The_Kitchen_Guy
10-26-2009, 12:03 AM
There were no new developments in Paige's case yesterday. No news, no new developments.
In news of Candles for Paige (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Paige) we had 35 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige, her family and her three children.
Instructions for lighting candles for Paige are in the Missing thread, in this post (http://www.chefsuccess.com/f18/one-our-own-missing-22516/index254.html#post470298).
On This Day In History...
...in 1881, the infamous showdown in Tombstone, Arizona took place behind a commercial venture known as the OK Corral. The two sides in the shootout included Wyatt Earp and the Earp brothers, and Wyatt's friend, Doc Holliday and on the other side were the forces of the McLaury and Clanton families. The families were successful ranchers in the Tombstone area, employing many men who were loosely known as "Cowboys." The Cowboys were a rough and tumble group, involved in rustling and petty crimes in the area but never within Tombstone itself. It was not an organized group and contrary to Hollywood versions, no one received orders from anyone. It was just a group of friends and associates who supported one another. They spent freely in town, and the business owners liked the Cowboys as they spent a lot of cash in town. Wyatt Earp was a bank guard, his brother Virgil was the town's marshal. Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday supported the law-and-order attitude of Wyatt and Virgil. Tensions between the two factions were building, some of it politics, some of it over upholding the law, and some of it personal. When it came down to the shootout, it lasted all of 30 seconds with over 30 shots fired. When it was over, Tom and Frank McLaury were dead, as was 19 year old Billy Clanton. Sheriff Johnny Behan charged the Earps and Holliday with murder, but they were cleared in a hearing later on. Doc Holliday was already notorious, but the gunfight made Wyatt Earp's reputation. He lived in California, invested in mines at a place called Earp, California and lived in Hollywood until his death in 1929. Virgil was ambushed in Tombstone and shot, losing the use of his left arm. Morgan was ambushed in Tombstone and was murdered. Holliday died of TB in Colorado. The gunfight was not the longest, shortest, deadliest or largest gunfight in the old west, but it has become the most famous.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Gunfight_at_the_OK_Corral.jpg/800px-Gunfight_at_the_OK_Corral.jpg (http://www.ok-corral.com/)
The gunfight is re-enacted every day in Tombstone. Click on the photo to see the website of the Tombstone Epitaph and the re-enactment. (Photo © by James G. Howes, 2008. Used with permission.)
...in 1942, the US Navy lost the last aircraft carrier built before the start of World War II. The CV-8 USS Hornet was so badly damaged by Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Santa Cruz that the captain ordered the abandonment. It was during the battle for Guadalcanal, the first offensive action in the American strategy to island-hop to the Japanese home islands that the navy saw heavy action. Near the Santa Cruz islands, the smaller American fleet had to take on two Japanese fleets, on their way to Guadalcanal with supplies and reinforcements. The battle was fought exclusively by carrier based aircraft, none of the combatants were withing gun range of one another. The battleship South Dakota and the carriers Enterprise and Hornet took such extensive blasts that even two Japanese aircraft were damaged by the explosions. While the carrier Hornet[/i[ was lost, the Japanese suffered immense losses of aircraft (more than 100 planes including 25 of the 27 bombers that set out from Japanese carriers) but more importantly, the fleet did not get to Guadalcanal, paving the way for an important American victory. (The replacement CV-10 USS Hornet was launched in 1943 saw lots of action against the Japanese without suffering any damage until June, 1945, when it was damaged by a typhoon.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/USS_Hornet_at_Santa_Cruz-600px.jpg
The USS Hornet under attack in the Battle of Santa Cruz. The Hornet launched Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942.
...in 1977, the last case of smallpox was reported. The World Health Organization considers this date as the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most significant victory in the history of vaccination.
...in 1986, a routine ground ball dribbled between the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner's legs and went down the first base line, allowing the NY Mets to score and win the extra innings game. Even though the score was tied, Buckner, to this day, is blamed for losing the World Series by frustrated Red Sox fans. Boston had not been able to win a World Series since owner Harry Frasee sold the rights of Babe Ruth to the NY Yankees in 1920. Boston fans called it the Curse of the Bambino and in 1986, Buckner's error was used as proof. The fans were so ruthless that Buckner was forced to move his family to Idaho. The Red Sox finally broke the curse by winning the World Series in 2004 and again in 2007. (On this day in 1987, the Minnesota Twins would win their very first World Series by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Billbuckner.jpg
Oops.
...in 2001, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law. It is an acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." It is hailed by many as an effective tool in monitoring and stopping terrorist activity and reviled by others as an attack on civil liberties. The main attacks come from the American Civil Liberties Union, which alone gives others reason to support it. Either way, it was renewed in 2006 and while controversial, remains an important tool in the fight against terrorism.
UPDATE: A planned terrorist attack on the New York Subway system was thwarted by the arrest of Najibullah Zazi (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/19/2009-09-19_zazi_cuffed_after_qaeda_canary_sings_li_secret_code_used_to_inform_plotters_li.html) and his father on September 19, 2009. Zazi had researched stadiums, other public venues and the subway system before aquiring chemicals to make explosives. An email containing information about explosives, detonators and fuses was sent to his laptop from Pakistan. The investigative steps used by the FBI, leading to his arrest, were put into place by the passage of the Patriot Act, foiling what might have been the largest terrorist attack against the United States (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Patriot-Act-helped-foil-New-York-terror-plot-8316210.html) since 9/11.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/Bush-patriot-act.jpg
President George W. Bush signed the
Patriot Act into law in 2001.
