What remarkable events occurred on the leap years days of history?

Simon

Answer
These all happened on Feb. 29

1288 - Scotland established this day as one when a woman could
propose marriage to a man! If he refused, he was required to pay a fine.

1704 - The town of Deerfield, MA was raided on this date by French
Canadians and Indians who were trying to retrieve their church bell that
had been shipped from France. The bell was to hang in the Canadian
Indian's village church. Neither the raiders nor the residents of Deerfield
were aware that the bell had been stolen from the ship. The Deerfield
folks had purchased the bell from a privateer, unaware that it belonged to
the Indian congregation. Although 47 people were killed in the incident,
we could say that the 120 captured were saved by the bell.

1860 - The first electric tabulating machine -- the forerunner of the
calculator -- was invented by Herman Hollerith. We think it was
unfortunate that Mr. Hollerith chose to make his invention on Leap Day,
causing the machine to only calculate numbers divisible by four.

1904 - On this day in Washington, DC, a seven-man commission was
created to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal. Work began
May 4th. It's always hard to get something going by committee; so we
guess that's why it took seven men two months to get the work going.

1920 - Dateline -- Budapest, Hungary: Miklos Horthy de Nagybanya
became the Regent of Hungary just six months after leading a
counterrevolution. He probably gained control because everyone else
was distracted while trying to pronounce his name.

1932 - Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers teamed up to record "Shine"
for Brunswick Records.

1936 - Fanny Brice brought her little girl character "Baby Snooks" to
radio on "The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air" on CBS Radio. Miss Brice
presented the character and later sang "My Man" on the program. She
was 44 at the time, and was known as America's "Funny Girl" long
before Barbra Streisand brought her even greater fame and notoriety
nearly 30 years later.

1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Oscar. She
won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mammy in "Gone
with the Wind". GWTW also won Best Picture, Best Actress for Vivien
Leigh's performance and Best Director for Victor Fleming, Best
Screenplay for Sidney Howard's writing plus awards for Color
Cinematography, Interior Decoration and Film Editing. Other Oscar
winners on this night were Best Actor, Robert Dunat in "Goodbye, Mr.
Chips", and Best Supporting Actor, Thomas Mitchell in "Stagecoach".

1944 - The invasion of the Admiralty Islands began on this date as U.S.
General Douglas MacArthur led his forces in "Operation Brewer".
Troops surged onto Los Negros, following a month of Allied advances in
the Pacific.

1944 - The first woman appointed secretary of a national political party
was named to the Democratic National Committee. Dorothy McElroy
Vredenburgh of Alabama began her new appointment this day. 1944 -
The Office of Defense Transportation, for the second year, restricted
attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area to
prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime. We imagine that horses
were allowed in from elsewhere, though...

1952 - New York City pedestrians were told when to walk and when
not to as four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times
Square. Each sign flashed "Walk" for 22 seconds, then "Don't Walk" for
ten seconds before the "Don't Walk" turned red for 58 seconds more.
We're told that eight out of ten people obeyed the signs ... not bad for
New Yorkers who will walk right through one door of a car and out the
other to get across the street quickly.

1960 - A report from the White House stated that America's kids were
getting too fat! I'll have a cheeseburger, fries and a shake.

1964 - Dawn Fraser got her 36th world record this day. The Australian
swimmer was timed at 58.9 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle in
Sydney, Australia.

1964 - The United States was in the grip of Beatlemania! "I Want to
Hold Your Hand", by the lads from Liverpool, was in its 5th week at #1
on the pop charts. It stayed there until March 21, when it was replaced
by "She Loves You", which was replaced by "Can't Buy Me Love",
which was finally replaced by "Hello Dolly", by Louis Armstrong, on May
9, 1964. 14 straight weeks of #1 stuff by the Beatles! Yeah, yeah, yeah...

1964 - Hang on to your racquets on this one, sports fans: A shuttlecock
drive record was set by Frank Rugani this day. Mr. Rugani slammed the
birdie 79-feet, 8-1/2 inches in a test at San Jose, CA. A giant leap for
badminton. A little leap for all mankind.

1972 - The U.S. Justice Department had recently settled an antitrust
lawsuit in favor of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
On this date, newspaper columnist, Jack Anderson revealed a memo
written by ITT's Washington lobbyist, Dita Beard, that connected ITT's
funding of part of the Republican National Convention with the resulting
lawsuit settlement.

1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz was named the 1971 James E. Sullivan
Memorial Trophy winner as the top amateur athlete in America.

