The_Kitchen_Guy
11-01-2009, 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 58 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 1512, the Sistine Chapel in Rome was opened to the public for the first time, after the completion of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni's little paint job on the ceiling. Michelangelo was apprenticed at the age of 13 and his obvious talent caused him to be taken under the wing of Lorenzo de' Medici, you may recall from your world history class that the de' Medici family pretty much ran Florence at that time. His sculptures, Pietà and David stunned the art world (as they continue to do today) and he was commissioned to paint frescoes on the ceiling of the chapel, the most sacred consecrated location in the Vatican. (Fresco is a technique of applying paint to wet plaster, making the paint a part of the wall surface.) The ceiling took many years to complete, with nine panels dedicated to biblical scenes. The most famous is The Creation of Adam which is revered and warmly parodied.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg/800px-The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg
"Pull my finger."
After completion of the epic work, he returned to Florence where he pursued architecture. (He designed the famous dome of St. Peter's Basilica, one of the most astounding feats of Renaissance engineering.) He returned to Rome in 1534 and painted The Last Judgment above the alter in the Sistine Chapel. He worked until his death at the age of 88.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was restored in the 20th Century. The project began in 1979 and was unveiled in 1999. The restoration was not without its critics and remains controversial. You can learn more about the restoration and see some striking photos of the work on this site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes).
...in 1927, the factories of Ford Motor Company began to manufacture The New Ford. When the 15 Millionth Model T was driven off the line in May of 1927 by Henry and Edsel Ford, all production stopped. Henry was reported to have said, "Well, Boys, we better get busy designing a new one." Never before, or since, has a model ceased production before a new one was designed. Henry Ford wanted to be a leader, not a follower, so a six cylinder engine was out of the question. He had been working on a V-8, but it was not ready, so an interim vehicle needed to be designed. The result was the Model A. Henry said it was not the Model U, because they wiped the slate clean and started over with an all-new Ford. Detroit actually went into a mini-recession for the six months that Ford wasn't building cars, besides Ford laying off workers, buyers were not purchasing new cars while they waited to see what The New Ford would be. It was a beauty, Edsel had driven the styling of The New Ford, based on Lincoln designs, and the Model A was also known as The Baby Lincoln. There were 5 million Model A's built in the four years of production, into Spring of 1932, when the revolutionary Ford flathead V-8 was introduced. The Model A was offered in a wide array of body styles, coupes, sedans, roadsters, touring (phaeton) and trucks. You can read more at the website of the Model A Ford Club of America (http://www.mafca.com/index.html).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/1928_Fordor.jpg
The New Ford - a 1928 Model A Fordor
...in 1947, with Howard Hughs at the controls, the world's largest airplane took flight. The H-4 Hercules, more popularly known as "The Spruce Goose," was the brainchild of Howard Hughs and Kaiser Aircraft as a massive troop carrier. The flying boat was conceived during World War II with the proviso that it could not contain aluminum or any other metal considered vital to the war effort. It was called the HK-1 for Hughes-Kaiser Design 1. Fairchild Aircraft had developed a process called "Duramold" that Hughes purchased to build his aircraft. Duramold was a laminate of wood, grains alternating perpendicular to the previous layer, with plastic glue between layers. The laminate was formed into shapes and cured with heat, completing components that many engineers considered to be lighter and stronger than aluminum. Kaiser pulled out of the project and Hughes renamed the craft H-4 for Hughes Aircraft's fourth design. The flying boat had taken too long and gone over budget, and at the completion of WWII was no longer needed. On this date, Hughs flew the craft for little over a mile at 70 feet of altitude, proving it would fly. Hughes put it into hibernation at a cost of $1 million per year. After his death in 1976, the craft wound up in the hands of the Wrather Corporation and went on display next to the Queen Mary. After Jack Wrather died, his assets were purchased by Disney Corporation, which discontinued the display. The Spruce Goose was transferred to the Evergreen International Aviation & Space Museum (http://www.sprucegoose.org/aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html) in McMinnville, Oregon.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/images/H4Flight1.jpg
The H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" few on November 1, 1947
...in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty took effect. The treaty formally established the European Union, creating a central bank, one currency and security measures. Twelve nations form the EU, Great Britain, France, Germany, the Irish Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1995, they were joined by Austria, Finland and Sweden. Through centuries of history, these nations have been at each others' throats with centuries of bloody wars but now, economic conditions have brought them all together.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/European_Central_Bank_041107.jpg/180px-European_Central_Bank_041107.jpg
The European Central Bank in
Frankfurt is in charge of the
Eurozone monetary system. The
€ sign in front of the bank is the
official symbol for the Euro, just as
the $ is for US currency, £ is for the
British Pound and the ¥ is for the
Japanese Yen. The € symbol is
based on the Greek character,
Epsilon.
