Thursday, May 7, 2009
John W Creasy
Though not a movie critic, and certainly not a timely movie watcher, I was struck by this movie in an unusual way. First, some background. The girls (wife and daughter) out for the night visiting a Clay Aiken gala in a different city. I'm alone to do what men do when they are alone. For me, it's woodworking, surfing the net, and watching "man" movies. The guy at the video store recommended this movie: "lot's of action and car chases," he said. "You'll like it." Well, I liked it. And not for the car chases. Wash. plays a former bad guy, who probably worked for the govt as a "black ops" thingie. He's a drunk, unable to love. He takes a set up job (set up by his friend, C. Walken) as a body guard for a kid in Mex. City. Her mom is American, so she's blonde. And cute. And eleven. He falls for her, satisfying the viewer. She's kidnapped and, apparently, killed. He, with his black ops skills, goes on a revenge rampage. Also very satisfying. She's returned to her mother, satisfying. Only one thing to criticize. When he's on his way to killing all the bad guys, I wish he'd become, how shall I say it? Dispensable. In other words, this character, if he had nothing to lose, literally, for the (male) viewer, would be perfect. Usually there's some sort of risk, the girlfriend is in danger, the good guys are going to get it (Magnificent 7). When DW starts to kill, and he starts to succeed, the tension builds that the cops will get him. We definitely don't want that. And so, the filmmaker would have done us a favor if DW was absolutely "cost-free" as a revenge-machine. I pondered whether what I was really asking for was cost-free wrongdoing. And I don't think so; the movie is quite emotional because he's a mess and this little girl is the one who somehow finds the key to unlock his miserable life. But, when she's (apparently) gone, no matter how complicated the plot to kidnap her, nor how corrupt the Mex. police, we are uncomfortable when he's about his bad work because (a) he's taking the law into his own hands (something frowned upon these days) and (b) he may get caught. If we don't care emotionally about him -- no "hostages to fate" -- then we can sit back and take the risks he takes and suffer the consequences. At the end, he is not rescued by the bumbling Mex police who were mere minutes away. And he should have been. But that's a secondary point. If John W. Creasy (DW's character) had disabused us of any emotional connection whatsoever, but only during the revenge part of the movie, I, for one, think it would have been a better movie. Sincerely, Movie Central Mr. Commissar, CEO
ruhama canellis
Segun nos contaron, Ruhama Canellis y El Padre Alberto se conocieron cuando el papacito, perdon, el padrecito comenzo a dar misas en la Iglesia de San Patrick en la playa, a donde asistian famosas como Sofia Vergara y Shakira, hace como cinco anos.Cuentan que ella estaba recien divorciada y comenzo una amistad que termino en una relacion secreta por tres anos. A finales del 2008 terminaron pero regresaron en enero del 2009. De ahi que las fotos, tomadas en febrero, fueran tan romanticas celebrando El Dia de los Enamorados, 14 de febrero.Incluso el jueves de la semana pasada El Padre Alberto, Ruhama y su hijo cenaban en un restaurante de la playa.Dicen en Gen TV, Canal 8 para el que trabaja el Padre Alberto que, ultimamente, se le veia diferente y cancelaba las grabaciones (incluso una con Lucia Mendez) sin previo aviso, alegando que lo habian llamado a una reunion de momento, cosa que tambien es posible pero como estan las cosas, suponemos que el poco tiempo que tendria el Padre lo compartia con Ruhama.Tambien cuentan los chismes que sus amigos cercanos estan que trinan de la ira contra el padrecito por haberse dejado tomar esas fotografias.
First Family
SYRACUSE -- The city was a far cry from sprawling suburban homes when Joseph and Isabella Bodily settled there in the spring of 1877.
In fact, they had the first one-room cabin on an 80-acre homestead at the time. Eventually, that cabin was joined by a house, which burned down in the 1940s.
Those pieces of history are now preserved in a new display at the Syracuse City Museum.
The city is hosting an open house to honor the Bodily family, who was one of the first families to live in Syracuse.
Museum worker Bev Gooch said the Bodily family was believed to be the first in many aspects, from having the first home to the first baby and more.
The display honoring them includes poster boards filled with photos and written information about some of the family descendants. Artifacts, such as old temple recommends from as far back as 1941 and bricks from the old home, are part of the display.
At the open house at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Bodily family will be honored. The ceremony will include a performance by Robert Bodily, who is believed to be the oldest living descendant of the Bodily settlers.
Though Robert Bodily, who is in his 90s, left Syracuse in 1946 to live in surrounding cities before settling permanently in North Ogden, he said he has many memories of his original home.
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His love for music started when he was just 14 and living in Syracuse. He remembers having a dream about being in a band. That dream inspired him to walk the seven miles to Glen Brothers Music on 25th Street in Ogden from his Syracuse home.
