Date Posted : 2011-02-18 | Category : Education | Comment : No Comment
On This Date In 1229 Frederick II, King of Prussia (1772-1786), from the Hohenzollern dynasty, signed a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. In addition, Frederick received Nazareth, Sidon, Jaffa and Bethlehem. Other lordships may have been returned to Christian control, but sources disagree. It was, however, a treaty of compromise. The Muslims retained control over the Temple Mount area of Jerusalem, the al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of Athe Rock. The Transjordan castles stayed in Ayyubid hands, and Arab sources suggest that Frederick was not permitted to restore Jerusalem's fortifications. The treaty, completed on February 18, 1229, safeguarded a truce of ten years. The Ayyūbid dynasty, a Sunni Muslim dynasty, founded by Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn), that ruled in the late 12th and early 13th centuries over Egypt and what became upper Iraq, most of Syria, and Yemen.
On This Date In 1564 The great renaissance artist, Michelangelo, died in Rome. On This Date In 1865 The Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered control of the city to Union Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Union troops moved into the city, taking control of many sites, such as the United States Arsenal (which the Confederate army had seized at the outbreak of the war).
On This Date In 1885 Mark Twain published his famous-and famously controversial-novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. On This Date In 1898 Enzo Ferrari, founder of Scuderia Ferrari, (literally means Ferrari Stable), was born in Modena Italy. http://www.ferrarifaqs.com/ferrari-history
On This Date In 1899 The Montreal Victorias win the Stanley Cup against the Winnipeg Victorias, beating Winnipeg in a two-game contest, 2-1 (Feb 15), and 3-2 (feb 18).
On This Date In 1929 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the first Academy Awards on this day in 1929. It was a far cry from the suspense, glamour and endless press coverage surrounding the Oscars today: The first award recipients’ names were printed on the back page of the academy’s newsletter. A few days later, Variety published the information--on page seven.
On This Date In 1930 Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh, after nearly a year of searching at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Tombaugh discovered a possible moving object on photographic plates taken on January 23 and January 29 of that year. After the observatory obtained further confirmatory photographs, news of the discovery was telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory on March 13, 1930.
On This Date In 1938 ”Bringing Up Baby”, a screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, was released.
On This Date In 1943 The Sportpalast or total war speech (German: Sportpalastrede) was a speech delivered by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels at the Berlin Sportpalast to a large but carefully-selected audience, calling for a total war, as the tide of World War II was turning against Nazi Germany. On This Date In 1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in Squaw Valley, California, United States.
On This Date In 1967 J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb", died in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 62.
On This Date In 1974 ”Kiss”, the self-titled debut album from the American hard rock band Kiss, was released, after being together a little more than one year.
On This Date In 1979 Richard Petty won his sixth Daytona 500 victory, won after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash into a wall during the final lap of the race. This was the 21st annual Daytona 500, and his come-from-behind win ended a frustrating 45-race personal losing streak.
On This Date In 2000 Pitch Black (also known as The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black), a 2000 science fiction action movie directed by David Twohy and recognized as the acting breakthrough of Vin Diesel, was released.
On This Date In 2001 Dale Earnhardt Sr., considered one of the greatest drivers in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) history, died at the age of 49 in a last-lap crash at the 43rd Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Earnhardt was driving his famous black No. 3 Chevrolet and vying for third place when he collided with another car, then crashed into a wall. After being cut from his car, Earnhardt, whose tough, aggressive driving style earned him the nickname "The Intimidator," was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead of head injuries.
On This Date In 2008 "Homecoming", a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West, was released as the final single of his third studio album Graduation.
On This Date In 2010 The H1N1 virus should be included in the 2010-2011 flu season - northern hemisphere - vaccine, World Health Organization officials in Switzerland said.
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Happy Birthday Helen Gurley Brown (1922), George Kennedy (1925), Yoko Ono (1933), Dennis DeYoung (1947), Cybill Shepherd (1950), John Travolta (1954), Vanna White (1957), Matt Dillon (1964), Molly Ringwald (1968), and Jillian Michaels (1974).
RIP Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939), and Jack Palance (1919-2006).
