Aug 1-13, 2013 Posts

Aug 13, 2013
Genealogy Tip for today:
Genealogy Blogs
 “Dear Myrtle” has been around for a long time, even in non-Internet terms. Myrtle writes a column in the Kansas City Star and has done so for many years – at least from the ‘80’s if not longer. She took her moniker over to a blog page in 1995. It is a wonderful site, but one that you should plan to spend some time on. She’s full of information either teaching you genealogy or telling you about someplace that is – either on line or face to face.
We lived in Kansas City in the 80’s and my Aunt-in-law would clip out her columns and give them to me! She is well known, obviously, in the area and very good at what she does. Mosey on over to her page and look around. You will find tons of informational help.
Today in History
August 13
1521 Cortes captures the city of Tenochtitlan, Mexico, and sets it on fire.
1630 Emperor Ferdinand II dismisses Albert Eusebius van Wallenstein, his most capable general.
1680 War starts when the Spanish are expelled from Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Indians under Chief Pope.
1704 The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Austria defeat the French Army at the Battle of Blenheim.
1787 The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
1862 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union army under Thomas Crittenden at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
1881 The first African-American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
1889 The first coin-operated telephone is patented by William Gray.
1892 The first issue of the Afro American newspaper is published in Baltimore, Maryland.
1898 Manila, the capital of the Philippines, falls to the U.S. Army.
1910 British nurse Florence Nightingale, famous for her care of British soldiers during the Crimean War, dies.
1932 Adolf Hitler refuses to serve as Franz Von Papen's vice chancellor.
1948 During the Berlin Airlift, the weather over Berlin becomes so stormy that American planes have their most difficult day landing supplies. They deem it 'Black Friday.'
1961 Construction begins on Berlin Wall during the night.
1963 A 17 year-old Buddhist monk burns himself to death in Saigon, South Vietnam.
1978 Bomb attack in Beirut during Second Lebanese Civil War kills more than 150 people.
1989 The wreckage of a plane that carried U.S. congressman Mickey Leland and others on a humanitarian mission is found on a mountain side in Ethiopia; there are no survivors.
1993 US Court of Appeals rules Congress must save all emails.
Birthdays today:
1655 Johann Christoph Denner, inventor of the clarinet
1818 Lucy Stone, woman's rights activist, founder of Woman's Journal.
1860 Phoebe Anne Moses, later known as Annie Oakley, a sharpshooter and entertainer
1899 Alfred Hitchcock, director of over 50 films including Rebecca, Rear Window, Psycho and North by Northwest
1902 Felix Wankel, inventory of the rotary engine which bears his name
1912  Ben Hogan, American golfer
1916 Daniel Schorr, radio and television correspondent
1926 Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary leader and president
1930 Don Ho, Hawaii's best-known musician and singer ("Tiny Bubbles")
1933 Jocelyn Elders, first African American US Surgeon General (Sept 1993–Dec 1994)
1940 Ann Armstrong Daily, founder of Children's Hospice international.
1942 Robert Lee Stewart, US Army brigadier general and astronaut
1951 Dan Fogelberg, multiple-platinum singer-songwriter
1952 Herb Ritts, photographer who revolutionized fashion photography in the 1980s and created many iconic photos of celebrities.
Word for the day:  
Assignation:  as-sig-NA-tion
  1. The act of assigning.
  2. Something assigned, especially an allotment.
  3. An appointment for a meeting between lovers; a tryst.
Quote for the day:
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
Garden Sandwich
With a little planning, you can turn a sandwich into a complete meal. This sandwich recipe provides veggies (cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, red pepper), dairy (cheese) and is served on whole grain bread.

Serves: 1
  • 2 slices whole wheat bread
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon-type mustard
  • 1 ounce cheddar or Swiss cheese
  • 2 slices tomato
  • 4 slices cucumber
  • 1/4 cup red bell pepper strips
  • 4 basil leaves or 2 romaine leaves (or other leafy green lettuce)
Spread one side of each piece of bread with mustard. Lay ingredients on one slice of bread and top with the other slice. Cut in half.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
Aug 12, 2013
Genealogy Tip for today: Genealogy Blogs
Today I am going to pass on to you my “overwhelmed” feeling. This will teach you how to search for blogs yourself. Later we will go back to looking at individual blogs.
 There are so many blogs out there. There are blogs with lists of blogs, multiple lists! Here is one of the Lists that I found. This gives the rankings of blogs, by category. This is a more refined list than most I have found.
There are others that I have looked at, as well. This is how I found the ones I’ve talked about. Take a look at these yourself and you may find, from your own digging, blogs that don’t get mentioned here that you like. After all – a lot of these lists, including mine are subjective. You may find some I don’t mention that you may like but I ignored.
Today in History

1762 The British capture Cuba from Spain after a two month siege.
1791 Black slaves on the island of Santo Domingo rise up against their white masters.
1812 British commander the Duke of Wellington occupies Madrid, Spain, forcing out Joseph Bonaparte.
<-----------1863 Confederate raider William Quantrill leads a massacre of 150 men and boys in Lawrence, Kansas.
1864 After a week of heavy raiding, the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee claims six Union ships captured.
1896 Gold is discovered near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. After word reaches the United States in June of 1897, thousands of Americans head to the Klondike to seek their fortunes.
1898 The Spanish American War officially ends after three months and 22 days of hostilities.