There he bought a guitar and had one music lesson. He said it took many hours of working on the farm to get the money for that, but it was well worth it.
He remembers singing songs while strumming his guitar to entertain his fellow servicemen during World War II.
He served three years, two months and one day in the Army, spending time in Japan and the Philippines. When he left for the war, his daughter was 2 months old, and he returned to find her a toddler.
Long after that service, though, he still continued with his love for music.
Bob's Band is still playing today. His group used to go to local senior centers. Though it performs less, he said the group still producing its own CDs and he is even writing music.
He is excited to perform at the celebration honoring his family. Even more than that, he thinks the display is a wonderful tribute.
"I was tickled to death when I found out," Bodily said.
Gooch said having such displays is important.
"Kids are forgetting about the history. The land is gone. The farming is gone. We have to keep reminding them and showing them."
Just last month, the museum had 600 school-age children at the museum looking at the different displays.
This new display adds another touch of history. Gooch said it honors people such as Mae Bodily, who was a teacher at Syracuse Elementary for 40-plus years before retiring.
"The kids are really interested in what went on," she said.
The display on the Bodily family will continue to be part of the museum indefinitely.
Gooch said museum organizers hope to continue to add to the city's rich history by building displays of other first settling families.
"We want to keep that history alive in Syracuse," she said.
"We want to honor the families that were the first here in Syracuse."
In fact, they had the first one-room cabin on an 80-acre homestead at the time. Eventually, that cabin was joined by a house, which burned down in the 1940s.
Those pieces of history are now preserved in a new display at the Syracuse City Museum.
The city is hosting an open house to honor the Bodily family, who was one of the first families to live in Syracuse.
Museum worker Bev Gooch said the Bodily family was believed to be the first in many aspects, from having the first home to the first baby and more.
The display honoring them includes poster boards filled with photos and written information about some of the family descendants. Artifacts, such as old temple recommends from as far back as 1941 and bricks from the old home, are part of the display.
At the open house at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Bodily family will be honored. The ceremony will include a performance by Robert Bodily, who is believed to be the oldest living descendant of the Bodily settlers.
Though Robert Bodily, who is in his 90s, left Syracuse in 1946 to live in surrounding cities before settling permanently in North Ogden, he said he has many memories of his original home.
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His love for music started when he was just 14 and living in Syracuse. He remembers having a dream about being in a band. That dream inspired him to walk the seven miles to Glen Brothers Music on 25th Street in Ogden from his Syracuse home.
There he bought a guitar and had one music lesson. He said it took many hours of working on the farm to get the money for that, but it was well worth it.
He remembers singing songs while strumming his guitar to entertain his fellow servicemen during World War II.
He served three years, two months and one day in the Army, spending time in Japan and the Philippines. When he left for the war, his daughter was 2 months old, and he returned to find her a toddler.
Long after that service, though, he still continued with his love for music.
Bob's Band is still playing today. His group used to go to local senior centers. Though it performs less, he said the group still producing its own CDs and he is even writing music.
He is excited to perform at the celebration honoring his family. Even more than that, he thinks the display is a wonderful tribute.
"I was tickled to death when I found out," Bodily said.
Gooch said having such displays is important.
"Kids are forgetting about the history. The land is gone. The farming is gone. We have to keep reminding them and showing them."
Just last month, the museum had 600 school-age children at the museum looking at the different displays.
This new display adds another touch of history. Gooch said it honors people such as Mae Bodily, who was a teacher at Syracuse Elementary for 40-plus years before retiring.
"The kids are really interested in what went on," she said.
The display on the Bodily family will continue to be part of the museum indefinitely.
Gooch said museum organizers hope to continue to add to the city's rich history by building displays of other first settling families.
"We want to keep that history alive in Syracuse," she said.
"We want to honor the families that were the first here in Syracuse."
santa barbara fires
From the back of his home in the Santa Barbara foothills, Albert Lindemann and his wife said they watched the fire scorch the mountainside.
The couple, who have lived at their five-bedroom home for more than 40 years, said they chose to stay behind Wednesday night to defend their home from the Jesusita Fire by using a fire-blocking gel.
"We just thought we could defend ourselves," Lindemann said. "Our house didn't catch on fire. I think we did everything right."
Lindemann, a history professor at UC Santa Barbara, said two of his pet donkeys -- Pollyanna and Angelina -- fled their open corral when flames closed in on the Lindemanns' home, situated along Tunnel Road, just south of Holly Road.
Standing outside their home this morning, Lindemann fed grass to Pollyanna, who had returned.
"I don't see any burns on her," Lindemann said, checking the animal's coat. She "seems to be OK. Maybe a little water, I'll just stay right here and wait for her mother to come back, but I'm not hopeful."
