ALL THE REST —  September 20
  

 

Today's Quotations –  STORM:

 


here are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.


~ Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915 ~

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn..

~ John Muir ~

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Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please.

~ Edmund Spenser, 1590 ~

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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

~ Martin Luther ~

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The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests

~ Epicures (BC 341-270) ~


 

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  Today's Word – BUCOLIC
   

 


bu·col·ic
adjective 1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. Synonym rural. 2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral. --bu·col·ic n. 1. A pastoral poem. 2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic. [Latin b¿colicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow.]

"But, I say," remarked the police-sergeant, whose slow, bucolic common sense was still pondering over the open window. "It's all very well your saying that a man escaped by wading this moat, but what I ask you is -how did he ever get into the house at all if the bridge was up?"

The Valley of Fear
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


He was conscious of having moved along--was it, after all, an advance?--to a point where it was unpleasant to sit at table with the unfragrant hired man, and still worse to encounter the bucolic confusion between the functions of knives and forks.

THE  Damnation of Theron Ware
Harold Frederic


Definition from American Heritage Dictionary

 

 

Today's Fact

 

 


  Human Anatomy Fact


More Heart Facts

anpphoto.jpg (11355 bytes)A group of American investigators perfected the technique of heart transplantation in the late 1950s. They showed that a transplanted dog's heart could provide the animal with a normal circulation until the heart was rejected. The cells that produce immune reactions, the lymphocytes, migrate into the muscle cells of the heart, damage it, and also block the coronary arteries, depriving the heart of its own circulation. Based on this experimental work, the next logical step was to transplant a human heart into a patient dying of incurable heart disease. This step was taken in 1967 by a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa.

The First human heart transplant was done in the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town , South Africa. It took place between 1 A. M. and 6 A. M. on December 3, 1967. Dr. Christian Neethling Barnard headed a team of thirty who performed the surgery. The recipient of the heart transplant was Louis Washkansky who was 55 years of age. Following the surgery, Mr Washkansky survived for 18 days. The donor of the heart was Miss Denise Ann Darvall, age 28.

In the years immediately following the first transplant, numerous heart allografts were performed at medical centers throughout the world. Unfortunately, many recipients succumbed to rejection of the transplanted organ. Steady advances in detecting and treating rejection were made throughout the 1970's. The introduction of the immunosuppressant cyclosporine in the 1980s brought even further improvements in the long-term survival rates for heart-graft recipients. Many hundreds of heart transplants have now been performed. A number of patients have lived five or more years after the operation, and heart grafting has become an accepted therapy for otherwise incurable heart disease.

Sources: Time/Life | Comptons


 
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psalm 139:14

 

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Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

 
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   

 

smile A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over the the telephone.  He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone, and proceeded to punch in seven digits.  I listened to the following conversation.

He said, "Lady, I want to cut your lawn."

The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."

"Lady, I'll cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."

The woman responsded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.

The little boy found yet more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of North Palm Beach, Florida."

Again, the woman answered in the negative.

With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver.  The druggist walked over to the boy and said, "Son, I would like to offer you a job."

The little boy replied, "No thanks.  I was just checking on the job I already have."

From: Funny Pages Mailing List drinkeii@moose.erie.net




One night in a sleepy town the chemical plant explodes into flames. The alarm goes out and departments from miles around race to the scene.

After fighting the fire for over an hour the chemical company president approaches the fire chief, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the centre of the plant. They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine company that brings them out safely!"

With this the firemen attack with a renewed gusto. Two hours later they still have not gained any ground. With this the company president offers $100,000 to the engine company that brings out the company's secret files.

In the distance a long siren is heard and soon another fire truck comes into sight. The fire chief realizes that is that little rinky-dink volunteer fire company composed entirely of men over 65. Much to his amazement the fire engine races through the chemical plant gates and drives right into the middle of the inferno. He can see these old timers hopping off their rig fighting the fire with an effort that he has never seen before. Less than an hour later the fire is out and the secret formulas have been saved by this group of volunteers! The chemical company president is so ecstatic he doubles the reward to $200,000!

After thanking the volunteers the chemical company president can't help but ask what they will do with the reward money.

The engineer (driver) looks him right in the eye... "First thing we do is fix the brakes on that truck!"

From: Funny Pages Mailing List drinkeii@moose.erie.net

 


God is Left Handed

Little Bobby was spending the weekend with his grandmother after a particularly trying week in kindergarten. His grandmother decided to take him to the park on Saturday morning. It had been snowing all night and everything was beautiful.

His grandmother remarked..."doesn't it look like an artist painted this scenery? Did you know God painted this just for you?"

Bobby said, "Yes, God did it and he did it left handed."

This confused his grandmother a bit, and she asked him "What makes you say God did this with his left hand?"

"Well," said Bobby, "we learned at Sunday School last week that Jesus sits on God's right hand!"


 

I just got lost in thought.
It was unfamiliar territory...


The Wonders of Modern Science

There's two men working together at the sawmill when one of them accidentally saws his arm off. Quickly thinking his friend takes the arm,puts it in a plastic bag and rushes them to hospital. The following day he visits the hospital to find his friend playing tennis.

"Wow the wonders of modern science".

So anyway they get back to work and are chatting away when a lapse in concentration results in the same careless guy sawing his leg off. Knowing the drill his friend takes the leg, puts it in a plastic bag and off they all go to hospital. The next visiting time he finds his friend playing football.

"Wow the wonders of modern science".

A week later, back at work when the guy leans forward just a little too far and saws his head off. Straight away his friend takes the head, puts it in a plastic bag and rushes them all off to hospital. The next day the friend visits to find no sign of his chum.

"Where's my friend" asks the guy of the orderly.

"Well", said the orderly, "we could have saved him but some idiot put his head in a plastic bag and he suffocated."


Complete Makeover

A woman named Shirley was from Beverly Hills. One day, she had a heart attack and was taken to Cedars Sinai hospital. While on the operating
table, she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "Is this it?" God said, "No, you have another 30 to 40 years to live."

Upon her recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and have collagen shots, cheek implants, a face lift, liposuction and breast augmentation.
She even had someone dye her hair. She figured since she had another 30 to 40 years, she might as well make the most of it.

She walked out of Cedars Sinai lobby after the last operation and was killed by an ambulance speeding up to the hospital. She arrived in front
of God and said, "I thought you said I had another 30 to 40 years?" God replied, "Shirley! I didn't recognize you!"



TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

 


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