...in 1938, the race of the year was held at Pimlico Race Track, when War Admiral, the son of the great race horse, Man o' War, met the popular rags-to-riches horse, Seabiscuit. The build-up to the race was huge and over a year in length. War Admiral was the favorite, posting 1 to 4 while Seabiscuit was 2 to 1. The largest crowd in Pimlico history was on hand, millions were listing on an NBC radio hookup and newsreel cameras cranking, the race was ready to start. There were two false starts. The third time was the charm and the two giants of racing were off with Seabiscuit winning by three lengths. The time of the race was 1:56 3/5 which broke the Pimlico record. At the year end, War Admiral had won more races, but Seabiscuit was Horse of the Year. (And had two movies made about himself. Two? The first one, in 1949, starred Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald and isn't well liked. ) You can watch the race on YouTube, Seabiscuit v. War Admiral (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVT2MPNCqgM).
http://horseracing.about.com/library/graphics/photos/seawar.jpg
...in 1924, a famous lawman was shot and killed. It is rather distressing that we've all heard of Butch Cassidy, Billy the Kid, the Clantons, the Youngers and Jesse James, but you've never heard of William Tilghman - until now. Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa and left home at the age of 16. He started his career in a less that auspicious style by trying his hand at rustling, but when that didn't work out, he went straight and settled in Dodge City. He was a deputy sheriff of Ford County, and later marshal. In 1891, he became a US Marshall for Kansas and Oklahoma, where he helped establish law and order by arresting many of the big-name criminals of the day. He served a term as a legislator, was police chief in Oklahoma City and made a movie, but in 1924, he couldn't stay away from the badge and became a marshal. He was shot and killed at the age of 71, reportedly by a corrupt prohibition agent. Tilghman was respected for his tenacity and bravery, even Teddy Roosevelt said Tilghman "...would charge into Hell with a bucket." The more famous lawman, Bat Masterson simply said, "Tilghman was the greatest of them all."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oklincol/tilghman/bill2_s.jpg
-William "Bill" Tilghman
(1854-1924)
...in 1959, Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens put on a mask, the first goalie to do so. His coach threw a fit, the crowd razed him mercilessly, but he didn't care. "I already had four broken noses, a broken jaw, two broken cheekbones and almost 200 stitches in my head," he said. "I didn’t care how the mask looked." It must have been effective because he was one of the best goalies ever and played until 1975. (Other goalies had tried masks in the past, but complained of the masks blocking their view of the puck, so they abandoned them. Plante's was the first successful mask.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Plante_Mask.jpg/180px-Plante_Mask.jpg
The first hockey goalie mask
as developed by Jaques Plante.
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 58 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 1512, the Sistine Chapel in Rome was opened to the public for the first time, after the completion of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni's little paint job on the ceiling. Michelangelo was apprenticed at the age of 13 and his obvious talent caused him to be taken under the wing of Lorenzo de' Medici, you may recall from your world history class that the de' Medici family pretty much ran Florence at that time. His sculptures, Pietà and David stunned the art world (as they continue to do today) and he was commissioned to paint frescoes on the ceiling of the chapel, the most sacred consecrated location in the Vatican. (Fresco is a technique of applying paint to wet plaster, making the paint a part of the wall surface.) The ceiling took many years to complete, with nine panels dedicated to biblical scenes. The most famous is The Creation of Adam which is revered and warmly parodied.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg/800px-The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg
"Pull my finger."
After completion of the epic work, he returned to Florence where he pursued architecture. (He designed the famous dome of St. Peter's Basilica, one of the most astounding feats of Renaissance engineering.) He returned to Rome in 1534 and painted The Last Judgment above the alter in the Sistine Chapel. He worked until his death at the age of 88.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was restored in the 20th Century. The project began in 1979 and was unveiled in 1999. The restoration was not without its critics and remains controversial. You can learn more about the restoration and see some striking photos of the work on this site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes).