[i]That's it. That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EDT.
In news of Candles for Paige (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Paige) we had 35 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige, her family and her three children.
Instructions for lighting candles for Paige are in the Missing thread, in this post (http://www.chefsuccess.com/f18/one-our-own-missing-22516/index254.html#post470298).
On This Day In History...
...in 1881, the infamous showdown in Tombstone, Arizona took place behind a commercial venture known as the OK Corral. The two sides in the shootout included Wyatt Earp and the Earp brothers, and Wyatt's friend, Doc Holliday and on the other side were the forces of the McLaury and Clanton families. The families were successful ranchers in the Tombstone area, employing many men who were loosely known as "Cowboys." The Cowboys were a rough and tumble group, involved in rustling and petty crimes in the area but never within Tombstone itself. It was not an organized group and contrary to Hollywood versions, no one received orders from anyone. It was just a group of friends and associates who supported one another. They spent freely in town, and the business owners liked the Cowboys as they spent a lot of cash in town. Wyatt Earp was a bank guard, his brother Virgil was the town's marshal. Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday supported the law-and-order attitude of Wyatt and Virgil. Tensions between the two factions were building, some of it politics, some of it over upholding the law, and some of it personal. When it came down to the shootout, it lasted all of 30 seconds with over 30 shots fired. When it was over, Tom and Frank McLaury were dead, as was 19 year old Billy Clanton. Sheriff Johnny Behan charged the Earps and Holliday with murder, but they were cleared in a hearing later on. Doc Holliday was already notorious, but the gunfight made Wyatt Earp's reputation. He lived in California, invested in mines at a place called Earp, California and lived in Hollywood until his death in 1929. Virgil was ambushed in Tombstone and shot, losing the use of his left arm. Morgan was ambushed in Tombstone and was murdered. Holliday died of TB in Colorado. The gunfight was not the longest, shortest, deadliest or largest gunfight in the old west, but it has become the most famous.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Gunfight_at_the_OK_Corral.jpg/800px-Gunfight_at_the_OK_Corral.jpg (http://www.ok-corral.com/)
The gunfight is re-enacted every day in Tombstone. Click on the photo to see the website of the Tombstone Epitaph and the re-enactment. (Photo © by James G. Howes, 2008. Used with permission.)
...in 1942, the US Navy lost the last aircraft carrier built before the start of World War II. The CV-8 USS Hornet was so badly damaged by Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Santa Cruz that the captain ordered the abandonment. It was during the battle for Guadalcanal, the first offensive action in the American strategy to island-hop to the Japanese home islands that the navy saw heavy action. Near the Santa Cruz islands, the smaller American fleet had to take on two Japanese fleets, on their way to Guadalcanal with supplies and reinforcements. The battle was fought exclusively by carrier based aircraft, none of the combatants were withing gun range of one another. The battleship South Dakota and the carriers Enterprise and Hornet took such extensive blasts that even two Japanese aircraft were damaged by the explosions. While the carrier Hornet[/i[ was lost, the Japanese suffered immense losses of aircraft (more than 100 planes including 25 of the 27 bombers that set out from Japanese carriers) but more importantly, the fleet did not get to Guadalcanal, paving the way for an important American victory. (The replacement CV-10 USS Hornet was launched in 1943 saw lots of action against the Japanese without suffering any damage until June, 1945, when it was damaged by a typhoon.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/USS_Hornet_at_Santa_Cruz-600px.jpg
The USS Hornet under attack in the Battle of Santa Cruz. The Hornet launched Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942.
...in 1977, the last case of smallpox was reported. The World Health Organization considers this date as the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most significant victory in the history of vaccination.
...in 1986, a routine ground ball dribbled between the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner's legs and went down the first base line, allowing the NY Mets to score and win the extra innings game. Even though the score was tied, Buckner, to this day, is blamed for losing the World Series by frustrated Red Sox fans. Boston had not been able to win a World Series since owner Harry Frasee sold the rights of Babe Ruth to the NY Yankees in 1920. Boston fans called it the Curse of the Bambino and in 1986, Buckner's error was used as proof. The fans were so ruthless that Buckner was forced to move his family to Idaho. The Red Sox finally broke the curse by winning the World Series in 2004 and again in 2007. (On this day in 1987, the Minnesota Twins would win their very first World Series by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Billbuckner.jpg
Oops.
...in 2001, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law. It is an acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." It is hailed by many as an effective tool in monitoring and stopping terrorist activity and reviled by others as an attack on civil liberties. The main attacks come from the American Civil Liberties Union, which alone gives others reason to support it. Either way, it was renewed in 2006 and while controversial, remains an important tool in the fight against terrorism.
UPDATE: A planned terrorist attack on the New York Subway system was thwarted by the arrest of Najibullah Zazi (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/19/2009-09-19_zazi_cuffed_after_qaeda_canary_sings_li_secret_code_used_to_inform_plotters_li.html) and his father on September 19, 2009. Zazi had researched stadiums, other public venues and the subway system before aquiring chemicals to make explosives. An email containing information about explosives, detonators and fuses was sent to his laptop from Pakistan. The investigative steps used by the FBI, leading to his arrest, were put into place by the passage of the Patriot Act, foiling what might have been the largest terrorist attack against the United States (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Patriot-Act-helped-foil-New-York-terror-plot-8316210.html) since 9/11.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/Bush-patriot-act.jpg
President George W. Bush signed the
Patriot Act into law in 2001.
[i]That's it. That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EDT.