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March 08, 2010RSS syndication

When did the US start to tax its citizens? The IRS began to levy and collect income taxes on this date in 1913. Income tax had originally been collected in the US during the Civil War years. In 1894, the Supreme Court ruled income tax unconstitutional, but the adoption of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913, made the personal income tax a permanent entity. Britain adopted a permanent income tax in 1874, and other European countries adopted regular income taxes in the late 1800s.

Quote: "The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government." — Barry Goldwater
See previous spotlights: Oscar, Gabriel García Márquez, Boston Massacre
March 07, 2010RSS syndication

How did the Oscar get its name? There are a few stories as to how the Academy Award statuette came to be called Oscar:
● Margaret Herrick, the librarian and executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said that the statuette reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.
● Bette Davis claimed she noted aloud the resemblance of Oscar's backside to that of her husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson.
● The first documented mention of the name was in 1934, when columnist Sidney Skolsky referred to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress Oscar. He says he was tired of writing "the Golden Statue of the Academy," and fell back on the name Oscar from an old vaudeville joke he had heard.
However it got its name, the movie industry's most famous trophy will be awarded tonight to this year's winners, as ABC-TV broadcasts the 82nd Academy Awards. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, co-stars of the romantic comedy It's Complicated, will co-host the show.

Quote: "It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two." — Mercedes McCambridge
March 06, 2010RSS syndication

Is Maconda — from 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' — a real place? Maconda is a fictional Colombian town that is the setting of One Hundred Years of Solitude and several other novels and short stories written by Gabriel José García Márquez. Though García Márquez had been writing nearly all his life, he was 38 when he finally found his voice — and that was the voice of his grandmother. Until he was eight years old, García Márquez was raised by his maternal grandparents. Both were consummate storytellers, but he was most intrigued by his grandmother's stories of superstitions and ghosts. He says she spoke with a naturalness that showed that she believed the stories. García Márquez realized that he had to tell his stories in the same way. And so One Hundred Years of Solitude was written. In 1982, García Márquez received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Happy birthday to Gabriel García Márquez, who turns 82 today.

Quote: "What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it." — Gabriel García Márquez
See previous spotlights: Boston Massacre, Garrett Morgan, AT&T
March 05, 2010RSS syndication
Boston Massacre<br> Memorial
Boston Massacre
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How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre? Five colonists were killed when British troops fired into an unruly crowd, in what later became known as the Boston Massacre. The conflict took place on this date in 1770 and was a turning point in the colonists' struggle for freedom from British rule. The first American to fall in the fray was Crispus Attucks, believed to be an escaped slave and part of the angry mob that surrounded the eight British soldiers on that fateful day. The redcoats were arrested and charged with murder. The American government, determined to give the British troops a fair trial, prevailed upon John Adams and Josiah Quincy to defend them. Even though they were both ardent patriots, Adams and Quincy defended the soldiers, claiming they fired in self-defense. Six of the soldiers were acquitted and two were found guilty of the reduced charge of manslaughter.

Quote: "Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
See previous spotlights: Garrett Morgan, AT&T, 100-point game
March 04, 2010RSS syndication

How do the color blind know if a stoplight is red or green? Traffic lights are stacked in a standardized order, with red on top, green on the bottom, and amber, when it exists, in the middle. This way, even someone who is color blind will be able to tell what color is lit by the illuminated signal's placement on the stack. Sometimes, the lights are horizontal; in this case, red is usually to the right, green to the left. Amber is still in the middle. When traffic signals were first developed, they looked more like semaphores, placed in the middle of an intersection, with an arm that raised or lowered, directing the flow of traffic. Garrett Morgan, born on this date in 1877, came up with the idea of adding a third position to the semaphore, signaling drivers that it would soon be time to stop. The addition of this signal gave drivers time to adjust to the change, thereby saving lives and damage to their vehicles.

Quote: "An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind." — Albert Schweitzer
See previous spotlights: AT&T , 100-point game, Frédéric Chopin
March 03, 2010RSS syndication

Why were telephone operators always women? Actually, the first telephone operators, back in 1878, were teenage boys. Sometimes, though, the teenage boys acted like... well, teenage boys. They sometimes pulled pranks on the customers and on each other, and were not always as respectful as they might have been. After several months, the Boston telephone exchange hired Emma Nutt as the first female telephone operator. She was an instant success. Soon, women took the place of the young men and operators were universally female until the 1970s, when men began to join their ranks. The national telephone system in the US was operated by American Bell in those days. Exactly 125 years ago today, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Bell, chartered to build and operate the original long distance telephone network.

