Maintenance went well last night ... sorta. I was hoping for a better turnout & I had no luck getting light bulbs. 1st of all, I had to put gas in my truck to make it to Home Depot & back (I needed fuel anyway, but the timing was bad because the Chief was waiting for me & here I am standing at the fuel pump), then I get to Home Depot & park, go inside, ask where the light bulbs are & where are they? Aisle 1. ONE! I was parked outside the door to aisle FIFTY-SEVEN! SONOFA ... fine. I'll walk to aisle 1 ... it's not like the CHIEF Is waiting for me to get back or anything. I get there & finally find the bulbs. You know, the really looong fluorescent bulbs that go in fire stations? They're like 12 feet long? I need 2 boxes of these things. Uhhh ... wait. They're HOW MUCH?! Are you kidding me?! Almost $100 a box & there's like 10 or 12 to a box! Holy crap! Thank God my HOUSE doesn't need these things. I can see it now: I go to the bank, sit down with a loan officer, ask for a home improvement loan ... "oh, what improvement will you be making?" "I'm replacing all the light bulbs in my house." Damn! So my son, who isn't happy at the moment (I have no idea why) goes to get a cart & comes back dragging his feet, walking as slowly as he possibly can to drive home the fact that he's not thrilled to be here (OK, I get it but the chief is WAITING FOR ME ... STEP IT UP!) He has a regular little cart. You know, the kind you would use if you were picking up little round household bulbs. I needed the kind of cart you use for lumber & other 12'-long items. I balance these to long boxes over the cart & walk hunched over, holding them in, & trying not to skewer anyone all the way back to aisle 57 where I'm parked (just outside the contractor checkout). We check out, get outside & I realize ... I have a micro-bed on my truck. These are SO not going to fit in the bed at ANY angle. Back seat. HA! OK, they HALF fit in the back seat. I have them poking out the passenger side window in the back. Now I'm riding the line on the left because if I position myself in the center of my lane, I'll be taking out pedestrians & street signs with these damn lights. Made it through town & the buildings & people clear & the speed limit goes up 20mph. GREAT! I raise my speed 5mph & the boxes start to lift. Crap! OK, So I have a top speed of 40mph. I put my hazards on & crawl back to the station. Oh, our little town road was REALLY run. Talk about a tight squeeze with these boxes sticking WAY out my window. Signs, trees, bushes ... CLOSE! Anyway, I get back to the station, Chief grabs the lights, I park the truck, walk inside & "you got the wrong lights." WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Nope. It turns out there are at least 2 types. I didn't know this. Wrong connectors. Other than THAT fiasco, it went well & I got a lot done at the station. So ... it's Wednesday the 13th. That's unlucky hump day to the superstitious. That means stay out of bed together or someone is going to get pregnant. Tonight is the 2 hour premier of the NEW Dallas TV show. I can't wait!
Arrange from lowest to highest:
A. Dodici
B. Dieci
C. Undici
They don't call it Christmas City for nothing. Main Street gets decked out in December & the 254-light Star of Bethlehem, at the top of South Mountain, shines all year.
Danger, danger! This night-blooming scent-laden plant is very poisonous & produces the toxins atropine, hyocyamine, & scopolamine. Ingest enough of it, & you'll die. But it makes a lovely choice for summer container gardens. What is it?
Duffer:
1a: A peddler especially of cheap flashy articles. b: Something counterfeit or worthless. 2: An incompetent or clumsy person; especially : a mediocre golfer.
Most of the people playing in the charity golf tournament were duffers, but it was all for a good cause.
Duffers have never really been straight shooters - on or off the golf course. The original duffers of the mid-18th century were shysters of the 1st order, merchants who palmed off trashy goods as if they were highly valuable (often implying to unwary buyers that the goods had been smuggled & were very rare). Over time, the meaning of "duffer" was extended from a no-good peddler to anyone who was "no good," not just because of low morals, but because the individual was incompetent or stupid. The term has been applied to hopelessly bad golfers since at least 1897.
On this day in 2003, the film actor Gregory Peck, best known
to many for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of the courageous,
dignified lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), dies at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 87.
Born on April 5, 1916, in La Jolla, California, Peck graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939. He subsequently moved to New York and got a series of odd jobs while performing in summer-stock theater productions. In 1942, he made his Broadway debut in The Morning Star in
1942; the show (and two others in which he appeared soon after)
flopped, but Peck earned positive reviews for his performances. In 1944,
he landed his first big-screen role, playing a Russian guerrilla in Days of Glory (1944). The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), only his second film, propelled Peck to stardom and garnered him an Oscar nod for Best Actor.
