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May 11
 Memorial Day Tribute
They answered
their country's call to arms,
Into battle they did go
Where their final destination was
No one will ever know.
May their final resting place
Under some unknown sod
Be forever hallowed
For it is known only...unto God.
| May 08
Hello to my loving and caring relatives and friends all over the World, May your Mother's Day be Blessed with much Love, Happiness and Joy. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU ALL!!! Love to you all, Ed
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INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY
Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska .
Amazon
The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
TheAmazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that,
more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can
dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon
river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world
combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States .
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also
represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As
strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The
average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although
covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ie.), Antarctica is the driest
place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi
desert.
Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is
an Indian word meaning ' Big Village ....'
Chicago
Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit , Michigan , carries the designation M-1,
so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.
Damascus , Syria
Damascus, Syria , was flourishing a couple of thousand years before
Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously
inhabited city in existence.
Istanbul , Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:
L.A.
New York City
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the
1930's who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city.
Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big
Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland
; more Italians in New York City than in Rome , Italy ; and more Jews
in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel .
Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , every one is man made.
Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at
just 1.75 sq. miles/4.53 sq. km.
Rome
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome ,
Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
S.M.O.M .
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta (S.MO <http://s.mo/> .M.). It is located in
the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of
2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a
sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.
Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not
receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest
place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island .
There has been no rainfall there for two million years.
Spain
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'
St. Paul , Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota , was originally called Pig's Eye after a man
named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.
Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A : 1%, in Canada : 75%
Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas .. It is as deep
as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.
United States
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in
times of war or other emergencies.
Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops
3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls .
I have always said you should learn something new every day.
Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today,
we forget tomorrow. But, give it a shot anyway.......
| May 06
Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a
popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well
as directors and fellow actors, has died, a son told two broadcasters
Tuesday. He was 75.
DeLuise died Monday night, Michael DeLuise
told KTLA-TV and radio station KNX on Tuesday. The comedian died in his
sleep after a long illness. Calls to his agent were not immediately
returned.
The actor, who loved to cook and eat almost as much
as he enjoyed acting, also carved out a formidable second career later
in life as a chef of fine cuisine. He authored two cookbooks and would
appear often on morning TV shows to whip up his favorite recipes.
As
an actor, he was incredibly prolific, appearing in scores of movies and
TV shows, in Broadway plays and voicing chracters for numerous cartoon
shows.
Writer-director-actor Mel Brooks particularly admired
DeLuise's talent for offbeat comedy and cast him in several of his
films, including "The Twelve Chairs," "Blazing Saddles," "Silent
Movie," "History of the World Part I" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights."
DeLuise was also the voice of Pizza the Hutt in Brooks' "Star Wars"
parody, "Spaceballs."
The actor also appeared frequently in
films opposite his friend Burt Reynolds. Among them, "The End," "The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," 'Smokey and the Bandit II," "The
Cannonball Run" and "Cannonball Run II."
Reynolds fondly recalled DeLuise in a statement issued by his publicist.
"I
was thinking about this the other day," Reynolds said. "As you get
older and start to lose people you love, you think about it more and I
was dreading this moment. Dom always made you feel better when he was
around and there will never be another like him. I never heard him say
an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much."
Another
actor-friend, Dean Martin, admired his comic abilities so much that he
cast DeLuise as a regular on his 1960s comedy-variety show. In 1973, he
starred in a situation comedy, "Lotsa Luck," but it proved to be
short-lived.
Other TV credits included appearances on such
shows as "The Munsters," "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.," "Burke's Law,"
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Diagnosis Murder."
| January 19
 Get Well
I'm so sad that your not feeling well
I've said a little Angel prayer for you today
I prayed you would make a quick recovery
Please remember to be kind to yourself
Don't forget to take all your medicine
And cuddle up snug under the covers
In your absence you've been missed
Thoughts of you getting well
Have helped make me smile
Please remember the three R's
Rest, Repair, Recover
With love, I send you this Get Well Iris
Hugs Ed
One of the first friends I made here on spaces has received the
dreaded news that nobody likes to hear.
She is due to have surgery soon and I would like you to pray for her.
She is none other then our
Space Sister Iris Shea-Sparrow
has done a prayer circle for Iris...
Please visit him to be apart of Iris's Prayer Circle!
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