Quote: "Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?" — James Thurber
March 02, 2010RSS syndication

Does Wilt Chamberlain also hold the record for free throws, along with the other NBA records he's attained? Well, after a fashion. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for free throws missed in a single season (578 misses in 1967-68). But, his other records tend to make us forget about his weakness in shooting free throws into the basket. In fact, on this date in 1962, Chamberlain achieved a record that has yet to be even close to being topped — most points in a single game. Chamberlain was the center for the Philadelphia Warriors at the time, playing in a game against the Knicks at HersheyPark Arena. After he made his ninth consecutive free throw, he began to think that he might break the record for most free throws in a game. It hadn't yet occurred to him that he might crush the record for most points in a single NBA game. When Chamberlain broke his own single-game record of 78 points with nearly eight minutes remaining, he and his team pulled out all the stops. With the crowd chanting "Give it to Wilt!" and his teammates feeding him the ball at every opportunity, Wilt scored his 100th point on a slam dunk with 46 seconds left.

Quote: "Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath." — Wilt Chamberlain
March 01, 2010RSS syndication
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
How old was Frédéric Chopin when he published his first composition? Frédéric Chopin published his first musical piece at age seven. A year later he was already performing in Warsaw salons. By the time he died at the age of 39, Chopin had written some 60 mazurkas, 27 études, 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes, 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, and 3 sonatas, all for solo piano, plus an additional six pieces for piano and orchestra, including two full piano concertos. Though his baptismal certificate listed his birthday as February 22, 1810, Chopin always claimed he was born on March 1. Today, the world celebrates Chopin's bicentennial with concerts, lectures and radio broadcasts of his music. Born in Poland, Chopin always remained devoted to his homeland, even though he lived the last half of his life in France. He instructed that his heart be buried in Poland. He was interred in a Paris cemetery, but his heart was brought back to Warsaw in an urn, which rests in a pillar of a church in the middle of the city.

Quote: "Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art." — Frédéric Chopin
See previous spotlights: Ben "Bugsy" Siegel, Chelsea Clinton, Victor Hugo
February 28, 2010RSS syndication
Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip
Which came first — Las Vegas, the city, or Las Vegas, the casino center? Native Americans lived in that area of Nevada for thousands of years. Non-Natives began to trickle into the region in the 19th century. On a map-making expedition, John Frémont gave this green part of the desert the name Las Vegas, which was Spanish for "the Meadows." Today, whether we refer to it as Sin City or the Entertainment Capital of the World, when we hear the name Las Vegas, we think of gambling, casinos, bright lights and opulent hotels. Legend has it that the person most responsible for the Las Vegas Strip was Ben "Bugsy" Siegel, born on this date in 1906. Siegel took advantage of the fact that Nevada had legalized gambling in 1931, and built The Flamingo hotel there in 1946. Six months later, he was gunned down in his home by investors who thought he had stolen their money.

Quote: "Man, I really like Vegas." — Elvis Presley
See previous spotlights: Chelsea Clinton, Victor Hugo, George Washington
February 27, 2010RSS syndication
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
Do the President's kids really get to play in the Oval Office? It depends on the President, his wife and the age of the kids. Many of us remember the pictures of Caroline and John Kennedy Jr. romping in the office and hiding under their father's desk. Theodore Roosevelt's children were said to have fairly liberal use of the White House rooms, but it was not always to the president's liking. Once, after his daughter, Alice, interrupted a White House meeting, Roosevelt was reported to have said, "I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both." Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was twelve years old when she moved into the White House with her parents, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Clintons made strict rules about media access to their daughter; the world saw a poised and accomplished young woman who was less likely to interrupt a meeting in the Oval Office. Chelsea, who turns 30 today, recently announced her engagement to Marc Mezvinsky, the son of two politicians, Edward and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky.

Quote: "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much." — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
See previous spotlights: Victor Hugo, George Washington, Steve Jobs
February 26, 2010RSS syndication
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Who ever came up with the idea of making 'Les Misérables' into a musical? A French songwriter named Alain Boublil was watching a London production of Oliver when, as he relates it, the appearance of the Artful Dodger on the stage made him think of Gavroche, a street urchin in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. Boublil contacted his friend and artistic collaborator, Claude-Michel Schönberg, to propose the idea of adapting the novel into a musical. It took two years to bring the idea to the French stage. Five years later, an English-language version of the show opened in London, with additional songs and dialogue. Since then, the show has been translated into some 20 more languages. The masterful author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo, was born on this date in 1802.