1972 - Karen and Richard Carpenter of Downey, CA, received a gold
record for the hit single "Hurting Each Other". When they tore the golden
platter from its protective frame and plunked it on the player, they heard,
"Hurt So Bad", by Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were so upset
by this that they ran out to the back yard and used the record as a
Frisbee for the rest of the day. (Some of the preceding is based upon
actual fact.)

1988 - "Day by Day", a situation comedy, premiered on this date on
NBC-TV. It was one of the "yuppie sitcoms" that were all over the TV
dial in the late '80s. This particular one was about a suburban
overachieving couple who dropped out and opened up a day-care center
in their home to spend more quality time with their children. The quality
time lasted just under five months.

1992 - Mr. Big hit it big this day, moving to #1 with, "To Be with You".
It would be the biggest hit in the U.S. for three big weeks.

Famous birthdays:
1736 - Ann Lee (Ann the Word or Mother Ann) (religious zealot:
founder of Shakerism in U.S.)

1792 - Gioacchino Rossini (operatic composer: The Barber of Seville)

1876 - Theodore 'Theo' Hardeen (magician)

1904 - Jimmy Dorsey (bandleader: So Rare, Contrasts, June Night)

1904 - Pepper (John) Martin (baseball: St. Louis Cardinals CF)

1920 - Arthur Franz (actor: The Member of the Wedding, Dream No Evil)

1920 - Michele Morgan (Simone Roussel) (actress: The Fallen Idol, Joan of Paris, Bluebeard, Everybody's Fine)

1920 - Howard Nemerov (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Works [1978]; 3rd poet laureate of U.S. [1988-1990])

1924 - Al Rosen (baseball: Cleveland Indians 3rd Baseman)

1928 - Joss Ackland (actor: The Hunt for Red October, The House that
Dripped Blood, The Sicilian, A Woman Named Jackie)

1936 - Jack Lousma (astronaut)

1936 - Henri Richard (The Pocket Rocket) (hockey player: Montreal
Canadiens: 4-time All-Star, played on 11 Stanley Cup champion teams
[1955 - 1975])

1940 - Gretchen Christopher (singer: group: The Fleetwoods: Mr. Blue,
Come Softly to Me, Tragedy)

1944 - Steve Mingori (baseball)

1944 - John Niland (football: Dallas Cowboys Guard, Super Bowl V, VI)

1948 - Al Clark (football)

1952 - Al Autry (baseball)

1972 - Antonio Sabato, Jr. (actor: Earth 2, Beyond the Law, War of the
Robots, Thundersquad)

Does trolley here refer to train or bus? THanks?

BB26

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1933-39: Our family lived in a six-story apartment building along the #22 trolley line in Prague. A long, steep flight of stairs led up to our apartment, where my brother, Rene, and I shared a crib in our parents' bedroom;

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A trolley was a kind of bus that ran above ground on electric tracks. This is what the trolley cars looked like when I rode on them when I was a kid in the Bronx. http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/images/Trolleys181st.jpg
Edit: And this is a picture of a vintage trolley car in Prague:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://image59.webshots.com/459/1/13/88/2719113880038418500ftNAot_fs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2719113880038418500ftNAot&usg=__Y8gHQv5u0sF_W6p88djlRUcwlQI=&h=737&w=1120&sz=116&hl=en&start=7&itbs=1&tbnid=ZIiRyzoYPaPz6M:&tbnh=99&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPrague%2Btrolley%2Bcar%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

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What remarkable events occurred on the leap years days of history?

Simon

Answer
These all happened on Feb. 29

1288 - Scotland established this day as one when a woman could
propose marriage to a man! If he refused, he was required to pay a fine.

1704 - The town of Deerfield, MA was raided on this date by French
Canadians and Indians who were trying to retrieve their church bell that
had been shipped from France. The bell was to hang in the Canadian
Indian's village church. Neither the raiders nor the residents of Deerfield
were aware that the bell had been stolen from the ship. The Deerfield
folks had purchased the bell from a privateer, unaware that it belonged to
the Indian congregation. Although 47 people were killed in the incident,
we could say that the 120 captured were saved by the bell.

1860 - The first electric tabulating machine -- the forerunner of the
calculator -- was invented by Herman Hollerith. We think it was
unfortunate that Mr. Hollerith chose to make his invention on Leap Day,
causing the machine to only calculate numbers divisible by four.

1904 - On this day in Washington, DC, a seven-man commission was
created to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal. Work began
May 4th. It's always hard to get something going by committee; so we
guess that's why it took seven men two months to get the work going.

