Wednesday, September 27, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/my-90-minute-american-airlines-flight-turned-into-9-hour-hell/
My 90-minute American Airlines flight turned into a 9-hour hell — but a miracle happened
By Jane Herz
Published Sep. 21, 2023, 9:27 a.m. ET
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American Airlines flight 5085 was scheduled to depart at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 18. But when Conley looked at his phone and saw that the time was 6:30 p.m. — about a half hour after the plane was originally supposed to land at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) — he knew something was awry.
That’s when the pilot told passengers that the plane was diverted to a small airport in Wichita Falls, Texas, due to a severe impending storm, as DFW was not allowing landings or takeoffs.
Rather than disembarking upon landing at 6:45 p.m. at Wichita Falls Regional Airport, Conley and his fellow passengers got stuck on the tarmac for over two hours because airport employees weren’t allowed outside due to the lightning.
But what should have been the flight from hell was really something that turned into a beautiful, human experience, Conley, 38, said.
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The man Conley was sitting next to, Joshua Chandler, even put on a pretend duck tour for the young kids, as he had been on one earlier that day, blowing the yellow duck whistle around his neck.
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What a great inspirational story. We hear all about the “Karens” and “Kens”, drunken idiots, or some “un housebroken” slobs on planes. But we rarely hear of the times that humans all come together under duress and make the best of some unfortunate coincidences.
I’d like to think that I could be like them — charitable, kind, and considerate of my neighbors.
And, BTW, where does one go for a “duck tour” and why. Laugh!
Of course, I’ll never ever fly into, out of, or through DFW. One thunderstorm ride there back in the 70’s was enough for me. (And that’s where IBM lost its PC team when Esteridge’s place went down. All the corporate travel departments created the “only a few employees on any one flight” rule as few weeks later. So sad.)
Great story of humanity’s possibilities.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-used-80-discarded-vape-batteries-to-power-an-electric-scooter-proving-the-importance-of-e-waste/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=05-09-2023
Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste
By Good News Network – Sep 2, 2023
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A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.
The 23-year-old Brit says disposable vape devices are marketed as expendable, but still have plenty of power—and people need to know that.
It didn’t cost any money to pick up 80 discarded vape batteries and he wired the lithium-ion batteries to a scooter purchased on eBay for $37 (£30).
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Wow. Now there’s an “injineer”.
I’m more impressed with scooters when I see them in use. While I’m too old and heavy for one, and they really are only for “fair weather”, there is a lesson for “youngsters” who can’t drive yet that there are alternatives to “shank’s mare” aka walking.
It also demonstrates the value of “lateral thinking”.
Wish I was young again, there seems like there are MORE opportunities for youths to succeed in unconventional 9-5 wage slave jobs.
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/to-halt-ibis-extinction-austrian-man-shows-beloved-birds-a-new-migration-route-with-his-ultralight-and-its-working/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=24-08-2023
To Halt Ibis Extinction Austrian Man Shows Birds a New Migration Route With His UltraLight–And it’s Working
By Andy Corbley – Aug 21, 2023
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An Austrian ornithologist has pioneered an incredible way of wildlife rehabilitation by fostering chicks of an endangered species before re-instituting their migratory practice by leading them along their natural migration route with an ultralight aircraft.
The method was developed to help reconnect the northern bald ibis, a bird that was extirpated in Europe 400 years ago, with its summer-winter migration pattern from northern Europe to its sunny southern climes.
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Fritz came to the rescue again, hand-rearing chicks on ground mice and beef heart 8 times a day, while letting the inquisitive, gregarious chicks investigate his ears and nose for curiosity’s sake.
This was all a part of getting them to the age of flight when he would lead them again in his ultralight aircraft along a 2,500-mile circumnavigation of the Alps to a new wintering site on the sunny Spanish south near Cadiz
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A heroic effort.
And just goes to show when one committed “crazy” person can accomplish.
