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Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered Aristotle’s Tomb
by Tammy on May 27, 2016Wow. Let’s hope they’re right. Via UPI. For 20 years, scientists have been excavating the archaeological site of Stagira in northern Greece. On Thursday, they announced their most significant discovery yet: the tomb of Aristotle. Archaeologists presented their discovery of the 2,400-year-old tomb to attendees of the Aristotle 2400 Years World Congress, a conference organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Aristotle Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The discovery has been reported by several Greek news sites. Aristotle, perhaps history’s most famous philosopher, was born in the ancient Macedonian city of Stagira in 384 B.C. The newly unearthed tomb features a nearby altar and marble floor. It is covered by a mounded dome. Pottery and gold coins were also...
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Texas To Ignore Iran Nuclear Deal And Maintain Sanctions
by Shifra on May 17, 2016Gov. Abbott meeting with PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem earlier this year God bless Gov. Greg Abbott and the great State of Texas! Via San Antonio Express-News. Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday rebuffed a month-old request from the federal government that Texas review its Iran sanctions in light of the nuclear agreement negotiated by the United States with other world powers. Instead, Abbott said he remains determined to increase Texas’ sanctions against Iran, as he outlined in January when he visited Israel and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Because the Iran deal is fundamentally flawed and does not permanently dismantle Iran’s nuclear capability, Texas will maintain its sanctions against Iran. Further, because your administration has recklessly and unilaterally removed critical...
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Hero Dog Saves Girl From Rattlesnake
by Shifra on May 13, 2016Kudos and prayers for a speedy recovery to Haus! Via NY Post. When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old Florida girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down despite multiple snakebites. And now, hundreds of donors are coming to her family’s rescue, quickly topping the goal of $15,000 Friday on a GoFundMe account to help pay for the antivenin needed to keep the dog alive. Molly DeLuca was playing with her 2-year-old shepherd, named Haus, when the snake showed up on Wednesday. Haus jumped between them and was bitten three times, suffering damage to his kidneys. Vets are now expecting a full recovery…. ****************************************************
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Great News! 33 Rescued Circus Lions Now Home in Africa, Safe in Sanctuary
by Tammy on May 4, 2016When human want to make things better, this is what we can do. Great work by Animal Defenders International! You can follow them on Twitter @AnimalDefenders. Here’s part of their story from The Dodo: The cargo plane that carried 33 lions from Lima, Peru, to Johannesburg, South Africa, over the weekend broke more than records. It broke chains. For good. The lions, all rescued from illegal circuses in Peru and Colombia, were part of the biggest exodus Animal Defenders International (ADI) has ever organized. Rescuers say it was the biggest lion transport ever. But more importantly, the passage to South Africa, dubbed Operation Spirit of Freedom, represents a new beginning for lions who had been languishing in circus cages for...
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Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV Gave Life Rescuing Others from ISIS
by Tammy on May 4, 2016Charlie Keating IV, (center) at his Navy SEAL graduation in 2008, with his grandfather, Charles Keating Jr. (left), and his father, Charles Keating III.(Photo: Liz Keating) More information on our SEAL hero and the situation on the ground in Iraq that took his life. Via CNN. When a team of less than a dozen U.S. military advisers came under attack in Iraq Tuesday from more than 100 ISIS fighters, Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was part of the force sent in to rescue them. All the advisers made it back. Keating, a decorated combat veteran and star athlete who decided to enlist after the 9/11 attacks, did not. Providing new details Wednesday about the operation that took the life of...
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Doctor Who Helped CIA Track bin Laden Still Languishes in Pakistan Jail
by Tammy on May 2, 2016It took Navy Seals to get bin Laden. It would take Obama interrupting his golf games and giving a damn to get Dr. Afridi out of the pit of Pakistan, but he doesn’t, so the doctor remains a hostage. This is outrageous and remains a perfect example of how Obama’s indifference, hostility and incometence contribute to our continued moral failure around the world. Via Telegraph. The doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden has been abandoned in his Pakistan prison cell by America, his supporters claimed on the fifth anniversary of the al-Qaeda leader’s killing. Shakil Afridi was hailed as a hero by US officials after a fake vaccination campaign he ran allowed the CIA to pinpoint...
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Video: Police Officer Pulls Elderly Woman From Sinking Car
by Pat_S on April 29, 2016Officer saves elderly woman moments before car sinks Jenkins jumped into the chest-high water of the Thames River, battling 3-foot waves and winds gusting 40 mph to rescue 85-year-old Marie Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald pulled into the parking lot of Eastern Point Beach, a picturesque spot overlooking the Long Island Sound, but lost control of her Honda Civic. Her car burst through the concrete barrier, barreled over the boulders acting as a buffer and plunged into the water. A true hero. ****************************************************
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Help Find Sam the Toy Mascot Dog! He Got to Space, Now Missing On Earth
by Tammy on April 10, 2016He landed in England somewhere, now the search is on! Via the Independent. A group of schoolchildren are searching for a toy dog which went missing after they launched it into space. As part of a science project, the pupils from Morecambe Bay Community Primary School used a giant helium balloon to see if they could send Sam the Dog, a cuddly toy mascot, to the edge of space. With the aid of SentIntoSpace, a British company which specialises in such projects, they strapped Sam onto his spacecraft, along with a GPS tracker and a GoPro camera to capture the action. The ‘launch’, which took place on 5 April at a hotel in the town, proved successful. Sam rose at...
