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Thomas O. Hicks
Governor Richards
Jan 1994 - Feb 1999
Thomas O. Hicks is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hicks Holdings LLC, a Dallas-based private investment firm, which owns and manages the Thomas and Cinda Hicks family sports and real estate assets and makes corporate acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Hicks co-founded, and was Chairman 1989 through 2004, of Hicks, Muse, Tate, and Furst, a nationally prominent private equity firm that specialized in leveraged acquisitions. During Mr. Hicks' tenure as Chairman, Hicks, Muse successfully raised over $12 billion of private equity funds, consummated over $50 billion of leveraged acquisitions, and was one of the most active private investment firms in the country. From 1984-1989 Mr. Hicks was Co-Founder nd Co-CEO of Hicks & Haas, a Dallas-based private equity firm. The successful acquisitions of Hicks Muse and Hicks & Haas included AMFM Inc., A&W Brands, Inc., Berg Electronics, Inc., Dr Pepper/Seven Up Companies, International Home Foods, Inc., Life Partners Group, Pinnacle Foods, Sybron International Corporation, and, Yell Group plc, among others.
Hicks Holdings' sports ownership holdings include the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, the Dallas Stars Hockey Club, a 50% interest in the American Airlines Center and most recently, a 50% interest in Liverpool FC, an English Premiership Club which is known as "Britain's Most Successful Football Club." In addition, the firm is a partner with Hillwood Development Company in the Victory Park project in downtown Dallas, and is also the co-developer of Glorypark, a 75 acre urban town center adjacent to Ameriquest Field in Arlington whose neighbor will soon be the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Hicks Holdings is also developing Champions Park, a 40 acre office/retail development in Frisco, Texas adjacent to the Dr Pepper Ballpark and Dr Pepper StarsCenter. Through Hicks Trans American Partners, Hicks Holdings also selectively makes corporate and real estate investments in South America.
Hicks Holdings' majority owned corporate holdings include Gammaloy, a leading oil and gas drilling tool rental and manufacturing company; DirecPath, a new company formed to provide bundled DIRECTV programming, broadband voice, and data services, security and other locally based services to multiple dwelling units (MDU) across the United States; Latrobe Speciality Steel, a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty steel to the aerospace industry; Ocular LCD, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance liquid crystal displays, modules and systems; Berkshire Resources, LLC, a gas and oil exploration and development company, and Grupo Pilar, a leading animal and pet food company in Argentina. In addition, Hicks Holdings, along with Investcorp, is an investor in Greatwide Logistics Services, a leading third party logistics services company based in Dallas.
Thomas O. Hicks is in his ninth season as Chairman of the Board and Owner of the Texas Rangers and serves as the team's representative on the MLB Board of Governors. During his ownership, the club has captured two American League West Division titles, winning a franchise record 95 games in 1999. Mr. Hicks is on the board of directors of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the internet-based subsidiary of Major League Baseball.
Purchasing the Dallas Stars in February 1996, Mr. Hicks is the team's Chairman of the Board and the club's representative on the NHL Board of Governors. He also serves on the NHL Executive Committee and the NHL Audit and Finance Committee. The Stars were the 1999 Stanley Cup Champions, were Stanley Cup finalists in 2000, won the NHL's Presidents' Trophy for the best regular season record in both 1997-98 and 1998-99, and have captured seven division titles under Mr. Hicks'ownership.
Mr. Hicks serves on the boards of directors of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, Crow Family Holdings, as well as The Center for Strategic and International Studies Board of Trustees, St. Mark's School of Texas Board of Trustees, the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Dean's Board of Advisors, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Trustees, and the University of Texas Chancellor's Council. A former member of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, Hicks has served as Chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, (UTIMCO) which manages the assets of over $20 billion including The University of Texas Permanent University Fund and Long Term Funds.
Mr. Hicks also annually serves as a Distinguished Guest Lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Hicks graduated with an MBA from the University of Southern California in 1970 and a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin in 1968.
With strong ties to the community, he has provided continuing support to numerous local organizations, and has also held various charity board memberships. Mr. Hicks was the 1996 co-chair of the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless "Vogel Alcove" project, and was honored as the recipient of the 2000 Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award for the Anti-Defamation League. He has also been a past ecipient of the Father of the Year Award.
