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I love farmers' markets. Not a farmer myself, I nevertheless belong to an organization of farmers who practice sustainable agriculture. I support the blossoming food movement to Buy Fresh Buy Local and the local economies movement to shop locally because I believe that our global economic model is unsustainable based as it is on the unsustainable use of fossil fuel energy. I shop at farmers' markets because they are a source of real food, which is pretty much the only food I want to eat anymore. For me, real food, grown locally is a starting point for sustainable living.
For nine years every summer Saturday I present cooking demonstrations outdoors at the Wayne County Farmers' Market. This year—with mixed feelings both of nostalgia and eager anticipation for discovering new summer Saturday projects—I finally hung up my apron and retired. There is one pleasure I will miss, however, and that is introducing people to new and exciting ways of preparing vegetables.
I still remember one Saturday years ago when The Anthill Farm showed up with a large quantity of the prettiest little white turnips (the size of radishes). Sadly they couldn't sell these little gems because people didn't know what to do with them. The next week I featured those same turnips by preparing a pureed, creamed soup with the white root of the turnips and stirring in cooked, chopped tender turnip greens (the tops) into the soup. It didn't hurt that for a second recipe I simply sautéed some thinly sliced turnips in butter. (Most vegetables taste pretty fabulous cooked in butter and sprinkled with a tiny bit of salt.)
Being an avid supporter of local farmers' markets and eating real food cooked from scratch, I came to the conclusion over the years that people are not likely to patronize farmers' markets or farm stands or start a garden if they don't know how to prepare this kind of food. Sadly too many people have lost the basic skills our moms and grandmothers took for granted, relying instead on already prepared meals made by cooks at the local grocery store, on highly processed foods made by big manufacturing companies, or on fast foods eaten on the run (or in the car; did you know that 20% of food is eaten in the car?). What a shame that so many Americans have lost those basic cooking skills. No wonder so many are so hesitant to try some unfamiliar vegetable or some new recipe. (I've been told that the average home cook knows how to make about a dozen dishes that he or she makes and serves over and over again at family mealtime. This is why I like to encourage everyone to expand their cooking horizons. There is a whole exciting world of real food out there waiting to be discovered.)
To me, counting on fast food, manufactured/processed food, and other people cooking for me all the time would make me feel too vulnerable to food resources over which I have so little control. I want to know what's in the food I eat; I don't want to eat chemicals; I do want to eat food with more nutrition in it, i.e. food sold closer to the source that produced it; this includes not only local farmers, but also my own very small garden plot.
Recently I found a website I like a lot (www.sustainabletable.org [5]), where my favorite section is called "real food, right now and how to cook it." I encourage you to think about the idea of sustainable food, a sustainable kitchen, and to share your thoughts with us at The River Reporter.
Meantime, I'd like to share several recipes from nine years of cooking at the farmers' market. It's still there—located at the Wayne County Visitors Center, trackside at 32 Commercial St., Honesdale. Hours of operation are Saturdays starting at 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (or until the farmers sell out their produce for the day).
There's also a mid-weed Wednesday farmers market from 4 to 7 p.m. at The Cooperage, 1030 Main St., Honesdale, and a market on Fridays in Hawley in Bingham Park from 2 to 5 p.m. For information about Sullivan County, NY's many farmers' markets, visit, www.sullivancountyfarmersmarkets.org/ [6]
Corn cob soup with leeks, potatoes and bacon
7 cups fresh corn kernels (from 5 to 6
medium ears, cobs reserved)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
4 strips of bacon
4 medium leeks, white and light
green parts, sliced thinly
4 cups milk
1 1/2 pound red-skinned potatoes,
(peeled or not according to your
preference) cut into 1/2–inch dice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
1. Cut kernels from ears of corn; and then over a bowl (to catch any remaining kernels and their milky juices), scrape the cobs, pressing with the back (dull side) of your knife. Add kernels to the bowl and set aside.
2. In a large pot, place corncobs with enough water to cover (about 4 cups). Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Pick out and discard cobs. Reserve 3 cups of this corn "broth." (Discard remaining broth.)
3. Dice bacon strips and add them with 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil to a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bacon fat is rendered. Add leeks, and continue cooking until bacon is crisp and leeks have softened, about 6 minutes.
4. Add corn "broth" to the saucepan, then milk, potatoes and salt & pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer gently until potatoes are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add corn kernels and milky juices, and continue to simmer gently until corn and potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
6. Puree 2 cups of soup in blender and return puree to soup pot. Reheat gently. Stir in chopped parsley. Serve immediately
Variation: To make this a vegetarian soup, substitute roasted red peppers for the bacon.
Under your oven broiler, over the open gas flame on your stovetop, or outdoors on the grill, roast red peppers, turning as necessary, until skin is blacked all over. Enclose charred pepper in small paper or plastic bag and set aside for the pepper to sweat. When the pepper is cool, rub off the blackened skin. Remove stem, seeds and veins from inside the pepper. Cut into 1/4-inch dice. Stir into finished soup.
Baked butternut squash and apples with maple syrup
Serves 8
1 3/4 to 2 pounds butternut squash,
peeled, quartered lengthwise, seeded,
cut crosswise into 1/4–inch-thick slices
(about 4 cups)
1 1/2 pounds medium-sized tart green
apples (such as Granny Smith), peeled,
quartered, cored, cut crosswise into
1/4–inch-thick slices (about 4 cups)
1/2 cup dried currants
Freshly grated nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Parboil squash in large pot of boiling, salted water to soften slightly, about 3 minutes. Drain well.
Combine squash, apples and currants in a 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish. Season generously with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Combine maple syrup, butter and lemon juice in a small, heavy saucepan over low heat. Whisk until butter melts, pour syrup over squash mixture and toss to coat evenly.
Bake, uncovered, until squash and apples are very tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.
(Can be made a day ahead, covered and refrigerated. Rewarm, covered, in a 350-degree oven for about 30 minutes.)
