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  • Living la vida MOM SQUAD

    • From: Jennaphr29
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      Hello Mom Squad… I am so happy you have found the new and improved WWW.MYFOXPHILLY.COM   In the coming days and weeks our Mom Squad page will be filled with gossip about celebrity Moms, great new products to try and of course picture of you and your kiddos.

      Have a great warm weekend – see you Monday on GOOD DAY PHILADELPHIA…

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    • 9 months ago
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  • A Hole In The Clouds...And, Th

    • From: ibejim
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      Stunning pictures of 'hole in the clouds' as astronauts witness volcano eruption from the International Space Station

      By Eddie Wrenn
      Last updated at 4:28 PM on 24th June 2009

       

       

      A chance recording by astronauts on the International Space Station has captured the moment a volcano explosively erupted, sending massive shockwaves through the atmosphere.

      Sarychev Peak, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, had been sitting quietly in the Kuril Island chain near Japan for 20 years, when it suddenly sprang to life on June 12.

      Fortuitously, the International Space Station was flying overhead at the time, and managed to capture this spectacular image of the ash-cloud tearing through the atmosphere, sending clouds scattering in its wake in a perfect circle.

      Enlarge   Bird's Eye View: Safe from harm, NASA scientists look down on the Sarychev Peak volcano as the dramatic eruption takes place. The force of the blast sends clouds scattering

      Bird's eye view: Safe from harm, NASA scientists look down on the Sarychev Peak volcano as the dramatic eruption takes place. The force of the blast sends clouds scattering

      The station, which orbits the earth from a height of 220 miles, makes nearly 16 orbits of our planet every 24 hours, and happened to be in the perfect spot to see the dramatic eruption.

      The unique images have provided a wealth of new information about the eruption process, and volcanologists are now excitedly poring over the data.

      Most unique is the mist-like 'roof' to the cloud, believed to be either steam or condensing water pushed ahead of the advancing cloud of ash. Known as a 'pileus cloud', it lasts just moments, making this a rare snapshot.

       

      As the ISS continues its perfectly-timed flyby, the eruption continues unabated. The perfect 'plume' at the top of the volcano implies there is no shearing wind, which would have disrupted the pattern

      As the ISS continues its perfectly-timed flyby, the eruption continues unabated. The perfect 'plume' at the top of the volcano implies there is no shearing wind, which would have disrupted the pattern

      Stretching behind the volcano lies the vast shadow caused by the eruption, as the blast continues to grow

      Stretching behind the volcano lies the vast shadow caused by the eruption, as the blast continues to grow

      Also visible, far below on the hillside, is the thunderous pyroclastic flow of super-heated rock as it cascades down the mountainside.

      When most people picture volcanoes, they imagine red-hot lava flows. Pyrochastic flows are their deadlier older brother. Appearing at the start of an explosive eruption, they can travel at 130mph, chomping up the landscape as they go, meaning there's next-to no escape for anyone or anything caught in its path.

      From a distance: Volcano
      Where in the world? Sarychev Peak

      Where in the world? Sarychev Peak is to the north of Japan and east of Russia

      But the most stunning aspect of the picture is the effect on the clouds: As the ash column punches its way towards the top of the atmosphere, the shockwave causes the clouds to scatter.

      An alternative theory, one which these pictures is helping to test, is that as the ash rises, the surrounding air is pushed down, where it warms, and the increased heat causes the clouds to evaporate.

      As the ISS continued its orbits over the next few hours and days, the astronauts could follow the plume as it drifted away from the island.

      Plume

      These images show the plume drifting through the atmosphere in the hours and days after the eruption

       

       

      Eruption

      Between the two overpasses on June 14, the ash spread north and west from the volcano

      Spreading

      By June 15, the ash had spread out to the east and west

      The volcano is part of a seismically active cluster of islands running north east from Japan's Hokkaido Island, and up towards Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

      There are disputes between Russia and Japan over who owns which islands, but Matua Island, where the volcano is located, is generally agreed to be Russian territory. The Japanese call it Matsuwa Island.

      The last explosive eruption from Sarychev happened in 1989, with eruptions in 1986, 1976, 1954, and 1946 also producing lava flows.

      Ash from the eruptions has been recorded to reach more than 1,500miles from the volcano and commercial airline flights have been disrupted.

      The height of the plume was measured at five miles high - a huge distance into the sky, although not enough to worry the astronauts peering down from above.

      The International Space Station was first constructed in 1998 and is scheduled to be completed in 2011.

       

      You've seen the hole in the clouds - now see the hole in the universe:


      A hole in the clouds is one thing, but a hole in the fabric of the universe is quite another.