That’s conserving nature for future generations.
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Sunday, July 23, 2023
https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/7-japanese-concepts-that-can-improve-your-life/
in: Advice, Character
Brett & Kate McKay • July 18, 2023
7 Japanese Concepts That Can Improve Your Life
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Oubaitori: Avoiding Comparison to Others
The characters that spell out oubaitori represent four different trees that bloom in Japan in the spring: cherry, apricot, peach, and plum. Each tree blooms in its own way and in its own time, and each bears a distinct flower and fruit. Oubaitori as a concept grows out of this arboreal image and refers to the idea of avoiding the habit of comparing yourself to others and embracing your unique journey and timeline instead.
Theodore Roosevelt (another appreciator of Japanese culture) famously said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Boy, was he right. I’ve noticed that I tend to get most down in the dumps when I start measuring my success against the success of others. Whenever I start doing that, I just remind myself to practice oubaitori. The word serves as a trigger to shift my focus away from others and back to my own path.
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Hmmm, my own path? I’m not sure I have one. Or, ever had one. More like adrift on raft at sea.
Sigh!
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Sunday, July 16, 2023
https://youtu.be/NXdeZfafu5M
MMSC Harbor seal #23-089 Release Day- July 13, 2023
Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Jul 14, 2023
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Our final seal release of the 2022-2023 season was a BIG one with the return of Harbor seal #23-089 (Barnegat Light) back to the wild! This adult female Harbor seal spent over six weeks recovering from an injury in MMSC’s rehabilitation hospital. Safe travels, big girl!
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Awe inspring. When humans act ethically to animals.
Happy to support their activities.
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12262003/Mystery-1939-Kindertransport-photo-showing-three-Jewish-girls-solved.html
Mystery behind 1939 Kindertransport photo showing three Jewish girls at Liverpool Street Station after fleeing Nazi Germany is finally solved after more than 80 years
- Girls identified as sisters Inge and Ruth Adamecz and Hanna Cohn
- They had all fled Nazi Germany as part of the Kindertransport scheme
- Photo had been displayed at museums for decades but with identities a mystery
By Harry Howard, History Correspondent
Published: 05:52 EDT, 4 July 2023 | Updated: 07:06 EDT, 4 July 2023
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This picture shames the USA for not taking in Jewish refugees, who were eventually killed.
So sad.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Firefighters rescue horse from Florida swimming pool
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65985119
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Catch the expression on the horse. “WTH!” Laugh!
I always think that these rescues are a good use of resources as practice for when there is a real emergency.
And, given how fat us Americans are getting, (me included), it may be necessary to get a human like me out of a pool.
Laugh!
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
https://www.boredpanda.com/adoptions-unites-two-best-friends/
Boy Becomes Friends With 12 Y.O. Foster Kid So The Family Adopts Him
Margo Butautaite — BoredPanda staff
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In an ideal world, every child has nurturing parents that love and protect them and kiss them goodnight after checking for monsters under the bed. Unfortunately, the reality is more tragic. Many children get taken away from abusive parents and end up in foster care waiting for years for a new family. A boy from Tennessee was lucky to have found a family that loves him unconditionally AND ended up having his best friend as his brother. How cool is that?
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I don’t often find “inspirational” material on Bored Panda; so this was special.
It made me think of all those memes where young children claim “twin-ship” by wearing the same clothes and ignore that they are of different “races”. (It makes me thing that “race” really doesn’t exist except as a meme in the midst of adults!)
This story is an adult version of that perception.
I hope that all involved have all the blessings that Karma can grant them and some on all those who can’t see the beauty of the family’s action.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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Sunday, June 11, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-8th-grader-walked-to-graduation-a-missouri-university-and-nfl-star-team-up-to-give-him-a-ride-to-college/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=07-06-2023
After 8th Grader Walked to Graduation, an NFL Star and University Team Up to Give Him a Ride to College
By Andy Corbley – Jun 5, 2023
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A Missouri middle schooler was so determined to make it to his graduation, he ended up walking 6 miles.