1920 - Dateline -- Budapest, Hungary: Miklos Horthy de Nagybanya
became the Regent of Hungary just six months after leading a
counterrevolution. He probably gained control because everyone else
was distracted while trying to pronounce his name.

1932 - Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers teamed up to record "Shine"
for Brunswick Records.

1936 - Fanny Brice brought her little girl character "Baby Snooks" to
radio on "The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air" on CBS Radio. Miss Brice
presented the character and later sang "My Man" on the program. She
was 44 at the time, and was known as America's "Funny Girl" long
before Barbra Streisand brought her even greater fame and notoriety
nearly 30 years later.

1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Oscar. She
won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mammy in "Gone
with the Wind". GWTW also won Best Picture, Best Actress for Vivien
Leigh's performance and Best Director for Victor Fleming, Best
Screenplay for Sidney Howard's writing plus awards for Color
Cinematography, Interior Decoration and Film Editing. Other Oscar
winners on this night were Best Actor, Robert Dunat in "Goodbye, Mr.
Chips", and Best Supporting Actor, Thomas Mitchell in "Stagecoach".

1944 - The invasion of the Admiralty Islands began on this date as U.S.
General Douglas MacArthur led his forces in "Operation Brewer".
Troops surged onto Los Negros, following a month of Allied advances in
the Pacific.

1944 - The first woman appointed secretary of a national political party
was named to the Democratic National Committee. Dorothy McElroy
Vredenburgh of Alabama began her new appointment this day. 1944 -
The Office of Defense Transportation, for the second year, restricted
attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area to
prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime. We imagine that horses
were allowed in from elsewhere, though...

1952 - New York City pedestrians were told when to walk and when
not to as four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times
Square. Each sign flashed "Walk" for 22 seconds, then "Don't Walk" for
ten seconds before the "Don't Walk" turned red for 58 seconds more.
We're told that eight out of ten people obeyed the signs ... not bad for
New Yorkers who will walk right through one door of a car and out the
other to get across the street quickly.

1960 - A report from the White House stated that America's kids were
getting too fat! I'll have a cheeseburger, fries and a shake.

1964 - Dawn Fraser got her 36th world record this day. The Australian
swimmer was timed at 58.9 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle in
Sydney, Australia.

1964 - The United States was in the grip of Beatlemania! "I Want to
Hold Your Hand", by the lads from Liverpool, was in its 5th week at #1
on the pop charts. It stayed there until March 21, when it was replaced
by "She Loves You", which was replaced by "Can't Buy Me Love",
which was finally replaced by "Hello Dolly", by Louis Armstrong, on May
9, 1964. 14 straight weeks of #1 stuff by the Beatles! Yeah, yeah, yeah...

1964 - Hang on to your racquets on this one, sports fans: A shuttlecock
drive record was set by Frank Rugani this day. Mr. Rugani slammed the
birdie 79-feet, 8-1/2 inches in a test at San Jose, CA. A giant leap for
badminton. A little leap for all mankind.

1972 - The U.S. Justice Department had recently settled an antitrust
lawsuit in favor of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
On this date, newspaper columnist, Jack Anderson revealed a memo
written by ITT's Washington lobbyist, Dita Beard, that connected ITT's
funding of part of the Republican National Convention with the resulting
lawsuit settlement.

1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz was named the 1971 James E. Sullivan
Memorial Trophy winner as the top amateur athlete in America.

1972 - Karen and Richard Carpenter of Downey, CA, received a gold
record for the hit single "Hurting Each Other". When they tore the golden
platter from its protective frame and plunked it on the player, they heard,
"Hurt So Bad", by Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were so upset
by this that they ran out to the back yard and used the record as a
Frisbee for the rest of the day. (Some of the preceding is based upon
actual fact.)

1988 - "Day by Day", a situation comedy, premiered on this date on
NBC-TV. It was one of the "yuppie sitcoms" that were all over the TV
dial in the late '80s. This particular one was about a suburban
overachieving couple who dropped out and opened up a day-care center
in their home to spend more quality time with their children. The quality
time lasted just under five months.

1992 - Mr. Big hit it big this day, moving to #1 with, "To Be with You".
It would be the biggest hit in the U.S. for three big weeks.

Famous birthdays:
1736 - Ann Lee (Ann the Word or Mother Ann) (religious zealot:
founder of Shakerism in U.S.)