      With interstellar matter evenly distributed across the skies, this black anomaly is a bit of a head-scratcher - is it a black hole? A worm-hole? A stairway to Heaven? Or just the start of the collapse of the universe, which doomsayers assure us will start in 2012?

      NASA's 'hole in the sky' - now known to be a dark, molecular cloud absorbing all the visible light from stars behind it

      NASA's picture of the 'hole in the sky' - now known to be a dark molecular cloud absorbing all the visible light from stars behind it

      No, it's none of these things. Instead, its a dark molecular cloud - a mass of of dust and gasses which combine to blank out all the visible light from the background stars.

      Many of these 'dark absorption nebulae' have been discovered across the galaxy, with this one called Barnard 68 in the Ophiuchus constellation.

      Measurements place this at a relatively close 500 light years away - much further away and the odds are there would be stars visible in front of Barnard 68.

      It is calculated to be about half-a-light year across (a light-year being the distance light can travel through a vacuum in the course of a year).

      How they are formed is unknown, but clouds such as this are thought to be a birthing place for new stars.

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  • March Snow Totals

    • From: David_Aldrich
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      Here is my latest video update.  Please feel free to give us your snow totals, as they come in.  Some of you had a minor snow accumulation from Sunday morning.  Here's your chance to give us that amount, too.

      Enjoy, but stay safe.  This storm should begin in the Philly Metro around dinnertime  4 to 7 PM.

      Heaviest snow rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour may fall between 9 PM and 2 AM Monday.  Winds gusting to 35 to 45 mph will create POOR VISIBILITY and BLOWING and DRIFTING on Monday morning.  Temperatures will be near 31 degrees at midnight, dropping into the 20s all day.  Wind chills should range from 5 to 15 degrees on Monday as well.

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    • 8 months ago
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  • Leave A Tribute To Fallen Offi

    • From: MyFoxPhilly
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      Leave your tribute to the 6 fallen Philadelphia police officers since October 2007 here.

      We will read selected comments on Fox 29 News.

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Send Your Condolences To The P

    • From: MyFoxPhilly
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      How will you remember "The Voice Of The Phillies" Harry Kalas, who passed away Monday after collapsing in the broadcast booth before an afternoon game against the Washington Nationals in D.C.

      Write a tribute to "Harry The K" and send your condolences to the Phillies organization by writing a message below.

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    • 7 months ago
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  • A DOG NAMED SEX

    • From: newzjunky
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      Everybody I know who has a dog usually calls him "Spike" or "Rex". I call mine Sex. Now, Sex has been very embarrassing to me. When I went to the City Hall to renew the dog's license, I told the clerk that I would like a license for Sex. He said, "I would like to have one too!" Then I said, "But she is a dog!" He said he didn't care what she looked like. I said, "You don't understand. ... I have had Sex since I was nine years old." He replied, "You must have been quite a strong boy."

       When I decided to get married, I told the minister that I would like to have Sex at the wedding. He told me to wait until after the wedding was over. I said, "But Sex has played a big part in my life and my whole world revolves around Sex." He said he didn't want to hear about my personal life and would not marry us in his church. I told him everyone would enjoy having Sex at the wedding. The next day we were married at the Justice of the Peace. My family is barred from the church from then on.

      When my wife and I went on our honeymoon, I took the dog with me. When we checked into the motel, I told the clerk that I wanted a room for me and my wife and a special room for Sex. He said that every room in the motel is a place for sex. I said, "You don't understand. ... Sex keeps me awake at night." The clerk said, "Me too!"

      One day I entered Sex in a contest. But before the competition began, the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just looking around. I told him that I was going to have Sex in the contest. He said that I should have sold my own tickets. "You don't understand," I said, "I hoped to have Sex on TV." He called me a show off.

      When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog. I said, "Your Honor, I had Sex before I was married but Sex left me after I was married." The Judge said, "Me too!"

      Last night Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking all over for her. A cop came over and asked me what I was doing in the alley at 4 o'clock in the morning. I said, "I'm looking for Sex." -- My case comes up next Thursday.

      Well now I've been thrown in jail, been divorced and had more damn troubles with that dog than I ever foresaw. Why just the other day when I went for my first session with the psychiatrist, she asked me, "What seems to be the trouble?" I replied, "Sex has been my best friend all my life but now it has left me for ever. I couldn't live any longer so lonely." and the doctor said, "Look mister, you should understand that sex isn't a man's best friend
      so get yourself a dog."

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Snow Totals

    • From: David_Aldrich
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      So how much snow did you get so far ?  Here's your chance to tell us. 