 1908 Henry Ford's first Model T rolls off the assembly line. ------------------------>
1922 The home of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. is dedicated as a memorial.
1935 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Bill.
1941 French Marshal Henri Philippe Petain announces full French collaboration with Nazi Germany.
1961 The erection of the Berlin Wall begins, preventing access between East and West Germany.
1969 American installations at Quan-Loi, Vietnam, come under Viet Cong attack.
1972 As U.S. troops leave Vietnam, B-52's make their largest strike of the war.
1977 Steven Biko, leader of the black consciousness movement in South Africa, is arrested.
1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes its first free flight and landing.
1978 Tel al-Zaatar massacre at Palestinian refuge camp during Lebanese Civil War
1979 Massive book burnings by press censors begin in Iran.
1981 Computer giant IBM introduces its first personal computer.
1985 Highest in-flight death toll as 520 die when  Japan Airlines Flight 123  crashes into Mount Takamagahara.
1992 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is concluded between the United States, Canada and Mexico, creating the world's wealthiest trade bloc.
2000 Russian Navy submarine K-141 Kursk explodes and sinks with all hands during military exercises in the Bering Sea.
Birthdays today:
<-----------1762 George IV, named Prince Regent in 1810 when his father, George III, is declared insane.
1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate (1813-1843)
1781 Robert Mills, architect and engineer whose designs include the Washington Monument, the National Portrait Gallery and the U.S. Treasury Building
1859 Katherine Bates, composer of "America the Beautiful"
1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American film director, producer and screenwriter, famous for epic productions
1889 Zerna Sharp, creator and co-author, with William S. Gray, of the Dick and Jane reading primer series
1911 Cantinflas, Mexican circus clown, acrobat and actor.
1925 Norris and Ross McWhirter, wrote and updated Guinness Book of World Records, 1955–1975; following Ross' assassination by the IRA, Norris continued writing and updating the Guinness Book until 1985.
1927 Ralph Waite, actor (The Waltons, Roots, NCIS) ----------->
1927 Porter Wagoner, country singer, TV show host
1929 Buck Owens, country singer, a leader in establishing the "Bakersfield Sound"
1936 Vice-Admiral John Poindexter, Security Adviser to Pres. Ronald Reagan (Dec 1985–Nov 1986); convicted on 5 felonies arising from the Iran/Contra affair, but the convictions were overturned on appeal.
1937 Walter Dean Myers, award-winning author of books for young readers (Hoops, The Scorpion).
1939 George Hamilton, Golden Globe-winning actor (Crime & Punishment, USA), producer (Love at First Bite)
1954 Pat Metheny, multiple-award winning jazz guitarist, including unprecedented 7 Grammys for 7 consecutive recordings
Word for the day:  
Votary - /VOH-tuh-ree/
1. a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
2. an adherent of a religion or cult; a worshiper of a particular deity or sacred personage.
3. a person who is devoted or addicted to some subject or pursuit: a votary of jazz.
4. a devoted follower or admirer.
Quote for the day: 
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
Veggie Egg Focaccia

(Makes 4 servings)
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 Lengthwise slices zucchini, about 1/4-inch
  • 4 Thin slices onion
  • 2 Large pieces focaccia bread, cut in half crosswise and toasted
  • 1 Jar (12 oz.) roasted sweet red pepper, drained and patted dry
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/4 Cup skim milk
  • 2 Teaspoons dried oregano, or 1 tablespoon fresh, chopped
  • Salt and pepper, optional
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • Tomato slices, optional
  • Fresh oregano sprig, optional
1.      In a 12-inch skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add the zucchini and onion slices and cook until tender. Remove from the skillet.
 
2.      Cut zucchini in half crosswise and arrange on focaccia. Top with onion.
 
3.      Add the pepper pieces to the skillet and cook over medium heat until heated through, about 1 minute. Place ¼ of the peppers on each sandwich.
 
4.      In a medium bowl, beat together eggs, milk, and oregano. Add salt and pepper if desired.
 
5.      In the same skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Pour in egg mixture. As mixture begins to set, gently draw an inverted pancake turner completely across bottom and sides of skillet forming large, soft curds. Continue cooking until eggs are thickened and no visible liquid egg remains. Do not stir constantly.
 
6.      Divide egg mixture evenly and arrange over veggies. Garnish with tomato slices and sprig or oregano, if desired. Serve immediately.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
Aug 9, 2013
Genealogy Tip for today: Top Ten Genealogy Blogs: Photo detective
Now here’s a website/blog that I like. It shows up in the top 10 lists I check. What I like about this blog is that it teaches you something. That is the kind I prefer. In fact I don’t put up a lot on my own blog because I figure people are more interested in learning something for themselves than in hearing someone go on and on about their (boring-to-others) family history. This blog is about just what it sounds like – using photo detecting to see if you can figure out who it is. A lot can be learned by the type of photo it is as well as the fashions and settings in the picture. Besides showing you samples and showing you what she learns fro them, Maureen also lists books at the end of every entry that are helpful for further researching or learning about older photos. I think you will enjoy this site and benefit from it, too.