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"I used to stand up for what I believe, now, I believe in what I stand up for.” - Marie-Suzanne Labelle (A.K.A Marie-Sue)
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” - Anatole France
“A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart chose for you.” - Proverb
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson
“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” - Nicholas Murray Butler
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Date Posted : 2011-02-11 | Category : Education | Comment : 1 comment
In 1872, the Meiji government proclaimed February 11, 660 BC, in the Gregorian calendar the foundation day of Japan, which was then commemorated as the holiday Kigensetsu ("Era Day")
On This Date In 1776 Georgia's royal governor, Sir James Wright, escaped from his residence in Savannah to the safety of a waiting British warship, the HMS Scarborough, anchored at the mouth of the Savannah River, and returned to London.
On This Date In 1778 some 300 people visited Voltaire following his return to Paris. Voltaire had been in exile for 28 years.
On This Date In 1805 Sacagawea, the Shoshone Indian interpreter and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, gave birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.
On This Date In 1847 Thomas Edison, inventor of the first reusable lightbulb, was born. See additional bio on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjJwyUXcd4
On This Date In 1858 In southern France, Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, a 14-year-old French peasant girl, first claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure in the Roman Catholic religion. The apparitions, which totaled 18 before the end of the year, occurred in a grotto of a rock promontory near Lourdes, France. Marie explained that the Virgin Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a fountain in the grotto, which Marie subsequently discovered by digging into the earth.
On This Date In 1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Illinois, as he embarked on his journey to Washington. Knowing seven states of the lower South had already seceded from the Union, and his next actions could lead to civil war, he spoke at his departure: "Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young man to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being... I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail... To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." Indeed, Lincoln's words were prophetic—a funeral train carried him back to Springfield just over four years later.
On This Date In 1928 through February 19, the II Olympic Winter Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
On This Date In 1937, after a six-week sit-down strike by General Motors (GM) autoworkers at the Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, GM president Alfred P. Sloan signed the first union contract in the history of the American auto industry.
On This Date In 1941, Glenn Miller was presented the first Gold Record for his interpretation of “Chattanooga Choo-Choo”.
On This Date In 1945 A week of secret meetings between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Black Sea port of Yalta ended, and Roosevelt and his daughter, Anna, began their journey home. The meeting was his last appearance at an international conference.
On This Date In 1952 a series of deadly avalanches begins across central Europe. Overall, it is estimated that 78 people died across Europe from the snowstorm and resulting avalanches.
On This Date In 1960 The Payola scandal reached a new level of public prominence and legal gravity, when President Eisenhower called it an issue of public morality, and the FCC proposed a new law making involvement in Payola a criminal act.
On This Date In 1970 From the Kagoshima Space Center on the east coast of Japan's Ohsumi Peninsula, Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite, was successfully launched into an orbit around Earth. The achievement made Japan the world's fourth space power, after the Soviet Union in 1957, the United States in 1958, and France in 1965.
On This Date In 1979, followers of Allatolah Komeini seized power in Iran. Komeini would return 15 years later.
On This Date In 1989 ”Little Vera” (Russian: Ма́ленькая Ве́ра, Malenkaya Vera), a film by the Russian film director Vasili Pichul, and made at Gorky Film Studio, was released.
On This Date In 1990, in a major upset, Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, in 10 rounds at a boxing match in Tokyo, Japan.
On This Date In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Janet Reno for Attorney General
On This Date In 2000 ”The Tigger Movie”, a 2000 American/Japanese animated family film directed by Jun Falkenstein, was released. Part of the Winnie the Pooh series, this film features Pooh's friend Tigger in his search for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself.
On This Date In 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a friend in a quayle-hunting trip in Texas.
On This Date In 2007 The 49th Annual Grammy Awards, a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States, was held. The awards were handed out on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
On This Date In 2008 several of J.R.R Tolkien’s heirs joined a group of publishers in filing a $150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema, in Los Angeles Superior Court.
On This Date In 2009 Brett Favre informed the New York Jets that he would retire after 18 seasons. Report on the announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdi4gvt5hoM&feature=player_embedded
On This Date In 2009 Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as the new Prime Minister Of Zimbabwe.
On This Date In 2010 A day after his brother, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, pleaded not guilty to corruption charges, Robert Blagojevich appeared in federal court in Chicago on Thursday morning and entered the same plea to similar accusations. Robert Blagojevich, who ran his brother's campaign fund in part of 2008, pleaded not guilty to three new criminal counts, including extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and bribery conspiracy.
