tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288101115612983062024-03-18T04:36:40.377-07:00AllThingsDigitalMarketing BlogAllThingsDigitalMarketing.com: digital alternative with difference; Evergreen marketing insighter series with media, communications, social, cause-related events & red carpet interviews on video. Visit Gloria on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/gloriabuono"> FB </a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gmbdaly/videos"> YouTube </a> @GBDaly <a href="http://allthingsdigitalmarketing.blogspot/2014/11/winning-global-markets-how-businesses.html"> ★Latest Book Review★</a> Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-66827004490002544772022-01-07T21:00:00.014-08:002022-01-07T21:00:00.231-08:00 Articles by white liberal elitist women and why Hillary Clinton lost - this posted 5 years ago today<p> <b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Articles by white liberal elitist women and why Hillary Clinton lost </span></b></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><font color="royal blue" face="helvetica" size="4"><br /></font></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><font color="#800180" face="helvetica">Below is a comment I posted on my FB page and on the Teachers College Columbia University. Note this blog has been updated on January 8, 2017. </font></i><br /><br /><font color="purple" face="cambria" size="4">I'm tired of the liberal articles by liberal white elitist women with white elitist husbands, complaining and sorry for being white, worried about being white, raising their white children in their white neighborhoods, and driving them to their private white schools.<br /><br />No one has the right to cast stones or accuse anyone of anything, and no one should ever excuse themselves for being White, Black, Hispanic, whatever.<br /><br />I'm tired of Hillary Clinton voters accusing women who didn't vote for her of being unsupportive and hostile towards women. I think everyone needs to get over it, go for walks instead of march in protests, and face reality, our new President-Elect is Donald Trump - who was voted in by Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, etc. Regardless both presidential candidates were equally bad/wrong for holding presidential title; Unfortunately, our great United States of America as we once knew it, is doomed and on the brink of economic collapse<br /><br />As of January 2017, the media reports that our great governmental officials are accusing Russia of interfering to control presidential election votes. Yet no mention of other reasons why Clinton lost. How can the media not mention the reason being due to disgraced political New York 9th congressional district's former representative Anthony Weiner (aka “Carlos Danger”) who was sexting to teenagers as early as 2010 through November 2016 (when he got caught) all while his wife, Huma Abedin Weiner was campaigning with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton? Instead, our media blames the FBI for doing its job. Media bias? You be the judge.<br /><br />This is just one of the many reasons why we need to shut down the "political liberal correct" Department of Education." Not only MEDIA BIAS but EDUCATIONAL BIAS IN OUR UNIVERSITIES. Can you imagine what educators are doing to our younger students in the lower, middle, and high school grade levels? Our educational system has turned into nothing but a sess-pool for brain-washing educators and students with bull-shit and encouraging them to behave like liberals or else, "no funding, no grants, no raises, no pencils, no paper." Education is supposed to be a platform for freedom, leadership and open-mindedness, not brain-washing. Do they realize the risk of potential terrorism they breed every time they create biased protests and havoc? putting students at risk of death and injury.<br /><br />On Sunday, January 8th during the 2017 Golden Globes awards, Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Her acceptance speech did not mention acting, film, and her career but instead, Streep went on to spend 5 minutes criticizing the status quo of politics, accusing President-elect Donald Trump of bullying Serge Kovaleski, disabled New York Times reporter with a condition called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthrogryposis">arthrogryposis</a>. Streep ultimately patronized a disabled reporter on national TV during what was supposed to be an entertainment event - non-opinionated, non-political. By the way, Meryl Streep winning 20 Oscars illustrates the Oscar Academy Awards is a farce discriminatory and way too political, the audacity to use entertainment for propaganda and brainwashing Americans is disgusting. <br /><br />Did Serge Kovaleski ever accuse Trump of bullying him? I honestly believe the reporter, although disabled, is a fully competent human being and man enough to speak up for himself.<br /><br />Did disabled NYT reporter, Serge Kovaleski, really need to be pitied and patronized on national TV by Meryl Streep?<br /><br />The 4:55 minute video is on a posting by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/08/meryl-streep-called-out-donald-trump-at-the-golden-globes-read-her-speech-here/?utm_term=.9aaba5fbdb20">The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)</a> (or copy/paste link in your browser: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/08/meryl-streep-called-out-donald-trump-at-the-golden-globes-read-her-speech-here/?utm_term=.9aaba5fbdb20).<br /><br />It was obvious from Streep's opinionated speech that it was more of a patronizing, pity and sore loser tactic especially since her BFF Hillary Clinton lost the election, an election campaign that liberal elitist Streep worked so hard campaigning for her, obviously, Streep's efforts weren't effective enough, obviously we the people finally saw the fluff - Streep is not living in the real world and is out of touch.<br /><br />Do I need to remind you that Meryl Streep is a white liberal elitist, living in an all-white neighborhood, riddled with botox, cheek implants, and all sorts of plastic surgery, sent her kids to all-white schools, etc.? Need I say more?<br /><br />Streep also requested that the HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS "protect journalists." Don't we have police, law enforcement, FBI, etc., for protection? Aren't journalists powerful enough to protect themselves?<br /><br />Do you think Streep's approach was a desperate attempt to spread more dissension, racial polarization and create havoc/riots in our American society? Do you think was more propaganda? DO YOU THINK MERYL STREEP'S APPROACH IS POTENTIALLY STALINIST? Don't you think that disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski can handle his own issues while working on the job?<br /><br />Schools and colleges are giving students time off due to Hillary Clinton losing her dream. This is pathetic liberalism and a form of brainwashing and propaganda that serves no purpose other than to cause violence, hatred, and divisiveness in our schools ~ making our students imprisoned and ignorant instead of empowered and intelligent.<br /><br />Parents are paying for 4 years of kindergarten instead of 4 years of college. All the more reason why exorbitant tuition costs and fees need to be lowered and less government subsidy as well as lowering teachers/instructors/professors salaries. Our students are being deprived of a good education and we the people, parents, and student loans are still footing the bill. This is crazy<br /><br />As Hillary Clinton would always say "face the facts" and "what difference does it make?" Donald Trump is President-Elect, and she can thank herself and her campaign for that. She ruined her chances of making herstory, not Donald Trump or the Republicans.<br /><br />Honestly, can't everyone comprehend how people were disgusted with the way the Clinton campaign was run ~ like that of a candy store circus. The fact is the middle and poor working-class Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, etc. were all fed up with the way our country has been footing the bill for nonsense, constantly paying higher taxes, etc. for corrupt programs that do nothing but favor the ultra-liberal rich and paying higher healthcare insurance to essentially foot the bill for illegal immigrants, etc.<br /><br />On the matter of ObamaCare. I do believe intentions are good and a good start. However, healthcare reform is desperately needed. Costs must be lowered significantly and we need choice and competition for some procedures. (Recall the many procedures that weren't covered by healthcare were thousands of dollars and eventually went down to $299 like Lasix eye surgery, etc.)<br /><br />While I'm on healthcare: A very successful alternative to healthcare insurance is what many large hospital chains are doing ~ cutting out insurance companies altogether and insuring patients themselves. This saved millions of dollars for patients and hospitals/physicians received more money. For example, patient pays their health insurance premiums directly to the hospital group rather than through insurance companies thus reducing costs phenomenally. That is the type of healthcare reform our country needs ~ choice to choose or pay more through the corrupt insurance company where 90% of the money goes to the insurance companies (mostly to the greedy CEO salaries) rather than the healthcare.<br /><br />The fact of the matter is, Donald Trump won fair and square, yet Hillary Clinton spent more than twice as much as he did. (According to the Washington Post, as of September 30th Hillary spent a total of $1.3 Billion (vs $795 Trump) of that $556M campaign (vs $284M Trump) $544M Party Fundraising (vs. $486.7M Trump), $188M Super Pacs (vs. $60.1M Trump). (These numbers will be higher to account for October and November spending.)<br /><br />Yet the media touted Clinton's higher campaign $$$ spending as an advantage over Trump ~ MEDIA PROPAGANDA AT WORK? You be the judge.<br /><br />After the election presidential elect sore loser, Jill Stein (who never even stood a chance with less than 1% total votes) began fundraising for a recount in 3 states with the following results:<br />-PA - rejected count;<br />-MI - denied Jill Stein's appeal;<br />-WI - Trump ended up with 131 more votes).<br /><br />Yet the dumb Green Party, lead by political, corrupt, crook Jill Stein raised $7 million in donations only to prove water is wet (Trump had more votes after all). More waste of energy, time and we the people's monies. Green Party recount came to a close on December 13, 2016.<br /><br />Never once did the media mention Hillary Clinton's comments i.e.,"I wish he was an American and not a Muslim," while referring to a terrorist attack, saying "What I say to people publicly is different than what I personally feel," etc. mocking particular religions and ridiculing others, etc.<br /><br />Trump mentions immigrant reform he's labeled "racist" but when Bill Clinton mentioned it back in 1995 he was applauded. (see the image and there is also a video on the Liberal Logic site.<br /><br />We the people felt that the Democratic campaign was a disaster for many reasons especially for what Representative Deborah Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the democratic national committee, did to the democrat's own, Bernie Sanders.<br /><br />A blatant example of the way Hillary Clinton would have run the White House ~ Lies, cheats, greed, back-stabbing their own, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/08/is-political-polarization-making-racial-tensions-worse/" target="_blank">racial polarization</a>, patronizing the ultra-rich for her own financial gain, not to mention selling White House access to Clinton Foundation donors. She and her fellow democrats call her "Presidential."<br /><br />Well, the election voted otherwise. Let's not even include the email scandal, Donna Brazile questions, Benghazi, etc. We the people just had enough and needed change.<br /><br />Resources will be added as they come in:<br /><br />A message from the <a href="http://www.tc.columbia.edu/messages/">President and Provost, Teachers College Columbia University</a></font></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-89000068504866876572021-09-11T07:04:00.002-07:002021-09-13T06:46:00.462-07:00Twenty years ago today our country was attacked, crumbling NYC's World Trade Center<p><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>This is a re-posting of previous annual 911 blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. Minor edits have been made (most content reflects earlier years) Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</strong></span></i></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">I turned the "Falling Man" controversial photo upside-down in 2011 to celebrate the 10th year and today marks 20 years of sorrow and resilience.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">This flipped photo is also symbolic of rising peace and love. </div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Flagship 1 WTC stands at the symbolic height of 1776, the year when we Americans declared our independence and "all men created equal," now once again, 1776 beautifying NYC's skyline. This photo is symbolic of our rising towers, faith and independence. I share this post (update it a bit) every anniversary year.<br /><b style="color: #674ea7;">For those born on 9/11 or near that date, please visit <span style="font-size: large;">birthdaySpirit.org</span> ~~ no matter what your age, visit birthdaySpirit.org and celebrate all goodness born on this tragic day of mourning. You can even register to stay up to date on happenings and things about 9/11 birthday members.</b></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;"> “The </span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;">Falling</span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;"> </span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;">Man</span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;">,” the 9/11 jumper — perhaps a </span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;">man</span></i><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56;"><i> named Jonathan Briley — whose photo remains haunting to this day. At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, a Boeing 767 aircraft hit the facade of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center. Only 16 minutes later, another 767 struck the South Tower.</i><span style="font-size: 14px;"> ~ </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #464e56; font-size: 14px;">Richard Drew/Associated Press</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><br /></b></span><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">Photo below, "The Falling Man," by Richard Drew; which I editedcall<br />"Flipped Falling Man."</span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYybG3CIds4wwt4ap_BWJJuF6WFwV4s_A7Ar3f3ifre3gK-xaSmc_1KyS1ZohWhNPQCkVeGZbyiKrtCqAqOwQ123s84hsymDf8izYW2QVAdQhPYyDqJ-s4MQ5v5Y6XlsHXDKOKZqBjxSyx/s1600/FallingMan091101-03rotatedup.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYybG3CIds4wwt4ap_BWJJuF6WFwV4s_A7Ar3f3ifre3gK-xaSmc_1KyS1ZohWhNPQCkVeGZbyiKrtCqAqOwQ123s84hsymDf8izYW2QVAdQhPYyDqJ-s4MQ5v5Y6XlsHXDKOKZqBjxSyx/s400/FallingMan091101-03rotatedup.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />t</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">wo haikus commemorating 10 years after 9/11 (edited for 20 years)<br /><br />▐║ 911 twenty<br />▐║ years later falling man is<br />▐║ still provocative<br /><br />▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌<br /><br />▐║ pin-straight Falling Man<br /><br />▐║ endless time still shows the world<br /><br />▐║ our land, brave and free<br /><br /><br />by<br />Gloria</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Buono-Daly &nbsp (c) 2011</span></span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Emotionally charged, mixed feelings - From Poet Laureate, Billy Collins' prose commemorating all of the 9/11 victims, <a href="http://www.billy-collins.com/2005/06/the_names_billy.html">"The Names,"</a> posted below, to one of the most provocative, unforgettable images by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, of a man falling from the twin towers, positioned perfectly in the middle. </strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>The photo was taken at about 9:41 am on 9/11/01 -- 15 minutes before the 1st building, the South tower, collapsed. Videos would show that the falling man was actually a tumbling man in the air and this is one moment in his time that was captured.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Note how perfectly straight, positioned in the middle and parallel to the burning towers the falling man is. The above photo was branded distasteful and voyeuristic -- never to be shown again, yet the incredible "falling man" is still around.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TWENTY YEARS LATER</span></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9drDnrX-FrjkFUD5pW16PYFtLWETPxexaVIufBSR9BKYEfWrzINxNeWGqGmYYwMPWLaKSq-O9qOuErd5yGsW28_Iqjc7d5QuIdBI7isxT_JXK8J83WeBXzL85rH5ItrXnJ8igWiwrwqg/s668/2021_WTC_Today.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="668" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9drDnrX-FrjkFUD5pW16PYFtLWETPxexaVIufBSR9BKYEfWrzINxNeWGqGmYYwMPWLaKSq-O9qOuErd5yGsW28_Iqjc7d5QuIdBI7isxT_JXK8J83WeBXzL85rH5ItrXnJ8igWiwrwqg/w552-h398/2021_WTC_Today.jpg" width="552" /></a><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /><br /><br /></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdwS6_UiV8SyAUAhzVPZ5aSKoEmeLftdxpQ3FKlZNQV77dqAr9FgSPqSnFvfuAh5yRf89PVe71NoYLkadRw2jTU9sy2mWi-8eYebnI1sGEs9gp0NkoFbYK1kjb37X7nmV87_U6DYTCks/s1600/WTC_JLopes1979.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdwS6_UiV8SyAUAhzVPZ5aSKoEmeLftdxpQ3FKlZNQV77dqAr9FgSPqSnFvfuAh5yRf89PVe71NoYLkadRw2jTU9sy2mWi-8eYebnI1sGEs9gp0NkoFbYK1kjb37X7nmV87_U6DYTCks/s640/WTC_JLopes1979.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">For those of </span></i><br /><div><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; 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font-size: large;">here's a </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">photo </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">by </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">photographer </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Joseph Lopes </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">taken in 1979.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></span></h2></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfprjt9OMDBirsGZqj8QckU5DSJtsuHzqszkWnHHcwqaG9RF0bXzCTZo2Bk5tFVzcoI3R9n8IoK2VTGl2vMHgedMcXfhwmbieCnZYX255zBaiSi7erofEu5pNg3lLm63KtEaRo5k2e-P4/s1600/2014WTCblog09112014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfprjt9OMDBirsGZqj8QckU5DSJtsuHzqszkWnHHcwqaG9RF0bXzCTZo2Bk5tFVzcoI3R9n8IoK2VTGl2vMHgedMcXfhwmbieCnZYX255zBaiSi7erofEu5pNg3lLm63KtEaRo5k2e-P4/s400/2014WTCblog09112014.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;">New York City's Office of Chief Medical Examiner using new forensic technology and advances in DNA science. have identified 2</span> more names. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035046778/9-11-victims-identified-using-new-technology" target="_blank">Of the 2,753 lives lost, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;">1,647 victims have been identified (the last 2 just a few days before our 20th 9/11 memorial celebration. </span></a></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">------------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">PRIOR YEARS POST CONTENT:</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">There is much upside today. By the 11th anniversary (2012) the new multi-billion-dollar World Trade Center, was back up in lower Manhattan's skyline.<br /><br />One World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower) which was completed on August 30, 2012 and the final component spire installed on May 10, 2013.<br /><br />Additional complexes include 7 World Trade Center, three other high-rise office buildings, a museum and memorial, and a transportation hub similar in size to Grand Central Terminal. The Four World Trade Center opened to tenants and public on November 13, 2013. The 9/11 memorial is complete, and the museum opened May 21, 2014. Three World Trade Center open in 2015 and the $4 billion Transportation Hub, the most expensive ever also called "Oculus" (originally opened back in 1903) reopened March 4, 2016. Two World Trade Center's full construction has been placed on hold until tenants can be found; It began construction in June 2008 and is still expected to be completed by 2020. Three World Trade Center, in the very center of the new WTC began construction in 2010 and is scheduled to open by 2018 (earlier than anticipated). As posted by wtc.com <i>"The defining aspect of 3 WTC is its load-sharing system of diamond-shaped bracing, which helps to articulate the building's east-west configuration. This allows unimpeded 360-degree panoramic views of New York." </i> <a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/images/s/construction-wtc-site-overview?sid=1">WTC overview photo above by Joe Woolhead, Silverstein Properties</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVE22g6xLL4D0XzrhU01qdBiB35-F2YR85ti9Ya5q_AjP7tWfQKk7LsX1TsKIhLOyaQTdsuPr3YofmpJlFmLLugs4slmO__fYyvAskhkfZ6evMwyZGsJkuLsCL1QTmkxtpXwdTyfkhy_H/s1600/WTCrenderinginasOf2012CourtesyWikimedia.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVE22g6xLL4D0XzrhU01qdBiB35-F2YR85ti9Ya5q_AjP7tWfQKk7LsX1TsKIhLOyaQTdsuPr3YofmpJlFmLLugs4slmO__fYyvAskhkfZ6evMwyZGsJkuLsCL1QTmkxtpXwdTyfkhy_H/s320/WTCrenderinginasOf2012CourtesyWikimedia.jpg" /></a></div><br />Budgeted at 3.9 billion upon completion, flagship, One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, has been opened since November 3, 2014. At 104 stories (1368 feet high), the decorative architectural spire atop makes the building stand at the symbolic height of 1,776 feet. Observation decks will adorn the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors. Tenants so far include magazine publisher Conde Nast and the federal government's General Services Administration. Visit <a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/videos/1%20WTC%20Time%20Lapse">time lapse of 1 WTC video animation of rebuilding 1 WTC</a>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">Rendering of 1 WTC photo left courtesy of Wikimedia.</span></strong><br /><br />At 72 stories (977ft high) Four World Trade Center, was the first office building to open, (October 2013). First tenants were Port Authority, the Bistate agency that owns the trade center site and lost its headquarters when the twin towers were attacked. According to many articles and documentaries, there were about 200 people who jumped to their deaths, some were able to be identified only for the victim’s families and to provide closure for them. But there was no time to recover or identify those who were forced to jump prior to the collapse of the towers. We lost almost 3,000 lives that day.<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Where were you on 9/11/2001?</strong></span></i><br />I was working on Wall Street( on the corner of Wall and Water Streets). It was a beautiful, clear skied morning. I arrived early as I usually do and was at my desk on the computer when I heard a loud bang and felt rumbling underneath my desk at 8:46 a.m. I shouted "What was that?" Then 15 minutes later another bang, as some fellow employees arrived - initially we thought it was from a missile. Hard to imagine it would be the biggest single attack on American lives. I still keep asking myself "how could this be?" I was curious and ran outside to see what was happening.<br /><br />As I was walking on Water St. and reached Liberty St., it was at about 10:00 am, I saw large billows of gray smoke, appearing to turn day to night, enveloping hundreds if not thousands of people running for their lives towards me – apparently heading towards the river. I asked some folks what is happening now and all were in shock. With all the commotion, all they could say while they were running was “it’s down, it’s down.” At that moment, I thought another plane came down. I ran back to the office and learned from colleagues that the South tower collapsed (incidentally, this was the 2nd building hit). The North tower (1st building hit) collapsed at about 30 minutes later. And the world would never be the same.<br /><br /><br />"The Names" poem by Billy Collins posted below:<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;">Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.<br />A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,<br />And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,<br />I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,<br />Then Baxter and Calabro,<br />Davis and Eberling, names falling into place<br />As droplets fell through the dark.<br />Names printed on the ceiling of the night.<br />Names slipping around a watery bend.<br />Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream.<br />In the morning, I walked out barefoot<br />Among thousands of flowers<br />Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears,<br />And each had a name --<br />Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal<br />Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins.<br />Names written in the air<br />And stitched into the cloth of the day.<br />A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox.<br />Monogram on a torn shirt,<br />I see you spelled out on storefront windows<br />And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city.<br />I say the syllables as I turn a corner --<br />Kelly and Lee,<br />Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor.<br />When I peer into the woods,<br />I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden<br />As in a puzzle concocted for children.<br />Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash,<br />Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton,<br />Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple.<br />Names written in the pale sky.<br />Names rising in the updraft amid buildings.<br />Names silent in stone<br />Or cried out behind a door.<br />Names blown over the earth and out to sea.<br />In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows.<br />A boy on a lake lifts his oars.<br />A woman by a window puts a match to a candle,<br />And the names are outlined on the rose clouds --<br />Vanacore and Wallace,<br />(let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound)<br />Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z.<br />Names etched on the head of a pin.<br />One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel.<br />A blue name needled into the skin.<br />Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers,<br />The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son.<br />Alphabet of names in a green field.<br />Names in the small tracks of birds.<br />Names lifted from a hat<br />Or balanced on the tip of the tongue.<br />Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory.<br />So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Additional information at the following links:</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║ Chiff.com <b><i>http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/september-11.htm</i></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>║<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-world-center-transportation-hub-2016-3" target="_blank">New York City's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub is finally open to the public — take a look inside</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║See CBS video, “The Passionate Eye,” http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/video_player.html?fallingman&playerType=wmp</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║Video “911 The Falling Man”</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFvGuIXIJc&feature=related Images of bodies hanging out of windows, holding on across the steel across windows, leaning out for air.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║Google Blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/ten-years-later.html</span></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>My two 911 haikus:</strong></span></i><br />║ 911 ten ═ years later falling man is ═ still provocative<br /><br />║ pin-straight Falling Man ═ endless time still shows the world ═ our land, brave and free<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Search engine stats for the term 911 on Sept. 11, 2014</strong></span></i><br />Match type &nbsp<strong> Broad &nbsp &nbsp Exact</strong><br />Google 44,900,000 &nbsp 44,400,000<br />Yahoo &nbsp 54,200,000 &nbsp 54,100,000<br />Bing &nbsp 54,200,000 &nbsp 54,200,000<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Search engine stats for the term 911 on Sept. 11, 2011</strong></span></i><br />Match type &nbsp<strong> Broad &nbsp &nbsp Exact</strong><br />Google 981,000,000 &nbsp 431,000,000<br />Yahoo &nbsp 246,000,000 &nbsp 240,000,000<br />Bing &nbsp 245,000,000 &nbsp 242,000,000<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>RESOURCES & THINGS TO DO IN MEMORY OF 911 IN ADDITION TO VISITING <a href="http://www.911memorial.org/visitor-passes">THE 911 MEMORIAL</a></strong></span><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i>Soothe your soul by listening to music in memory of 911 like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i3UowD2KrI">Unhappy Birthday</a>, by The Bacon Brothers, Originally from the album "White Knuckles" reworked for the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 with updated lyrics, written by Michael and Kevin Bacon, Directed by Bill Keller<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i>visit the <a href="http://www.nyfirestore.com/shop/wtc-memorial/">NYC FireStore </a>on Greenwich Street, NYC<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/10/world-trade-center-status-11-years-later_n_1870115.html">World Trade Center Status Detailed By Developers 11 Years After September 11th Attacks </a>, by the Associated Press, September 10, 2012<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.wtc.com/about/wtchistory-wtc-timeline">World Trade Center Timeline</a>, by WTC organization<br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/videos/Completing%20the%20Vision%20Animation">Downtown Manhattan Future Skyline animation</a>, by Silverstein Properties<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff9966; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Please check out all the links in the resource section above and share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks!</strong></span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>This is a re-posting of previous annual 911 blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />Visiting this blog frequently and sharing this with your social media and professional network is much appreciated. Thanks.</strong></span></i></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-73568716923849202022021-07-26T20:59:00.001-07:002021-07-26T20:59:00.246-07:00Bugs Bunny reaches the big 081: Happy birthday to America's smartest cartoon character born on 7/27/1940<p><i style="color: grey; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">This is a repost from previous Happy b-day Blogger posts</i></p><p><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Bugs Bunny reaches the big 081: Happy birthday to America's smartest cartoon character born on 7/27/1940</span></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><h4><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WCs-nzUYfW1jModhrA1Q8FB33IclCdlh80rl2wr4RGQvak6Psi_Ys8FWKsHtdXPnbJUJGSsAgcieInWZodekyJnqfdvx6R8kMf-YjYXikiMMJ3lt3rjhoK6rq6IiaWbMZJV7ujeqFEhR/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny01.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "times new roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WCs-nzUYfW1jModhrA1Q8FB33IclCdlh80rl2wr4RGQvak6Psi_Ys8FWKsHtdXPnbJUJGSsAgcieInWZodekyJnqfdvx6R8kMf-YjYXikiMMJ3lt3rjhoK6rq6IiaWbMZJV7ujeqFEhR/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny01.jpg" width="216" /></a></h4><div style="font-family: papyrus; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: x-large;">“Eh...What’s up Doc?” </span></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong>~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny">Bugs Bunny</a></strong></span></i></div><br /><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Bugs Bunny’s most famous catchphrase introduced at the debut of cartoon short, “A Wild Hare,” on July 27, 1940</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><i>Hard to believe, the world's smartest cartoon character, Bugs Bunny, turns 81 years young today (7/27/20). Bugs was born with the release of cartoon short, "A Wild Hare," directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery" target="_blank">Tex Avery,</a> on July 27, 1940.</i><br /><br /><i>According to the publication "Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare," Bugs was born in Brooklyn, New York, in a warren under Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzFrZCNbbxv7AaYYapEoAn7V9CKFW_MusrBmSJGNzfhxOHcETdELwSljHNp_Pcizl7Amv7-BEMSOzwzP2GmzRyVc_6JPSgvBlVYSskdKRDx5Uhm094T5ibdblKOr1RGNv862SlDD4LAa/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny05.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzFrZCNbbxv7AaYYapEoAn7V9CKFW_MusrBmSJGNzfhxOHcETdELwSljHNp_Pcizl7Amv7-BEMSOzwzP2GmzRyVc_6JPSgvBlVYSskdKRDx5Uhm094T5ibdblKOr1RGNv862SlDD4LAa/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny05.jpg" width="266" /></a><br /><br /><i>Actually, he was created by many animators and staff, including Tex Avery. According to the late Mel Blanc, the character's original voice actor, Bugs has a Flatbush accent. He still stands as the funniest and smartest cartoon character ever ~ always the underdog yet outsmarting his tormentors. According to </i><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/27/9049393/bugs-bunny-75th-anniversary-cartoon-characters" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Kwame Opam of The Verge</a><i>, "...As a character, Bugs Bunny is king, and he's as close to an animated culture hero as we're going to get..." </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3yn8eWThHsPixdybEysoz6EFVaTOP2XIo3J5O7Y1gOqpA9Q-oJb0hbPDSkzuE0UzU7LWeICuusctxN_CkmJYl47L6l4HXyz10HJbskUodvHqeunZH6rhtHldoBh-bmkU7k0yGW1qoOtF/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny03.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3yn8eWThHsPixdybEysoz6EFVaTOP2XIo3J5O7Y1gOqpA9Q-oJb0hbPDSkzuE0UzU7LWeICuusctxN_CkmJYl47L6l4HXyz10HJbskUodvHqeunZH6rhtHldoBh-bmkU7k0yGW1qoOtF/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny03.jpg" width="274" /></a><br />A Wild Hare, was the first cartoon where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor.<br /><br />In this cartoon Mel Blanc first uses what would become Bugs' standard voice; this cartoon also marks the first time that Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?"</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz9RJduLaJJNTYpwrPlQOKJOVd1-7HmZeNDoA32wKFdwaXviIcb4VkpHFPS-qC_B6AphaGGcrtZf-jkTFamGwLVovjOO7Jxj4q1bbGB3HR8bBFnHpGuj__Vdsf5fIhAe-IRU7DN_NlWjR/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny02.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz9RJduLaJJNTYpwrPlQOKJOVd1-7HmZeNDoA32wKFdwaXviIcb4VkpHFPS-qC_B6AphaGGcrtZf-jkTFamGwLVovjOO7Jxj4q1bbGB3HR8bBFnHpGuj__Vdsf5fIhAe-IRU7DN_NlWjR/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">Animation historian Joe Adamson deems "A Wild Hare" as the first "official" Bugs Bunny short. The short was a huge success in theaters and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.</span></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPJkCTdnWeIgE4yIjE2iuzS6BwVrC8vm3U2JJFV4tJZofD1E3wv8KOeEBiDVhTpaU-ir71P0_h0bLM2vX-EsEcTU6ng0O8RrSffdLzAp7jz44TMGIa_8Tp7gMjyKgvQ2JpKPI1V0b8DG_/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny04.