Tomato and corn sauté
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 cup fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears)
1/2 cup diced shallots
1 pound tomatoes, diced
1 Tbsp chopped fresh tarragon or basil
1/4 tsp salt
Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
Add corn and shallots, and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes, tarragon
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Jekabs Grinbergs alias Akerfelds is Arvids' grandfather. He was born c. 1870, but as to where, I still have no clue. He married Ieva Sedols in 1892 at Embute Lutheran Church, where they baptised 2 children: Ernest in 1893 and Anna in 1894 while living at Muizaraji farm in Lieldzelda. Then the family disappears until 1904. Their son Janis (Arvids' father) was born in 1898, supposedly in Nikrace parish (which did not exist at the time, but was rather called Brinki, or Brinkenhof estate)but I cannot find his baptismal record.
The next brother, Martins (for whom Arvids is named) is lrecorded as being born in 1902 in Tomsk, Siberia. It is noted that some Latvians did go to Siberia (voluntarily this time, not forcibly!) for work, and cheap land around 1910 when the Trans-Siberian railway was built, but alas, I have no documents from the Akerfelds family at this time. Church baptismal records do exist in Tomsk, but getting my hands on them is proving to be a challenge.
The next I know is their last child Katte was baptised in November of 1904, back in Embute parish while living at Cepli farm in Lieldzelda, and that same year Jekabs died, his cause of death listed as lung or kidney illness.
I don't know where to begin searching for a birth record for Jekabs since I don't know his place of birth, and can't find listing of his parents anywhere. The exact reason why he went by Grinbergs and yet also Akerfelds is still a mystery to me also. "Grinbergs" is a fairly common surname though, and it is easily assumed that "Akerfelds" was chosen as a way to distinguish a certain family from the other, unrelated Grinbergs families in the area.
I believe Jekabs had at least one other brother named Ernest, for whom his first son was named, and who was the godfather of his first son. This Ernest Grinbergs alias Akerfelds (c. 1868) married Annlise Grinbergs and they had a few children in Embute parish, Janis' cousins they would have been. Again, note that during the naming of the Latvians, many different, unrelated families were given the same common names, Grinbergs being one of these common choices. So, probably Annlise and Ernest were not of the same ancestors, even though they shared the Grinbergs surname.
The Akerfelds name though, if chosen to differentiate one Grinbergs family from another, is much less common, since it is basically invented. Since both Jekabs and Ernest chose this new surname to define their families, it is not a far stretch to assume these two were brothers.

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Things I know for certain.
I will be there at Shea tomorrow, Tuesday, bedecked in Mets gear.
I will bring the Kids Club Mets pom pom I got from the Mets at the Movies event, and I will shake it shake it shake it.
I will be at batting practice, which is where I will start cheering.
By the end of the night, I will have no voice left.
I will take many pictures of my team.
I will be happier if they win.
But I won't be heckling if they don't.
Ok, I may not look if Mota's pitching.
You can not blame me for that one.
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I think I would rather see you pitch than Mota
Well, let's see… I grew up outside of D.C. before the Nats were there. So, I cheer for the Orioles because I lived for baseball as a preteen because of Cal Ripkn. But, well, they're 25 games behind. And the Nats, who I'd happily cheer for if they were worth cheering about, are… hmmmm… also in the deep double-digits.
Where's a transpant Seattle woman to turn?
Go Mets! And I mean it. (Love reading your stuff…)


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BARRE In something of a pre-emptive strike that Mayor Thomas Lauzon claims was spurred by recent news accounts involving massage parlors in Chittenden County, he wants to license them and anyone who engages in massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy in Barre.
Lauzon first floated the idea last week, and this week the mayor presented the City Council with a proposed 10-page ordinance that he said he plans to encourage mayors around the state to consider proposing in their communities.
I look at this as an ounce of prevention-type ordinance, Lauzon said of the document he drafted in the wake of publicity that prompted the recent closure of four Chittenden County massage parlors amid questions about whether they actually served as fronts for illicit sexual activity.
I want to make a statement that those types of activities are not welcome here, he said, echoing concerns that have been raised about human trafficking and the potential exploitation of Asian immigrants employed at each of the now-closed Chittenden County establishments.
The proposed ordinance, which was only briefly discussed by the council Tuesday night, has yet to be vetted by City Clerk Carol Dawes, City Attorney Oliver Twombly, and Police Chief Tim Bombardier. That is expected to happen before it becomes the subject of a public hearing that has been set for Aug. 8.
Lauzon, acknowledged the proposed ordinance might seem heavy-handed to some and stressed it isnt a reflection of how he feels about the vast majority of people who make a living administering various forms of massage.
It (the ordinance) is certainly not a commentary on the (massage) industry in general, he said. It is a legitimate and honorable profession for the most part.
However, if the ordinance is adopted as proposed those who offer massages for money in Barre whether it is on a table they tote around with them, or in a local establishment licensed specifically for that purpose will be required to provide a fair amount of information to the city in addition to yet-to-be-set annual licensing fees for both individual therapists and the places where they work.
For starters Lauzon wants to know their names, their addresses current and two prior and their cellular telephone numbers. He wants written proof of their age. He wants to know their height, weight, their sex, the color of their hair and eyes, and he wants two front-face portrait photographs that are at least two inches by two inches in size.
According to Lauzon, most of that information is available on a Vermont drivers license and he doesnt see any reason why anyone would object to providing it to the city as part of its business licensing process.
Lauzon also wants their fingerprints and he wants them to cover the cost of criminal background checks that would be required before anyone is issued a certificate to provide massage therapy in Barre.
According to the proposed ordinance: a massage, bodywork or somatic therapists certificate may be denied to anyone who has been convicted of a crime.
Lauzon said he also wants some evidence that those applying for therapists certificates actually know something about the services they plan to provide. The ordinance requires 80 hours of in-class study in the field of massage, bodywork or somatic therapy, or evidence that the applicant has successfully completed the written examination offered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
There are things Lauzon doesnt want and they are reflected in the proposed ordinance, as well.
He doesnt want completely naked patrons and he believes that some areas of the body the buttocks, genital area (and) and female breasts should be massage-free zones.
Lauzon said he doesnt want anyone under 18 getting a massage in Barre without written permission of a parent or guardian. He doesnt want alcohol or other dangerous substances consumed on the premises, and he doesnt want massage parlors either used as, or connected to sleeping quarters of any kind.
Those caught violating any provision of the proposed ordinance would face the revocation or suspension of their certificate, and could be fined up to $2,000, jailed for up to 90 days, or both.
