Sunday, February 21, 2010

Almanacs “Daily almanac - Columbus Dispatch” plus 3 more

Almanacs “Daily almanac - Columbus Dispatch” plus 3 more

Daily almanac - Columbus Dispatch

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:04 AM PST

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Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2010. There are 313 days left in the year.

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY:

On Feb. 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. E In 1866, Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati.

In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France; the French prevailed after 10 months of fighting. E In 1925, The New Yorker magazine made its debut.

In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil-rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was fatally shot inside the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam.

In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.

In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan.

Ten years ago: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader entered the presidential race, bidding for the Green Party nomination.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush, in Belgium for a NATO summit, scolded Russia for backsliding on democracy and urged Mideast allies to take difficult steps for peace.

 One year ago: In a last full day of talks in Asia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed American and Chinese cooperation on the economy and climate change.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

"In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always as bad as the thief."

- Lord Chesterfield,
English author and statesman (1694-1773)

Source: Associated Press

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Food and fiber have an Achilles heel - Shelbyville News

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 01:05 AM PST

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If you're wanting to eat a meal while you read this column, don't. Skip to the next article and come back after you've finished eating. It's nothing more than a county nurse or ag agent might talk during their meal, but both career fields are fairly small.

No, I'm not disparaging county nurses; they are the best. They also stopped being squeamish about certain fluids and activities long ago.

OK, you've finished your meal. Let me give you some food for thought and possibly motivate you to stand up for yourself. I cannot.

Monday at the pesticide training program, a farmer lamented to me about the Office of the Indiana State Chemist. I relayed back to him that they are great for the farmers and Indiana's citizens. They understand off-site chemical damage (drift). They know farmers. They know Hoosiers.

Moreover, not everybody that would like to tell farmers and Hoosiers how to live understand either one and almost assuredly do not understand both.

To ram the point home, I reminded him how one of our farmers in the county actually gave a tour to regulators that have never been on the farm, sat in a combine or could identify a honey wagon. However, they did have regulatory powers if the farmer fell out of compliance.

He grimaced, then inquired, "What do they want to do, import all of their food?"

A flash of light burst in my brain, and I retorted "They already do." I paused and carefully considered my words before I continued, "They import it every Friday or Saturday from Kroger, Marsh, Mickey's or O'Malia's." 

That is why science cannot trump emotion when it comes to food and fiber. The food comes in boxes and leaves in bags. The disconnect continues.

One of the better Extension projects I've ever been associated with was the terminal livestock sale at the county fair in another state. Notice I wrote terminal.

To obtain the overall grand champion in beef, sheep, or swine in that county, your project eventually went onto the hook. About seven days after the fair, I and two other regional Extension specialists would go to the meat locker and grade the carcasses. It took the entire day. We graded the carcasses and judged the rib-eyes. Scores were then added to the show scores, and the overall species champions were selected.

That evening, the children were invited with their parents to come. Some, of course, chose not to come. I guarantee you it was a learning moment they would likely never forget, unless they had already been taught by their parents on the farm. They learned where their food — specifically, meat — came from that night. Appreciation would come later.

Stephen King warned his readers (through Roland) to never forget the face of their father in the Gunslinger Series. In A Sand County Almanac, the renowned ecologist Aldo Leopold lamented the thought of becoming "supercivilized." Leopold's thesis on life was that conservation and wildlife husbandry could not be obtained if we lost focus and forgot the wild lands and fertile earth from which we came.

Two of my colleagues have traveled the state holding workshops on how to properly field dress and butcher a deer. Some have questioned me: "Is this a waste of Extension time and taxpayer dollars?" If people learn how to better care for themselves, learn skills, appreciate where their food comes from (and the sacrifices made) and safely provide food for their families, yes, it was time, money and effort well spent.

Everyone, of course, has blind spots. There are some things the world presents us that we will never comprehend. So when people prescribe the treatment of our food like they would a pet, it does not compute. When a pet has the same amount of "rights" as a human, I don't get it.

The closer a person gets to their food source, the better off they and society are. Gardeners and hunters are gifts.

Sows roll over and accidentally crush their piglets. Nursing sows are not the friendliest animals on the farm (or planet). Pigs left in a pasture, as some propose, on their own free will, ultimately smother themselves in piles if the temperature drops. None of these realities appease. Even so, that does not mean methods should remain the same.

Actually, methods are changing. There may be a middle road between sows in crates and pigs in piles on pastures. Three issues must be addressed first. One, the practice must be profitable to the farmer. Two, it must be safer for the farmer and his workers. For it to be successful long-term, is the proposed method really helpful to society, or is it another ruse? We have enough ruses already.

So if you wish to remain an omnivore, teach your children where their food comes from. They may determine whether you have a choice. They'll likely pick your nursing home.

Go grow some food with your family (vegetables and meat preferred). Make mistakes. Learn what it takes. Then you won't be as bothered when others discuss the vagaries and disconcerting realities of life (and death). If you've done all the above, this last quote by Julia Child will make you smile instead of being disturbed: "It's so beautifully arranged on the plate — you know someone's fingers have been all over it."

Bon appetit!

Gabbard is the agriculture and natural resources educator for the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service in Shelby County, 1110 Amos Road, Suite D, Shelbyville. He can be reached at the Extension office at (317) 392-6460 or at (888) 671-2367.


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The almanac - United Press International

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

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Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2010 with 313 to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury and Neptune and the evening stars are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Uranus.

Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. They include Mexican revolutionary and military commander Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (conqueror of the Alamo) in 1794; Roman Catholic Cardinal John Henry Newman in 1801; German bacteriologist August von Wassermann, who developed the blood test for syphilis, in 1866; classical guitarist Andres Segovia in 1893; writer Anais Nin in 1903; poet and author W.H. Auden in 1907; filmmaker Sam Peckinpah in 1925; humorist Erma Bombeck in 1927; actors Rue McClanahan in 1934 (age 76), Gary Lockwood in 1937 (age 73) and Tyne Daly and Alan Rickman, both in 1946 (age 64); U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, in 1947 (age 63); film/record executive David Geffen in 1943 (age 67); Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, in 1946 (age 64); singer Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1958 (age 52); actors Kelsey Grammer in 1955 (age 55), Christopher Atkins in 1961 (age 49), William Baldwin in 1963 (age 47), Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1979 (age 31) and Ellen Page in 1987 (age 23); and singer Charlotte Church in 1986 (age 24).

On this date in history:

In 1828, a printing press later used to print the first newspaper for American Indians arrived at the Cherokee Council in Echota, Ga.

In 1848, "The Communist Manifesto" was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

In 1878, the New Haven, Conn., Telephone Company published the first phone directory. It listed 50 subscribers.

In 1885, the Washington Monument, a 555-foot-high marble obelisk built in honor of America's revolutionary hero and first president, was dedicated in Washington.

In 1916, the Germans launched the Battle of Verdun, World War I's single longest battle. It lasted almost 10 months and left more than 1 million soldiers on both sides dead.

In 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published.

In 1934, Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Cesar Augusto Sandino was killed by members of the Nicaraguan national guard.

In 1953, Francis Crick and James D. Watson discovered the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.

In 1965, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was assassinated at a rally in New York City.

In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon travelled to the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.

In 1994, longtime CIA counterintelligence officer Aldrich Ames and his wife were arrested and charged with selling information to the Soviet Union and Russia.

In 1995, a Russian commission estimated as many as 24,400 civilians had died in the two-month uprising in the separatist republic of Chechnya.

In 2005, heavy snowfall in Indian-controlled Kashmir claimed more than 100 lives with dozens missing.

Also in 2005, leaders of the world's 78 million Anglicans, including U.S. Episcopalians, met in Northern Ireland to consider the growing division over homosexuality.

In 2007, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he wanted to start returning some of the country's 7,200 soldiers home from Iraq by the end of the year.

Also in 2007, nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan signed a treaty in New Delhi aimed at preventing the accidental use of atomic weapons.

In 2009, a reported 96 miners were trapped by an early morning explosion in an underground coal mine in northern China. The miners were among a crew of 436 working in a mine at Gujiao City.

Also in 2009, federal investigators interviewed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., latest step in the controversy over Burris' appointment to the Senate by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

A thought for the day: David Russell said, "The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn."

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On Feb. 21 in NEPA - Scranton Times-Tribune

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:58 AM PST

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On this date in NEPA

75 years ago, Harry Davis, Scranton's superintendent of police, reported there were 103 suspected speakeasies operating in the city. A breakdown by location found North Scranton to have the most at 55; next was West Scranton with 34, Central City with eight and South Scranton with six. By comparison, there were 403 licensed drinking establishments in the city.

50 years ago, looking for pressure cooker? Scranton Dry Goods was selling Presto 4-quart pressure cookers for $9.88 or a 6-quart model for $13.88, and a Presto factory representative was conducting a Presto cooker clinic.

25 years ago, A made-for-television documentary on the work of Sister Adrian Barrett, I.H.M., had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill was one of many who attended.

10 years ago, a Russian Winter Festival Bazaar was held at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel. The event was planned by the Century Association with proceeds going to St. Tikon's Monastery and Seminary in South Canaan. Almanac

Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2010. There are 313 days left in the year.

In 1846, Sarah G. Bagley became the first female telegrapher as she took charge at the newly opened telegraph office in Lowell, Mass.

In 1866, Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati.

In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting.

In 1925, The New Yorker made its debut.

In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing.

In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.

In 1990, pop duo Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (However, Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan were stripped of the award in December 1990 after it was revealed that neither of them actually sang on the "Girl You Know It's True" album.)

In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in ladies' figure skating at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the United States the bronze.

In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ten years ago: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced his entry into the presidential race, bidding for the nomination of the Green Party.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush, in Belgium for a NATO summit, scolded Russia for backsliding on democracy and urged Mideast allies to take difficult steps for peace. Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton wrapped up their tour of tsunami-ravaged nations with a visit to the Maldives. Israel freed 500 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture.

One year ago: In a last full day of talks in Asia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed American and Chinese cooperation on the economy and climate change. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss the ongoing American strategic review of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

Today's Birthdays: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 86. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 77. Actress Rue McClanahan is 76. Actor Gary Lockwood is 73. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 71. Actor Peter McEnery is 70. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is 70. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 67. Actor Alan Rickman is 64. Actress Tyne Daly is 64. Actor Anthony Daniels is 64. Tricia Nixon Cox is 64. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 63. Rock musician Jerry Harrison is 61. Actress Christine Ebersole is 57. Actor William Petersen is 57. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 55. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 52. Actor Jack Coleman is 52. Actor Christopher Atkins is 49. Rock singer Ranking Roger is 49. Actor William Baldwin is 47. Rock musician Michael Ward is 43. Actress Aunjanue Ellis is 41. Blues musician Corey Harris is 41. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 40. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 40. Rock musician Tad Kinchla is 37. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 31. Singer Charlotte Church is 24. Actress Ellen Page is 23. Actor Corbin Bleu is 21.

Thought for Today: "In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always as bad as the thief." - Lord Chesterfield, English author and statesman (1694-1773).

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