LINK How’s this for lucky? A hiker “rides” an avalanche one thousand feet and walks away from it. He greeted his rescuers on the trail heading down the mountain.
Archive for February, 2005
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service — Docket 96-45
The Shoreham First Response (est. 1967) is an all-volunteer EMS squad serving two small Vermont towns of 1,000 pop. Our budget is $6,000 plus financial gifts. Tracfone is the lifeline when our mobile radios are hindered by topography consistent with what you’d expect from the Green Mountain State. We do not want to pay more for my telephone service. This would shift more burdon to our taxpayers, albeit a small amount in the grand scheme, but emblematic of unfair USF distribution. While the USF is a suitable method to capture resources from those who benefit the most, in all fairness, I urge you to reject the proposal to move the USF collection system to a flat-fee.
Rocky Wink and Nod
Is it just me or is the whole buzz on Chris Rock’s distasteful remarks leading up the Oscars (that he is to host for big bucks) is doing exactly what it is intended to do: BOOST RATINGS ON A FLAILING FAILURE of a television wake?
Silence is Broken
Miracle in Kansas FOXNews.com – Accident Victim Speaks After 20-Year SilenceSunday, February 13, 2005 Associated Press HUTCHINSON, Kan. — For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin (search) has been mostly oblivious to the world around her — the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again. Scantlin’s father knows she will never fully recover, but her newfound ability to speak and her returning memories have given him his daughter back. For years, she could only blink her eyes — one blink for “no,” two blinks for “yes” — to respond to questions that no one knew for sure she understood. “I am astonished how primal communication is. It is a key element of humanity,” Jim Scantlin said, blinking back tears. Sarah Scantlin was an 18-year-old college freshman on Sept. 22, 1984, when she was hit by a drunk driver as she walked to her car after celebrating with friends at a teen club. That week, she had been hired at an upscale clothing store and won a spot on the drill team at Hutchinson Community College (search). After two decades of silence, she began talking last Continue reading →