Lauzon said he believed the state should enact regulations of its own and hoped other communities would follow Barres lead, but planned to press ahead regardless.
Its not going to happen here, he vowed.
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The show-stopping musical Annie, its characters and its songs are timeless and classic. It's been 35 years since the little orphan Annie first stepped onto a Broadway stage. For Annie's return to Broadway, this documentary offers a memorable behind-the-scenes look at every step of a single Annie production number, from the earliest phases of discussion among the creative team, rehearsals with actors, to opening night on Broadway. Through the staging of the song "It's the Hard Knock Life," viewers are introduced to the work of the actors who play the orphans and the professionals who shape and contribute to the final production of the song.
At front(l-r), Georgi James (Pepper), Emily Rosenfeld (Molly), Madi Rae DiPietro (July). At back(l-r), Lilla Crawford (Annie), Junah Jang (Tessie), Taylor Richarson (Duffy) and Tyrah Skye Odoms (Kate) in ANNIE at the Palace Theatre (broadway at 47th Street).


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Manufacturing Businesses For Sale in Culver City CA
Searched the MergerNetwork database for Manufacturing Businesses For Sale in Culver City CA and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
Upholstery and Drapery Business #458381 posted Nov 22, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $140,000
Upholstery, drapes, and interior design business for sale in the heart of the South Bay, Los Angeles. This business is ideal for an interior designer or carpenter who enjoys designing interiors, repairing and/or restoring luxurious furnishings. Fabrics are sourced from all around the globe to meet...
Southern California Chemical Manufacturing #458377 posted Nov 22, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Available On Request
Business for sale is a long established chemical manufacturing business. The company's area of focus is in the production of cleaning and detergent type compounds. This family operation has been a going concern for over 60 years. The current operators are the last of the family and are ready to retire....
Wholesale Distributor of Proprietary Wine/Liquor #458218 posted Nov 19, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Available On Request
This firm is a disruptor – redefining markets with their innovative products! • The Jelly Shot – Took a typically homemade, low quality liquor / juice product and redefined it as a product by mixing all-natural juices with high end liquor and ending up with a 30 proof, portable cocktail! • Wine Spritz...
Established Wholesale Clothing – Profitable #458027 posted Nov 17, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $750,000
While competition certainly exists in all facets of the fashion industry, this firm has developed a retail and catalogue client base whose customers are loyal to the brand. The firm's 30 years of goodwill provides it an unmatched level of credibility. The firm typically attends two Las Vegas trade...
Highly Profitable Apparel Screen Printer #457469 posted Nov 7, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $499,000
Highly Profitable, longstanding apparel screen printing manufacturing business with a complete factory and a highly desirable, specialty customers. This company services long-term national customers primarily through third-party independent sales rep located throughout the US, Hawaii and the Caribbean....
Smoke House #457410 posted Nov 6, 2016
- North Hollywood, California, United States
- $750,000
This is a well-established and profitable Smoke House in San Fernando Valley. Business is known for it' s great reputation and excellent service with repetitive and steady clientele. Smoke House is family - owned and using 120 years old recipes passed down through multiple generations. Business has...
Apparel / Accessory Manufacturer / Ecommerce #456409 posted Oct 22, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $20,000
This apparel design, manufacturing and online retailer has developed a unique concept for a traditional product that men and women wear daily! The sale includes the new company's branding, designs, display cases, manufacturing contacts, marketing material and remaining inventory at cost. Management...
Plastic & Metal Fabricarion #454538 posted Sep 23, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Available On Request
The owner of this manufacturing of plastic & metal products is ready to retire after 36 years and motivated to sell. It's a very well established shop with a very good base of major aircraft company. It's good future for young motivated person. Also I have a high volume patented injection products,...
Product Placement Opportunity - 12 Million Viewers #454355 posted Sep 21, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $12,000
Available For Any City. We're shooting a cable television pilot about a cooking competition. This single episode will launch first online in the Spring. We're presenting to 12 million people (a combination of cooking interested people assembled through Facebook groups and through Bittorrent leaked...
Customer Embraced Eco-Friendly Female Apparel #453783 posted Sep 13, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $199,000
This customer embraced eco-friendly female apparel manufacturer supplies some of the nation's top retailers its environmentally sound apparel in a growing market segment. The company's revenues are approximately 90% wholesale to roughly 1,000 retailers, with perhaps 5% - 10% of the business being sold...
OEM of RV Furniture #453115 posted Sep 5, 2016
- El Monte, California, United States
- $420,000
In business since 1951, this business is an OEM of furniture and furniture cushions for RV manufacturers. Items are built to RV manufacturers specifications, who will design and source the component materials. The primary competition is from other manufacturers in Mexico and China, but have been...
Wholesale Dessert Bakery & Retail Opportunity #452723 posted Aug 29, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $140,000
This combination wholesale and retail dessert bakery boasts a well-established recurring wholesale client base that is being offered for sale to an existing bakery operation without the retail portion of the business, or if the buyer operates or intends to open a nearby retail bakery, potentially with...
Wholesale Bakery and Catering Opportunity #452692 posted Aug 29, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $330,000
Well known Wholesale Bakery and Catering business in Los Angeles County. This is a highly profitable wholesale bakery business that vendors and provides baked good for hotels, hospitals, colleges, restaurants, cafeterias, and coffee shops throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. Goods are always baked...
Aerospace and Defense Contract Manufacturing #449977 posted Jul 20, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $1,925,000
This Sheet metal and machining business was established in 1964. Under current ownership for over 35 years. Absolutely squeaky clean books. 18 full time employees. 15,000 sq. feet facility. They manufacture and supply parts and assemblies with short lead times to customers across the world. They provide...
N.Hollywood Area Bakery w/Catering & Kitchen #410817 posted Jul 1, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $59,000
The North Hollywood Area bakery and catering company has a tremendously innovative concept that is embraced by its corporate client base as well as its private patrons. The business uniquely combines food and art in manner that changes the customer landscape and the value proposition the business offers...
Specialty Bakery Product Brand w/Prominent Retail #410802 posted Jul 1, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $120,000
This specialty bakery product company boasts a well-established brand name that is easily recognizable to its loyal client base. The fully organic company is in the most prominent retail locations possible, including natural foods specialty stores as well as leading big box retailers. The burgeoning...