Lindemann said the vegetation surrounding his home had been burned. He said he was worried about spot fires and his neighbor's home.
"I feel pretty safe now," Lindemann said. "It might come back and burn this area, but it won't be like that firestorm."
Bob Klein, inspecting his home at the end of Holly Road, said he and a few neighbors had stayed behind too. Firefighters this morning were still camped outside his house. Klein pointed to six goat carcasses scattered on the mountainside.
Goats that had been brought in earlier to clear out the brush were evacuated when flames swept through the area. Klein, however, was unsure whether those were the same goats.
"As far as I know, all the people up here got their animals out," he said, adding, "There will be hell to pay come winter -- mudslides. The erosion will be terrible."
Jim McMullin, 66, a retired contractor, has lived at his home along Holly Road for 23 years. The house, built out of redwood lumber, was not damaged when flames reached the back. McMullin used six hoses to put out spot fires Wednesday night.
"I beat the fire back several times but never like this, this was pretty damn spooky," McMullin said. "I would not do it again, It scared the hell out of me and you're talking to an ex-military motorcycle rider."
At least two homes not far from McMullin's had burned down.
"Nobody's house was saved unless they stayed and fought," McMullin said as embers floated in the air.
He said he had recently taken measures to reinforce the eaves and tiled his back deck.
"If I hadn't tiled the deck," McMullin said, "I would have lost the house."
McMullin said that at one point he attempted to leave, but the fire trucks had blocked the road.
"We saved the house, but this is going to be a nightmare for the next four years, all that construction for the road," McMullin said. "A lot of these roads are not legal anymore, so the people who rebuild will have to conform. It's going to bankrupt a lot of people; this road is just not going to have a lot of people on it."
"There's still hot spots and it's going to blow again, we're not out of the woods yet," McMullin said as firefighters mopped up an area where the Tea Fire had burned last year.
The couple, who have lived at their five-bedroom home for more than 40 years, said they chose to stay behind Wednesday night to defend their home from the Jesusita Fire by using a fire-blocking gel.
"We just thought we could defend ourselves," Lindemann said. "Our house didn't catch on fire. I think we did everything right."
Lindemann, a history professor at UC Santa Barbara, said two of his pet donkeys -- Pollyanna and Angelina -- fled their open corral when flames closed in on the Lindemanns' home, situated along Tunnel Road, just south of Holly Road.
Standing outside their home this morning, Lindemann fed grass to Pollyanna, who had returned.
"I don't see any burns on her," Lindemann said, checking the animal's coat. She "seems to be OK. Maybe a little water, I'll just stay right here and wait for her mother to come back, but I'm not hopeful."
Lindemann said the vegetation surrounding his home had been burned. He said he was worried about spot fires and his neighbor's home.
"I feel pretty safe now," Lindemann said. "It might come back and burn this area, but it won't be like that firestorm."
Bob Klein, inspecting his home at the end of Holly Road, said he and a few neighbors had stayed behind too. Firefighters this morning were still camped outside his house. Klein pointed to six goat carcasses scattered on the mountainside.
Goats that had been brought in earlier to clear out the brush were evacuated when flames swept through the area. Klein, however, was unsure whether those were the same goats.
"As far as I know, all the people up here got their animals out," he said, adding, "There will be hell to pay come winter -- mudslides. The erosion will be terrible."
Jim McMullin, 66, a retired contractor, has lived at his home along Holly Road for 23 years. The house, built out of redwood lumber, was not damaged when flames reached the back. McMullin used six hoses to put out spot fires Wednesday night.
"I beat the fire back several times but never like this, this was pretty damn spooky," McMullin said. "I would not do it again, It scared the hell out of me and you're talking to an ex-military motorcycle rider."
At least two homes not far from McMullin's had burned down.
"Nobody's house was saved unless they stayed and fought," McMullin said as embers floated in the air.
He said he had recently taken measures to reinforce the eaves and tiled his back deck.
"If I hadn't tiled the deck," McMullin said, "I would have lost the house."
McMullin said that at one point he attempted to leave, but the fire trucks had blocked the road.
"We saved the house, but this is going to be a nightmare for the next four years, all that construction for the road," McMullin said. "A lot of these roads are not legal anymore, so the people who rebuild will have to conform. It's going to bankrupt a lot of people; this road is just not going to have a lot of people on it."
"There's still hot spots and it's going to blow again, we're not out of the woods yet," McMullin said as firefighters mopped up an area where the Tea Fire had burned last year.
bobby ray
Bobby R. Inman (born 4 April 1931 in Rhonesboro, Texas) is a retired United States admiral who held several influential positions in the U.S. Intelligence community.
