Friday 11 September 2009-Patriot Day

                 

 

                      

         

Celtic Blessing
May the roads rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Anon

                               

            September 11, 2009

No News Is Good News Day

Turn off all news broadcasts. Today is No News Is Good News Day.
We all could use a little good news.

No Radio broadcasts. No Television newscasts. And, heaven forbid…
avoid the newspaper at all costs. Your local fish wrapper is always filled
with bad news.  The news media thrives on bad news.
Take a day off from all the bad news.
Happy No News Is Good News Day!

Origin of No News Is Good News Day:

No factual information was found about this special day.

It did not take long to figure out why the lack of information about
this special day. You’d think this special day is truly newsworthy.
But, the creator felt that no news is good news. Recognizing this
"Catch 22", he (or she) remained silent about his creation.

 

         

BIRTHDAY QUOTE:
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been
unexpected, unplanned by me. Author: Carl Sandburg

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1862 O Henry pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer
1885 David Herbert "DH" Lawrence England, writer (Lady Chatterly’s Lover)
1902 Alice Tully Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall)
1913 Bear Bryant keeps Crimson Tide winning (Alabama)
1915 Jack Fascinato Bevier Mo, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
1922 Charles Evers civil rights leader (Amazing Grace)
1924 Tom Landry NFL player (NY Giants), coach (Dallas Cowboys)
1928 Earl Holliman La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic)
1935 Gherman Titov USSR, 1st man to spend a day in space (Vostok 2)
1936 Charles Dierkop LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman)
1940 Brian DePalma film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
1957 Jon Moss rocker (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1962 Kristy McNichol LA Calif, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest)
1967 Kendra Lee Ruwe Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991)
1967 Harry Connick, Jr, actor,singer, composer
    2004 SIMON!!!

 

1609 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island
1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace."
1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip
1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
1935 US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year 
1946 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim the English Channel
        from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes
1965 Beatles’ "Help!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1977 Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O’Connors wins US Open
1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
1991 "La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family" goes on sale
2001 The worst terrorist attack on American soil – 2819+ die as a result of
         hijacked airplane attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a
        field in Western Pennsylvania

Patriot Day is an annual observance on September 11 to remember those who were
injured or died during the terrorist attacks in the United States on

September 11, 2001. Many Americans refer to Patriot Day as 9/11 or September 11.

 

PATRIOT DAY should not be confused with Patriot’s Day, also known as

Patriots Day, which commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775,

which were two of the earliest battles in the American Revolutionary War

 

Location New York City; Arlington County, Virginia; and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Date Tuesday, September 11, 2001
8:46 am (2001-09-11T08:46) – 10:28 am (2001-09-11T10:29) (UTC-4)
Attack type Aircraft hijacking, Mass murder, Suicide attack
Death(s) 3,017 (including 24 presumed dead and 19 hijackers)
Injured 6,291+
Perpetrator(s) al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden

What do people do?
On the direction of the President, the flag of the United States of America should
be displayed on the homes of Americans, the White House and all United States
government buildings in the whole world. The flag should be flown at half-mast as
a mark of respect to those who died on September 11, 2001. Many people observe
a moment of silence at 8:46 AM (Eastern Daylight Time). This marks the time
that the first plane flew into the World Trade Center. Some communities,
particularly in the areas directly affected by the attacks, hold special church services
or prayer meetings. People who personally experienced the events in 2001 or lost
loved ones in them, may lay flowers or visit memorials.
Public life
Patriot Day is not a federal holiday and schools and businesses do not close.
Public transit systems run on their regular schedules. Some people and organizations
may take some time out to hold prayers for the victims of the attacks, but these do
not usually affect public life for more than a few minutes.

(1)  Friday, September 11
9/11 Memorial Preview Site New York, NY
In honor of the 8th anniversary, the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site
will be closed to the public, but will remain open for victims’ family members.
(2)  Friday, September 11
National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York, NY
The Family Room will be open to families throughout the day.

I walked a mile with Pleasure.
She chattered all the way,
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne’er a word said she;
But oh, the things
I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!
– Robert Browning

 

                

Place a bunch of dried beans into a sock, tie and nuke in the microwave
for 30 seconds. The bean compress molds perfectly to any sore area,
spreading warmth for fast relief.

Soothe aching overheated feet by rolling them over a frosty cold can of
soda. Or hold the can against your neck. It will cool a main artery,
helping you feel 10 to 15 degrees cooler instantly!

In the linen closet, place cotton balls that have been sprayed with your
favorite scent. Once they are dry, place them in corners and on the shelves.

 

             

Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it’s time.

Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time. He

awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a  Vatican gold medal.

Maltine

Produced by Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . It was

suggested that you should take a full glass with or after every meal…

Children should take half a glass.