Losing out on an opportunity for a ride there, 8th-grader Xavier Jones asked his friend and brother to walk along with him, remembering something a mentor at Yeatman Middle School had told him.
“‘If I want it, I got to go get it,’” Jones told Fox News, remembering the advice. Together, the young men walked over 10,000 steps and two-and-a-half hours through St. Louis to arrive at the school.
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“She said, ‘You got a full ride,’ and I said [to Xavier], ‘Do you know what that means,’ and he said, ‘They’re going to give me a ride to school?’” Seals said. “I was like, ‘No, you’re getting a ride to college. He said, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t have to pay for college. Then it started hitting him.”
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Miami Dolphins NFL player Terron Armstead, who grew up in a similar part of town to Xavier, had bought his family a minivan, and an electric bike to ensure transportation options are no longer a problem.
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An impressive young MAN! We hear a lot of bad things that “juvenile delinquents” do, but not enough stories like this one.
Very impressive actions by the college president and the NFL player.
I’m sure KARMA will reward them.
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Friday, June 9, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flower-that-grew-only-in-york-brought-back-from-extinction-after-30-years-first-ever-british-de-extinction/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=01-06-2023
Flower That Grew Only in York Brought Back From Extinction After 30 Years—First Ever British De-Extinction
By Andy Corbley – May 30, 2023
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English media is gushing over the news of the first “de-extinction event” that saw a yellow wildflower unique to northeast England brought back to life.
Extinct since 1991, the York groundsel managed to carry on thanks to a handful of seed that was shed from three potted specimens on a windowsill at the University of York.
Stored at the Millennium Seed Bank in the Kew Gardens, botanists at Natural England organized a resurrection for the York groundsel after they received word the seeds were reaching the end of their lifespan.
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Like aborted children, about whom I wonder who was the one who was to cure cancer. So to, an extinct species of flower could hold the unknown key to an unknown mystery.
Probably not, but who wants to bet against the possibility?
Not me.
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Sunday, May 14, 2023
https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/07/ode-to-joy-flashmob/
Som Sabadell flashmob – BANCO SABADELL https://youtu.be/GBaHPND2QJg via @YouTube
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” Brought to Life in a Spanish Flashmob of 100 Musicians
- A touchingly human reminder of our capacity for ecstasy and transcendence.
By Maria Popova
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Imagine what life would be like if lived, in May Sarton’s lovely phrase, with “joy instead of will.” That is what Beethoven imagined, and invited humanity to imagine, two centuries ago in the choral finale of his ninth and final symphony, known as “Ode to Joy” — an epochal hymn of the possible, half a lifetime in the making.
In the spring of 2012, the Spanish city of Sabadell set out to celebrate the 130th anniversary of its founding with a most unusual, electrifying, and touchingly human rendition of Beethoven’s masterpiece, performed by a flashmob of 100 musicians from the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the Lieder, Amics de l’Òpera and Coral Belles Arts choirs. Watching the townspeople — children with kites, elders with walkers, couples holding hands — gather to savor the unbidden music in a succession of confusion, delight, and ecstasy is the stuff of goosebumps: living proof that “music so readily transports us from the present to the past, or from what is actual to what is possible.”
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Sappy, but I love the children really getting into the swing of it.
Hard not to be moved by it. Something gets stirred in the soul.
What could be if we all just tried harder … … “Peace on Earth” to men of good will.
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Sunday, April 9, 2023
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/04/leftism_and_the_minions_of_satan.html
April 7, 2023
Leftism and the Minions of Satan
By Nancy Van Deest
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With Holy Week upon us, it is time for Christians to stop relinquishing our beliefs out of fear from retribution and vitriol. Instead, put on the full armor of God to stand firm against the deteriorating culture, understanding that the more we voice God’s truths to counter their lies, the greater their inner demons will scream, expecting to stop God. But do not yield. Instead, offer God’s message of salvation, hoping it will plant a seed and move them toward God and away from Satan. However, prudently realize that at some point, God gives Satan’s unrepentant followers over to their depraved minds.