The father of six children, Mr. Hicks and his wife Cinda reside in Dallas.
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How to connect a second line on the phone
The second line on the phone connects often with often occupied the first line, when there is a lot of calls, and one or more of them may be important.
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with the support of the second line.
To connect the second line in your phone call technical support of your mobile operator and connect the call waiting service. In this case, during your conversation with one person call from the other will be in standby mode, you will be able to make a call on the second line independently, without interrupting the first call.
Please note that during the conversation, you can switch between the subscribers. Also in some cases of true connection is a conference connection. Also, when using the second line you have reduced the number of opportunities to miss an important call, especially if you have caller ID. This service also connects the operator or local office of the CTA.
To connect the second line to your landline phone, please contact service office provider of telephony services with the relevant requirements documents. Fill in the application form, a sample of which you can find in the waiting room, and wait for the processing of your application, after which your phone will be connected to the second line.
Make sure that your handset supports such a mode of conversation, if not, buy a new landline phone that supports a conversation on two lines. These can be bought in the salons of cellular communication and points of sale of household appliances.
In order to connect the two active SIM-cards, purchase special telephone. In this case, note that some of them just have in its construction the adapter for the second SIM card, and between them has to switch. The newer models support both cards operators at the same time. Set the call parameters in the relevant menu.
Connect a second line to mobile when you register the SIM card.
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Now reading: INSIDE THE HOLIDAY BOX: Dominic Ferraro
October 23, 2021Casa dell'Unknown
INSIDE THE HOLIDAY BOX: Dominic Ferraro
What is the name of your company?
The name of my company is Casa dell'Unknown. I feel a little bit of a need to explain the name, because people always seemed a little confused. 'House of Unknown' is the translation from Italian. Playing off of fashion houses I wanted to use the "House of" part in italian, but the word for Unknown in Italian is "Ignoto" and I knew that would be way too confusing for people to pronounce and remember - so I used the english for the word "Unknown," and I feel like it fits me well because I am Italian American.
The "Unknown" comes from the pandemic really, and not originally knowing what I wanted to name my brand. I kept using the filler text "Unknown" in my designs and then eventually thought that I really liked it and it felt fitting since I started during a pandemic when the state of the world felt really unknown and I had no idea if I could really make this brand work. There were a lot of unknowns in my life at the time and so it really just resonated with me.
When was the company founded?
Right at the start of the pandemic in April of 2020 is when I started really working on the brand, but I didn't begin to sell any products until March of 2021
Tell us the story of how you brought your company to life.
I really started to work on creating a candle brand in 2016, but after about a year of working on it my husband and I had a daughter and my plans were tabled at the time because I didn't have the time or space. So, at the beginning of the pandemic I had to leave my full time job to take care of Naya full time and it was then that I decided that if I was ever going to do it, it was going to be now. So I pulled out all my previous formulas and research and started at it again. Two of my original formulas that I created with my husband made it into my first collection and that will always be something really special to me. It took me a year of fragrance development, product sourcing and package development before I felt like I was ready to launch my brand.
How did you feel after it launched?
That is a really hard feeling to describe. There are certain things in life that I feel like we all want to accomplish, but our self doubts and the world make us feel like it's not possible, and so it honestly took a couple months for me to even talk about it in a way that felt like it was real. Once I let myself believe it was real it felt amazing, and every day I am super thankful that I get to do something that I really love.
Where do you draw your design inspiration from?
I draw inspiration from so many things around me, but key to this brand is that I wanted to honor my Italian heritage. It has been such a large part of my life and my upbringing that I really wanted to focus on that. So everything I do I try to bring back to the experiences I have had in my life - from travel, to large family dinners, to my broken italian (language skills). It really has been a large part of my life and it was something I wanted to share.
Why was it important to you to create an "out and proud" LGBTQ+ company?
I wanted to show that the LGBTQ+ community can be successful and that so many of us have more than one identity. We are just as capable and just as successful as anyone else, all while bearing the burden of the often incorrect identities that society so often puts on us. I also love that acceptance that comes with the LGBTQ+ community. It's nice to feel like I have a spot among other people where I feel like I belong and I can be myself.