Innovative Aftermarket Auto Product Manufacturer #409087 posted Jun 9, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $1,200,000
This innovative niche market auto aftermarket product and accessory manufacturer provides a highly advanced audio-visual component for both on and off road vehicles. The relatively absentee operated company has been heavily branded, yet has had virtually zero marketing spend and has solely targeted...
Unique Yoga Mat Company w/Worldwide Customer Base #406122 posted Apr 29, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $200,000
This unique eco-friendly yoga mat company is a customer favorite worldwide and can be relocated anywhere as the current owner operates the company from abroad and has both U.S. as well as overseas distribution. This truly feel good company and its product is full of the type of positive energy that...
B2B Silk Screen & Sublimation (Heat Trnsfr Images) #402551 posted Mar 14, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $680,000
This business provides heat transfer (sublimation) and silk printing of images to clothing for local clothing manufacturers. Clean books and recofds. 21 full time employees (all W2 with Worker's Comp) plus subcontract designers and sales people. Staff includes production mgrs, office staff, etc....
Plastic Injection Molding - Manufacturer #398981 posted Jan 23, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $1,500,000
In business since 1993, this successful injection molding business manufactures 10 styles of a single, B2B product for which there is no local competition. Very busy – 38 employees operate 3 shifts, 24 hours per day, 5 or more days per week. Well maintained, fully operational equipment includes...
Textile Mfg – Novelty Knits, Los Angeles County #387023 posted Aug 3, 2015
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $2,950,000
Textile Mfg – Novelty Knits, Los Angeles County, CA #120508. Unique Profitable Opportunity Now Available For Experienced Circular Knit Professional Who Understands The California Apparel Market. Textile Manufacturer With Unique State Of The Art Textile Equipment Including Fine Cut And Course Cut...
Innovative Recreational Vehicle Manufacturer #386796 posted Jul 30, 2015
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $5,500,000
This extraordinarily innovative recreational vehicle manufacturer boasts a unique market changing patented concept that provides it explosive growth potential. The concept is ideal for the entrepreneurial investor who has the capital required to implement a large scale conversion facility. Once this...
Growing Bedding / Home Furnishing Manufacturer #386008 posted Jul 20, 2015
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $29,500
This 1.5 year old bedding and home furnishing manufacturer imports highly unique textile based products from a few of the most exotic corners of the globe, and assembles them onsite to provide to home furnishing boutiques nationwide. The company has focused on generating its sales via its attendance...
Golf Equipment Manufacturer - 4 Production Models #352062 posted Mar 13, 2014
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $395,000
Full USGA approved equipment (3 of 4 models), all research and development, branding, everything is included in this fully turnkey and patented golf Company that has four existing patent protected products ready for take off. Nearly half a million in prototyping, USGA approval(-ing?), legal expenditures...
Internet Business for Sale/Hookah Accessory IP #319332 posted Dec 12, 2012
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- $4,500
Hookah Hook sale includes: Website, Bar code Supplies and a Provisional Patent This is an internet business with thousands of samples and website. Hookah Hook is one of our newest patented product which solves a common problem in a very simple way. If you smoke hookah, then you know what...
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Madonna set to present 'Grease'
WEIRTON – The Madonna High School Drama Club will present the musical "Grease" on March 15-17 in the high school's gymnasium.
Performances on March 15-16 start at 7:30 p.m., with the March 17 program begins at 2:30 p.m. Director and drama club adviser Stephen Fournier said tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and can be purchased by calling the Madonna High School office at (304) 723-0545.
The Madonna performance will star sophomore Emily Fournier as Sandy and junior Dominic Notni as Danny. Other cast members include Nicolette Sellitti as Miss Lynch; Carly Wilson as Patty Simcox; Elijah Dillie as Eugene Florczyk; Jenna Fonner as Jan; Emily Elias as Marty; Tessie Tokash as Betty Rizzo; Alan Alimario as Doody; Kirk Holmes as Roger; Samuel Licata as Kenickie; David White as Sonny LaTierri; Kaitlin McGaughey as Frenchy; Dominic Clements as Vince Fontaine; Hannah Crawley as Joni Casino; Eva Bowser as Cha-Cha DiGregorio; Alan Alimario as Teen Angel; and ensemble members Mia Antinone, Anne Frankovitch, Kacey Glaspell, Kirk Holmes, Bailey Roberts, and Anna Westfall.


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1452 - Property (apartment, house or villa) for buy or rent
Apartment - Oporto
Apartment T1, Porto, Foz do Douro
Architecture combined with the spaces functionality.
The building has a photovoltaic panel that support the common areas and for each fraction, solar panels with individual system, Daikin air conditioning with ducts and individual units system installment, alarm installation and home automation.
Anodized aluminum frames to the color champagne.
The organic fires based on a modern and urban way of life, exploring the frenzy of the city, its proximity to green spaces and the sea.
The building`s image is marked by a volumetric game in which the upper floors come loose from its base.
An opaque vertical element ensures continuity with the adjacent building, extending the sealing wall, a regular game of full and empty extending the access points.
Within walking distance of the structuring road axis of Foz and the center of Oporto and 18 minutes away from Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport.
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Five things we've learned from Wall Street in Q2
The results are in. The five big US investment banks reported their second-quarter figures this week and, while the great FICC revenue engine is still spluttering, there were some bright spots for the largest names on the Street.
Here's a run through of some of the dominant themes from the quarter:
FICC down but not out…
A number of senior bank executives and analysts put forward gloomy predictions for trading revenues earlier in the quarter as volatility – a lifeblood of the business – remained at historic lows.
But a late surge in activity helped Wall Street beat its own expectations.
Citigroup set the tone, reporting a 16% fall in overall markets revenues, including a 12% decline in fixed income. The bank had earlier signposted a likely 20% to 25% fall.
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley all reported fixed income revenues down between 10% and 15% year-on-year, again ahead of expectations. BAML was the only bank to increase fixed-income revenues over the period, though this came from a very low base in the second quarter of 2013.
Bank chiefs all pointed to an 11th-hour pick-up in trading activity, which Harvey Schwartz, Goldman Sachs's finance chief, attributed to rate policy announcements in Europe.