Quote: "All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come." — Victor Hugo
See previous spotlights: George Washington, Steve Jobs, East Room

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by Stephen Covey

It will change your life (or atleast the way you react to situations).

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WHAT IS THIS PRINCIPLE?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you...
90% of life is decided by how you react.

WHAT THAT THIS MEAN?

We really have NO control over the 10% of what happens to us.
The 90% is different.
YOU determine the 90%

HOW?
By your reaction.

You cannot control a red light.
However, you can control your reaction.

Do not let people fool you.
YOU can control how you react.

---o0o---

Let's see this example:

You are having breakfast with your family.
Your daughter knocks over a  cup of coffee onto your business shirt.


YOU HAVE NO CONTROL over what has just happened.
What happens next will be determined by HOW YOU REACT.

...

You curse.
You harshly scold your daughter  for knocking the cup over.
She breaks down in tears.

After scolding her, you turn to your wife and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table.
A short verbal battle follows.

You storm upstairs and change your shirt.
Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish her breakfast and getting ready to go to school.
She misses the bus.

Your spouse must leave immediately for work.
You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school.

Because you are late,
you drive 40 miles per hour in a 30 mph speed limit zone.

After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60.00 traffic fine away, 
you arrive at school.
Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.

After arriving the office 20 minutes late,
you realize your forgot your briefcase.

Your day has started terrible.
As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. 
You look forward to coming home.

When you arrive home, you find a small wedge 
in your relationship with your wife and daughter.

Why?

Because of how you reacted in the morning.
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Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is: D
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You had NO CONTROL over what happened with the coffee.

How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day!

>>>
Here is what could have and should have happened.
<<<

Coffee splashes over you.
Your daughter is about to cry.

You gently say:
"It's okay, honey, you just need to be more careful next time."

Grabbing a towel, you go upstairs and change your shirt.
You grab your briefcase, and come back down  in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus.
She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff.
...
Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios.
Both started the same.
Both ended different.

WHY?

Because of how you reacted.

You really have no control over 10% of what happens in your life.
The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
.
.
.

 

February 25, 2010RSS syndication
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
Is George Washington buried at Arlington National Cemetery? Although Arlington National Cemetery was begun on grounds that were part of Washington's holdings, George and Martha Washington are buried in a tomb on their family estate, Mount Vernon. The Washingtons grew tobacco on their Virginia plantation, which lay on the banks of the Potomac River. After having led his men to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was the unanimous choice to be the first President of the United States. He chose a small, experienced group of men to make up his cabinet. Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; and Edmund Randolph, Attorney General. On this date in 1793, President Washington convened the first Cabinet meeting on record, at his Mount Vernon home.

Quote: "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." — George Washington
See previous spotlights: Steve Jobs, East Room, Drew Barrymore
February 24, 2010RSS syndication
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
What is it — besides hard work and good ideas — that makes someone a leader? Barack Obama has it. So does George Clooney. Bill Clinton's is legendary. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi used it to change the way people see the world. Oprah worked hers to build an empire. A whole family of Kennedys has had it in spades. It's called charisma. Charismatic people possess a charm and a mystique that make them attractive to others and that make others want to be in their company and follow their lead. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is an example of a charismatic business leader who infuses others with the enthusiasm and excitement he himself feels for his products and for technology in general. Happy 55th birthday to Steve Jobs, whose technological curiosity, creativity and personal charisma helped to make a success of the iPod and the MacBook and to build expectations for the iPad.

Quote: "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... they push the human race forward... because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." — Steve Jobs
See previous spotlights: East Room, Drew Barrymore, classical guitar
February 23, 2010RSS syndication
In the East Room
In the East Room
Where do they hold the White House press conferences? White House press conferences are held in the East Room, the White House's largest and most versatile room. It's the place where the president publicly signs bills into action, where Congressional shmoozing has often taken place, where artists like Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Yo-Yo Ma and Earth, Wind and Fire have performed, and where seven presidents have lain in state. The East Room was where Richard Nixon made his emotional farewell speech and where Gerald Ford was sworn in. It's the room where many first-family events have taken place; Tricia Nixon married Edward Cox in the East Room; Susan Ford hosted her senior prom there. Earlier this month the White House honored the music of the civil rights movement there with a concert starring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, John Mellencamp, Yolanda Adams and Jennifer Hudson. And on this date in 1883, Chester Arthur had more than 100 guests to hear members of Her Majesty's Opera Company sing Mozart, Verdi and Wagner in the first East Room concert for an invited audience.

