On an international flight, after waiting five long hours for takeoff, a voice announced that the flight was cancelled. It is a scene many have been privy to, so I know better than to solicit sympathy. But in the aftermath of this announcement was a scene that captured my attention. A young girl, no older than 10, immediately cupped her face with her hands, visibly deflated by this news. In broken English, a woman nearby tried to comfort her and the story slowly unraveled. Apparently, the child had written an essay that had won an award, which promised a week at space camp in the United States. She was only halfway to her destination waiting anxiously for the second half when the flight was cancelled for the night and rescheduled for the morning. Since she was traveling alone, news of the cancelled flight meant an evening far from home, alone in a foreign city, and one less day of her much-anticipated camp...
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*Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" --Matthew 4
» Pharaohs ruled Egypt from 3110 B.C. until 332 B.C., when Egypt came under foreign rule.
» The right arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty crossed the Atlantic Ocean three times. It first crossed for display at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and in New York, where money was raised for the foundation and pedestal. It was returned to Paris in 1882 to be reunited with the rest of the statue, which was then shipped back to the United States.
» The Roman emperor Julius Caesar lost many ships when he invaded Britain--he didn't beach them high enough because he hadn't taken tides into account.
» Philadelphia was second only to London as the largest English-speaking city in the world at the time of the War of Independence.
» The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
» President Andrew Johnson offered a reward of $100,000 for the capture of Jefferson Davis on May 2, 1865. That was the equivalent of $1,095,269 in 2004 dollars.
Though not enrolled in an ethics course at a University nor ever having attended one, I once read that the ethics being taught in these classes boils down to 'Do unto others before they do it to you'. If corect, it may well be that soon, there will be no need for an ethics class and those who 'tach it' will be out of work and complaining.