 
Today in History
August 9
480 BC The Persian army defeats Leonidas and his Spartan army at the battle Thermopylae, Persia.
48 BC Julius Caesar defeats Gnaius Pompey at Pharsalus.
1483 Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first mass in the Sistine Chapel, which is named in his honor.----->
1549 England declares war on France.
1645 Settlers in New Amsterdam gain peace with the Indians after conducting talks with the Mohawks.
1805 Austria joins Britain, Russia, Sweden and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in the third coalition against France. 
1814 Andrew Jackson and the Creek Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving the whites 23 million acres of Creek territory.
1842 The Webster-Ashburn treaty fixes the border between Maine and Canada's New Brunswick.
1859 The escalator is patented. However, the first working escalator appeared in 1900. Manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company for the Paris Exposition, it was installed in a Philadelphia office building the following year.
1862 At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson repels an attack by Union forces.
1910 The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented.
1930 First appearance of the animated character Betty Boop ("Dizzy Dishes").
1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in track and field events at the Berlin Olympics.
1941 President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. The meeting producesthe Atlantic Charter, an agreement between the two countries on war aims, even though the United States is still a neutral

country.
<-----1944 Fictional character Smokey the Bear ("Only you can prevent forest fires") created by US Forest Service and the Ad Council.
1945 The B-29 bomber Bock's Car drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
1965 Singapore expelled from Malaysia following economic disagreements and racial tensions; becomes independent republic.
1969 Charles Manson's followers kill actress Sharon Tate and her three guests in her Beverly Hills home.
1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
1974 Gerald Ford is sworn in as president of the United States after the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
1975 First NFL game in Louisiana Superdome; Houston Oilers defeat New Orleans Saints 13-7.
1979 England's first major nude beach established, at the seaside resort of Brighton.
1992 Twenty-fifth Olympic Summer Games closes in Barcelona, Spain.
1999 Russian president Boris Yeltsin fires his prime minister and, for the fourth time, fires the entire cabinet.
1999 The Diet of Japan establishes the country's official national flag, the Hinomaru, and national anthem, "Kimi Ga Yo.".
 
Birthdays today:
1387 Henry V, British king famous for his victory at Agincourt, France
1631 John Dryden, the first official Poet Laureate of Great Britain (1668 to1700)
1633 Isaak Walton, author of the classic The Compleat Angler
1896 Jean Piaget, psychologist who did pioneering work on the development of children’s intellectual faculties
1899 P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins books
1927 Robert Shaw, actor and writer
1928 Bob Cousey, Hall of Fame basketball player and coach of the Boston Celtics
1945 Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ
1945 Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds, award-winning British newspaper cartoonist (The Silent Three, Gemma Bovery, Tamara Drewe) and author / illustrator of children's books (Fred, The Chocolate Wedding)
1957 Melanie Griffith, film and TV actress (Working Girl, Milk Money)
1958 Amanda Bearse, film and TV actress (Married with Children)
1961 Amy Stiller, stand-up comedian, film and TV actress (Little Fokkers, The King of Queens) Whitney Houston, model, singer ("Saving All My Love for You"), actress (The Bodyguard); listed in 2009 Guinness World Records as most awarded female act of all time.
1963 Whitney Houston, model, singer (“Saving All My Love for You”), actress (The Bodyguard) listed in 2009 Guinness World Records as most awarded female act of all time.----->
1964 Hoda Kotb, Daytime Emmy-winning TV news anchor and host
1968 Gillian Anderson, film and TV actress (The X-Files)
1970 Chris Cuomo, TV journalist and anchor
1983 Ashley Johnson, film (The Help) and TV actress (Growing Pains), video game voiceovers (The Last of Us)
Word for the day:  
Eggcorn:  EG-corn          
noun: An erroneous alteration of a word or phrase, by replacing an original word with a similar sounding word, such that the new word or phrase also makes a kind of sense.

For example: "ex-patriot" instead of "expatriate" and "mating name" instead of "maiden name".
Quote for the day:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. -Alice Miller, psychologist and author (1923-2010)
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
Bacon Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich


I know I have posted a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches already, but I found this website, closetcooking.com and liked what I saw. He has several cheese sandwich recipes. So you may find even more on this blog. This looks delicious. I’m not big on bacon myself, but I may try this with bacon bits. See what you think.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
·                                 2 slices bacon
·                                 2 slices sour dough bread
·                                 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
·                                 1/2 cup jack and cheddar cheese, shredded
·                                 2 tablespoons guacamole, room temperature
·                                 1 tablespoon tortilla chips, crumbled (optional)
     Directions
      Cook the bacon until crispy and set aside on paper towels to drain.
Butter one side of each slice of bread, sprinkle half of the cheese onto the unbuttered side of one slice of bread followed by the guacamole, bacon, tortilla chips, the remaining cheese and finally top with the remaining slice of bread with the buttered side up.

Grill over medium heat until golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 2-3 minutes per side.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
 Aug 8, 2013
Genealogy Tip for today:
Another blog listed on About.com/genealogy is entitled “The Genealogue.”