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPJkCTdnWeIgE4yIjE2iuzS6BwVrC8vm3U2JJFV4tJZofD1E3wv8KOeEBiDVhTpaU-ir71P0_h0bLM2vX-EsEcTU6ng0O8RrSffdLzAp7jz44TMGIa_8Tp7gMjyKgvQ2JpKPI1V0b8DG_/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny04.jpg" width="168" /></a><i><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><strong>Other Resources </strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />►<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/08/a-brief-history-of-bugs-bunny/">A Brief History of Bugs Bunny, Bathroom Reader, Comics & Cartoons on Nov 8, 2010</a><br />►<a href="http://www.bugsbunnyburrow.com/"> BugsBunnyBurrow.com</a><br />►<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Looney_Tunes_Show"> Wikiquote.org; Bugs Bunny Quotes</a><br />►<a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/the-history-bugs-bunny-complete-history-of-65160.html"> Yahoo Voice, The History of Bugs Bunny</a><br />► <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=228810111561298306" http:="" www.bugsbunnyatthesymphony.net="">Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (Tour dates - 2012-2013</a><br />► <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bugs_Bunny_cartoons">Wikipedia.org: Listing of Bugs Bunny cartoons in chronological order </a><br />► <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glb1EY26b30">YouTube.com - The Wild Hare, starring Elmer Fudd, July 27, 1940</a><br /><br /><br /><br />This post is a reprint from earlier posts by allthingsdigitalmarketing blog. Please share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks!<br /><br />All photos courtesy of Wikimedia unless otherwise indicated.</span></i></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-87555514271009684272021-07-11T21:00:00.072-07:002021-07-11T21:00:00.295-07:00Nine years ago today ~ Marketing and the importance of purpose: First of a series of “evergreen marketing insights” by Gloria Buono-Daly<p>This is a reposting with a few edits. The first of a series of evergreen marketing insights initially posted on Examiner 9 years ago - July 12, 2012!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have your purpose statement or personal brand statement? Well, you should! Here's mine:</span></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: large;"><b>"I'm just an "unthinkable resilientist" simplifying the complex and obstructing the negative. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now it's your turn to tell me yours. You never know, you may end up inventing a new word organically, just like I did.</span></p><p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxVydbzHbXRb0KBrGztsszH5rlm2dFk85184dsDZuwotQ4utDWdSe9YFOd5HdD0bnr7qWg3cTyTYRfslhO4lUkBqs__cEBbv4mNbCdPOHBTLrhAQDNwFO5tNQXLKB14UQvxXV-RmizH8H/s1600/DigitalBackground.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxVydbzHbXRb0KBrGztsszH5rlm2dFk85184dsDZuwotQ4utDWdSe9YFOd5HdD0bnr7qWg3cTyTYRfslhO4lUkBqs__cEBbv4mNbCdPOHBTLrhAQDNwFO5tNQXLKB14UQvxXV-RmizH8H/s320/DigitalBackground.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><font color="orange" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong>Purpose, it’s important, we all have it and use it in our everyday lives. Yet whenever one is asked to define his/her purpose, why is it so difficult to answer? What are your apprehensions? </strong></font></i><div><span style="font-family: papyrus; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: papyrus; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: papyrus; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h76BOIdCVhiWIoukHMf_L5yBKD2tEjM09_RIEXeF9kD-mrBg2-ZSj5n-sAHBTVS40N5b5ecQqu7UVAu4pL8PipWcFze-BTFxmEeHzxC3Lj35_MPYcNrHkjhabOpcz538syW83yS6HkRn/s1600/MarketingImportanceOfPurpose07122012.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1h76BOIdCVhiWIoukHMf_L5yBKD2tEjM09_RIEXeF9kD-mrBg2-ZSj5n-sAHBTVS40N5b5ecQqu7UVAu4pL8PipWcFze-BTFxmEeHzxC3Lj35_MPYcNrHkjhabOpcz538syW83yS6HkRn/s640/MarketingImportanceOfPurpose07122012.jpg" /></a></div><font color="#996600" face="tahoma"><div><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The rust on the fence symbolizes aging, no longer resilient yet still cool and beautiful. The fence atop the railroad, a reminder sometimes we need to stop to enjoy the beauty, be cautious and stay on track. </span></i></font><div><font color="#996600" face="tahoma"><b style="font-size: small;"><br /></b></font></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: tahoma; font-size: small;">Photo credit:</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: tahoma; font-size: x-small;"> Gloria Buono-Daly, taken in NYC, Spring 2011</span></div><br /><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTj1jL9lL-fWeq3ZMqEsKWuatS2xar5a4_tAesnwOW0wEbHZsz6M6quezD6WBBrP3ZZUBG0RPnXtz8qmQWH0EW8wEH0lfjd5JU-pE4MgU5F_bQhmWZsQGo5Xxsr6oSLiHE9FG_7nqjGg/s540/PosterizedScreen_Marketing%252BImportanceBeingPersonal.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="540" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTj1jL9lL-fWeq3ZMqEsKWuatS2xar5a4_tAesnwOW0wEbHZsz6M6quezD6WBBrP3ZZUBG0RPnXtz8qmQWH0EW8wEH0lfjd5JU-pE4MgU5F_bQhmWZsQGo5Xxsr6oSLiHE9FG_7nqjGg/w400-h300/PosterizedScreen_Marketing%252BImportanceBeingPersonal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>There are so many books/blog posts/articles, etc., both digitally and in print about personal branding and the importance of knowing your purpose. </strong></font></i><div><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><br /></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#666666" face="tahoma" size="2"><b>Photo credit:</b> Gloria Buono-Daly, taken in NYC March 2012.</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><br /></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><br /></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><br /></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong><br /></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: papyrus;"> One of the many things we don’t learn in school or on the job is the importance of personal brand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: papyrus;">How else can you create an innovative marketing plan and understand the purpose of your plan without initially understanding the real meaning of why you are here?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: papyrus;">Marketing, like purpose, is having a clear perspective, confidence and drive, ultimately bringing substantial contributions and value in everything you do.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: papyrus; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF3z-1fTR44sN759-m23ot3P5ADlEQsbEfentEpoqjCfKYbndIJvHsjEFX8LJK4u4wSN81XPhXHPCkrJWi-LrexY37ywsuVYbhXyRmInWt0zLdm-x16mSWEVI2nAo29zhIe50x4YfX-A7/s1600/MarketingPurpose07122012FingerPrintsSideBySide.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF3z-1fTR44sN759-m23ot3P5ADlEQsbEfentEpoqjCfKYbndIJvHsjEFX8LJK4u4wSN81XPhXHPCkrJWi-LrexY37ywsuVYbhXyRmInWt0zLdm-x16mSWEVI2nAo29zhIe50x4YfX-A7/s400/MarketingPurpose07122012FingerPrintsSideBySide.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: papyrus;">Just as no two fingerprints are alike, no two marketers are alike - we all have a special and unique story that is incorporated into our work whether we are aware of it or not. </span></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: papyrus;"><br /></span></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: papyrus;"><br /></span></strong></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#800000" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: papyrus;"> There may be similar skill-sets, education, or a generic marketing plan/guideline, but it is the unique initiative, thinking, and creative execution in our work that motivates us to act and accomplish.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: papyrus;">When tackling the question “what is your purpose?” one may perceive it as networking all the time or being on the Internet all day writing, but to say this would be deceiving. Gravitating towards networking in person or on the Internet, illustrates the enjoyment and appreciation of meeting and learning about others, e.g., marketers, writers, etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: papyrus;">This also illustrates interest and enthusiasm to participate interactively by sharing comments, suggestions, and ideas. This can be mentally stimulating (like reading a good book or tablet). If this action touched one person or encouraged many to think, imagine, and improve, then this has made a difference and helped someone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: papyrus;">There are many reasons why purpose is a major element for marketers and personal brand. Think about it and share your thoughts, which will be incorporated into the next series article titled, "Marketing and the importance of being personal."</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: papyrus; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">One of my favorite inspiring quotes to help you find and define your purpose: </span></strong></font></i><div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: papyrus; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: papyrus; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">~ Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist, world renown as the father of Physics, (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)</span><span style="color: maroon; font-family: papyrus; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><i><font color="red" face="tahoma" size="3"><strong>This article was first posted on Examiner.com on July 12, 2012). <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/marketing-and-the-importance-of-purpose-first-of-a-series-of-marketing-insights ">Marketing and the importance of purpose: First of a series of “evergreen marketing insights”</a></strong></font></i><br /><br /><i><font color="orange" face="papyrus" size="4"><strong></strong></font></i><br /><br />AllThingsDigitalMarketing Blog introducing article on Examiner at http://myblog.allthingsdigitalmarketing.com/2012/07/my-first-of-series-of-marketing.html</div></div></div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-17714415236733911112021-07-01T18:28:00.009-07:002021-07-04T11:39:54.399-07:00 Happy 245th Independence Day America! Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, still on but mostly likely fewer in-person crowds than normal. Enjoy it digitally or on TV. How Will You Be Celebrating? <p><i>This blog has been updated from previous July 4th articles on AllThingsDigitalMarketing blog. Thank you for visiting, and please share with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</i></p><p><i>Happy 245th Independence Day America! Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, still on but most likely fewer in-person crowds than normal. Progress since last year, when no in-person crowds were allowed due to COVID19. Enjoy it in NYC in person, digitally or on TV. </i></p><p><i>How do you plan on Celebrating? </i></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i>Happy 245th Independence Day America! The 81st <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, the nation’s largest Independence Day display, on the East River still on but no in-person crowds</a> </i><i>in New York City will begin at 8 p.m. and broadcast on NBC, Sunday, July 4th. The actual fireworks will begin after 9 p.m. over the East River in Midtown Manhattan. </i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i>How Will You Be Celebrating? This is the 2nd July 4th during COVID19.</i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i>Where to watch this years Macys Fireworks show. Some areas in NYC to watch include East 23rd, East 34th and East 42nd streets. <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/where-to-watch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for more locations and answers to frequently asked questions. </a><br /></i><br />Here's the 202 Google July 4th Doodle - it's an animated Bald Eagle Parade - America's national symbol of freedom and sovereignty. The bald eagle was selected on June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the USA because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks - also at that time, it was thought to be only present in the United States. More information at <span style="background-color: white; color: #007542; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">baldeagleinfo.com. </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="464" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wDCWbYWIpcM" width="559" youtube-src-id="wDCWbYWIpcM"></iframe></div></div><br /><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">I just love the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Fourth+of+July" target="_blank">2020 Google July 4th Doodle it's an adorable interactive celebration (this link takes you to information and history behind the Google July 4th doodles</a>. For the actual doodle on the google search engine, see below video on YouTube and enjoy!</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RHZoDX03tPo" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4HmiH6SA2CtWJWIbRM4TaN2-N_AckY-JTbZcb8_adhNnoju9_jbGLwRe5uWBZagfuCID57sp4RYTNVDIBiX4izE1kV7IgNOZubRRXWMD7kxGd9Hrm06dDXIU5__jcHxwoYwn5tgZgA8/s1600/2019July4th.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="886" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4HmiH6SA2CtWJWIbRM4TaN2-N_AckY-JTbZcb8_adhNnoju9_jbGLwRe5uWBZagfuCID57sp4RYTNVDIBiX4izE1kV7IgNOZubRRXWMD7kxGd9Hrm06dDXIU5__jcHxwoYwn5tgZgA8/s400/2019July4th.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b>Last year, Google's doodle had an interactive July 4th interactive baseball doodle! </b></span></i><br /><br />Here's <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2019" target="_blank">Google's 2019 Fourth of July doodle</a> - enjoy this interactive doodle which lets you play baseball game.<br /><br /><br />And here's one of my favorite quotes about America's Happy Independence Day, July 4th!<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXYNDQ0lfnzA0PUCBHDYfyAVx0hWx5bhgtgwJOQ86ISAA3_n99ShatfQsa_OAdIAGch5URW7bx65-_WAqqUZ4tnvNdHYrcK0rbA7uj4cEQDg1hXtiIZWWZlf0vhObngJ1ZBmR8qv69V8/s1600/EBombeck_WikipediaForBlog.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXYNDQ0lfnzA0PUCBHDYfyAVx0hWx5bhgtgwJOQ86ISAA3_n99ShatfQsa_OAdIAGch5URW7bx65-_WAqqUZ4tnvNdHYrcK0rbA7uj4cEQDg1hXtiIZWWZlf0vhObngJ1ZBmR8qv69V8/s320/EBombeck_WikipediaForBlog.jpg" /></a><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. </span></i><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.” </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck">Erma Bombeck, American humorist, reknown suburban home life newapaper columnist chronicling ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife (mid-1960s - late 1990s); Publisher of 15 books, most bestsellers;</a> </span></i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">On patriotism & Independence Day.</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Video from lmy 7/4th 2018 fireworks show at Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers, NY </span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9OgmmGozpYE" width="560"></iframe></span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd7p5PA3IRGxbNWYoQVS8EH4lPey60_jE1UMfR0sv_aGg12txNf7xl26sY48E27Pc5Rr884k2HDFGTaWXp1YMWgi62nHE4YJAFQtyJHFDuzcKPYgZolX0tycGaEaIAGJxDH6exaOJ4L4/s1600/BrooklynBridgeFireworks132yrsago.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd7p5PA3IRGxbNWYoQVS8EH4lPey60_jE1UMfR0sv_aGg12txNf7xl26sY48E27Pc5Rr884k2HDFGTaWXp1YMWgi62nHE4YJAFQtyJHFDuzcKPYgZolX0tycGaEaIAGJxDH6exaOJ4L4/s320/BrooklynBridgeFireworks132yrsago.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link for more information about<br />Macy’s Fireworks - Macy's lit light up the Brooklyn Bridge with fireworks and will also light Smartphones for 1st time ever (2017)! Will you be syncing your smartphone this July 4th?</span></strong><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link <a href="http://social.macys.com/fireworks/">Celebrate 4th of July with Macys! </a> according t0 NYCGO.com </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i></i><br /><i><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/where-to-watch/?cm_sp=imp-_-fireworks-_-where_to_watch-check_it_out&lid=check_it_out-where_to_watch" target="_blank">Best Places to Watch Fireworks in NYC</a> </span></strong></i></i><br /><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks</a>, the nation’s largest Independence Day display, returned to the East River a few years back and it's still here :) </b></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b>How Will You Be Celebrating??</b></span><br /><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>For things to do in NYC on July 4th visit the following posts: </strong></span><br />Δ <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Where to Watch Macys July Fourth Fireworks</a> as listed on www.macys.com/social/fireworks/</i><br /><i>Δ</i><i><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-4th-2018-the-4th-annual-freedom-fest-2018-tickets-42753944198" target="_blank">Fifth Annual Freedom Fest, July 4, 2019 (here's link from July 4, 2018</a>)<br />Δ <a href="http://www.nyctourist.com/july_fourth.htm">Fourth of July in New York City</a> post by NYC TOURIST.<br />Δ <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/fourth-of-july-at-sky-room">Fourth of July at SkyRoom</a>, Hells Kitchen, NYC<br />Δ <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-nyc-on-the-4th-of-july">Where to Eat and Drink on July Fourth in NYC</a></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4HmiH6SA2CtWJWIbRM4TaN2-N_AckY-JTbZcb8_adhNnoju9_jbGLwRe5uWBZagfuCID57sp4RYTNVDIBiX4izE1kV7IgNOZubRRXWMD7kxGd9Hrm06dDXIU5__jcHxwoYwn5tgZgA8/s1600/2019July4th.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="886" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4HmiH6SA2CtWJWIbRM4TaN2-N_AckY-JTbZcb8_adhNnoju9_jbGLwRe5uWBZagfuCID57sp4RYTNVDIBiX4izE1kV7IgNOZubRRXWMD7kxGd9Hrm06dDXIU5__jcHxwoYwn5tgZgA8/s400/2019July4th.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b>No plans yet? You can always play baseball with Google's 2019 4th interactive doodle!</b></span></i><br /><br />Here's <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2019" target="_blank">Google's 2019 Fourth of July doodle</a> - enjoy this interactive doodle which lets you play baseball game.<br /><br /><h2><b>Here's <a href="http://google.com/" target="_blank">Google's</a> wonderful doodle from 2018 Fourth of July! </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyxu7_nYoFZS5kjmHE8VSoHD0lUyh1IAlUUGpW5qC625qioUP-ghujxceK9r7MoHw0uGXxrtuZ1TLSjR-iP-AJGu3tNzVj_vCMnY9Z9vjJ_RutLl2UtuOQ4bosWk2EqkP3lBJkcNiqtY/s1600/2016_07_04_googleDoodle.jpg"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyxu7_nYoFZS5kjmHE8VSoHD0lUyh1IAlUUGpW5qC625qioUP-ghujxceK9r7MoHw0uGXxrtuZ1TLSjR-iP-AJGu3tNzVj_vCMnY9Z9vjJ_RutLl2UtuOQ4bosWk2EqkP3lBJkcNiqtY/s640/2016_07_04_googleDoodle.jpg" width="640" /></a></h2><br /><br />Happy Independence Day America! Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and safe one.<br /><br />However you spend it and whatever you do, please remember to not text while driving or while playing with fireworks. Hard to believe, I swear you can't make this up: On a July 4, 2015 morning on my way home from the Jersey Shore, a lady driver was in her car plucking hairs from her chin on Hope Road before the right turn onto the Garden State Parkway not only during the red light but continuing tweezing even when the light turned green. She must have a hell of a lot of hair on her chin.<br /><br /><br />Although President Adams's Independence Day prediction was July 2, the actual date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress, from the getgo, Americans celebrated independence on July 4th, which is the date shown on the much-publicized <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html">Declaration of Independence</a>. Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. This year marks the 242nd Anniversary!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkeX8y3RSyKeB2QWQEHbH9nxf1SH4Qnh1y2HWtsWGGj6YEmjmBR5MgNOzfom6hMhulyC1uW_g__68YgHIJ-0Y0Kn-7484H0yiaAYaV5ZmONVuy-37Cj5Uz7tzOK_tsr8IiqoOfUPH31GK/s1600/07042012GrnwchCTInvitIndepDay-06201825.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkeX8y3RSyKeB2QWQEHbH9nxf1SH4Qnh1y2HWtsWGGj6YEmjmBR5MgNOzfom6hMhulyC1uW_g__68YgHIJ-0Y0Kn-7484H0yiaAYaV5ZmONVuy-37Cj5Uz7tzOK_tsr8IiqoOfUPH31GK/s320/07042012GrnwchCTInvitIndepDay-06201825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Remarkable coincidence is that both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence who later served as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDhnpHvc6A9pqAIbk9C66iDAqkQliLLjTEjpc4MxCZ6R9i_gumn0x4XXnOTR8HbP7FPvzgFagYAD4cqAw0ZNi1mB9gdnhIAWNcmwDX2IMhXRcxBBl3fAcFOmY0sUZ3vragt1f1575_7WI/s1600/07042012WashMonumntDCFireworksHudsonRiver.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDhnpHvc6A9pqAIbk9C66iDAqkQliLLjTEjpc4MxCZ6R9i_gumn0x4XXnOTR8HbP7FPvzgFagYAD4cqAw0ZNi1mB9gdnhIAWNcmwDX2IMhXRcxBBl3fAcFOmY0sUZ3vragt1f1575_7WI/s320/07042012WashMonumntDCFireworksHudsonRiver.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became a President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third president in a row who died on this memorable day. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, is the only President to have been born on Independence Day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6MKzDmhR9mntFAqms_cDqR7CXnuAaxmO3_Gbz6S8uJVs8qht49bSMe5BkC3tAW_55N0BW5giV3oEdmroZF15IaHaMua1-h1SrDIYjHaCX9A2fb2DIic9RIT3Z8AtWcqMxPMV2UXaoYf5/s1600/07042012MacysFireworksHudsonRiver.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6MKzDmhR9mntFAqms_cDqR7CXnuAaxmO3_Gbz6S8uJVs8qht49bSMe5BkC3tAW_55N0BW5giV3oEdmroZF15IaHaMua1-h1SrDIYjHaCX9A2fb2DIic9RIT3Z8AtWcqMxPMV2UXaoYf5/s320/07042012MacysFireworksHudsonRiver.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">If you happen to be in New York City on July 4th, don't miss Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display on the East River which begins at 9:00pm. This year marks Macy's 41st year celebrating July 4th with fireworks in NYC. More information visit this link at <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/07/01/macys-fourth-july-fireworks-tap-tech-to-light-up-smartphone-screens.html">Macy's 4th of July Fireworks!</a></span></i> from FoxNews. <strong><span br="" style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span br="" style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">Photos courtesy of Wikimedia.org unless otherwise indicated.</span></strong><br /><strong><span br="" style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">This blog has been updated from a previous article. Thank you for visiting, and please share with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</span></strong></div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-72643416878639037582021-06-19T20:25:00.004-07:002021-06-27T10:08:58.454-07:00 Happy 112th Father's Day and Fatherhood Day America! Sunday, June 20, 2021<p><i>This Father's Day blog post is a repost from previous Father's Day posts from this blog with minor updates. Enjoy!</i></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br />Happy 112th Father's Day (and Fatherhood Day) America! Sunday, June 20, 2021<br /><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai-3Ce0GySYSXU-bniv6DVKv4vpiTdm8vWiwddprQ_NgxdK5ulqoOvo7qNHw_79eJB1oMy_y7oFUa0UxIYpKM5VtQQKFvo5cRyGsT8OBai12LPICell3KYW9FjdlwEH56u7w9rUoQi_Q/s1600/FathersDayBlog_BoyGiftToDad.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai-3Ce0GySYSXU-bniv6DVKv4vpiTdm8vWiwddprQ_NgxdK5ulqoOvo7qNHw_79eJB1oMy_y7oFUa0UxIYpKM5VtQQKFvo5cRyGsT8OBai12LPICell3KYW9FjdlwEH56u7w9rUoQi_Q/s320/FathersDayBlog_BoyGiftToDad.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;"><strong>"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." </strong></span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /> ~~<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII"> Pope John XXIII </a></span><strong><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;">(Latin: Ioannes XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963), reigned from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963. </span></strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;">(photo above right, boy with hand-made gift for his dad, courtesy of freedigitalphotos.com)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqnQfsyGAKZ_R7QSWYK4N9w2uVS2zoUUUN1aIy3AEtL_piu5Mo4CTul5TdZ_7bLv8FwSh4rxmWVn5uFpmVgcdICHTdhx64VpQK3Ds5W32xwrJlCWRJFLCzMttl3hkWurEOJpUuWib41U/s1600/JimCarrey_FathersDay2014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqnQfsyGAKZ_R7QSWYK4N9w2uVS2zoUUUN1aIy3AEtL_piu5Mo4CTul5TdZ_7bLv8FwSh4rxmWVn5uFpmVgcdICHTdhx64VpQK3Ds5W32xwrJlCWRJFLCzMttl3hkWurEOJpUuWib41U/s320/JimCarrey_FathersDay2014.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong>"My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that was possible for him. So he made a conservative choice. Instead he got a 'safe job' as an accountant, and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job. Our family had to do whatever we could to survive...I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."</strong> </span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br />~~<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey"> Jim Carrey,</a> </span><strong><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"></span></strong>Award winning actor, comedian, children's book author, philanthropist, on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams. Quote taken from his speech at a recent Maharshi University Management Class of 2014 in Fairfield, Iowa, and received an honorary doctorate for his achievements as a comedian, artist, author, and philanthropist. <span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;">(Photo,You Tube video screen capture; Full speech at http://youtu.be/ajMpfPYlHi4)</span><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>I use to update this post every year with Google's doodle for FD - it may or may not be updated this year. (see below)</strong></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Happy 109th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day">Father's Day America! </a></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">The first Father's Day celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910. Incidentally either plural possessive (i.e., Fathers') or individual possessive (i.e., Father's) can be used; However, the original proclamation law referred to Father's Day.<br /><br />Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. </span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-CRS5F8W3sMqhh8G-49q8qYF60QocVtCSoBwoit4Y_Kzhr_4ts_yC_2XOEU-PRG-mi3f7Vps8NfnstSe4ShxHJr-DJir81Ti_C-Yu_BfNYQPNTFR-z4-YprpsYmdVXTw12rpPg_QR4o/s1600/FathersDay_Blog062115.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-CRS5F8W3sMqhh8G-49q8qYF60QocVtCSoBwoit4Y_Kzhr_4ts_yC_2XOEU-PRG-mi3f7Vps8NfnstSe4ShxHJr-DJir81Ti_C-Yu_BfNYQPNTFR-z4-YprpsYmdVXTw12rpPg_QR4o/s320/FathersDay_Blog062115.jpg" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br />Th<a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/fathers-day-2015-it-es-bo-hn-hr-pt-mz">is year, Google's animated Father's Day doodle</a> by doodler, <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/google-celebrates-fathers-day-2015-with-a-special-doodle">Olivia Huynh, intends to characterize the “universality of familial love.”</a> In 2013, Google celebrated Father's Day with an interactive doodle that shows dads in many different roles with simple clicks. IN 2014, Google's doodle celebrated Father's Day and World Cup with an adorable doodle moustached dad with the letter O (this was one of my faavorites).</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl2dneUuPu2UPwTVL9vR6ibd3IvJNzf93TJax3Qjsa_qUX1rRCbnVWrIW3IXjPb4j9mqvVi5Pf1Y9QFjelhfd4qjtjRX7xWd-od6aufj1xnE4pWe19BwNIi8X8SiTQn0b1dfxsmw_N64/s1600/GoogleDoodleFD+WorldCup06152014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl2dneUuPu2UPwTVL9vR6ibd3IvJNzf93TJax3Qjsa_qUX1rRCbnVWrIW3IXjPb4j9mqvVi5Pf1Y9QFjelhfd4qjtjRX7xWd-od6aufj1xnE4pWe19BwNIi8X8SiTQn0b1dfxsmw_N64/s320/GoogleDoodleFD+WorldCup06152014.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7e7ppeDCuYqN04kFp9r_aF93jvF-7bhgoQ-Ult3uLjk1XHe5pzBtpNwgUCn8zIWdofzPZlf4msVnV2Ql8vpJya6emrJENDBxlZp-z4jvdIgQE4rvKMwIlj4tnyBs_f5eUTy2J3mv7Pk/s1600/GrandpaBuono1908.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7e7ppeDCuYqN04kFp9r_aF93jvF-7bhgoQ-Ult3uLjk1XHe5pzBtpNwgUCn8zIWdofzPZlf4msVnV2Ql8vpJya6emrJENDBxlZp-z4jvdIgQE4rvKMwIlj4tnyBs_f5eUTy2J3mv7Pk/s320/GrandpaBuono1908.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">While I'm at it, I have to share a photo of my Grandfather (Angelo Buono) circa about 1908 with a similar moustache like Google doodle. Born in Naples, Italy my grandmother would tell me stories of how he became an engineer and seeked a better life by immigrating to the U.S. Around 7 years later, 1915, he moved to New York, NY and opened a fruit and produce business on Arthur Avenue, the Bronx's Little Italy. The business stayed in the family for over 80 years (1915 - late 1990's).<br /><br />Did you know that "Father's Day" was created to complement Mother's Day, a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood. In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 for men and boys who are not fathers.</span></i><br /><br /><br />Here are more photos of my grandfathers - Imperati and Buono - Hard working ntrepreneurs, they came to the USA for a better life, and to start families - both sides had 8 children; I would not be here without them. It was never about money but surviving and providing a better life for the family. Love you guys. I pray, and thank my lucky stars every day. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ58a_vMzmFCH3MZQQ1WsmRcPFGSlN3yFeF38s5oYp-OsAaLgSFXIXwlAowEvf8DwaXs2X1V8NUwwzvIWdVf58uME8cLhT-9r-wjGJo66n8aAqR2UNh8kw7HyYtTw8M6HxR9nKyRxqj4c/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="812" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ58a_vMzmFCH3MZQQ1WsmRcPFGSlN3yFeF38s5oYp-OsAaLgSFXIXwlAowEvf8DwaXs2X1V8NUwwzvIWdVf58uME8cLhT-9r-wjGJo66n8aAqR2UNh8kw7HyYtTw8M6HxR9nKyRxqj4c/w400-h270/GrandfatherImperatoWithFamily-ItalyVisit1950s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br />Photo left, my mom's dad Andrea Imperati, standing in the middle - his mother would live to 103 years old - she would still pick fruit and vegetables from her garden. He and my grandmother, Elvira Travaglina, would have 4 girls, 4 boys (living to see 3 predecease him)</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin9nv9KRXY3iQNMhn8L0lzSFKhgvONZUubnHuW75VIRGaZMykpf7pWFot07aYS9Xi6nU9sNPYXBDxgbxxxg-js5R6Umj9aEg0D7tdP2e7AUvmA5JvHS7e8BAh9NTmaaOQsE5d4BjDws8/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="387" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin9nv9KRXY3iQNMhn8L0lzSFKhgvONZUubnHuW75VIRGaZMykpf7pWFot07aYS9Xi6nU9sNPYXBDxgbxxxg-js5R6Umj9aEg0D7tdP2e7AUvmA5JvHS7e8BAh9NTmaaOQsE5d4BjDws8/w327-h400/GrandfatherBuonoWithChildHolyCommunion.jpg" width="327" /></a></div>Photo right, my father's dad Angelo Buono. He and his wife Carmela Piccolo, would have 7 boys and 1 girl (the eldest).</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Photo right, another photo of my dad's dad, Angelo Buono. I'm not sure but this may have been taken in Italy. He is probably with one of his relatives during a Holy Communion or Confirmation many years ago. Family and religion, always so important to my family. It was their pride, love, and joy. </div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">How well-dressed they were. As a style fan I really like the cravat (loose bow tie) worn by the child with a double-breasted jacket and the sharp light tailored suit with necktie and button-down vest on my grandfather. </div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Below is a photo of my mother's father our Grandfather Andrea Imperati (Imperato). He was already a grandfather, couldn't find earlier photos.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99FAT-WkBW3-rBqBc-GvmDN8ljyh3QJuV0Z8cWzQxpmaAJ4BJs9-U0L6xbG-mYYeMjqhZWHxqMhR2B6zoQXKaXTMJScV4uGzv0SxhaFgBOZpgwkBnH2iB9m5wJYWt-Eb-QkZpxEKrvsw/s209/GrandfatherImperato.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="157" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99FAT-WkBW3-rBqBc-GvmDN8ljyh3QJuV0Z8cWzQxpmaAJ4BJs9-U0L6xbG-mYYeMjqhZWHxqMhR2B6zoQXKaXTMJScV4uGzv0SxhaFgBOZpgwkBnH2iB9m5wJYWt-Eb-QkZpxEKrvsw/w300-h400/GrandfatherImperato.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx2kGj0x2QR1vGpoDhOn2UDJiVJbTY50-YOF1AKAtte1dKaDcuCSTDoxKWOXaJUGk_SCNf3JNjMY3sd9urd5yTz1DXtkYGIYyWxJhVupis7n6FSsf4utphsIY0dtK-yi5VJ4iRKIa6pVg/s1600/HappyFathersDay-03-FreeDigitalPhotos-ID-10024018.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx2kGj0x2QR1vGpoDhOn2UDJiVJbTY50-YOF1AKAtte1dKaDcuCSTDoxKWOXaJUGk_SCNf3JNjMY3sd9urd5yTz1DXtkYGIYyWxJhVupis7n6FSsf4utphsIY0dtK-yi5VJ4iRKIa6pVg/s1600/HappyFathersDay-03-FreeDigitalPhotos-ID-10024018.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">For those of us who</span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">se dads are no longer with us, (an estimate of about 100 million folks in the U.S.A.) and for the many more who still have their dad, there are so many things to do to keep his memory in your heart. Do things that your dad loved and things that brought out the best as well as visiting your dad's friends and family.</span></i><span style="color: purple; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(photo left courtesy of freedigitalphotos.com)</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">I have so many fond memories as a child with my dad and other family members at the Jersey Shore that I was inspired to write a short story in memory of my dad, “<a href="http://paintingballerina.com/">The Painting Ballerina</a>".<br /><br /><br />The short story (published in 1999) was about a young girl by the sea who with the help of her animal friends, creates a new art form “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Dancing"> paint-dancing</a>.”</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Q0Ir0bas5g432-3le8j05lBkx1dSlnt0TftFvVCqc67zsM0py-PhQv3tZWTkDWPfPLYzmY4TVvKY4BuH3H2KBkQYlhSmtMTHA1YsVeTV4tV0WJOsbSBBObMvRdYRTD3qP35W9Whbqrc/s1600/Dad%252BBrosWWIIArticle2008.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Q0Ir0bas5g432-3le8j05lBkx1dSlnt0TftFvVCqc67zsM0py-PhQv3tZWTkDWPfPLYzmY4TVvKY4BuH3H2KBkQYlhSmtMTHA1YsVeTV4tV0WJOsbSBBObMvRdYRTD3qP35W9Whbqrc/s400/Dad%252BBrosWWIIArticle2008.jpg" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">TESTAMENT TO ALL FATHERS AND VETERANS OF THE U.S.A. </span></strong><br /><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"> Enjoy this article originally written years ago and updated and reprinted a few times in a local Il Progresso about my late dad and his fellow veteran brothers who served WWII with honors. </span></i></span><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"> WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS FATHER'S DAY?</span></strong></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C0fq4gu3hoZzDdVzDYee7hQAKdLRIQg96vbL9zhSwRqE3SdUlqH86oHhPjCgihyphenhyphen_PhL0bNs-ivjnPOrAUMdSU2lPpbAAYmouGJ_F-CScJ5AUXTT8eUoF3SMbCscuJVLpzPBu6YWQq4E/s1600/FathersDay2015_DonateNTENnonprofitTechNetwork.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C0fq4gu3hoZzDdVzDYee7hQAKdLRIQg96vbL9zhSwRqE3SdUlqH86oHhPjCgihyphenhyphen_PhL0bNs-ivjnPOrAUMdSU2lPpbAAYmouGJ_F-CScJ5AUXTT8eUoF3SMbCscuJVLpzPBu6YWQq4E/s320/FathersDay2015_DonateNTENnonprofitTechNetwork.jpg" /></a></div><i>Besides baseball games, brunch in NYC or a beer cruise in NYC, and DadFests, why not celebrate "Father's Day" by donating to <a href="http://www.nten.org/">NTEN</a>, a membership organization of nonprofit professionals who put technology to use for their causes. This is great especially for all you digital, tech geeks out there.</i><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">What things do (or did) your dad enjoy? Are you planning anything special this Father's Day?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">Lovingly and appropriately, I did things that my dad enjoyed this FD weekend -- dining out at fine restaurants with friends and having lots of laughs throughout the event. Here's a few photos posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152476776456435.1073741876.794796434&type=1&l=4a89335386">Facebook - Ladies Night Out to celebrate birthdays of Helen and Rosann.