The uptick appears to have taken place in spread products, such as credit, while macro businesses, and in particular FX, continued to toil. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BAML all reported lower revenues in currencies, while Citi said earnings from macro products were down 30% year-on-year. That likely bodes ill for Barclays and Deutsche Bank, the two European banks which are still to report and have large macro businesses.
...while it's a mixed bag in equities trading
Continuing the theme of trading surprises in Q2 was banks' equities desks. Having enjoyed a renaissance in previous quarters, these businesses posted some sharp declines in the three months to June 30.
Equity derivatives was the problem area, with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley all citing lower revenues. Citi, meanwhile, reported a $100 million loss on hedges related to Russia and the Ukraine when a negative market reaction to tensions between the countries failed to materialise during the period.
John Gerspach, CFO at Citi, said: "We had positioned our equity book for a more significant market reaction to the Ukraine-Russia situation and that did not happen." Equities revenues fell 26% at Citi – a more extreme drop than falls of between 10% and 15% at Goldman, BAML and JP Morgan.
As in FICC there was an outlier and in equities it was Morgan Stanley. The bank's equity trading revenues were flat year-on-year at $1.8 billion for the second quarter. The bank said increased client balances and dividend season within its prime brokerage business had helped offset lower derivatives revenues.
Good old-fashioned investment banking leads the way…
While all eyes remain on banks' giant trading operations, second quarter performance within the traditional capital markets and advisory businesses provided reasons for cheer in the near-term.
JP Morgan recorded its best quarter for investment banking (M&A, ECM, DCM and loans) revenues in three years, bringing in $1.7 billion. Goldman Sachs earned an almost identical amount, allowing it to toast its best quarterly figure since 2007, with equity underwriting the standout performer.
Strong numbers in equity underwriting were also reported by BAML, Citi and Morgan Stanley, where chief financial officer Ruth Porat said the underwriting pipeline remained strong, particularly in equities outside of the US.
...but it isn't enough to fix profits
Despite the outperformance in underwriting and the positive surprise in fixed income, three of the five Wall Street banks still posted lower profits from overall investment banking units in the second quarter, compared with a year ago.
The fall was most pronounced at JP Morgan, where net profits for the corporate and investment bank fell 31% to $2 billion. Profits in Citigroup's institutional clients group were down 18% to $3.1 billion, while there was a more modest percentage drop of 4% at Goldman Sachs to $3.9 billion. Goldman only provides a group figure and the decline would likely have been steeper were it not for a strong performance in the bank's investing and lending and asset management units.
BAML's markets business bucked the trend, increasing profits from $962 million to $1.1 billion year-on-year, while profits in banking increased slightly to $1.4 billion.
Morgan Stanley's institutional securities business grew profits to $927 million in the second quarter, excluding DVA, from $806 million a year ago.
And back to FICC: It'll get worse before it gets better
Finishing at the beginning; while FICC fortunes improved at the tail-end of the second quarter, executives warned this week that July had not started with the same oomph.
Schwartz at Goldman said it was "too early to tell" whether the pick-up in trading activity in June had spilled over into July, a view echoed by Morgan Stanley's Porat, who is still waiting to see whether the rally "has real legs to it".
JP Morgan CFO Marianne Lake was a little more certain with her bearish predictions: "That momentum has not carried on into July so far. While we were obviously happy to see that [in June]..that's not something we are putting forward as our core expectation for the third quarter."
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, offered a little more optimism than his colleague, saying that while he expected the low levels of client activity to continue "that could change on a dime".
A number of other bank executives sounded a reminder that the third and fourth quarters are typically lower for FICC revenues.


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|May 13, 2012
|The Face of Failure: Only 500 People Show Up To See Mitt Romney In Ohio
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Remember when the right was claiming that Obama failed when he drew 14,000 people to his Ohio rally? Today, Mitt Romney showed us what failure really is by drawing 500 people to his Ohio event.
According to Cleveland.com, "Before Romney began his town hall forum at Stamco Industries, Ohio Auditor Dave Yost dismissed the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as an Obama accomplishment. A Romney backer, Yost told a crowd of more than 500 that giving the president credit for bin Laden's death would "be like giving Ronald McDonald credit for the Big Mac you had for lunch. Everyone knows it's the man working the griddle, not the man on TV."
The Romney people called the crowd estimated at anywhere between 300-700, "great turnout."
Note to the right. If you are going to lie and try to make it sound like the tens of thousands of people who show up at an Obama event aren't really there, you better have a candidate that can put butts in seats. Mitt Romney isn't a draw. Obama might not have filled up an 18,000 seat arena, but Romney couldn't fill up 1,000 chairs for a town hall meeting. The campaign claimed 700 people were there. The low end estimate was 300, and the truth is probably closer to the 500 that the media reported.
Mitt Romney's crowd looks just like the crowds that showed up for John McCain's events in 2008, except for the fact that McCain drew more people. The Republican nominee can't fill up 1000 seats for a town hall in a swing state that the media claims is in play. This is not a good omen for the Republican Party. With the exception of the convention, enthusiasm for Romney may never be higher. Yet, his people are excited because 500 Obama haters showed up to hear him speak?
The fact that Romney couldn't draw a crowd if you gave him charcoal and sketch pad is the reason why the Obama campaign is doing somersaults of joy every time someone on the right brings up attendance numbers. If you want to know which party has an enthusiasm problem, check out the pictures above. Tens of thousands turn out for Obama, less than a thousand for Romney.
When Obama draws 14,000 it is a failure, but Romney draws 500 it is a great turnout. No wonder Republicans are so bad with our money, they can't add.


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February 3, 2009
State School Board Member to Serve on National Dropout Task Force
Dr. Vinni Hall to Help Identify Innovative Policies and Solutions to Dropout Crisis
Springfield – Illinois State Board of Education Member Dr. Vinni M. Hall will serve on a national task force to address the devastating dropout rates facing many communities in the country. Dr. Hall was selected to serve on the National Association of State Boards of Education study group and will serve alongside 16 other state board members in the year-long study group to identify unique policy and community-state partnership solutions.
"We're happy that Dr. Hall has been asked to play a role in addressing one of our most crucial education issues,'' said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Vinni brings her real-world classroom and administrative experiences to the table for the important discussions on policies that will help keep students in school and increase their chances for success.''