1792 - Gioacchino Rossini (operatic composer: The Barber of Seville)

1876 - Theodore 'Theo' Hardeen (magician)

1904 - Jimmy Dorsey (bandleader: So Rare, Contrasts, June Night)

1904 - Pepper (John) Martin (baseball: St. Louis Cardinals CF)

1920 - Arthur Franz (actor: The Member of the Wedding, Dream No Evil)

1920 - Michele Morgan (Simone Roussel) (actress: The Fallen Idol, Joan of Paris, Bluebeard, Everybody's Fine)

1920 - Howard Nemerov (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Works [1978]; 3rd poet laureate of U.S. [1988-1990])

1924 - Al Rosen (baseball: Cleveland Indians 3rd Baseman)

1928 - Joss Ackland (actor: The Hunt for Red October, The House that
Dripped Blood, The Sicilian, A Woman Named Jackie)

1936 - Jack Lousma (astronaut)

1936 - Henri Richard (The Pocket Rocket) (hockey player: Montreal
Canadiens: 4-time All-Star, played on 11 Stanley Cup champion teams
[1955 - 1975])

1940 - Gretchen Christopher (singer: group: The Fleetwoods: Mr. Blue,
Come Softly to Me, Tragedy)

1944 - Steve Mingori (baseball)

1944 - John Niland (football: Dallas Cowboys Guard, Super Bowl V, VI)

1948 - Al Clark (football)

1952 - Al Autry (baseball)

1972 - Antonio Sabato, Jr. (actor: Earth 2, Beyond the Law, War of the
Robots, Thundersquad)

Does trolley here refer to train or bus? THanks?

BB26

-------------
1933-39: Our family lived in a six-story apartment building along the #22 trolley line in Prague. A long, steep flight of stairs led up to our apartment, where my brother, Rene, and I shared a crib in our parents' bedroom;

Answer
A trolley was a kind of bus that ran above ground on electric tracks. This is what the trolley cars looked like when I rode on them when I was a kid in the Bronx. http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/images/Trolleys181st.jpg
Edit: And this is a picture of a vintage trolley car in Prague:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://image59.webshots.com/459/1/13/88/2719113880038418500ftNAot_fs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2719113880038418500ftNAot&usg=__Y8gHQv5u0sF_W6p88djlRUcwlQI=&h=737&w=1120&sz=116&hl=en&start=7&itbs=1&tbnid=ZIiRyzoYPaPz6M:&tbnh=99&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPrague%2Btrolley%2Bcar%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

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Why are young people becoming way more mature than people were say in the 60s,70s,80s, etc.?

Gavin..

Like, not just trying to grow up too fast, or just trying to act older. Like the minds are actually maturing way faster.
No, this question isn't full of irony.

Answer
In hard times, young people appear to grow up (mature) faster than in good times. Between 1945 and 1973, the United States enjoyed a post-war economic boom that was unprecedented.

Cheap oil and gas were readily available and the suburbs expanded. Millions of Americans were catapulted out of poverty and into the clean, comfortable middle-class for the first time in history. Their kids were able to enjoy lives and creature comforts that were unknown to them like televisions, cars, transistor radios, motorcycles, electric guitars, amusement parks, fast-food restaurants and video games, just to name a few.

However, that period began ending around 1973 or '74. Since that time, life has been getting tougher for a lot of American families once more and we are seeing some of the results of it with rising gang activity and more teenagers quitting high-school and going to work instead. That's what most American teenagers did before the Second World War too.

Actually, throughout most of history, kids were treated as miniature adults. They began going to work as soon as they could walk. It was only the economic prosperity periods of the 1920's, and especially the post-World War II era that enabled them to enjoy a true childhood instead.

If we don't have a strong, middle-class centered economy, powered by cheap energy sources, things will inevitably start going backwards again. . . and that's what seems to be happening right now.

Should illegal immigrants lik Jesse be deported and sent back to Mehico?

Zero

(I heard Bush has put a motion detector for those sneaky sneaky mexicans) And i hope they put a electric current through the fences soon) I WANT THEM TO HAVE A SHOCK IN THEIR SYSTEM!!!!

Answer
A letter to the President

Dear President Bush

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.

I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.

So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over. Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.

3. All government forms need to be printed in English.

4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.

5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.

6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flagpole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.

7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.

8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.

9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.

10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from
President Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.

11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.

12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.

13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.

I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.

However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P.

Thank you so much for your kind help.

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Traveling for spring break on the East Coast (March '07), need to know American History places I should visit.