</a></span><br /><div id="fb-root"></div><br /><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/gloriabuono/posts/10152476828166435" data-width="466"></div><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Things to do and other resources for Father’s Day:</strong> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br />http://www.active.com/roosevelt-island-ny/running/distance-running-races/running-of-the-balls-5k-and-10k-2017<br />•http://www.fatherhood.gov/pledge Take the Fatherhood Pledge<br />• http://www.innewyork.com/fathers-day-2015<br />• http://www.albanyevents.org/events/Dad_Fest_4_event_main.htm<br />• http://www.newyork.com/events/fathers-day/<br />• http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/best-newyork-ny-top10-fathers-day_1ny.html<br />• http://www.timeout.com/newyork/fathers-day<br />• http://parade.condenast.com/303824/leahingram/10-freebies-for-fathers-day-2014/ 10 Freebies for Father's Day<br />• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day Father's Day on Wikipedia<br />• http://www.neilchethik.com/writings-fatherloss-fathersday.htm<br /> • www.momanddadday.com<br />• http://www.ccrny.com/blog/<br />• http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Fathers-Day.shtml<br />• http://fathersday2013.net/<br />• http://www.uncommongoods.com/occasions/fathers-day-gifts/fathers-day-gifts<br /> • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/bill-clinton-father-of-the-year_n_2447453.html </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">This blog posting is a re-post from previous Father's Day blog posts from the AllThingsDigitalMarketing.com blog. </span></i></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-62838457549259636942021-05-28T17:16:00.003-07:002021-05-28T17:30:31.409-07:00Happy 154th Memorial Day America, Monday, May 31, 2021<p> <i>Happy 154th Memorial Day America, Monday, May 31, 2021</i></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i>Wishing everyone a very healthy, happy, safe, and COVID19-free weekend. More important information from <a href="https://www.medicinenet.com/safe_memorial_day_planning_during_covid-19-news.htm" target="_blank">MedicineNet's article Safe Memorial Day Planning during COVID-19 Pandemic</a> - enjoy! Or you You can copy/paste the following link in your browser: https://www.medicinenet.com/safe_memorial_day_planning_during_covid-19-news.htm</i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i>This blog is an update from previous Memorial Day blog postings with minor edits. Enjoy!</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphOxe5P0H5NhBDJ5i7WU2L0BnypJ4kWpU3qNECBanhuXqK1ZYixWqMm8xPC30VcfR1qVkszcMM1uSpjQuImqTqfqNpvrvtV1-D8ENc5rxi2oBeE85jgUfc6WJADolhXFfuL8EGyPwE5M/s1600/BigRedFlower.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphOxe5P0H5NhBDJ5i7WU2L0BnypJ4kWpU3qNECBanhuXqK1ZYixWqMm8xPC30VcfR1qVkszcMM1uSpjQuImqTqfqNpvrvtV1-D8ENc5rxi2oBeE85jgUfc6WJADolhXFfuL8EGyPwE5M/s640/BigRedFlower.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i>I call this photo "BIG RED FLOWER." I took this photo at the Bronx River, 4/29/2014, originally thought it was a tulip. But realize it's a beautiful, large POPPY symbolic of so many things, during Memorial Day, symbolizing our fallen heroes. </i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Let this BIG RED FLOWER be whatever you want it to be, let it mean whatever you want it to mean. Whatever, I hope looking at it brings you some joy and smiles.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br />Happy Memorial Day Weekend America! We need to keep on remembering and praying for all of our U.S. veterans who have sacrificed their lives fighting for our great country, the U.S.A.<br /><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ8oelMDn0riJYSLG7-1A6bBLzLqAlwuu9_SOR92VA-aXflKndQyCFNkv0zCpP9x5GRe7Wq-fECTNig7sQnQSxjA50aEAJes54JXC_uVJMkVx4KkOVsD8olrHtHrfSulUHjVzvCGLE_Cb/s1600/05272012MemorialDay-02MoinaMichaelPoppyLady.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ8oelMDn0riJYSLG7-1A6bBLzLqAlwuu9_SOR92VA-aXflKndQyCFNkv0zCpP9x5GRe7Wq-fECTNig7sQnQSxjA50aEAJes54JXC_uVJMkVx4KkOVsD8olrHtHrfSulUHjVzvCGLE_Cb/s320/05272012MemorialDay-02MoinaMichaelPoppyLady.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;">“We cherish too, the Poppy red<br />That grows on fields where valor led,<br />It seems to signal to the skies<br />That blood of heroes never dies." </span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"> ~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moina_Michael">Moina Michael (aka Poppy Lady)</a></span></i><br /><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">U.S. professor and humanitarian who vowed to always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the war. In 1915, inspired by the poem "<a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm">In Flanders Fields," </a>Moina Michael replied with her own poem, <a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/moina-michael-we-shall-keep-faith.htm">We Shall Keep the Faith</a>, November 1918</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtO2GsoBz2MVx10noIql6o6Wt2kCzyeHhcDdedchFZRGhJKJOmqTipv7ViqrwWtxX4k97W-Ge6Qi99TmXExS_HxbsbTM2b9U-Y3Qbj0b4RT7g4cdqWb255piBAhT93aULg-ChBlVk4c76/s1600/05272012MemorialDay-01AmerFlagPoppies.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtO2GsoBz2MVx10noIql6o6Wt2kCzyeHhcDdedchFZRGhJKJOmqTipv7ViqrwWtxX4k97W-Ge6Qi99TmXExS_HxbsbTM2b9U-Y3Qbj0b4RT7g4cdqWb255piBAhT93aULg-ChBlVk4c76/s320/05272012MemorialDay-01AmerFlagPoppies.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>In Flanders Fields by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae">John McCrae</a> <i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br />In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,<br />Between the crosses, row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky,<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly,<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the dead.<br />Short days ago,<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved and were loved and now we lie,<br />In Flanders Fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe<br />To you, from failing hands, we throw,<br />The torch, be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us, who die,<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,<br />In Flanders Fields. </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />We all seem to forget that we celebrate Memorial Day for the many service members who have lost their lives serving our country. Memorial Day is one of the special times of the year to honor loved ones who have passed and "In Flanders Fields" reminds us of those who have died protecting our country and freedom.</span></i><br /><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZY0v8y8MbSmVh70OvgBnTmZyX39sz5xiiyBsr9ejGwh55nc07-CcDqvB4eeto9CWH7jgS2o0ZhG1-RWVW5TxkR-zSdWUrjpi7sm-m9SOTVXWMnsM9XKuReeDBI0J18cIRZKGH1lPEaGt/s1600/05272012MemorialDay-01ArlingtonCemetery.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZY0v8y8MbSmVh70OvgBnTmZyX39sz5xiiyBsr9ejGwh55nc07-CcDqvB4eeto9CWH7jgS2o0ZhG1-RWVW5TxkR-zSdWUrjpi7sm-m9SOTVXWMnsM9XKuReeDBI0J18cIRZKGH1lPEaGt/s320/05272012MemorialDay-01ArlingtonCemetery.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">FASHION TRENDS ON MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><br /> Memorial Day marks the first day of the year for white-wear. The traditional fashion trend, “no white before Memorial Day or after Labor Day” gained popularity as the wealthy began wearing white in the summer. </span></i></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">Light clothing was the symbol of leisure and black and navy were always the norms for the working class. This fad continued until years later as many began replacing white pants with the likes of bold solids and floral prints, pastel jungle prints, red jumpsuits, neon pink, and cobalt sundresses. </span></i></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDD9tzO9efHXXFg6mtaUSl1Mcu6IOFWM7ER2ZFELCtztRloy1WRWkATASsN1Ax5CMK_VLA93OGXu3xZHnF731nEnnPEOpq-VPIRtjgSQQawtd7ocJOM7rr8K9BgTlLkoOzyLAj1GMorA/s1600/WWII_article_BuonoBros.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="955" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDD9tzO9efHXXFg6mtaUSl1Mcu6IOFWM7ER2ZFELCtztRloy1WRWkATASsN1Ax5CMK_VLA93OGXu3xZHnF731nEnnPEOpq-VPIRtjgSQQawtd7ocJOM7rr8K9BgTlLkoOzyLAj1GMorA/s320/WWII_article_BuonoBros.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">I was fortunate to receive this </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">article from one of my very </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">dearest cousins about our late </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">fathers and their 2 brothers </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">(total 7 brothers, 1 sister).</span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">All 4 brothers served during WWII. We were blessed as all 4 survived; However, we always remember those soldiers who sacrificed their lives. </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">FASHION FOR MEN TOO THIS MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><br /> For all you men out there, check out GQ for ways to wear white on Memorial Day, <a href="http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2015/05/memorial-day-three-ways-to-wear-white.html">Three Ways to Wear White on Memorial Day</a> http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2015/05/memorial-day-three-ways-to-wear-white.html </span></i><br /><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />What to do in NYC on Memorial Day weekend </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />► <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/memorial-day">Memorial Day weekend events in NYC</a>, TimeOut http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/memorial-day-weekend-events-in-nyc?package_page=36341<br />►<a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/best-beaches?package_page=36341">Best beaches near NYC</a> http://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/best-beaches?package_page=36341<br />► <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/parks?package_page=36341">The best NYC parks</a>, TimeOut http://www.timeout.com/newyork/parks?package_page=36341<br />► <a href="http://www.nycgo.com/events/memorial-day-parade1">Memorial Day Parade, NYCCO.com</a><br />► <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-york/memorial-day-weekend/">New York Memorial Day Weekend Events</a> https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-york/memorial-day-weekend/<br />► <a href="http://www.nyctrip.com/pages/Index.aspx">Best Things to do in NYC, NYCtrip.com</a><br />► <a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm">How to Observe Memorial Day </a>, http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm </span></i><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">HISTORY OF MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><br /><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><strong> The first Memorial Day celebration traces back to May 30, 1868. Memorial Day honors men and women who fought for our country so that we can all be free. </strong></span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Originally coined "Decoration Day," Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day is less about barbecues and more about celebrating our nation’s veterans. Don't forget -- raise your flag half-staff -- honor more than one million Americans who gave their lives in service of this country for our freedom. </strong></span></i></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEXAJHNwt0G-wJZ22f8_cwlYc2x1or1jNEHi36zgP4kPXIlRcc3Sn-EnJO2iwngdHf6ila2MyzYcalchwv6bbY0eykZ91A5BegDit_phRI3qQ2DvtfMwt3VE6YL3JRCKGKcr1Wa86v8A3/s1600/05272012MemorialDay-02PoppyHands.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEXAJHNwt0G-wJZ22f8_cwlYc2x1or1jNEHi36zgP4kPXIlRcc3Sn-EnJO2iwngdHf6ila2MyzYcalchwv6bbY0eykZ91A5BegDit_phRI3qQ2DvtfMwt3VE6YL3JRCKGKcr1Wa86v8A3/s320/05272012MemorialDay-02PoppyHands.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states.<br /><br />The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee. </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />Memorial Day Fashion Trends </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />► Enjoy the Long Weekend with Memorial Day Fashion Finds on Glamour.com http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2015/05/memorial-day-fashion-sales-2015<br />► What To Wear For Every Kind Of Memorial Day Weekend http://www.luckyshops.com/article/memorial-day-outfits<br />► Do You Have to Wait Until After Memorial Day to Wear White? | http://ksoo.com/do-you-have-to-wait-until-after-memorial-day-to-wear-white/?trackback=tsmclip<br />► <a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/people/moina-belle-michael.htm">Moina Bell Michael: the Idea for the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy</a> </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />Other Resources </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />►<a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html">USmemorialday.org</a><br />►<a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/calendar.html">Memorial Day Calendar </a><br />►<a href="http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp#hist">Memorial Day History </a><br />► <a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm">How to Observe Memorial Day</a><br />► <a href="http://www.vfw.org/Community/Buddy-Poppy">Buddy Poppy</a><br />► <a href="http://www.cal-mum.com/poppy.htm">The Story Behind the Poppy</a><br />► <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WCd3lQY0o8">InflandersFields-YouTube</a><br />► <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=P_x0M5y-EWo">InflandersFields-YouTube</a> </span></i><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br />Please share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks for visiting.<br /><br />Wishing you and yours a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.<br /><br />All photos courtesy of Wikimedia unless otherwise indicated.</strong></span></i></i></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-70064602681474054282021-05-25T13:46:00.002-07:002021-05-25T13:46:33.398-07:00OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO - Powderkeg by Aaron Glenn (feat. Chelsea Takami)<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Better than Oscars! Great enjoyable entertainment, for everyone from children, educators, to professionals, and all heart-centered leaders, this YouTube original musical animation story is so relevant, and especially during this pandemic - feeling knocked down by challenges, coming back stronger, MannyMan is what I call a "resilientist" who uses talents, personal resources, strengths, and human capital like audacity, hope, optimism, and self-efficacy to bounce right back and share creativity and love! 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Enjoy this easy 1-2-3 cookie recipe (1907)<p> This is a reposting of previous MD blogs with minor updates. Enjoy!</p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7abVQQAKUkU7s43ya03IC0qc2ncFaGMonhjlQ4iRz_NKNWcsYHCt9VMz70_Rlw9UjHjvwZynrI0ib6lDDEDIqHBdqf0sQjAblJ7x5l368XJ6gBDLMyXXUryBKJ_IFZh3QtzrPYV9rZcA/s1039/DorseyMomTwitterAccount.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="1039" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7abVQQAKUkU7s43ya03IC0qc2ncFaGMonhjlQ4iRz_NKNWcsYHCt9VMz70_Rlw9UjHjvwZynrI0ib6lDDEDIqHBdqf0sQjAblJ7x5l368XJ6gBDLMyXXUryBKJ_IFZh3QtzrPYV9rZcA/s320/DorseyMomTwitterAccount.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7abVQQAKUkU7s43ya03IC0qc2ncFaGMonhjlQ4iRz_NKNWcsYHCt9VMz70_Rlw9UjHjvwZynrI0ib6lDDEDIqHBdqf0sQjAblJ7x5l368XJ6gBDLMyXXUryBKJ_IFZh3QtzrPYV9rZcA/s1039/DorseyMomTwitterAccount.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Did you know <a href="http://www.today.com/video/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-talks-trump-s-tweets-favorite-follow-tackling-trolls-943519811955" target="_blank">Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's favorite twitter account is his mom</a>, Marcia Dorsey? </i></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/marciadorsey" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="username u-dir" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">@<span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">marciadorsey</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a class="ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/marciadorsey" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 28px; margin-right: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Marcia Dorsey</a></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAv-tGaQQYnNH2z8P1M3ga3zSThsxOyhrIvalmz_WiNAqztz6AKnJvyet9CIySUXgcnyI5bWLqHZoZdMabZ3vyGstcufoDQ-lq4OwHLEbrr_txgHsOwoKeAZZ7OOe3fZD_g1a8NTKwBs/s800/MayaAngelou-PortraitForBlog.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAv-tGaQQYnNH2z8P1M3ga3zSThsxOyhrIvalmz_WiNAqztz6AKnJvyet9CIySUXgcnyI5bWLqHZoZdMabZ3vyGstcufoDQ-lq4OwHLEbrr_txgHsOwoKeAZZ7OOe3fZD_g1a8NTKwBs/s320/MayaAngelou-PortraitForBlog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span><span><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: papyrus; font-size: large;" trbidi="on"><i style="color: purple; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." </span></i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><b>~ </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou" target="_blank">Maya Angelou,</a> </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #666666;">American poet, memoirist and civil rights activist</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><a class="ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/marciadorsey" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: purple; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 28px; margin-right: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="visuallyhidden" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); display: inline; height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;">🗽</span></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuL_T1e8ldf43by0ARaj1EAQcHt037NhaBdmEYQXszxu5-dB6CP4som4hqL-qlT-e3NZus4xUDc-smK4Zpu8O0CbEJVM9Nv0PTPMnS5lmPZgqB1A3z7bppM4vrRWx0akdPtymec8bA24E/s1600/Happy100thMothersDay05112014.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuL_T1e8ldf43by0ARaj1EAQcHt037NhaBdmEYQXszxu5-dB6CP4som4hqL-qlT-e3NZus4xUDc-smK4Zpu8O0CbEJVM9Nv0PTPMnS5lmPZgqB1A3z7bppM4vrRWx0akdPtymec8bA24E/s320/Happy100thMothersDay05112014.jpg" /></a></div><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><div><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></strong></div>"A</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"> printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. </span></i></strong><div><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">And candy!<br /><br />You take a box to Mother—and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment."</span></i></strong><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"> ~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Jarvis">Anna Jarvis</a>, Founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States, (1907) on the true meaning of mothers.</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWojI4q6lKU3HCCzz5d3KX1CvBU-TMuOI02hRE40DrsefNpK50-1nLRDNJtjdO9sYPrj9WjulapipcIHhPtv2gMPts4sRejXGZ7xL0BcSoK5U63gn2VQgoQE7FkPnGzyzlclf2WB-pE4/s1600/2015MomDayBlogCollage.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWojI4q6lKU3HCCzz5d3KX1CvBU-TMuOI02hRE40DrsefNpK50-1nLRDNJtjdO9sYPrj9WjulapipcIHhPtv2gMPts4sRejXGZ7xL0BcSoK5U63gn2VQgoQE7FkPnGzyzlclf2WB-pE4/s400/2015MomDayBlogCollage.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photo left, photo collage of my mom to celebrate Mother's Day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat3-kBgcZY4vl_Cu4kfGlSJGqBLD3Gl61_JLbJt1wHG4l4zqXBJ4mJyil3DdJgg4df1Zn2jVlkfcHWtGRvD5ITX3kNK__MStJPG4KGpjGk6fqjco2THXTAnvbb7XBH5T4COye4WimSw0/s1600/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_MothersDayShrine.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat3-kBgcZY4vl_Cu4kfGlSJGqBLD3Gl61_JLbJt1wHG4l4zqXBJ4mJyil3DdJgg4df1Zn2jVlkfcHWtGRvD5ITX3kNK__MStJPG4KGpjGk6fqjco2THXTAnvbb7XBH5T4COye4WimSw0/s400/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_MothersDayShrine.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Photo right (courtesy of Wikipedia) of The International Mother's Day Shrine was designated a National Historic Landmark October 5, 1992. <br /><br />The Shrine, constructed in 1873 is located at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 11 E. Main Street in Grafton West Virginia. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church also called the "mother church" of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15, 1962, as a tribute to all mothers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQy1XmioaZUQwGwaC_Mc3taYfF9oaCupQov5YYzlbVmIwKjSCd1VMArWJizKSWBQQ7k5mT5TboNi8EDbiNMZd4w9O9QIkIQkdDbXZBFKP6QgV5-TbdXJZ8gd2tvWnJEmwJlbP7W2OKOA/s1600/MomDay20190512.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="552" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQy1XmioaZUQwGwaC_Mc3taYfF9oaCupQov5YYzlbVmIwKjSCd1VMArWJizKSWBQQ7k5mT5TboNi8EDbiNMZd4w9O9QIkIQkdDbXZBFKP6QgV5-TbdXJZ8gd2tvWnJEmwJlbP7W2OKOA/s400/MomDay20190512.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Here's the lovely animated <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/mothers-day-2019-multiple-countries" target="_blank">Mother's Day doodle for 2019,</a> adorable duck mom with her ducklings, love the animations especially the third one - so precious.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Also enjoy this lovely, bicycle-themed doodle (May 2014).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXp4N_C6hhoS8poGSw02mH82xgvuOV_ASyyby9MBkL-rhPUnz0ISk1PRmQzujZpxaD3JMXesoOGuPN_H7YESOeR-NdCyJG0cwHSzIZtEgs-zMzec0oQq1RhL1l-gSYZHbTDrovWgnbd0/s1600/IHappy100thMother'sDay_GoogleDoodle05112014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXp4N_C6hhoS8poGSw02mH82xgvuOV_ASyyby9MBkL-rhPUnz0ISk1PRmQzujZpxaD3JMXesoOGuPN_H7YESOeR-NdCyJG0cwHSzIZtEgs-zMzec0oQq1RhL1l-gSYZHbTDrovWgnbd0/s400/IHappy100thMother'sDay_GoogleDoodle05112014.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Happy 105th Mother's Day America</strong></span><br /><br />Below is MD blog post from 2018 with minor updates from previous MD postings. Enjoy!<br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Happy 104th Mother's Day America</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day">Mother's Day</a>, this year is Sunday, May 14th and always a great day to celebrate love, friendship and moms.<br /><br />Did you know that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress proclaimed the very first Mother's Day celebration?<br /><br />Mother's Day was originally created by Anna Marie Jarvis in 1907 when she had a memorial to celebrate her Mother, Ann Jarvis who passed away on May 12, 1905. Anna's mother Ann Jarvis had founded Mothers' Day Work Clubs in five cities to improve sanitary and health conditions. The Mothers' Day Work Clubs also treated wounds, fed, and clothed both Union and Confederate soldiers with neutrality. Anna Marie Jarvis never married and had no children. She and her sister Ellsinore became disappointed with the commercialization of Mother's Day. They spent their family inheritance campaigning against what the holiday had become. Both died in poverty.<br /><br />Yellow roses are very popular on Mother's Day as they indicate joy, gladness, friendship and "I Care?" Our way of remembering and celebrating is sharing our photo of beautiful bouquet of 2 dozen yellow roses my husband and I presented to our mom in May 2011. And I like to share her special cookie recipe.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RakAROcOepW_vyNOeGJByl7gCI7sgjAhazfD7VB8BGoi3DpsHD3iUdTYD7IK_0rH6RIyUoFvyhSUH608q5kx9CyawtS4D0R5itMC6Ez1SuE3_Q-Nt9Lii0O-eeJ8Ax13EXFXCb3KpuY/s1600/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_picMom.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RakAROcOepW_vyNOeGJByl7gCI7sgjAhazfD7VB8BGoi3DpsHD3iUdTYD7IK_0rH6RIyUoFvyhSUH608q5kx9CyawtS4D0R5itMC6Ez1SuE3_Q-Nt9Lii0O-eeJ8Ax13EXFXCb3KpuY/s320/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_picMom.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><br />As a child my mother would often bake all sorts of foods, pies, desserts, cakes and cookies. One of my favorite, all time cookies is a famous Italian cookie called "Anginette" (aka Anginetti), in the USA popularly called "Lemon Drop Cookies." The great thing about this cookie is that it is popular all year round and with just a few ingredients, anyone can prepare and bake this great cookie in less than 30 minutes. <i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">{Photo left, our mom, and photo below right me and mom on my Wedding Day, March 2008)</span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHmjxmgIw-VdjieQ2nzXjCHC8o93WjAnRUIp-BsESmHg_D9fnr4QYJ-VcTGsjqgzANVFbrhrqv9QW3pJi89XtiYIR4W0DxQsoipPlfFUQWLoIsNELRkWGJeDASnzcPePhXUHLuluznw4/s1600/053Gloria+053.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHmjxmgIw-VdjieQ2nzXjCHC8o93WjAnRUIp-BsESmHg_D9fnr4QYJ-VcTGsjqgzANVFbrhrqv9QW3pJi89XtiYIR4W0DxQsoipPlfFUQWLoIsNELRkWGJeDASnzcPePhXUHLuluznw4/s320/053Gloria+053.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;">I use to always enjoy rolling the dough into extra long cigar shapes and coiling the cookie into 2 and 3 tiers high with my mom and grandmother. The sky is the limit in regards to creativity; although Anginetti are delightful plain they are lovely and appetizing garnished with frosting and sprinkles. The prep time including rolling the dough into cigar shapes was slightly less than 15 minutes and it baked in 8 minutes. I try to bake these as much as I can. I once baked Anginettes and decided to bring in a tray for an early meeting where I was leading a direct marketing presentation to a group of about 30 people. The cookies were a big hit as was my presentation. Besides adding a personal touch, they were a surprise breakfast treat especially while sipping coffee and tea.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><b>INGREDIENTS:</b><br />► Eggs 6<br />► Baking Powder 4 - 6 teaspoons max<br />► Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon<br />► Flour 6 cups<br />► Vanilla 1 - 2 teaspoons<br />► Sugar 1 - 2 cups (can substitute with alteratives, e.g., splenda, equal, etc.)<br />► Butter 4 sticks (can substitute with vegetable oil)<br /><br /><b>OPTIONAL ICING:</b><br />► Powdered Sugar (aka Confectioners Sugar) 3 tablespoons<br />► Milk, Lemon Juice or Water (just a dash, about 1/2 teaspoon)<br /><br /><b>OPTIONAL OTHER:</b><br />► Lemon or Orange Skin (grated or peeled, optional with flour mix)<br />► Caraway seeds, almonds, walnuts, cream cheese, etc.<br />► Be Creative</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 1 :</u> Make Dough (5 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Prepare oven at 375°; In large bowl combine ingredients<br />► Eggs<br />► Baking Powder<br />► Flour (put about half and add the remaining flour while mixing in bowl)<br />► Vanilla<br />► Sugar (or alternative, e.g., splenda, equal, etc.)<br />► Butter </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 2 :</u> Knead, Cut & Shape Dough (10 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Knead dough when ready divide into amounts enough to roll into long cigars (about 6" to 8 inches); Then create circular coil shapes. Place in baking tray. Makes about 36 cookies or so depending on shape and size of cookies. You can make many more if you use a simple flat, round conventional shape cookie, but then again, it won't have the look and feel as a true, anginette. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 3 :</u> Place tray in 375° oven (8 - 18 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Depending on your oven, bake anywhere from 10to 20 minutes, keep watching and when the cookies are golden brown color on the bottom it is done. If you want to have frosting, mix the powdered sugar and water and stir until paste like. Wait at least 10 minutes for baked cookies to cool and dip cookies into frosting mix, or simply pour a little on each. Should set within 15 minutes. Can serve plain or with the traditional sugar frosting. Be creative, try cutting a few plain ones and adding cream cheese in the middle.<br />► Don't forget to wait at least 10 minutes before adding the icing and sprinkles or serving without icing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><b><u>Total time - 23 - 33 Minutes</u> </b></span><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles002.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles002.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles003.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles003.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles004.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles004.jpg" /></a></center><br />These cookies are great plain or with icing. There are different textures and styles. The neutral-colored frosting was made using lemon instead of milk with powdered sugar.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=HappyMothersDay-Cake.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_HappyMothersDay-Cake.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><b>“The sweetest sounds to mortals given. Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven” </b></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">--<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_John_William_Goldsmith"> William Goldsmith Brown</a> (1902-1982);<br />Survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Later he wrote a book about his experiences on the ship, and had his story featured in the documentary, Titanic: </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">The Legend Lives On, as well as a children's book about the disaster, Inside the Titanic.</span></i><br /><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;">Below is our mother's Eulogy from her Funeral Mass. May our mom RIP knowing how much she is loved and remembered.</center><center></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WZ1qA3PbfqmaJVIlEguLyYJhcRtcCNf8m3pY4G-YcWZ7rDcKOevAovWGe-paIhlN4_V5tuldTPPYf1yrK_99478sKWNOCd0tzcSEnFF95-KcONuM-t3CLXICXFIjjMD_ORP9L1g5Ghw/s1600/000Eulogy-MomPalmaBuono.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WZ1qA3PbfqmaJVIlEguLyYJhcRtcCNf8m3pY4G-YcWZ7rDcKOevAovWGe-paIhlN4_V5tuldTPPYf1yrK_99478sKWNOCd0tzcSEnFF95-KcONuM-t3CLXICXFIjjMD_ORP9L1g5Ghw/s1600/000Eulogy-MomPalmaBuono.jpg" /><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat3-kBgcZY4vl_Cu4kfGlSJGqBLD3Gl61_JLbJt1wHG4l4zqXBJ4mJyil3DdJgg4df1Zn2jVlkfcHWtGRvD5ITX3kNK__MStJPG4KGpjGk6fqjco2THXTAnvbb7XBH5T4COye4WimSw0/s1600/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_MothersDayShrine.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat3-kBgcZY4vl_Cu4kfGlSJGqBLD3Gl61_JLbJt1wHG4l4zqXBJ4mJyil3DdJgg4df1Zn2jVlkfcHWtGRvD5ITX3kNK__MStJPG4KGpjGk6fqjco2THXTAnvbb7XBH5T4COye4WimSw0/s400/Happy100thMothersDay05112014_MothersDayShrine.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />Photo right (courtesy of Wikipedia) of The International Mother's Day Shrine was designated a National Historic Landmark October 5, 1992. T<br /><br />he Shrine, constructed in 1873 is located at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 11 E. Main Street in Grafton West Virginia. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church also called the "mother church" of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15, 1962, as a tribute to all mothers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">Will update Google doodle for this year when ready. In the meantime, enjoy this lovely, bicycle-themed doodle (May 2014).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXp4N_C6hhoS8poGSw02mH82xgvuOV_ASyyby9MBkL-rhPUnz0ISk1PRmQzujZpxaD3JMXesoOGuPN_H7YESOeR-NdCyJG0cwHSzIZtEgs-zMzec0oQq1RhL1l-gSYZHbTDrovWgnbd0/s1600/IHappy100thMother'sDay_GoogleDoodle05112014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXp4N_C6hhoS8poGSw02mH82xgvuOV_ASyyby9MBkL-rhPUnz0ISk1PRmQzujZpxaD3JMXesoOGuPN_H7YESOeR-NdCyJG0cwHSzIZtEgs-zMzec0oQq1RhL1l-gSYZHbTDrovWgnbd0/s400/IHappy100thMother'sDay_GoogleDoodle05112014.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Happy Mother's Day America</strong></span><br /><br />Below is MD blog post from 2015 with minor updates. Enjoy!<br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Happy Mother's Day America</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day">Mother's Day</a>, this year is Sunday, May 14th and always a great day to celebrate love, friendship and moms.<br /><br />Did you know that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress proclaimed the very first Mother's Day celebration?<br /><br />Mother's Day was originally created by Anna Marie Jarvis in 1907 when she had a memorial to celebrate her Mother, Ann Jarvis who passed away on May 12, 1905. Anna's mother Ann Jarvis had founded Mothers' Day Work Clubs in five cities to improve sanitary and health conditions. The Mothers' Day Work Clubs also treated wounds, fed, and clothed both Union and Confederate soldiers with neutrality. Anna Marie Jarvis never married and had no children. She and her sister Ellsinore became disappointed with the commercialization of Mother's Day. They spent their family inheritance campaigning against what the holiday had become. Both died in poverty.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGia1d9fg1_g901OmfT3nIz8NjHgRuj0kIG6YdtzSc2bxdXEOLKwHX_0Oqwa9DxD9_3aoaKNUXua9WKZIkXraD3fFvU94ePJKzk8cpR7-xxzeK4mbPbUQfqJnzxhuYMoYuUptCjZQUh4/s1010/YellowRoses.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGia1d9fg1_g901OmfT3nIz8NjHgRuj0kIG6YdtzSc2bxdXEOLKwHX_0Oqwa9DxD9_3aoaKNUXua9WKZIkXraD3fFvU94ePJKzk8cpR7-xxzeK4mbPbUQfqJnzxhuYMoYuUptCjZQUh4/s320/YellowRoses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Yellow roses are very popular on Mother's Day as they indicate joy, gladness, friendship, and "I Care?" Our way of remembering and celebrating is sharing our photo of a beautiful bouquet of 2 dozen yellow roses my husband and I presented to our mom in May 2011. And I like to share her special cookie recipe below.</span><div><span style="color: red; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"></span><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><b>INGREDIENTS:</b><br />► Eggs 6<br />► Baking Powder 4 - 6 teaspoons max<br />► Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon<br />► Flour 6 cups<br />► Vanilla 1 - 2 teaspoons<br />► Sugar 1 - 2 cups (can substitute with alteratives, e.g., splenda, equal, etc.)<br />► Butter 4 sticks (can substitute with vegetable oil)<br /><br /><b>OPTIONAL ICING:</b><br />► Powdered Sugar (aka Confectioners Sugar) 3 tablespoons<br />► Milk, Lemon Juice or Water (just a dash, about 1/2 teaspoon)<br /><br /><b>OPTIONAL OTHER:</b><br />► Lemon or Orange Skin (grated or peeled, optional with flour mix)<br />► Caraway seeds, almonds, walnuts, cream cheese, etc.<br />► Be Creative</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 1 :</u> Make Dough (5 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Prepare oven at 375°; In large bowl combine ingredients<br />► Eggs<br />► Baking Powder<br />► Flour (put about half and add the remaining flour while mixing in bowl)<br />► Vanilla<br />► Sugar (or alternative, e.g., splenda, equal, etc.)<br />► Butter </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 2 :</u> Knead, Cut & Shape Dough (10 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Knead dough when ready divide into amounts enough to roll into long cigars (about 6" to 8 inches); Then create circular coil shapes. Place in baking tray. Makes about 36 cookies or so depending on shape and size of cookies. You can make many more if you use a simple flat, round conventional shape cookie, but then again, it won't have the look and feel as a true, anginette. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Step 3 :</u> Place tray in 375° oven (8 - 18 min) </b></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br />► Depending on your oven, bake anywhere from 10to 20 minutes, keep watching and when the cookies are golden brown color on the bottom it is done. If you want to have frosting, mix the powdered sugar and water and stir until paste like. Wait at least 10 minutes for baked cookies to cool and dip cookies into frosting mix, or simply pour a little on each. Should set within 15 minutes. Can serve plain or with the traditional sugar frosting. Be creative, try cutting a few plain ones and adding cream cheese in the middle.<br />► Don't forget to wait at least 10 minutes before adding the icing and sprinkles or serving without icing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><b><u>Total time - 23 - 33 Minutes</u> </b></span><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles002.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles002.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles003.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles003.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=AnginetteWsprinkles004.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_AnginetteWsprinkles004.jpg" /></a></center><br />These cookies are great plain or with icing. There are different textures and styles. The neutral-colored frosting was made using lemon instead of milk with powdered sugar.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/?action=view&current=HappyMothersDay-Cake.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af272/apartmentkd/GloriaSeasonalityPix/th_HappyMothersDay-Cake.jpg" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><b>“The sweetest sounds to mortals given. Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven” </b></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">--<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_John_William_Goldsmith"> William Goldsmith Brown</a> (1902-1982);<br />Survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Later he wrote a book about his experiences on the ship, and had his story featured in the documentary, Titanic: </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">The Legend Lives On, as well as a children's book about the disaster, Inside the Titanic.</span></i><br /><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;">Below is our mother's Eulogy from her Funeral Mass. May our mom RIP knowing how much she is loved and remembered.</center></div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-75227293705139853932021-03-28T11:10:00.007-07:002021-04-08T11:24:35.873-07:00Hello World! Happy 2021st Palm Sunday (March 28th) and Easter, Sunday (April 4th) and "chag Pesach sameach" Happy Passover <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello World! Happy 2021st Palm Sunday and Easter, Sunday and "chag Pesach sameach" Happy Passover . (3/27/21 - 4/4/21). May your days today and always be filled with love, happiness, and blessings.<br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">Palm Sunday has always been a very special day for our family.<br /><br />My late mom was born on Palm Sunday (March 28, 1926), which is why my grandmother named her "Palma."</span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCxMuB6nJpzzSb8Bpw27JWUQZuTdCMgJJbA2XrdkttB7Z0EGBb3FTHXQyjJbFrURgyUnZbaUlN4YEIU47iDpwEnSDbi6v7EfOq3PIVbzN4IPJ_mnoBg66JAmdnd8A2wwsaEDZvRqcl_c/s772/Aloha_Mom%252BGrandma.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCxMuB6nJpzzSb8Bpw27JWUQZuTdCMgJJbA2XrdkttB7Z0EGBb3FTHXQyjJbFrURgyUnZbaUlN4YEIU47iDpwEnSDbi6v7EfOq3PIVbzN4IPJ_mnoBg66JAmdnd8A2wwsaEDZvRqcl_c/s320/Aloha_Mom%252BGrandma.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>PALM SKIRTS ON PALM SUNDAY!</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Wow! </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Like mother, like daughter, smart, entrepreneurs -in true form, celebrating cultures, diversity before there was diversity, barefoot n' all. From polka dots to having fun dancing to the Hula in their "Palm Hula skirts." To get a closer look, zoom in on photo. </span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span>
