Archive for June 11th, 2007
Weather Man Promos
If you live in the Dallas – Fort Worth area you will notice WFAA’s mega promotion of weatherman Pete Delkus. He on posters in the mall, billboards, and his commercials are actually pretty entertaining. I was trying to find a commercial or two of him, but nada. However, I did find www.petedelkus.com. It doesn’t look like he owns the site because the design is pretty poor, but found it interesting nonetheless.
Anywho, I did run across this commercial of weatherman Gary England of Oklahoma City. I think it’s a little over the top.
U2charist Information Page
Welcome to the U2charist Information PageÂ
Looking for a way to engage your congregation in the MDG’s and in new forms of worship? You’ve come to the right place. Perhaps you’ve heard about them on the news or by word of mouth. Perhaps, you are just now hearing about the U2charist. What is it?
A U2charist is an Episcopal Eucharist service that features the music of the rock band U2 and a message about God’s call to rally around the Millennium Development Goals. The U2charist is a great opportunity to reach out to the people in your congregation and larger community, especially young people. This service the music and message of U2 about global reconciliation, justice for the poor and oppressed, and the importance of caring for your neighbor. Led by the global MDG ambassador, Bono, U2 is calling people worldwide to a deeper faith and engagement with God’s mission. The U2charist seeks to be an extension of this ministry.
I found out that there is one this Sunday in Tulsa. I may just have to make the four hour road trip to check this out.
But I could watch a webcast of a U2charist in the comfort of my own home this Saturday but WifeGeeding is forcing me to go to a wedding.Â
The Availability of Sweet Tea In Virginia as a Representation of the Mason-Dixon Line
The following is a nonscientific investigation into the relationship of Sweet Tea availability and the separation of northern and southern cultures in the United States. An interesting phenomenon exists somewhere in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern and urban areas of the state do not generally offer sweet tea in the most restaurants, where as it is a staple beverage for the southern part of the state. Many clear present-day distinctions exists between the cultures of the north and south, but could the availability of Sweet Tea be a quantitative example?
Is the end near for the Dewey Decimal?
When the new Gilbert library opens next month, it will be the first public library in the nation whose entire collection will be categorized without the Dewey Decimal Classification System, Maricopa County librarians say.
Instead, tens of thousands of books in the Perry Branch library will be shelved by topic, similar to the way bookstores arrange books. The demise of the century-old Dewey Decimal system is overdue, county librarians say: It’s just too confusing for people to hunt down books using those long strings of numbers and letters. Dewey essentially arranges books by topic and assigns call numbers for each book.
“A lot of times, patrons feel like they’re going to a library and admitting defeat because they don’t understand Dewey Decimal and can’t find the book they’re looking for,” said Marshall Shore, adult service coordinator for the Maricopa County Library District and driving force behind the idea. “People think of books by subject. Very few people say, ‘Oh, I know Dewey by heart.’ “
Libraries are trying to adapt to changing times, experts said, and their success lies in a generation of young people who are more comfy at Borders than libraries. Across the U.S., some libraries are trying to lure readers by adding lounge chairs and coffee shops.
Easter ‘miracle’ as dead man returns to life
Declared dead by doctors, then rescued from the mortuary, Freddie Maguire has made such a strong recovery that he has been nicknamed Jesus Christ.
Mr Maguire, 47, from Dublin’s north inner city, was pronounced dead by doctors at the Mater Hospital after they fought for 30 minutes to save his life on Easter Day.
Mr Maguire’s relatives were coming to terms with their loss when they were informed that he was, in fact, alive. A member of staff saw his hand move as he was about to be put into a mortuary refrigerator.
Frances Maguire, his aunt, said: “He’s all right now and he’s back the way he was before this terrible thing took place.
World’s First Twins Born To Two Differnt Women
Born minutes apart and with almost identical looks, there seems little to set Lauren and Hannah Bernaba apart from any other pair of newborn twins.
But the girls are the world’s first twins to be born on the same day to two different women.
First, biological mother Amy Bernaba gave birth to Lauren, weighing 7lb 10oz, then, half an hour later, surrogate mum Torry Keay delivered 7lb 3oz Hannah.
The double pregnancy happened after Mrs Bernaba and husband George had undergone IVF treatment for 12 years in an effort to conceive a baby brother or sister for their son Jeremy, now 15.
Eventually, doctors decided that 40-year- old Mrs Bernaba would almost certainly be unable to carry another baby because of a problem with her immune system.
So they tried an extremely unusual procedure, implanting eggs fertilised by Mr Bernaba’s sperm into her womb and also into surrogate Mrs Keay’s.
Mrs Keay became pregnant, and against all the odds so did Mrs Bernaba. Both women had straightforward pregnancies before giving birth on May 27 in neighbouring rooms in a Los Angeles hospital.
Dallas man’s walking stick reaches Vatican via Bush
I automatically thought of Mr Eko from Lost while reading this.
Also, does this mean that W is a re-gifter?
DALLAS – Roosevelt Wilkerson works alone in a cluttered one-room apartment atop an East Dallas laundry room.
The surroundings may be humble, but Mr. Wilkerson’s fame now extends to the Vatican.
On Saturday, President Bush presented Pope Benedict XVI with one of Mr. Wilkerson’s hand-carved walking sticks inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
“I’m just dumbfounded,” said Mr. Wilkerson, 62. “It’s a big honor to me. I don’t know what to say.”
President Bush, who owns two of the sticks, included one of Mr. Wilkerson’s creations in a gift exchange with the pope. Reporters covering the meeting heard Mr. Bush describe the stick as “a piece of art by a former homeless man from Texas … Dallas.”
“The Ten Commandments?” the pope asked.
“The Ten Commandments, yes, sir,” the president replied.
Mr. Bush received his first stick from Mr. Wilkerson a decade ago when he was Texas governor.
Best Beach in America
My first guess wouldn’t have been North Carolina.
June 8, 2007 (RALEIGH, N.C.) – ‘Doctor Beach’ must have a pretty tough job. He ranks the nation’s best beaches and is now out with his 2007 list.
This year’s best beach isn’t in Florida or Hawaii. It’s North Carolina’s Ocracoke Island, part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Florida International University prof Stephen Leatherman, A-K-A Doctor Beach, says there are 14 miles of unspoiled beach there. He asks where else in the world can you find that? But it’s not easy to get to. The only access to the island is by boat or private plane.
Other beaches on this year’s list are in Clearwater, Florida; Southampton, New York and Kauai, Hawaii.
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Irony in her last name, but that’s not what is important
CHATSWORTH – In need of grace, Keri Humble walked into The Church at Rocky Peak one Sunday and received the recognition that shamed her.
“I love your show on the Playboy Channel,” a door greeter told her, referring to “Spice Hotel.”
There are many lifestyles born-again Christians can leave behind and begin with a clean slate. Porn star is not one of them.
“Once you do it, you are putting a permanent black fingerprint on your life that is going to follow you the rest of your life,” Humble said. “You can’t take it back: It’s on film.”
Every church pastor in America deals with porn’s effect on their flock. But in the San Fernando Valley – the heart of the adult-film industry – ministers and churchgoers also must mend the fractured souls of people like Humble.
Not the best way to back out of date
Police said a California woman set off a massive police search by claiming she was kidnapped in order to get out of a blind date.
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