       

      Not sure if you're going to clean off the driveway ?  Temperatures will soar to spring-like values this weekend, melting all of it away.

       

      Thank you for your input.

       

      And welcome to the NEW myfoxphilly.com

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    • 9 months ago
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  • New Down Syndrome Test

    • From: MyFoxPhilly
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      Here's a health topic that's sure to get a lot of attention -- in fact, it's already creating controversy.

      Just last week "Good Day Philadelphia" told you doctors have come up with a way to allow new moms- and dads-to-be to pick their babies eye color, whether they want curly or straight hair, or even skin color.

      Now, we're learning about a new controversial test to screen for Down syndrome.

      And this isn't the routine testing that's already being done. It's a non-invasive test that a woman can have early in the first trimester that, with almost 100-percent accuracy, can detect Down syndrome.

      Dr. Art Kaplan, a well-known bio-ethicist from the University of Pennsylvania, joined "Good Day" Wednesday to discuss this new test.

      What are your thoughts on the new test? Would you take it?

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    • 8 months ago
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  • Messy Monday Morning

    • From: Sue_Serio
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      We could spare you the old cliche about March coming in like a Lion, but I guess we didn't.

      What we really want to know is what's going on where you live.

      Feel free to post your observations here.   All you have to do is sign up for a blog yourself, and then, comment away......

      I'll be lurking, too!

       

       

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    • 8 months ago
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  • Loving my bloggers...

    • From: Jamie_Shupak
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      for now of course... long as you keep up all of this positive reinforcement. The email I got this morning was really thoughtful, and all the comments you posted were even better! Thank you!

      Now let's talk Firehouse Friday -- this week I'm heading to Edgely FD in Levittown, PA. Have any questions, suggestions, or of course - positive comments - I'd love to hear 'em.

      Stay tuned... the Fox 29 News at 5pm starts in about 45 minutes!

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Too Much Obama

    • From: MyFoxPhilly
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      With President Barack Obama pressing his economic plan, his critics are saying Obama is spending too much time on TV - and not enough time building a consensus between Republicans and Democrats.

      Tell us if you think Obama needs to do more work behind closed doors - and stay off TV every day!

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Have You Seen Angels?

    • From: MyFoxPhilly
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      On Fox 29 News at 5 p.m., we will have a special report from our partner, Beliefnet, about people who have encountered angels in real life.

      We'd like your comments, stories and even your photos, if you've had such an encounter, or your thoughts on ths subject.

      We'll mention selected comments and content on TV and online.

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Open Letter to Dad

    • From: johnanderson
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      Many of you have asked how I got started with the cycling and the fundraising in the fight against cancer--and I appreciate you asking.  It is really to honor my father who we lost 17 years ago to myeloma.  After seeing the pain he went through, I promised to keep his memory alive by fighting back.  So talking with my good friend and cancer survivor Steve Brown, we decided to honor our fathers.  This is my open letter to dad (and if you find it therapeutic, please share your stories about your loved ones.  I would love to know their story.)

      Dear Dad,

      This letter has been a long time coming.  I was reminded of my wonderful childhood a couple of weeks ago when I took my son to his first Flyers game.  But I don't have to tell you that--I'm sure you were with us that night.  We had such a good time, just us guys.  We cheered on the home team, we ate snacks, but we were just together--father and son.  And then on the way home, Luke turned to me and said, "Daddy, even though the Flyers lost tonight, I had a great time with you."  He then fell fast asleep.  Sound familiar?  I remember those great times too.

      I also remember how you protected me.  Whenever there was a thunderstorm, I would climb into bed and you would calm me down by saying "that's just God bowling, and he just threw a strike".  Some nights he must have rolled a perfect 300 game.

      And I remember in Little League when lots of friends and family came to watch me pitch, and I lost the game.  After the game I was in the backseat of the car crying with tears running down my face, when you opened the door and said those magical words, "I'm proud of you son."  You inspired me to come back and I pitched two complete games that season, including a 2 hitter.

      I wish you could come back, even for just a day.  I would love for you to meet my wife--you would adore her, I would love to watch you throw batting practice to your grandson, and read a story to your granddaugther.  You always had the best stories, and made most of them up.  That would be my dream--you and mom always stressed for me to dream and use my imagination.  Many of those dreams have come true (although I'm still waiting to pitch in the Majors).

      I'm sorry I wasn't there the morning you passed away.  As you know, I told you the night before I would stop by early, around 11am to see you, but you said no, come at your usual time of noon.  You left an hour earlier.  For years I was angry for not being there, but then I realized you were just protecting me again.