Q. I would like to make this educational (American History) for my 4 kids as well as fun and still see the "must see" items that we are near; the kids are 16, 13, 9, and 4. We are going to fly from Utah to S. Carolina (we have family in York we need to visit) and travel up the coast in a rental car. We are planning to stop in DC, Philly, and New York but we've never been there and don't know how much time to plan. If it was just me I think I could spend the whole week in DC visiting museums but the kids would get bored with that. I heard a couple of hours in Philly to catch the independance hall and liberty bell and a half day in New York for the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and then a drive through the city since we are there. Can anyone offer any more suggestions. Is Boston worth going to? Again, I am looking for American History while not boring the kids and any other great site that is close. We only have 5 days. Weather and any "must eat" places recommendations also.

Answer
I will assume that you will be flying into and out of Charlotte I am going to give you some creative routings but promise you that I personally have driven all the roads I'm sending you down
Be aware of the fact that heavy snow falls can and often do occur in the first two or three weeks of march. The reason is that the tropics are warming up and the warm wet low coming up from the tropics collides with a still very cold high pressure canadian air mass and the result is of course snow, wet heavy snow at that. Check the weather and carry warm clothes
Begin your trip at the end , in this case Appomattox Va allow 5 hrs to get there and approx 1.5 hrs there
find US 29 out of Lynchburg and take that north to Charlottesville VA. Thomas Jeffersons house is the general idea and is located about 1.5 hrs from Appomattox . The visit to Monticello is by guided tour only and there is a tendency of the tour operators to rush you through the house so that the next tour can come in . You can however stroll the grounds at your leisure , visit slave row and TJ's grave.There is also the cost of $13.00 to consider [ that price allows them to give a two dollar bill as part of the change- I am serious]
Madison and Monroe lived close to Jefferson and on the other side of the mountain is Stanton Va , Woodrow Wilsons birth place and one of the of the great antebellum towns in America.
I am trying to get you to Frederick MD [ which has cheaper and more avalable hotels] via Skyline Drive /Front Royal/ Harpers Ferry WV
Harpers Ferry is worth the visit and in the area of Harpers Ferry and Frederick MD is bloody Antietam Battlefield
Day 2 will be devoted to Gettysburg and getting to NYC- sort of
It's a little over an hour from Frederick to Gettysburg allow at least 3 hours to tour the battlefield and let your kids climb the rocks at Big and Little Round Tops and Devils Den. Start your trip at the visitors center and take the time to view the electric map
It's 140 miles from Gettysburg to Philly via US 30/ 202/ I-76 and when you get in the area of King of Prussia - 202 and I -76 you will also be very close to Valley Forge just a thought
if you can leave Gettysburg by noon you can actually make beautiful downtown philadelphia in time to take in Independence hall
Check with The National Park Service for what time the attractions on the mall actually close
Day 2 should end with you spending the night within 40 miles of the Staten Island Ferry dock.
but not in Jersey City , Elizabeth or Newark NJ Perth Amboy is sort of OK. Since it's off season something down on the Jersey shore isn't a bad idea like Freehold- Springsteens home town. [This means using I-95 North out of Philly which is just to the east of the mall.]Find a place you like and spend 2 nights
Day 3 is devoted to NYC
Somehow get onto Staten Island and follow signs for the Verrazano bridge
The last exit before the bridge-Bay street- will take you north to the Staten Island ferry dock- The parking lot is one of those self pay types so you may need to get a roll of quarters before you park you car.Yes i did say park your car.
Park the car by the ferry dock and take the free Staten Island Ferry to the lower end of manhattan aka South Ferry- you will spend the rest of your time in manhattan either walking or using subways both of which are faster , safer and cheaper and actually less confusing than than driving. Trust me on this one I'm a native and spent over 20 years driving commercial vehicles in manhattan and surrounding areas.
When you get off the SI Ferry ,the ferry taking you to the Statue of Lliberty and Ellis Island is a couple of hundred yards in front of you and to your left The ferry goes from manhattan to the statue to ellis and then straight back to manhattan. I think that given all the restrictions concerning actually getting into the statue I would simply look at it from the boat and continue on to ellis.
When you get back to manhattan directly across the park from the ferry dock is federal style buildingwhich is located at the foot of Broadway . It is the old US Customs house. Carefully cross the street .When you walk inside to the left and the right are two of the most beautiful spiral staircases you will ever see-[ you have to go through more security to get into the building.]Looking uptown from the stairs of the customs house you will be looking across Bowling Green- yes our founding fathers actually bowled on it and beyond that you will see the famous wall street bull
continuing up broadway a very short way and slightly north of wall st you will come to a red sandstone church -Trinity
if you make a downhill left just before you reach the church proper you wiil see that Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton are buried next to each other.If you go back out to wall st and walk past the stock exchange some creative navigation will take you over to Fraunces Tavern of G. Washington fame. Continuing to the East River will take you over to South st. Seaport
If continue up broadway from Trinity around 140 Bwy [ liberty st] you will see a large open space to north and left of where you are standing. Two great buildings and many people once occupied that space. Look back at the blackness of 140 Bwy and then turn your gaze to a spot in the sky above that awful hole that is twice the height of 140 Bwy.
At this point you have some decisions to make about where to spend the rest of the day.
If you take the # 1 train from Chambers st and get off at the christopher St stop , cross 7th ave and go about 100 yds east on Bleeker st you will come to one of the top 5 greatest pizza places in NYC - Johns- they sell only whole pies and give you the option of buying soft drinks by the pitcher. The pies bake in a coal fired brick oven and come out blistering hot bubbling The pizza so good. For the rest of your life pizza will never be the same
Go back to the subway take the 1 to 59th st
change to the local A train uptown and get off at the Museum of Natural History stop
tour the museum until it closes and walk west across 81st [ which is the north side of the museum] 2 blocks to broadway, cross bwy and you will see an orange and white awning in front of you, underneath that awning is one of the greatest food stores in america; Zabars
if you're a foodie at all Zabars is heaven.
It is perfectly acceptable, indeed expected to ask a counterperson for a taste of something prior to buying it
of note almond croissants, smoked fish, bagels, rustic breads , cheeses a great take out counter and jams, coffees and mustards.
buy some things for your DC road trip
upstairs is high quality hard to find and a bit pricey cooking equipment.
dinner is at cafe napoli or pelligrinos in little italy
Take the # 1 train[ 79 th st ] down town
to 42 nd st / Times square change to the # 7 train to grand central and take the# 6 train to canal st & lafayette sts. Walk 1 block east to mulberry st and then north a block or two until you find your restaurant. watch out for imported bottled fizzy waters they tend to be expensive and NYC tap water is excellent and when you are offered a chef's special get the price before ordering it. as a rule NYC portions are large and splitting entrees is OK.
When you are sitting on Mulberry st having dinner think about the pictures you saw in Ellis Island about what mulberry st used to look like.
the 5 points of Gangs of NY fame are located about 1/2 mile south of where you are sitting.
finish dinner do not order dessert .walk around the neighborhood looking at and buying souveniers. walk over to Ferraras and have dessert.
hail a cab going downtown to the ferry and then back to your motel
by now you guys should be wiped out
Day 4 -somewhere in NJ to DC
the trip to DC should take you around 4-5 hrs depending upon weather and traffic you will need a full day and a half to see DC
in addition to the usual DC things a visit to the national cathederal in georgetown can be inspiring [ Woodrow Wilson is the only President buried in DC city limits. His crypt is on the main floor ]
i wish you had the time to go over to hampton roads/ new port news and then drive down cape hatteras past kill devil hills [of the Wright broters first flight fame ]
taking the ferry across haterras inlet and the one from ocracoke to the mainland- really nice drive - on a par with the drive from kanab to torrey in terms of beauty.
be careful and remember cruise control is great for small town driving.
BTW get in touch with the MTA[Metropolitan Transportation Authority ] in NYC for subway maps and same day multi- trip ticket info