 

 

                         

          

                          

                                      

 

 

 

                             

 

              

                                       

What do you see?

 

 

                             

You probably read the word ME in brown, but……
When you look through ME you will see YOU!

 

           

                             

If the future seems overwhelming, remember that it comes one moment at a time.
– Beth Mende Conny

 

              

       

                     

In the rear of a cat’s eye is a light-reflecting layer called the tapetum

lucidum, which causes cats’ eyes to glow at night. This reflecting layer

absorbs light 6 times more effectively than human eyes do, allowing a

cat to see better than humans at night.

 

         

One of Denmark’s most famous attractions is the statue of

The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen who was based on the story

by Danish Storyteller Hans Christian Anderson. Usually tourists

are surprised at first, on witnessing her small size as she is

only 1.25 metres high and weighs around 175 kg. She was

sculpted by Edvard Eriksen and revealed to the public in August 1913.

                      

 

The book includes a vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war

(some of that aspect was missing from the 1939 film). The novel showed considerable historical

research. According to her biography, Margaret Mitchell herself was ten years old before she
learned that the South had lost the war. Mitchell’s sweeping narrative of war and loss helped

the book win the Pulitzer Prize on May 3, 1937.

O’Hara Family
Gerald O’Hara – Scarlett’s fiery Irish father.
Ellen O’Hara – Scarlett’s beloved mother, of aristocratic French ancestry,
                       a true southern lady.
Scarlett O’Hara – Protagonist of the novel.
Suellen O’Hara – Scarlett’s younger sister, whiny and lazy, originally is to
                     be married to Frank Kennedy, but later marries Will Benteen.
Carreen O’Hara – Scarlett’s youngest sister, gentle and kind, joins a
                   convent in Charleston after her beloved Brent Tarleton dies

                   at Gettysburg.
Eulalie & Pauline – Ellen’s sisters who live in Charleston. They are

                   aristocratic, and are concerned with social status.

 

Wilkes Family
Ashley Wilkes – the man Scarlett loves, Melanie’s husband, a gentleman and
     dreamer, who nevertheless sees that the Southern way of life is doomed.
Melanie Hamilton Wilkes – Ashley’s wife and second cousin, a true lady.
     Called "mealy-mouth" by Scarlett, but she quietly has a backbone of steel.
     Although maligned by Scarlett, she is actually Scarlett’s most stalwart

     supporter.
Beau Wilkes – Melanie’s and Ashley’s lovable son, delivered by Scarlett.
India Wilkes – Ashley’s sister. Almost engaged to Stuart Tarleton, she

    bitterly hates Scarlett for stealing his attention before he is killed at

    Gettysburg. Lives with Aunt Pittypat after Scarlett marries Rhett and

    moves out.
Honey Wilkes – boy-crazy sister of India and Ashley. Originally "intended"

    to marry Charles Hamilton until Scarlett marries him, following the war,

    she marries a man from Mississippi,and moves to his home state with him.
John Wilkes – Owner of Twelve Oaks Plantation and patriarch of the Wilkes

    family. Killed during the Civil War.
Note: In the film, India Wilkes was in love with Charles Hamilton and hates Scarlett for stealing him away. 

Setting
Tara Plantation – The O’Hara home and plantation
Twelve Oaks – The Wilkes plantation.
Peachtree Street – location of Aunt Pittypat’s home in Atlanta,

where much of the book takes place.

 

 

      

Aunt Pittypat Hamilton – Charles’ and Melanie’s vaporish aunt who

lives in Atlanta in the house above.

 

          

        (above) Aunt Pittypat Hamilton, where much of the book/movie were set.

Women’s corsetts were laced tightly so in the heat and excitement many

women fainted; it was expected of them and they used it to their advantage.

 

(above)Ashley Wilkes – the man Scarlett loves, Melanie’s husband,

(both on left) a gentleman and dreamer, who nevertheless sees that

the Southern way of life is doomed.
Melanie Hamilton Wilkes – Ashley’s wife and second cousin, a true lady.

Called "mealy-mouth" by Scarlett, but she quietly has a backbone of steel.

Although maligned by Scarlett, she is actually Scarlett’s most stalwart

supporter.

Center is houseman, Aunt Pittypat serving and Scarlett on the far right.

 

Scarlett O’Hara at the inside entrance of the Pittypat’s home.

The parlor at Aunt Pittypat’s house.  Rhett watches Scarlet fuss over a hat.

 

Laura Hope Crews
Aunt Pitty Pat Hamilton in GWTW

Born December 12, 1879 San Francisco, California, USA
Died November 12, 1942 (aged 62) New York, New York, USA

Years active as Actress: 1915–1942

Laura Hope Crews was a character actress of movies and stage.
The daughter of a stage actress and a backstage carpenter,
Crews started acting at age four. Her first stage appearance
was at Woodward’s Garden. She stopped acting to finish school
and then returned to acting in 1898.