Was there a defining moment in your company's history (so far) when you knew you created something special?
When people started noticing my brand and reached out to me to collaborate on projects it really made me feel like I was being noticed.
What has been the reaction of customers to your brand?
The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive! The number of people who have reached out to me after purchasing my products just to tell me that they love them has been amazing!
Any special customer stories that you want to share?
Just this past weekend a local restaurant owner purchased two candles for his restaurant bathrooms and I was blown away that he loved them enough to use them for his business. I was working at a street fair over the weekend and multiple people commented that they saw my candles in the bathroom of the restaurant and took a picture of them to purchase later and then bought them at the street fair. I was just kind of stunned.
At FRUITLOOTS, we call all the amazing products that we find our "loot". What's a favorite piece of "loot" you've created?
Since I am such a new brand I think in general my first collection is really my favorite "loot," but if I had to be more specific it would probably be the 'Bergamotto' candle because I love the scent and it's something that I worked on with my husband so it's pretty special to me. Also, the street map on the packaging for 'Bergamotto' is Siracusa in Sicily as a nod to my family because it's where my grandmother was born.
Tell us about the product that we have chosen for The Holiday Box.
'Fumo di Pino', which translates to Pine Smoke, is my latest candle and it's my take on a holiday candle. It's a pine forward candle with a subtle smoke, and notes of: juniper, pine, cedar, olibanum, vetiver, amber and bergamot. Although this candle doesn't have a street map on the packaging like my first collection, it's reminiscent of a location in Italy called Castelluccio. Castelluccio is a valley up in the mountains in Norcia that my uncle has taken me to many times. The landscape is dotted with pine trees along the rim of the valley and it is truly a magical place to me.
Where do you see your company in 10 years?
10 years feels like eons away, but we are hopefully growing and on the shelves of some major retailers. I would love to someday be in Nordstrom or Bloomingdales like some of the other candle brands that I personally love. A true dream come true would be to have my own retail store in my home neighborhood of Andersonville in Chicago.
If you could do a special collaboration with any person in the world who would it be and why?
Funny this question should come up, but I have a collaboration coming up with the lovely artist Rebecca Miller Russo of @cigarettesandkale and if you had told me this was possible a year ago I would have laughed at you. One thing I would love to do is have a regular artist series because art is just so inspiring.
Any advice to queer entreprenuers?
Honestly, this is going to sound cheesy, but just be unapologetically yourself. There are people out there just like you and if you are your true self they will find you and you will be amazed at the love and support that is out there. I know I was. It took me a long time to really love myself, but when I did it was freeing. You don't have to be for everyone and you can't be, so do it for you.
If you could throw a party, with an unlimited budget, and you could invite anyone, tell us about the party and who would be there!
I am an intimate group, but lavish party kind of person :) I would have a small group because I really like to listen and learn from people. So I would say dinner for 8, but right in the middle of the Colosseum in Rome. I would probably invite a very strange group of people, but definitely my number one would be Donatella Versace.
Last question. If you could be any fruit, what would it be and why?
I would be a fig, because I think they are kind of mysterious and I love a hidden meaning or subtle surprise. They are a little ugly on the outside, but beautiful on the inside. They are decadent and delicious, very Italian and somewhat sexual. Figs also feel very gender fluid to me.
For more information on Casa dell'Unknown and to check out the rest of their collection, click here
Photos courtesy of Dominic Ferraro & Casa dell'Unknown
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Q: Unity Input System Button Triggers Multiple Times So I've been playing around with the new Input System and things are starting to get a little frustrating. My issue is button pushes are firing multiple times. I've tried multiple settings with the type of action (eg Button, Pass Through etc), and Interactions being set to press only, or release or whatever, doesn't seem to matter. It'll either fire 2 times or 4 times depending on the settings.
I've got multiple controllers here for testing and as if that wasn't confusing enough, if a second or more player joins in, their button pushes trigger only once. It's always only player one's buttons who trigger multiple times. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Looks like I'm not the only one, looking at this forum thread.