This is their comments: many of you probably already read Chris Dunham regularly, but if you haven't, you're in for a treat. His unique brand of genealogy humor puts a special spin on just about everything genealogy, from interesting items culled from old newspapers to tongue-in-cheek commentary on current genealogy news and products, to a regular genealogy challenge to keep us all on our toes. He posts regularly - often several per day. And his special Top Ten Lists are always good for a chuckle.
*Note: The Genealogue is on temporary hiatus as Chris deals with a family situation, but there is enough content already online to keep you busy for months!
Today in History
1306 King Wenceslas of Poland is murdered.
1570 Charles IX of France signs the Treaty of St. Germain, ending the third war of religion and giving religious freedom to the Huguenots.
1636 The invading armies of Spain, Austria and Bavaria are stopped at the village of St.-Jean-de-Losne, only 50 miles from France.
1648 Ibrahim, the sultan of Istanbul, is thrown into prison, then assassinated.
1786 Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michael-Gabriel Baccard become the first men to climb Mont Blanc in France.
1844 Brigham Young is chosen to head the Mormon Church, succeeding Joseph Smith.
1863 Confederate President Jefferson Davis refuses General Robert E. Lee's resignation.
1876 Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph.
1899 The first household refrigerating machine is patented.
1925 The first national congress of the Ku Klux Klan opens.
1937 The Japanese Army occupies Beijing.
1940 The German Luftwaffe attacks Great Britain for the first time, begining the Battle of Britain.
1942 U.S. Marines capture the Japanese airstrip on Guadalcanal.
1944U.S. forces complete the capture of the Marianas Islands.
1945The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
1950U.S. troops repel the first North Korean attempt to overrun them at the battle of Naktong Bulge, which continued for 10 days.
1963 England's "Great Train Robbery;" 2.6 million pounds ($7.3 million) is stolen
1974 President Richard Nixon resigns from the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal.
1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 launched to probe the atmosphere of Venus.
1979 Iraq's president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents. 
1983 Brigadier General Efrain Rios Montt is deposed as president of Guatemala in the country's second military coup in 17 months.
1988 Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease-fire treaty in the border war that began in 1966.
<------1989 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia begins its eighth flight, NASA's 30th shuttle mission.
1990 Iraq annexes the state of Kuwait as its 19th province, six days after Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait.
2000 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley raised to surface, 136 years after it sank following its successful attack on USS Housatonic in the outer harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
2007 An EF2 tornado hits Brooklyn, New York, the first in that borough since 1889.
2008 Georgia invades South Ossetia, touching off a five-day war between Georgia and Russia
Birthdays today:
1865 Matthew A. Henson, explorer with Robert Peary who first reached the North Pole (Though some recent scholarship disputes this claim)
1883 Emilano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary leader
1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling
1901 Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize for physics 
1908 Arthur J. Goldburg, labor lawyer instrumental in the merger of the Amercian Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
1937 Dustin Hoffman, American actor ----->
1948 Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to walk in space (July 25, 1984)
1964 M. Ashman, author, co-editor of Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey, and a founding member of TED Global, the international organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading
Word for the day:  
Impetus   IM-puh-tus
1 a : a driving force : impulse b : incentive, stimulus c : stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity
2 : the property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its mass and its motion — used of bodies moving suddenly or violently to indicate the origin and intensity of the motion

Quote for the day:
 
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
Spicy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
 
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 slices white bread
2 slices American cheese
1 roma (plum) tomato, thinly sliced
1/4 small onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
Directions:
Heat a large skillet over low heat. Spread butter or margarine onto one side of two slices of bread. Place both pieces buttered side in the skillet. Lay a slice of cheese on each one, and top with slices of tomato, onion and jalapeno. Butter one side of the remaining slices of bread, and place on top buttered side up. When the bottoms of the sandwiches are toasted, flip and fry until (golden) brown on the other side.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
Aug 7, 2013
Genealogy Tip for today:
Genealogy Blogs – Genea-Musings
This blog seems to at the top or near the top of reviews on genealogy blogs. Here is what About.com/genealogy had to say about it: Randy Seaver's excellent blog stands here as a representative for the many great personal family history bloggers (since there isn't room in this short list to highlight all of the great ones). His site includes enough of an ecletic mix of news, research processes, personal reflections, and genealogy debate to make it of interest to almost any genealogist. He reminds me of me; I guess...and will probably remind you of yourself as well. He shares genealogy news and new databases as he finds and explores them. He shares his research successes and failures so you might learn from them. He even shares the ways in which he balances his research with family and personal responsibilities. Randy's musings bring out the genealogist in all of us...
Today in History
1782 General George Washington authorizes the award of the Purple Heart for soldiers wounded in combat.

1864 Union troops capture part of Confederate General Jubal Early's army at Moorefield, West Virginia.
1888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia receives a patent for the revolving door
1906 In North Carolina, a mob defies a court order and lynches three African Americans which becomes known as "The Lyerly Murders."
1916 Persia forms an alliance with Britain and Russia
1922 The Irish Republican Army cuts the cable link between the United States and Europe at Waterville landing station
1934 In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals rules that the govenment can neither confiscate nor ban James Joyce's novel Ulysses
1936 The United States declares non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War
1942 The U.S. 1st Marine Division under General A. A. Vandegrift lands on the islands of Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon islands. This is the first American amphibious landing of the war
1944 German forces launch a major counter attack against U.S. forces near Mortain, France
1964 Congress overwhelmingly passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing the president to use unlimited military force to prevent attacks on U.S. forces
1966 The United States loses seven planes over North Vietnam, the most in the war up to this point
1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth. The mission to the moon had marked the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