Exempt from military service in World War II
due to a spinal injury, Peck was in high demand as a wartime leading
man in Hollywood. He famously turned down a contract with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer--despite the tearful entreaties of the studio’s
powerful head, Louis B. Mayer--and maintained non-exclusive contracts
with four different studios. As a result, he had an uncommon string of
successes in the latter half of the 1940s, including a starring turn
opposite Ingrid Bergman in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Spellbound (1945) and Oscar-nominated performances in 1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement (as a journalist who poses as a Jew in order to expose anti-Semitism) and The Yearling. He went against the grain to play a villain in Duel in the Sun (1946),
but the big-budget Western was a box-office failure. He earned yet
another Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as a World War II
general in 1949’s Twelve O’Clock High.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Peck remained one of Hollywood’s busiest leading men, starring in films such as The Gunfighter (1950), Roman Holiday (1951), David and Bathsheba (1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), Moby Dick (1956), On the Beach (1959) and The Guns of Navarone (1961). He finally took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for To Kill a Mockingbird,
in which he played Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man
accused of raping a white woman in the racist South. At the time, the civil rights movement
was beginning to earn national attention, and Peck’s portrayal of Finch
became legendary for its understated courage and moral strength.
Peck’s long film career stretched into the next three decades, as he starred in the military drama MacArthur (1977); The Boys From Brazil (1978), in which he played the infamous Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele; the poorly reviewed Old Gringo (1989); and the Danny DeVito comedy Other People’s Money (1991). Also in 1991, Peck had a cameo role in Cape Fear, Martin Scorsese’s remake of the 1962 film in which he had played the starring role.
In
addition to his prolific acting career, Peck was extremely active in
Hollywood’s industry and charitable causes. A longtime governor of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he served as its president
from 1967 to 1970. He was also a founding chairman of the American Film
Institute (AFI).
Here's the plan. How about actually setting a dream that doesn't become a nightmare? How about setting a dream & then developing the step-by-step plans to execute & live your dream? That would be called goal-setting. That would be called visionary.
Messy relationship situations are almost never black & white - they're a nice, murky shade of grey. So how can you navigate an awkward situation with your teen? Try this 5-step process:
Miranda rights are established (1966):Here's the plan. How about actually setting a dream that doesn't become a nightmare? How about setting a dream & then developing the step-by-step plans to execute & live your dream? That would be called goal-setting. That would be called visionary.
Messy relationship situations are almost never black & white - they're a nice, murky shade of grey. So how can you navigate an awkward situation with your teen? Try this 5-step process:
- Consider the situation *who is affected & how?).
- What are all the potential solutions to the problem?
- How can respect be shown to all involved parties (what actions can be taken?)
- How can this all be done with honesty & sincerity?
- Follow through.
On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona,
establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised
of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police
procedure, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can,
and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an
attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you," has
been heard so many times in television and film dramas that it has
become almost cliche.
The roots of the Miranda decision go back to March 2, 1963, when an 18-year-old Phoenix woman told police that she had been abducted, driven to the desert and raped. Detectives questioning her story gave her a polygraph test, but the results were inconclusive. However, tracking the license plate number of a car that resembled that of her attacker's brought police to Ernesto Miranda, who had a prior record as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and interrogated. What happened next is disputed, but officers left the interrogation with a confession that Miranda later recanted, unaware that he didn't have to say anything at all.
The confession was extremely brief and differed in certain respects from the victim's account of the crime. However, Miranda's appointed defense attorney (who was paid a grand total of $100) didn't call any witnesses at the ensuing trial, and Miranda was convicted. While Miranda was in Arizona state prison, the American Civil Liberties Union took up his appeal, claiming that the confession was false and coerced.
The Supreme Court overturned his conviction, but Miranda was retried and convicted in October 1966 anyway, despite the relative lack of evidence against him. Remaining in prison until 1972, Ernesto Miranda was later stabbed to death in the men's room of a bar after a poker game in January 1976.
As a result of the case against Miranda, each and every person must now be informed of his or her rights when arrested.
Music stopped & the crowd in the tent watched as the blindfolded man fell to his death. The man was murdered. How did it happen?
It was during a live circus performance & the band conductor prematurely stopped the music. The blindfolded tightrope walker thought he had reached the end of the rope, & when he went to step on the expected platform, it wasn't there & he fell to his death.
Name 4 causes of yellowing leaves.
Iron deficiency, overwatering, underwatering, too high pH. Good luck!
Out of mouthwash? Use hydrogen peroxide solution. Swish 1 capful for a few minutes & spit out. Don't swallow. This is also great for treating oral sores & whitening your teeth.
Professor Herring just returned from a 6 month vacation in the Middle East. In one of the lectures she gave, she said the highlight of the trip was seeing many of the ancient artifacts 1st hand. She made mention of having seen several mummies & tapestries dating as far back as 200 B.C. She claimed to have seen coins dated 46 B.C., & weapons made of metal from approximately 500 B.C. What is wrong with Professor Herring's claims?
