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On this day in history ..
0653 - St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0656 - Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam
0676 - Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1091 - Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland
1119 - Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders
1291 - Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, & destroyed
1397 - Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
1535 - English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
1579 - Anti-English uprising in Ireland
1579 - Francis Drake entered SF Bay
1579 - Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of Calif
1580 - Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
1583 - Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
1609 - Netherlands, England & France sign 12 year Covenant
1665 - Battle at Viciosa: English & Portuguese army beat Spain
1700 - Mass orders priest to leave the colony
1734 - French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
1745 - American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
1789 - 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
1815 - Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
1824 - Bureau of Indian Affairs established
1837 - Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
1850 - Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
1855 - Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
1856 - Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
1861 - Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
1863 - Battle at Middleburg Virginia
1863 - Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
1863 - Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
1863 - Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
1864 - -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
1864 - 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
1864 - General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
1864 - Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
1876 - 1st to hit 2 HRs; & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
1876 - Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
1880 - John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
1882 - Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
1885 - Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
1894 - 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1895 - US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
1897 - William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti

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1911 - Belgium govt of De Broqueville forms
1915 - League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia
1916 - 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
1916 - US troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
1917 - British king George V takes the name Windsor
1919 - "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
1920 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
1928 - Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
1930 - Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge
1930 - Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
1932 - Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
1933 - Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob
1937 - Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY
1938 - Japan declares war on China
1940 - France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
1940 - General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
1940 - Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1940 - USSR occupies Estonia
1942 - 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
1943 - Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
1944 - -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
1944 - Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons
1944 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark
1944 - Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland
1944 - Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London
1945 - Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
1946 - SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
1947 - 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
1947 - Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin
1947 - Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
1948 - Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
1950 - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
1950 - Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
1951 - "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
1952 - 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
1953 - Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
1953 - Riots in East Germany for reunification
1953 - Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
1954 - CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)
1954 - Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 - Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends
1956 - Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister
1957 - "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2
1957 - Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
1958 - Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
1959 - Eamon de Valera elected pres of Ireland
1960 - Ted Williams hit his 500th HR

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1961 - "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 8 perfs
1961 - 61st US Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1961 - Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt
1962 - 62nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA
1962 - Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago
1962 - Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
1962 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
1963 - British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
1963 - Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
1965 - 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)
1965 - 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
1965 - Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
1966 - Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers
1967 - "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5
1967 - 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
1967 - Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed
1967 - China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
1967 - Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers & Athletics)
1968 - Belgium govt of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1968 - KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold
1969 - "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
1970 - Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera
1972 - "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38
1972 - 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate
1972 - Chile president Allende forms new government
1972 - Looking Glass releases "Brandy"
1973 - 1st du Maurier Golf Classic (La Canadienne): Jocelyne Bourassa
1973 - 73rd US Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC PA
1973 - Russian party leader Brezhnev visits US
1975 - Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US
1976 - ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
1976 - Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
1978 - "Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
1978 - Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
1979 - "Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
1979 - 79th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo
1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1980 - Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour

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1981 - Battle between Moslems & Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
1982 - Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech)
1982 - President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat
1984 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1984 - John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada
1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
1986 - Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1988 - Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips
1988 - Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
1988 - Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0
1988 - Soyuz TM-5 launches
1988 - Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
1989 - US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1990 - "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 perfs
1990 - "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 perfs
1990 - 90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
1990 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991 - Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
1991 - Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
1991 - South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
1992 - Conn Gov Lowell Weicker & WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
1992 - Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns
1992 - Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, S Africa, kills 42
1993 - Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
1994 - 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
1994 - OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1� hours, eventually gives up (seen live on TV)
1995 - "Who's Tommy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 899 performances
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM
1997 - NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1239 - Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England
1604 - Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)
1682 - Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
1703 - John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)
1714 - Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor)
1725 - Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
1742 - William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)
1750 - Michel Woldemar, composer
1756 - Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
1810 - F Freiligrath, writer
1811 - Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
1817 - Ivan K A�vazovski, Russan painter (Harbor Scenes)
1817 - Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1818 - Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust)
1818 - Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III
1823 - John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1828 - Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
1830 - Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
1832 - William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)
1837 - Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863
1838 - Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)
1838 - Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer (Monastery of Delight)
1845 - Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
1855 - Fritz Steinbach, composer
1858 - Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA)
1861 - Sidney James Jones, composer
1867 - John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
1870 - George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)
1871 - James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
1871 - Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania
1874 - Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)
1875 - Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World)
1878 - Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1880 - Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
1880 - Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
1882 - Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]
1883 - Alexandre Cellier, composer
1884 - Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
1888 - Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
1895 - Louise Fazenda, Lafayette IN, actress/com�dienne (Almost an actress)
1895 - Slavko Osterc, composer
1898 - Maurits C Escher, Dutch graphic artist

