The_Kitchen_Guy
11-16-2009, 11:03 PM
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 42 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 1421, a storm on the North Sea battered the coast of Europe and over a course of several days, about 10,000 people died in what is now called The Netherlands. An area known as Grote Waard lies below sea level, and residents constructed levees and dykes to keep the sea out, and each time they failed, the people rebuilt them. Nothing could disuade them from living in the ecological vulnerable area. After this flood, however, when the city of Dort was destroyed and 20 whole villages were washed away, the dikes were not rebuilt until 1500, leaving most of Zeeland and Holland under water for decades. The town of Dordrecht remains on an island, separated from the mainland by the great flood of 1421.
http://www.bugbog.com/images/galleries/netherlands_pictures/dyke_netherlands.jpg
The Netherlands (Nederland) literally means "low lands" because most of
Holland lies below sea level. A complex system of dikes keeps the North Sea
out of The Netherlands.
...in 1558, Elizabeth, 25 year old half sister of Queen Mary I, ascended to the throne of England and Ireland, begining the Elizabethan Era. She was known as the Virgin Queen for not allowing marriage to jeopardize her rule. Elizabeth strengthened British relationships with Protestand allies, and her reign was not recognized by the Pope. Spain, the most powerful nation in Europe at the time, planned an invasion of England that was aborted with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The defeat of the Armada strengthened England's position of the seas, and prompted Elizabeth to promote explorers, such as Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Sir Walter Raleigh's exploration of the New World. ("Virginia" was named in her honor.) When she died in 1603, England had become a world power and Elizabeth would pass into history as one the greatest English monarchs.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Darnley_stage_3.jpg/210px-Darnley_stage_3.jpg
Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
...in 1869, the Suez Canal opened, providing a sea route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was only 25 feet deep when it opened, and only 500 ships used the canal its first year. It has been a political pawn several times in its history, but has remained open since 1975 and carries about 50 ships per day. With a toll of about $250,000.00 per ship, the Suez Canal Authority rakes in a little better than $5 billion per year. Because it does not have locks, the canal can carry larger ships than its main competitor, the Panama Canal.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/SuezCanal-EO.JPG/180px-SuezCanal-EO.JPG
The Suez Canal as seen from space.
...in 1968, one of the most exciting finishes to a football game occured when the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns in nine seconds to defeat the New York Jets, 43-32. The trouble was that unless you were in the Oakland Coliseum, you didn't see it, because NBC cut away from the game with 65 seconds left to play in order to air a made-for-television version of Heidi, the classic tale of a young girl raised by her grandfather in the Alps. Known forever as the "Heidi Bowl" it was one of the all-time classic games. The decision to air Heidi at its scheduled time, rather than delay it if the game went long, had been made weeks before as NBC was sure it would be a rating winner for the November sweeps. Instead, the NBC switchboard melted down and blew up as thousands of irate callers wanted to express their views. Undeterred, they tied up the lines at the phone company, the New York Times and the NYPD. The lesson was painfully learned: never, ever, under any circumstances, cut away from the end of a National Football League game.
Here is a short film about the controversy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAn3cTMXW8) including the director of Heidi feeling smug about the movie that caused a furor across the nation.
That's it. That's all we know as of 12:31 AM, EST.
In news of Candles for Paige (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Paige) we had 42 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 1421, a storm on the North Sea battered the coast of Europe and over a course of several days, about 10,000 people died in what is now called The Netherlands. An area known as Grote Waard lies below sea level, and residents constructed levees and dykes to keep the sea out, and each time they failed, the people rebuilt them. Nothing could disuade them from living in the ecological vulnerable area. After this flood, however, when the city of Dort was destroyed and 20 whole villages were washed away, the dikes were not rebuilt until 1500, leaving most of Zeeland and Holland under water for decades. The town of Dordrecht remains on an island, separated from the mainland by the great flood of 1421.
http://www.bugbog.com/images/galleries/netherlands_pictures/dyke_netherlands.jpg
The Netherlands (Nederland) literally means "low lands" because most of
Holland lies below sea level. A complex system of dikes keeps the North Sea
out of The Netherlands.
...in 1558, Elizabeth, 25 year old half sister of Queen Mary I, ascended to the throne of England and Ireland, begining the Elizabethan Era. She was known as the Virgin Queen for not allowing marriage to jeopardize her rule. Elizabeth strengthened British relationships with Protestand allies, and her reign was not recognized by the Pope. Spain, the most powerful nation in Europe at the time, planned an invasion of England that was aborted with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The defeat of the Armada strengthened England's position of the seas, and prompted Elizabeth to promote explorers, such as Drake's circumnavigation of the globe and Sir Walter Raleigh's exploration of the New World. ("Virginia" was named in her honor.) When she died in 1603, England had become a world power and Elizabeth would pass into history as one the greatest English monarchs.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Darnley_stage_3.jpg/210px-Darnley_stage_3.jpg
Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
...in 1869, the Suez Canal opened, providing a sea route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was only 25 feet deep when it opened, and only 500 ships used the canal its first year. It has been a political pawn several times in its history, but has remained open since 1975 and carries about 50 ships per day. With a toll of about $250,000.00 per ship, the Suez Canal Authority rakes in a little better than $5 billion per year. Because it does not have locks, the canal can carry larger ships than its main competitor, the Panama Canal.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/SuezCanal-EO.JPG/180px-SuezCanal-EO.JPG
The Suez Canal as seen from space.
...in 1968, one of the most exciting finishes to a football game occured when the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns in nine seconds to defeat the New York Jets, 43-32. The trouble was that unless you were in the Oakland Coliseum, you didn't see it, because NBC cut away from the game with 65 seconds left to play in order to air a made-for-television version of Heidi, the classic tale of a young girl raised by her grandfather in the Alps. Known forever as the "Heidi Bowl" it was one of the all-time classic games. The decision to air Heidi at its scheduled time, rather than delay it if the game went long, had been made weeks before as NBC was sure it would be a rating winner for the November sweeps. Instead, the NBC switchboard melted down and blew up as thousands of irate callers wanted to express their views. Undeterred, they tied up the lines at the phone company, the New York Times and the NYPD. The lesson was painfully learned: never, ever, under any circumstances, cut away from the end of a National Football League game.
Here is a short film about the controversy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAn3cTMXW8) including the director of Heidi feeling smug about the movie that caused a furor across the nation.
That's it. That's all we know as of 12:31 AM, EST.