Many refer to the Iditarod as “The Last Great Race on Earth,” and on March 4th, the arduous race kicked off. 33 mushers began the 1,000-mile race through the cold and snow of Alaska. The race begins in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, and finishes in Nome, Alaska. The mushers ride in a sled pulled by teams of about 16 sled dogs who play an especially important role, they work together to pull their musher through the Alaskan snow and across the finish line.n
nThere is a special meaning behind the race – it honors the sled dog team of 1925 that raced hundreds of miles to deliver medicine to sick children in Nome. The dogs saved many lives that year, and each year the race reminds Alaskans of when sled dogs were the main transportation of the north. Musher Ryan Redington was the first to cross under the Burled Arch finish line this year, the native Alaskan is the grandson of the co-founder of the race, Joe Redington, Sr.nnHe completed the race in 8 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes, and 58 seconds. After the race Redington chose two of his strongest dogs, Sven and Ghost, to be honored along with him on the podium. His winnings include $13,000 from various awards throughout the race, 25 pounds of salmon, Alaskan artwork, and a gourmet five-course meal. He will also take home the largest percentage of the $500,000 winner’s purse. Congratulations to Ryan and his teamnn n
Franklin Graham said four words about Joe Biden that has Democrats fumingnAt the time, Reverend Graham was in Alaska while making his way back to his North Carolina home after a mission trip to Vietnam.n
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Did you know that when cowboys die they go to a special heaven. Most are surprised to find no pearly gates or saintly bearded man with a white beard.
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CAVITY FILLING Open only a year, Orifice has already played a crucial role in the San Jose music scene.The ongoing fight to establish all-ages venue space in San Jose.nOn Alum Rock Avenue, at the entrance to San Jose’s Eastside, a crowd packs a small graffiti-splattered room, watching rappers share a bluetooth mic and a solitary speaker. Across town, a crowd of young punks waits impatiently to enter an expanded rehearsal space for a sold-out hardcore show. In Japantown, a group of friends have converted a basement space into a one-stop-shop for creative pursuits. Downtown, groups of professionals and families eat dinner while watching a full-sized jazz band play on stage. Each of these snapshots provide a glimpse into the scattered, diverse and tenacious live music scene in the South Bay. While jazz continues to have a dedicated home downtown, the city’s DIY punk, hip hop and electronic scenes have all gone through a series of mutations lately. When you add in COVID lockdowns, accelerated gentrification, scene infighting and the cyclical winds of art, the city’s youth music scene has endless challenges finding a foothold in San Jose. But, as always, a select few dreamers, hustlers, and musicians are attempting the implausible: finding a home for all-age music in San Jose. Read full story HEREn
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nA new study shows that our nation’s teens are registering lower IQ scores than they have in nearly a century. Story HERE
nTelling It Like It Isn’tHonest conversations about differences in principles and policy would be far more productive than the current political blizzard of disinformation. Story HEREn
Beloved and Debated, French Bulldog Becomes Top US Dog Breed
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Frenchies ousted Labrador retrievers from the top spot after a record 31 years.n“They’re comical, friendly, loving little dogs,” says French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa. City-friendly, with modest grooming and exercise needs, she says, “they offer a lot in a small package.” Full Story HERE
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nAn elderly man just nudges the rear end of an expensive sports car.nnEnraged, the driver hops out of his car and confronts the old man.nn“Look what you did to my car” he yells. “You’re gonna give me $10,000 right now or I’m gonna beat you to a bloody pulp!”nn“Oh my” says the old man, “I don’t have that kind of money. Let me call my son, he trains dolphins and he’ll know what to do.”nn“Dolphins ?”, the other driver huffs, while rolling his eyes.nnThe old man pulls out his phone, dials his son and just as the son answers, the irate man snatches the phone away from the old man.nn“So, YOU’RE a dolphin trainer, huh?nnWell, your old man here just rear ended my car and I need $10,000 right now or I’m gonna beat you and your old man to a bloody pulp”.nn“I’ll be there in 10 minutes,” says the voice calmly on the other end.nnExactly ten minutes later a jeep pulls up, a guy hops out and proceeds to pulverize the bully, leaving him in a bloody heap on the side of the road.nnWhen he’s finished, he walks over to his father and says:nn“for the LAST TIME Dad…. I train SEALS…. NAVY SEALS…. not Dolphins !”n
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. A judge with the ICC issued an arrest warrant against the Russian President accusing him of…
nnAlthough not in the dictionary, it is reported that “Lexophile” describes a person who loves sentences such as, “You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish,” and, “Trying to write with a broken pencil is pointless.”nnAn annual competition is held by the ‘New York Times’ to see who can create the best original lexophile.nnThis year’s submissions:n◾I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.n◾England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.n◾Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.n◾This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I’d swear I’ve never met herbivore.n◾I know a guy who’s addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.n◾A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.n◾When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.n◾I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.n◾A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.n◾A will is a dead giveaway.n◾With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.n◾Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.n◾A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired.n◾The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.n◾He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.n◾When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.n◾Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.n◾I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.n◾Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?n◾When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.n◾When chemists die, they barium.n◾I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.n◾I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it downn
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“Lexophile” is a word used to describe those who have a love for words, especially those set in a new framework.