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1900 - Hermann Reuter, composer
1900 - Martin Bormann, propoganda minister (Hitler)
1903 - Michail Swetlow, writer
1904 - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist
1904 - Ralph Bellamy, Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places)
1906 - Thomas G Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer
1908 - Frank Sully, St Louis MO, actor (Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief)
1908 - Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer
1908 - John Verrall, composer
1910 - Herbert Owen Reed, composer
1910 - Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1912 - Don Gillis, Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5�)
1912 - Wessel Couzijn, sculptor/cartoonist (Auschwitz-monument)
1913 - Felix Hartlaub, writer
1914 - John R Hersey, author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall)
1915 - Stringbean, [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw)
1916 - Einar Englund, composer
1916 - Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live
1917 - Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
1918 - Maldwyn Thomas, president (Welsh Liberal Party)
1919 - Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Lucifer)
1919 - Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer
1919 - Kingman Brewster, college president (Yale)
1919 - Max Dendermonde, [Henk Hazelhoff], Dutch literary
1920 - Beryl Reid, actress (Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard)
1920 - Fran�ois Jacob, France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965)
1920 - Patrick Duffy, MP
1922 - Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer
1922 - Jerry Fielding, Pitts Pa, composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes)
1922 - Paul Schall�ck, German writer (Don Quixote in Cologne)
1923 - Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
1924 - Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist (NAACP)
1924 - Gotthold Gloger, writer
1924 - Henk J Hoekstra, president (Dutch Communist Party)
1925 - Keith Larsen, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle)
1926 - Alan Walters, political economist
1926 - Manuel Enriquez, composer
1927 - Austin J Murphy, (Rep-D-PA, 1977- )
1927 - Lucio Fulci, director
1928 - James Brown, Pulaski TN, soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America)
1929 - Michael L Strang, (Rep-R-CO, 1985- )
1929 - Tigran Petrosyan, USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
1930 - Brian Statham, cricketer
1930 - James Gathers, Sumter SC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)
1930 - Romuald Twardowski, composer
1932 - Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner (Oly-bronze-1956)
1932 - John P Murtha, (Rep-D-PA, 1974- )

