Even though I grew up an avid “outdoors man,” spending time on boy scout camp outs and weekends on the lake, I never saw as much diversity of wildlife until I found out they all actually live downtown.
This presentation is dedicated to the late General John Rossi.
Again, I would have to go back inside for the camera. But, before I did, all three lined up right next to each other, one looking left, one looking right, and the one in the middle looking straight at me. It would have been the perfect shot. When I got back with the camera, they would have none of it, and summarily refused to cooperate for their group shot. I swear, it was if they were goading me before I went to get to the camera!
Which really just leaves a bunch of unanswered questions. Who owns the property? Is there even any hope of restoring the building? How can the City ignore what has become not just an eyesore, but an extremely dangerous attractive nuisance? (There was a death in the building recently, about 2 years ago, that was investigated as a suicide.) Early Works recently indicated that funding has been received in order to do major renovations to Constitution Hall Park, but no mention of the Historic Huntsville Freight Building was made.
So, I decided to go to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant walk last week when they were in town. I had photos from ten years ago that had been lost in a computer crash of some kind, and I wanted to get some new shots while the elephants are still around! You probably already heard that the Circus has decided, because of public pressure being incited by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), to phase out the elephants in the show by 2018. For Huntsville, that might mean one more show in a couple of years, but even though they come around on a regular schedule, there is some variation and you never know.
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An incapacitated woman at a Phoenix care facility was raped and later gave birth. Now, state records show her longtime doctor is surrendering his medical license. http://apne.ws/lIFp4aV
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he’s certain the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was done fairly. http://apne.ws/93Bdtee
PHOTO GALLERY: Editor selections from the past week in Asia. http://apne.ws/EhSR7Po
North Korea calls former U.S. vice President Joe Biden a “rabid dog” that “must be beaten to death with a stick” in its latest swipe against foreign and political leaders it sees as hostile to the North’s leadership. http://apne.ws/9JFAO0E
Rosalía (@rosaliavt) won album of the year at the @LatinGrammys, the first solo female performer to take home the top honor since Shakira in 2006.
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📈Searches for ‘bribe’ are up 2800%
https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/pelosi-evidence-of-bribe-20191114
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BREAKING: Sheriff says a 14-year-old boy died following a shooting at a Southern California high school, bringing the number killed to two. Authorities identified the shooter as a 16-year-old student who shot himself in the head and is in grave condition. http://apne.ws/8yhqUFe
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Nature strikes back!
Veneto regional council, (located on Venice’s Grand Canal), was flooded for the first time in its history on Tuesday. Just minutes after it had rejected measures to combat climate change.
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#Venice #VeniceFloods #climatechange
“I wondered if I would see or otherwise sense the instant when the hundred billion neurons in my father’s brain abandoned the 80-year feat of electrochemical legerdemain known as Robert Chabon.” A Personal History by Michael Chabon. http://nyer.cm/yxXeDyD
Hong Kong spirals into deepening crisis as violent unrest enters a fourth day https://ti.me/2NLOmJ9
New York City’s latest attempt to tackle street homelessness will call on more than 18,000 of its municipal workers to help steer the almost 4,000 people who live on the streets into shelters https://nyti.ms/35bZO71
Los Angeles County authorities report a shooting at a high school in Santa Clarita https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/14/saugus-high-school-shooting-california-suspect-sought-lockdown/4190401002/
