UKRAIN'S GOT TALENT:
This video was shared by Diane Davis-Nelson and features Kseniya Simonova, 24, the winner of "Ukrain's Got Talent" contest. She draws a series of pictures from sand on an illuminated light table depicting how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. She won the top prize of about $130,000 and is truly mesmerizing to watch! Click on the following link to view:
IS IT STILL FRESH?
How long will your food or beverage stay safe and tasty? Here's a site that'll give you the answers on thousands of items and how to best store them.
Artist's rendering of the One World Trade Center
(formerly known as the Freedom Tower)
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER:
Eight years after 9-11, it is the main building of the new World Trade Center on a 16-acre site under construction in lower Manhattan, New York City. When completed, the tower is to be 417 meters to the roof of the building (about the same height as the former World Trade Center Twin Towers), and 541.3 meters to the tip. It's projected for occupancy sometime in 2013 and is to have office space, an observation deck, world-class restaurants, parking, and broadcast facilities, all supported by both above and below-ground mechanical infrastructure for the building and its adjacent public spaces. It is also planned to have below-ground tenant parking and storage, shopping, as well as access to the subway trains and the World Financial Center. When done, it will be the tallest building in the U.S. and the second tallest in the world. The area will also be home to three other buildings which will all surround the World Trade Center Memorial, also currently under construction, as well as a museum dedicated to the history of the site.... However, as wonderful as this all sounds, there is rising doubt that this ambitious project will ever be completed.
For more on the One World Trade Center, click on the links below:
BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPEECH:
In case you didn't get a chance to see it, but wanted to, here are the links to President Obama's speech to our nation's school children on 9/8/09....
WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?!
This is really unbelievable. He is the former prosecutor, House Democrat, Al Grayson, and she is Elizabeth Coleman, Inspector General of the Federal Reserve. This is pertaining to the runaway, out-of-balance, Balance Sheet of the Fed. It's quite shocking and scary as to where we're headed....
ORDERING A PIZZA IN 2015:
Submitted by Michael Gerber, the following link sure gives a whole new meaning to ordering a pizza! http://aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
SHE'S GOT YOU: This video was submitted by guest member and our Bradford tour guide, Kris Winzer-Miller. It was performed at some other class reunion and is actually quite good. Enjoy!
FREESTYLE: For all you wannabe pilots out there....
iBAR: This is the surface of an interactive, 10 meter-long bar. In addition to fingers, every glass, cup, cell phone, car key and business card will be recognized. Truly amazing!
HIGH-SPEED ROBOT HAND:
And... speaking of cool, high-tech stuff, check this out!
POST-IT NOTES:
Leave your own messages, quotes or words of wisdom for us classmates to enjoy! (If no notepad appears below, it's due to a problem on the host site's end which, at times, has its own senior moments.)
IL DIVO: Have you heard of Il Divo? They were found and put together by Simon Cowell... yep, the same Simon who's a judge on American Idol. Il Divo comprises a renowned Spanish opera baritone, Carlos Marin; two classically trained tenors, Swiss Urs Buhler and American David Miller; and a French pop singer, Sebastien Izambard. Click on the link below to hear this amazing and very handsome quartet, and to enjoy a medley of their video clips... so, don't close the video box after the first one. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1785324681?bclid=1338935106&bctid=14927275001 ESCAPE RESCUE:
This is pretty cool and an ingenious solution to help save lives. Thanks to Diane Davis-Nelson for sharing it....
I-94 CONSTRUCTION:
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has recently begun the reconstruction of Interstate 94 from the Illinois border to Milwaukee. This is the largest ever road project in the state and will continue through 2016. The reconstruction will include new interchanges and one additional lane in each direction. The construction will result in detours, closed interchanges and re-routing of traffic into opposite lanes. The best way to keep up to date on current and future construction activities and how it may affect you is to make periodic visits to the website established for the project. Construction plans, closures, traffic plans, maps of the improvements and more are provided at the following website:
HAPPY NEWS!
Tired of reading and hearing depressing news about the economy... the state... the world? Instead of watching recycled news on the major TV networks and news channels, try http://www.happynews.com/ with your morning coffee! It offers a daily dose of good news for a change... and have a pleasant start to your day.
HELP FIGHT BREAST CANCER:
The Breast Cancer Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site every day to meet their quota of donating free mammograms to underprivileged women. It only takes a few seconds to click on the link below, and then on the large pink button that says "Click Here to Give - It's FREE!" to donate a mammogram. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammograms in exchange for advertising... and, thanks to Kelly Grissom-Kotleski for submitting the following link:
ANIMAL RESCUE:
There is an animal rescue shelter that receives free food and care from sponsors for its animals based on the number of people who click on the following site daily. To help the animals, just click on the link below and then on the large purple box that says, "Click Here to Give - It's FREE!" Like the breast cancer link above, please be sure to click on this one every day, too, as only one click per visitor a day is counted... and they need YOUR help. Thank you and thanks to Luann Valetti for sharing this link with us:
CIRCUS ON ACID?
Here are some links to the greatest circus in the world... or out of this world: Cirque Du Soleil. If you ever have a chance to go see them perform live... GO! They're absolutely amazing!
AMAZING TECHNOLOGY:
Wow... check this out! Click on the link below and you can virtually zoom in on anyone. It will automatically adjust as you zoom so you can see them up close... like Bush, Cheney, Garth, Spielberg, and many more familiar faces. Then, zoom in on those camped out on the rooftops in the distant background... center and far right... and the security up by the dome. Truly amazing!
You can also express your appreciation by sending an e-postcard to our troops by visiting the link below. It's fast and easy... and would mean so much to them.
www.letssaythanks.com
IN THE KNOW:
The main difference between http:// and https:// is security. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol, which is a fancy way of saying it's a protocol (or a language) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The S stands for Secure. If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with http://. This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular unsecured language. In other words, it's possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website; but, if the web address begins with https:// it basically means that your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on. So, if a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn't, do not enter sensitive information like your credit card number.
BLASTS FROM THE PAST:
See our new Back to School page for old school photos of us classmates!
BOOB TUBE:
And, speaking of blasts from the past, Michael Gerber contributed the following links to clips of some major moldy oldies.... Suzy Snowflake anyone? How 'bout H.R. Pufnstuf? Lost In Space? Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea? Leave It To Beaver? The Mod Squad? Mr. Ed? The Partridge Family? They're bound to bring back some distant childhood memories.... Enjoy!
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT!
For any of you who ever owned a Gremlin or hung out with someone who did, you'll get a kick out of the following links that were contributed by Bob Hansen.... Go Gremlin!
FOR YOUR HEALTH:
Take a minute and watch these clips. The first one was recently submitted by Cindy Pucci-Nesmith.... Sorry for your loss, Cindy, and thanks for sharing.
SOUL FOOD:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
This second link is classmate Leon Birdd's home page that's worth checking out. Leon's a pastor for Dallas' inner city and has built several orphanages in Africa. What a mission! www.soulministries.org
The following is a video submitted by Michael Gerber.... It is of comedian, Steve Harvey, and his take on how he would introduce Christ to a room full of people. He's not a preacher, and he delivered this not to a church congregation, but to a ticket-paying audience at a show!
Did America ever consider itself a Judeo-Christian nation and if so, when did it cease to be?
WEBSITE OF ALL WEBSITES:
Submitted by Randee Pansch-Carroll, click on the following link for the website of all websites! What a handy reference.... Thanks, Randee.
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