Can I use no trespassing signs?

Q. I'm renting a mobile home in a trailer park that is close to work, right now I don't have a car, i have a bike with a motor on it and I ride it every day and its very good on gas. I store it in my shed out back. The mobile home was empty for a year before I moved into it. And right now, although the mobile home is in perfect shape and the lawn is now taken care of. I store my bikes in the shed and all my blinds are always closed, so it looks like its abandoned. And I'm a full time worker and only home 2 times a week. I keep finding things moved around in my yard, and today I had off. I woke up with kids skate boarding in the driveway. I also seen weird people around standing in front of my mobile home. My mobile home does have a brake in history but when it was not lived in. I lock my doors at all times. My windows are also locked really good. I still don't want teen age kids in my driveway skate boarding and riding bikes around and kids drawing chock all over the place. I told these kids before not to skate board on my driveway and they do anyways when I'm at work, 1 day my mom stopped over and she parked her car in front because the kids were in the driveway when I was at work. The kids said what? nobody lives here and she told them to leave. They don't listen. Iv noticed somebody has tampered with my shed door and tried to brake it. My landlord works at the office at the trailer park. My landlords office is open after I get to work and when I get home. Its closed. Thursday when I pay my rent I was going to tell her I didn't put them there for her. I put them there to keep people off. Will this be ok anyways????