Here is my very simple, basic test code just for reference.
public void GetInteractValues( InputAction.CallbackContext value )
 {
     if ( value.started )
         print("foo");
 }

A: Coming into this late, but in case anyone else is confused: the multiple calls is intended behavior and is listed in the documentation (though the documentation took me a while to find).
Per this comment, check context.performed.
public void OnMyAction(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    if (context.started)
        Debug.Log("Action was started");
    else if (context.performed)
        Debug.Log("Action was performed");
    else if (context.canceled)
        Debug.Log("Action was cancelled");
}

A: Issue is a bug within Unity. Solution is to check that player prefab is in scene as the player and it's prefab (only on player one) are firing. Use the following to in addition to checking button callback.
gameObject.scene.IsValid()

A: I don't know if this is in any way helpful, but I was struggling to use the new Input System. Code examples I saw looked overly complicated compared to Input.GetButtonDown(), so I tried using the Player Input Component. I went straight for Behavior == Use Unity Events because it let me link actions to functions/methods in my script. On paper, this sounded good but then my functions were triggering multiple times.
This is just how Unity Events work: "started -> performed -> canceled".
According to the docs, you must set Behavior to SendMessages and set your function/method to public void OnActionName (), e.g. action: Jump, Method: OnJump().
I did this, but it still triggered multiple times. So in the InputAction you need to set the Interaction to Press, but bear in mind Lt and Rt are variable (i.e. push a little to shoot a little, push harder to shoot . . . harder IDK) so untick the Default next to Press Point and set that to 1.
Wish someone had explained this to me 4 days ago. Hope it helps someone.

A: As LexGear responded here https://stackoverflow.com/a/63459803/5277266, checking if the gameObject is in valid scene is one solution, another one is to check if the gameObject is active :
public void Move(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx)
{
    // to avoid prefab dispatching the event...
    if (!gameObject.activeInHierarchy) // or if (!gameObject.scene.IsValid())
    {
        return;
    }

    // do things with the event
}

In my case, i did that check in the awake method to avoid doing it on each input event. I can do that only because i register C# event to dispatch the input event to multiple objects :
void Awake()
{
    // to avoid prefab dispatching the event...
    if (!gameObject.activeInHierarchy)
    {
        return;
    }

    OnMove += playerController.Move;
}

A: I had the same issue; the started event handler was called twice - or the performed handler was called twice with context.performed == true.
Problem was that my object got destroyed and recreated but did only register the handler in Awake() but not unregister in OnDestroy(). So the handler was registered twice.

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Someone who is enlisted in an army
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A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer.
The word soldier derives from the Middle English word soudeour, from Old French soudeer or soudeour, meaning mercenary, from soudee, meaning shilling's worth or wage, from sou or soud, shilling.[1] The word is also related to the Medieval Latin soldarius, meaning soldier (literally, "one having pay").[2] These words ultimately derive from the Late Latin word solidus, referring to an Ancient Roman coin used in the Byzantine Empire.[1][2]
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Filipino Australian Army soldiers in Victoria, Australia during World War II, 1941
In most armies, the word "soldier" has a general meaning that refers to all members of any army, distinct from more specialized military occupations that require different areas of knowledge and skill sets. "Soldiers" may be referred to by titles, names, nicknames, or acronyms that reflect an individual's military occupation specialty arm, service, or branch of military employment, their type of unit, or operational employment or technical use such as: trooper, tanker (a member of tank crew), commando, dragoon, infantryman, guardsman, artilleryman, paratrooper, grenadier, ranger, sniper, engineer, sapper, craftsman, signaller, medic, or gunner, among other terms. Some of these designations or their etymological origins have existed in the English language for centuries, while others are relatively recent, reflecting changes in technology, increased division of labor, or other factors. In the United States Army, a soldier's military job is designated as a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), which includes a very wide array of MOS Branches and sub-specialities.[3] One example of a nickname for a soldier in a specific occupation is the term "red caps" to refer to military police personnel in the British Army because of the colour of their headgear.
