MSSU Turkey Semester
Some local students take a break from classes today with a magic carpet ride. JOPLIN, MO.--- The virtual trip is part of Missouri Southern's semester long focus on the country of Turkey. Members of the campus activities board dreamed up the photo booth ...
The Long Game in Turkey
“New Threats to Democracy in Turkey” (editorial, Aug. 19) suggests that there are major concerns about the state of democracy in Turkey and the role the country could play in regional issues. I think that the scope of issues is much broader and the ...
Mystery Science Theater 3000′s Turkey Day Gets Cooked With “Turkey Day Edition”
Family traditions come from odd places. Some are passed down from generation to generations. Others just magically appear. Until the ’90s, Thanksgiving meant eating, watching the Detroit Lions lose and sleeping. All this changed when Mystery Science ...
American man suspected of fighting with Islamic State is killed
American man suspected of fighting with Islamic State is killed 35 minutes ago TouchVision American reportedly flighting for ISIL killed in battle American reportedly flighting for ISIL killed in battle HAMAS CALLS ANOTHER CEASE-FIRE FIRST LEBRON, NOW BURGER KING IS LEAVING MIAMI BK CONFIRMS IT' ...
Turkey publishes Ricardo-AEA prepared ‘Cities Adaptation Support Package’
The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published a new Cities Adaptation Support Package that has been prepared by environmental consultancy Ricardo-AEA. The Support Package is aimed at Turkish municipalities and provides a guide to climate change adaptation, which seeks to reduce ...
Pizza With a Purpose- CMT Awareness Month
September is CMT awareness month, so you may see lots of posts and shares from affected friends and family members. First up is our project with California Pizza Kitchen - Pizza with a Purpose FUNdraier in support of: Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Monday September 29th, 2014 All Day Valid at a nu ...
Echoes
Granpa picks up the strangest things by the road and sends them to me: 1. A tent without poles 2. A Speedway card 3. What I find out is a “geri chair”, which most likely someone died in It’s just that this is how he knows to show he loves you. With little gifts, or big ones, but some object has to c ...
Kid Archetypes: 3 Touchy Feely Kid
I keep thinking I am done with these and then viola! More of them crop up and remind me of the often present... Touchy Feely Kid That one kid that has no concept of space bubble whatsoever. I literally had a kid stand there and purposefully breathe on me. Hot breath on my hand. My soul was in a kind ...
AUG 26 TOP TEN MOST EARTHQUAKE PRONE CITIES
AUG 26 TOP TEN MOST EARTHQUAKE PRONE CITIES Over the weekend, all of us at the DUNER BLOG were rudely awakened at 3:07 in the morning by a fierce earthquake. It was a 6.1 on the Richter Scale and was based near Napa. Fortunately, no one was killed. Unfortunately, it's estimated the loss of wine will ...
Eleven Months
Well this is it. The last official monthly post before our little man is officially a whole year. I know I've said this in just about every monthly post and can almost guarantee that I'll continue to say it going forward. This little guy just gets more active fun every day. Sweet boy, we love watchi ...
Douglas McAuthur McCain: Cooper's jihadist
Minnesota high school grad and terror supporter killed in Syria Excerpt: A Twin Cities high school graduate who later moved to San Diego was killed in Syria in recent days, according to family members who had been concerned about his expressions of support of the Islamic State terror organization. K ...
Covering the Bases, Pt. 16: Top 5 retro sets
Most people seem to love or hate the recent retro craze. I'm in the former camp. Or at least I was until, like everything else, the retro market started to get too crowded and uninspiring. But that's another rant for another post. Thankfully, recent overhyping of the whole retro fad hasn't taken awa ...
Rest Day
Not much to report from the day. I was pretty exhausted from last night and a poor night of sleep, so I did some more cleaning around the house and got a pedicure with my mom in the afternoon. I had plans to go for a run, but bad storms came through and then the power was out at the gym! So I just a ...