...in 1927, the factories of Ford Motor Company began to manufacture The New Ford. When the 15 Millionth Model T was driven off the line in May of 1927 by Henry and Edsel Ford, all production stopped. Henry was reported to have said, "Well, Boys, we better get busy designing a new one." Never before, or since, has a model ceased production before a new one was designed. Henry Ford wanted to be a leader, not a follower, so a six cylinder engine was out of the question. He had been working on a V-8, but it was not ready, so an interim vehicle needed to be designed. The result was the Model A. Henry said it was not the Model U, because they wiped the slate clean and started over with an all-new Ford. Detroit actually went into a mini-recession for the six months that Ford wasn't building cars, besides Ford laying off workers, buyers were not purchasing new cars while they waited to see what The New Ford would be. It was a beauty, Edsel had driven the styling of The New Ford, based on Lincoln designs, and the Model A was also known as The Baby Lincoln. There were 5 million Model A's built in the four years of production, into Spring of 1932, when the revolutionary Ford flathead V-8 was introduced. The Model A was offered in a wide array of body styles, coupes, sedans, roadsters, touring (phaeton) and trucks. You can read more at the website of the Model A Ford Club of America (http://www.mafca.com/index.html).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/1928_Fordor.jpg
The New Ford - a 1928 Model A Fordor
...in 1947, with Howard Hughs at the controls, the world's largest airplane took flight. The H-4 Hercules, more popularly known as "The Spruce Goose," was the brainchild of Howard Hughs and Kaiser Aircraft as a massive troop carrier. The flying boat was conceived during World War II with the proviso that it could not contain aluminum or any other metal considered vital to the war effort. It was called the HK-1 for Hughes-Kaiser Design 1. Fairchild Aircraft had developed a process called "Duramold" that Hughes purchased to build his aircraft. Duramold was a laminate of wood, grains alternating perpendicular to the previous layer, with plastic glue between layers. The laminate was formed into shapes and cured with heat, completing components that many engineers considered to be lighter and stronger than aluminum. Kaiser pulled out of the project and Hughes renamed the craft H-4 for Hughes Aircraft's fourth design. The flying boat had taken too long and gone over budget, and at the completion of WWII was no longer needed. On this date, Hughs flew the craft for little over a mile at 70 feet of altitude, proving it would fly. Hughes put it into hibernation at a cost of $1 million per year. After his death in 1976, the craft wound up in the hands of the Wrather Corporation and went on display next to the Queen Mary. After Jack Wrather died, his assets were purchased by Disney Corporation, which discontinued the display. The Spruce Goose was transferred to the Evergreen International Aviation & Space Museum (http://www.sprucegoose.org/aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html) in McMinnville, Oregon.
http://www.sprucegoose.org/images/H4Flight1.jpg
The H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" few on November 1, 1947
...in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty took effect. The treaty formally established the European Union, creating a central bank, one currency and security measures. Twelve nations form the EU, Great Britain, France, Germany, the Irish Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1995, they were joined by Austria, Finland and Sweden. Through centuries of history, these nations have been at each others' throats with centuries of bloody wars but now, economic conditions have brought them all together.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/European_Central_Bank_041107.jpg/180px-European_Central_Bank_041107.jpg
The European Central Bank in
Frankfurt is in charge of the
Eurozone monetary system. The
€ sign in front of the bank is the
official symbol for the Euro, just as
the $ is for US currency, £ is for the
British Pound and the ¥ is for the
Japanese Yen. The € symbol is
based on the Greek character,
Epsilon.
...in 1938, the race of the year was held at Pimlico Race Track, when War Admiral, the son of the great race horse, Man o' War, met the popular rags-to-riches horse, Seabiscuit. The build-up to the race was huge and over a year in length. War Admiral was the favorite, posting 1 to 4 while Seabiscuit was 2 to 1. The largest crowd in Pimlico history was on hand, millions were listing on an NBC radio hookup and newsreel cameras cranking, the race was ready to start. There were two false starts. The third time was the charm and the two giants of racing were off with Seabiscuit winning by three lengths. The time of the race was 1:56 3/5 which broke the Pimlico record. At the year end, War Admiral had won more races, but Seabiscuit was Horse of the Year. (And had two movies made about himself. Two? The first one, in 1949, starred Shirley Temple and Barry Fitzgerald and isn't well liked. ) You can watch the race on YouTube, Seabiscuit v. War Admiral (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVT2MPNCqgM).
http://horseracing.about.com/library/graphics/photos/seawar.jpg
...in 1924, a famous lawman was shot and killed. It is rather distressing that we've all heard of Butch Cassidy, Billy the Kid, the Clantons, the Youngers and Jesse James, but you've never heard of William Tilghman - until now. Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa and left home at the age of 16. He started his career in a less that auspicious style by trying his hand at rustling, but when that didn't work out, he went straight and settled in Dodge City. He was a deputy sheriff of Ford County, and later marshal. In 1891, he became a US Marshall for Kansas and Oklahoma, where he helped establish law and order by arresting many of the big-name criminals of the day. He served a term as a legislator, was police chief in Oklahoma City and made a movie, but in 1924, he couldn't stay away from the badge and became a marshal. He was shot and killed at the age of 71, reportedly by a corrupt prohibition agent. Tilghman was respected for his tenacity and bravery, even Teddy Roosevelt said Tilghman "...would charge into Hell with a bucket." The more famous lawman, Bat Masterson simply said, "Tilghman was the greatest of them all."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oklincol/tilghman/bill2_s.jpg
-William "Bill" Tilghman
(1854-1924)
...in 1959, Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens put on a mask, the first goalie to do so. His coach threw a fit, the crowd razed him mercilessly, but he didn't care. "I already had four broken noses, a broken jaw, two broken cheekbones and almost 200 stitches in my head," he said. "I didn’t care how the mask looked." It must have been effective because he was one of the best goalies ever and played until 1975. (Other goalies had tried masks in the past, but complained of the masks blocking their view of the puck, so they abandoned them. Plante's was the first successful mask.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Plante_Mask.jpg/180px-Plante_Mask.jpg
The first hockey goalie mask
as developed by Jaques Plante.
That's it. That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EDT.