Dr. Hall brings more than 30 years of education experience, in both instruction and administration, to the task force. She has served as a member of the Illinois State Board of Education since her appointment in 2004.
As part of the study group, Dr. Hall will meet with other state policymakers, student dropout prevention experts, and education reform leaders over the course of the year to examine high school dropout issues with direct policy implications for State Boards of Education and other national, state, and local education policymakers.
Specifically, the NASBE study group will explore in-depth the various reasons students drop out of school, the unique and complementary roles of schools, families, communities, and businesses in supporting students to stay in school; and innovative state policies, initiatives, and strategies to effectively address the issue.
"It's a great honor to join my peers from around the country on this important task force,'' Dr. Hall said. "I look forward to addressing this pressing issue and coming up with policies that will include school, family and community partnerships."
Hall most recently served as a consultant to Chicago Public Schools and the Illinois Center for Education and Rehabilitation. Previously, Dr. Hall was an Associate Professor at Chicago State University and Director of the Inclusive Schools Project for Chicago Public Schools.
She began her teaching career at CPS in 1967 where she taught Headstart, grades 2-12, adult education, special needs students, Library Science, Music and Drama.
In addition to serving as the State Board Secretary, Dr. Hall is a member of the Education Policy Planning Committee and the Board Operations Committee. She is serving her second term which will expire in January 2011.
Hall is a member of NASBE's English Language Learners Study Group and participated in the NASBE Early Childhood Education Study Group.
The study group will issue a comprehensive report in October 2009 at the NASBE Annual Conference in Cincinnati, OH. Policy recommendations also will be distributed to all governors, state superintendents, other state and local education policymakers, national education groups, Congress, and federal officials.
"With a long track-record of state-based work on high school reform, the NASBE membership has recommitted itself to identifying ways to serve all students, including those most at risk of dropping out of school," said Brenda Welburn, NASBE Executive Director. "It is vital to identify and implement state education policies that transform the conditions that contribute to dropping out of school and increase rates of student success.''


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Hugh R. RoundsDecember 08,2012Hugh R. Rounds
Hugh Robert Rounds, 62, of Rutland died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Rutland Regional Medical Center following a long illness.
He was born Feb. 9, 1950, in Rutland, the son of Hugh M. and Fedra L. (Stanley) Rounds.
He graduated from Brattleboro High School, and was employed by Book Press for many years.
Survivors include two brothers, James E. of Syracuse, N.Y., and William M. of Center Rutland, and a sister, Nancy A. Guenther of Palm Harbor, Fla. He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Terrence S.
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Ty Sparks, superintendent for GWISD, was enthusiastic about the upcoming election and said the proposed improvements could do much good for the district.
"Many hours of planning and thoughtful discussion have taken place before presenting this plan to our voters," Sparks said in an issued statement. "To be transparent with the community, and consistent with the original plan, the board intentionally structured the projects under three separate measures that stand independently."
The projects include:
• A nearly $15 million ($14,995,000) base proposal, which includes a new band hall and gymnasium for the high school, a new classroom wing for the elementary to replace the aging exterior north wing (providing better security for the campus); renovation for the main cafeteria and the primary school cafeteria; and an ADA upgrade to allow for improved access to and around the GWISD stadium.
• A second proposal, a separate voting item, calling for $3.45 million to build a new district activity center adjacent activity center adjacent to the high school. The activity center, including a new performance stage, sound system and lighting, would be used for student activities, large groups and events for the school and community.
• A third proposal, also on a separate voting measure, calling for $1.35 million to upgrade for the district athletic facilities, including artificial turf for the football field and resurfacing of the track.
Members of the board called for the election on Aug. 13. Early election voting begins in October.
As part of the planning process, the board also prioritized needed repairs throughout the district for some of the older facilities. Board members decided early in the planning, to focus the bond on upgrades and new facilities. Trustees did now want to burden the community with the cost of these repairs as part of the bond process. In an effort to address the declining state of these facilities, however, the board committed one million dollars of the district's current savings, or fund balance, to complete the repairs, reports show.
The origins of this election trace back to 2008, when George West ISD developed a comprehensive Three Phase Master Plan that would allow all of the identified facility improvements for the district to be prioritized and implemented with three separate bond projects over time.
The first phase of the plan called for a bond issue in 2008 with various upgrades and new facilities addressing the greatest needs on each campus.
Phase II of the master plan, in 2011, called for a second bond project to complete the new high school instructional facility. Intentionally, the district asked the voters to focus on the most urgent instructional needs early in the planning process.
With those issues addressed, and Phase II completed, members of the board felt they had the community support to consider the remaining priorities with this Phase III project.
"It is now up to our voters in November," the superintendent said.


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According to a recent article from CNN only 10% of gamers actually finish the single-player campaigns in the games they play. To try and explain the reasons behind this seemingly small number, Sessler decided to get on his Soapbox and show how not only the medium of story telling, but the medium of games themselves have changed over the years.
Are the vast majority of gamers not finishing their games because of the lack of free time? Or is it a result of the multiplayer trend that has almost taken over the industry?


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Rejections, like packages, come in many shapes and sizes. Some rejections are wrapped in a polite decline. Others come in loud colors and a big red bow.
When you get a rejection, receive it gratefully. Don't discard it. Instead, take it home. When you have quiet time, unwrap the rejection.
Inside you'll find a gift.
Is the gift a warning? One Rejection Therapy player was rejected by a woman in a subway, only to see her drinking mini-vodka shots on the train minutes later. He wrote how relieved he was that she ignored him, saying "Man's rejection is God's protection".
Does the rejection save you valuable resources (time, energy, money) you can reallocate more productively? Did the rejection include feedback you can use to improve your offering (your offering could be anything: yourself, your product or service).
Is it telling you to quit? That's for you to decide. For aspiring writers, Stephen King says:
"Not after six rejection slips, certainly, nor after sixty. But after six hundred? Maybe. After six thousand? My friend, after six thousand pinks, it's time you tried painting or computer programming."
Perhaps this rejection is the motivation you need to prove others wrong. Rejection has a way of smoking out the unbelievers. You need people who can take you to the next level.
Whatever free gift is inside the rejection, accept it. It's custom made just for you. Use it to your advantage. It will be something you can build on.