Given Satan’s growing influence on American leaders and the dangers they pose, Christians should be encouraged by David, who picked up a stone to defeat Goliath. His faith in God against overwhelming odds gives proof that God goes before us as our champion. While God may not spare us from the effects of the storm, with God in the lead, we can stand confidently upon His truths and hold firm to our God-given rights against a godless government. At the same time, we should warn those seeking unholy power, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”
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It’s a sad end that the American Experiment seems to be ending with a quick sinking into bankruptcy, perversion, and crime.
I’ve ofter railed about how the “King” wants to destroy the “Church” as an alternative authority. Pedophilia in the Catholic Church was allowed to continue and thus erode any claim to “moral authority”.
So too, the Gooferment was allowed to undermine thrift, self-reliance, and a sense of community with welfare paid for by future generations. Get everyone on some sort of dole to enhance the “King” (i.e., politicians and bureaucrats).
Decadence used to be shamed and hidden mostly in Hollywood has now become front page “news”.
As the few good people man the battlements, let’s go down if we must. But go down fighting to the last soul speaking the truth to the Powerful and their befuddled troops.
When it comes time to pick up the pieces, those recording history will say “this was their finest hour”.
Just say no to everything that goes against the Spirit.
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Monday, March 20, 2023
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11867551/Officers-relief-battled-save-boy-3-trapped-seat-underwater.html
Best cry I’ve ever heard’: Cops describe relief after saving unconscious boy, 3, trapped in his car seat, completely submerged – and reviving him with CPR
- Boy was trapped in seat after car had plunged into canal following a car crash
- Rescuing officer had to pull car seat ‘as hard as he could’ to break child free
- Another officer gave the boy CPR and kept telling him ‘you’re going to be fine’
By Miriam Kuepper
Published: 08:54 EDT, 16 March 2023 | Updated: 09:01 EDT, 16 March 2023
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Officers have described the utter relief after they battled to save an unconscious three-year-old boy who was trapped in his car seat and completely submerged by water for three minutes before he was rescued and revived with CPR by the police.
The child was trapped in his seat after the car had plunged into a canal following a car crash, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department in Florida, which was called to the rescue.
Despite ‘heroic efforts’, the driver was unable to get the boy out of the car, even after good Samaritans saw the accident and tried to help.
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Not sure if I would have the huevos muchos grande to dive into a murky Florida canal. I’d be thinking aligator. But evidently this man proved his courage and saved a life. “Whoever Saves a Life Saves the World” is well know in both Jewish and Islamic writings.
“Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on … as long as the women and children are saved. But if you fail to save the women and children, you’ve had it, you’re done, you’re through! You join Tyrannosaurus Rex, one more breed that bilged its final test.” — The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973) from Heinlein’s address at the U.S. Naval Academy (5 April 1973)
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Sunday, February 26, 2023
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/alcoholics-returning-emergency-department-ktph-hospital-cold-turkey-addiction-3285241
CNA Insider
Christy Yip @ChristyYipCNA
Jinee Chen
19 Feb 2023 06:15AM (Updated: 19 Feb 2023 06:26AM)
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- Alcoholics kept returning to A&E in this hospital. So a medical team chose to help them at home
- Is going cold turkey the way to tackle alcoholism? For some patients, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital advocates a different approach by, for example, encouraging them to reduce their intake rather than harp on abstinence.
- Alcoholics kept returning to A&E in this hospital. So a medical team chose to help them at home
- The KTPH team helps patients achieve their personal goals, rather than focusing on their addiction.
- One patient used to drink nine cans of beer a day. The team helped her drop to three — through a badminton game with her family.
