found has alarmed me. Worse still is the fact that so few of us are talking about it. Eureka. A moral blind spot.
Let's start with the animals we profess to love: our pets. Many of us cherish our dogs, cats or other critters and consider them part of the family. We spare no expense when caring for them. Others of us just skirt by, particularly once the novelty of owning a pet wears off. Owner complacency becomes indifference; indifference becomes neglect. One of the saddest outcomes is a dog that is chained and left in the backyard. A tethered dog lives in utter misery without physical or mental stimulation. Owner neglect on a much larger scale results in 3 million to 4 million dogs and cats being euthanized each year. That's about 10,000 per day. Much of this results from pet owners simply failing to spay or neuter their animals. With free and discounted spay/neuter opportunities galore, that's inexcusable.
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Mahatma Gandhi— viewed by many (including Martin Luther King Jr.) as one of the greatest moral leaders of the 20th century — opined that the moral fiber of a society is best gauged by how we treat our animals. So as a Baptist preacher who is interested in the morality of my country, I decided to check us out. What I found has alarmed me. Worse still is the fact that so few of us are talking about it. Eureka. A moral blind spot.
Let's start with the animals we profess to love: our pets. Many of us cherish our dogs, cats or other critters and consider them part of the family. We spare no expense when caring for them. Others of us just skirt by, particularly once the novelty of owning a pet wears off. Owner complacency becomes indifference; indifference becomes neglect. One of the saddest outcomes is a dog that is chained and left in the backyard. A tethered dog lives in utter misery without physical or mental stimulation. Owner neglect on a much larger scale results in 3 million to 4 million dogs and cats being euthanized each year. That's about 10,000 per day. Much of this results from pet owners simply failing to spay or neuter their animals. With free and discounted spay/neuter opportunities galore, that's inexcusable.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Religion & Culture • * General Interest • Animals
Mark Malsick jokes that his summer vacation plans are shot.
That's because the severe weather liaison for the S.C. Climate Office doesn't like how the hurricane season is shaping up.
And neither does anyone else.
El Nino has evaporated. That's a warming trend in Pacific tropical waters which created high- altitude winds shearing hurricanes in this hemisphere the past few years. Meanwhile, the tropical Atlantic is warmer than it was in 2005, the record-breaking year with a record 27 named storms including the devastating hurricane Katrina. And hot seas make for mean storms.
Ugh--read it all from the front page of yesterday's local paper.
That's because the severe weather liaison for the S.C. Climate Office doesn't like how the hurricane season is shaping up.
And neither does anyone else.
El Nino has evaporated. That's a warming trend in Pacific tropical waters which created high- altitude winds shearing hurricanes in this hemisphere the past few years. Meanwhile, the tropical Atlantic is warmer than it was in 2005, the record-breaking year with a record 27 named storms including the devastating hurricane Katrina. And hot seas make for mean storms.
Ugh--read it all from the front page of yesterday's local paper.
Filed under: * General Interest • Weather • * South Carolina
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Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Energy, Natural Resources • * General Interest • Animals
As hurricane season looms, forecasters, scientists and residents along the Gulf Coast worry that a major storm could make the oil spill worse.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a hurricane, or a succession of them, may bring oil up from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and then push it ashore. Forecasters say a season with multiple storms could send oil farther inland and spread it as far as Cape Hatteras, N.C.
"To think a storm surge could resuscitate a huge sum of oil (from the deep) and deposit it on land is truly catastrophic," says Joe Jaworski, mayor of Galveston, Texas, a city hit by Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Read it all.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a hurricane, or a succession of them, may bring oil up from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and then push it ashore. Forecasters say a season with multiple storms could send oil farther inland and spread it as far as Cape Hatteras, N.C.
"To think a storm surge could resuscitate a huge sum of oil (from the deep) and deposit it on land is truly catastrophic," says Joe Jaworski, mayor of Galveston, Texas, a city hit by Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Energy, Natural Resources • * General Interest • Weather
This is one of those minor Internet classics which you may not have seen; if not it really is a lot of fun--KSH.
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel has been labeled by Robert Brownell, a prominent cetacean researcher, "the most amazing sighting in the history of whales."
Alisa Schulman-Janiger, who runs a gray whale census and behavior project in Southern California for the American Cetacean Society, said the sighting was "the equivalent "of finding a dinosaur in your backyard--it was that unbelievable."
To be sure, scientists are perplexed as to how the gray whale might have traveled from the Pacific to the North Atlantic--the most likely entry point to the Mediterranean--where the species is believed to have been extinct for about 300 years.
Among questions being asked is whether--if other gray whales also have gained or will in the coming years gain access to the Atlantic--this could mark the beginning of a re-population effort by a species not encountered in the region since the late 17th or early 18th centuries.
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Alisa Schulman-Janiger, who runs a gray whale census and behavior project in Southern California for the American Cetacean Society, said the sighting was "the equivalent "of finding a dinosaur in your backyard--it was that unbelievable."
To be sure, scientists are perplexed as to how the gray whale might have traveled from the Pacific to the North Atlantic--the most likely entry point to the Mediterranean--where the species is believed to have been extinct for about 300 years.
