It’s 7:55 a.m. and 50 degrees. Expect early-morning fog and afternoon highs in the low to mid 70s. For details, click here.
It seems like every day we hear of a new imminent threat to humanity: incurable disease, nuclear war, electronics-induced cancer. But Wired magazine explains why the world won’t end in 2012, or any time soon. Humanity has technology to thank; man-made advancements to quality of life and agricultural practices means that we can survive ecological threats like malaria or global warming. The key, the author argues, is to evolve and innovate to tackle challenges that arise.
Last week Minneapolis hosted the first Internet Cat Video Film Festival, where over 100,000 cat lovers (and “a few dogs … for irony”) congregated for a furry good time, according to the New York Times. The entries varied in style from documentary to foreign to comedy. The winner: a black-and-white short film, Henri 2, Paw de Deux. Cat lovers can view the entire playlist of videos screened here.
Have a great day, Missionites!
I wish that Mission Local would provide a brief background on the mural that is shown in this photo. It was painted as a memorial to Father Richard Purcell, a very dear friend who was one of the most genuinely caring people whom I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Although the following hyperlink is a bit more than a year old, it will provide a background on Father Richard and on some of the many accomplishments that he made during his lifetime: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=richard-purcell&pid=152878435