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"> Happy Palm Sunday, happy name day and may you be dancing up in the clouds, celebrating how much you are loved and missed. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">You haven't really left us, you have just moved to a peaceful place and you are always in our thoughts and prayers.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Wonderful keepsake photo of my late mom with her mother, Grandma Elvira. </strong></span></i></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Another great photo of my late mom with <a href="http://tesh.com/">John Tesh</a> #ITFYL #JohnTest . Mom was so fond of this photo. Her smile radiates everywhere regardless of her age. In this photo she was in her late 70s. Amazing!</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Photo collage of my late mom (TOP L-R, with her youngest grandchildren, Mariel & Anthony; granddaughter Mariel's lovely "get-well card; mom upstate New York holding me as an infant). (BOTTOM L-R, me & mom celebrating another bon-voyage cruise; mom in either CA or OK at a wedding; mom with her mom, Grandma Elvira.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Mom as the most beautiful bride with her handsome groom, my wonderful Dad, during their wedding day, September 5, 1948.</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">Sharing mom's Eulogy here to remember her life, her amazing gifts, talents, smiles and her love. </span></strong></span><strong style="color: purple; font-family: cambria;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">(see image to the right)</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></strong></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">Also another way to celebrate her name day, Palm Sunday. </span></strong></span><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Our brother presented the Eulogy at the Funeral Mass on February 28, 2012.</strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>I strongly believe our mom is at peace knowing her children are well.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>On Palm Sunday 2015, I had quite a few chuckles. Much to my surprise, two wild turkeys strutted in my back yard and left quite an impression! </strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Gobbling, trotting and pecking around, I had to take a video with my iPhone. Glad I did as there is never a sure-shot they will show up again in my back yard.</strong></span></i><br />
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Second video Wild Turkeys Take 2 <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ev8dcSwQtE8" width="560"></iframe><br />
or visit these links for <a href="https://youtu.be/gmskcOlY1Xg%20%20%20Wild%20Turkey%20s%20Take%201">Wild Turkeys Take 1</a> and https://youtu.be/ev8dcSwQtE8<br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-large;"><strong>About Easter</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easter (Old English Ēostre; Latin: Pascha; Greek Πάσχα Paskha, the latter two derived from Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ) is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.</span><br />
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Easter is for everyone, for adults it brings back memories of childhood days filled with beautiful spring flowers and fabulous Sunday celebrations.<br />
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Easter, like Christmas, is for children. Celebrating Easter with children is truly special – from colored Easter Eggs, Chocolate Easter Bunnies to Easter Egg hunts and parades and bonnets make this day extra magical.<br />
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Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the March equinox.<br />
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Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (although the astronomical equinox occurs on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is not necessarily on the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies from 22 March to 25 April inclusive. Eastern<br />
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The precise date of Easter has at times been a matter for contention. By the later 2nd century, it was accepted that the celebration of the holiday was a practice of the disciples and an undisputed tradition.<br />
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Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are identical or very similar.<br />
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Easter customs vary across the Christian world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church[12] and decorating Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb.<br />
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Additional customs that have become associated with Easter and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.<br />
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The Easter parade is an American cultural event consisting of a festive strolling procession on Easter Sunday. The parade is somewhat of an informal and unorganized event, with or without religious significance. Persons participating in an Easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to impress others with their finery.<br />
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The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York City, but Easter parades are held in many other cities. Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870s, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-20th century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million people. Its popularity has declined significantly, drawing only 30,000 in 2008.<br />
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Many Americans follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy. The Easter Bunny is a popular legendary anthropomorphic Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa Claus in American culture.<br />
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On Easter Monday, the President of the United States holds an annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn for young children. New York City holds an annual Easter parade on Easter Sunday.<br />
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Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans.<br />
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Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth. In Christianity, for the celebration of Eastertide, Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus: though an egg appears to be like the stone of a tomb, a bird hatches from it with life; similarly, the Easter egg, for Christians, is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, and that those who believe will also experience eternal life.<br />
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The precise origin of the ancient custom of decorating eggs is not known, although evidently the blooming of many flowers in spring coincides with the use of the fertility symbol of eggs—and eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bringing the spring into the homes.<br />
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Many Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed Christ (and, of the renewal of life in springtime). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long dead time of winter.<br />
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The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a fantasy character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs.<br />
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Originating among German Lutherans, the Easter Hare originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behaviour at the start of the season of Eastertide.<br />
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The Easter Bunny is sometimes depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs in his basket, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Santa Claus, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holiday. The custom was first mentioned in Georg Franck von Franckenau's De ovis paschalibus[2] (About Easter Eggs) in 1682[3] referring to a German tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter Eggs for the children. In many church services on Easter Sunday, a live rabbit representing the Easter Bunny, is brought into the congregation, especially for the children's message.<br />
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An Easter Bonnet represents the tail-end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.<br />
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The "Easter bonnet" was fixed in popular culture by Irving Berlin, whose frame of reference was the Easter parade in New York City, a festive walkabout that made its way down Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral:<br />
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At the depths of the Great Depression a new hat at Easter, or a refurbished old one, was a simple luxury. <i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /><br />Will you be celebrating Easter? Showing off your Easter bonnet or attending an Easter Day Parade?</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><strong>RESOURCES: </strong></i></span><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> ♦ The 29th Annual Easter Bonnet Competion by the Theatre Development Fund, takes place on April 20th and April 21st at Minskoff Theatre, more info at https://www.tdf.org/shows/9214/The-29th-Annual-Easter-Bonnet-Competition (last year The 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition (2014) by Broadway Cares http://broadwaycares.org/easterbonnet2014)<br />♦ Easter Day Parade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_parade<br />♦ Easter Sunday on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday<br />♦ Easter 2015 from Calendar 365 http://www.calendar-365.com/holidays/easter.html<br />♦ Easter Egg Hunts http://www.easteregghuntsandevents.org/<br />♦ Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival in New York City http://gonyc.about.com/cs/holidays/a/easter.htm</i></span><br />
<span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>♦ </i><i>Ann Miller' sings and taps to "Shakin' the Blues Away" from Easter Parade (1948) she was an amazing tap dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yS1e9zksJ8<br />♦ Easter Parade – Fred Astaire and Judy Garland on YouTube </i></span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKt54TFrxMc</span><br /><b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">This post is an updated repost from previous annual Easter posts. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media. Follow me @gbdaly Thanks.</b></span></i></div>
Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-13501137434583578232021-02-02T21:00:00.002-08:002021-02-03T17:27:27.462-08:00Facebook reaches another milestone - legal age to drink and vote - Happy 021 (2/4/2004)Facebook reaches another milestone - legal age to drink and vote - Happy 021<div>Will BIG tech ever get the right to vote on Presidential elections? Ha ha ha ha, just kidding! <br /><div>Facebook is facing their biggest "Big Tech Bias" scandal challenge yet and it's not just anti-conservative bias, it's "anything they want to censor bias" and this latest digi-scandal may result in major changes for section 230 or perhaps splitting up all big tech. Back in November/December 2020, lawmakers from all political parties supported the modification of Section 230 of the 1996 telecommunications law, a key internet law, which grants legal protections for what users post on their respective platform. More information at this article titled "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/17/twitter-facebook-senate-hearing-anti-conservative-bias" target="_blank">Twitter and Facebook CEO's testify on alleged anti-conservative bias</a>" on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/17/twitter-facebook-senate-hearing-anti-conservative-bias">The Guardian</a>. </div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">This article below is a repost of earlier blog posts with link updates in the resources below (note additions from years 2016 through present, February 2021.</span> </div><div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">So many scandals have come about since this original posting. From <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "millertext" , "georgia" , serif;">Facebook instigating genocide in Myanmar, Cambridge Analytica to </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "millertext" , "georgia" , serif;">Zuckerberg calling Trump after he won 2016 election with plenty more scandals in-between. Learn more of Facebook's follies by clicking on <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/ranking-facebooks-scandalous-2018.html" target="_blank">New York Intelligencer</a> and also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-scandals-2018/" target="_blank">Wired</a> for more Facebook scandals.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;">"I mean there doesn't necessarily have to be more ... I mean like a lot of people are focused on taking over the world. Or doing the most biggest thing. Like getting the most users. I think like part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely." </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong>~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a> </strong></span></i>, <span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>co-founder, Facebook; As quoted, June 2005 while talking about Facebook before it was famous. See YouTube video below for full discussion.</strong></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRdOOoIyHZk"><i>Facebook Interview Part 2 (2005) </i>, below YouTube Video of interview with Zuckerberg by Derek Franzese</a> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mRdOOoIyHZk" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<i><span style="color: darkslateblue; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook.com">Facebook</a> that controversial social networking service with media, social, political and cultural implications launched in February 4, 2004,(speculative as some say February 3) and has reached the big 015!<br /><br />Here are the latest statistics as reported by Facebook:<br />As of December 2015 there are 1.04 billion daily active users on average with<br />Facebook reports 934 million mobile daily active users on average for December 2015<br />There are 1.59 billion monthly active FB users as of December 31, 2015<br />1.44 billion mobile monthly active users as of December 31, 2015<br />Approximately 83.6% of FB's daily active users are outside the US and Canada<br /><br />As of 2015, the company is $300 billion dollars richer since its launch, and there are over 1.55 billion monthly active Facebook users (MAUs) which is a 14 percent increase year over year (Source: Facebook as of 9/30/15). Additionally, according to <a href="https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/">Zephoria Digital Marketing</a>, of those 1.55 billion MAUs, 1.01 billion people log onto Facebook daily (DAU) for September 2015, which represents a 17% increase year over year (Source: Facebook as 9/30/15) with 4.5 billion likes generated daily as of May 2013 which is a 67 percent increase from August 2012 (Source: Facebook). As of December 2013, Facebook had over 1.23 billion active users, more than 945 million (versus 600 million a year ago) using Facebook on a mobile device. Happy Birthday Facebook! Any Google doodle this year?<br /><br />From users hover time to determine interest, providing ability for users to choose what they want to see first in their news feeds to live-streaming and messaging application for booking Uber rides, Facebook continues innovating.<br /><br />In January 2014, chief operating officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, clarified: "He [Mark] always said Facebook was started not just to be a company, but to fulfill a vision of connecting the world."<br /><br />Facebook Inc. began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012. <br /><br />Latest <a href="http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-NJ5DZ/2930631076x0xS1326801-14-3/1326801/filing.pdf">Facebook, Inc., Form 8-K (current report filing) from EDGAR® Online</a> here.</strong></span></i><i><span style="color: darkorchid; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Not surprising, Facebook is not number 1 in the following 11 countries: Belarus - vk.com; China - qq.com/qzone.qq.com; Kazakhstan - vk.com / odnoklassniki.ru; Moldova - odnoklassniki.ru; Russia - vk.com / odnoklassniki.ru; Ukraine - vk.com; South Korea - qq.com/qzone.qq.com; Uzbekistan - odnoklassniki.ru; Iran - Cloob.com; Vietnam - Zing.vn; North Korea - not available.<br /><br />Facebook’s major competing social media are as follows: QQ.com; vk.com, odnoklassniki.ru and Zing.vn. Other competitors are mixi in Japan and renren in China.<br /><br />Based on its 2012 income of US$5 billion, Facebook joined the Fortune 500 list for the first time on the list published in May 2013, being placed at position 462, BusinessInsider.com, Carlson, Nicholas (March 5, 2010) “At Last – A Full Story of How Facebook was Founded http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3#we-can-talk-about-that-after-i-get-all-the-basic-functionality-up-tomorrow-night-1</span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>Below the resources section is a chronological timeline that reflects milestones, launches and product information beginning with October 2003 through January 2014.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, the website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University.<br /><br />Mark Zuckerberg wrote Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook, on October 28, 2003, while attending Harvard as a sophomore. According to The Harvard Crimson, the site was comparable to Hot or Not, and "used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br />With success comes controversy particularly with Facebook. Zuckerberg hacked protected areas of Harvard's computer network and copied the houses' private dormitory ID images. Harvard at that time did not have a student "facebook" (a directory with photos and basic information), though individual houses had been issuing their own paper facebooks since the mid-1980s.<br /><br />From it’s first 4 hours online, Facemash attracted<br />450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />According to an article from Rolling Stone in July 2008, the site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration.<br /><br />Zuckerberg was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights, and violating individual privacy, and faced expulsion.<br /><br />Ultimately, the charges were dropped. For more information visit <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/21129674/the_battle_for_facebook/">The Battle of Facebook</a>, Rolling Stone, NY July 2008.<br /><br />Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final, by uploading 500 Augustan images to a website, with one image per page along with a comment section. He opened the site up to his classmates, and people started sharing their notes.<br /><br />The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004. He was inspired, he said, by an editorial in The Harvard Crimson about the Facemash incident. On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com.<br /><br />Six days after the site launched, three Harvard seniors, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra, accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing he would help them build a social network called HarvardConnection.com, while he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product.<br /><br />The three complained to the Harvard Crimson, and the newspaper began an investigation. The three later filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, subsequently settling. In June 2004, Facebook moved its base of operations to Palo Alto, California and received its first investment later that month from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The company dropped “The” from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com in 2005 for $200,000.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Writers for The Wall Street Journal found in 2010 that Facebook apps were transmitting identifying information to "dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies". The apps used an HTTP referrer which exposed the user's identity and sometimes their friends'.<br /><br />Facebook said, "We have taken immediate action to disable all applications that violate our terms.” <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968.html">Facebook in Privacy Breach</a>, The Wall Street Journal (New York).<br /><br />In January 2013, the countries with the most Facebook users were:<br /><a href="http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/"> FB stats by country</a>, March 3, 2012)<br />United States with 168.8 million members<br />Brazil with 64.6 million members<br />India with 62.6 million members<br />Indonesia with 51.4 million members<br />Mexico with 40.2 million members This totals to 309 million members or about 38.6 percent of Facebook's 1 billion worldwide members.<br /><a href="http://english.kompas.com/read/2012/02/02/08412923/43.1.Million.Members.of.Facebook.in">43.1 Million Members of Facebook in Indonesia</a>, Kompas, February 2, 2012.<br /><br />In regards to Facebook's mobile usage, per an analyst report in early 2013, there are 192 million Android users, 147 million iPhone users, 48 million iPad users and 56 million messenger users<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br />All photos courtesy of Wikimedia and screen shots taken from video and websites. All other photos will be credited as required. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><i><strong>Additional resources: </strong></i></span><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/01/28/facebook-profile-may-expose-mental-illness/%E2%80%9D">Facebook profile may expose mental illness </a>Fox News<br />♦ <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/facebook-banned-suspended-what-not-to-do_n_1773402.html%E2%80%9D">Facebook Banned: 9 Ways To Get Kicked Off The Social Network </a>Huffington Post<br />♦<a acebook="" en.wikipedia.org="" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565967-93/facebooks-earnings-its-all-about-mobile/%E2%80%9D%3E%20%20Facebook%E2%80%99s%20earnings:%20It%E2%80%99s%20all%20about%20mobile%20%3C/a%3E%20CNet%20%20%3Cbr%3E%E2%99%A6%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20href=" http:="" wiki="">Facebook </a>Wikipedia<br />♦ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/facebook-banned-suspended-what-not-to-do_n_1773402.html">This is The Future of The Facebook ‘News Feed’ </a>Business Insider<br /><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><i><strong>Facebook Timeline </strong></i></span><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><strong> 2003 </strong><br /> ♦ October 28, 2003: Mark Zuckerberg releases Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook. It was described as a Harvard University version of Hot or Not<br /><strong>2004 </strong><br /> ♦ January 2004: Zuckerberg begins writing Facebook<br />♦ January 11, 2004: Zuckerberg registers thefacebook.com domain<br />♦ February 4, 2004: Zuckerberg launches Facebook<br />♦ March 2004: Facebook expands to MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Yale University<br />♦ April 13, 2004: Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin form Thefacebook.com LLC, a partnership<br />♦ June 2004: Facebook receives its first investment from Peter Thiel for US$500,000<br />♦ June 2004: Facebook incorporates into a new company, and Sean Parker (early employee of Napster) becomes its president<br />♦ June 2004: Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, California<br />♦ August 2004: To compete with growing campus-only service i2hub, Zuckerberg launches Wirehog. It is a precursor to Facebook Platform applications<br />♦ September 2004: ConnectU files a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and other Facebook founders<br />♦ December 30, 2004: Facebook achieves its one millionth registered user<br /><strong> 2005 </strong><br /> ♦ May 26, 2005: Accel Partners invests $13 million into Facebook<br />♦ July 19, 2005: News Corp acquires MySpace, spurring rumors about the possible sale of Facebook to a larger media company<br />♦ August 23, 2005: Facebook acquires Facebook.com domain for $200,000<br />♦ September 2005: Added high school networks[14]<br />♦ October 2005: Added international school networks and added photos<br /><strong>2006 </strong><br /> ♦ 2006: A leaked cash flow statement shows that Facebook had a net loss of $3.63 million for the 2005 fiscal year<br />♦ March 28, 2006: A potential acquisition of Facebook is reportedly under negotiations, for $750 million first, then later $2 billion<br />♦ September 2006: Facebook discusses with Yahoo! about the latter possibly acquiring the former, for $1 billion<br />♦ September 2006: Facebook launches a high school version of the website<br />♦ September 26, 2006: Facebook is open to everyone aged 13 and over, and with a valid email address<br /><strong> 2008</strong><br />♦ June 2008: Facebook settles both lawsuits, ConnectU vs Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg et al. and intellectual property theft, Wayne Chang et al. over The Winklevoss Chang Group's Social Butterfly project. The settlement effectively had Facebook acquiring ConnectU for $20 million in cash and over $1.2 million in shares, valued at $45 million based on $15 billion company valuation<br />♦ August 2008: Employees reportedly privately sell their shares to venture capital firms, at a company valuation of between $3.75 billion to $5 billion<br />♦ October 2008: Facebook sets up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland<br /><strong>2009</strong><br />♦ August 2009: Facebook acquires FriendFeed<br />♦ September 2009: Facebook claims that it has turned cash flow positive for the first time<br /><strong>2010 </strong><br /> ♦ February 2010: Facebook acquires Malaysian contact-importing startup Octazen Solutions<br />♦ April 2, 2010: Facebook announces the acquisition of photo-sharing service called Divvy-shot for an undisclosed amount<br /> ♦ April 19, 2010: Facebook introduces Community Pages, which are Pages that are populated with articles from Wikipedia<br />♦ April 21, 2010: Facebook introduces Instant Personalization, starting with Microsoft Docs, Yelp, and Pandora<br />♦ June 2010: Facebook employees sell shares of the company on SecondMarket at a company valuation of $11.5 billion<br />♦ October 1, 2010: The Social Network, a film about the beginnings of Facebook directed by David Fincher is released. The film is met with widespread critical acclaim as well as commercial success; however, Mark Zuckerberg says that the film is a largely inaccurate account of what happened.<br /><strong>2011 </strong><br /> ♦ January 2011: $500 million is invested into Facebook for 1% of the company, placing its worth at $50 billion<br />♦ February 2011: Facebook adds new "civil union" option for gay partnerships<br />♦ February 2011: Facebook application and content aggregator Pixable estimates that Facebook will host 100 billion photos by summer 2011<br />♦ June 2011: Facebook partners with Skype to add video chat<br />♦ September 2011: Facebook partners with Heroku for Facebook application development using the Facebook Platform<br />♦ September 22, 2011: Facebook launches new UI Timeline in F8 Convention<br />♦ October 10, 2011: Facebook launches iPad app<br />♦ December 21, 2011: Facebook log in page changes due to Facebook Timeline addition<br />♦ December 22, 2011: Facebook launches its new profile user interface, Facebook Timeline.<br /><strong> 2012 </strong><br /> ♦ April 2012: Facebook acquires picture sharing and social network, Instagram, for $1 billion, the largest acquisition to date<br />♦ May 2012: Facebook IPO, initial price set at $38 a share, and the stock closed at $38.23 on its first trading day<br />♦ July 2012: Facebook adds same-sex couples as icons for marriage<br />♦ August 2012: Facebook forces all remaining users of the old profile style to the new "Timeline" style<br />♦ October 2012: Total number of Facebook users reaches 1 billion<br /><strong>2013 </strong><br /> ♦ January 15 :Product - Facebook announces and begins rolling out Facebook Graph Search.<br />♦ January 30, and April 9: Product - Facebook rolls out detailed and fine-grained emoticons to express different actions and emotional states in one's status updates (experimental launch January 30, official launch with universal availability April 9).<br />♦ March 7: Product - Facebook announces major planned changes to the News Feed. However, Facebook cancelled these changes after receiving negative feedback from users.<br />♦ March 8: Acquisitions - Facebook announces that they acquired the team from Storylane, but not the product itself.<br />♦ April 4 and then April 12 Product (mobile-only) - Facebook launches Facebook Home, a user interface layer for Android-compatible phones that provides a replacement home screen that makes it easier for users to browse and post.[62][63]<br />♦ April 15: Product - Facebook launches a new timeline.<br />♦ April-July: Product - Facebook launches Stickers, initially only for its iOS apps in April but later expanding to its web version in July.<br />♦ June 12, then June 27: Product - Facebook announces support for hashtags, initially only for the web (June 12). Later, more functionality is added and hashtags are extended to the mobile site and apps.<br />♦ June 30: Political activism - Zuckerberg joins 700 Facebook employees for the June 2013 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration march in San Francisco, U.S. The 2013 Pride celebration was especially significant, as it followed a Supreme Court of the United States ruling that deemed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.<br /> ♦ September 26: Product - Facebook begins letting people edit their posts and comments after publishing.<br />♦ September 29: Product - Facebook announces that it will begin rolling out Graph Search for posts and comments.<br />♦ November 13: Acquisition talks - News outlets report that Facebook offered to buy Snapchat for $3 billion USD but was spurned.<br />♦ December 18:Financial/legal - Facebook, Zuckerberg, & banks face IPO lawsuit.<br /><strong>2014 </strong><br /> ♦ January 16: Product - Facebook launches Trending Topics for its web version in the US, UK, Canada, India, and Australia. This is based on feedback to a pilot version tested both on the web and mobile starting August 2013.<br /> ♦ January 30: Product (mobile-only) Facebook announces Facebook Paper, a separate iOS app that provides a newspaper-like or magazine-like experience for reading on the phone, scheduled for launch on February 3. Facebook also announces Facebook Creative Labs, an intra-company effort to have separate teams working on separate mobile apps that specialize in different facets related to the Facebook experience, rather than trying to make changes to Facebook's main web version, mobile version, or its iOS and Android apps, and says that Facebook Paper is the first product of Facebook Creative Labs. Facebook Paper receives mixed reviews, and some commentators note its similarity with Flipboard.<br />♦ February 3: Facebook launches Paper. http://www.facebook.com/paper<br />♦ February 5: Facebook launches Lookback. http://www.facebook.com/lookback<br /> ♦ February 19:Facebook makes its biggest acquisition, 16 times more than what it paid for Instagram by acquiring WhatsApp, a free text messaging system for $16 billion (spent $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in Facebook stock plus another $3 billion of stock over the next four years).<br />♦ March 3: Rumors are circulated that Facebook is buying drone maker Titan Aerospace for $60 million. It is believed that the acquisition will help bolster Facebook's vision with Internet.org. Later, on April 14, 2014, the Wall Street Journal reports that Google is acquiring Titan Aerospace.<br /> ♦ March 6: Product Facebook announces that it will begin rollout of a somewhat modified news feed. The changes are along the same lines as those announced in the planned revamp announced March 7, 2013 (that was halted), but are more minor and focused.<br />♦ March 17: Product Facebook's face recognition algorithm (DeepFace) reaches near-human accuracy in identifying faces.<br />♦ March 25: Facebook announces that it is acquiring Oculus VR, Inc., a leading virtual reality company. The amount is reported to be $2 billion in cash and stock.<br />♦ March 27 Facebook announces a Connectivity Lab as part of the Internet.org initiative, with the goal of bringing the Internet to everybody via drones, using acqhires from Ascenta.<br />♦ April 24: Product Facebook announces FB Newswire to help journalists find news news on its website.[145]<br />♦ April 30: Product, accessibility Facebook launches anonymous login so that people can use apps without giving them their data.