Her most widely seen film performance was as "Aunt Pittypat"
in the movie Gone with the Wind (1939).

Crews’s final stage appearance came in Arsenic and Old Lace.
She participated for more than a year and a half on Broadway
and on the road. She was forced to leave because of illness

Crews died in the Le Roy Sanitorium in Manhattan, NY in 1942,
following an illness of four months. She had been admitted on
October 15, suffering from a kidney ailment and was in serious
condition for most of her time there.

Laura Hope Crews was laid to rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial
Park in Colma, California. Plot: Rose Mound, Lot 65.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was the
cousin of actor Earle Larimore who had co-starred with her in
the Silver Cord on the stage.

In addition to her parents, Crews had a brother named William
who was married to a Lucy Williams. Crews herself appears to
have never married or had any children.

 

I measure every grief…

I measure every grief I meet
With analytic eyes;
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an easier size.

I wonder if they bore it long,
Or did it just begin?
I could not tell the date of mine,
It feels so old a pain.

I wonder if it hurts to live,
And if they have to try,
And whether, could they choose between,
They would not rather die.

I wonder if when years have piled–
Some thousands–on the cause
Of early hurt, if such a lapse
Could give them any pause;

Or would they go on aching still
Through centuries above,
Enlightened to a larger pain
By contrast with the love.

The grieved are many, I am told;
The reason deeper lies,–
Death is but one and comes but once
And only nails the eyes.

There’s grief of want, and grief of cold,–
A sort they call ‘despair,’
There’s banishment from native eyes,
In sight of native air.

And though I may not guess the kind
Correctly yet to me
A piercing comfort it affords
In passing Calvary,

To note the fashions of the cross
Of those that stand alone
Still fascinated to presume
That some are like my own.
– Emily Dickinson

 

                                      

 

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.
– Pueblo Blessing

Equivalents of Can Sizes
Can Size Measure  
8 ounces 1 cup
10 1/2 ounces 1 1/4 cups
12 ounces 1 1/2 cups
16 ounces (1 lb) 1 3/4 cups
Can Size Weight Measure
No. 1 10 – 12 ounces 1 1/3 cups
No. 300 14 – 16 ounces 1 3/4 cups
No. 1 1/2 or 303 1 lb – 17 ounces 2 cups
No. 2 1 lb, 4 ounces 2 1/2 cups
No. 2 1/2 1 lb, 12 ounces 3 1/2 cups
No. 3 3 lbs, 3 ounces 4 cups
No. 10 6 lbs, 2 ounces 13 cups

                   

                          

 

                                         

Those who are worn out and crushed by this mourning, let your hearts consider this:
this is the path that has existed from the time of creation and will exist forever.
Many have drunk from it and many will yet drink.
As was the first meal, so shall be the last.
May the master of comfort comfort you.
Blessed are those who comforts the mourners.
– Jewish Blessing of the Mourners

        

                     

Southern Green Beans

INGREDIENTS
6 slices bacon, chopped
3 tablespoons butter
1 red onion, chopped
2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped
8 small new potatoes, diced
1 large clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 1/2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Place the chopped bacon in a skillet, and cook over medium heat,

stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

Drain the bacon pieces on a paper towel-lined plate.
Melt the butter in a skillet with a lid over medium-low heat, and

cook and stir the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes.

Stir in the cooked bacon, green beans, potatoes, garlic, and

chicken broth.

Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat until the green

beans are tender, about 10 minutes.
Sprinkle with vinegar, salt, and pepper, and serve.

 

          

                    

Just as the soft rains fill the streams,
pour into the rivers and join together in the oceans,
so may the power of every moment of your goodness
flow forth to awaken and heal all beings,
Those here now, those gone before, those yet to come.
By the power of every moment of your goodness
May your heart’s wishes be soon fulfilled
as completely shining as the bright full moon,
as magically as by a wish-fulfilling gem.

By the power of every moment of your goodness
May all dangers be averted and all disease be gone.
May no obstacle come across your way.
May you enjoy fulfillment and long life.

For all in whose heart dwells respect,
who follow the wisdom and compassion, of the Way,
May your life prosper in the four blessings
of old age, beauty, happiness and strength
– Traditional Buddhist Healing Blessing

                      

All Is Well
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.
Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918 Canon of St Paul ‘s Cathedral

                      

The true character of Americans was most obvious on 09-11-2001.

The world watched and through our losses, we won.

Much is to be said about the spirit of Americans and I’m proud to

call myself one.

 

Peace of mind is what I wish for you this day.