Sons of Guns: This reality series about firearms and the people who love them centers
on Will Hayden, the owner of Red Jacket, a one-of-a-kind weapons
business that produces an amazing gallery of custom weapons -- from
knives to machine guns to rocket launchers.
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The roots of the Miranda decision go back to March 2, 1963, when an 18-year-old Phoenix woman told police that she had been abducted, driven to the desert and raped. Detectives questioning her story gave her a polygraph test, but the results were inconclusive. However, tracking the license plate number of a car that resembled that of her attacker's brought police to Ernesto Miranda, who had a prior record as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and interrogated. What happened next is disputed, but officers left the interrogation with a confession that Miranda later recanted, unaware that he didn't have to say anything at all.
The confession was extremely brief and differed in certain respects from the victim's account of the crime. However, Miranda's appointed defense attorney (who was paid a grand total of $100) didn't call any witnesses at the ensuing trial, and Miranda was convicted. While Miranda was in Arizona state prison, the American Civil Liberties Union took up his appeal, claiming that the confession was false and coerced.
The Supreme Court overturned his conviction, but Miranda was retried and convicted in October 1966 anyway, despite the relative lack of evidence against him. Remaining in prison until 1972, Ernesto Miranda was later stabbed to death in the men's room of a bar after a poker game in January 1976.
As a result of the case against Miranda, each and every person must now be informed of his or her rights when arrested.
It was during a live circus performance & the band conductor prematurely stopped the music. The blindfolded tightrope walker thought he had reached the end of the rope, & when he went to step on the expected platform, it wasn't there & he fell to his death.
Name 4 causes of yellowing leaves.
Iron deficiency, overwatering, underwatering, too high pH. Good luck!
Out of mouthwash? Use hydrogen peroxide solution. Swish 1 capful for a few minutes & spit out. Don't swallow. This is also great for treating oral sores & whitening your teeth.
Professor Herring just returned from a 6 month vacation in the Middle East. In one of the lectures she gave, she said the highlight of the trip was seeing many of the ancient artifacts 1st hand. She made mention of having seen several mummies & tapestries dating as far back as 200 B.C. She claimed to have seen coins dated 46 B.C., & weapons made of metal from approximately 500 B.C. What is wrong with Professor Herring's claims?
SportsTap by ScoreMobile is the ultimate sports portal for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, providing detailed News, Stats, Schedules and in depth Box Scores. Need Fantasy intel? Check out the latest Rotowire team and player detailed reports.
We cover all the top leagues: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, CFL, NASCAR, Formula One, IndyCar, PGA, LPGA, ATP, WTA, MLS, plus the top soccer leagues from England, Italy, Brasil, Mexico, Germany and more.
MyTap allows you to easily follow all of your favorite teams in one place. You'll get all of your favorite team scores, team news, player news, photos, schedule and standings, all in one convenient location. Subscribing to MyTap will also make the entire application advertisement free! MyTap is a $0.99 per month subscription that will automatically be billed to your iTunes account every month. (Terms of use available at http://sportstap.mobi/termsofuse/ )
Use out our Alerts feature to get live updates sent directly to your phone. Alerts allow you to follow all the action as it happens wherever you are.
Want to follow your home-town team? LocalTap allows you follow all teams within a 50, 100, or 200 mile range.
What famous American author wrote a fictional biography of Joan of Arc?
Mark Twain, in 1895, using the pen name Sieur Louis de Conte, who was
identified as Saint Joan’s page and secretary on the title page of Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.
What is a ghillie suit?
Camouflage clothing that incorporates real or artificial twigs, leaves,
and other vegetation to help hunters, snipers, and the military blend in
with nature. It was originally devised by Scottish hunting guides, who
were known as ghillies.
What Oscar-winning actress was dubbed “the sex queen of Stratford” for
her sensual performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company?
Which African city has the biggest, 2nd biggest, & 3rd biggest population?
A. Addis Ababa
B. Kinshasa
C. Cairo
CBA. As of 2004, Cairo was home to 11.1 million people, making it one of the world's 20 largest cities. Situated on the Nile, it's very modern in places, yet it was founded in 969.
Which of these are states in the Commonwealth of Australia?
Queensland, New South Wales, West Australia, Kingsland, Victoria, Tasmania.
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A. Addis Ababa
B. Kinshasa
C. Cairo
CBA. As of 2004, Cairo was home to 11.1 million people, making it one of the world's 20 largest cities. Situated on the Nile, it's very modern in places, yet it was founded in 969.
Which of these are states in the Commonwealth of Australia?
Queensland, New South Wales, West Australia, Kingsland, Victoria, Tasmania.
Zone, or the latest diet fad in Hollywood, will cost you $5k/yr.
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