1973 A U.S. plane accidentally bombs a Cambodian village, killing 400 civilians
1976 US Viking 2 spacecraft goes into orbit around Mars
1981 The Washington (D.C.) Star ceases publication after 128 years
1984 Japan defeats the United States to win the Olympic Gold in baseball
1987 Presidents of five Central American nations sign a peace accord in Guatemala
1990 Operation Desert Shield begins as US troops deploy to Saudi Arabia to discourage Iraq's Saddam Hussein from invading that country as he had Kuwait
2007 Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks Hank Aaron's record with his 756th home run. Bonds' accomplishments were clouded by allegations of illegal steroid use and lying to a grand jury
Birthdays today:
1876 Mata Hari, [Margaretha G. Macleod] who passed secrets to the Germans in World War I
1903 Louis Leakey, anthropologist, archeologist and paleontologist, believed Africa was the cradle of mankind
1904 Ralph Bunche, U.S. diplomat and the first African-American Nobel Prize winner
1927 Edwin Edwards, governor of Louisiana
1932 Abebe Bikila, barefoot runner from Ethiopia, winner of the 1960 Olympic marathon
1942 Garrison Keillor, American humorist and writer, creator of the long-running PBS program A Prairie Home Companion 
1950 Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight," "Ain't Living Long Like This") and author (Chinaberry Sidewalks) Rodney Crowell
1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy; dies 39 hours later
1966 Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia
1975 Charlize Theron, model and Academy Award-winning actress (Monster)
Word for the day:  

altruistic •\ˌal-trü-ˈis-tik\• adjective

 showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
The word altruistic has appeared in 85 New York Times articles in the past year, including on April 26 in “Live Music and a Canned Patron” by Ben Sisario:
Quote for the day: Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. Rita Mae Brown
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
 
 Sandwich spreads. Use different sandwich spreads to kick up the flavor and nutrition. Go easy on spreads such as mayonnaise, margarine, butter, and cream cheese because they add fat and calories and little nutritional value. Instead, try low-fat plain yogurt, different flavors of hummus, mustard or honey mustard, or light dressing.

ENJOY!  
          



<---hummus
yogurt------->
Now You Know!

Aug 6, 2013

Genealogy Tip for today: Genealogy Blogs.
This month we are going to be looking at genealogy blogs. There are hundreds out there and there’s some that are quite popular. We will look at the more common, well known ones (and therefore more popular) who have a broader more general focus and we will explore the ones that are lesser known but at the same time target a narrower audience.
 
The first one we will look at is Ancestry.  Their website is very well known as being the place to put your family tree together. But did you know they also have a blog? They have current and interesting articles posted. Remember this is a business and the blog posts are written with that perspective. Yet it does offer interesing information and helpful ideas. The posts are frequent - every couple of days, and sometimes more than one a day.
Tomorrow we will look at another popular blog and see what they have to offer.
Today in History

<----- 1497 John Cabot returns to England after his first successful journey to the Labrador coast.
1863 The CSS Alabama captures the USS Sea Bride near the Cape of Good Hope.
1888 Martha Turner is murdered by an unknown assailant, believed to be Jack the Ripper, in London, England.
1890 William Kemmler becomes the first man to be executed by the electric chair.
1904 The Japanese army in Korea surrounds a Russian army retreating to Manchuria.
1914 Ellen Louise Wilson, the first wife of the twenty-eighth president, Woodrow Wilson, dies of Barite's disease.
1927 A Massachusetts high court hears the final plea from Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italians convicted of murder.
1942 The Soviet city of Voronezh falls to the German army.
1945 Paul Tibbets, the commander of Enola Gay, drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.It was the second atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, that induced the Japanese to surrender.
1962 Jamaica becomes independent, after 300 years of British rule.
1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, outlawing the literacy test for voting eligibility in the South
1972 Atlanta Braves' right fielder Hank Arron hits his 660th and 661st home runs, setting the Major League record for most home runs by a player for a single franchise.----------------->
1973 Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is in an automobile accident and goes into a four-day comma.
1979 Twelve-year-old Marcus Hooper becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel.
1981 Argentina's ex-resident Isabel Peron freed from house arrest.
1988 A melee that became known as the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City leads to NYPD reforms.
1991 Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first-ever website, Info.cern.ch.
1993 Pope John Paul II publishes "Veritatis splendor encyclical," regarding fundamentals of the Catholic Church's role in moral teachings.
1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in troubled rival Apple Computer, Inc.
2012 New Zealand's Mount Tongariro erupts for the first time since 1897.
Birthdays today:
1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet laureate (1850), wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
1881 Alexander Flemming, Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928
1889 Major General George Kenney, commander of the U.S. Fifth Air Force in New Guinea and the Solomons during World War II.
1911 Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian ------------- >

1916 Richard Hofstadter, historian who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work
1927 Andy Warhol, American pop artist
1934 Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, science fiction and fantasy author (Xanth series).
1950 Winston E. Scott, US Navy commander and astronaut
Word for the day:  
Eyetooth
1. Dentistry.  a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
idiom:
1. cut one's eyeteeth , a. to gain sophistication or experience; become worldly-wise. b. Also, cut one's eyeteeth on.  to be initiated or gain one's first experience in (a career, hobby, skill, etc.).
2. give one's eyeteeth , to give something one considers very precious, usually in exchange for an object or situation one desires: She would give her eyeteeth for that job .
Origin:
Eyetooth came to English in the late 1500s as a blend of eye and tooth. This tooth received its name because of its position beneath or next to the eye.
Quote for the day:
Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well.