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Happy Birthday Tina Louise(1934), Burt Reynolds (1936), Sergio Mendes (1941), Jeb Bush (1953), Carey Lowell (1961), Sheryl Crow (1962), Sarah Palin (1964), Jennifer Aniston (1969), and Alex Jones (1974).
RIP William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), Thomas Edison (1847-1931), Leo Szilard (1898-1964), Max Baer (1909-1959), Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007), Eva Gabor (1920-1995), Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), and Mel Carnahan (1934-2000).
Quotes:
It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain. Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.' Lee Iacocca (1924 - )
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw
God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands. George W. Bush, Klein, J. (2004). The perils of a righteous president. Time, May 17: 25.
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A Tribute to Tina Louise
A tribute to one of the most beautiful and sexy actresses of the past few decades - Tina Louise!
Tribute to the great Leslie Nielsen 1926-2010. (Few of his best Performences)
RIP Leslie Nielsen, One of the funniest actors of the last century.
Primo Carnera vs Max Baer
Max Baer made good his boasts when he defeated Primo Carnera, and so became heavyweight boxing champion of the world, at Long Island, New York
Mini biography on Sarah Palin
Happy Birthday, Sarah!
Remember the tests of time, feature them in your thinking daily, bring your resolutions forward to share!
Date Posted : 2010-12-17 | Category : Education | Comment : No Comment
On This Date In 1620 The Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor, the location of Plymouth Rock, where colonists are said to have first set foot on land.
On This Date In 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was born. A German composer and pianist, he was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time.
On This Date In 1801 The Treaty of Fort Adams was signed between the Choctaw (an American Indian tribe) and the United States Government.
On This Date In 1880 The Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
On This Date In 1903 two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, named Wilbur and Orville Wright, were successful in flying an airplane they built. Their powered aircraft flew for 12 seconds above the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, making them the first men to pilot a heavier-than-air machine that took off on its own power, remained under control, and sustained flight.
On This Date In 1944 The Malmedy massacre, a war crime in which about 90 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors, was committed by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge.
On This Date In 1971 'Hunky Dory', the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, was released by RCA Records. And, 'Diamonds Are Forever', the seventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, was released.
On This Date In 1979 Stan Barrett attempted to break the Land Speed Record, and the sound barrier in the Budweiser Rocket rocket powered three-wheel vehicle. His calculated speed was 739.666 miles per hour, (Mach 1.01), which would have made Barrett the first man to break the sound barrier in a land vehicle. The attempt was surrounded by controversy and the speed was never officially recorded.
On This Date In 1991 Desmond Howard Won the Heisman Trophy.
On This Date In 1996 the FDA Approved Pfizer's Lipitor.
On This Date In 1997 Jorn Barger became the first person to use the term "weblog" to describe his collection of links logged from the internet.
On This Date In 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film) was released. On This Date In 2003 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King was released
On This Date In 2009 Associated Press named Tiger Woods 'Athlete of the Decade'.
And On This Date In 2009 Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, announced she would divorce the world's No. 1 golfer.
Happy Birthday Ernie Hudson (1945), Chris Matthews (1945), Eugene Levy (1946), Bill Pullman (1953), Laurie Holden (1972), Giovanni Ribisi (1974), and Milla Jovovich (1975).
RIP Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), William Lyon Mackenzie, three-time Prime Minister of Canada (1874-1950), Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992), and Bob Guccione (1930-2010).
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Christmas Shoes (by: Newsong)
Touching life, and love for one another.
Christmas Lights Gone Wild
...Carson's Christmas display proved so popular that it was featured in a Miller Lite beer commercial in December 2005.
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
War is over, if you want it.
JOHN LENNON - Imagine and So this is Christmas (War is Over)
Learn more about war history and American War statistics.(1775 up to present) - Slideshow compilation and vignettes on the tragedy and recent history of warfare.
Charlie Brown Christmas
Linus explains what Christmas is all about.
Quotes:
We are all pencils in the hand of God. -Mother Theresa
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. -Helen Keller
Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you. -William Shakespeare
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. -Socrates
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. -George Bernard Shaw
Date Posted : 2010-09-28 | Category : News | Comment : No Comment
UNION COUNTY, NJ - The Kislak Co. Inc. has completed two transactions here totaling $1.5 million, including a 14-unit multifamily property in Linden that sold for $1 million and a bank-owned mixed-use retail and multifamily property in Hillside that sold for $460,000. Vice president Jeffrey Squires represented both parties in the separate transactions.