Quote: "A White House dinner is the American family assembled — from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes." — Hugh Sidey
See previous spotlights: Drew Barrymore, classical guitar, Ansel Adams
February 22, 2010RSS syndication
Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Who was the youngest person ever to host 'Saturday Night Live?' Drew Barrymore — seven years old at the time — hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982, and remains the youngest SNL host ever. With her sixth tour as host in October 2009, Barrymore also became the show's most frequent female host. Though it wasn't her first role, Barrymore's part as Gertie in (her godfather) Steven Spielberg's E.T. catapulted her to an early fame. It was a rocky road to respect and acclaim, with bouts of drug and alcohol addiction and wild partying as obstacles to her success. But, that seems to be behind her for now and this is Drew's best year yet, as she racks up awards for her turn as Little Edie in the TV movie Grey Gardens. Happy birthday to Drew Barrymore, who turns 35 today.

Quote: "I don't want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen." — Drew Barrymore
See previous spotlights: classical guitar, Ansel Adams, the Beales
February 21, 2010RSS syndication

Why is the classical guitar also known as the Spanish guitar? The modern classical guitar, a member of the lute family, was based on designs of the Spanish luthier Antonio Torres Jurado, hence, the reference to the Spanish guitar. Believing that the soundboard was the main element in the guitar, Torres decided to enhance its effectiveness by increasing the size of the guitar and making the soundboard itself thinner and lighter, and arching it in both directions. His guitars proved to be far superior to the existing models and became the new standard for guitars from then on. Though it was not considered an orchestral instrument, master guitarist Andrés Segovia changed that. Segovia, who was born on this date in 1893, transcribed early contrapuntal music for the guitar and revived the instrument's popularity, especially for concert performing. Soon composers like Manuel de Falla and Heitor Villa-Lobos were writing music specifically for Segovia and his guitar.

Quote: "The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice." — Andrés Segovia
February 20, 2010RSS syndication

Which school in the US opened the first academic program in photography? In 1945-6, Ansel Adams established the first academic photography department at the California School of Fine Arts, now known as the San Francisco Art Institute. Adams also was responsible for organizing the first public exhibit of photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, and wrote several books on photography, always working to raise awareness of photography as an art form. When Adams was fourteen years old, he visited Yosemite National Park with his family. It was there that he began to take pictures with his first camera. He so loved Yosemite that he was to return there every year for the rest of his life. Adams, born on this date in 1902, went on to become one of the US's most celebrated nature photographers and environmentalists. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.

Quote: "Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." — Ansel Adams
February 19, 2010RSS syndication
'EastEnders' Cast
'EastEnders' Cast
Is BBC's 'EastEnders' England's longest-running soap opera? No. England's longest-running soap is Coronation Street. It was first broadcast on December 9, 1960, and is still on the air. Then, twenty-five years ago today the Beales, the Fowlers and the Mitchells first came to UK screens on BBC TV's EastEnders. They came from London's East End, from the fictional borough of Walford. The soap opera was an instant hit and, though it has had its ups and down in the ratings, it remains one of Britain's most popular and one of its most critically acclaimed. Over 30 million viewers watched Den Watts give divorce papers to his wife, Angie, on December 25, 1986 — still the highest-rated episode of a soap in England's TV history. The show prides itself on its realism, with storylines about HIV, SIDS, child abuse, domestic violence and drug abuse.

Quote: "I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better." — Parker Posey
February 18, 2010RSS syndication

Why has 'Huckleberry Finn' been on so many banned books lists? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has made it to many lists of books that should be banned because readers (and many people who never bothered to read it) deemed it indecent and racist. Yet, even with its frequent place on the lists of America's most challenged books, it has become a classic. Written by Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn was published on December 10, 1884, in Canada and England and on this date in 1885, in the US. Although many thought that Twain's depiction of the runaway slave, Jim, was demeaning and racist, the story was meant to show the hypocrisy of American society in its views of slaves and African Americans. The story follows Huck and Jim — both runaways — as they travel down the Mississippi River, with Huck slowly changing his views about blacks and working to help Jim to freedom.