<br />♦ June 18: Product (mobile-only) Facebook releases Facebook Slingshot, an instant messaging software application for sharing photos and videos with friends, for Android and iOS devices.<br />♦ July 21: Product Facebook launches Save, a read-it-later feature that allows users to save links, places, and media pages for later perusal.<br />♦ September 15: Userbase/controversy Facebook cracks down on the Facebook profiles of drag queens in San Francisco, asking them to switch to using their real names, and shutting down the accounts of those who refuse to comply.[153] There is considerable pushback, including a planned protest at Facebook headquarters, that is delayed for a meeting with Facebook, but Facebook refuses to budge on its policy. Many people, particularly those in or sympathetic to the LGBTQ community, sign up for competing social network Ello, that does not enforce a real names policy, promises to remain "ad-free and porn-friendly", and aims to have a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech. On October 1, Facebook announced a clarification to its real name policy and said that drag queens could continue operating their accounts. The company clarified that people should use their authentic real-world names but need not use their legal names.<br /> ♦ October 6: Acquisitions by Facebook Facebook officially completes the acquisition of WhatsApp, and WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum agrees to match Mark Zuckerberg's $1 salary.[158]<br />♦ October 23: Product Facebook launches pseudonymous app Rooms, where Facebook users can create and participate in forums on any topic and do not need to use their real names. The forthcoming launch of the pap had been reported on October 7.<br />♦ October 31: Facebook creates a custom Tor link, making it easier for people to access Facebook anonymously in locations where it is censored.[162][163][164]<br />♦ November 7: Product Facebook makes it easy for people to unfollow friends and pages they've liked, both while viewing pages in the feed and while reviewing summaries of the most prolific contributors to their feed.[165][166]<br />♦ December 8: Product Facebook rolls out keyword search for all posts, part of Facebook Graph Search, to all US English users on desktop and using iPhones. It is cited as a potential competitor to Yelp and other product recommendation engines and also as a potential way to surface old, embarrassing posts by people.<br />♦ December 11: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds his second Q&A, open to the public, about Facebook, where he discusses the dislike button and Facebook's role in promoting viewpoint diversity, helping people share more, and facilitating social and political transparency.<br /><strong>2015 </strong><br /> ♦ January 5: Acquisitions by Facebook Facebook acquires Wit.ai, a Y Combinator startup founded 18 months ago to create an API for building voice-activated interfaces.<br />♦ January 8: Acquisitions by Facebook Facebook acquires QuickFire Networks, a company that built a custom hardware and software platform for reducing video file sizes and upload times. The Wall Street Journal got the news on January 8, with confirmation later arriving on QuickFire’s site.<br />♦ January 16: Open sourcing Facebook open sources the Torch library, containing some of its deep learning tools in machine learning, including new code that runs 23 times as fast for training convolutional neural networks as the fastest publicly available code until that time.<br />♦ January 20: Product Facebook announces that it will show fewer hoaxes in the news feed, and mark items it identifies as potential hoaxes so that readers can view them more critically.<br />♦ March 17: Product Facebook introduces a free friend-to-friend payment service within its Messenger app. This is touted by some tech journalists as potential competition for PayPal's Venmo service.<br />♦ March 25: Product At the first day of the 2015 F8 conference (a conference for Facebook to make announcements about major product and service changes), the company makes a bunch of announcements, with the unifying theme being that the company wants to be an integrated bunch of apps, each fulfilling a somewhat different role. Currently, the company's leading apps include its main app, Messenger, and externally built and acquired apps such as Instagram and WhatsApp. Specific announcements include making Facebook Messenger more of a platform, a new real-time comments system, embeddable videos, spherical video, Parse for the Internet of Things, updates to ad exchange LiveRail, and analytics for apps.<br />♦ March 26: Open sourcing Facebook releases its React native framework for building native apps as open source. This is announced on the second day of the F8 conference.<br />♦ March 31: Userbase, product Facebook launches a feature called Scrapbook that allows parents to give their kids an official presence on Facebook even when they are too young to have their own accounts on the network by tagging them in photos. A Scrapbook can be owned by two people who have indicated to Facebook that they are in a relationship. When the kids grow old enough and get their own accounts, they can take over ownership of the Scrapbook and change the privacy settings thereof.<br />♦ April 22: Product Facebook launches an Android app called Hello to instantly matches phone numbers of incoming and outgoing calls to Facebook profiles to show information about the caller/callee, block calls from commonly blocked numbers, and search for businesses to call, with initial rollout in the United States, Brazil, and Nigeria. There is no corresponding iOS app, because iOS does not allow apps to interact with phone calls. Commentators compare Facebook Hello to the native Android dialer app[202] and to TrueCaller, an app with crowdsourced data.<br />♦ April 28 (announcement), April 30 (closure): Product, platform Facebook announces that it is shutting down its friends data API, forcing developers to migrate to the Graph API. The company is also allowing for more granular control of data that users may share with apps.[204][205][206]<br />♦ May 12: Product Facebook launches "Instant Articles" for Publishers.[207] Publishers who use Instant Articles can opt in to have some of their articles shown to mobile users inside Facebook's app itself, without users having to leave the app and visit the customer's website. Initial launch partners include BuzzFeed, the New York Times, National Geographic and six others. The article as displayed on Facebook mimics the article on the website in terms of layout, and Instant Articles allows for correct attribution and analytics with tools such as Google Analytics, Omniture, and Comscore, in addition to publishers benefiting from Facebook's own analytics. Publishers can choose to have only a subset of their content available as Instant Articles, and Facebook handles the porting of the article to the Instant Article format itself. BuzzFeed praised Facebook for complying with its requests for compatibility with analytics tracking, and said the process was very collaborative throughout. Load times are claimed to be ten times faster than the mobile web. Publishers can keep all the ad revenue if using their own ads, but Facebook gets a 30% cut if the ads are shown by Facebook.<br />♦ May 29: Product Facebook confirms official support for GIFs. Autoplay settings for GIFs would be the same as those for videos: users who have video autoplay set to on (the default setting) will have GIFs autoplay when they scroll to the GIF in their news feed. Others can play the GIF manually by clicking the GIF button on the feed item with the GIF.<br />♦ June–August: Product Facebook adds more features for pages to make it easier for businesses to use them. These include: allowing pages to display how quickly they respond to messages, allowing pages to send saved replies to messages, allowing pages to use private messages for customer support, and adding buy button integration to pages.<br />♦ June–July: Product Facebook makes changes to its news feed algorithm in a few different directions. It relinquishes some control to users allowing them to dictate what they see first in the news feed. Also, it announces that it will start using information on how long people hover on a particular item in their news feed to gauge their level of interest in the item, in addition to the more explicit signals it currently uses (likes, comments, shares).<br />♦ August 5: Product On Facebook launches live-streaming, initially restricted only to celebrities.Subsequently, on August 12, it announces that the feature will be made available to journalists and those with verified profiles.<br />♦ August 27: Userbase Facebook announces that it has hit the milestone of 1 billion users accessing it on a single day.<br />♦ December: Product Facebook announces that it will add a feature for booking a ride through its messaging application. Users of Facebook Messenger in the U.S. will be able to summon an Uber car with a few taps.<br /><strong>2016 </strong><br /> ♦ January 29: Facebook bans gun sales on Facebook and Instagram (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/technology/facebook-gun-sales-ban.html">more info at this New York Times article)</a> </i></span></i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><strong>2017</strong></i></span></i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><span style="font-style: italic;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">April 2017: <span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i>Facebook announced the beta launch of Facebook Spaces at its annual F8 developer conference.[109] Facebook Spaces is a virtual reality version of Facebook for Oculus VR goggles. </i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><strong>2018</strong></i></span></i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>August 2018: A</i></span></i></span></span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i> lawsuit was filed in Oakland, California claiming that Facebook created fake accounts in order to inflate its user data and appeal to advertisers in the process.</i></span><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span></i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>2019</b><br /></i></span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>April 2019: <a href="https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/a-recent-history-of-facebook-scandals-26157" target="_blank"> A recent history of Facebook scandals</a>, TRT World </i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>July, 2019: </i></span></span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/07/ftcs-5-billion-facebook-settlement-record-breaking-history" target="_blank">FTC’s $5 billion Facebook settlement: Record-breaking and history-making</a></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>November 2019: </i></span></span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21020736/facebook-theft-unencrypted-drives-employee-payroll-security" target="_blank">Banking data for 29,000 Facebook employees was stolen from a payroll worker's car</a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21020736/facebook-theft-unencrypted-drives-employee-payroll-security" target="_blank">The Verge</a></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>2020</b></i></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>December 2020: </i></span></span></i><span style="color: teal; font-family: cambria; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://uploadvr.com/facebook-anticompetitive-vr/">Governments Allege Facebook Practices ‘Illegal Monopolization’, Take Legal Action,</a> UploadVR</i></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">♦ December 2020 to present: </span></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria";"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://aionsigs.com/news/governments-allege-facebook-practices-illegal-monopolization-take-legal-action/" target="_blank">Governments Allege Facebook Practices ‘Illegal Monopolization’, Take Legal Action</a>, Aionsigs.com <br /><span style="color: teal; 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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-scandals-2018/" target="_blank">Facebook, The 21 and Counting biggest Facebook Scandals of 2018</a></i></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/ranking-facebooks-scandalous-2018.html" target="_blank">Facebook's Year of Scandal, Ranked by How Much You Should Actually Care</a></i></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.thestreet.com/technology/history-of-facebook-14740346" target="_blank">History of Facebook: Facts and What's Happening in 2018</a></i></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://fortune.com/2018/04/06/facebook-scandals-mark-zuckerberg/" target="_blank">Here Are All of Facebook's Scandals, We're Keeping Track So You Don't Have to, Fortune</a><br /><a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/earnings/report/fb" target="_blank">Facebook, Inc. reports earnings, 2/1/2017 </a></i></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-expect-when-facebook-reports-earnings-2017-01-31" target="_blank">What to expect when Facebook reports earnings, 2/1/2017</a></i></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><span color="”gray”" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuckerberg-appears-to-finally-admit-facebook-is-a-media-company" target="_blank">Mark Zuckerberg appears to finally admit Facebook is a media company,</a> The Guardian, December 2016</span></span></i><br />
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</div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-41260858925212833802020-10-01T20:59:00.006-07:002020-10-01T20:59:00.833-07:00Happy 70th BDay Peanuts: Did you know that Americas most beloved, pop culture comic strip reaches the big 070 today? - October 2, 1950 <p><i style="color: #996600; font-family: cambria;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />This is a repost of previous Charlie Brown celebratory blog posts. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional network. Thanks.</strong></span></i></p><h4><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;">“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?” </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: grey;">~~ </span><span style="color: grey;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz">Charles M. Schulz,</a> </span><span style="color: grey;"> “Sparky, most influential “American cartoonist, “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts">Peanuts</a>” creator, Charlie Brown protagonist, based on his life as a child, 10/2/1950.</span></span></i></h4><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.org</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgbMMGdRvXPnq_3xOiL2YAA5wLMH5e2EQtaNmQF65a9kK47qTguMF6tt-S-2idLhryJ0aYpSY6poLnO5vdAzUZXn_urka1mcKnLcU8-O-z1HZ82MfvYf1POWtJeMvg4h-MELA_qhrsc93/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-PeanutsGang.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgbMMGdRvXPnq_3xOiL2YAA5wLMH5e2EQtaNmQF65a9kK47qTguMF6tt-S-2idLhryJ0aYpSY6poLnO5vdAzUZXn_urka1mcKnLcU8-O-z1HZ82MfvYf1POWtJeMvg4h-MELA_qhrsc93/s320/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-PeanutsGang.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">Seventy years ago today, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts">Peanuts</a>," known by many as the most influential popular culture comic strip, premiered on October 2, 1950 in nine newspapers: </span><span style="color: #996600; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />The Washington Post,<br />The Chicago Tribune,<br />The Minneapolis Tribune,<br />The Allentown Call-Chronicle,<br />The Bethlehem Globe-Times,<br />The Denver Post,<br />The Seattle Times,<br />The New York World-Telegram & Sun,<br />and The Boston Globe.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOBaYjginoHlvbXDcTpZazqFdhfhna28g7UadzmWtvJxPGkLDAMWGTsPC1q-1BSuif9-s0TrhyG81-UATRnmlW5J_kHoaBzL7oaB9SkCYoEoewY3o8aqp51EhcReKcyZjuPepPndkl6vb/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOBaYjginoHlvbXDcTpZazqFdhfhna28g7UadzmWtvJxPGkLDAMWGTsPC1q-1BSuif9-s0TrhyG81-UATRnmlW5J_kHoaBzL7oaB9SkCYoEoewY3o8aqp51EhcReKcyZjuPepPndkl6vb/s400/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">Trials, tribulations and life lessons of 8-year-old Charlie Brown with subtle racial and gender equality issues, and dashes of politics were celebrated throughout this cherished, American comic series which appeared in print for over five decades, and quickly finding the way to TV, Theater, Film and later on, Digital.<br /><br />Originally a daily comic strip -- the first strip was only four panels long.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown">Charlie Brown</a> is shown walking by two other friends, Shermy and Patty. Shermy greets Charlie Brown as he walks by, but then tells Patty how he “hates him.”<br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Photo of first comic strip above, courtesy of Wikimedia.org</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrIIgcwsOiBmO5KtMDGdZ4YcBREM2Ten2u84j7m56lDhViLifDkVuhfmq3kEl-Nl6ToxXaSOaA-P_GHZ7Y6N03mB7WdJZbIq7eJnIeykh3DKbk0CywQYF6jee5CljPR78rMlAvowlQkuG/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-CharlieBrown.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrIIgcwsOiBmO5KtMDGdZ4YcBREM2Ten2u84j7m56lDhViLifDkVuhfmq3kEl-Nl6ToxXaSOaA-P_GHZ7Y6N03mB7WdJZbIq7eJnIeykh3DKbk0CywQYF6jee5CljPR78rMlAvowlQkuG/s320/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-CharlieBrown.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />This marked the ultimate precedent -- the first time ever (1950s) where comic strips depicted a child expressing hatred for others.<br /><br />Another early famous character in the strip, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy">Snoopy</a>, Charlie Brown's pet dog with uncanny mind abilities, first appeared in the third strip, which ran on October 4.<br /><br />The first Peanut Sunday strip appeared January 6, 1952, in the half-page format.<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy of Wikimedia.org</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieS2SXQmkcUtbOaiRpF401JkGNd1S5L8ODTYAVQ5tILgXGHc7kruCfLL-egZGcj__FQ539iJWh4XMIthEp90cHW5YsR7yUhgj1DQxO4esW_wFZ7YDi9Qyy1m6JuP2RcEhTd5NhzxGBGN9h/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-Snoopy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieS2SXQmkcUtbOaiRpF401JkGNd1S5L8ODTYAVQ5tILgXGHc7kruCfLL-egZGcj__FQ539iJWh4XMIthEp90cHW5YsR7yUhgj1DQxO4esW_wFZ7YDi9Qyy1m6JuP2RcEhTd5NhzxGBGN9h/s320/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-Snoopy.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #996600; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">The final daily original Peanuts comic strip was published on January 3, 2000.<br /><br /><br />The last Peanuts strip to run in papers was on February 13, 2000, the day following Schulz's passing.<br /><br />The strip began with Charlie Brown answering the phone with someone on the end presumably asking for Snoopy.<br /><br />Charlie Brown was the only character to appear in both the first strip in 1950 and the last in 2000.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWgMcIgS112jMJpZqa8ubHDcLLrogW9QUVLbisvxKkJYZiv-wvarg-QqoiuycIIQFL2VkihmeD0ccjPUVdfUrelr6A_uZdtXaJLOQopxlFu4I1n_fomYzPLrwsnJTPvruS9clbv_YxnHk/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-FarewellStrip02132000.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWgMcIgS112jMJpZqa8ubHDcLLrogW9QUVLbisvxKkJYZiv-wvarg-QqoiuycIIQFL2VkihmeD0ccjPUVdfUrelr6A_uZdtXaJLOQopxlFu4I1n_fomYzPLrwsnJTPvruS9clbv_YxnHk/s320/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-FarewellStrip02132000.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #996600; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: small;">A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was produced and directed by former Warner Bros. and UPA animator Bill Melendez, who also supplied the voice for the character of Snoopy.</span></strong></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSshRr8MxQwKffuNSYeGErEJAGk3vGQMwM8leex-mKay7O7RhjXDwkWzw2xUW75fzc2UlOeHN7Mhk_bAv28oYyOKy8lf07NsTZrgsdQy8x_ujQ9-Z3BJsRBvhCFvkyWrVLqR8R-10nVGuS/s1600/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-CBChristmasFirstTVSpec.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSshRr8MxQwKffuNSYeGErEJAGk3vGQMwM8leex-mKay7O7RhjXDwkWzw2xUW75fzc2UlOeHN7Mhk_bAv28oYyOKy8lf07NsTZrgsdQy8x_ujQ9-Z3BJsRBvhCFvkyWrVLqR8R-10nVGuS/s320/Peanuts10021950-63YrsAgoToday-CBChristmasFirstTVSpec.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: darkcyan; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #996600; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: small;">Initially sponsored by Coca-Cola, the special debuted on CBS in 1965, and has been aired in the USA during the Christmas season every year since -- on CBS through 2000, and on ABC since 2001.<br /><br />The story touches on the over-commercialization and secularism of Christmas, and serves to remind viewers of the true meaning of Christmas (the birth of Jesus Christ).<br /><br />Today the animated Christmas special is shown at least twice during the weeks leading up to Christmas. The special has been honored with both an Emmy and Peabody Award. </span></strong><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy of Wikimedia.org </span><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;"><b>RESOURCES</b> </span></strong><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br />▲ Peanuts Official Web Site http://www.peanuts.com/<br />▲ Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz Museum, History of Peanuts, http://www.peanuts.com/museum/<br />▲ Charlie Brown on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown </span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />This is an updated repost of previous Charlie Brown celebratory posts. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional network. Thanks.</strong></span></i></span></span>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-67700424866480809302020-09-27T20:59:00.019-07:002020-09-27T20:59:00.287-07:00Google turns 022 today and there is so much Google reaches legal drinking age: Happy Big 021 to Google - September 27, 1998<p><span style="color: red;"><i>This is a reposting from an earlier post. Some information may have been edited/added to original blog post. </i></span></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">There was a great write up about Google celebrating itself with it's very own doodle ( a few years back) by Forbes Science and Technology contributor, Kiona Smith of Forbes titled <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/09/27/fridays-google-doodle-celebrates-google-but-what-does-that-mean/#42f37d583159" target="_blank">Friday's Google Doodle Celebrates Google, But What Does That Mean? </a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrluIl37WOCNBXcXqRFJ63vO1UrBz-Habx7SAetn2isPhLENhcECc2zfgsm6fN98BEyKVP7dJEdCdh4D6qC4tgFhcMjgg6ZKvPTpbz22C1ah21IpNWR5jKOK6M-3R4JTS9qglt09ZCF0/s1600/Goog21Bday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="705" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrluIl37WOCNBXcXqRFJ63vO1UrBz-Habx7SAetn2isPhLENhcECc2zfgsm6fN98BEyKVP7dJEdCdh4D6qC4tgFhcMjgg6ZKvPTpbz22C1ah21IpNWR5jKOK6M-3R4JTS9qglt09ZCF0/s400/Goog21Bday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Below Google Doodle was from 2017:<br /><br />From breathing out and breathing in to playing solitaire, Google celebrates 19th with 19 great games from doodles past! Happy birthday to Google :) may all your wishes come true :) Enjoy google's doodle by visiting <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=google+birthday+surprise+spinner&oi=ddle&ct=googles-19th-birthday-us-6538650035683328&hl=en&source=doodle-ntp">19th Google Birthday doodle</a> or copy/paste this link https://www.google.com/search?q=google+birthday+surprise+spinner&oi=ddle&ct=googles-19th-birthday-us-6538650035683328&hl=en&source=doodle-ntp<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKVhgDeBqDDR6eLm_msgEL7q-6IwzGV2-rEVd1et_3h0xTg4vggn-kIjfDcS54SCixmyBb7ArN3xwYEMn6dvebOdQSAFy4f8cCjrSwotj-fo4qWHA0Pe-jHav8NYwVHRcP75JM8UcBTA/s1600/Google19thBday_09272017.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="811" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKVhgDeBqDDR6eLm_msgEL7q-6IwzGV2-rEVd1et_3h0xTg4vggn-kIjfDcS54SCixmyBb7ArN3xwYEMn6dvebOdQSAFy4f8cCjrSwotj-fo4qWHA0Pe-jHav8NYwVHRcP75JM8UcBTA/s640/Google19thBday_09272017.jpg" width="549" /></a><div><br /></div></div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-80335047438055743452020-09-11T20:14:00.000-07:002020-09-11T20:14:11.628-07:00Nineteen years ago today our country was attacked, crumbling NYC's World Trade Center<p><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>This is a re-posting of previous annual 911 blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</strong></span></i></p><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br />I turned this controversial photo upside-down in 2011 to celebrate the 10th year and today marks 19 years of resilience; Also a symbol of rising peace. Flagship 1 WTC stands at the symbolic height of 1776, the year when we Americans declared our independence and "all men created equal," now once again, 1776 beautifying NYC's skyline. This photo is symbolic for our rising towers, faith and independence. I share this post (update it a bit) every anniversary year.<br /><b style="color: #674ea7;">For those born on 9/11 or near that date, please visit <span style="font-size: large;">birthdaySpirit.org</span> ~~ no matter what your age, visit birthdaySpirit.org and celebrate all goodness born on this tragic day of mourning. You can even register to stay up to date on happenings and things about 9/11 birthday members.</b><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">Photo below, "The Falling Man," by Richard Drew; which I call<br />"Flipped Falling Man."</span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYybG3CIds4wwt4ap_BWJJuF6WFwV4s_A7Ar3f3ifre3gK-xaSmc_1KyS1ZohWhNPQCkVeGZbyiKrtCqAqOwQ123s84hsymDf8izYW2QVAdQhPYyDqJ-s4MQ5v5Y6XlsHXDKOKZqBjxSyx/s1600/FallingMan091101-03rotatedup.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYybG3CIds4wwt4ap_BWJJuF6WFwV4s_A7Ar3f3ifre3gK-xaSmc_1KyS1ZohWhNPQCkVeGZbyiKrtCqAqOwQ123s84hsymDf8izYW2QVAdQhPYyDqJ-s4MQ5v5Y6XlsHXDKOKZqBjxSyx/s400/FallingMan091101-03rotatedup.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />two haikus commemorating 10 years after 9/11<br /><br />▐║ 911 ten<br />▐║ years later falling man is<br />▐║ still provocative<br /><br />▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌<br /><br />▐║ pin-straight<br />Falling Man<br /><br />▐║ endless time still shows<br />the world<br /><br />▐║ our<br />land, brave and free<br /><br /><br />by<br />Gloria<br />Buono-Daly &nbsp (c) 2011</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Emotionally charged, mixed feelings - From Poet Laureate, Billy Collins' prose commemorating all of the 9/11 victims, <a href="http://www.billy-collins.com/2005/06/the_names_billy.html">"The Names,"</a> posted below, to one of the most provocative, unforgettable images by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, of a man falling from the twin towers, positioned perfectly in the middle. </strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>The photo was taken at about 9:41 am on 9/11/01 -- 15 minutes before the 1st building, the South tower, collapsed. Videos would show that the falling man was actually a tumbling man in the air and this is one moment in his time that was captured.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Note how perfectly straight, positioned in the middle and parallel to the burning towers the falling man is. The above photo was branded distasteful and voyeuristic -- never to be shown again, yet the incredible "falling man" is still around.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdwS6_UiV8SyAUAhzVPZ5aSKoEmeLftdxpQ3FKlZNQV77dqAr9FgSPqSnFvfuAh5yRf89PVe71NoYLkadRw2jTU9sy2mWi-8eYebnI1sGEs9gp0NkoFbYK1kjb37X7nmV87_U6DYTCks/s1600/WTC_JLopes1979.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdwS6_UiV8SyAUAhzVPZ5aSKoEmeLftdxpQ3FKlZNQV77dqAr9FgSPqSnFvfuAh5yRf89PVe71NoYLkadRw2jTU9sy2mWi-8eYebnI1sGEs9gp0NkoFbYK1kjb37X7nmV87_U6DYTCks/s640/WTC_JLopes1979.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">For those of </span></i><br /><div><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">you </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">wondering </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">how our </span></i></span></h2><h2><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">WTC </span></i></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">looked before </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">9/11/01, </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">here's a </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">photo </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">by </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">photographer </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Joseph Lopes </span></i></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">taken in 1979.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></span></h2></div><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfprjt9OMDBirsGZqj8QckU5DSJtsuHzqszkWnHHcwqaG9RF0bXzCTZo2Bk5tFVzcoI3R9n8IoK2VTGl2vMHgedMcXfhwmbieCnZYX255zBaiSi7erofEu5pNg3lLm63KtEaRo5k2e-P4/s1600/2014WTCblog09112014.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfprjt9OMDBirsGZqj8QckU5DSJtsuHzqszkWnHHcwqaG9RF0bXzCTZo2Bk5tFVzcoI3R9n8IoK2VTGl2vMHgedMcXfhwmbieCnZYX255zBaiSi7erofEu5pNg3lLm63KtEaRo5k2e-P4/s400/2014WTCblog09112014.jpg" /></a></div><br />There is much up side today. By the 11th anniversary (2012) the new multi-billion-dollar World Trade Center, was back up in lower Manhattan's skyline.<br /><br />One World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower) which was completed on August 30, 2012 and the final component spire installed on May 10, 2013.<br /><br />Additional complexes include 7 World Trade Center, three other high-rise office buildings, a museum and memorial, and a transportation hub similar in size to Grand Central Terminal. The Four World Trade Center opened to tenants and public on November 13, 2013. The 9/11 memorial is complete, and the museum opened May 21, 2014. Three World Trade Center open in 2015 and the $4 billion Transportation Hub, the most expensive ever also called "Oculus" (originally opened back in 1903) reopened March 4, 2016. Two World Trade Center's full construction has been placed on hold until tenants can be found; It began construction in June 2008 and is still expected to be completed by 2020. Three World Trade Center, in the very center of the new WTC began construction in 2010 and is scheduled to open by 2018 (earlier than anticipated). As posted by wtc.com <i>"The defining aspect of 3 WTC is its load-sharing system of diamond-shaped bracing, which helps to articulate the building's east-west configuration. This allows unimpeded 360-degree panoramic views of New York." </i> <a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/images/s/construction-wtc-site-overview?sid=1">WTC overview photo above by Joe Woolhead, Silverstein Properties</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVE22g6xLL4D0XzrhU01qdBiB35-F2YR85ti9Ya5q_AjP7tWfQKk7LsX1TsKIhLOyaQTdsuPr3YofmpJlFmLLugs4slmO__fYyvAskhkfZ6evMwyZGsJkuLsCL1QTmkxtpXwdTyfkhy_H/s1600/WTCrenderinginasOf2012CourtesyWikimedia.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVE22g6xLL4D0XzrhU01qdBiB35-F2YR85ti9Ya5q_AjP7tWfQKk7LsX1TsKIhLOyaQTdsuPr3YofmpJlFmLLugs4slmO__fYyvAskhkfZ6evMwyZGsJkuLsCL1QTmkxtpXwdTyfkhy_H/s320/WTCrenderinginasOf2012CourtesyWikimedia.jpg" /></a></div><br />Budgeted at 3.9 billion upon completion, flagship, One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, has been opened since November 3, 2014. At 104 stories (1368 feet high), the decorative architectural spire atop makes the building stand at the symbolic height of 1,776 feet. Observation decks will adorn the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors. Tenants so far include magazine publisher Conde Nast and the federal government's General Services Administration. Visit <a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/videos/1%20WTC%20Time%20Lapse">time lapse of 1 WTC video animation of rebuilding 1 WTC</a>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">Rendering of 1 WTC photo left courtesy of Wikimedia.</span></strong><br /><br />At 72 stories (977ft high) Four World Trade Center, was the first office building to open, (October 2013). First tenants were Port Authority, the Bistate agency that owns the trade center site and lost its headquarters when the twin towers were attacked. According to many articles and documentaries, there were about 200 people who jumped to their deaths, some were able to be identified only for the victim’s families and to provide closure for them. But there was no time to recover or identify those who were forced to jump prior to the collapse of the towers. We lost almost 3,000 lives that day.<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Where were you on 9/11/2001?</strong></span></i><br />I was working on Wall Street( on the corner of Wall and Water Streets). It was a beautiful, clear skied morning. I arrived early as I usually do and was at my desk on the computer when I heard a loud bang and felt rumbling underneath my desk at 8:46 a.m. I shouted "What was that?" Then 15 minutes later another bang, as some fellow employees arrived - initially we thought it was from a missile. Hard to imagine it would be the biggest single attack on American lives. I still keep asking myself "how could this be?" I was curious and ran outside to see what was happening.<br /><br />As I was walking on Water St. and reached Liberty St., it was at about 10:00 am, I saw large billows of gray smoke, appearing to turn day to night, enveloping hundreds if not thousands of people running for their lives towards me – apparently heading towards the river. I asked some folks what is happening now and all were in shock. With all the commotion, all they could say while they were running was “it’s down, it’s down.” At that moment, I thought another plane came down. I ran back to the office and learned from colleagues that the South tower collapsed (incidentally, this was the 2nd building hit). The North tower (1st building hit) collapsed at about 30 minutes later. And the world would never be the same.<br /><br /><br />"The Names" poem by Billy Collins posted below:<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;">Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.<br />A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,<br />And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,<br />I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,<br />Then Baxter and Calabro,<br />Davis and Eberling, names falling into place<br />As droplets fell through the dark.<br />Names printed on the ceiling of the night.<br />Names slipping around a watery bend.<br />Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream.<br />In the morning, I walked out barefoot<br />Among thousands of flowers<br />Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears,<br />And each had a name --<br />Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal<br />Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins.<br />Names written in the air<br />And stitched into the cloth of the day.<br />A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox.<br />Monogram on a torn shirt,<br />I see you spelled out on storefront windows<br />And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city.<br />I say the syllables as I turn a corner --<br />Kelly and Lee,<br />Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor.<br />When I peer into the woods,<br />I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden<br />As in a puzzle concocted for children.<br />Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash,<br />Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton,<br />Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple.<br />Names written in the pale sky.<br />Names rising in the updraft amid buildings.<br />Names silent in stone<br />Or cried out behind a door.<br />Names blown over the earth and out to sea.<br />In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows.<br />A boy on a lake lifts his oars.<br />A woman by a window puts a match to a candle,<br />And the names are outlined on the rose clouds --<br />Vanacore and Wallace,<br />(let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound)<br />Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z.