Answer
you put no trespassing sign and get a electric fence around your property . they would not dare go near it if you have electric fence. think about getting a dog would also help to scare kids away.

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Whats a good name for a time machine company to the 1970s?

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keith c

I am doing a school project for my History class and we need to make a brochure for a time machine company and my decade is back to the 1970s and i need to come up with a good name and a good slogan to fit the decade and i cant think of one, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The Flower Power machine? direct to San Francisco for a Jefferson Airplane concert? Don't you want somebody to Love???
Powered by 3.2% beer for 18 year old kids to buy?
The Bell-Bottom Jeans Express?
McGovern for President Super Train? (1972 election)
The Nixon Basher machine?
The Spiro Agnew Eliminator Machine? Maybe you could go BACK and rid society of this jerk?
The Viet Nam War "Victory" machine....ha ha ha.
The "Young Rolling Stones" Tour Bus...Concert touring machine?

Man, I am the Time machine from the 1970's. You should see my hair, my music collection, my clothing is still from High school...ha ha.

Write me from the profile page....we'll have some laughs.
Meanwhile, read the book, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Thomas Wolfe, 1968...it is a definitive diary of the mid 60's to mid 70's era. University protests, music, politics, drugs, the 'revolution', clothing, free love...etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test


SO SORRY...the Delorean car was made between 1981-83. I didn't buy one when I was 30!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12

Would you allow yourself to be connected to the internet through a wireless interface?

Cacaodoc

You would be susceptible to all things computers are susceptible to. But online communication would be as easy as thinking it.

What if?

Answer
The electronic revolution of the past century has been a tangled affair. Remember when phones were always wired into the wall? When the internet required one more cord from the back of your computer? Wireless is the future, which is all well and good for information transfer. But what about energy itself?

Intel powers a lightbulb, wire-free.
New research is bringing energy transfer into the wireless world. Soon, a central hub could be charging your batteries, laptop, televisions, electric cars, you name it⦠right through the air. You might never untangle a wire again. Cool, right?
Wireless energy is built on the principle of resonant coupling. The devices use copper coils that, if tuned to the same frequency, can resonate with one another. One coil is plugged into the wall, and creates an electromagnetic field; another coil nearby resonates with the first field, picking up some energy in the process to fuel your electronics. The magnetic field lets energy flow regardless of obstacles in the way, so the current can travel through walls. Currently, the type of radiation involved can only resonate within a few meters.
Over the past few years, a number of companies have been racing to put wireless energy on the market. Last week, researchers at Intel showcased a wirelessly charged iPod speaker. In 2007, researchers at MIT revealed a similar project that powered a lightbulb remotely. The physicist and project leader Marin Soljacic (winner of a MacArthur âgenius grantâ Fellowship) went on to found the start-up WiTricity, which is leading the pack in developing a commercially viable product.

MIT's wireless lightbulb from 07. Credit: Science
The godfather of wireless energy transfer was Nikola Tesla, a brilliant and fascinating figure in the history of electrical engineering. In the late 1800â²s, Tesla showed that electromagnetic energy could be transferred wirelessly. He also postulated that some day, all of our electronics would be able to harvest energy that is naturally present in space. Thatâs probably a little further down Intelâs pipeline.
But wireless energy transfer is far from perfect. The coils still need to be shrunk down so they can be easily integrated into everyday electronics (unless you want giant metal rings all over your house). The distance limitation is a major hurdle, with the fields limited to a few meters at this point. The energy transfer isnât the most efficient process; MIT researchers transferred about 45% of the energy input, while Intelâs recent project showed an 80% transfer. That kind of energy loss poses a significant roadblock to the commercial viability of these technologies, as energy ainât free.

A WiTricity image of how the fields work
Everyone is racing to work out these kinks and become the first company to put something on the market. Intel hasnât announced any pipeline for their wireless tech; WiTricityâs business development guy claims that theyâll have something ready within 18 months. Regardless of who wins the race, Soljacic holds a patent on the research that started it all, which could let WiTricity play the old intellectual-property card. But what about Teslaâs grandkids?
Speaking of kids, wireless energy could help to make the household a safer place: no more wires for children to trip over, drop in the bathtub, or chew on. Okay, I donât have kids, but I imagine they cause all sorts of trouble with wires.
Sci-fi depictions of the future always riff on how the technology will be fueled. I always loved the idea of the future being powered through the giant steam ducts hidden behind every wall in Terry Gilliamâs Brazil. The 80â²s and 90â²s made an insurmountable tangle of wires seem like a more likely scenario. But now, wirelessness prevails. And if Tesla was right, maybe we can even lose the wall outlet.