      Luke and Gracie have asked me what you're doing up in heaven.  I responded by saying that maybe you're eating a hotdog and watching a game, or sitting back in your favorite chair, or when there's thunder, maybe you're bowling.  You were city champ, right?

      I thank you and mom for making me the man, the husband and the father that I am today, and for giving me a lifetime of memories to pass on.  I will continue to fight against the disease that stole you from us.  Maybe we can help another son or daughter avoid having to write a letter like this.

      I hope we can someday find a cure for cancer--that is my new hope.  And when we meet again, I hope to hear those magical words again.

      Love,

      John

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    • 6 months ago
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  • my father is being denied a pa

    • From: twins0323
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      my father came to philadelphia in 1947 from germany he was 9 months old. since then he has been married twice had five children served in the army. And worked for the city OF PHILADELPHIA were he recently just retired from in november. when fileing for a passport over a month ago he was told after a few weeks of waiting that he is being denied for reasons of not being a us citizen . how is it that you can have a ss card a pa drivers license serve in the us army work for the city retire from the city and collect social sercurity and still be classified as an imagrant. all as the city can say is send 16 dolars to this place 30 to another and maybe in 9 months or so will have this resolved.. my fathers plans were to travel after retiement but now he is deined that right .

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    • 9 months ago
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  • Chilly Temps and the band Chic

    • From: Sue_Serio
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      It’s another morning where it feels like winter again.  And today, we add the chance of wet snowflakes or a few raindrops.   Flurries reported in a few areas in the morning.

       

      Look for quite a few clouds today, peeks of sunshine, and blustery winds that can gust as high as 35 mph.   At least we should beat yesterday’s high of 48-degrees.   Today, we top off at 52.

       

      Headed out to be with family for the first night of Passover?  You’ll need that winter coat again.  We’re back in the thirties tonight.

       

      Tomorrow looks to be the peak weather day of the week, with a mix of  sun and clouds and a high in the seasonal upper fifties.

       

      For Good Friday, we get some rain in the afternoon.   Saturday is damp and rainy.   Easter Sunday dries out, and we’re much chillier, with temps in the thirties for your morning services and brunches.

       

       

      The Phillies play this afternoon at 3:05, and there’s that World Series ring ceremony at 2:15.   Our best advice is to wear layers to the ballpark, and don’t forget the gloves.   The temp will be around 50 at game time, but winds are still blustery.  Hopefully a win will warm your Phillies’ lovin’ heart.

       

       

       

      Today’s Trivia:

      On this date in 1971, Chicago became the first rock group to play Carnegie Hall in New York City.

       

      It’s timely for me to read this today, because I just saw the founding members of Chicago interviewed on the Chris Isaak Hour on the Biography Channel.  

       

      I was stunned to find out that this amazing group, which  was ranked number 13 on Billboard Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Artists of All Time, just behind artists like the Beatles and the Stones,  is not yet in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!   And they’ve been eligible for fifteen years!   On the show with Isaak, they called themselves the Rodney Dangerfields of rock and roll….no respect.

       

      So many great songs to choose from for this group who had an idea in the late sixties to combine rock and roll and a fabulous horn section.   Here’s one of my favorites.

       

       

       

      Sue Serio

      4/8/09

       

      “Confidence is contagious.  So is lack of confidence.”

      -Vince Lombardi

       

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  • New vs Used

    • From: Michelle_Buckman
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      Edmunds.com crunched the numbers and found that the deals on some new cars are so generous that they actually make the new car less expensive than the one-year old used version of the same model. 

      To perform this analysis, Edmunds compared the vehicles' True Market Value transaction prices and the interest payments typically made for each vehicle. Because used cars are generally financed at a higher rate than new cars, a shopper can save hundreds of dollars by purchasing the new vehicle instead of the used one.

      If you are shopping for a new car, now is the time to take advantage of incentives and rebates.  Click here to find the latest offers on the specific car you're looking for. 

      Remember to search for those not-so-publicized "dealer rebates."  Sometimes you'll see them refered to as "manufacturer to dealer marketing support."  This is money that the manufacturer allows the dealer to use as he sees fit.  If the dealer hasn't spent it all on marketing you may be able to negotiate getting a piece of it!

      Other sites that are essential when doing car shopping homework are Automedia and Kelly Blue Book.

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  • PROFESSOR NEWZJUNKY'S USELESS

    • From: newzjunky
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      I don't vouch for all of these but I know most of them are true

      1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
      2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the total variety of pickles the company once had.
      3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself.
      4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
      5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".
      6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
      7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
      8. A duck's quack doesn't echo... no one knows why.
      9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
      10. Every person has a unique tongue print.
      11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
      12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.
      13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily
      14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
      15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
      16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces can kill a small sized dog.
      17. Killer whales kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
      18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
      19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
      20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
      21. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
      22. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time
      23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
      24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
      25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!
      26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
      27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
      28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
      29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
      30. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
      31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).
      32. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
      33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
      34. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
      35. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!!
      36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
      37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
      38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
      39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.
      40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in space suits damages them.
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  • Disappointing week...

