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Perhaps the most prominent ladder in our culture is the one associated with careers. It is an image of the American road to success. We begin at or near the bottom and, step by step, make our way towards the top. It is a metaphor that works well with our modern notions of hard work, persistence and reward. It also serves as a justification for many of the structures in our society and colors our common view of those who linger around the bottom. It is through this cultural image that the Ladder of St. John of Sinai (Climacus) comes...

A construction worker who died after plunging from a 10-foot ladder in Croatia was actually killed by the coronavirus, doctors said in a report. The unnamed 51-year-old man fell into a yard while building a home earlier this year and suffered cuts and bruises to his head, according to the Journal of Forensic Pathology. The builder was declared dead at the scene but an autopsy later revealed that COVID-19 had indirectly caused the accident

A Chinese artist has found a unique way to express his love to his grandmother: a gigantic staircase in the air. These stunning photographs show the 1,650ft ladder, which was made with fireworks, stretch right up into the sky in Quanzhou, south-eastern China, on Monday. This is the work of Cai Guoqiang, an artist who is originally from the city and now based in New York, reported the People's Daily Online.

It would be interesting to do a study to see how many Democrats don't get the joke here...Joke...yeah...hehe.

This morniing Freeper Stockpirate had a massive heart attack, first one! God was with me the whole time. There was a mircle during this that I wouldlike to share. My son-in-law was outside on a ladder working on the house, meanwhile I was in the basement having my very own heart attack. No one could here me yelling for help, I asked God for help then got onmy cellphone and started calling our various cell phones in the house. My oldest granddaughter ansewered her's I asked her to tell her mom to come to the basement fast....she told me her...

Surveillance stopped a pair of alleged drug smugglers from hauling about 273 kilos of marijuana over the border fence with the help of a ladder, public records reflect. A U.S. Border Patrol agent on Thursday saw 10 people coming out of the Rio Grande carrying bundles and a ladder near the Rancho Grande Subdivision in La Paloma. The agent saw the suspects use the ladder to get the bundles over the border fence, according to the complaint filed before U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio in federal court. The complaint states that the agent also saw a green minivan drive in...