August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
Neat Sloppy Joes
"No green pepper in this recipe, so it's a hit with kids. We added this to the menu at a children's camp, and it has been a favorite for several years. The mixture is thick, so they are 'neat' rather than sloppy. This freezes and reheats well."  Aunt Mamie
Ingredients:
2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
8 hamburger buns
Directions:
1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
2. In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven or until cheeses are melted.
Original recipe makes 8 servings
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
Aug 5, 2013
RESEARCHING COURTHOUSES #10
Genealogy Tip for today:10. Concentrate on the Unique
Here is our last of 10 tips for researching at courthouses. In case you would to know or visit the site, we found this information at about.com.
Unless the facility is one you can easily access on a regular basis, it is often beneficial to begin your research with the parts of its collection that aren't easily available elsewhere. Concentrate on original records that haven't been microfilmed, family papers, photograph collections, and other unique resources.
 
At the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, for example, many researchers begin with the books as they are generally not available on loan, while the microfilms can be borrowed through your local Family History Center.
Today in History
August 5
1391 Castilian sailors in Barcelona, Spain set fire to a Jewish ghetto, killing 100 people and setting off four days of violence against Jews.
1763 Colonel Henry Bouquet decisively defeats the Indians at the Battle of Bushy Run in Pennsylvania during Pontiac's rebellion.
1762 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland.
1815 A peace treaty with Tripoli–which follows treaties with Algeria and Tunis–brings an end to the Barbary Wars.
< -----1858 The first transatlantic cable is completed.
1861 Congress adopts the nation's first income tax to finance the Civil War.
1864 Union Navy captures MobileBay in Alabama.
1892 Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her work as a nurse, spy and scout during the Civil War.
1914 The British Expeditionary Force mobilizes for World War I
1914 The first electric traffic signal lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1915 The Austro-German Army takes Warsaw, in present-day Poland, on the Eastern Front.
1916 The British navy defeats the Ottomans at the naval battle off Port Said, Egypt.
1921 Mustapha Kemal is appointed virtual ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
1941 The German army completes taking 410,000 Russian prisoners in Uman and Smolensk pockets in the Soviet Union
1951 The United Nations Command suspends armistice talks with the North Koreans when armed troops are spotted in neutral areas.
1962 Actress Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances.----->
1964 President Lyndon Johnson begins bombing North Vietnam in retaliation for Gulf of Tonkin incident and asks Congress to go to war against North Vietnam.
1974 President Richard Nixon admits he ordered a cover-up for political as well as national security reasons.
1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers
1992 Four police officers indicted on civil rights charges in the beating of Rodney King.
1995 Croatian forces capture the city of Knin, a Serb stronghold, during Operation Storm.
1997 Mastermind of the 1993 WorldTradeCenter bombing, Ramzi Yousef, goes on trial.
2012 A gunman in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, opens fire in a Sikh temple, killing six before committing suicide.
Birthdays today:
1850 Guy de Maupassant, short story writer and author of "The Necklace”
1876 Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and writer.
1906 John Houston, film director of such movies as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Maltese Falcon
1908 Miriam Rothschild, English scientist and writer
1923 Richard G. Kleindienst, one of the key officials who helped elect Richard Nixon to the presidency in 1969.
1930 Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon----->
1975 Ami Foster, television actress (Punky Brewster); nominated eight times for Young Actress Award.

Word for the day:  

Insidious

Insidious adj. 1. Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease. 2. Beguiling but harmful; alluring: insidious pleasures.
Quote for the day:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. -Spanish proverb
August is Sandwich Month
 Today’s Recipe
Fruity Tuna Salad Sandwiches

2 to 4 servings
Ingredients:
  • 1 (6 oz.) can tuna, drained
  • 1/2 cup red seedless grapes, halved
  • 1/4 cup bottled olive oil and vinegar dressing
  • 1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 1 tbsp. light mayonnaise
  • 4 pieces of focaccia bread
  • 4 leaves green leaf lettuce
Directions:
1.      Combine tuna, grapes, dressing, onion and mayonnaise in a medium bowl, just stir until combined.
2.      Cut open bread and place lettuce leaves on half bread pieces.
3.      Spread tuna salad over lettuce, pressing down slightly. Top with remaining bread.
Recipe Source: Courtesy of the California Table Grape Commission
Alice's Notes:
1.      Choose a "low sodium" or "no salt added" form of tuna if desired.
2.      If you'd like to make a quick olive oil and vinegar dressing from scratch, whisk together 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar and a dash of freshly ground black pepper.
3.      While not as colorful as red onions, a sweet onion could be substituted for the red onion.
4.      Focaccia is a flat Italian bread with a crisp crust and traditionally flavored with olive oil and herbs. It may be round or square. If you don't have focaccia, you might serve these on a crusty whole grain bun or even toasted whole grain bread (1 slice, cut in half, used per sandwich).
5.      The red grapes add a nice color note; however you can substitute a different color if you like.
6.      "Always store grapes unwashed and in the refrigerator. Rinse grapes just prior to serving or using in a recipe," advises the California Table Grape Commission.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!

