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Serenading their support

Serenading their support
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A cell phone video of students serenading a Nashville high school teacher, who is in the middle of his fight against cancer, has gone viral. Country singer Tim McGraw posted on his Facebook page a 56-second video of Ben Ellis watching from his window of more than 400 students, parents and faculty sing a worship song. Ellis has been the Bible and Latin teacher at Christ Presbyterian Academy since 2008. His influence as a teacher went well beyond the classroom. He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer last December and has been working on and off. Recently, Ellis' condition gotten worse and decided to discontinue his treatment. After learning about tough news, the entire high school missed one class and boarded on buses to visit Ellis at his house. While one person Teller played guitar, hundreds of people crowded outside Ellis' house and sang several of his favorite worship songs.

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The bird hater

The Goan Network
Published Sep 14, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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John Oliver hates birds, or so he says. The comedian, who is the host of the popular internet show Last Week Tonight, is on holiday for now until the next season of LWN starts. However, he couldn’t help but come back for a brief 3 minute and change edition of LWN that focuses on migratory birds, or just birds in general. Oliver has a message for the birds that migrate to warmer climes in order to “feed, grow and attract a mate.” According to him, that’s just like Eat, Pray,…

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