John Quincy Adams On Perseverance!
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” President John Quincy Adams 1767 – 1848
City Of Hope Researchers Achieve Cancer Remission Using Car-T Cell Therapy On Glioblastoma Brain Tumors
Duarte, CA…City of Hope researchers recently reported on the successful treatment of a patient with recurrent multifocal glioblastoma using CAR-T therapy, a type of immunotherapy, to effectively attack cells with the IL13Rα2 antigen which is common in brain cancer. A case study published in the Dec. 29 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine […]
Liftopia Unleashes Best in Snow Awards, The Preeminent Rankings of the Best Ski Areas in North America
San Francisco, CA…Liftopia, the largest online and mobile marketplace for lift tickets and other mountain activities, today unveiled its first-ever 2016-17 Best in Snow Awards honoring the most beloved ski areas in North America. Unlike other awards, the 2016-17 Best in Snow Awards, Powered By Liftopia is the only ranking that incorporates the largest dataset […]
Colorado Snow Conditions For December 27th!! You Should Be Here!
Keystone, CO…It really isn’t the holidays without some skiing is it? Below is a shot from Arapahoe Basin’s Zuma Cam! The full conditions rundown is below… Today’s snow conditions for Colorado Resort Snow condition Last snowfall Summit depth Weather Open trails Open lifts Crested Butte Mountain Resort Open Powder 2″ Yesterday 46″ 12°F 81/121 14/15 […]
Growing Pain’s Alan Thicke Passes Away From A Heart Attack At 69
Los Angeles, CA…Alan Willis Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffery; March 1, 1947 – December 13, 2016) was a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is known for his role as Jason Seaver, the father on the ABC television series Growing Pains. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. In 2013, […]
Former Astronaut & Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
Columbus, OH…John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016), (Col, USMC, Ret.), was an aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States senator. He was one of the “Mercury Seven” group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America’s first astronauts and fly the Project Mercury spacecraft. On February 20, […]
Thoughts On A Happy Christmas From Charles Dickens
“Happy, Happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!” Charles Dickens
Bases Are Building As Colorado Ski Areas Gear Up For Christmas Rush
Vail, CO…Most of the area resorts are now open and building their bases for the peak holiday season. Today’s snow conditions for Colorado Resort Snow condition Last snowfall Summit depth Weather Open trails Open lifts Loveland Ski Area Open Powder 10″ Yesterday 25″ 6°F 5/94 3/10 Purgatory Resort Open Powder 9″ Yesterday 30″ 17°F […]
Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro 1926 – 2016
Havana, Cuba…Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist […]
Alan Turing On Achievement
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” ― Alan Turing