IMPORTANT UPDATE 2019.12.05
In fact, I was able to pass through the crossing earlier today. The reconstruction appears to have been finished early today or late yesterday afternoon and seems to be complete.
Yet another historic home burned in Huntsville last week.
Christmas in Big Spring Park
All’s quiet on Church Street this Thanksgiving season. Al DOT has suspended all temporary roadwork closures for the holiday as the site in the photo is at a standstill.
Tragedy struck Huntsville’s affluent downtown neighborhood early Sunday morning when the historic 1889 Davis House caught fire.
Eddie Money, who passed away on Friday the 13th, once appeared at Big Spring Jam in Huntsville but his assertions of once being a police officer turn out to be… a cop out.
This monument in Huntsville’s Historic Maple Hill Cemetery presents a beautifully carved relief perhaps to acknowledge the natural conclusion of life.
Just minutes ago this Lunar Rover recreated by Polaris rolled through the streets of Huntsville beginning from the front porch of the Von Braun Civic Center and heading for the court house square !!!
5000 model rockets reach for the sky at the Global Rocket Launch at the US Space & Rocket Center for the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
Thunderstorm with high winds and booming lightening rolls through downtown Huntsville.
Apollo Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
The overlord frog lives at an undisclosed location in downtown Huntsville. I don’t know why he sits there. Maybe he’s had a cup of Joe too many, or maybe he’s hiding from his wife.
@AP »
Joe Burrow, No. 1 LSU lock up a spot in College Football Playoff, dominating No. 4 Georgia 37-10 in the Southeastern Conference championship game. @AP_Top25 http://apne.ws/Ekd7i39
Weekend Reads: AP obtains list of 629 girls and women from across Pakistan sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to China. Pakistani investigators compiled the list while working against trafficking networks exploiting the country’s poor and vulnerable. http://apne.ws/jBSn5lY
The acclaimed film “Portrait of a Lady” is a love story involving two women, directed by a woman, that is a powerful testament to the creative vision of women. http://apne.ws/aeX3d4l
Today marks 78 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. A dozen survivors are among those gathering for a remembrance ceremony at the Hawaii naval base. http://apne.ws/MUnOoHb
Amazon has signed a lease for more office space in New York City after pulling out of a much bigger deal for a new headquarters in Long Island City. Is there a lesson? That’s under debate. http://apne.ws/HMr2ibv
WordPlay »
‘Toilet’ originally meant “dressing table,” from the diminutive ‘toilette’ of French ‘toile’ (“cloth”)
Later, plumbing was placed in the private dressing rooms of homes, hence the sense development:
cloth>dressing table>room>plumbing fixture
#toilets
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-history-of-toilet
rjc »
Of all the invasive species plaguing the Everglades, the Burmese python is the most high-profile and the most intractable. (4/5)
Huntsville police officer killed; 6th shot to death in Alabama in 2019 https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/huntsville-police-officer-shot-suspect-in-custody.html
Donald Trump calls for World Bank to halt all China lending https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/07/donald-trump-calls-for-world-bank-to-halt-all-china-lending?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1575686861
China is now the second largest contributor to the UN, after America https://econ.st/341Yene
“Pelosi despises you people who don’t live in the coastal areas… They hate you because you brought President Trump to the Presidency… She prays for the president, I just don’t know what president it is, cause it ain’t this president.” – @WinterbleShow
http://newsmaxtv.com
Huntsville police officer killed; 6th shot to death in Alabama in 2019 https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/huntsville-police-officer-shot-suspect-in-custody.html
