Gretchen Ehlke, Associated Press Updated 2:47 pm PST, Tuesday, November 13, 2018 In this Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 photo, Cara Chell speaks to members of the Baraboo School Board in Baraboo, Wis., about a controversial photo of high school students giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute on the steps of a local courthouse taken before their prom last spring. The parent who took the photo said he was simply asking the teens to wave goodbye to their parents before they headed to prom. (Tim Damos/Baraboo News Republic via AP) less In this Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 photo, Cara Chell speaks to members of the Baraboo School Board in Baraboo, Wis., about a controversial photo of high school students giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute on ... more Photo: Tim Damos, AP Photo: Tim Damos, AP Image 1 of / … [Read more...] about Photographer: Nazi salute image not meant to be offensive
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Family members, wedding guests share tributes to just-married couple killed in helicopter crash
By Madalyn Mendoza, mySanAntonio.com Updated 2:11 pm CST, Monday, November 5, 2018 katieellisss: Pictures I will cherish forever. I will miss my sister and friend every single day until I see her again.. katieellisss: Pictures I will cherish forever. I will miss my sister and friend every single day until I see her again.. Photo: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Screengrabs trippin_flippin: Last night was magical in every way. Absolutely perfect. Bailee & Will - I hope I find a love as true & wonderful as yours. I have peace in the fact that you left this earth so full of happiness and love. How awesome to spend your honeymoon with Jesus. less trippin_flippin: Last night was magical in every way. Absolutely perfect. Bailee & Will - I hope I find a love as true & wonderful as yours. I have peace in the fact that you left this earth so full of ... more … [Read more...] about Family members, wedding guests share tributes to just-married couple killed in helicopter crash
Photographer captures majestic Yosemite engagement photo — he just can’t find the couple
By Michelle Robertson, SFGATE Published 4:00 pm PDT, Friday, October 19, 2018 Do you recognize this couple? Michigan-based photographer Matthew Dippel took this image of an engagement at Taft Point in Yosemite National Park on October 6, 2018. Do you recognize this couple? Michigan-based photographer Matthew Dippel took this image of an engagement at Taft Point in Yosemite National Park on October 6, 2018. Photo: Matthew Dippel GALLERY: People and perilous heights at Yosemite In 1916, the Studebaker automobile company literally drove a car on the edge of Overhanging Rock for a publicity shot. 1916/Photographer: Arthur C. Pillsbury California State Library less GALLERY: People and perilous heights at Yosemite In 1916, the Studebaker automobile company literally drove a car on the edge of Overhanging Rock for a publicity shot. 1916/Photographer: Arthur C. Pillsbury ... more … [Read more...] about Photographer captures majestic Yosemite engagement photo — he just can’t find the couple
Calif. scientist’s son suing cryonics nonprofit for incorrectly freezing father’s body
By Annie Vainshtein Published 3:12 pm PDT, Monday, September 10, 2018 SCOTTSDALE, AZ - JULY 10: President and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. Jerry Lemler, poses in the Patient Care Bay at the company's office July 10, 2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alcor Life Extension Foundation, where Ted Williams' body was sent after his death Williams died July 5, 2002 for his body to be Cryonicgenically frozen, is denying claims that the company decapitated baseball great Ted Williams' body, mishandled it and has lost samples of his DNA August 13, 2003. The reports came from allegations from a disgruntled employee, Larry Johnson, who until this week had been the company's chief operating officer. less SCOTTSDALE, AZ - JULY 10: President and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation Dr. Jerry Lemler, poses in the Patient Care Bay at the company's office July 10, 2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alcor Life Extension ... more … [Read more...] about Calif. scientist’s son suing cryonics nonprofit for incorrectly freezing father’s body
A photographic treatment for dementia
Story highlights Up to half of people 85 or older might have some form of dementia Talking about photographs may offer dementia patients and their loved ones ways to connect and engage (CNN)One of the first dementia patients Laurence Aëgerter met was in the later stages of the illness. She visited the man at a care facility in Switzerland to note his reactions to photographs she had brought along. As she showed him pictures and asked him to remark on them, he fluttered in and out of awareness, like a lamp flickering on and off, she said. For 10 minutes, the patient hardly said anything, struggling to articulate basic sentences. Then, Aëgerter showed him a photograph of a cat with her kitten, and something amazing happened. "He was able to speak for five minutes in a row," said Aëgerter, a French visual artist based in Amsterdam. "That image triggered something very deep in him, a very deep memory that made him feel so strong. In those minutes, it was like he had … [Read more...] about A photographic treatment for dementia