Quote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn... All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." — Ernest Hemingway
See previous spotlights: Maginot Line, emergency numbers, Clean Monday
February 17, 2010RSS syndication
Defending the Maginot Line
Defending the Maginot Line
What is the Maginot Line? The Maginot Line was an elaborate system of fortifications erected by the French in the 1930s, along their border with Germany, designed to keep the German forces from crossing in to France. It was named for one of its chief proponents, André Maginot — born on this date in 1877 — who was then France's Minister of War. The defensive line, which was made of thick concrete and included living quarters, underground rail lines and storehouses and had a line of heavy artillery, proved to be not as impregnable as the French hoped. It extended only from Switzerland to Luxembourg; the Germans simply went around the border, invaded Belgium and marched on through to France in May 1940.

Quote: "All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way — if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy." — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
See previous spotlights: emergency numbers, Clean Monday, Chinese New Year
February 16, 2010RSS syndication

Is there a common emergency telephone number that can be used worldwide? Most countries have a three-digit emergency phone number: 101 (in Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, India, and Israel), 112 (in most European countries and all GSM mobile phones), 911 (in the US) and 999 (in countries including the UK, Poland, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, Macao, Bahrain and Qatar) are a few of the numbers that are frequently used as emergency numbers. There is no one universal number. However, most cell phones are set up with a built-in list of emergency phone numbers, so that if a caller dials the number familiar to him, it will automatically be forwarded to the local emergency phone service. London had the first emergency phone number, 999, set up in 1937; the dialing of the number prompted a buzzer to sound and a red light to flash in the exchange. In the US, Alabama's speaker of the house made the first 911 call on this date in 1968, in Haleyville.

Quote: "Operator! Give me the number for 911." — Homer Simpson
See previous spotlights: Clean Monday, Chinese New Year, Chuck Yeager
February 15, 2010RSS syndication

What is Clean Monday? Clean Monday — celebrated today — is the Monday that begins the season of Lent, as observed by Eastern Orthodox churches. Lent lasts for 40 days, up till Easter, and is a time when Orthodox Christians refrain from eating meat, fish and dairy products. On Clean Monday, Christians are expected to clean their "spiritual house." Many fast from midnight to noon and refrain from eating meat all day. This fasting, as well as extra bible study and prayer, is a form of cleansing of the body and soul in preparation for Easter and the Resurrection. Western Orthodox Churches begin Lent on Ash Wednesday. Easter will be celebrated this year on April 4.

Quote: "Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world." — George Bernard Shaw

Sunday Febuary 14, 2010

  • and one step ahead of cancer - that’s no surprise. Here are some of the foods you should be eating to do just that:
  • The following list is about foods that are alleged to help fight cancer in humans. There is nothing about FDA approved implied here and all these claims are of course based on some persons belief. With this caveat so stated we are providing these claims with the caution that nothing always works the same for all people; our personal beliefs are not stated here and we do not have any information of any real studies conducted to prove any of these statements regarding these foods.

  • 1. Tomatoes. Tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant that can reduce your risk of breast, prostate, pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Lycopene is concentrated when tomatoes are cooked, so your best lycopene sources are spaghetti sauce, tomato paste and ketchup.
  • 2. Broccoli sprouts. These are sprouts actually developed from broccoli, and they are the only product out there that guarantees consistent levels of sulforaphane GS, a natural compound in broccoli and other cruciferous plants that support our bodies' own antioxidant function. Sulforaphane may reduce your risk of stomach, breast and skin cancer.
  • 3. Berries are very high in antioxidants. They get their mouth watering colors from antioxidants known as anthocyanins. Look for fruits and vegetables with the deepest colors to get the highest concentration of anthocyanins, but they all have properties helpful in fighting colon and esophageal cancers.
  • 4. Soybeans are known for their isoflavones and they help us fight breast and prostate cancer by protecting our cells from estrogen's harmful effects. There are several kinds of isoflavones in soy products, but one, called genistein, may be the best defense against the growth and spread of cancerous cells. However, findings are not conclusive. Be careful about using too much soy in your diet - it can cause hormonal imbalance that stimulates the growth of cancer cells.
  • Despite budget crisis, state spent $75 million on vehicles, office furniture - 3 hours agoThe top spenders were Caltrans, with $10.4 million for vehicles, and the DMV, with $1.7 million for furnishings. An additional $2 million went to conferences and meetings, report shows. ...

Sunday Febuary 14, 2010

  • and one step ahead of cancer - that’s no surprise. Here are some of the foods you should be eating to do just that:
  • The following list is about foods that are alleged to help fight cancer in humans. There is nothing about FDA approved implied here and all these claims are of course based on some persons belief. With this caveat so stated we are providing these claims with the caution that nothing always works the same for all people; our personal beliefs are not stated here and we do not have any information of any real studies conducted to prove any of these statements regarding these foods.