<br />Names etched on the head of a pin.<br />One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel.<br />A blue name needled into the skin.<br />Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers,<br />The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son.<br />Alphabet of names in a green field.<br />Names in the small tracks of birds.<br />Names lifted from a hat<br />Or balanced on the tip of the tongue.<br />Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory.<br />So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Additional information at the following links:</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║ Chiff.com <b><i>http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/september-11.htm</i></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>║<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-world-center-transportation-hub-2016-3" target="_blank">New York City's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub is finally open to the public — take a look inside</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: xx-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║See CBS video, “The Passionate Eye,” http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/video_player.html?fallingman&playerType=wmp</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║Video “911 The Falling Man”</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFvGuIXIJc&feature=related Images of bodies hanging out of windows, holding on across the steel across windows, leaning out for air.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">║Google Blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/ten-years-later.html</span></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>My two 911 haikus:</strong></span></i><br />║ 911 ten ═ years later falling man is ═ still provocative<br /><br />║ pin-straight Falling Man ═ endless time still shows the world ═ our land, brave and free<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Search engine stats for the term 911 on Sept. 11, 2014</strong></span></i><br />Match type &nbsp<strong> Broad &nbsp &nbsp Exact</strong><br />Google 44,900,000 &nbsp 44,400,000<br />Yahoo &nbsp 54,200,000 &nbsp 54,100,000<br />Bing &nbsp 54,200,000 &nbsp 54,200,000<br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Search engine stats for the term 911 on Sept. 11, 2011</strong></span></i><br />Match type &nbsp<strong> Broad &nbsp &nbsp Exact</strong><br />Google 981,000,000 &nbsp 431,000,000<br />Yahoo &nbsp 246,000,000 &nbsp 240,000,000<br />Bing &nbsp 245,000,000 &nbsp 242,000,000<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>RESOURCES & THINGS TO DO IN MEMORY OF 911 IN ADDITION TO VISITING <a href="http://www.911memorial.org/visitor-passes">THE 911 MEMORIAL</a></strong></span><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i>Soothe your soul by listening to music in memory of 911 like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i3UowD2KrI">Unhappy Birthday</a>, by The Bacon Brothers, Originally from the album "White Knuckles" reworked for the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 with updated lyrics, written by Michael and Kevin Bacon, Directed by Bill Keller<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i>visit the <a href="http://www.nyfirestore.com/shop/wtc-memorial/">NYC FireStore </a>on Greenwich Street, NYC<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/10/world-trade-center-status-11-years-later_n_1870115.html">World Trade Center Status Detailed By Developers 11 Years After September 11th Attacks </a>, by the Associated Press, September 10, 2012<br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.wtc.com/about/wtchistory-wtc-timeline">World Trade Center Timeline</a>, by WTC organization<br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;">▓▌▄▒║ ▓║ ║▌ </span></i><a href="http://www.wtc.com/media/videos/Completing%20the%20Vision%20Animation">Downtown Manhattan Future Skyline animation</a>, by Silverstein Properties<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff9966; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Please check out all the links in the resource section above and share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks!</strong></span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>This is a re-posting of previous annual 911 blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</strong></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />Visiting this blog frequently and sharing this with your social media and professional network is much appreciated. Thanks.</strong></span></i></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-53859259388944806872020-09-05T12:58:00.009-07:002020-09-06T06:05:36.183-07:00Happy 138th Labor Day America (or 126th when it became an official holiday); With Covid19 and the "Black Swan Effect" are we ignoring the Labor Day fashion trends?<p> <i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong>This is a re-posting of previous annual Labor Day blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. (Although this post has been minimally edited with relevant #COVID19 information, some static information remains from earlier posts) </strong></span></i></p><p><b style="color: red; font-family: cambria;"><i>Happy 138th Labor Day America (or 126th when it became an official holiday)! </i></b></p><p><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOsZndMrERizlS7bq5ecjtreTlHbRLUyZ72eIRcNkh9JK9bYXjK07CNjaft0ntUmzQmwhOBDFqkkCOcIY9SyPiH728lEoTRcvHuGX3k8TcaM248pRFvURSR_HIloHsUCkyLhTPj3pg60/s320/HappyLaborDay09022013-DavidLetterman2011.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOsZndMrERizlS7bq5ecjtreTlHbRLUyZ72eIRcNkh9JK9bYXjK07CNjaft0ntUmzQmwhOBDFqkkCOcIY9SyPiH728lEoTRcvHuGX3k8TcaM248pRFvURSR_HIloHsUCkyLhTPj3pg60/s0/HappyLaborDay09022013-DavidLetterman2011.jpg" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;">“Labor day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China.” </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">American television host and comedian; Host of CBS Late Show with David Letterman, recently surpassing Johnny Carson for having the longest late-night hosting career in the USA, on the irony of Labor Day</span></i><p></p><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Letterman photo above courtesy of Wikimedia.org</span><div><span style="color: red; font-family: papyrus; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: papyrus;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I won't be keeping Letterman's famous Labor Day quote (see above) up for next year. Unless our world rebounds pre-COVID19; however China tariff exclusions extended through the end of 2020. I do believe in miracles. Do you?</b></span><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: cambria;"><i><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">Do you still wear white after Labor Day? Apparently, the answer is a big no for many.</span></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>With COVID19 all around the world, I don't think people will be buying much fashion this year. Even Pantone's in on color trending with COVID19 in mind with Classic Blue 19-4052 as their Color of the Year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSCN_-gIbVg" width="320" youtube-src-id="TSCN_-gIbVg"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> With #COVID19 there is a global "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory" target="_blank">Black Swan Effect</a>" and worldwide fashion will most likely have very serious consequences perhaps fashionists as we know them will be no longer en vogue'. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkqU23lA9z_UbQ3gGlutsSK2ozMGoNuJwI2L31M7r3EnjX1-rO0gt_xL1Xdk7ozLYNy9awMOH4SRU3ocW2r6r0wy5wcYVzfFZG6bJ9nRG69_2txyNsiiXY4-u9s8NMKP86KtDdW_4JtE/s220/BlackSwanEffect__2020LaborDay.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkqU23lA9z_UbQ3gGlutsSK2ozMGoNuJwI2L31M7r3EnjX1-rO0gt_xL1Xdk7ozLYNy9awMOH4SRU3ocW2r6r0wy5wcYVzfFZG6bJ9nRG69_2txyNsiiXY4-u9s8NMKP86KtDdW_4JtE/s0/BlackSwanEffect__2020LaborDay.jpg" /></a></div><br />According to <a href="https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/covid-19-fashion-industry-impact/" target="_blank">The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company</a>, "The devastating impact of the virus has decimated the industry, leaving fashion businesses exposed or rudderless across the board..." More information at "T<a href="http://cdn.businessoffashion.com/reports/The_State_of_Fashion_2020_Coronavirus_Update.pdf?int_source=article2&int_medium=download-cta&int_campaign=sof-cv19" target="_blank">he State of Fashion 2020</a>" report. <span style="color: red;">(black swan photo to right courtesy Wikipedia.org)</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJRG63U6_ipGsZAA8y3TtkjMRH7oAawa63_AKTI668x3_y2N1aeonldWyZf2cWZ2K7IUil62mVbXmKo3ZtkU4N-JQjoG9TMYNOa-Au-z1lI-yemG6dgVRD4n8YwZ8Cao_Uj2WsS0vdGO8/s1600/HappyLaborDay-FDbyNuttakit-PID-10050386.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJRG63U6_ipGsZAA8y3TtkjMRH7oAawa63_AKTI668x3_y2N1aeonldWyZf2cWZ2K7IUil62mVbXmKo3ZtkU4N-JQjoG9TMYNOa-Au-z1lI-yemG6dgVRD4n8YwZ8Cao_Uj2WsS0vdGO8/s320/HappyLaborDay-FDbyNuttakit-PID-10050386.jpg" /></a></div>Today is <a href="http://publicholidays.us/labor-day/" target="_blank">Labor Day</a>. Happy 138th Labor Day America! Let’s admit it, this holiday has been amazingly ironic over the past decade and a half - COVID19 will never be the same.<br /><br />Imagine American’s celebrating workers, particularly in light of our country’s high unemployment rates which are a lot higher than our government reports. And now with this pandemic there is so much more uncertainty. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, this otherwise beautiful Labor Day and Fall season will go down in history as the most violent disrupting 2020 presidential election year and with major economic and consumer consequences.<br /><br />Stats and economy aside, all across America, this holiday which was once symbolic for back to school, the end of the summer and the archaic fashion trend – where wearing white after Labor Day is a fashion faux pas – have all been passé for years. Fashion trends rarely pay attention to this rule.<br /><br />Also back to school shopping is now done during the end of July and month of August.<br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Labor Day photo left courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "cambria";"><a href="https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/fashion-color-trend-report/fashion-color-trend-report-new-york-fall-winter-2018" target="_blank">According to Pantone Color Institute® "Fall 2018</a>: the theme for fall is "Autumnal hues that evoke the feeling of leaves on the forest floor, rich plumage and twilight reveal a modern fall pallette of deep and rich tones and rich tones with outbursts of colorful surprise!" </span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "helvrom";"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4GiaqeVR6i3ohOQUOkFkx4_BYiqg7r_jdibY3vFr-b93jE5RT_lfj-Jg_9zcfJ5rhigEkLx2DgCehix4z-K5te4ChnrsibD_r_kUSLbGPLLiL8rQYuKfEjmq1RZe_Zew_XAUgnYGZqc/s1600/AboutTheFall2018PantoneColors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="870" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4GiaqeVR6i3ohOQUOkFkx4_BYiqg7r_jdibY3vFr-b93jE5RT_lfj-Jg_9zcfJ5rhigEkLx2DgCehix4z-K5te4ChnrsibD_r_kUSLbGPLLiL8rQYuKfEjmq1RZe_Zew_XAUgnYGZqc/s400/AboutTheFall2018PantoneColors.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "cambria";">(To go directly to Pantone's color spectrum image above, follow the Link above or copy/paste https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/pantone-ranks-leading-10-fall-colors-for-a-pre-fashion-week-forecast-11140358/) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "cambria";">Nail Art Inspiration for Pantone 2018 Fall Colors in NYC </span><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B4Nd-7SqSLE" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "cambria";">Purple is taking the world by storm for 2018 </span><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WDSYtu4S05U" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><header style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helrom, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"></header><br /><h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-style: italic;">"As designers and consumers alike continue to transition away from cyclical trends, and instead focus on self-expressive colors that evade antiquated seasonal structure, we are seeing very notable non-traditional choices." </span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> </span></span><i style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> ~~ Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute®</span></i></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDdvaP8CdQXgsjaP_wxfdGs-L6SeJlZaL9J_H5M_hWsyErRHburziThp1hGAvD9Ywbw1jHxwZiB5wEuCGFM5HZJUjkRPBz0BtrdKD2fpcPIMNPAd4GchKZOvJwl9qePI1IKDzPqeJ5h8/s1600/AboutTheFall2018PantoneCLASSICcolors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="806" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDdvaP8CdQXgsjaP_wxfdGs-L6SeJlZaL9J_H5M_hWsyErRHburziThp1hGAvD9Ywbw1jHxwZiB5wEuCGFM5HZJUjkRPBz0BtrdKD2fpcPIMNPAd4GchKZOvJwl9qePI1IKDzPqeJ5h8/s400/AboutTheFall2018PantoneCLASSICcolors.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Will you be incorporating the Pantone 2018 Color of the Year in work and wardrobe? We'd love to know. Please share your answer in the comments section below.</span><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREcZZMHD9M6pHx7yRZZM80ljGQ6PKrDvQPEb7ODag56xkK-4VZMIzQPMNeXHOHkDl5gu9WuRjX4fJDsMB9_f0_CASd6R5u7hkwqJgH9ZtVeHKV6B7Dfngbccsw7XGLseicG6M7DGye_qD/s1600/HappyLaborDay09022013-NFL2013SeasonLogo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREcZZMHD9M6pHx7yRZZM80ljGQ6PKrDvQPEb7ODag56xkK-4VZMIzQPMNeXHOHkDl5gu9WuRjX4fJDsMB9_f0_CASd6R5u7hkwqJgH9ZtVeHKV6B7Dfngbccsw7XGLseicG6M7DGye_qD/s320/HappyLaborDay09022013-NFL2013SeasonLogo.jpg" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: slateblue; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color: slateblue; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">Labor Day also marks the beginning of bargain shopping and also when sports excitement begins as the NFL and college football seasons begin. </span></strong><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">NFL photo left courtesy of Wikimedia.org</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: small;">For the many attentive parents and their children, it's the end of summer reading programs and making sure all of their children's book reports and other assignments are in order!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0p4992ah9UN4vmZmUScPAY-6Igq0YG5Shx49e6gRPm5mSdATGV-Xrf_mjeiJJxbWQ9WB1pHs0UIUkCLB2dReXM22w6Ck-iXMZBITesnS-n-4M5Vxr-7Dga9chBKcsfVxRrzm4Pm7HF7/s1600/HappyLaborDay09022013-AppleSchoolBooks.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0p4992ah9UN4vmZmUScPAY-6Igq0YG5Shx49e6gRPm5mSdATGV-Xrf_mjeiJJxbWQ9WB1pHs0UIUkCLB2dReXM22w6Ck-iXMZBITesnS-n-4M5Vxr-7Dga9chBKcsfVxRrzm4Pm7HF7/s320/HappyLaborDay09022013-AppleSchoolBooks.jpg" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />In a world of digital, it is also a great idea to use the internet for exciting news and interesting ideas. SchoolsNYC.org, SummerReading.org, and Scholastic.com are very helpful sites.<br /><br />So much happens over the summer and discussing a few books (or just 1)that your child has read, (a simple question will do) is a great refresher and memory exercise. This also best prepares your child for the first day of school.<br /><br />What about vacation? Talk about a great memory or event during summer family visits and travels.</span></strong><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">Back to School photo above courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">HISTORY (sources: Wikipedia.org and HISTORY Channel)</span></strong><br /><br />One hundred and thirty three years ago (1882), Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York. Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882, after witnessing the annuallabour festival held in Toronto, Canada. Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21, 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894, thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.<br /><br />In the United States, Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of their country.<br /><br />In many countries, the working classes sought to make May Day an official holiday, and their efforts largely succeeded. In the United States and Canada, however, the official holiday for workers is Labor Day in September. This day was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, who organized the first parade in New York City.<br /><br />After the Haymarket Massacre, US President Grover Cleveland feared that commemorating Labor Day on May 1 could become an opportunity to commemorate the affair. Thus, in 1887, it was established as an official holiday in September to support the Labor Day that the Knights favored.<br /><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/labor-day" target="_blank">Labor Day weekend: what to do</a>. <br />(or copy/paste </span></strong></i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><i>https://www.timeout.com/newyork/labor-day)</i></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Please share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks! </span><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;">Do celebrate Labor Day? What are your plans?</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">RESOURCES </span></strong><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><br />▐■ TimeOut Labor Day Weekend -</span></i><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><i>https://www.timeout.com/newyork/labor-day</i></span><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">▐■ </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">In Praise of the American Worker, Life Magazine http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/48141/in-praise-of-the-american-worker</span></i><br /><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">▐■ The History of Labor Day, United States Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm<br /><br />▐■ History of Labor Day, Knights of Labor, http://web.archive.org/web/20070930082656/http://progressivehistorians.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2041<br /><br />▐■ Labor Day, Wikimedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day<br /><br />▐■ Wear White Immediately -- We'll Show You How (PHOTOS), Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/wear-winter-white-photos_n_2789912.html<br /><br />▐■ You Can’t Wear White After Labor Day? These 7 Fashion-Tech Founders Say Otherwise, Fueled.com http://fueled.com/blog/you-cant-wear-white-after-labor-day-these-7-fashion-tech-founders-say-otherwise/</span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />This is a re-posting of prevous annual Labor Day blog posts by AllThingsDigitalMarketing. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</strong></span></i></div></div>Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-30787760840597125172020-08-10T21:00:00.000-07:002020-08-10T21:00:08.703-07:00G Whiz!" 5 years ago today 8/11/2020 - Alphabet, abc.xyz was born and Google became "G" but is "G" still for Google? You be the judge.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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August 11, 2020 marks the 5 year anniversary when Google became the letter "G"and part of the newly converged organization named Alphabet (abc.xyz). Happy 5th birthday G! I still don't see any letter G on the Google browser page, and I'm sure many like me don't use the letter "G" when referring to Google. Do you? So is "G" still for Google? You be the judge.<br />
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I still haven't noticed anything different since Alphabet launched 5 years ago and began using the .xyz root server which itinially launched on February 19, 2014. Have you? According to many SEO/SEM industry leaders and ceo.xyz, the .xyz extension has gained momentum and is here to stay.<br />
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Interesting to know stats at these URLS:<br />
- <a href="https://ntldstats.com/">newgTLD statistics</a> (or copy/paste https://ntldstats.com/);<br />
- <a href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2017/05/08/top-usurp-xyz-largest-new-gtld/">Will .TOP Usurp .XYZ</a> (or copy/paste http://www.domainpulse.com/2017/05/08/top-usurp-xyz-largest-new-gtld/)<br />
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As of November 2015, .xyz reached 1.5 million name registrations with speculation the growth and momentm was most likely due to Google's announcement of abc.xyz. Yet according to TheDomains.com, as recently as June 26, 2016, .xyz had over 5.5 million registrations (nearly 600K registrations per month for the 7 months (November 2015 - June 2016) and became the 4th most registered gTLD (generic top level domain) on the worldwide web after .com, .net and .org.<br />
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<i>The Blog post below was posted on August 11, 2015 when Google became part of abc.xyz and gave birth to baby G.</i><br />
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In the new Alphabet world at abc.xyz, G is for Google.<br />
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As of Monday, August 10, 2015, Google has a new name, “<a href="http://abc.xyz/">Alphabet</a>.”<br />
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Who would think that the renamed, reorganized, Google corporation, is officially named after a set of 26 letters in fixed order, “Alphabet.”<br />
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Of course, Google remains its own, fine-tuned, Google brand as the internet arm for Search, Advertising, Google Maps, YouTube, Chrome, Android, Google Apps, etc.; However, Google will be owned by the newly created company Alphabet where G = Google. Will C = Calico, F = Fiber, N = Nest, X = Google X, etc. ?<br />
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According to a recent blog by Google co-Founder Larry Page,<br />
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“What is <a href="http://abc.xyz/">Alphabet</a>? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main Internet products contained in Alphabet instead … Alphabet is about businesses prospering through strong leaders and independence … For Sergey and me this is a very exciting new chapter in the life of Google -- the birth of Alphabet. We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity's most important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search!” #GisforGoogle #Alphabet #abc.xyz</blockquote>
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<b>REORGANIZATION OF GOOGLE – What does this mean?</b><br />
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All of the other venture projects, i.e., Google X (moonshot which includes driverless cars and delivery drones) Calico (biotech research), Nest (smart home projects), Fiber (high-speed internet), Ventures and Capital (investing), once part of Google, will operate under Alphabet as separate entities. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have new titles, Alphabet CEO and Alphabet President, respectively.<br />
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Google’s new CEO is Sundar Pichai (formerly Larry Page’s deputy), who according to a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-06-24/googles-sundar-pichai-king-of-android-master-of-mobile-profile">recent Bloomberg post</a>, is known as the “most powerful man in mobile.” #GisforGoogle #Alphabet #abc.xyz<br />
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Many leading economists equate this recent Google strategy to <a href="http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/">Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway</a> business model. Although quite different, (i.e., Google innovative non-consumer product vs. Berkshire Hathaway ordinary consumer products) Berkshire’s Insurance business is the key income generator for Berkshire Hathaway just as Google Search is the key income generator for Alphabet. For the economy it means more jobs including more CEOs for many of Alphabet’s emerging entities, more financing and investment opportunities, and continued technological innovations.<br />
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<b>RESTRUCTURING OF GOOGLE STOCK – If you own Google’s stock, what will you do?</b><br />
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Apparently this new stock structure has to do with transparency for Google’s investments and the new Alphabet will make future acquisitions much more seamless than before. Do you think this restructuring will shed an entirely new light to disruptive innovation and turn the markets upside down?<br />
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According to the company’s recent <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000128877615000039/a20150810form8-k.htm">SEC filing</a>, Alphabet will gradually replace Google as the publicly traded company on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Therefore all shares of Google will convert to shares of Alphabet and will represent the same amount of shares. This merger will most likely occur sometime later this year. #GisforGoogle #Alphabet<br />
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<b>OTHER RESOURCES:</b><br />
• <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000128877615000039/a20150810form8-k.htm">Google SEC Filing</a>, SEC<br />
• <a href="http://investor.google.com/">Google Investor</a>, Google<br />
• <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-10/google-to-adopt-new-holding-structure-under-name-alphabet-">Google Creates New Company Called Alphabet</a>, Restructures Stock, Bloomberg<br />
• <a href="http://google.client.shareholder.com/investorkit.cfm">Google Investor Relations</a>, Google<br />
• <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/how-google-became-alphabet/">How Google Became Alphabet from A to Z</a>, Wired<br />
• <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/new-company-called-alphabet-owns-google/">A New Company Called Alphabet Now Owns Google</a>, Wired<br />
• <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-alphabet-googles-new-company-2015-8">What is Alphabet, Google's new company?</a>, Business Insider<br />
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Google.com becomes abc.xyz and G is for Google is part of the "evergreen marketing insighter" series by Gloria Buono-Daly<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">#GisforGoogle #Alphabet Innovation and Disruptions, Google and Alphabet, google.com and abc.xyz, Larry Page and Sergey Brin</span></div>
Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-4083798146544265652020-07-26T21:00:00.000-07:002020-07-26T21:00:00.310-07:00Bugs Bunny reaches the big 080: Happy birthday to America's smartest cartoon character born on 7/27/1940<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Bugs Bunny’s most famous catchphrase introduced at the debut of cartoon short, “A Wild Hare,” on July 27, 1940</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><i>Hard to believe, the world's smartest cartoon character, Bugs Bunny, turns 80 years young today (7/27/20). Bugs was born with the release of cartoon short, "A Wild Hare," directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery" target="_blank">Tex Avery,</a> on July 27, 1940.</i><br /><br /><i>According to the publication "Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare," Bugs was born in Brooklyn, New York, in a warren under Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzFrZCNbbxv7AaYYapEoAn7V9CKFW_MusrBmSJGNzfhxOHcETdELwSljHNp_Pcizl7Amv7-BEMSOzwzP2GmzRyVc_6JPSgvBlVYSskdKRDx5Uhm094T5ibdblKOr1RGNv862SlDD4LAa/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzFrZCNbbxv7AaYYapEoAn7V9CKFW_MusrBmSJGNzfhxOHcETdELwSljHNp_Pcizl7Amv7-BEMSOzwzP2GmzRyVc_6JPSgvBlVYSskdKRDx5Uhm094T5ibdblKOr1RGNv862SlDD4LAa/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny05.jpg" width="266" /></a><br /><br /><i>Actually, he was created by many animators and staff, including Tex Avery. According to the late Mel Blanc, the character's original voice actor, Bugs has a Flatbush accent. He still stands as the funniest and smartest cartoon character ever ~ always the underdog yet outsmarting his tormentors. According to </i><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/27/9049393/bugs-bunny-75th-anniversary-cartoon-characters" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Kwame Opam of The Verge</a><i>, "...As a character, Bugs Bunny is king, and he's as close to an animated culture hero as we're going to get..." </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3yn8eWThHsPixdybEysoz6EFVaTOP2XIo3J5O7Y1gOqpA9Q-oJb0hbPDSkzuE0UzU7LWeICuusctxN_CkmJYl47L6l4HXyz10HJbskUodvHqeunZH6rhtHldoBh-bmkU7k0yGW1qoOtF/s1600/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3yn8eWThHsPixdybEysoz6EFVaTOP2XIo3J5O7Y1gOqpA9Q-oJb0hbPDSkzuE0UzU7LWeICuusctxN_CkmJYl47L6l4HXyz10HJbskUodvHqeunZH6rhtHldoBh-bmkU7k0yGW1qoOtF/s400/07272012-HBDayBugsBunny03.jpg" width="274" /></a><br />A Wild Hare, was the first cartoon where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor.<br /><br />In this cartoon Mel Blanc first uses what would become Bugs' standard voice; this cartoon also marks the first time that Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?"</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">Animation historian Joe Adamson deems "A Wild Hare" as the first "official" Bugs Bunny short. The short was a huge success in theaters and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.</span></i><br />
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Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-76674561032225511602020-07-03T16:00:00.000-07:002020-07-04T16:16:20.740-07:00Happy 244th Independence Day America! Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, still on but no in-person crowds. Enjoy it digitally or TV. How Will You Be Celebrating? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>This blog has been updated from previous July 4th articles on AllThingsDigitalMarketing blog. Thank you for visiting, and please share with your social media and professional networks. Thanks.</i><br />
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<i>Happy 244th Independence Day America! <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, the nation’s largest Independence Day display, on the East River still on but no in-person crowds</a>. How Will You Be Celebrating? </i><br />
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I just love the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Fourth+of+July" target="_blank">2020 Google July 4th Doodle it's an adorable interactive celebration (this link takes you to information and history behind the Google July 4th doodles</a>. For the actual doodle on the google search engine, see below video on YouTube and enjoy! <br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b>Last year, Google's doodle had an interactive July 4th interactive baseball doodle! </b></span></i><br />
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Here's <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2019" target="_blank">Google's 2019 Fourth of July doodle</a> - enjoy this interactive doodle which lets you play baseball game.<br />
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And here's one of my favorite quotes about America's Happy Independence Day, July 4th!<br />
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<i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.” </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck">Erma Bombeck, American humorist, reknown suburban home life newapaper columnist chronicling ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife (mid-1960s - late 1990s); Publisher of 15 books, most bestsellers;</a> </span></i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">On patriotism & Independence Day.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link for more information about<br />Macy’s Fireworks - Macy's lit light up the Brooklyn Bridge with fireworks and will also light Smartphones for 1st time ever (2017)! Will you be syncing your smartphone this July 4th?</span></strong><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link <a href="http://social.macys.com/fireworks/">Celebrate 4th of July with Macys! </a> according t0 NYCGO.com </span></strong></i><br /><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i></i><br />
<i><i><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Visit this link <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/where-to-watch/?cm_sp=imp-_-fireworks-_-where_to_watch-check_it_out&lid=check_it_out-where_to_watch" target="_blank">Best Places to Watch Fireworks in NYC</a> </span></strong></i></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks</a>, the nation’s largest Independence Day display, returned to the East River a few years back and it's still here :) </b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><b>How Will You Be Celebrating??</b></span><br /><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>For things to do in NYC on July 4th visit the following posts: </strong></span><br />Δ <a href="https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/" target="_blank">Where to Watch Macys July Fourth Fireworks</a> as listed on www.macys.com/social/fireworks/</i><br />
<i>Δ</i><i><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-4th-2018-the-4th-annual-freedom-fest-2018-tickets-42753944198" target="_blank">Fifth Annual Freedom Fest, July 4, 2019 (here's link from July 4, 2018</a>)<br />Δ <a href="http://www.nyctourist.com/july_fourth.htm">Fourth of July in New York City</a> post by NYC TOURIST.<br />Δ <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/fourth-of-july-at-sky-room">Fourth of July at SkyRoom</a>, Hells Kitchen, NYC<br />Δ <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-nyc-on-the-4th-of-july">Where to Eat and Drink on July Fourth in NYC</a></i><br />
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Here's <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2019" target="_blank">Google's 2019 Fourth of July doodle</a> - enjoy this interactive doodle which lets you play baseball game.<br />
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Happy Independence Day America! Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and safe one.<br />
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However you spend it and whatever you do, please remember to not text while driving or while playing with fireworks. Hard to believe, I swear you can't make this up: On a July 4, 2015 morning on my way home from the Jersey Shore, a lady driver was in her car plucking hairs from her chin on Hope Road before the right turn onto the Garden State Parkway not only during the red light but continuing tweezing even when the light turned green. She must have a hell of a lot of hair on her chin.<br />
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Although President Adams's Independence Day prediction was July 2, the actual date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress, from the getgo, Americans celebrated independence on July 4th, which is the date shown on the much-publicized <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html">Declaration of Independence</a>. Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. This year marks the 242nd Anniversary!<br />
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Remarkable coincidence is that both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence who later served as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.<br />
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Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became a President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third president in a row who died on this memorable day. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, is the only President to have been born on Independence Day.<br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">If you happen to be in New York City on July 4th, don't miss Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display on the East River which begins at 9:00pm. This year marks Macy's 41st year celebrating July 4th with fireworks in NYC. More information visit this link at <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/07/01/macys-fourth-july-fireworks-tap-tech-to-light-up-smartphone-screens.html">Macy's 4th of July Fireworks!</a></span></i> from FoxNews. <strong><span br="" style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br />
