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The
Library is open today normal hours, Feb 6, 2014.
ATTENTION: Adobe Digital Editions has come
out with version 3. However, it will NOT allow you to read books from older
versions on your e-reader. If you have
an e-reader, do NOT upgrade to this newer version. If you do, there is no fix
to enable you to read the older books.
STAR TREK MARATHON coming! First week of February 1-7, showing movies and episodes
- leading up to…
Geek Day 2.8 on Saturday, February 8th.
Mark your calendar!!
Do you have a young reader in your
house, or a pre-reader? Check out our Tumble Books in our e-resources.
They are animated talking picture books for your young'uns, which will teach
them to love reading.
Computer Classes every Sat.
mornings 10-12. "Open House" Whatever you need. Drop in anytime
during those two hours.
There
will be no blog posts from the 14th -17th
Captain Kirk
Genealogy
tip for the day: Photo tip: Websites
I hope you have enjoyed the discussion on
researching your family photos. I don’t have the luxury of researching topics
ahead of time. It’s usually done as I go along! Consequently I have posted
below some more websites I found just yesterday. I hope these will be of help
to you. I see that some of them talk about the very things we have discussed –
even putting information into chart form, which I have not been able to do. So
cool!
Websites with more information:
And there are a lot more…
Here’s a new one I found: http://www.franklincountyfriends.org/genealogy/identifying-your-photographs
-this seems to be a comprehensive
list of other websites regarding photo identification, many of whom I have
researched for my articles.
Websites with posted photos:
http://www.cyndislist.com/photos/lost-and-found/ (This is a wonderful list of websites that
have photos you may be looking for. I was amazed at how many websites there are
in her list.)
Photo restoration is a whole other topic which I
will not get into. Just let me say that if you have any that have been torn,
folded, ruined etc. there are places that can restore them for you, for a fee
of course. But if they are valuable or rare photos of your ancestors, you might
want to look into it.
I hope these posts on photo research have been a help to
you. The next few days we will be talking about a variety of things.
“History is who we
are; Genealogy is who I am” sg
If any of these posts are helpful drop us a line in
the comments section below. We just want to know if the information we provide
to you is beneficial in anyway.
Dalton Gang
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1626
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Huguenot rebels and the
French sign the Peace of La Rochelle.
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1778
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France recognizes the United
States and signs a treaty of aid in Paris.
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1788
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Massachusetts becomes the
sixth state to ratify the Constitution.
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1862
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The Battle of Fort Henry,
Tenn., begins the Mississippi Valley campaign.
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1891
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The Dalton Gang commits its first crime, a train robbery in Alila,
Calif.
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1899
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The Spanish-American War
ends.
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1900
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President McKinley appoints
W.H. Taft commissioner to report on the Philippines.
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1904
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Japan's foreign minister
severs all ties with Russia, citing delaying tactics in negotiations over
Manchuria.
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1916
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Germany admits full liability
for Lusitania incident
and recognizes the United State's right to claim indemnity.
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1922
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The Washington Disarmament
Conference comes to an end with signature of final treaty forbidding
fortification of the Aleutian Islands for 14 years.
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1926
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Mussolini warns Germany to
stop agitation in Tyrol.
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1929
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Germany accepts
Kellogg-Briand pact.
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1933
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Adolf Hitler's Third Reich
begins press censorship.
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1936
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Adolf Hitler opens the Fourth
Winter Olympics.
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1941
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The RAF clears the way as
British take Benghazi, trapping thousands of Italians.
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1944
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Kwajalein Island in the
Central Pacific falls to U.S. Army troops.
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1945
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MacArthur reports the fall of
Manila, and the liberation of 5,000 prisoners.
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1963
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The United States reports
that all Soviet offensive arms are out of Cuba.
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1964
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Cuba blocks the water supply
to Guantanamo Naval Base in rebuke of the United State's seizure of four
Cuban fishing boats.
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1964
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Paris and London agree to
build a rail tunnel under the English Channel.
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1965
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Seven U.S. GIs are killed in
a Viet Cong raid on a base in Pleiku.
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1968
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Charles de Gaulle opens the
19th Winter Olympics in France.
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1975
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President Gerald Ford asks
Congress for $497 million in aid to Cambodia.
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1977
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Queen Elizabeth marks her
Silver Jubilee.
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1982
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Civil rights workers begin a
march from Carrolton to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Born on February 6
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1756
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Aaron Burr, 3rd U.S. Vice
President.
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1895
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George Herman
"Babe" Ruth, baseball player with the Boston Red Sox, the New York
Yankees and the Boston Braves. The first player to hit 60 home runs in one
season.
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1911
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Ronald Reagan, film actor and
40th U.S. President (1981-1989).
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1913
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Mary Douglas Leakey,
archaeologist and paleoanthropologist.
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1932
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Francois Truffaut, French
film director (The 400 Blows, Shoot
the Piano Player).
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1933
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Walter E. Fountroy,
politician and civil rights leader.
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1940
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Tom Brokaw, NBC News
anchorman.
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1945
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Bob Marley, reggae musician.
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Bob Marley
heinous
(HAY-nuhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
Extremely wicked.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French haine (hatred),
from hair (to hate). Earliest documented use: 1394.
USAGE:
"You have been brought
here before the Council of Magical Law ... so that we may pass judgment on you,
for a crime so heinous."
J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Bloomsbury; 2000.
J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Bloomsbury; 2000.
A
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There's a schizoid quality to our relationship
with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the
dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause
to consider the miserable life of the pig -- an animal easily as intelligent as
a dog -- that becomes the Christmas ham. -Michael Pollan, professor and writer
(b. 1955)
Today’s
Recipe
February
- Chocolate Lover’s Month
Ingredients
12 ounces semisweet
chocolate, coarsely chopped
4 ounces
bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup heavy
cream
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
extract
Pinch kosher
salt
Dippers like pretzels,
pound cake, crisp bacon, potato chips, strawberries, waffles and cookies
for dipping
Directions
Put the semisweet chocolate,
bittersweet chocolate, cream, milk, vanilla and salt in a 6-cup heatproof glass
bowl that will fit completely inside a 3- to 4-quart slow cooker. Cover and
cook on low for 45 minutes.Uncover and stir the chocolate mixture until smooth. Stir in the bourbon or liqueur if using. Continue to cook, covered, until the chocolate is completely melted and warm, 15 to 30 minutes. Whisk the mixture until smooth. Switch the slow cooker to the warm setting and either spoon the chocolate mixture into small serving bowls or serve it right out of the slow cooker with assorted dippers on the side.
Tip: While keeping the fondue warm, water will collect on the inside of the lid of the slow cooker; when you remove the lid to stir the fondue, wipe the excess water off as too much water dripping into the chocolate will eventually cause it to seize or separate.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
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