Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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I want to personally thank Rick Price for his remarkable drive into the wilderness not far from his home to take pictures for us. Hundreds of readers come to bobshannon.org just to see what Rick has to offer.  Thank you Rick, from your viewers...and I just know you mother is watching you....be at peace..

Rick Price in "The Valley"
Taken Monday

US and British vessels were heading to the Philippines as the UN appealed for aid amid the large-scale devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier and navy ships, while the UK is sending a naval destroyer.

At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed and thousands of survivors desperately require aid - but reports say little is getting through.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity.

Bob Shannon wordspics

EASTON, Maine —Maine State Police say a college student from Fort Fairfield has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash Monday involving a horse-drawn carriage.
"A New Apparatus Capable of Spying on You Has Been Installed Throughout Downtown Seattle. Very Few Citizens Know What It Is, and Officials Don’t Want to Talk About It."

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/you-are-a-rogue-device/Content?oid=18143845
BobShannon wordspics

On this Date in History
1995 - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit
1996 - Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award
1997 - Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004
1997 - Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award
1998 - NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
1998 - Then Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.
1999 - The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
2001 - 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
2001 - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
2003 - With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems.
2003 - Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
2006 - The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.
2011 - Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.
2012 - Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize


Kathy Meader wordspics

A severely injured bear had to be put down in Castlegar after a resident tried to chase it away from some garbage cans by shooting it with an arrow.
Conservation officers say a Mountie had to finish off the suffering bruin because it was too dangerous to allow the bear to roam through the Castlegar neighbourhood.
The person who used the bow and arrow was given a violation ticket for what Conservation Officer Ben Beetlestone says was a dangerous and unilateral action.
He says the bear was cornered and hit while going through garbage cans in the carport of a home in the community.


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