“Kislak is experiencing increased demand for multifamily properties throughout New Jersey and we are also representing more new investors in search of small to mid-sized properties,” says Robert Holland, senior vice president and co-managing director at Kislak. “With interest rates still very low and occupancy rates high, properties such as these are in demand.”
The Linden property is a garden apartment with separate entrances and parking situated across from the Linden train station, which provides easy access to New York City. “Kislak had an exclusive listing to sell the property,” Squires tells GlobeSt.com. “It had tremendous upside potential, which the purchaser appreciated, given the neighborhood, full occupancy and under-market rents. The purchaser will do very well with the property long-term, especially his given plans to renovate the apartments.”
The property sold at relatively low 6.3% cap rate, which shows the strength of the local market. Sixty-percent financing was provided by the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union. The seller was represented by Nelson C. Monteiro Esq. of Elizabeth and the purchaser was represented by John J. Becz,Esq. of Rutherford.
The Hillside transaction was a bank foreclosure sale of a downtown mixed-use 10,000-square-foot property that includes six retail spaces and four apartments. “Kislak also had an exclusive to sell this property and we quickly secured an all-cash purchaser in only a few weeks,” relates Squires. “We represented a large bank and marketed the property at an aggressive price given its 50% occupancy. This appealed to investors in search of distressed properties that offer value-added opportunities. An existing client purchased the property and this transaction marked his second with Kislak in as many years.”
The $460,000 sale price is below other comparable non-distressed properties in Hillside. The purchaser, who plans to renovate the property and fill the vacancies, was represented by Irving Tobin Esq. of Hillside.
Source: http://www.globest.com/news/1756_1756/newjersey/302882-1.html?ET=globest:e23629:272158a:&st=email
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Date Posted : 2010-09-28 | Category : Education | Comment : No Comment
There is good and bad news throughout countries and their markets where economic factors and government projections of growth are weighing heavily on the public and private sectors. Certainly, as the analyses of 'how we all got into this mess' go on for the next ten years (more?!), we need to be aware that, even in a time where politicians want to rule the roost and the world (!), there is work to do. Business wants to survive and thrive, and will move as far forward as it needs to in order to remain, or become, competitive, and in not-so-obvious ways will make inroads to achieve goals, and in other manners and matters, will put themselves in the limelight for public inspection of their works. In Cole Files Two Non-Traded REIT IPOs Totaling $7B [http://www.globest.com/news/1755_1755/phoenix/302873-1.html], with its accompanying initial article [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100923005859/en/Cole-Advisor-Retail-Income-REIT-Cole-Advisor], we see REITs being positioned for more growth in a company that seems to have a steady hand in its market. Canadian REIT Artis to buy AMB properties for $115M [http://houston.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/09/27/story2.html] lets us know there is still a good amount of dealmaking happening, facilitating expansion of industry and broadening tax bases for cities desperately needing this. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and Digital Realty Trust, L.P. Commence Exchange Offer of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.'s 5.875% Notes due 2020 for Registered Notes [http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/prnews/100927/la71286.html?.v=1] gives us insight as to the bargaining and agreement issues that many entities use in bartering for financial undertakings, and the circumstances that come to pass to keep those finances in check and balance. Whether some of those issues become one of a positive or negative nature, time tells us there are situations that can and do lend themselves to 'lessons taught' - Citicorp, AIG, GM, BofA, etc. - and either we learn to remove the incentives to do business that is detrimental to all involved, including and not limited to, global calamity, or we let the wheels spin again and see what happens 'next time'. I, for one, choose the former, since the effort to continue in a more dignified manner is far more enticing than 'what can we get away with now'.
Moving forward with the benefit of hindsight, we can surely see, and easily so, that corruption, greed, and playing with OPM(other people's money) (bad business decisions by corporations and industries KNOWING what they do; governments that feed on weaknesses in markets, and take advantage of power GIVEN THEM by their consitituents; other factors) lead to downfalls that ARE unpredictable...who needs THAT?!
Look to the best scenarios for direction, and avoid those which make a case for a fast buck only - and damn the consequences!: individuals and private enterprise will grow and prosper, and government intervention will be a lot less than what is perceived now as necessary.
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