Good Morning pcApex!! (2/1/2006)

hartigan · 01-February-06, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Hardiman


	The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

Hey everybody!! Hope you're all doing well. Welcome to Hump Day.

What does today have in store for us regarding holidays?

In Senegal, it is Confederal Agreement Day.

In Malaysia, it is Federal Territory Day.

The people of Spain are celebrating San Cecilio today.

At Montserrat, it is St. Brigid's Day.

Followers of Celticism are celebrating Imbolc

Followers of Paganism in the Southern Hemisphere are celebrating Lunasa, which is also known as Lammas. Those in the Northern Hemisphere are celebrating Oimelc or Brigid, with their celtic cousins.

That's it for today. Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and I'll see y'all tomorrow.

-hartigan

theups · 01-February-06, 07:52 AM

This Day in History
On February 1

1790	The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City.
1861	Texas becomes the seventh state (out of an eventual eleven) to secede from the Union. Texas will be the last state to be readmitted, March 30, 1870.
1862	"The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe, was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."
1884	The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
1913	Grand Central Station opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world.
1960	Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service.
1965	While protesting against voter discrimination, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and hundreds of others are arrested in Selma, Alabama.
1974	"Good Times" becomes the first spin-off of a spin-off in TV history. The Norman Lear CBS sitcom is a spin-off of "Maude," a spin-off of "All in the Family."
1976	"Sonny and Cher" resumed on TV despite a real-life divorce.
1978	Harriet Tubman becomes the first African-American woman honored with a U.S. postage stamp.
1979	Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery.
1994	Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty in Portland, OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding.
1996	The Chicago Bulls win their 17th straight game and improve to a 40-3 record. With the victory, the Bulls surpass the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (39-3) for most wins with just three losses in NBA history.
1996	Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet.
2001	Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed.
2003	NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

pwrslyd · 01-February-06, 11:59 AM

Good morning everyone!!

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Originally Posted by theups


	1884- The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary* was published*

w00t! Sorry, us English majors get excited about that kinda stuff.

the _klamper · 01-February-06, 12:16 PM

happy

"our-bank-accounts-finally-got-some-money-in,....-too-bad-bills-are-also-due-since-is-the-1st-of-the-month"

The Captain · 01-February-06, 02:03 PM

Today in History

1809 The Battle Over the Embargo Act

1862 - Union General James B. McPherson was transferred to General Ulysses S. Grant's command.

1893 First movie studio built

1898 First Auto Insurance Policy

1917 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

1921 Record-Setting Taxi Driver

1929 First Hollywood musical debuts

1943 Japanese begin evacuation of Guadalcanal

1951 U.N. condemns PRC for aggression

1958 Elvis' last recording session before enlisting

1964 Operation Plan 34A commences

1966 Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper dies

1968 Nixon announces his candidacy for president

1974 Serial killer Ted Bundy strikes again

1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was welcomed by millions in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

1989 - Israel offered a deal to Palestine that involved a troop withdrawal and limited autonomy. The PLO rejected the offer.

1991 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney warned that the U.S. would retaliate if Iraq used chemical or unconventional weapons.

2001 - Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed.

2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed. One member of the crew, Ilan Ramon, was the first Israeli astronaut.

2004 - In Iraq, two suicide bombings at two Kurdish party offices killed at least 100 and injured more than 260.

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the _klamper Apex Master Tech Apprentice	happy "our-bank-accounts-finally-got-some-money-in,....-too-bad-bills-are-also-due-since-is-the-1st-of-the-month"

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The Captain Apex Master Tech	Today in History 1809 The Battle Over the Embargo Act 1862 - Union General James B. McPherson was transferred to General Ulysses S. Grant's command. 1893 First movie studio built 1898 First Auto Insurance Policy 1917 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare 1921 Record-Setting Taxi Driver 1929 First Hollywood musical debuts 1943 Japanese begin evacuation of Guadalcanal 1951 U.N. condemns PRC for aggression 1958 Elvis' last recording session before enlisting 1964 Operation Plan 34A commences 1966 Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper dies 1968 Nixon announces his candidacy for president 1974 Serial killer Ted Bundy strikes again 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was welcomed by millions in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. 1989 - Israel offered a deal to Palestine that involved a troop withdrawal and limited autonomy. The PLO rejected the offer. 1991 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney warned that the U.S. would retaliate if Iraq used chemical or unconventional weapons. 2001 - Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed. 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed. One member of the crew, Ilan Ramon, was the first Israeli astronaut. 2004 - In Iraq, two suicide bombings at two Kurdish party offices killed at least 100 and injured more than 260.