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Mauritius


This is the story of a Hungarian Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz and found a coat belonging to a guard which she took to shield her from the cold immediately after her liberation.  In the pocket of this coat she found a photo album.  It contained pictures of what went on in this extermination camp.  Imagine her reaction when she saw a picture of herself coming off of the train as well pictures of her family who were already murdered.  This album at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem was donated by this woman in 1980 and will forever be displayed there.  When you have 5 minutes of peace and quiet in front of your computer, watch it and consider passing it around to people that you know so they can share it and know about it.  It is truly moving and important.

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Australia's Taronga Zoo in Sydney showing off its baby pygmy hippo. Monifa, who was only three weeks old in this video, and the size of a puppy. Very cute!

Baby Pygmy Hippo


 




Budweiser Clydesdales (history of)
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Farmers living in the 19th century along the banks of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire, Scotland, bred the Great Flemish Horse, the forerunner of the Clydesdale.
These first draft horses pulled loads of more than one ton at a walking speed
of five miles per hour.    Soon their reputation spread beyond the Scottish borders.
 
In the mid-1800s, Canadians of Scottish descent brought the first Clydesdales to the United States where the draft horses resumed their existence on farms.
Today, the Clydesdales are used primarily for breeding, show and of course advertising.
 
On April 7, 1933, August A. Busch, Jr. and Adolphus Busch III surprised their father, August A. Busch, Sr., with the gift of a six-horse Clydesdale hitch
to commemorate the repeal of Prohibition.
 
Realizing the marketing potential of a horse-drawn beer wagon,
 the company also arranged to have a second six-horse Clydesdale hitch
 sent to New York on April 7 to mark the event.
The Clydesdales, driven by Billy Wales, drew a crowd of thousands
 as they clattered down the streets of New York City to the Empire State Building.
After a small ceremony, a case of Budweiser was presented to former Governor Alfred E. Smith in appreciation of his years of service in the fight against Prohibition.
 
This hitch continued on a tour of New England and the
Middle Atlantic States thrilling thousands on its way.
The Clydesdales made a stop in Washington D.C. in April 1933 to reenact the
delivery of one of the first cases of Budweiser to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The actual delivery had been shipped by air and presented on April 7, 1933.
The St. Louis hitch, driven by Art Zerr, also toured in celebration,
stopping in Chicago and other Mid-Western cities.
 
Shortly after the hitch was introduced, the six-horse Clydesdale team
was increased to eight.
 On March 30, 1950, in commemoration of the opening of the Newark Brewery,
a Dalmatian was introduced as the Budweiser Clydesdales’ mascot.
 Now, a Dalmatian travels with each of the Clydesdale hitches.
Today, Anheuser-Busch owns approximately 250 Clydesdales;
they continue to be an enduring symbol of our heritage and tradition.
 
These high-stepping horses make hundreds of public appearances each year in addition
 to appearing in television commercials and other Budweiser beer advertising.
 
Ads from Anheuser-Busch are among the most anticipated during the Super Bowl,
an event watched as much for the ads during the commercial breaks as for the sport.
 The company has a lock on the ads, with exclusive rights in the alcoholic beverage segment through 2012.
 




New Law: 


With the high rate of attacks on women in secluded
parking lots, especially during evening hours, the
Minneapolis City Council has established a 'Women
Only' parking lot at the Mall of America. Even the
parking lot attendants are exclusively female so that
a comfortable and safe environment is created for patrons.

Below is the first picture available of this world-first
women-only parking lot in Minnesota . 






     
TREES


 
by: Joyce Kilmer  (1886- 1918)
I THINK that I shall never see 
A poem lovely as a tree. 
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest 
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; 
A tree that looks at God all day,
 
And lifts her leafy arms to pray

  
A tree that may in Summer wear 
A nest of robins in her hair; 
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; 
Who intimately lives with rain

  
Poems are made by people like me, 
But only God can make a tree.


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