Aug 2, 2013
RESEARCHING COURTHOUSES #9
Genealogy Tip for today:9. Take Good Notes & Make Plenty of Copies
We have one more tip after today. Hopefully these have been beneficial to you.
While you may take the time to reach a few on-site conclusions about the records you find, it is usually best to take everything home with you where you have more time toexamine it thoroughly for every last detail. Make photocopies of everything, if possible. If copies aren't an option, then take the time to make a transcription or abstract,

including misspellings. On each photocopy, be sure to make note of the complete source for the document. If you have time, and money for copies, it can also be helpful to make copies of the complete index for your surname(s) of interest for certain records, such as marriages or deeds. One of them may later make an appearance in your research
Today in History
47     Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici," (I came, I saw, I conquered)
1552 The treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to Protestants living in Germany
1553 An invading French army is destroyed at the Battle of Marciano in Italy by an imperial army
1589 During France's religious war, a fanatical monk stabs King Henry II to death
1776 The Continental Congress, having decided unanimously to make the Declaration of Independence, affixes the signatures of the other delegates to the document
1790 The first US census begins enumerating the population



1802 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed "Consul for Life" by the French Senate after a plebiscite from the French people----->
1819 The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.
1832 Troops under General Henry Atkinson massacre Sauk Indian men, women and children who are followers of Black Hawk at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Black Hawk himself finally surrenders three weeks later, bringing the Black Hawk War to an end.
1847 William A. Leidesdorff launches the first steam boat in San Francisco Bay
1862 Union General John Pope captures Orange Court House, Virginia
1862 The Army Ambulance Corps is established by Maj. Gen. George McClellan
1876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot while playing poker
1914Germany invades Luxembourg
1918 A British force lands in Archangel, Russia, to support White Russian opposition to the Bolsheviks
<-----1923 Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of Warren G. Harding
1934 German President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor
1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy, towing an injured sailor, swims to a small island in the Solomon Islands. The night before, his boat, PT-109, had been split in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri
1950 The U.S. First Provisional Marine Brigade arrives in Korea from the United States
1964 U.S. destroyer Maddoxis reportedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats
1965 Newsman Morley Safer films the destruction of a Vietnamese village by U.S. Marines.
1990 Iraqi forces invade neighboring Kuwait.
1990 200th anniversary of the U.S. census
1997 Author William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), considered the godfather of the "Beat Generation" in American literature, dies at age 83
Birthdays today:
1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French engineer who designed the layout of Washington, D.C.
1820 John Tyndall, British physicist and the first scientist to show why the sky is blue
1865 Irving Babbitt, scholar and founder of the modern humanistic movement
1924 James Baldwin, writer whose works include Go Tell It On The Mountain and Notes of a Native Son.
1932 Peter O'Toole, Irish actor ----------------------------------->
1942 Isabel Allende, author of The House of the Spirits
1949 James Fallows, writer and editor of U.S. News and World Report.
  
Word for the day:  
Intelligentsia: in-TEL-le-GENT-si-a
From the Latin: intellegentia intelligence
Definition: The intellectual elite of a society
Quote for the day:
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
 
During the month of August we will post sandwich making tips on the weekends, i.e. Friday or Saturday. Here is today’s tip from Food.unl.edu
Freezing Sandwiches
by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator
It’s often reported the word “sandwich” originated with John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The Earl supposedly ate bits of meat between pieces of bread so he could continue to play cards while eating and not get his hands greasy from the meat.
Sandwiches continue to be a popular food today because of their versatility and convenience. Freezing sandwiches offers several additional benefits:
• Save money by making your own “fast food” sandwiches
for a sack lunch or meal at home.
• Save time by making several sandwiches at once.
• Utilize “leftovers” or cook extra at a meal for use in tasty
and different ways at future meals.
• Control the type of bread (such as choosing a whole grain bread), type of filling and spread (amount, salt,
fat and so forth) by being in charge of the ingredients.
• Enjoy a wholesome, homemade sandwich as part of an inexpensive, quick meal!
ENJOY!
Now You Know!

Aug 1, 2013
 RESEARCHING COURTHOUSES #8

Genealogy Tip for today:

8. Be Courteous & Respectful

Here is today’s tip. Staff members at archives, courthouses and libraries are generally very helpful, friendly people, but they are also very busy trying to do their job. Respect their time and avoid pestering them with questions not specifically related to research in the facility or hold them hostage with tales about your ancestors. If you have a genealogy how-to question or trouble reading a particular word that just can't wait, it is usually better to ask another researcher (just don't pester them with multiple questions either!). Don't request records or copies just before closing time, either!
 Ed. note: I heard one speaker tell that she always took a box of chocolates to the courthouse or archive where she needed to do some research. She was always able to get what she wanted. In fact they looked forward to her return visits! In some places, especially small towns, you will find a lady that has worked there for “45” years and she feels a definite ownership of those records. She isn’t always ready to hand over anything you want, even though you understand they are public records and should be available to the public. A box of chocolates has smoothed over this kind of situation more than once.
Today in History
902 The Aghlabid rulers of Ifriqiyah (modern day Tunisia) capture Taormina, Sicily.
1096 The crusaders under Peter the Hermit reach Constantinople.
1465 Piero de Medici succeeds his father, Cosimo, as ruler of Florence.
1664 The Turkish army is defeated by French and German troops at St. Gotthard, Hungary.
1689 James II's 15-week siege of Londonderry, Ireland, ends in failure.It was a shaken and demoralized English column that returned to its northern Irish base at Newry on the evening of May 28, 1595.
1740 Thomas Arne's song "Rule Britannia" is performed for the first time.
1759 British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at the Battle of Minden, Germany.