Career He served as Director of Naval Intelligence from September 1974 to July 1976, then moved to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he served as Vice Director until 1977. He next became the Director of the National Security Agency. Inman held this post until 1981. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982.
Inman has been influential in various advisory roles. Notably, he chaired a commission on improving security at U.S. foreign installations after the Marine barracks bombing and the April 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. The commission's report has been influential in setting security design standards for U.S. Embassies.
Since 2001, Inman has been the LBJ Centennial Chair in National Policy at The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and in 2005 was the school's interim dean [1]. Inman graduated from Texas with a bachelor's in history in 1950.
Inman has also served on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dell Computer, SBC Corporation (now AT&T) [2] and Massey Energy. Massey, a Richmond Va. based corporation which practices the controversial method of mountaintop removal coal mining to blast the tops off Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky, has come under criticism for water pollution, worker safety and environmental record, including the Martin County coal sludge spill, a 300 million gallon spill of coal sludge waste into two pristine mountain streams in Kentucky in October, 2000.
Career He served as Director of Naval Intelligence from September 1974 to July 1976, then moved to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he served as Vice Director until 1977. He next became the Director of the National Security Agency. Inman held this post until 1981. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982.
Inman has been influential in various advisory roles. Notably, he chaired a commission on improving security at U.S. foreign installations after the Marine barracks bombing and the April 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. The commission's report has been influential in setting security design standards for U.S. Embassies.
Since 2001, Inman has been the LBJ Centennial Chair in National Policy at The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and in 2005 was the school's interim dean [1]. Inman graduated from Texas with a bachelor's in history in 1950.
Inman has also served on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dell Computer, SBC Corporation (now AT&T) [2] and Massey Energy. Massey, a Richmond Va. based corporation which practices the controversial method of mountaintop removal coal mining to blast the tops off Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky, has come under criticism for water pollution, worker safety and environmental record, including the Martin County coal sludge spill, a 300 million gallon spill of coal sludge waste into two pristine mountain streams in Kentucky in October, 2000.
nesn.com
NESN, New England's most watched sports network, is owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and delivered to over 4 million homes throughout the six-state New England region and nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network. The definitive source for New England sports programming, NESN has been the top rated regional sports network in the country the past 4 years and was the first regional sports network in the country to originate every game and studio show in high definition.
NESN's Mission Statement
The New England Sports Network is passionately focused on delivering Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins programming and promotion of unparalleled breadth and quality.
NESN is committed to the creation and distribution of New England Sports content that entertains, informs and enriches people’s lives.
We strive to become the pre-eminent regional sports network while maintaining superior financial performance, a challenging and rewarding work environment, and meaningful corporate citizenship.
NESN's Mission Statement
The New England Sports Network is passionately focused on delivering Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins programming and promotion of unparalleled breadth and quality.
NESN is committed to the creation and distribution of New England Sports content that entertains, informs and enriches people’s lives.
We strive to become the pre-eminent regional sports network while maintaining superior financial performance, a challenging and rewarding work environment, and meaningful corporate citizenship.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
keyt
KEYT-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo, California areas. Licensed to Santa Barbara, California the station broadcasts on digital UHF channel 27 and uses VHF channel 3 as its virtual channel. KEYT's transmitter is located on top of Broadcast Peak, located between Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez, California in the Santa Ynez Mountains. KEYT is owned and operated by Smith Media, LLC. KEYT's studios are located at 730 Miramonte Dr. on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara.
KEYT operates the area's MyNetwork TV affiliate on its DT2 digital subchannel, branded as MyRTN. It is also offered on Central Coast cable systems on channel 13. MyRTN clears the entire MyNetwork TV programming schedule and airs programming from Retro Television Network, as well as a few syndicated shows.
During the 1950s, the station ran programming from all four TV networks: ABC, CBS, DuMont, and NBC [1]. KEYT operates morning, afternoon, and evening newscasts. KEYT channel 3 has identified itself as KEY News since the 1980s. In the ratings game, KEYT is number one in ratings for late news.
Between KEYT's launch of its HDTV signal on March 2007 and September 2007, KEYT-HD was unavailable to cable subscribers in the Central Coast, due to a contract dispute with the local cable companies. KEYT has since reached an agreement with Cox Communications in Santa Barbara and Comcast in Santa Maria in providing its HDTV signal to them.
As of late October 2007, KEYT reached an agreement with Charter Cable in San Luis Obispo to carry its HDTV signal.
KEYT operates the area's MyNetwork TV affiliate on its DT2 digital subchannel, branded as MyRTN. It is also offered on Central Coast cable systems on channel 13. MyRTN clears the entire MyNetwork TV programming schedule and airs programming from Retro Television Network, as well as a few syndicated shows.