Infantry are sometimes called "grunts" in the United States Army (as the well as in the U.S. Marine Corps) or "squaddies" (in the British Army). U.S. Army artillery crews, or "gunners," are sometimes referred to as "redlegs", from the service branch colour for artillery.[4] U.S. soldiers are often called "G.I.s" (short for the term "General Issue"). Such terms may be associated with particular wars or historical eras. "G.I." came into common use during World War II and after, but prior to and during World War I especially, American soldiers were called "Doughboys," while British infantry troops were often referred to as "Tommies" (short for the archetypical soldier "Tommy Atkins") and French infantry were called "Poilus" ("hairy ones").
American and French soldiers during a water obstacle training exercise, 2022
Some formal or inflormal designations may reflect the status or changes in status of soldiers for reasons of gender, race, or other social factors. With certain exceptions until the last century or so, service as a soldier, especially in the infantry, had generally been restricted to males throughout world history. By World War II, women were actively deployed in Allied forces in different ways. Some notable female soldiers in the Soviet Union were honored as "Heroes of the Soviet Union" for their actions in the army or as partisan fighters. In the United Kingdom, women served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and later in the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). Soon after its entry into the war, the U.S. formed the Women's Army Corps, whose women soldiers were often referred to as "WACs." These sex-segregated branches were disbanded in the last decades of the twentieth century and women soldiers were integrated into the standing branches of the military, although their ability to serve in armed combat was often restricted.
Race has historically been an issue restricting the ability of some people to serve in the United States Army. Until the Civil War, Black soldiers fought in integrated and sometimes separate units, but at other times were not allowed to serve, largely due to fears about the possible effects of such service on the institution of legal slavery. Some Black soldiers, both freemen and men who had escaped from slavery, served in Union forces, until 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation opened the door for the formation of Black units. After the war, Black soldiers continued to serve, but in segregated units, often subjected to physical and verbal racist abuse. The term "Buffalo Soldiers" was applied to some units fighting in the 19th century Indian Wars in the American West. Eventually, the phrase was applied more generally to segregated Black units, who often distinguished themselves in armed conflict and other service. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order for the end of segregation in the United States Armed Forces.[5]
Motivation and career
U.S. Army paratroopers and Indian Army soldiers after a simulated patrol, 2013
Soldiers in war have various different motivations for fighting including protecting their stated homeland, personal interests, and ideological goals. Some soldiers have reported not fighting for any national interests or ideological goal, but rather the friendship and connection with their fellow soldiers.[6][7]
The RAND Corporation published the results of a study in a book titled Life as a Private: A Study of the Motivations and Experiences of Junior Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Army. The study found that "soldiers join the Army for family, institutional, and occupational reasons, and many value the opportunity to become a military professional. They value their relationships with other soldiers, enjoy their social lives, and are satisfied with Army life." However, the authors cautioned that the survey sample consisted of only 81 soldiers and that "the findings of this study cannot be generalized to the U.S. Army as a whole or to any rank."[8]
Norwegian Army soldiers, conscripts, and officers during a NATO exercise in Latvia, 2015
Some soldiers, such as conscripts or draftees, serve a single limited term. Others choose to serve until retirement; then they receive a pension and other benefits. In the United States, military members can get retirement pay after 20 years.[9] In other countries, the term of service is 30 years, hence the term "30-year man".
Women in the military by country
^ a b Mish, Frederick C., ed. (2004). "soldier". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-809-5.
^ a b Harper, Douglas (2010). "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 17 August 2010.
^ "Army MOS List". U.S. Army Basic. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ "U.S. ARMY BRANCH SCARF (ARTILLERY, ENGINEER, USMA FACULTY)". www.uniforms-4u.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Black Americans in the U.S. Army". Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ Verweij, Desiree (6 December 2007). "Comrades or Friends? On Friendship in the Armed Forces". Journal of Military Ethics. 6 (4): 280–291. doi:10.1080/15027570701755398. S2CID 144653282.