  • 1. Tomatoes. Tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant that can reduce your risk of breast, prostate, pancreatic and colorectal cancers. Lycopene is concentrated when tomatoes are cooked, so your best lycopene sources are spaghetti sauce, tomato paste and ketchup.
  • 2. Broccoli sprouts. These are sprouts actually developed from broccoli, and they are the only product out there that guarantees consistent levels of sulforaphane GS, a natural compound in broccoli and other cruciferous plants that support our bodies' own antioxidant function. Sulforaphane may reduce your risk of stomach, breast and skin cancer.
  • 3. Berries are very high in antioxidants. They get their mouth watering colors from antioxidants known as anthocyanins. Look for fruits and vegetables with the deepest colors to get the highest concentration of anthocyanins, but they all have properties helpful in fighting colon and esophageal cancers.
  • 4. Soybeans are known for their isoflavones and they help us fight breast and prostate cancer by protecting our cells from estrogen's harmful effects. There are several kinds of isoflavones in soy products, but one, called genistein, may be the best defense against the growth and spread of cancerous cells. However, findings are not conclusive. Be careful about using too much soy in your diet - it can cause hormonal imbalance that stimulates the growth of cancer cells.
  • Despite budget crisis, state spent $75 million on vehicles, office furniture - 3 hours agoThe top spenders were Caltrans, with $10.4 million for vehicles, and the DMV, with $1.7 million for furnishings. An additional $2 million went to conferences and meetings, report shows. ...
January 31, 2010RSS syndication
Neil Young
Neil Young
What's the MusiCares award all about? The MusiCares Person of the Year event is an annual charity fundraiser for the Recording Academy-affiliated MusiCares Foundation, which offers programs and services (including emergency financial assistance) to members of the music community. The event is held during Grammy Awards week each year, and honors someone in the recording industry for outstanding musical and humanitarian accomplishments. This year's MusiCares Person of the Year is rock guitarist and singer Neil Young, who received the award two days ago. Young is among the nominees at tonight's 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, to be broadcast live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Beyoncé leads the pack with 10 nominations. Taylor Swift has eight nominations and Kanye West, Maxwell and the Black Eyed Peas got six nods apiece.

Quote: "I just do what I do. I like to make music." — Neil Young
See previous spotlights: Doomsday Clock, Anton Chekhov, Jackson Pollock
How did 'Auld Lang Syne' become the official New Year's Eve song in America? "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to min'...." "Auld Lang Syne" was played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians as a New Year's Eve song for the first time, eighty years ago today — on December 31, 1929. Though it was played as the band's theme song for years, and it had even occasionally been sung on New Year's Eve, this was the first time that Lombardo's group played it at the Hotel Roosevelt Grill in New York City to usher in the new year. The annual tradition continued when the party moved to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1959-1976) and the song still kicks off the Times Square celebration every New Year's Eve. The words "auld lang syne" translate literally to "old long since," or "days gone by." Scottish poet Robert Burns recorded the words that had been passed down orally, and is thought to have added some verses to the poem.

Quote: "We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne." — "Auld Lang Syne," Robert Burns
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November 7, 2007:  

Happy Birthday to Me!

.... Well, this is it, Birthday number sixty-nine for me is here. Man, I never would have thunk it! Still I am so happy to be where I am and if it has to be this high of a number then so be it..... I look forward to a few (quite a few I hope) more, although I must add, "not too anxiously", and by that I merely mean that it would be okay with me if the time didn't sail by so quickly.....slooooooooow dooooooooown a little (lot).

November 7: --- Okay, so the list is not all that impressive but include the entire month of November and that list certainly is impressive!

  • Historical Events --- here.
  • More Historical Events for November 7 -- here.
  • Little known --- National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day Souce: NCA - National Confectioners Association Web site: www.candyusa.org/Classroom/calendar.asp

    • Some folks born on this day.....

  • Cortez Cate, born on November 7, 1938

  • Billy Graham born on November 7, 1918
  • Keith Lockhart (1959)
  • Joni Mitchell (1943) ("Both Sides Now" song with some relevance.....)
  • Dean Jagger (1903)
  • Leon Trotsky (1897)
  • Al Hirt (1922)
  • Marie Curie born on November 7, 1867

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