During the 1950s, the station ran programming from all four TV networks: ABC, CBS, DuMont, and NBC [1]. KEYT operates morning, afternoon, and evening newscasts. KEYT channel 3 has identified itself as KEY News since the 1980s. In the ratings game, KEYT is number one in ratings for late news.
Between KEYT's launch of its HDTV signal on March 2007 and September 2007, KEYT-HD was unavailable to cable subscribers in the Central Coast, due to a contract dispute with the local cable companies. KEYT has since reached an agreement with Cox Communications in Santa Barbara and Comcast in Santa Maria in providing its HDTV signal to them.
As of late October 2007, KEYT reached an agreement with Charter Cable in San Luis Obispo to carry its HDTV signal.
new moon teaser trailer
Amazon's listing for the Twilight Blu-Ray Ultimate Collector's Set includes news that a New Moon teaser trailer will be included on the May 5th DVD release. It's doubtful that much footage will be ready by then, as shooting is only due to start next week at the earliest. Still, after only two full months of filming, the first teaser footage of Twilight was released during the first week of May last year, and with Summit's lightning fast release schedule, anything is possible.
unthink kfc.com
9/9/1890Harland Sanders is born just outside Henryville, Indiana.
1900-1924Harland Sanders holds a variety of jobs including: farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith's helper, railyard fireman, insurance salesman, tire salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil.
1930In the midst of the depression, Harland Sanders opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders serves as station operator, chief cook and cashier and names the dining area "Sanders Court & Caf?"
1936Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon makes Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state's cuisine.
1937The Sanders Court & Caf?adds a motel and expands the restaurant to 142 seats.
1939The Sanders Court & Caf?is first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating."
Fire destroys The Sanders Court & Caf? but it is rebuilt and reopened.
The pressure cooker is introduced. Soon thereafter Colonel Sanders begins using it to fry his chicken to give customers fresh chicken, faster.
1940Birthdate of the Original Recipe
1949Sanders marries Claudia Price.
1952The Colonel begins actively franchising his chicken business by traveling from town to town and cooking batches of chicken for restaurant owners and employees.
The Colonel awards Pete Harman of Salt Lake City with the first KFC franchise. A handshake agreement stipulates a payment of a nickel to Sanders for each chicken sold.
1955An interstate highway is built to bypass Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders sells the service station on the same day that he receives his first social security check for $105. After paying debts owed, he is virtually broke. He decides to go on the road to sell his Secret Recipe to restaurants.
1957Kentucky Fried Chicken first sold in buckets
1960The Colonel's hard work on the road begins to pay off and there are 190 KFC franchisees and 400 franchise units in the U.S. and Canada.
1964Kentucky Fried Chicken has more than 600 franchised outlets in the United States, Canada and the first overseas outlet, in England.
Sanders sells his interest in the U.S. company for $2 million to a group of investors headed by John Y. Brown Jr., future governor of Kentucky. The Colonel remains a public spokesman for the company.
1965Colonel Sanders receives the Horatio Alger Award from the American Schools and Colleges Association.
1966The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation goes public.
1969The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1971More than 3,500 franchised and company-owned restaurants are in worldwide operation when Heublein Inc. acquires KFC Corporation.
1976An independent survey ranks the Colonel as the world's second most recognizable celebrity.
1977Colonel Sanders speaks before a U.S. Congressional Committee on Aging.
1979KFC cooks up 2.7 billion pieces of chicken. There are approximately 6,000 KFC restaurants worldwide with sales of more than $2 billion.
12/16/1980Colonel Harland Sanders, who came to symbolize quality in the food industry, dies after being stricken with leukemia. Flags on all Kentucky state buildings fly at half-staff for four days.
1982Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. (now RJR Nabisco, Inc.) when Heublein, Inc. is acquired by Reynolds.
1986PepsiCo, Inc. acquires KFC from RJR Nabisco, Inc.
1997PepsiCo, Inc. announces the spin-off of its quick service restaurants - KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
2002Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest restaurant company, changes its corporate name to YUM! Brands, Inc. In addition to KFC, the company owns A&W?All-American Food?Restaurants, Long John Silvers? Pizza Hut?and Taco Bell?restaurants.
2006More than a billion of the Colonel's "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners are served annually in more than 80 countries and territories around the world.
2007KFC proudly introduces a new recipe that keeps the Colonel's 11 herbs and spices and finger-lickin' flavor, but contains Zero Grams of Trans Fat per serving thanks to new cooking oil.
1900-1924Harland Sanders holds a variety of jobs including: farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith's helper, railyard fireman, insurance salesman, tire salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil.
1930In the midst of the depression, Harland Sanders opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders serves as station operator, chief cook and cashier and names the dining area "Sanders Court & Caf?"
1936Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon makes Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state's cuisine.