Among questions being asked is whether--if other gray whales also have gained or will in the coming years gain access to the Atlantic--this could mark the beginning of a re-population effort by a species not encountered in the region since the late 17th or early 18th centuries.
Read it all.
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals • * International News & Commentary • Middle East • Israel
While no one really knows if all dogs go to heaven, Calvary Episcopal Church is giving area pooches and their owners improved odds with a new monthly worship service.
The first Perfect Paws Pet Ministry takes place on Sunday, May 16, from 5 to 5:30 p.m., in the church's Parish Hall.
After that, the church plans to hold the pet service on the third Sunday of every month, complete with communion for the humans who wish to partake and special blessings bestowed on pets and people alike. Dogs will get treats as part of the service.
Read it all.
The first Perfect Paws Pet Ministry takes place on Sunday, May 16, from 5 to 5:30 p.m., in the church's Parish Hall.
After that, the church plans to hold the pet service on the third Sunday of every month, complete with communion for the humans who wish to partake and special blessings bestowed on pets and people alike. Dogs will get treats as part of the service.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • TEC Parishes • * General Interest • Animals
"Shelter dogs aren’t broken. They’ve simply experienced more life. If they were human, we would call them wise. They would be the ones with tales to tell and stories to write. The ones dealt a bad hand and responded with courage. Do not pity a shelter dog. Adopt one."
Elizabeth and I caught this one by accident on a TIVOed show--what a fantastic ad--KSH.
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals
The massive disruption caused by the volcano cloud has come at a bad time for pet shippers. Many have seen their shipment numbers drop by 50% to 60% in the past year, as companies stop paying to relocate employees' families abroad, said Sally Smith, the owner of Johnsonburg, NJ-based Airborne Animals LLC. In 2008, 75% of pet owners polled in the U.S. said they frequently travel with their animals, according to BringYourPet.com, a directory service for pet-friendly hotels.
Pet shippers have lost precious time and money during the disruption, often having to re-file lengthy health certificates that sometimes must be completed within hours of a pet's takeoff. Many have stranded animals in their midst, biding time until it's safe to fly....
In Frankfurt, Mr. [Paul] Robinson was reunited with [his dog] Pen on Saturday afternoon. He found his friend "quite thin—like a hyena during a summer drought in the African Savannah kind of thin." That night, he put Pen in the front seat of the Fiat and cruised back to Ljubljana in the slow lane of the autobahn.
Both are taking the journey in stride. "We all have adventures doing things for the people we love, the animals we love," Mr. Robinson said. "You just take the risk and go."
Read it all from yesterday's Wall Street Journal.
Pet shippers have lost precious time and money during the disruption, often having to re-file lengthy health certificates that sometimes must be completed within hours of a pet's takeoff. Many have stranded animals in their midst, biding time until it's safe to fly....
In Frankfurt, Mr. [Paul] Robinson was reunited with [his dog] Pen on Saturday afternoon. He found his friend "quite thin—like a hyena during a summer drought in the African Savannah kind of thin." That night, he put Pen in the front seat of the Fiat and cruised back to Ljubljana in the slow lane of the autobahn.
Both are taking the journey in stride. "We all have adventures doing things for the people we love, the animals we love," Mr. Robinson said. "You just take the risk and go."
Read it all from yesterday's Wall Street Journal.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Travel • * General Interest • Animals
This is a follow up on the NPR story posted yesterday--watch it all.
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals
This is a guaranteed day brightener--watch it all (Hat tip: Selimah).
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals
For a strange two weeks, a newspaper photographer in Miami was taking some pretty unique pictures. But they weren't coming from her day job; they were from her backyard.
At work, Emily Michot and her husband, Walt, are photojournalists for the Miami Herald. At home, they're parents with two sons: Michael's 8, and Ryan is 10. And their Miami Shores house can get a bit rowdy.
But a few weeks ago, when Walt Michot was picking up the boys from karate class, Emily Michot was home alone, and the house was uncommonly quiet.
"That's when I noticed that there was this -- this odd noise," she says. "I can't even describe it. It was alive. I knew it was alive."
Caught this one on the morning run--simply wonderful. Read or listen to it all and make sure to check out the pictures.
At work, Emily Michot and her husband, Walt, are photojournalists for the Miami Herald. At home, they're parents with two sons: Michael's 8, and Ryan is 10. And their Miami Shores house can get a bit rowdy.
But a few weeks ago, when Walt Michot was picking up the boys from karate class, Emily Michot was home alone, and the house was uncommonly quiet.
"That's when I noticed that there was this -- this odd noise," she says. "I can't even describe it. It was alive. I knew it was alive."
Caught this one on the morning run--simply wonderful. Read or listen to it all and make sure to check out the pictures.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Children • Marriage & Family • * General Interest • Animals
From here:
Harv’s Metro Car Wash owner Aaron Zeff was handed a tax bill that was originally four cents but was shocked to see that the bill increased by more than 5,000 times to $202.35, according to CBS News. The tax bill dated back from 2006 and the four cents grew by that much in four years....The Sacramento Bee reports that IRS spokesperson Jesse Walker is not commenting on the case, citing privacy laws.
Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Economy • Taxes • * General Interest
Google employees once known as “Googlers” should now be referred to as either “Topekers” or “Topekans,” depending on the result of a board meeting that’s ongoing at this hour. Whatever the outcome, the conclusion is clear: we aren’t in Google anymore.
ROFL--read it all.
ROFL--read it all.
Filed under: * Economics, Politics • Economy • Corporations/Corporate Life • * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
Leaders of the Evangelical Laodicean Church in North America last week announced the publication of a new hymnal. "This is truly a hymnal for the new century," said Presiding Bishop Luke W. Arm. "This collection of hymns really captures the essence of our tradition," Bishop Arm explained. "At the core of our belief is the motto, 'Moderation in all things,' and that applies to our faith life as well. We just don't like to get carried away."
When asked if the new hymnal will help the Laodicean Church attract new members, Bishop Arm replied, "People in today's society get kind of uncomfortable with too much talk about things like commitment and dedication. They'd much rather have a religion that they can turn on or off at will. Our church seeks to meet that need. This hymnal will help with that, I think."
When asked if the new hymnal will help the Laodicean Church attract new members, Bishop Arm replied, "People in today's society get kind of uncomfortable with too much talk about things like commitment and dedication. They'd much rather have a religion that they can turn on or off at will. Our church seeks to meet that need. This hymnal will help with that, I think."
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. As they lay down
for the night, Holmes said: "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what
you see".
Watson: "I see millions and millions of stars".
Holmes: "And what does that tell you?"
Watson: "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies
and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God
is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells
me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes: "Somebody stole our tent."
for the night, Holmes said: "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what
you see".
Watson: "I see millions and millions of stars".
Holmes: "And what does that tell you?"
Watson: "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies
and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God
is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells
me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes: "Somebody stole our tent."
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
Most of us have now learned to live with "voice mail" as a necessary
as part of our daily lives. But have you ever wondered what it would
be like if God decided to install voice mail?
Imagine praying and hearing the following:
Thank you for calling Heaven.
For English, press 1.
For Spanish, press 2.
For all other languages, press 0.
Please select one of the following options:
Press 1 for Requests.
Press 2 for Thanksgiving.
Press 3 for Laments.
Press 4 for all other inquiries.
as part of our daily lives. But have you ever wondered what it would
be like if God decided to install voice mail?
Imagine praying and hearing the following:
Thank you for calling Heaven.
For English, press 1.
For Spanish, press 2.
For all other languages, press 0.
Please select one of the following options:
Press 1 for Requests.
Press 2 for Thanksgiving.
Press 3 for Laments.
Press 4 for all other inquiries.
Filed under: * General Interest • Humor / Trivia
It was Easter Sunday last year and Joe Cabuk, the pilot of a chartered plane carrying Doug White of Archibald, La., and his family, suffered a heart attack and died soon after takeoff in Florida.
White is certified to fly single-engine planes, but not the twin-engine turboprop he was aboard — but he took control and, with the help of air traffic controllers in Miami and Fort Myers, landed the aircraft safely.
Those air traffic controllers won the Archie League Medal of Safety Award, given by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. When they receive that award Monday, Doug White will be there. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Brian Norton, one of the air traffic controllers who helped White land the plane.
I caught this on the way to worship this morning--the audio is just riveting. Listen to it all.
White is certified to fly single-engine planes, but not the twin-engine turboprop he was aboard — but he took control and, with the help of air traffic controllers in Miami and Fort Myers, landed the aircraft safely.
Those air traffic controllers won the Archie League Medal of Safety Award, given by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. When they receive that award Monday, Doug White will be there. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Brian Norton, one of the air traffic controllers who helped White land the plane.
I caught this on the way to worship this morning--the audio is just riveting. Listen to it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Travel • * General Interest
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals
Pictures guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
Filed under: * General Interest • Animals • Humor / Trivia
A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday.
An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.
"The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze," the Komsomolskaya Pravda paper said.
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An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.
"The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze," the Komsomolskaya Pravda paper said.
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Filed under: * General Interest • Animals
The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct....
"It's just an illusion," a wide-eyed Bernanke added as he removed bills from his wallet and slowly spread them out before him. "Just look at it: Meaningless pieces of paper with numbers printed on them. Worthless."
According to witnesses, Finance Committee members sat in thunderstruck silence for several moments until Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) finally shouted out, "Oh my God, he's right. It's all a mirage. All of it—the money, our whole economy—it's all a lie!"
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"It's just an illusion," a wide-eyed Bernanke added as he removed bills from his wallet and slowly spread them out before him. "Just look at it: Meaningless pieces of paper with numbers printed on them. Worthless."
According to witnesses, Finance Committee members sat in thunderstruck silence for several moments until Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) finally shouted out, "Oh my God, he's right. It's all a mirage. All of it—the money, our whole economy—it's all a lie!"
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