- Visits to the emergency department from these patients have dropped by more than half since the programme began in 2020.
SINGAPORE: Emergency physician Desmond Mao has encountered many a drunkard. At work, the protocol was to treat their physical ailments and send them home with a referral to an addictions specialist.
Outside of work, he used to give them a wide berth. Like most people, perhaps, he “didn’t want any trouble”, he said.
But these days, his nonchalance has turned to curiosity. It was propelled by a nagging problem in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s (KTPH)’s emergency department, where he has been practising for some 12 years: The same patients with alcohol misuse kept returning.
These patients could come in with chest or leg pains — symptoms of overdrinking — or could be brought in by paramedics because they were on the streets, flat-out drunk. Sometimes they were “rowdy” and caused the department “a bit of grief”.
After discharge, some would “come back straight away,” said Mao. “Some of them even come back two to three times a day.”
In 2017, he was tasked to look into the issue.
Indeed, a study published in the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs found that between 2007 and 2016, the rate of alcohol-related emergency department visits across Singapore’s hospitals had increased by 62.4 per cent.
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Human beings are incredibly complex and twisted walking and talking “problems”.
Here’s fellow, who curiosity, leads to “gold” — a new approach.
I hope that we can learn from this and get a new strategy and some tactics to solve “homelessness”, drug addiction, and substance abuse.
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Friday, February 24, 2023
https://apnews.com/article/sports-parasports-jean-dolores-schmidt-chicago-06b8d438408e8e6abe08b395e3cd13d7
At 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
- Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola University men’s basketball chaplain and school celebrity, sits for a portrait in The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. The beloved Catholic nun captured the world’s imagination and became something of a folk hero while supporting the Ramblers at the NCAA Final Four in 2018. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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CHICAGO (AP) — At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again — “I’ve got too much to do,” she says. After prayers for the day ahead, she reads the Gospel on her tablet.
“I guess there aren’t too many 103-year-old nuns using iPads these days – there aren’t too many 103-year-olds, period,” she writes in her memoir that will be published Feb. 28. “But I’m pretty comfortable with modern technology. I’ve always said, ‘If you’re not moving forward, you’re going to get left behind real quick.’ Adaptability is my superpower.”
In “Wake Up with Purpose: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years,” Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt tells her life story, offers spiritual guidance and shares some of the lessons she’s learned.
The beloved Catholic nun captured the sports world’s imagination and became something of a folk hero as the chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 2018.
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While I’m feeling my age, she inspires me to get moving.
‘If you’re not moving forward, you’re going to get left behind real quick.’
Should be on a motivational poster.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/5-year-old-who-emptied-piggybank-for-earthquake-relief-now-wins-48mil-lottery-jackpot-at-18/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=10-02-2023
5-Year-old Who Emptied Piggybank for Earthquake Relief Now Wins $48Mil Lottery Jackpot at 18
By Andy Corbley – Feb 8, 2023
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A delightful story from northern Ontario saw a 5-year-old girl’s good Karma wait 13 years to reward her.
Juliette Lamour won the state’s second-largest lottery jackpot in history, CAD$48 million, on her first-ever try. Local news from her home city of Sault Saint Marie revealed a touching side of the story—that at 5 years old Lamour made a very big act of charity, and the suggestion that her generosity has been rewarded is impossible to resist making.
It was 2010 and the island nation of Haiti had just been ravaged by an earthquake. Aid organizations from across the world rushed to help the people of the obliterated country stabilize and recover.
At the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds hockey team ice rink a branch of the Canadian Red Cross had set up a table to help raise money for Haiti, and Juliette and her sister Sophie were determined to help.
They upturned their big pink sharing piggy bank that day, out of which came $61.38.
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We deal with a lotta “laws” in our lifetimes. I differentiate between man-made “laws” that I call diktats and the natural “laws” of the universe like gravity.