<--1791Robert Carter III, a Virginia plantation owner, frees all 500 of his slaves in the largest private emancipation in U.S. history. An 1839 mutiny aboard a Spanish ship in Cuban waters raised basic questions about freedom and slavery in the United States.
1798 Admiral Horatio Nelson routs the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, Egypt.
1801 The American schooner Enterprise captures the Barbary cruiser Tripoli.Often venturing into harm's way, America's most famous sailing ship, the Constitution, twice came close to oblivion.
1834 Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
1864 Union General Ulysses S. Grant gives General Philip H. Sheridan the mission of clearing the Shenandoah Valley of Confederate forces. After nearly 10 months of trench warfare, Confederate resistance at Petersburg, Virginia, suddenly collapsed.
1872 The first long-distance gas pipeline in the U.S. is completed. Designed for natural gas, the two-inch pipe ran five miles from Newton Wells to Titusville, Pennsylvania.
1873 San Francisco's first cable cars begin running, operated by Hallidie's Clay Street Hill Railroad Company.
1880 Sir Frederick Roberts frees the British Afghanistan garrison of Kandahar from Afghan rebels.
1893 A machine for making shredded wheat breakfast cereal is patented.
1914 Germany declares war on Russia.
1937 The Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany becomes operational. The Nuremberg Trial brought high-ranking Nazis to justice.
1939 Synthetic vitamin K is produced for the first time.
1941 The Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo plane makes its first flight.
1942Ensign Henry C. White, while flying a J4F Widgeon plane, sinks U-166 as it approaches the Mississippi River, the first U-boat sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard
1943 Over 177 B-24 Liberator bombers attack the oil fields in Ploesti, Rumania, for a second time.
1944The Polish underground begins an uprising against the occupying German army, as the Red Army approaches Warsaw.
1946President Harry S Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
1950 Lead elements of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division arrive in Korea from the United States.
1954 The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam into two countries at the 17th parallel.
1957 US and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

<--1960 Singer Chubby Checker releases "The Twist," creating a new dance craze. The song had been released by Hank Ballard andthe Midnighters the previous year but got little attention.
1964 Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to play on the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.
1966 Charles Whitman, shooting from the Texas Tower at the University of Texas, kills 16 people and wounds 31 before being killed himself.
1988 Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
2004 In Asuncion, Paraguay, a fire in the Ycua Bolanos V supermarket complex kills nearly 400 people and injures 500.
2007 The I-35W bridge at Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
Birthdays today:
10 BC Claudius, Roman Emperor 
1770 William Clark, American explorer, led the Corps of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis.-------->
1779 Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner
1818 Maria Mitchell, the first female astronomer in the U.S. (See today's Google Doodle.)
1819 Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick
1936 Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer
1942 Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead
1944 Yuri Romanenko, Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest stay in space with 326 days aboard the Mir Space Station
1951 Jim Carroll, musician and writer of The Basketball Diaries
1952 Nancy Lopez, professional golfer
Word for the day:  

cognoscenti

PRONUNCIATION:
(kon-yuh-SHEN-tee, kog-nuh-) 
MEANING:
noun: Those with informed appreciation of a particular topic, such as fine arts or literature.
ETYMOLOGY:
Plural of obsolete Italian cognoscente, from conoscere (to know). Modern Italian form of the word, conoscente, means acquaintance -- you want to use the word intenditore or conoscitore if you mean cognoscente. Earliest documented use: 1777.
USAGE:
"Some passages in Hergé, Son of Tintin seem directed at the cognoscenti. The excursions into prewar Belgian politics are not for everyone."
Cullen Murphy; Georges Remi: Learning His Lines; The New York Times; Jan 20, 2012.
Quote for the day:
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. -Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963)
Poetry Is
Poetry is the thinking of my mind
Revealing my thoughts as words.

Poetry is the music of my soul
Revealing the words as song.

Poetry is the feelings of my heart
Revealing by song who I am
  
August is Sandwich Month
Today’s Recipe
AVOCADO AND HAM SANDWICHES
 
Ingredients
2 loaf(s) (about 18 inches each) ficelle  (Pronunciation: /fēˈsel/)1/4 cup(s) butter, softened2 tablespoon(s) Dijon mustard1/8 teaspoon(s) coarse black pepper3/4 pound(s) Virginia ham, sliced3 large avocados, peeled and sliced
Directions
1. Cut each ficelle loaf into 3 equal pieces, and split each horizontally along one side, leaving the other side intact. Open the pieces so they lie flat.
2.Stir the butter, mustard, and pepper together until smooth, and spread on both sides of the bread. Layer with the ham and avocado, and sprinkle with the sea salt.
3.Wrap the sandwiches with parchment, and tie with a string to secure. Keep chilled and serve within 3 hours.

Tips & Techniques
Ficelle is a thin, chewy baguette loaf. Substitute one standard baguette for 2 ficelles: Just cut the heels off the ends and make each sandwich a little bit shorter.
 ENJOY
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