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<i>I call this photo "BIG RED FLOWER." I took this photo at the Bronx River, 4/29/2014, originally thought it was a tulip. But but now I' believe it to be a POPPY symbolic of so many things, during Mrmorial Day, symbolizing our fallen heroes. </i><br />
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<i>Let this BIG RED FLOWER be whatever you want it to be, let it mean whatever you want it to mean. Whatever, I hope looking at it brings you some joy and smiles.</i><br />
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Happy 153rd Memorial Day Weekend America! We need to keep on remembering and praying for all of our U.S. veterans who have sacrificeD their lives fighting for our great country, the U.S.A.<br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;">“We cherish too, the Poppy red<br />That grows on fields where valor led,<br />It seems to signal to the skies<br />That blood of heroes never dies." </span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"> ~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moina_Michael">Moina Michael (aka Poppy Lady)</a></span></i><br />
<span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">U.S. professor and humanitarian who vowed to always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the war. In 1915, inspired by the poem "<a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm">In Flanders Fields," </a>Moina Michael replied with her own poem, <a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/moina-michael-we-shall-keep-faith.htm">We Shall Keep the Faith</a>, November 1918</span><br />
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In Flanders Fields by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae">John McCrae</a> <i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br />In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,<br />Between the crosses, row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky,<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly,<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the dead.<br />Short days ago,<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved and were loved and now we lie,<br />In Flanders Fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe<br />To you, from failing hands, we throw,<br />The torch, be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us, who die,<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,<br />In Flanders Fields. </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />We all seem to forget that we celebrate Memorial Day for the many service members who have lost their lives serving our country. Memorial Day is one of the special times of the year to honor loved ones who have passed and "In Flanders Fields" reminds us of those who have died protecting our country and freedom.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">FASHION TRENDS ON MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><br /> Memorial day marks the first day of the year for white-wear. The traditional fashion trend, “no white before Memorial Day or after Labor Day” gained popularity as the wealthy began wearing white in the summer. </span></i></span></i><br />
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<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">I was fortunate to receive this </span></strong></i><br />
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<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">dearest cousins about our late </span></strong></i><br />
<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">fathers and their 2 brothers </span></strong></i><br />
<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">(total 7 brothers, 1 sister).</span></strong></i><br />
<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">All 4 brothers served during WWII. We were blessed as all 4 survived; However we always remember those soldiers who sacrificed their lives. </span></strong></i><br />
<i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></i><i><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">FASHION FOR MEN TOO THIS MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><br /> For all you men out there, check out GQ for ways to wear white on Memorial Day, <a href="http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2015/05/memorial-day-three-ways-to-wear-white.html">Three Ways to Wear White on Memorial Day</a> http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2015/05/memorial-day-three-ways-to-wear-white.html </span></i><br /><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />What to do in NYC on Memorial Day weekend </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />► <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/memorial-day">Memorial Day weekend events in NYC</a>, TimeOut http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/memorial-day-weekend-events-in-nyc?package_page=36341<br />►<a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/best-beaches?package_page=36341">Best beaches near NYC</a> http://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/best-beaches?package_page=36341<br />► <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/parks?package_page=36341">The best NYC parks</a>, TimeOut http://www.timeout.com/newyork/parks?package_page=36341<br />► <a href="http://www.nycgo.com/events/memorial-day-parade1">Memorial Day Parade, NYCCO.com</a><br />► <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-york/memorial-day-weekend/">New York Memorial Day Weekend Events</a> https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-york/memorial-day-weekend/<br />► <a href="http://www.nyctrip.com/pages/Index.aspx">Best Things to do in NYC, NYCtrip.com</a><br />► <a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm">How to Observe Memorial Day </a>, http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm </span></i><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">HISTORY OF MEMORIAL DAY </span></strong><br /><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><strong> The first Memorial Day celebration traces back to May 30, 1868. Memorial Day honors men and women who fought for our country so that we can all be free. </strong></span></i><br /><br /><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Originally coined "Decoration Day," Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day is less about barbecues and more about celebrating our nation’s veterans. Don't forget -- raise your flag half-staff -- honor more than one million Americans who gave their lives in service of this country for our freedom. </strong></span></i></i><br />
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<i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states.<br /><br />The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee. </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />Memorial Day Fashion Trends </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />► Enjoy the Long Weekend with Memorial Day Fashion Finds on Glamour.com http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2015/05/memorial-day-fashion-sales-2015<br />► What To Wear For Every Kind Of Memorial Day Weekend http://www.luckyshops.com/article/memorial-day-outfits<br />► Do You Have to Wait Until After Memorial Day to Wear White? | http://ksoo.com/do-you-have-to-wait-until-after-memorial-day-to-wear-white/?trackback=tsmclip<br />► <a href="http://www.greatwar.co.uk/people/moina-belle-michael.htm">Moina Bell Michael: the Idea for the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy</a> </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><strong><br />Other Resources </strong></span></i><i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />►<a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html">USmemorialday.org</a><br />►<a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/calendar.html">Memorial Day Calendar </a><br />►<a href="http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp#hist">Memorial Day History </a><br />► <a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm">How to Observe Memorial Day</a><br />► <a href="http://www.vfw.org/Community/Buddy-Poppy">Buddy Poppy</a><br />► <a href="http://www.cal-mum.com/poppy.htm">The Story Behind the Poppy</a><br />► <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WCd3lQY0o8">InflandersFields-YouTube</a><br />► <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=P_x0M5y-EWo">InflandersFields-YouTube</a> </span></i><br /><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br />Please share this on your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks you enjoy! Thanks for visiting.<br /><br />Wishing you and yours a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.<br /><br />All photos courtesy of Wikimedia unless otherwise indicated.</strong></span></i></i></div>
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Especially this year, with #CoronaVirus there will be 3 digital options for #EarthDay fans to celebrate, and it all can be found at this link: <a href="https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/">https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/</a> How much of an impact from #socialdistancing will reduce CO2 ? Is there a risk of getting more people infected with #COVID19 by reducing social distancing earlier than we should? How far greater are the actual numbers of the world's population actually having #CoronaVirus.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Happy 49th Earth Day America! 4/22/19 #EarthDay2019 #ProtectOurSpecies Last year, #EarthDay2018 #EndPlasticPollution, #EarthDay2017 #EnvironmentalAndClimateLiteracy, #EarthDay2016 </span><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/april/nasa-celebrates-earth-day-with-noplacelikehome-event/">#NoPlaceLikeHome</a></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.earthday.org/" target="_blank">#HappyEarthDayAmerica !</a> This April 22, 2019 will mark the 4th year of <a href="https://www.earthday.org/earthday/countdown-to-2020/" target="_blank">Earth Day's countdown for the 50th anniversary April 22, 2020!</a> Just 1 more year to go!</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">This is the perfect time to share with you our theme for <a href="https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/" target="_blank">Earth Day 2019 ~ Protect Our Species! </a></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/" target="_blank"> </a></span></span></i><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"> ~ </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;">There are always so many things to do to celebrate Earth Day. Do you celebrate Earth Day?</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;">If you need some ideas, visit this page titled "<a href="https://earth-arborday.com/ideas-to-celebrate-earth-day/" target="_blank">Top 35 Ideas to Celebrate Earth Day 2019</a>" I might plant a tree. </span><span style="color: #0b610b;">Would love to know, please share in comments below.</span><span style="color: #0b610b;"> Thanks!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b610b;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #0b610b; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: x-large;">"In nature, nothing exists alone." ~ Rachel Carson, 1962</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"> </span></i></strong></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #525252; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(5/27/1907-4/14/1964 American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #525252; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> )</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">Will you be taking action to help reach 3 <a href="https://www.earthday.org/take-action/" target="_blank">Billion Acts of Green</a> - visit the Billion Acts of of Green link and share your action.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">Google celebrates World Earth Day with an inspiring doodle about</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">organisms from the soaring wandering albatross to the deep cave springtail and a few more surprises in-between </span></span><a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/earth-day-2019" style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">https://www.google.com/doodles/earth-day-2019</a><span style="color: #0b610b; font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">Here is a beautiful video on YouTube about EarthDay2019, enjoy!</span></span><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ks12vXhiF1E" width="560"></iframe> <span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">Below is our COUNTDOWN RECAP since 2015</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">YouTube Video for #EarthDay2018 #EndPlasticPollution</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaGFFwstqNYpaHcc905UwoLxwX2QPvhgCAnU9BnySm9XLP6nIKsgBc3VBqvnl54aX9rvVCwPmNdfgAlmQWYgBDQ7Bple4wGpmqfcusGMVagYZwoiYWHL1cMocnBAEVedUNgejrG9CL8k/s1600/2018_EarthDayGoogleDoodleCollage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="762" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaGFFwstqNYpaHcc905UwoLxwX2QPvhgCAnU9BnySm9XLP6nIKsgBc3VBqvnl54aX9rvVCwPmNdfgAlmQWYgBDQ7Bple4wGpmqfcusGMVagYZwoiYWHL1cMocnBAEVedUNgejrG9CL8k/s400/2018_EarthDayGoogleDoodleCollage.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="color: #0b610b; font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">Google's doodle celebrates British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, Jane Goodall (Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE, formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall). Image to the left includes screen captures of the charming and inspiring doodle. Hope everyone has time to peek at the animation and listen to Jane Goddall :) Enjoy your Earth Day!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="color: #0b610b; font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/" target="_blank">#EarthDay2019 #ProtectOurSpecies</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.earthday.org/" target="_blank">#EarthDay2018 #EndPlasticPollution</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.earthday.org/earthday/earth-day-theme/" target="_blank">#EarthDay2017 #EnvironmentalAndClimateLiteracy</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;">#EarthDay2016 </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/state-of-nasa-2016-earth-right-now" style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">#Trees4Earch</a><br />
<span style="color: #0b610b;">#EarthDay2015 <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/state-of-nasa-2016-earth-right-now" style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">2015 NASA's #EarthRightNow</a><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/state-of-nasa-2016-earth-right-now" style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">#StateOfNASA</a></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">“The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."</span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">~~ <a href="http://%20http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Nelson">Gaylord Anton Nelson </a></span></i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">(June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) Founder of Earth Day, American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;">Photo right courtesy of Mark Fisher, http://mustermark.co.uk, photo also on Wikimedia.org</span><br />
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<span style="color: orangered; font-family: "times"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Earth Day 2017 would love for you to register your own Earth Day 2017 event and/or look for an event near you. You can register to join this movement by visiting the <a href="http://www.earthday.org/earth-day">Earth Day Network page</a> http://www.earthday.org/earth-day .<br /><br />You can find events in our area by visiting the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zClNjYr-OyQE.kRmd-WG6PK5o">Earth Day 2017 Google post for North America</a> and for <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zClNjYr-OyQE.kRmd-WG6PK5o">other parts of the world</a> too.</strong></span><br />
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☺ My <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153092933956435&set=a.10153092927271435.1073741914.794796434&type=3&theater">home sweet home on #Facebook from the Winter Snow Storm on January 24, 2015</a><br />
☺ Hilarious <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153264730601435&set=a.10153092927271435.1073741914.794796434&type=3&theater">turkeys visiting my home sweet home on Palm Sunday (March 29, 2015)</a><br />
☺ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152909528551435&set=a.10152909528376435.1073741895.794796434&type=3&theater">Autumn leaves beneath the iced Bronx River along the pedestrian trail sometime in November, 2014</a><br />
☺ This <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152516889941435&set=a.10152516889861435.1073741879.794796434&type=3&theater">Egret has no egrets atop the beautiful cadcading waterfall at Bronx River one Saturday morning June 28, 201</a>4<br />
☺ Photo of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152191088581435&set=a.10152191085126435.1073741857.794796434&type=3&theater">my backyard after the blizzard February 13, 2014</a><br />
☺ On my way to work after <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152191086866435&set=a.10152191085126435.1073741857.794796434&type=3&theater">one of the blizzards February 13, 2014</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0b610b; font-family: "times"; font-size: medium;"><strong>From #NoPlaceLikeHome to #Trees4Earth and #EarthRightNow, below are excerpts from EARTH DAY 2015</strong></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #0b610b; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><strong>Would you believe it, today is Earth-Day’s 46th event and 45th B-Day (April 22, 2015)?<br /><br />It was on April 22nd, 1970 when the very first Earth Day event was celebrated nationwide. A time when the norm was hippy-happy flower-child culture, psychedelics, the passing R&B icons Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water" song, college students streaking across campuses protesting the Vietnam war, etc. Also a time of top network TV programs "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "Gunsmoke," "Captain Kangaroo," "The Carol Burnett Show," and "I Dream of Jeannie." </strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />Who would think Earth Day would also mark the modern environmentalist movement? It was April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, that led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">In 2016, <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/april/nasa-celebrates-earth-day-with-noplacelikehome-event/">NASA's theme is #NoPlaceLikeHome</a>. NASA wants everyone to post videos and photos of their favorite places on EARTH and to use hashtag #NoPlaceLikeHome for the latest </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">#EarthDay </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/april/nasa-celebrates-earth-day-with-noplacelikehome-event/">#EarthDay 2015 </a>marked the 2nd year of NASA's global social media campaign. Earth Day is not just about water and sustainability." Earth Day 2014 marked the first #GlobalSelfie SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN from NASA. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;">NASA wants everyone to post videos and photos of their favorite places on EARTH and to use hashtag #NoPlaceLikeHome for the latest #EarthDay</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b615e; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Earth Day 2014 NASA celebrated a milestone -- the first time in more than a decade of launching five Earth-observing missions in a single year. <i><span style="color: red; font-family: "times"; font-size: x-small;">Photos above right and below left snapshots taken from <a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/video/science_2/1113124653/nasa-earth-day-2014-promo-041814/">NASA promotional video on RedOrbit.com</a> </span></i><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/video/science_2/1113124653/nasa-earth-day-2014-promo-041814/"><br /></a><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/video/science_2/1113124653/nasa-earth-day-2014-promo-041814/"></a></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b615e; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Click here to view NASA's promotion video for Earth Day from 2014 #GlobalSelfieEarthDay #EarthRightNow #EarthDay Social Media Campaigns.<br /><br />BELOW ARE EXCERPTS FROM MY BLOG FROM EARTH DAY 2014<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://myblog.allthingsdigitalmarketing.com/2014/04/us-government-climate-control.html">Do you think our leaders are capable of implementing a realistic, sustainable climate control program? </a><br /><br />Some are (hopefully most), and I hope they put government spending into perspective and stop subsidizing the ultra-rich for their quaky, snake-oil programs. "We the people" need to know the real facts behind the outrageous ultra-rich alternative fuel subsizing.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">"It's nice that someone managed to run his car on liposuction leftovers, but that doesn't mean he needs to be subsidized ... But why not at least agree that governments shouldn't pick losers to be winners? Unfortunately, that's exactly what is happening. The world is rushing to promote alternative fuel sources that will actually accelerate global warming, not to mention an alternative power source that could cripple efforts to stop global warming ... This is not just a climate disaster. The grain it takes to fill an SUV tank with ethanol could feed a hungry person for a year; biofuel mandates are exerting constant upward pressure on global food prices and have contributed to food riots in dozens of poorer countries. Still, the United States has quintupled its ethanol production in a decade and plans to quintuple its biofuel production again in the next decade. This will mean more money for well-subsidized grain farmers, but also more malnutrition, more deforestation, and more emissions. European leaders have paid a bit more attention to the alarming critiques of biofuels -- including one by a British agency that was originally established to promote biofuels -- but they have shown no more inclination to throw cold water on this $100 billion global industry ..."</span> </i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>~~ Michael Grunwald, writer, journalist, author; and a senior national correspondent at Time magazine. Quotes taken from his article "<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/12/seven_myths_about_alternative_energy">Seven Myths About Alternative Energy</a>"</strong></span></blockquote>
<i><span style="color: #0b615e; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Obviously, according Grunwald's article on ForeignPolicy.com article (2009) titled "<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/12/seven_myths_about_alternative_energy">Seven Myths About Alternative Energy,</a> the energy alternatives aren't magic tickets and they are not sustainable.</span></i><br />
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Share your #NoPlaceLikeHome with your favorite social media and show support for "sustainable environmental programs" that cost significantly less and are more effective than the current government subsized programs that are unsubstantiated.<br />
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<span style="color: orangered; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br />Earth Day is a national holiday created to celebrate the Earth and environment. The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970, and was a response to the environmental crisis at the time, which included extremely polluted water and air.<br /><br />The Environmental Protection Agency was created the same year as a result of activism and widespread popular support for cleaning up the environment. Children became very aware as many school programs brought about awareness of pollutants in the air and the importance of caring for the planet we live on.<br /><br />Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. The Earth Day Logo, above right, became the Official Earth Week logo that was used as the backdrop for the prime time CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about Earth Day beginning 1970 through 1996.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orangered; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day. Earth Day is planned for April 22 in all years at least through 2015. It may or may not change thereafter. Earth Day is credited to Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he called for an environmental teach-in, or Earth Day, to be held on April 22, 1970.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orangered; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br />Over 20 million people participated that year, and this Earth Day is now observed on April 22 each year by more than 500 million people and several national governments in 175 countries. Ecology Flag, photo to the right, was created by cartoonist Ron Cobb in 1969.</span><br />
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Google Celebrated Earth Day 2012 with an animated Flower-power Doodle on its home page, photo left.<br />
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For 2014, Google created a lovely doodle with many different eco-creatures from the lovely humming bird to the not-so-lovely beetle dung; I was pretty grossed out by that portion of the animated doodle. To view go to google.com and share what you think.<br />
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Bing Celebrated Earth day 2012 with a picture of Nevada Solar One at sunrise in the Mojave Desert near Boulder City, Nevada, photo right.<br />
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1968 - Morton Hilbert and the U.S. Public Health Service organized the Human Ecology Symposium, an environmental conference for students to hear from scientists about the effects of environmental degradation on human health. This was the beginning of Earth Day.<br />
1969 - John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called "Earth Day" at the UNESCO Conference on the Environment<br />
1969 - The Ecology Flag was created by cartoonist Ron Cobb and published on November 7th in the Los Angeles Free Press, then placed in the public domain. The symbol is a combination of the letters "E" and "O" taken from the words "Environment" and "Organism," respectively.<br />
1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation was issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970. Nelson chose the date April 22nd in order to maximize participation on college campuses for what he conceived as an "environmental teach-in". He determined the week of April 19–25 was the best bet as it did not fall during exams or spring breaks. Also, it did not conflict with any religious holidays.<br />
1971 - UN Secretary-General U Thant supported McConnell's global initiative to celebrate this annual event; and on February 26, 1971, he signed a proclamation to that effect, saying: “May there be only peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.”<br />
1972 - United Nations secretary-general Kurt Waldheim observed Earth Day with similar ceremonies on the March equinox in 1972, and the United Nations Earth Day ceremony has continued each year since on the day of the March equinox (the United Nations also works with organizers of the April 22 global event).<br />
1978 – American cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead added her support for the equinox Earth Day, and declared: "Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space…”<br />
1990 - The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb was led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest (many years earlier), and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from the United States, Soviet Union and China had roped together to climb a mountain, let alone Mt. Everest. The group also collected over two tons of trash (transported down the mountain by support groups along the way) that was left behind on Mount Everest from previous climbing expeditions. The master of ceremonies for the Columbia Gorge event was the TV star, John Ratzenberger, from "Cheers", and the headlining musician was the "Father of Rock and Roll," Chuck Berry.<br />
2000 - Earth Day 2000 combined the ambitious spirit of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. This was the first year that Earth Day used the Internet as its principal organizing tool, and it proved invaluable domestically and internationally. Kelly Evans, a professional political organizer, served as Executive Director of the 2000 campaign. The event ultimately enlisted more than 5,000 environmental groups outside the United States, reaching hundreds of millions of people in a record 183 countries. Leonardo DiCaprio was the official host for the event, and about 400,000 participants stood in the cold rain during the course of the day.<br />
2009 - May 5, 2009 editorial in The Washington Times contrasted Arbor Day with Earth Day, claiming that Arbor Day was a happy, non-political celebration of trees, whereas Earth Day was a pessimistic, political ideology that portrayed humans in a negative light.<br />
2010 - Billion Acts of Green (Beta) – Official Earth Day Network's "Billion Acts of Green" website for students and young adults<br />
2011 - A Billion Acts of Green (®) – A "people-powered campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and advocacy before Rio +20" (as well as a registered trademark).<br />
2012 - Earth Day 2012 – Mobilize the Earth 2013; Google Celebrated Earth day 2012 with an animated Doodle on its home page; Bing Celebrated Earth Day 2012 with a picture of Nevada Solar One at sunrise in the Mojave Desert near Boulder City, Nevada.<br />
2013 - The Face of Climate Change.<br />
2014 - Earth Day 2014 – Green Cities + Mobilizing Millions of People to Create a Sustainable, Healthy Environment by Greening Communities Worldwide. First Earth Day 2014 "SOCIAL MEDIA SELFIE CAMPAIGN" launch.<br />
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2017 - Earth Day 2017, the Earth Day Network created four toolkits to aid organizations wanting to hold teach-ins to celebrate the theme "Environmental and Climate Literacy. Four tool kits"<br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Environmental Teach-in Toolkit</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Global Day of Conversation Toolkit for Local Governments</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">MobilizeU: Campus Teach-in Toolkit</li>
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<li>Infographic on History of Green Awareness from 1916 - 2013 titled <a href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/earth-day-a-history-of-green-awareness-infographic" target="_blank">"GREEN GROWTH: A Historical Timeline of Earth Day and Green Awareness</a><span style="color: blue;"> provided by Kars4Kids</span></li>
<li><a href="https://greenerideal.com/news/dubais-innovative-wastenizer-could-make-the-city-waste-free-by-2020/" target="_blank">2018 - Dubai's Innovative "Wastenizer" Could Make the City Waste Free by 2020</a><span style="color: blue;">, written by Andy Probert, March 9, 2018 publised on GreenerIdeal.com</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthday.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Earth Day Network</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthday.org/campaign/canopy-project"><span style="color: blue;">The Canopy Project</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/celebrating-earth-day-around-the-world/2012/04/20/gIQAG7QLWT_gallery.html?tid=ts_lifeent"><span style="color: blue;">Washington Post, Celebrating Earth Day around the world</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement">History of Earth Day</a><span style="color: blue;"> http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/environment/Earth-Day-Prompts-Calls-for-Green-Acts-148427245.html"><span style="color: blue;">Voice of America, Earth Day Prompts Calls for “Green Acts</span></a></li>
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Hello World! Happy 2020th Palm Sunday (April 5th) and Easter, Sunday (April 12th) and "chag Pesach sameach" Happy Passover will begin at sunset on Wednesday, April 8th and ends an nightfall on Thursday, April 16th. #PalmSunday #Easter #Passover<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a repost of earlier annual Easter/Palm Sunday and Passover posts with minor edits. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello World! Happy 2020th Palm Sunday and Easter, Sunday and "chag Pesach sameach" Happy Passover. May your days today and always be filled with love, happiness and blessings.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-large;">“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song." </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong><br /> ~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II">Pope John Paul II </a></strong></span></i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛf vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was Pope from 16 October 1978 to his death in 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history and, as a Pole, the first non-Italian since Pope Adrian VI, who died in 1523.</strong></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Hello World! Happy 2020th Easter America. Happy Name Day and Palm Sunday Mom.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">Palm Sunday has always been a very special day for our family.<br /><br />My late mom was born on Palm Sunday (March 28, 1926), which is why my grandmother named her "Palma."</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"> Happy Palm Sunday, happy name day and may you be dancing up in the clouds, celebrating how much you are loved and missed. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;">You haven't really left us, you have just moved to a peaceful place and you are always in our thoughts and prayers.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Wonderful keepsake photo of my late mom with her mother, Grandma Elvira. </strong></span></i></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>They resembled each other so much.<br /><br />They were so beautiful and similar in many ways - great cooking, baking, entertaining, etc. </strong></span></i></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i></span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Everyone was welcome in their homes.</strong></span></i></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Another great photo of my late mom with <a href="http://tesh.com/">John Tesh</a> #ITFYL #JohnTest . Mom was so fond of this photo. Her smile radiates everywhere regardless of her age. In this photo she was in her late 70s. Amazing!</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Photo collage of my late mom (TOP L-R, with her youngest grandchildren, Mariel & Anthony; granddaughter Mariel's lovely "get-well card; mom upstate New York holding me as an infant). (BOTTOM L-R, me & mom celebrating another bon-voyage cruise; mom in either CA or OK at a wedding; mom with her mom, Grandma Elvira.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Mom as the most beautiful bride with her handsome groom, my wonderful Dad, during their wedding day, September 5, 1948.</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">Sharing mom's Eulogy here to remember her life, her amazing gifts, talents, smiles and her love. </span></strong></span><strong style="color: purple; font-family: cambria;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">(see image to the right)</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></strong></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">Also another way to celebrate her name day, Palm Sunday. </span></strong></span><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Our brother presented the Eulogy at the Funeral Mass on February 28, 2012.</strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>I strongly believe our mom is at peace knowing her children are well.</strong></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Palm Sunday always brings me fond memories with family and friends. </strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>On Palm Sunday 2015, I had quite a few chuckles. Much to my surprise, two wild turkeys strutted in my back yard and left quite an impression! </strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></i><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong>Gobbling, trotting and pecking around, I had to take a video with my iPhone. Glad I did as there is never a sure-shot they will show up again in my back yard.</strong></span></i><br />