Here we have an example of a “weak” natural law, the Law of Karma. The wheel goes around and what you send out come around. Sometimes if you send out “bad”, it comes around to bite you in the butt. But, like this example, it comes back around a bestows a 782013.685239 * 61.38 reward.
“Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters “meaningtto do something kind or good without expecting anything in return. If you cast your bread upon the waters, you do good deeds for others without expecting anything in return.
Here is a reminder.
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-finally-meets-family-that-hid-him-during-nazi-holocaust-80-years-ago-and-visits-the-house/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=10-02-2023
Man Finally Meets Family That Hid Him During Nazi Holocaust 80 Years Ago–And Visits the House
By Andy Corbley – Feb 7, 202
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An elderly Belgian man was able to meet the descendants of a neighbor who saved him from the Holocaust after his perseverant son and a helpful geneticist managed to track down his grandchildren.
The meeting was organized in the same house where a 5-year-old David Rossler was hidden along with his mother. Now 85, Rossler had a chance to thank the grandchildren for what their grandfather, Georges Bourlet, had done.
Mr. Bourlet lived in Auderghem, Brussels with his four adolescent children, Paul, Jacques, Anne-Marie, and Christiane. Together they gave shelter to Rossler and his mother towards the end of the war in 1944 after Rossler’s uncle and grandfather had already been seized and sent to Auschwitz.
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“In Jewish tradition, there is a saying that ‘he who saves one life saves all of humanity’ – Georges Bourlet saved humanity nine times over We are submitting our testimony to Yad Vashem in hopes that he will be recognized for his heroism and granted the title of ‘Righteous Among the Nations,’” said Lionel, referencing the Israeli civilian honor for those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
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I’m not sure I’d have the courage to hide Jews from the Nazis. Not only did Georges Bourlet risk his own life but also that of his family to do a brave thing. He knew the risks and did it. That’s “stones”.
We don’t know how many took the same gamble and were killed for it.
As I said, I’m not sure I could handle a big challenge like that. May all my temptations be small enough for my limited abilities.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/bubble-mystery-da-vinci-solved/
Hard Science — February 8, 2023
Solved: 500-year-old mystery about bubbles that puzzled Leonardo da Vinci
- The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.
- Small bubbles shoot straight up in water, but larger bubbles dance and zigzag.
- This effect has intrigued scientists, beginning with Leonardo da Vinci.
- A new study finds a solution that we can understand intuitively.
Tom Hartsfield
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Pour water — or another tasty, bubbly liquid — into a clear glass. Carefully watch bubbles as they nucleate and then float up in the glass: You’ll notice that some of them rise differently than others. The tiniest ones shoot straight up, while bigger bubbles rhythmically bounce back and forth, slowing their trip. If you’ve ever wondered why this occurs, you’re not alone. No less a natural philosopher than Leonardo da Vinci was confounded by it.
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I guess we can say Leonardo da Vinci’s genius had its limits. Took 500 years, modern math, advance computers, and some fudging to get close to an answer. So we can forgive poor old da Vinci for flubbing it.
Found it fascinating that a bubble can become an oval.
Wonder what other mysteries are out there? We know so little.
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Friday, January 27, 2023
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11661539/LORD-ASHCROFT-recalls-forgotten-heroine-Holocaust.html
As the world marks liberation of the Nazi concentration camps… LORD ASHCROFT recalls the forgotten heroine of the Holocaust who smuggled 2,500 ghetto children to safety in coffins, suitcases… and even a toolbox
- Irena is all but forgotten despite the fact that she saved around 2,500 children
- She died in 2008 with brief tributes to the bravery of ‘The Angel of Warsaw’
By Lord Ashcroft For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 17:00 EST, 21 January 2023 | Updated: 17:00 EST, 21 January 2023
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The pretty, dark-haired young woman in a nurse’s uniform felt her heart thump inside her chest as she presented her identity papers to the Nazi soldiers guarding one of the few entrances to the Warsaw Ghetto.