    • From: johnanderson
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      I got to thinking this week with all the news about Olympic champion Michael Phelps and baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez, that I'm "old school".  That's not something I like to admit at the age of 43.  But yes, I'm from the era of Mark Spitz and Hank Aaron.

      This dawned on me while I was playing baseball in the backyard with my four year old son.  After he hit one over my head, he asked me, "Daddy, how do all the big guys hit so many homeruns?"  It took me back to my Little League days when I asked my father the same question.  He replied, "they practice hard and they eat their vegetables".  He didn't mention anything about steroids or performance-enhancing drugs.  In my day, PE stood for physical education, not performance-enhancing.  Yes, my idols growing up in Minnesota were names like Carew, Killebrew and Oliva.  They hit home runs because they had passion and God-given talent and power.  And I'm sure they practiced hard and ate their vegetables.

      When Barry Bonds hit the record home run, my first thought was it's going to be ok, ARod will break his record and it will be clean.  Now, it won't happen after ARod's admission this week.

      I don't know what the record books will say when ARod breaks the record, but in my book, Hank Aaron will still be the champ.  When ARod does hit his "shot heard around the world", I'll be thinking about the shots he took in 2003.  And I'll know it wasn't because he practiced hard and ate his vegetables.

      I would love to hear your thoughts.

       

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    • 9 months ago
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  • A Matter of Perspective

    • From: SteveBrown
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      Perspective; I use that word all the time. It’s all about perspective…it depends on your perspective …keep it all in perspective. Singer songwriter John Gorka has a great song about being a native of New Jersey. He sings about the girls with the high hair and measuring your socio economic status in terms of Jersey Turnpike exits. In the song he also says “If the world were to end tomorrow, I would adjust”. How’s that for adaptability and perspective? Maybe John Gorka is a triathlete.

      At any rate, I often find myself keeping or putting things into perspective. A few key universal truths help keep my perspective on track. First point … things are rarely as bad as they first appear. I always try to remember that there are many people who are far less fortunate than I. I have a roof over my head, an amazing family, a great network of friends, my health, and I am gainfully employed in the best nation in the world. For all intents and purposes, my life is a fairy tale.

      I also try to remember that most issues and problems are typically short term in the grand scheme of things. In most cases, there will be an end. So, the bigger challenge is not in the crises itself, but in how we accept and manage the crises. That is what will drive our comfort level and our happiness. And that is a choice that we all have. We choose to be happy or not by how we relate to what goes on around us. And how do we do that? We do so by keeping things in perspective.

      We could choose to throw a gasket over that traffic jam or sub par report card. Or we can take a minute and think through how serious the issue really is. Will it matter next year? Is it something that I can control? Do I need to actually DO anything right at this moment? If your answer to those questions is “no”, there probably isn’t a whole lot that you should be stressing out about.

      One of my favorite questions to ask in times of apparent dire straights is “What’s the worst that can happen”? Not because I am tempting the devil or evoking any bad karma. I just want to try to determine the severity of the situation. That way I can have multiple back up plans. I hope for, pray for, and expect the best outcome in any situation… but I try to have a plan for the worst case scenario as well. It may not work for everyone, but it works for me. That way, if I get rocked by something, I can move to plan B, relatively unscathed. 

      Something to think about the next time you THINK you are having a crises or a meltdown. When looked at in contrast to the big picture, does this stuff really matter?

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  • Banana Monday :)

    • From: Jamie_Shupak
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      Good "Banana Monday" traffic bloggers... hope you had a relaxing weekend! The title of today's blog stems from the fact that all of us - Shenielle, John, Sue, my floor director Di, and I all brought a banana to work this morning. We always bring snacks to fuel us through the 4 hour show - but to all bring the same? Worthy of a blog title.
       
      Time to talk traffic - and things are off to a quiet start on this "Banana Monday"... there's some construction scheduled for the eastbound (Jersey-bound) Walt Whitman Bridge from 7am - 2:30pm blocking the right lane, but that's all I'm seeing right now. What's happening in your neighborhood?? Blog to me, talk to me... let's get all the big roadwork projects posted right here on our new fabulous traffic site!!
       
      See you in blogland for my 4pm update... !!
    • Blog post
    • 9 months ago
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