^ Connable, Ben; McNerney, Michael; Marcellino, William; Frank, Aaron; Hargrove, Henry; Posard, Marek; Zimmerman, S.; Lander, Natasha; Castillo, Jasen; Sladden, James (9 December 2018). "Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units". RAND Corporation EBooks. The second type of cohesion at the unit level is social cohesion. Mission accomplishment develops bonds. Social cohesion is bonding based on friendship, trust, and other aspects of interpersonal relationships. The essential argument here is that soldiers fight because of the close interpersonal bonds formed in their primary social group through shared experience and hardship. Social cohesion includes both horizontal (peer) and vertical (leader) bonds in the so-called standard model of military group cohesion.67 Some research on U.S. military forces after the Vietnam War questioned the primacy of social cohesion, but it is consistently emphasized in contemporary scholarship.68
^ Helmus, Todd C.; Zimmerman, S. Rebecca; Posard, Marek M.; Wheeler, Jasmine L.; Ogletree, Cordaye; Stroud, Quenton; Harrell, Margaret C. (2018). [Helmus, Todd C., S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Marek N. Posard, Jasmine L. Wheeler, Cordaye Ogletree, Quinton Stroud, and Margaret C. Harrell, Life as a Private: A Study of the Motivations and Experiences of Junior Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Army. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2252.html. Also available in print form. Life as a Private: A Study of the Motivations and Experiences of Junior Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Army]. RAND Corporation. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
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By Patrick Lynch on April 2, 2013
This Fine Piece of Water
Tom Anderson's book This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of Long Island Sound is a well-written and enormously useful resource on the human and biology history of the Sound, as well as an examination of the many serious environmental threats facing Long Island Sound and its coastlines. One of the few book-length explorations ...
By Patrick Lynch on March 27, 2013
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"Your sigh, I am told, is like the sound of rain driven against tower bells. You smell like wild ginger. When you lift your foot from the river, water doesn't run off it to spoil the transparent surface of the shallows. The water hesitates to offend you." —Barry Lopez, The Search for the Heron, River ...
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Now you know why their toes are so long. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
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Small tuna
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A year-old Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeds on schools of Atlantic Herring (Clupae harengus) and Sand Lance (Ammodytes americanus) on Stellwagen Bank, just north of Race Point on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The birds are Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) of various ages.
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Five species of Western Atlantic Flyingfish
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Bald Eagles are one of the great environmental success stories of the last 40 years. After a devastating population drop due to DDT damage to their eggs in the 1960s, Bald Eagles have made a spectacular comeback since the early 1990s. You can now routinely expect to see Bald Eagles at all of the major ...
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Posts from the "Food Holidays" Category
January 30th is National Croissant Day / #NationalCroissantDay
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Here are today's five things to know about the croissant:
Each croissant rolls are made of 50 or more thin layers of pastry & butter.
According to legend, it was Marie Antoinette (Austrian Princess who married Louis XVI), introduced the croissant to France.
The French newspaper Le Figaro named the croissant from bakery Pierre Hermé the best in Paris in 2013. It also won in 2006.
Since Starbucks bought French baker Pascal Rigo's San Francisco-based La Boulange, the chocolate croissant has become the coffee chain's bestselling pastry.
In 2013, chef Dominque Ansel came up with the cronut — a deep-fried croissant/doughnut combination that became all the rage at his New York bakery.
1649 Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland Died. Ice cream is said to have come from France when he married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henri IV, and sister of Louis XIII.
1868 Charles Darwin's 'Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.' was published.
1969 The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of Apple Studios.
2009 RIP Restaurateur Milton; age of 90. Owner of New York's famous Carnegie Deli from 1976 until his retirement in 2002.
Categories: Food Holidays, January Food Holidays, Uncategorized
January 29th is National Corn Chip Day!
Here are today's five thing to know about Corn Chip:
The "original" corn chip is the Fritos Corn Chip, first sold in the 1930's.
"Frito Chili Pie" was invented in the 1960's by Teresa Hernández, a cook at Woolworth's lunch counter in Santa Fe.
A corn chip is a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop.
Charles Elmer Doolin bought the patent for "Fritos" from a Mexican man for $100.
In some areas, it is popular to pour the chili into a bag of corn chips and eat the mixture directly from the bag.
Famous Last Words: "I just wish I had time for one more bowl of chili."~Kit Carson(American frontiersman)
1878 The 1st patent for a glass milk container was issued to George Lester.
1924 Carl R. Taylor patented the 1st ice cream cone rolling machine.
1978 Sweden banned aerosol cans. (Think Redi-Whip or Cheez-Whiz)
Tagged: Corn Chip History, national corn chip day
January 28th is National Blueberry Pancake Day!
