This man's fear and exhilaration is palpable without understanding what he's saying. The subtitles amplify his terror.
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10:24 am Fri
Aug 30, 2019
Nail-biting video of frightened fellow paragliding, now with subtitled terror
The Harlem Globetrotters' Fred "Curly" Neal, RIP
The legendary Fred “Curly” Neal of the Harlem Globetrotters died this morning. He was 77. I remember the first time I saw the Globetrotters as a kid in the late 1970s. I was disappointed when the team was introduced and Curly was nowhere to be seen. Then suddenly, one of the players tore off another’s […]
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Dick Pound: Olympics will be postponed
International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound announced today that the summer games in Japan will be postponed until at least 2021, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided. The parameters going forward have not been determined,” said Dick Pound, a longstanding veteran of the […]
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NCAA cancels March Madness due to coronavirus
Citing “the COVID-19 public health threat,” the NCAA is canceling March Madness and all other winter and spring men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments amid a growing coronavirus pandemic.
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Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer
Gather round, young and old — and hear tales of bygone days. Back in olden times, citizens would mass at a house of coffee, wherein skilled java alchemists would concoct special blends and apply artisanal wizardry to make each steaming chalice an appointment for the taste buds. Granted, said wizards, once known as baristas, were […]
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Everyone needs a first aid kit and these emergency bags could make all the difference
The last few weeks have given us all a lot to think about. As we watched stores close, Costco lines snake through parking lots and items like hand sanitizer and toilet paper disappear everywhere like they were Lady Gaga tickets, there’s one significant takeaway it’s safe to say we all can agree on. We should […]
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Learn to play the piano, but not in that horrible after-school way you’re thinking
Whether it was Bach or Chopin, Ray Charles or Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Alicia Keys or Norah Jones, there was someone whose mastery on the piano made you think, wow, I wish I knew how to do that. It’s a singular, almost timeless skill — and if you love music, there’s no […]