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Among succulent, tender comfort foods, slowcooked short ribs of beef continue to reign. As with beef cheeks and oxtails, short ribs' appeal lies in the richness of their texture and flavor. And these days, their stew-pot personality suits high-end menus as well as the more casual ones. Gray Kunz was one of the first chefs to elevate lowly short ribs to prominence at Lespinasse in the St. Regis hotel in New York back in 1991. They became a signature, and they are also on the menu ...
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CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks ENMU's Taylor Howard stretches at first base to put out Incarnate Word's Lea Padilla during the first inning of the second game of Friday's Lone Star Conference softball doubleheader at Zia Field.
Dave Wagner
PORTALES — It's been a tough season for Eastern New Mexico University's softball team and pitcher Erin Roufosse.
Not many breaks have gone their way, but enough did Friday that the Zias and Roufosse upended Incarnate Word 8-7 in the opener of a Lone Star Conference South Division doubleheader at Zia Field, coming from behind three times to win it.
The Cardinals (28-21, 12-6 South), second in the division behind nationally ranked Angelo State, took the second game 11-0 on a one-hitter by sophomore right-hander Briana Sanchez. Still, the first-game loss cost UIW a game in the standings to ASU (39-8, 14-4) with three games left.
Roufosse (7-27), whose record might be considerably better except for a whopping 80 unearned runs against her, survived another shaky defensive showing. She easily could have had a shutout heading into the sixth inning, but a third-strike passed ball cost her two runs in the first while an error and a misplayed pop-fly single in the fourth led to three more.
"That's happened quite a bit this year," ENMU coach Lauren Sigwing said. "She pitched a really good game (Thursday, in a 7-3 loss in the series opener), but the score didn't reflect it."
UIW catcher Kaylen Skinner belted a one-out homer in the sixth to give the Cardinals a 6-5 lead, but ENMU rallied for three two-out runs in the bottom half of the inning on a bases-loaded walk to Melanie Alderette and a two-run single by Tessa Fiorriti.
Roufosse gave up a one-out walk, a wild pitch, an RBI single by Monica Acuna and a two-out double by Kim Hansen in the seventh to make it 8-7. But she got Skinner on a foul pop to third to end it.
"I feel like I've pitched pretty well," said Roufosse, a junior from British Columbia who transferred to ENMU from Seward County (Kan.) Community College. "I was a little shaky at the beginning of the year, but it's been getting better. Today was pretty good.
"We made key plays today when we needed to, and got the hits when we needed them."
Fiorriti, who had four RBIs, pulled the Zias (13-37, 3-14) to 5-4 in the fifth with a two-out, two-run double and scored on a double by Paige Colburn. In the first, freshman second baseman Samantha Emms followed a pair of walks by losing pitcher Whitney Waltrip (8-9) with a two-out, two-run double.
"Rocky's been coming through for us lately," Sigwing said of Emms, who is filling in for the injured Kate Medrano at second. "Tessa's been in a slump, but she's been coming out of it."
Sanchez (19-9) made short work of the Zias in the nightcap, retiring the first 13 hitters before senior first baseman Taylor Howard lined a clean single past second. The game ended in five innings on the run rule.
"We came here to win three games, and obviously that didn't happen," UIW coach Todd Bradley said. "We knew we probably needed to win our last six games (to try to catch Angelo), so we're a little disappointed. But that's why you play the game."


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2013: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church and takes the name of Pope Francis, suceeding Pope Benedict XVI, who had retired on Feb. 28. Bergoglio, a Jesuit from Buenos Aires, is the first pope from South America.
2009: Betsy Blair, an Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, dies of cancer at the age of 85 in London, England. Blair, whose movie career stalled after her enthusiasm for leftist causes landed her on Hollywood's blacklist, earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1956 for "Marty." She met Kelly in 1941 while she was working as a dancer at a New York City nightclub and they were married when she was 17 years old, divorcing 16 years later in 1957. Some of her other film roles included "The Guilt of Janet Ames," "A Double Life" and "Kind Lady."
2008: Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time, amid recession fears in the United States. They then dropped slightly to end the day at $997.10.
2006: Actress Maureen Stapleton, best known for roles in the movies "Lonelyhearts," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Airport," "Interiors," "Reds," "Johnny Dangerously" and "Cocoon," dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 80 in Lenox, Massachusetts. Stapleton, who got her start on Broadway in the 1940s, earned four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in her career, winning in 1982 for "Reds."
1999: With the song "Believe" peaking at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, Cher sets the record for the longest gap between No. 1 songs on the chart. The song was the singer's first to hit No. 1 on the chart since "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974, representing a stretch of 24 years and 355 days.
1996: At a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, 43-year-old gunman Thomas Hamilton shoots and kills 16 students and one teacher. Hamilton also injured another 15 people before committing suicide. In response to the public debate that arose after the attack, the British government enacted two laws that effectively made private ownership of handguns illegal in the United Kingdom.
1992: The comedy "My Cousin Vinny," starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio and Fred Gwynne, opens in theaters. Tomei would go on to earn an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. The film was also Gwynne's final film appearance before his death on July 2, 1993, of pancreatic cancer.
1991: Exxon agrees to pay a record $100 million criminal fine and $900 million for cleanup costs for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. The deal would eventually fall apart after a judge refused to approve the plea agreement. A new agreement would later be worked out with Exxon reimbursing state and federal cleanup efforts over the course of a decade from a $900 million fund and paying $100 million in restitution and $150 million in fines. However, $125 million of the fines were forgiven in recognition of Exxon's cooperation in cleaning up the spill and paying certain private claims. In total, Exxon has said it spent about $2.1 billion on the cleanup effort.
1988: John Holmes, one of the most prolific male porn stars of all time, dies from complications caused by AIDS at age 43 in Los Angeles, California. Near the end of his life, Holmes became notorious for his drug use and ventures into crime, including an alleged involvement in the deaths of four drug dealers on Wonderland Avenue in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles. Holmes was arrested, tried and acquitted for his involvement in the Wonderland slayings.
1988: The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea railway tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
1987: The comedy "Raising Arizona," starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman, and written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, opens in theaters. Although not a blockbuster upon its release, the movie would go on to achieve cult status and is considered among some of the best movie comedies ever made.
1985: Actor Emile Hirsch, best known for his roles in movies like "The Girl Next Door," "Into the Wild," "Speed Racer" and "Milk," is born in Topanga, California.