1937The Sanders Court & Caf?adds a motel and expands the restaurant to 142 seats.
1939The Sanders Court & Caf?is first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating."
Fire destroys The Sanders Court & Caf? but it is rebuilt and reopened.
The pressure cooker is introduced. Soon thereafter Colonel Sanders begins using it to fry his chicken to give customers fresh chicken, faster.
1940Birthdate of the Original Recipe
1949Sanders marries Claudia Price.
1952The Colonel begins actively franchising his chicken business by traveling from town to town and cooking batches of chicken for restaurant owners and employees.
The Colonel awards Pete Harman of Salt Lake City with the first KFC franchise. A handshake agreement stipulates a payment of a nickel to Sanders for each chicken sold.
1955An interstate highway is built to bypass Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders sells the service station on the same day that he receives his first social security check for $105. After paying debts owed, he is virtually broke. He decides to go on the road to sell his Secret Recipe to restaurants.
1957Kentucky Fried Chicken first sold in buckets
1960The Colonel's hard work on the road begins to pay off and there are 190 KFC franchisees and 400 franchise units in the U.S. and Canada.
1964Kentucky Fried Chicken has more than 600 franchised outlets in the United States, Canada and the first overseas outlet, in England.
Sanders sells his interest in the U.S. company for $2 million to a group of investors headed by John Y. Brown Jr., future governor of Kentucky. The Colonel remains a public spokesman for the company.
1965Colonel Sanders receives the Horatio Alger Award from the American Schools and Colleges Association.
1966The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation goes public.
1969The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1971More than 3,500 franchised and company-owned restaurants are in worldwide operation when Heublein Inc. acquires KFC Corporation.
1976An independent survey ranks the Colonel as the world's second most recognizable celebrity.
1977Colonel Sanders speaks before a U.S. Congressional Committee on Aging.
1979KFC cooks up 2.7 billion pieces of chicken. There are approximately 6,000 KFC restaurants worldwide with sales of more than $2 billion.
12/16/1980Colonel Harland Sanders, who came to symbolize quality in the food industry, dies after being stricken with leukemia. Flags on all Kentucky state buildings fly at half-staff for four days.
1982Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. (now RJR Nabisco, Inc.) when Heublein, Inc. is acquired by Reynolds.
1986PepsiCo, Inc. acquires KFC from RJR Nabisco, Inc.
1997PepsiCo, Inc. announces the spin-off of its quick service restaurants - KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
2002Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest restaurant company, changes its corporate name to YUM! Brands, Inc. In addition to KFC, the company owns A&W?All-American Food?Restaurants, Long John Silvers? Pizza Hut?and Taco Bell?restaurants.
2006More than a billion of the Colonel's "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners are served annually in more than 80 countries and territories around the world.
2007KFC proudly introduces a new recipe that keeps the Colonel's 11 herbs and spices and finger-lickin' flavor, but contains Zero Grams of Trans Fat per serving thanks to new cooking oil.
Canandaigua Academy
Canandaigua Academy suicide had extra ammo, explosive devices:
A 17-year-old senior who shot and killed himself this morning in a bathroom at Canandaigua Academy had 30 rounds of ammunition and two explosive devices in his locker.
Police said Thomas Kane used a sawed-off shotgun and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but did not use the Molotov cocktail-type devices, two glass bottles filled with liquid and rags, that were in his locker.
The district will start the day two hours late on Wednesday.
Canandaigua City Police Chief Jonathan P. Welch said police will have a greater presence at Canandaigua Academy but not because they think anything will happen.
going to run the full gamut on this to make sure there were no other students involved,?Welch said.
The school was put on lockdown following the morning shooting and students were evacuated and taken to Canandaigua Middle School.
No one else was hurt. After-school activities for grades six through 12 were also canceled.David Connell, 17, a Canandaigua Academy senior, has known Thomas Kane over the years."He seemed like a good kid to me," Connell said. "He didn't seem like the kind of kid who would do this."Kellie Baker, whose daughter attends Canandaigua Academy, was among the parents waiting at the middle school earlier today.
"What we've heard so far I think is that it was just one student that was involved, but I just feel bad for that student and his parents or her parents and all the parents here," Kellie Baker said. "I've lived here my whole life and we've never had anything like this happen.
"I did get a text from my daughter about 11:18 this morning and it just said 'Mom. I love you very much. I'm sorry if I've ever done anything mean to you. I love you.' And that was it," Baker said. "I thought it was kind of odd because we hadn't heard about this yet."
According to school spokesman Andrew Thomas, there was a "suicide with a firearm" that happened between 9:30 and 10 a.m. in a bathroom by the south entrance of the schoolæ¯ athletic wing. An automated phone message system at 1 p.m. alerted all approximately 4,000 parents in the Canandaigua City School District.