It was the summer of 1942 and the truth about the Germans’ brutal genocide of the Jews was becoming horrifyingly clear. The knot in her stomach shifted slightly as the guard gruffly waved her inside. Agonisingly, she knew that if the truth of her secret mission was revealed, she would be tortured by the ruthless, sadistic SS and then shot.
She sighed with relief, but knew an even more heart-rending task lay inside the walls of the ghetto, where up to 500,000 Polish Jews had been corralled ten-to-a-room in a warren of buildings and streets in an area little larger than a square mile. There, the stench of death and disease was appalling. Thousands of half-starved people wandered around with just rags to protect them from the bitter cold.
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On the anniversary of the Nazi concentration camp’s liberation, we would all take the time to read and reflect upon this human tragedy. And the heroes and heroines, who risked everything, to save babies. It’s hard to imagine having that much physical courage. Not sure if I could do it; hope I would but until you have to act will you really know.
All those, who deny that the Holocaust happened, must be repudiated and reviled as mentally ill.
I can’t imagine their mental workings that can ignore all the evidence and personal testimony.
Argh!
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Sunday, January 22, 2023
https://bigthink.com/the-well/attention-span/
The Well
How to unlock your “peak mind”
- “What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
Amishi Jha
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There’s a shorthand that we can use to think about this. The term is VUCA: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous. The world today feels like it’s a constant VUCA environment, but there’s another challenge that our attention faces, and why many of us feel like we’re in an attentional crisis. Frankly, the brain was designed to be lured by, for our evolutionary success and survival, certain kinds of information; threatening information novel information, self-related information, and even things that are fun and enticing. I’m talking about the ‘Attention Economy.’ Everything is being done by teams of engineers to actually capture your attention and keep it there; your attention is the product. Finally, the mind can be hijacked away by something called ‘Mental Time Travel.’ That means that our attention is not in the present moment, so when we’re thinking about the past, our attention is fully in the past, same thing with the future. About 50% of our waking moments, we aren’t in the present moment.
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When I first learned about “meditation” in Comparative Non-Christian Religions — yes, I got another D — I thought it was a lot of “Barbara Streisand” <synonym for excrement>. Later, when I was in USAF survival school, we were encouraged to practice it for when we became a POW — luckily I never left Maryland. But, the lessons kept being repeated to me. “Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.” — ― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Not sure when I began to take “mindfulness” seriously; I do now.
YMMV
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― Frank Sonnenberg
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Friday, January 13, 2023
If you were born on this date:
You’ve slept for 9,247 days or 25 years!
Your next birthday is 17 days away
You’ve been alive for 665,808 hours
You were born on a Monday in mid January
You are 39,948,480 minutes old
Your next birthday is on a Friday
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Sunday, December 25, 2022
https://bigthink.com/13-8/star-of-bethlehem/
13.8 — December 21, 2022
What was the Star of Bethlehem?
Never stop looking at the skies in wonder.
Marcelo Gleiser
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On the nature of the astronomical phenomenon that took place (or not), there were three disparate reactions: Complete agreement with Molnar, qualified agreement, and radical disagreement. On the chronology of the events, most agreed that Jesus’s birth took place between 7-5 BCE. On the relation between astronomy and astrology, there was mostly disagreement on the intentions and the interpretations of astrologers from different regions in the Middle East. One major difficulty was to justify the visit of only three men, given the alleged power of the celestial portent. Why not a multitude of the devout? As for the “why,” Matthew was the one evangelist who considered celestial portents seriously, using them plentifully in his narrative.
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It seems that the Biblical story is just that, a story.
The “stories” of all the various religions seem to be the “fake news” of ill-remembered past events.
When you try to recount relatively recent events without written records, it’s impossible to make sense or even sort “fact” from the fiction of “false memories”.
In short, everything is suspect the further back you go in time.