1972: Rapper and actor Common, known for such Grammy-winning songs as "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" and "Southside," is born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. in Chicago, Illinois. Common has appeared in movies such as "Smokin' Aces," "Street Kings," "American Gangster," "Wanted," "Just Wright" and "Selma," and stars on the AMC western television series "Hell on Wheels." In 2015, he won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for co-writing the song "Glory" from "Selma" with John Legend and Che Smith.
1969: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after 10 days in low Earth orbit testing the lunar module. Further tests on the Apollo 10 mission would prepare the module for its ultimate goal, landing on the moon.
1964: The rock musical "Viva Las Vegas," starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret, premieres in London, England.
1964: Catherine "Kitty" Genovese is stabbed to death near her apartment in the borough of Queens in New York City. The murder received even more attention two weeks later when an investigative piece in the New York Times alleged that 38 of Genovese's neighbors witnessed her murder yet did little to help her, with one unidentified neighbor being quoted as saying "I didn't want to get involved." In reality, investigators found 38 witnesses who had heard or seen parts of the crime, but no one had been aware of the whole thing. Many were unaware that a murder was in progress and several thought that the noises they heard were part of a lovers' quarrel. Despite the inaccuracies in the New York Times report, it helped crystallize public opinion of those living in big cities, and especially New York, as callous or apathetic and prompted research into the so-called "bystander effect."
1957: Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista. The students who led the attack were killed in the response by the military and police.
1956: Actress Dana Delany, best known for TV roles in "China Beach," "Desperate Housewives" and "Body of Proof," and for roles in movies such as "Tombstone" and "Exit to Eden," is born in New York City.
1956: Director John Ford's western "The Searchers," starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie Wood, premieres in theaters. The movie was a success and is often credited as one of the greatest American westerns of all time as well as one of the greatest films ever made.
1950: Actor William H. Macy, best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo," is born in Miami, Florida. Macy is also known for film roles in "Boogie Nights," "Pleasantville," "Magnolia," "Jurassic Park III," "The Cooler" and "The Sessions," and for his TV roles in "ER," "Sports Night" and "Shameless."
1943: German forces begin "liquidating" the Jewish ghetto in Kraków, Poland. More than 8,000 Jews deemed able to work were transported to the Plaszow labor camp. Another 2,000 Jews deemed by the Nazi forces as unfit for work were killed in the streets of the ghetto over the course of two days. Any remaining were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp or to the Belzec extermination camp.
1939: Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who has written or co-written more than 500 songs for himself and other artists in a career lasting more than 50 years, is born in Brooklyn, New York. Some of Sedaka's best known songs include "Calendar Girl," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" and "Next Door to an Angel." He also wrote songs such as "Where the Boys Are" and "Stupid Cupid" for Connie Francis, "It Hurts to Be in Love" for Gene Pitney, "Love Will Keep Us Together" for The Captain & Tennille, and "When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)" and "The Girl I Left Behind Me" for The Monkees.
1938: Defense attorney Clarence Darrow dies from pulmonary heart disease at the age of 80 in Chicago, Illinois. Darrow is best known for defending teenage killers Leopold and Loeb in their 1924 trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks and defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925.
1928: The St. Francis Dam, located about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, bursts around midnight, killing up to 600 people. The dam's collapse is considered to be one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire.
1921: Cartoonist Al Jaffee, best known for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the back page "Mad Fold-in," is born in Savannah, Georgia. Only one issue of Mad has been published since 1964 without containing new material by Jaffee.
1918: In the first NHL championship playoffs, the Toronto Hockey Club loses the second game of a two-game series to the Montreal Canadiens 4-3, but win the championship on overall goals. Combined with their 7-3 win on March 11, Toronto outscored Montreal 10-7. Toronto advanced to play for the Stanley Cup, beating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association champion Vancouver Millionaires three games to two to win the cup. The Toronto Hockey Club would be renamed the Toronto Arenas the following season and eventually became the team known today as the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1911: L. Ron Hubbard, the pulp fiction author and founder of the Church of Scientology, is born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard in Tilden, Nebraska. He died of a stroke at age 74 on Jan. 24, 1986.
1906: Susan B. Anthony, the prominent civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States, dies of heart disease and pneumonia at the age of 86 in Rochester, New York.
1901: Former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, who served between 1889 and 1893, dies of complications from influenza at the age of 67 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His administration is remembered most for economic legislation and for annual federal spending that reached $1 billion for the first time.
1886: Hall of Fame third baseman John Franklin "Home Run" Baker, who helped the Philadelphia Athletics win the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series, is born in Trappe, Maryland. Baker played seven years for the Athletics before finishing his major-league career with six seasons playing for the New York Yankees. He is considered by many as the best third baseman of baseball's pre-war era.
1881: Emperor Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace in Saint Petersburg when a bomb is thrown at him.
1868: The U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. In the first impeachment in history of a sitting United States president, the U.S. House of Representatives had impeached Johnson on Feb. 24, primarily charging him with violation of the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton from office and replacing him with Maj. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas. The trial concluded in May 1868 with Johnson's acquittal, the votes for conviction being one vote less than the required two-thirds tally.
1862: During the Civil War, the U.S. federal government forbids all Union Army officers from returning fugitive slaves to their owners, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation, which proclaimed all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free.
1852: In a political cartoon in an issue of the New York Lantern, Frank Henry Bellew becomes the first artist to portray "Uncle Sam" in human form.
1842: Maj. Gen. Henry Shrapnel, a British Army officer and inventor, most famously, of the "shrapnel shell," dies at the age of 80 in Southampton, England. His original shrapnel shell, which he refined during his life of service in the military, was a spherical case designed to explode in midair, spreading its contents of small lead musket balls over a wide area. Today, long after high explosive rounds have replaced shrapnel shells, his name is still used to describe fragments from artillery shells and fragmentation in general.
1798: Abigail Fillmore, the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853 as the wife of President Millard Fillmore, is born Abigail Powers in Stillwater, New York.
1781: English astronomer William Herschel detects Uranus in the night sky, but mistakenly thinks it is a comet. It was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope.
1639: New College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard, who had bequeathed to the school his entire library and half of his monetary estate.
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