City Manager Kay James said she does not recall any other suicides at a Canandaigua school in recent history.Canandaigua School District Superintendent Donald Raw said he was "very proud" of how school officials and students responded to the situation. He said the students all remained calm and followed evacuation instructions.
Different emergency drills are practiced throughout the year, including drills for lockdowns and evacuation, both of which happened today.Welch said police were conducting a two-part investigation ?one of which involves searching the inside of the school and the other focusing on the outside, including the parking lot where some students were parked.
He said the vehicles would be returned to students once the investigation is complete. He said the investigation is a "precautionary measure." A few students, who the chief said are friends with the victim, are being interviewed by police.Officials do not know yet how the student brought the gun into the school. Raw said the school does not have metal detectors but there are some video cameras.
"We don have regular searching going on," Raw said.
The students were evacuated class by class and as they walked out, police searched each individual "to some degree." About 1,325 students attend Canandaigua Academy. Streets were blocked off near the school. The Canandaigua Fire Department assisted with traffic control in the area.
A 17-year-old senior who shot and killed himself this morning in a bathroom at Canandaigua Academy had 30 rounds of ammunition and two explosive devices in his locker.
Police said Thomas Kane used a sawed-off shotgun and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but did not use the Molotov cocktail-type devices, two glass bottles filled with liquid and rags, that were in his locker.
The district will start the day two hours late on Wednesday.
Canandaigua City Police Chief Jonathan P. Welch said police will have a greater presence at Canandaigua Academy but not because they think anything will happen.
going to run the full gamut on this to make sure there were no other students involved,?Welch said.
The school was put on lockdown following the morning shooting and students were evacuated and taken to Canandaigua Middle School.
No one else was hurt. After-school activities for grades six through 12 were also canceled.David Connell, 17, a Canandaigua Academy senior, has known Thomas Kane over the years."He seemed like a good kid to me," Connell said. "He didn't seem like the kind of kid who would do this."Kellie Baker, whose daughter attends Canandaigua Academy, was among the parents waiting at the middle school earlier today.
"What we've heard so far I think is that it was just one student that was involved, but I just feel bad for that student and his parents or her parents and all the parents here," Kellie Baker said. "I've lived here my whole life and we've never had anything like this happen.
"I did get a text from my daughter about 11:18 this morning and it just said 'Mom. I love you very much. I'm sorry if I've ever done anything mean to you. I love you.' And that was it," Baker said. "I thought it was kind of odd because we hadn't heard about this yet."
According to school spokesman Andrew Thomas, there was a "suicide with a firearm" that happened between 9:30 and 10 a.m. in a bathroom by the south entrance of the schoolæ¯ athletic wing. An automated phone message system at 1 p.m. alerted all approximately 4,000 parents in the Canandaigua City School District.
City Manager Kay James said she does not recall any other suicides at a Canandaigua school in recent history.Canandaigua School District Superintendent Donald Raw said he was "very proud" of how school officials and students responded to the situation. He said the students all remained calm and followed evacuation instructions.
Different emergency drills are practiced throughout the year, including drills for lockdowns and evacuation, both of which happened today.Welch said police were conducting a two-part investigation ?one of which involves searching the inside of the school and the other focusing on the outside, including the parking lot where some students were parked.
He said the vehicles would be returned to students once the investigation is complete. He said the investigation is a "precautionary measure." A few students, who the chief said are friends with the victim, are being interviewed by police.Officials do not know yet how the student brought the gun into the school. Raw said the school does not have metal detectors but there are some video cameras.
"We don have regular searching going on," Raw said.
The students were evacuated class by class and as they walked out, police searched each individual "to some degree." About 1,325 students attend Canandaigua Academy. Streets were blocked off near the school. The Canandaigua Fire Department assisted with traffic control in the area.
el torito
Founded in 1954 in Encino, California, El Torito has been a pioneer in the California full service Mexican casual dining restaurant segment. Leveraging more than 50 years of operational experience, El Torito is currently the largest Mexican restaurant brand in California in terms of number of restaurants and operates franchise locations in Japan, Turkey and the Middle East. Designed to replicate authentic cooking found in a traditional Mexican hacienda, the restaurant focuses on using fresh, high-quality ingredients to prepare made-from-scratch Mexican cuisine. A staple of El Torito's menu, and an example of the Company's commitment to freshness, is the popular made-from-scratch tableside guacamole that is prepared according to the guests' specifications. Located predominantly in Southern California, the restaurant offers lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.
Operating 69 locations, El Torito's menu features regional specialties created by its own executive chef, Pepe Lopez, including sizzling fajitas, hand-made tamales, enchiladas and tacos as well as traditional Mexican combination platters. Salads and soups are also available for both lunch and dinner. El Torito offers a wide selection of upscale margaritas, in addition to a complete list of beers and cocktails. El Torito also offers take-out and delivery, as well as catering and in-house banquet services.
