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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2014, 02:27:35 AM »

In 1912, aviator Harriet Quimby, 37, was killed along with her passenger, William Willard, when they were thrown out of Quimby's monoplane at the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2014, 02:28:09 AM »

In 1934, Hollywood began enforcing its Production Code subjecting motion pictures to censorship review.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2014, 02:29:01 AM »

In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
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« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2014, 02:29:43 AM »

In 1963, the U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2014, 02:30:10 AM »

In 1973, the Drug Enforcement Administration was established.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2014, 02:30:47 AM »

In 1974, the president of Argentina, Juan Peron, died; he was succeeded by his wife, Isabel Martinez de Peron.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2014, 02:31:10 AM »

In 1980, "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2014, 02:31:42 AM »

In 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" rating.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2014, 02:32:08 AM »

In 1994, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile as he drove from Egypt into Gaza.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2014, 02:32:36 AM »

Ten years ago: Legendary film and stage actor Marlon Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80. Saddam Hussein scoffed at charges of war crimes and mass killings, making a defiant first public appearance in an Iraqi court since being hunted down seven months earlier. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong to demand democratic rights from China. The Cassini spacecraft sent back photographs of Saturn's shimmering rings.
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« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2014, 02:33:00 AM »

Five years ago: President Barack Obama held an hour-long town hall forum on health care reform in Annandale, Virginia, where, in an emotional moment, he hugged cancer patient Debby Smith, a volunteer for Obama's political operation, Organizing for America. Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden, 97, died in Brentwood, California.
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« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2014, 02:33:47 AM »

One year ago: President Barack Obama, during a visit to Tanzania, brushed aside sharp European criticism, suggesting that all nations spy on each other as the French and Germans expressed outrage over allegations of U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. President Obama joined his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, at a wreath-laying ceremony honoring victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Serena Williams joined a growing list of marquee names eliminated early at a wild and unpredictable Wimbledon, losing to Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the fourth round. "Twister" game inventor Charles "Chuck" Foley, 82, died in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2014, 02:34:27 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Actress Olivia de Havilland is 98. Actress-dancer Leslie Caron is 83. Actress Jean Marsh is 80. Actor Jamie Farr is 80. Bluesman James Cotton is 79. Actor David Prowse is 79. Cookiemaker Wally Amos is 78. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 73. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 72. Gospel singer Andrae Crouch is 72. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 69. Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 64. Actor Daryl Anderson is 63. Actor Trevor Eve is 63. Actor Terrence Mann is 63. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52's) is 63. Pop singer Victor Willis (Village People) is 63. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 62. Actress Lorna Patterson is 58. Actor Alan Ruck is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 54. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 53. Country singer Michelle Wright is 53. Actor Andre Braugher is 52. Actor Dominic Keating is 52. Actress Pamela Anderson is 47. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 44. Rock musician Franny Griffiths (Space) is 44. Actor Henry Simmons is 44. Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott is 43. Actress Julianne Nicholson is 43. Actress Melissa Peterman is 43. Rock musician Bryan Devendorf (The National) is 39. Actress Liv Tyler is 37. Bluegrass musician Adam Haynes (Dailey & Vincent) is 35. Actress Hilarie Burton is 32. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 31. Actress Lea Seydoux (LEE'-uh say-DOO') is
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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2014, 02:35:01 AM »

Thought for Today: "Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people." — David Sarnoff, American broadcasting pioneer (1891-1971).

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Re: 7/1/2014
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2014, 02:36:16 AM »

Janitor or Millionaire
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Closer Than You Think!

An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor. The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test (Section: Floors, sweeping and cleaning).

After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your first day. Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to be employed.

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 lb flat of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes individually at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And thus it dawns on him that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes. Getting up early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly.

After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can buy a pick-up truck to support his expanding business. By the end of the second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of a hundred former unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to amass such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? Just imagine where you would be now, if you had been connected to the Internet from the very start!"

After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"

Moral of this story:

1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life.
2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a millionaire.
3. Since you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire.
4. If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been taken to the cleaners by Microsoft.
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