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[Video] Teacher Volunteers To Donate Kidney To First Grader
by Shifra on April 10, 2016As Tammy says: *This* is who we are.
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U.S. Marine Corps Dog Awarded Top Military Medal in U.K.
by Shifra on April 5, 2016Sweet! Via NBC News: Meet Lucca, a retired U.S. Marine Corps dog who lost one of her legs while hunting for homemade bombs in Afghanistan. More than four years after she was reduced to three paws, Lucca was awarded a top military medal for the 400 missions she completed during her service. The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals — a British charity known as the PDSA — honored Lucca with its Dickin Medal during a ceremony at London’s Wellington Barracks on Tuesday. The PDSA says the award is “the highest award any animal in the world can achieve while serving in military conflict” and has given it out just 66 times since 1943…. Tuesday’s ceremony was also attended by the...
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‘Viking Guy’ Subdues Violent Subway Passenger By Choking Him Unconscious
by Tammy on March 24, 2016Yeah, I love us! He’s says he’s “just a guy.” Everyone else says he’s Viking Guy Subway Hero. I agree! Via LAist. Adrian Kaczmarek became an international hero after a cellphone video of him putting a combative Expo Line passenger into a chokehold went viral, earning the 31-year-old gym manager nicknames like “Viking Guy” and “Subway Hero.” A YouTube clip of Saturday’s incident has racked up more than 1.3 million views. Kaczmarek, who describes himself as “just a guy,” spoke with LAist about the incident. “What the video doesn’t show,” Kaczmarek explains, “is that [the man’s erratic behavior] was happening a few minutes prior to the video getting turned on. The shirtless man kept going up and down the car,...
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5 Pets Who Helped Solve Their Owners’ Murders
by Tammy on March 20, 2016Furkids: Angels wrapped in animal suits. Some of our heroes didn’t make it, but a good read about how animals have helped solve the crimes. Via Mental Floss. While it’s widely acknowledged pets can offer comfort, companionship, and fuzzy tummies, it can also be reassuring to know your furry pals may one day provide the necessary information to find your killer. Here are five animals that made sure justice was served. HIRA THE PARROT Hira was the only witness to Neelam Sharma’s murder in February 2014; the attacker had also dispatched of the family dog, who had been barking during the struggle. Widower Vijay Sharma, editor of a Hindi daily newspaper, was unable to think of any solid leads to...
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7-Eleven Customer Shoots Dead Hatchet-Wielding Attacker
by Tammy on March 14, 2016Yeah, Hatchet Guy brought a knife to a gun fight. Another example of how lives are saved when law-abiding citizens are carrying their firearms. Via Newser. Authorities say a man with a hatchet who entered a Seattle-area 7-Eleven early Sunday attacked a store clerk and a customer without saying a single word—until the customer pulled out a pistol and shot the suspect dead, CNN reports. The masked hatchet-holder, believed to be in his 40s, came into the Burien store sometime before 6am Sunday and started swinging the hatchet toward the 60-year-old customer, who was drinking his morning coffee, reports Q13 Fox. The suspect then changed course and went behind the counter, where he attacked the clerk, identified by KIRO 7...
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Ronald Reagan’s Christmas Letter to Nancy In 1981
by Tammy on March 11, 2016President Reagan’s letter to Nancy for Christmas 1981. This is what made us cry as former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney read it at Friday’s funeral service for Mrs. Reagan. Via Fox News. Dear Mrs. R, I still don’t feel right about you opening an envelope instead of a gift package. There are several much beloved women in my life and on Christmas, I should be giving them gold, precious stones, perfume, furs and lace. I know that even the best of these would still fall far short of expressing how much these several women mean to me and how empty my life would be without them. There is of course my “First Lady.” She brings so much grace and...
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Black Lab ‘Diabetic Alert Dog’ Saves Life Of Diabetic Boy
by Shifra on March 9, 2016Kudos to Jedi, a true hero! Via CBS News: It was the middle of the night. No alarms were going off, Dorrie Nuttall wasn’t checking her 7-year-old diabetic son’s blood sugar and her family was fast asleep; it was at that moment things got “scary very fast.” Thankfully, the little boy’s black Labrador “Jedi” was nearby. Jedi sensed Luke’s blood sugar was alarmingly low, jumped onto Nuttall’s bed and laid on top of her until she woke up. When Nuttall pricked her son’s finger, she discovered his glucose level was 57 mg/dl — a low level. “Luke was laying right next to me, just inches from me, and without Jedi I would have had no idea that he was dropping...
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