The restaurant drives additional traffic during the traditionally slower day parts of early evening and weekly post lunch periods through Happy Hour offers and specialty theme menus. As part of the Happy Hour promotion, guests enjoy value-priced signature appetizers and drinks. The Company's Pronto Lunch Menu offers guests. value priced entrees that are prepared quickly to accommodate time sensitive guests. El Torito stimulates incremental traffic with value promotions such as its longstanding Taco Tuesday (only in Southern California) programs, where guests can enjoy grilled chicken or steak tacos in the cantina.
Galina rusanova
Galina Rusanova was born in Siberia, Russia.
After graduating she worked as an actress in the Children's Theatre, which is based in the Siberian city Novokusnetsk. She then moved to a local radio station where she was a radio announcer and news reader which then progressed to presenting and editing a cultural programme.
In London she did acting at BBC One, after finishing a program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
She is a recognised author in Russia and has published books in Moscow, which include "Snowstorms and white lilies" a semi-autobiographical novel, "To learn the Alphabet" an educational book for children using poetry made and images of animals and birds and "Kill the Demon" a fictional work which is a mixture of real life, mystics and love.
At the beginning of 2002 she started painting and took private lessons from the artist, Israe Zohar, who advised her to pursue a professional career.
Galina has had two very successful exhibitions in St. John's Wood in London in 2004 and 2005. Auction, at Ansbacher Bank, February 2007, ten of her paintings were sold.
Her works are in private collections in the USA, France, Russia, and England. Her art works are selling in the "hang:ups" Art Gallery in St.John's Wood, and in Gallery "Hey Hill", in Mayfair. Galina draws inspiration from her dreams, she feels that most of the time life is very black and white and enjoys filling it with colour. She has been based in the United Kingdom for the past twenty years.
After graduating she worked as an actress in the Children's Theatre, which is based in the Siberian city Novokusnetsk. She then moved to a local radio station where she was a radio announcer and news reader which then progressed to presenting and editing a cultural programme.
In London she did acting at BBC One, after finishing a program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
She is a recognised author in Russia and has published books in Moscow, which include "Snowstorms and white lilies" a semi-autobiographical novel, "To learn the Alphabet" an educational book for children using poetry made and images of animals and birds and "Kill the Demon" a fictional work which is a mixture of real life, mystics and love.
At the beginning of 2002 she started painting and took private lessons from the artist, Israe Zohar, who advised her to pursue a professional career.
Galina has had two very successful exhibitions in St. John's Wood in London in 2004 and 2005. Auction, at Ansbacher Bank, February 2007, ten of her paintings were sold.
Her works are in private collections in the USA, France, Russia, and England. Her art works are selling in the "hang:ups" Art Gallery in St.John's Wood, and in Gallery "Hey Hill", in Mayfair. Galina draws inspiration from her dreams, she feels that most of the time life is very black and white and enjoys filling it with colour. She has been based in the United Kingdom for the past twenty years.
Area code 206
Area code 206 is a telephone dialing code in the U.S. state of Washington for Seattle, the islands of Mercer, Bainbridge and Vashon, and portions of the Seattle metro area from Des Moines to Woodway.
At inception, area code 206 served all of Washington state. In 1957, Eastern Washington was split as area code 509.
In 1995, 206 was split again, limited to the Seattle metro and Puget Sound area, with the remainder of Western Washington assigned area code 360. Then in 1997, 206 was again split, limited to its current territory; the Eastside and northern suburbs were assigned area code 425 and the southern suburbs and Tacoma metro area were assigned area code 253.
At inception, area code 206 served all of Washington state. In 1957, Eastern Washington was split as area code 509.
In 1995, 206 was split again, limited to the Seattle metro and Puget Sound area, with the remainder of Western Washington assigned area code 360. Then in 1997, 206 was again split, limited to its current territory; the Eastside and northern suburbs were assigned area code 425 and the southern suburbs and Tacoma metro area were assigned area code 253.
Brian Jennings
Brian Lewis Jennings (born on October 10, 1976 in Mesa, Arizona) is an NFL player. He is a long snapper and a tight end with the San Francisco 49ers. He went to Arizona State University. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 7th round (230th overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft. He made the 2004 Pro Bowl as a need player.
High school career
At Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona, Jennings lettered in American football, basketball, and track. As a senior, he was the team captain of the football team and was an All-Region honorable mention as a tight end.
College career
Jennings played college football at Arizona State where he played in 32 games as a tight end and long snapper. He finished his career with four interceptions, one touchdown and nine tackles.
NFL career
Current long snapper for the San Francisco 49ers.
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