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Second video Wild Turkeys Take 2 <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ev8dcSwQtE8" width="560"></iframe><br />
or visit these links for <a href="https://youtu.be/gmskcOlY1Xg%20%20%20Wild%20Turkey%20s%20Take%201">Wild Turkeys Take 1</a> and https://youtu.be/ev8dcSwQtE8<br />
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<i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-large;"><strong>About Easter</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easter (Old English Ēostre; Latin: Pascha; Greek Πάσχα Paskha, the latter two derived from Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ) is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.</span><br />
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Easter is for everyone, for adults it brings back memories of childhood days filled with beautiful spring flowers and fabulous Sunday celebrations.<br />
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Easter, like Christmas, is for children. Celebrating Easter with children is truly special – from colored Easter Eggs, Chocolate Easter Bunnies to Easter Egg hunts and parades and bonnets make this day extra magical.<br />
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Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the March equinox.<br />
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Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (although the astronomical equinox occurs on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is not necessarily on the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies from 22 March to 25 April inclusive. Eastern<br />
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The precise date of Easter has at times been a matter for contention. By the later 2nd century, it was accepted that the celebration of the holiday was a practice of the disciples and an undisputed tradition.<br />
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Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are identical or very similar.<br />
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Easter customs vary across the Christian world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church[12] and decorating Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb.<br />
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Additional customs that have become associated with Easter and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.<br />
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The Easter parade is an American cultural event consisting of a festive strolling procession on Easter Sunday. The parade is somewhat of an informal and unorganized event, with or without religious significance. Persons participating in an Easter parade traditionally dress in new and fashionable clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to impress others with their finery.<br />
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The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York City, but Easter parades are held in many other cities. Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870s, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-20th century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million people. Its popularity has declined significantly, drawing only 30,000 in 2008.<br />
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Many Americans follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy. The Easter Bunny is a popular legendary anthropomorphic Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa Claus in American culture.<br />
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On Easter Monday, the President of the United States holds an annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn for young children. New York City holds an annual Easter parade on Easter Sunday.<br />
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Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans.<br />
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Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth. In Christianity, for the celebration of Eastertide, Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus: though an egg appears to be like the stone of a tomb, a bird hatches from it with life; similarly, the Easter egg, for Christians, is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, and that those who believe will also experience eternal life.<br />
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The precise origin of the ancient custom of decorating eggs is not known, although evidently the blooming of many flowers in spring coincides with the use of the fertility symbol of eggs—and eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bringing the spring into the homes.<br />
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Many Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed Christ (and, of the renewal of life in springtime). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long dead time of winter.<br />
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The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a fantasy character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs.<br />
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Originating among German Lutherans, the Easter Hare originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behaviour at the start of the season of Eastertide.<br />
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The Easter Bunny is sometimes depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs in his basket, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Santa Claus, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holiday. The custom was first mentioned in Georg Franck von Franckenau's De ovis paschalibus[2] (About Easter Eggs) in 1682[3] referring to a German tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter Eggs for the children. In many church services on Easter Sunday, a live rabbit representing the Easter Bunny, is brought into the congregation, especially for the children's message.<br />
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An Easter Bonnet represents the tail-end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.<br />
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The "Easter bonnet" was fixed in popular culture by Irving Berlin, whose frame of reference was the Easter parade in New York City, a festive walkabout that made its way down Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral:<br />
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At the depths of the Great Depression a new hat at Easter, or a refurbished old one, was a simple luxury. <i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /><br />Will you be celebrating Easter? Showing off your Easter bonnet or attending an Easter Day Parade?</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><i><strong>RESOURCES: </strong></i></span><span style="color: ”gray”; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> ♦ The 29th Annual Easter Bonnet Competion by the Theatre Development Fund, takes place on April 20th and April 21st at Minskoff Theatre, more info at https://www.tdf.org/shows/9214/The-29th-Annual-Easter-Bonnet-Competition (last year The 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition (2014) by Broadway Cares http://broadwaycares.org/easterbonnet2014)<br />♦ Easter Day Parade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_parade<br />♦ Easter Sunday on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday<br />♦ Easter 2015 from Calendar 365 http://www.calendar-365.com/holidays/easter.html<br />♦ Easter Egg Hunts http://www.easteregghuntsandevents.org/<br />♦ Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival in New York City http://gonyc.about.com/cs/holidays/a/easter.htm</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: ”gray”; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: x-small;"><i>♦ </i><i>Ann Miller' sings and taps to "Shakin' the Blues Away" from Easter Parade (1948) she was an amazing tap dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yS1e9zksJ8<br />♦ Easter Parade – Fred Astaire and Judy Garland on YouTube </i></span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKt54TFrxMc</span><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">This post is an updated repost from previous annual Easter posts. Please visit this blog frequently and share this with your social media. Follow me @gbdaly Thanks.</b></span></i></div>
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wowOwow ... WWW is 031 Today ... March 12, 2020<br />
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Happy 31st <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" target="_blank">World Wide Web</a> !<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">~ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" target="_blank">Tim Berners-Lee, SirTimothy John Berners-Lee</a> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(born 8 June 1955),</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> also known as </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">TimBL</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, is an English engineer and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Computer science">computer scientist</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, best known as the inventor of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. He is currently a professor of computer science at the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (MIT). @timberners_lee https://twitter.com/timberners_lee</span><br />
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WWW Inventor, <a href="https://twitter.com/timberners_lee" target="_blank">Tim Berners-Lee</a> celebrates on Twitter<br />
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Hard to believe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" target="_blank">WWW</a> is 31 years, it's done so much and transformed itself so many times one would think it's at least 100.<br />
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Oh boy, do I wish it did really serve humanity well. Unfortunately, there's just too much propaganda, bias, control, and greed at the expense of human rights and democracy. When will this end?<br />
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Perhaps it's good intentioned inventor, Tim Berners-Lee can invent an antidote application to counteract this horriffic poison to humanity. If anyone can, I know he can and not just by speaking and advocating but by building something better intended for humanity.<br />
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In any event, WWW probably the greatest disruption of the 19th century.<br />
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<li>Latest from Tim Berners-Lee on WWW's 30th: https://webfoundation.org/2019/03/web-birthday-30/</li>
<li>https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/the-world-wide-web-turns-30-web-inventor-sir-tim-berners-lee-on-the-fight-for-a-better-web-5621800/</li>
<li>Sir Tim Berners-Lee on why tech companies cannot forgo human rights for profits,The Indian EXPRESS: https://webfoundation.org/2019/03/web-birthday-30/</li>
<li>The Man Who Invented the WWW Has Mixed Feelings About What The Internet Has Become, Time, http://time.com/5549551/tim-berners-lee-inventor-internet/</li>
<li>World Wide Web Consortium, W3C, http://www.w3.org/ - Info on Tim Berners-Lee https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/#Press</li>
<li><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/world-wide-web-google-doodle-goes-all-tech-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary/videoshow/68369133.cms" target="_blank">Google celebrates with all tech doodle video show</a></li>
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Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-13325297325202506952020-03-08T10:31:00.001-07:002020-03-08T10:31:40.595-07:00Happy 111th International Women's Day World! This year the theme ~ "An equal world is an enabled world " Tweet #EachforEqual; #IWD2020 throughout your social media. What's your action for equality? Here's mine.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><b style="font-size: large;">This year, the IWD2020 theme hashtag is <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank">#EachforEqual</a></b><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank"> </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">What are your plans for celebrating women? Mine is celebrating womens' achievements, gender equality, leadership especially continuing to set examples of advocating awareness against bias, bullying and taking action for equality. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Besides incorporating my social media with hashtags, #EachforEqual; #IWD2020 my action for #IWD2020 #EachforEqual is </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">celebrating womens' achievements, gender equality, and especially leadership in everything I do, setting example, always being kind and respectful, advocating awareness against bias, bullying and ultimately taking action for equality.</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica";"> </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">~Gloria Buono-Daly #ThoughtOfTheDay #QuoteOfTheDay </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think of so many things everyone can do such as showing respect, kindness - be it with family, workplace, etc. Promoting integrity and leadership - by being honest, standing up for what is right, reporting harassment and abuse especially in the workplace, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also share my thoughts Twitter; This helps me put things into perspective, sort of journal my thoughts but in a different way than journaling. How do you take action for #EachforEqual #IWD2020?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">International Women's Day has been a focal point for global womens' rights since 1909.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Last year the theme was #BalanceForBetter #IWD2019 and prior to that #PressForProgress #IWD2018. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">We</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> are about 190 years away from gender parity. The past several years have been a whirlwind of advocacy and progress for women advocating for reporting sexual abuse, harassment, bullying, regardless of how famous or powerful the attacker is.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Misconduct and harassment are serious issues that come in many different sizes and shapes. It's not just just about sexual harassment by men but by women as well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I find #IWDthemes inspiring and consistently evolve/expand on from prior years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The year 2017 marked awareness, advocacy for movements, momentum, progress.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">#IWD2018 theme of the year is for all to #PressForProgress, #IWD2019 theme #BalanceforBetter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For earlier historical perspective on their commemorations, including UN commemorations from 1996 to present, visit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" target="_blank">International Women's Day on Wikipedia.or</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finally progress is momentous and significant. Women are becoming stronger all thanks to embracing and supporting each other. Sisterhood, brotherhood, are alive and well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gone are the days of women being punished for reporting bad behavior, subterfuge, misconduct or harassment. However we still need to press for progress more and continue moving forward. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">#MeToo and #TimesUp movements came about after various harassment and misconduct accusations by the top entertainment and media icons including Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey, Russell Simmons, Dustin Hoffman, James Toback, Tavis Smiley, as well as liberal Democrat politician Al Franken ... The list of attackers of men by women, men by men and also women by women, appears to never end. - </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">#HarveyWeinstein, #KevinSpacey, #RussellSimons, #DustinHoffman, #JamesToback, #MattLauer, #TavisSmiley, #AlFranken ... M</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">any victims, thus far over 200 from Harvey Weinstein alone and how can we forget about disgraced Bill Cosby - many women came forward yet many more remained silent. ? </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But what about the female or male co-worker at an organization who has been working hard, complying with the company standards of behavior and code of conduct only to be constantly bullied, abused and harassed by a female/male co-worker who feels threatened by his/her business ethics and/orskill set? </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">What's your #PressForProgress? My action is to continually speak up when something is wrong, and be supportive to other women who are being harmed and/or harassed. I want to keep on "pressing" to be the best I can be in everything I do, to exercise leadership actions in my life (i.e., personal, at work, communications including my blog posts, etc.) and to always respect and celebrate differences for the good of all people and of course for our goal of increasing Gender Parity even though we are 200 years away. Also press progress by encouraging others to <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme" target="_blank">#PRESSFORP</a></span><a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;" target="_blank">ROGRESS</a><span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">Equally important is for women at work. If a new employee at an organization however small or however large, is being harassed by another women who believes she is above the company policy and standards of behavior/code of conduct because of her 30 or so years of tenure, and constantly harms/harasses, belittles, you or others, etc., report it! Regardless of the consequences. Victims have rights and must be protected from employees who behave like goons and street gangsters inside the profit or non-profit organization.</span><br />
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<strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to forment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” </span></i></strong><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: xx-small;">~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/abigail_adams">Abigail Adams,</a> </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: x-small;">U.S. First Lady, 1776 (née Smith; November 22 [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Google's #IWD2017 doodle to commemorate International Women's Day 2017 conveys the many bold actions by our leading women of the world. </span></div>
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A collage of 8 photos in the #IWD2017 Google Doodle below commemorate #IWD2017:</div>
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Opening image of Google's doodle for #IWD2017 which celebrated 13 inspirational women</div>
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Google has celebrated 2016 International Women's Day IWD2016 with a lovely "gender-parity" global themed doodle #OneDayIWill.</div>
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From becoming scientists to speaking to Pope Francis, their actions and words are inspirational.</div>
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In 2015, Google celebrated with the inspiring and engaging doodle below for IWD2015:</div>
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Google posted a very charming doodle to celebrate IWD's 103rd IWD2014 ).</div>
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<i><span style="color: indigo; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">International Women's Day (IWD), originally coined International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8th every year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme">The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2016 is<strong> "Pledge for Parity."</strong></a> #PledgeforParity.<br /><br />Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement.<br /><br />The theme in 2016 was<br /><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Issues/Business-environment/women-fast-forward">118 Years to Gender Parity? </a> </span> </strong> In 2014, The World Economic Forum predicted it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Unfortunately, one year later, 2015, they estimated an even slower progress and the gender gap wouldn't close entirely until nearly 4 decades later, 2133.<br /><br />Be it helping women and girls achieve ambitions, advocating for gender-balanced leadership, respecting differences, or rooting for workplace bias, International Women's Day wants everyone - men and women -to take concrete steps to help achieve gender parity more quickly. </span></i><i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">Women's equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Women's Day</a> celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action."<br /><br />In many countries, International Women's Day is an occasion to honor and praise women for their accomplishments.<br /><br />Join International Women’s Day on Facebook at facebook/internationalwomensday and for breaking news follow #womensday.<br /><br />International Women's Day is an annual day observed in many nations around the world on March 8 each year. (Jumping Woman photo above by kongsky / freedigitalphotos.net)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: orchid; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><br /><br />President Barack Obama proclaimed March 2011 to be "Women's History Month", calling Americans to mark IWD by reflecting on "the extraordinary accomplishments of women" in shaping the country's history.<br /><br /><br />Also, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the "100 Women Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls through International Exchanges", on the eve of IWD.</span></i></div>
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Every year events take place on March 8th to commemorate the anniversary of International Women's Day. In 2011, IWD's 100th anniversary, 100 countries participated in events.</div>
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Kudos to all women for all we do!</div>
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EXPLORE and submit your IWD event or web posting at the <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Explore" target="_blank">International Women's Day activity page.</a> And enjoy learning about what others are doing to celebrate IWD 2017.</div>
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Visit <a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/News" target="_blank">INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2017 NEWS</a> for more information.</div>
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Do you have a theme of your own to celebrate International Women's Day? IF so, share it on the <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Women's Day</a> website.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Resources for Women’s History Month:</strong> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br />http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/03/08/international-womens-day-inequality-in-charts<br /><a href="http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Issues/Business-environment/women-fast-forward">Make your #PledgeForParity</a> sponsor<br />http://womenshistorymonth.gov/<br />http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php<br /> http://www.nwhp.org/<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_History_Month<br />http://www.infoplease.com/womens-history-month/<br />http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history-month<br /> http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/</span></i></div>
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Gloria Buono-Dalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02126718880337988392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228810111561298306.post-62734030321009001252020-02-13T03:13:00.001-08:002020-02-13T03:13:50.164-08:00Happy Valentines Day America! What's in your heart this Valentine's Day?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">“To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,<br />All in the morning betime,<br />And I a maid at your window,<br />To be your Valentine.<br />Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,<br />And dupp'd the chamber-door;<br />Let in the maid, that out a maid<br />Never departed more.” </span></i><i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong><br />~~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare, </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet">Hamlet</a>,<br />Act IV, Scene 5 </strong></span></i><span style="color: grey; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: small;"><strong>Valentine's Day<br />as ruefully mentioned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia">Ophelia</a> in Hamlet (1600–1601</strong></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: maroon; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;"><strong>Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines_day">Valentine's Day</a>, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most countries.</strong></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love was in Parliament of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer.<br /><br />Chaucer wrote: </span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: x-small;"><br />"For this was on seynt Volantynys day<br />Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make."<br /> ["For this was on Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate."]</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: small;">This poem by Chaucer was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381. (When they were married eight months later, they were each only 15 years old).</span><i><span style="color: deeppink; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">Have you marked your calendars for giving back this month? February is the month of love and of "giving back," be it supporting a cause or simply going the extra mile for someone. The energi PR firm in Canada is dedicating Valentine's Day to "Acts of Love & Kindness" and closing the office on Friday, February 14th to continue it's strong message of corporate social responsibility.<br /><br />ACTS of LOVE & KINDNESS performed by energi PR on Friday, February 14, 2014 can be followed online on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #energiPRALK.<br /><br />ALK (Acts of Love & Kindness) was conceived in 1994 by <a href="http://www.crt-tanaka.com/media-room/key-executives/">Patrice Tanaka, chief counselor and creative strategist at PadillaCRT </a>and was later adopted by more than 50 public relations firms in the US through the Public Relations Society of America. energi PR approached Tanaka and sought her blessing to bring ALK up to Canada as part of its corporate social responsibility program.</span></i><br />
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The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius.<br />
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Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your Valentine" as a farewell to her.<br />
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Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church.<br />
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The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, however on July 6th in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and July 30th, in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna.<br />
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Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. The flower crowned skull.<br />
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<span 3="" style="font-family: "color size";">The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784):</span><br />
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<strong><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;">The rose is red, the violet's blue,<br />The honey's sweet, and so are you.<br />Thou art my love and I am thine;<br />I drew thee to my Valentine:<br />The lot was cast and then I drew,<br />And Fortune said it shou'd be you.</span></i></strong><br />
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According to the U.S. Greeting Card Association approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines. Also, many send Valentines Day chocolates and other candies.<br />
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New traditions have evolved with the internet. Millions of people today use digital (e.g., eCards, eCoupons, etc.) to send Valentine's Day greeting messages. An estimated 15 million e-valentines were sent in 2010. Below are two sets of Valentines Day card collages, to view detail, zoom in 150% to 200%.<br />
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<i><span style="color: deeppink; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">Do you plan on volunteering this month and on Valentines Day? Are you participating in any social responsibility initiatives for the month of February? Please share in the comments section and do include links to any of your Valentines Day giving back themed campaigns.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><strong>Other Resources </strong></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: xx-small;"><br />♦ Closed for the day: Gone volunteering, NewsWire.ca http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1296689/closed-for-the-day-gone-volunteering<br />♦ 10 things for happier living: do things for others, actionforhappiness.org, http://www.actionforhappiness.org/10-keys-to-happier-living/do-things-for-others?gclid=CO-V0fuup7wCFZDm7AodiXoAQQ<br />♦ Becoming Ginger Rogers, How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO, Patrice Tanaka http://www.prsa.org/Conferences/HealthAcademy/Archives/2012/Sessions/2012BecomingGingerRogers#.UusLS_ldV7M<br />♦ Valentines Day Ecards http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards/valentines-day?source=aggoogle548<br />♦ Greeting Card Association http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeting_Card_Association<br />♦ No better place to say "I Love You" than Times Square, TimesSquare.org http://www.timessquarenyc.org/events/valentines-day/index.aspx<br />♦ Guy Kawasaki Google Plus, https://plus.google.com/+GuyKawasaki/posts/8SaRPXr8cEA#+GuyKawasaki/posts/8SaRPXr8cEA<br />♦ Valentines Day Recipes & Cooking, FoodNetwork http://www.foodnetwork.com/valentines-day/package/index.html</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">To See or Not to See ... Punxsutawney Phil makes his 134th prediction on February 2, 2020 and we can all look forward to an early spring. Staten Island Chuck G. Hogg also didn't see his shadow. In the meantime, c</span>heck out this #Jeep ad with Bill Murray on <b>SUPERBOWL LIV</b> which falls right on Groundhog day 2020.<br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day received more mass attention after the release of the 1993 comedy film “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray who plays Phil Connors, an egotistical Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during a hated assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, dreams living February 2nd over and over while repeatedly indulging in hedonism and numerous suicide attempts.<br /><br />Finally he wakes up and realizes his life matters and prioritizes and makes drastic changes and improvements. In 2006, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Many wonder just how scientific is Punxsy Phil's shadow. According to groundhogday.org, the furry fortune teller is accurate 75% to 90% of the time, while a Canadian study of 13 states has the success rate at 37% and the <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/">National Climatic Data Center</a> (<a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/">NCDC</a>) has the overall prediction rate at 39% accurate (since 1987).<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm">Stormfax Weather Almanac </a>reports Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow 100 times (as of last year 2014) which equates to 101 times this year (2015), no shadow 16 times with no record 9 times. </span></i><i><span style="color: teal; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;">Groundhog day in Staten Island is sponsored by Time Warner Cable and garnered with trumpets to wake up the little Staten Island's very own woodchuck, "Chuck," as the Staten Island Zoo opens its gates at 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 2.<br /><br />Also South Carolina has <a href="http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/groundhog">Sir Walter Wally</a> who makes his prediction 12 noon.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.agreatertown.com/staten_island_ny/staten_island_chuck_predictions_early_spring_for_2020_0007420368" target="_blank">Staten Island Chuck, or Charles G. Hogg also didn't see his shadow.</a><br /><br />What do you think? Do you believe in the science or spirit of Groundhog Day?</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><i><strong>Additional resources: </strong></i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦</span></i><a href="http://www.justjared.com/2020/02/02/bill-murray-recreates-groundhog-day-in-jeeps-super-bowl-2020-ad-video/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">http://www.justjared.com/2020/02/02/bill-murray-recreates-groundhog-day-in-jeeps-super-bowl-2020-ad-video/</a></span><br />
<span style="color: ”gray”; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ No shadow! </span></i></span><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/groundhog-day-results-2020-no-shadow-phil-predicts-early-spring-is-coming/ar-BBZznmA?OCID=ansmsnnews11" style="font-family: cambria;">https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/groundhog-day-results-2020-no-shadow-phil-predicts-early-spring-is-coming/ar-BBZznmA?OCID=ansmsnnews11</a><br />
<span style="color: ”gray”; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ National Film Registry, FilmSite.org http://www.filmsite.org/filmreg.html</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ Why Groundhog Day Could Lift the Loonie, CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/id/100416469</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ Groundhog Day: 10 things you should know before going, PENN LIVE, http://blog.pennlive.com/go/2013/01/groundhog_day_10_things_to_kno.html</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ Groundhog Day 2014: Groundhog Day 2014: Staten Island Chuck ready to make prediction at Staten Island Zoo http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/staten_island_chuck_to_make_pr_2.html</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ Groundhog Day http://www. groundhog.org/groundhog-day</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ Groundhog Day: Planning your trip groundhog.org/planning-your-trip</span></i></span><br />
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