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How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it.
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England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
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I tried to catch some fog, but I mist
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They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Typo.
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I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.
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Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
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I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
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I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
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This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
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When chemists die, they barium.
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I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.
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I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
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Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.
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When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
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Broken pencils are pointless.
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What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
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I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
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I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
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Ukrainian children taken to Russia brings back fear, memories of a similar Nazi effortn
nEarly last October, a smiling senior Kremlin official named Maria Lvova-Belova disembarked from a Russian military jet in Moscow with 53 children she claimed were orphans she’d rescued from the war zone in the contested Donbas region of Ukraine.nnThe “orphans,” ranging in age from nine months to five years, would soon join 350 others who had been adopted, and begin their new lives in Russia, the Kremlin said, as part of President Vladimir Putin’s ambitious effort to place children from war-torn Ukraine with families in Russia.nnAccording to Putin’s office , the head of the Russian-occupied Donetsk oblast had “requested their evacuation to safe areas of the country,” claiming that some of the children “need lifesaving assistance and rehabilitation.” READ MORE HEREnnMore: International Criminal Court issues first Ukraine-related war crimes arrest warrant. For Vladimir PutinnnU.S. and Ukrainian officials portray the trip by Lvova-Belova, Putin’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, as something far more sinister. They say Lvova-Belova is the public face of one of the most distressingconsequences of Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine: The deportation, including by coercion and force, of potentially tens of thousands of Ukrainian children without their families.nnOn Friday, The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova over their alleged involvement in the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.nnThe ICC, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, alleges Putin and Lvova-Belova are responsible for war crimes.nnMore: ‘We will never be the same’: Displaced Ukrainian children risk erosion in school, mental healthnn
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it fed the people who make the tires,
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it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires,
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nNormal Fire Department Uses Tacos To Educate On Weather Lingon
nThe Normal Fire Department may have just finally ended the confusion between a tornado watch and warning … with tacos.nnNormal Fire went viral with a May 3 post on Facebook that likened the differences between a tornado watch and tornado warning to the making of tacos. It was conceived in part by Normal Fire communications director Matt Swaney. It’s been shared over 6,000 times.nnIn weather terms, a tornado or thunderstorm watch occurs when the atmospheric settings are ripe for such an event to occur. A warning occurs when a tornado or thunderstorm is currently happening and people need to seek shelter.nnNormal Fire’s post made the analogy of a tornado watch being when you have all the ingredients to make tacos readily available. A tornado warning occurs when “We are having tacos. Right now.”nnThis is not the first time Normal Fire has tried to teach safety online, but it is the first time any of its posts have received this much digital attention.nn“We did one last year with cupcakes, but apparently people like tacos a lot more,” said Swaney, describing the typical social media reach.nnThe post has spread outside of Facebook and has reached multiple different social media platforms, helping people of all ages stay safe in the event of a storm.nn“It has hit TikTok now, which my kids tell me is pretty important,” said Swaney.nnThere are two videos on TikTok likening storm watches and warnings to tacos; both have more than 150,000 views.nnThe original post can be found on the Normal Fire Department’s Facebook page.n
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nnnnnnnCheryl and I went to the auction in Cork the other week and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the breeding bulls. We went up to the first pen and there was a sign attached that said, ‘THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR’ Cheryl playfully nudged me in the ribs ……smiled and said, ‘He mated 50 times last year, that’s almost once a week.’ We walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said, ”THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR’ Cheryk gave me a healthy jab and said, ‘WOW~~That’s more than twice a week ! ………..You could learn a lot from him.’ We walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said, in capital letters, ‘THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR ‘Cheryl was so excited that her elbow nearly broke my ribs, and said, ‘That’s once a day ..You could REALLY learn something from this one.’ I looked at her and said, ‘Go over and ask him if every time was with the same old cow.’ My condition has been upgraded from critical to stable nnnnn
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nA new study shows that our nation’s teens are registering lower IQ scores than they have in nearly a century. Story HERE
Honest conversations about differences in principles and policy would be far more productive than the current political blizzard of disinformation. Story HEREn
Frenchies ousted Labrador retrievers from the top spot after a record 31 years.n“They’re comical, friendly, loving little dogs,” says French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa. City-friendly, with modest grooming and exercise needs, she says, “they offer a lot in a small package.” Full Story HERE
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nnCheryl and I went to the auction in Cork the other week and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the breeding bulls. We went up to the first pen and there was a sign attached that said, ‘THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR’ Cheryl playfully nudged me in the ribs ……smiled and said, ‘He mated 50 times last year, that’s almost once a week.’ We walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said, ”THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR’ Cheryk gave me a healthy jab and said, ‘WOW~~That’s more than twice a week ! ………..You could learn a lot from him.’ We walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said, in capital letters, ‘THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR ‘Cheryl was so excited that her elbow nearly broke my ribs, and said, ‘That’s once a day ..You could REALLY learn something from this one.’ I looked at her and said, ‘Go over and ask him if every time was with the same old cow.’ My condition has been upgraded from critical to stable
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