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Whats a good name for a time machine company to the 1970s?

electric car history kids image

keith c

I am doing a school project for my History class and we need to make a brochure for a time machine company and my decade is back to the 1970s and i need to come up with a good name and a good slogan to fit the decade and i cant think of one, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer
The Flower Power machine? direct to San Francisco for a Jefferson Airplane concert? Don't you want somebody to Love???
Powered by 3.2% beer for 18 year old kids to buy?
The Bell-Bottom Jeans Express?
McGovern for President Super Train? (1972 election)
The Nixon Basher machine?
The Spiro Agnew Eliminator Machine? Maybe you could go BACK and rid society of this jerk?
The Viet Nam War "Victory" machine....ha ha ha.
The "Young Rolling Stones" Tour Bus...Concert touring machine?

Man, I am the Time machine from the 1970's. You should see my hair, my music collection, my clothing is still from High school...ha ha.

Write me from the profile page....we'll have some laughs.
Meanwhile, read the book, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Thomas Wolfe, 1968...it is a definitive diary of the mid 60's to mid 70's era. University protests, music, politics, drugs, the 'revolution', clothing, free love...etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test


SO SORRY...the Delorean car was made between 1981-83. I didn't buy one when I was 30!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12

Would you allow yourself to be connected to the internet through a wireless interface?

Cacaodoc

You would be susceptible to all things computers are susceptible to. But online communication would be as easy as thinking it.

What if?

Answer
The electronic revolution of the past century has been a tangled affair. Remember when phones were always wired into the wall? When the internet required one more cord from the back of your computer? Wireless is the future, which is all well and good for information transfer. But what about energy itself?

Intel powers a lightbulb, wire-free.
New research is bringing energy transfer into the wireless world. Soon, a central hub could be charging your batteries, laptop, televisions, electric cars, you name it⦠right through the air. You might never untangle a wire again. Cool, right?
Wireless energy is built on the principle of resonant coupling. The devices use copper coils that, if tuned to the same frequency, can resonate with one another. One coil is plugged into the wall, and creates an electromagnetic field; another coil nearby resonates with the first field, picking up some energy in the process to fuel your electronics. The magnetic field lets energy flow regardless of obstacles in the way, so the current can travel through walls. Currently, the type of radiation involved can only resonate within a few meters.
Over the past few years, a number of companies have been racing to put wireless energy on the market. Last week, researchers at Intel showcased a wirelessly charged iPod speaker. In 2007, researchers at MIT revealed a similar project that powered a lightbulb remotely. The physicist and project leader Marin Soljacic (winner of a MacArthur âgenius grantâ Fellowship) went on to found the start-up WiTricity, which is leading the pack in developing a commercially viable product.

MIT's wireless lightbulb from 07. Credit: Science
The godfather of wireless energy transfer was Nikola Tesla, a brilliant and fascinating figure in the history of electrical engineering. In the late 1800â²s, Tesla showed that electromagnetic energy could be transferred wirelessly. He also postulated that some day, all of our electronics would be able to harvest energy that is naturally present in space. Thatâs probably a little further down Intelâs pipeline.
But wireless energy transfer is far from perfect. The coils still need to be shrunk down so they can be easily integrated into everyday electronics (unless you want giant metal rings all over your house). The distance limitation is a major hurdle, with the fields limited to a few meters at this point. The energy transfer isnât the most efficient process; MIT researchers transferred about 45% of the energy input, while Intelâs recent project showed an 80% transfer. That kind of energy loss poses a significant roadblock to the commercial viability of these technologies, as energy ainât free.

A WiTricity image of how the fields work
Everyone is racing to work out these kinks and become the first company to put something on the market. Intel hasnât announced any pipeline for their wireless tech; WiTricityâs business development guy claims that theyâll have something ready within 18 months. Regardless of who wins the race, Soljacic holds a patent on the research that started it all, which could let WiTricity play the old intellectual-property card. But what about Teslaâs grandkids?
Speaking of kids, wireless energy could help to make the household a safer place: no more wires for children to trip over, drop in the bathtub, or chew on. Okay, I donât have kids, but I imagine they cause all sorts of trouble with wires.
Sci-fi depictions of the future always riff on how the technology will be fueled. I always loved the idea of the future being powered through the giant steam ducts hidden behind every wall in Terry Gilliamâs Brazil. The 80â²s and 90â²s made an insurmountable tangle of wires seem like a more likely scenario. But now, wirelessness prevails. And if Tesla was right, maybe we can even lose the wall outlet.

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