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1933 - Christian Ferras, French violinist/conductor
1937 - Peter Lupus, actor (Mission Impossible)
1938 - Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer
1939 - Dickey Do, [Gerry Granahan], rocker (Dickey Doo & The Dont's)
1939 - Donald Anderson, MP (Labour)
1939 - Hanna Johansen, writer
1940 - Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1940 - Tony Marlow, MP (Conservative)
1942 - Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
1943 - Christopher Brown, composer
1943 - Newt[on] L Gingrich, (Rep-R-G, 1979- /Speaker of House 1995-97)
1944 - Bill Rafferty, comedian (Real People, Laugh-in '77)
1944 - Chris Spedding, rocker
1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France)
1945 - Ken Livingstone, MP (Labour)
1945 - Tony Roche, tennis coach
1946 - Barry Manilow, Bkln NY, singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs)
1946 - Marcy Kaptur, (Rep-D-HA, 1983- )
1948 - David Concepcion, Venezuela, all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds)
1948 - Rub�n Blades, Panama, singer/actor (Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition)
1949 - Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator
1950 - Cathy Sherk, LPGA golfer
1951 - Joe Piscopo, Passaic NJ, comedian (SNL, Miller Lite commercials)
1954 - Mark Linn-Baker, St Louis, actor (Larry Appleton-Perfect Strangers)
1956 - Nicholas Cook, cricketer
1956 - Nick Cook, cricketer (England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89)
1957 - Philip Chevron, English pop musician (Pogues-Peace & Love)
1958 - Dan McVicar, Independence Mo, actor (Clarke-Bold & Beautiful)
1960 - Mitzi Edge, Albany GA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic)
1962 - Ed Brady, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1963 - Greg Kinnear, actor/talk show host (Talk Soup, Sabrina, Later)
1963 - Kevin Glover, NFL center (Detroit Lions)
1964 - Diane Murphy, actress (Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched)
1964 - Erin Murphy, actress (Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched)
1964 - Michael Gross, West Germany, swimmer (Olympic-2 world records-1984)
1964 - Steve Rhodes, cricketer (England wicket-keeper 1994-95)
1965 - Dan Jansen, West Allis Wisc, speed skater (Oly-gold-1984, 88, 92)
1965 - Danny McManus, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 - Dermontti Dawson, NFL center (Pitts Steelers)
1965 - Gianluca Pozzi, Bari Italy, tennis star (1991 Brisbane)
1965 - Kami Cotler, Long Beach Calif, actress (Elizabeth-Waltons)
1965 - Mike Magnante, Glendale CA, pitcher (KC Royals)
1965 - Ray Seals, NFL defensive end (Pitts Steelers, Carolina Panthers)
1966 - Clare Look-Jaeger, Milwaukee Wisconsin, high jumper
1966 - Fred Barnett, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
1967 - Keith Sims, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Pearl Sinn, LPGA golfer

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1967 - Robyn Meagher, Antigonish Nova Scotia, 5k runner (Olympics-96)
1967 - Terry Davis, NBA forward/center (Dallas Mavericks, Wash Wizards)
1969 - Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-Silver-98)
1969 - Kevin Thornton, Amarillo, vocalist (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up)
1969 - Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward (Team Sweden Oly-1998)
1970 - Arnold Ale, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Jason Hanson, NFL kicker (Detroit Lions)
1970 - Popeye Jones, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
1970 - Ron "Popeye" Jones, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1970 - Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche)
1971 - Tripp Schwenk, US, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-silver-96)
1972 - Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 - James McKnight, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1975 - Frederick Koehler, Queens NY, actor (Chip-Kate & Allie)
1975 - Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
1977 - Andrea Deak, Miss Universe-Hungary (1996)
1977 - Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
1977 - Jason Miller, Silver Springs Md, actor (New Mickey Mouse Club)
1978 - Jenny Keim, Cin Ohio, diver (Olympics-9th-96)
1979 - Cawey Schau, Seattle Wash, canoist (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 - Andee Pickens, New Orleans La, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 - Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ)
1980 - Venus Williams, Lynwood Calif, tennis star

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Speeders
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Sitting on the edge of the highway waiting to catch speeders, a state police officer
saw a car driving along at 22 M.P.H. He thinks to himself, that car is just as dangerous
as a speeder. So, he turns his lights on and pulls the car over. Approaching the car, he
notices there are 5 old ladies, two at the front and 3 at the back, wide eyed and looking
like ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, said, "Officer, I don�t understand, I
wasn�t doing over the speed limit!  What did you pull me over for?"

"Ma�am," the officer said,  "You should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be dangerous".

"Slower than the speed limit? No sir! I was doing exactly 22 miles an hour", the old woman said proudly.

The officer, trying not to laugh, explains that 22 is the route number, not the speed limit.  A little embarrassed, the
woman smiled and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.

"Before I go Ma�am, I have to ask, is everyone ok? These women seem badly shaken and haven�t said a word since I pulled you over."

"Oh! they�ll be all right in a minute, officer. We just got off Route
142" ...

[LSUFAN]

Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning, Chip.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Good morning Chip and LTG.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Just finished up some work and heading to bed for a couple of hours.