Who's Packing Your Parachute?                                                            |
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Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his        |
plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into       |
enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison.         |
He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.         |
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One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table    |
came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft      |
carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"                                                 |
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"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I packed your parachute," the        |
man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said,   |
"I guess it worked!"                                                                     |
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Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today." |
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Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering  |
what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and    |
bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said    |
"Good morning, how are you?" or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he  |
was just a sailor."                                                                      |
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Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels|
of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding  |
in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.                               |
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Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who   |
provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed |
many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory--he needed    |
his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual |
parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.                       |
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Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.  |
We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something        |
wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no |
reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack    |
your parachute.                                                                          |
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Saudis pray in front of the unmarked grave of late King Fahd in Riyadh Friday, Aug. 5, 2005.     |
A few men still stopped to pray at the simple, earth-covered grave of King Fahd, but for the     |
most part life has returned to normal in Saudi Arabia where there are high expectations for      |
the rule of the monarch's successor. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)                                        |
Circle of faith                                                                                  |
Pilgrims at the Great Mosque circle the Ka'aba which Muslims believe was built by Abraham        |
and his son Ishmail.                                                                             |
the rule of the monarch's successor. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)                                        |
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Circle of faith                                                                                  |
Pilgrims on Jebel al-Noor, Mount of Light, where they will visit Ghar Heera, a cave where Muslims|
believe Muhammad received the revelation of the Koran.                                           |

婦女在牆壁女性香客向牆壁扔石頭代表惡魔在麥納谷。

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Consuelo Velasquez

Born: 29 August 1920 Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico 

Died: 22 January 2005, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. 



Gave her first piano concerto at 6 years-old. Gained the 

title of music teacher at 17 years old, and became soloist 

of the National Symphonic Orchestra, Mexico. 



Her song, "Besame Mucho" (written 1941) has become the most 

famous Spanish-language ballad in the world. It has been covered 

in many languages and by many artists. 



Besides "Besame Mucho", she was cherished for several other 

popular songs: "No Me Pidas Nunca", "Pasional", and "Dejame Quererte". 



BÉSAME MUCHO 

words and music by Consuelo Velazquez



Bésame, bésame mucho

Como si fuera esta noche la última vez

Bésame, bésame mucho

Que tengo miedo perderte, perderte otra vez



Quiero tenerte muy cerca, mirarme en tus

ojos, verte junto a mí

Pienso que tal vez

Mañana estaré muy lejos, muy lejos de ti



Bésame, bésame mucho

Como si fuera esta noche la última vez

Bésame, bésame mucho

Que tengo miedo perderte, perderte otra vez 


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But as general, the whole concept of conference is conducting and 
prompting 

networking and social to general attendees at large.

但作為將軍, 會議的整體概念是舉辦和提示網路和社會對一般到會者在大。

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