Nice “stories”, but not “historical certainty”.
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Friday, December 16, 2022
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/once-devastated-pacific-reefs-see-amazing-rebirth-recovering-with-shocking-speed/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=09-12-2022
Once Devastated Pacific Reefs See Amazing Rebirth, Recovering With ‘Shocking Speed’
By Andy Corbley – Dec 7, 2022
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“The corals that were resistant to the phenomenal 2015-16 El Niño provided the reefs’ resilience,” wrote Sala. “The Southern Line Islands lie in one of the hottest hot spots of warming in the Pacific Ocean, so the corals apparently have adapted to heat.”
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Remember when “everyone” was in “the sky is falling” mode about the reefs and oceans.
It’s like the Creator put in a a feedback loop called “adaption” into “his/her” “Creation”.
Guess that the Earth will survive for another bullion years regardless of what us puny humans do!
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Elliana Bowers
Oct 15
“I missed my first flight to LA yesterday and had to catch another. I was so upset, but now I know why! When I finally got to LAX baggage claim, I went to the bathroom to check my little makeup and I heard a woman crying so hard. I was wondering if I should say something like, ‘It’s gonna be okay,’ but I was nervous and she was speaking Spanish so I didn’t know if she’d even understand me. I left and came back to the bathroom like four times while I was waiting for my bags to come down (full flight), and I heard her say, ‘But the bus doesn’t come until tomorrow.’ My heart dropped, so I asked her if she had Zelle or CashApp. She said no. So I asked her if I could pay for a hotel until tomorrow and she stopped crying and opened the stall door AND I SAW THE SLEEPING KIDS. I felt so happy to help her, knowing I’d just be spending my little money on bullsh*t. She rode with me to the Marriott and I got her a room. I wanted to share this because I kept thinking, ‘HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME INTO THE BATHROOM, HEARD HER CRYING FOR HOURS, DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE KIDS, AND KEPT GOING?’ I’m glad I said something because she was super sweet and appreciative and she had babies with her.”
Credit: Cyn Symoné
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No idea if this is authentic or not, but it suonds like it could be.
Reminds me to be alert for opportunities for me to “save my soul”.
YMMV
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
On Oct 2, 2022, at 9:15 AM, Ferdinand Reinke\ wrote:
Greg Schiano, Ryan Day have words after Ohio State’s fake punt
https://nypost.com/2022/10/01/greg-schiano-ryan-day-have-words-after-ohio-states-fake-punt/
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On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 9:54 AM my Old Luddite friend wrote:
Arrogant Ohio State, and they wonder why they are hated
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Agree. But “hated” is imho to strong a word; “not admired” would be my word. I “admire” true sportsmanship. Special Olympics, big pros who try to help and inspire little kids, Roberto Clementi, Sadio Mane with his broken iphone11 are the ones who exemplify the essence of humanity I hope I can emulate.
Crazy Old Ferd
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Hope more MP4B = “Millionaires Playing For Billionaires” can emulate good sportsmanship and remember that we are all brothers.
Isn’t there a saying “to whom much is give, much is expected”?
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/09/all_it_takes_is_one_hero.html
americanthinker.com
All It Takes Is One Hero
By J.B. Shurk
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No matter how dark things get, all it takes is one hero to push back. Heroes, after all, are not remembered for following the crowd; they emerge because they run in the opposite direction, often into known danger, and spur others to stop, turn around, and act. It is always the lone voice that inspires a people to rise against the injustices of any age. It is the stubborn persistence of the few who marshal real change. It is the resolute among us who peer at the raging inferno without fear. It is the wise who remember that every waterfall begins with just one drop of rain. It is the hopeful who can look around at today’s chaos and see clearly the opportunity for great change.
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Who will it be?
Where are our Patrick Henry’s, Nathan Hales’, or John Paul Jones?
Joe Rogan? Dave Smith? Michael Malice?
We certainly need one.
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