Here are today's five thing to know about Pancake:
The first ready-mix food to be sold commercially was Aunt Jemima pancake flour introduced in 1889.
Maine produces 99% of all the wild blueberries in the United States of which 90% are frozen.
The world's largest pancake breakfast was held in Springfield, America in 2012.
It is widely believed that the tradition of pancake races began in 1445 in Olney in Buckinghamshire when a woman was making pancakes but lost track of time.
The highest ever flip was performed by Dominic Cuzzacrea. The pancake reached a height of 9.47 metres at the Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga, New York, USA, in November 2010.
Daily Quote: "The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves."~W. C. Fields
1807 London's Pall Mall becomes the first street to be lighted with Gas Fixtures
1855 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway. Establishing the first trans-continental dining cars.
1917 San Francisco opens it's streetcar system. Considered a "San Francisco treat"
Categories: January Food Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged: blueberry facts, national blueberry pancake day, pancake
Let's Eat Cake! January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day! #NationalChocolateCakeDay
Here are today's five things to know about Chocolate:
The first French word for chocolate mousse translates in English to"chocolate mayonnaise".
The "blood" that you see in the infamous "shower scene" in Psycho is actually chocolate syrup.
The history of chocolate cake goes back to 1764, when Dr. James Baker discovered how to make chocolate by grinding cocoa beans between two massive circular millstones.
A process for making silkier and smoother chocolate called conching was developed in 1879 by Swiss Rodolphe and made it easier to bake with chocolate as it amalgamates smoothly and completely with cake batters.
In the U.S.A, "chocolate decadence" cakes were popular in the 1980s; in the 1990s, single-serving molten chocolate cakes with liquid chocolate centers and infused chocolates with exotic flavors such as tea, curry, red pepper, passion fruit, and champagne were popular.
Today's Quote: "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."~Charles M. Schulz
1521 The Diet of Worms begins; an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire where Martin Luther made his famous appearance.
1851 RIP John James Audubon: Ornithologist, naturalist & artist, known for his paintings & prints of North American birds.
1910 RIP Thomas Crapper: Said to have invented the flush toilet. Many believe he simply "improved" the device invented by others.
1984 Michael Jackson's hair catches fire while filming a Pepsi commercial.
Tagged: national chocolate cake day
January 26th is National Peanut Brittle Day!
Here are today's five thing to know about Peanut Brittle:
"Brittle" is a type of confection consisting of flat, broken pieces of hard sugar candy.
Peanut brittle made with corn syrups & nuts began appearing in cookbooks around the 19th century.
Because we find peanut brittle recipes most commonly in American cookbooks, it is generally recognized as an American recipe.
The history of peanut brittle is tied to Tony Beaver, a lumberjack folk hero. In the story, Tony Beaver creates peanut brittle when he stops a flood using peanuts and molasses.
According to the history of peanut brittle candy, brittle was probably the first candy ever made.
1838 The first state temperance law was passed in Tennessee.
1875 The first battery-powered dentist's drill was patented by George F Green of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1932 RIP William Wrigley, Jr. He started Juicy Fruit chewing gum in 1893, & later Wrigley's Spearmint. Wrigley's boson became the largest chewing gum manufacturer in the world.
2007 RIP Sharon Tyler Herbst Author of ' The Food Lover's Companion,' 'The Joy of Cookies,' & many more food related books.
Today's Pinterest Board at : Foodimentary
Tagged: national peanut brittle day
Here Here! January 25th is National Irish Coffee Day! #NationalIrishCoffeeDay
Here are today's five things to know about Irish Coffee:
Irish coffee typically consists of black coffee, sugar, whipped cream, and Irish whiskey.
Some say it was invented in Ireland and was intended to help travelers keep warm while traveling the Atlantic Ocean.
It is said that Stanton Delaplane brought the drink to the United States and convinced the Buena Vista bar in San Francisco to put it on their drink menu.
Tom Bergin's Tavern in Los Angeles, also claims to have been the originator and has had a large sign in place reading "House of Irish Coffee" since the early 1950s.
A similar hot Irish drink is called the Hot Irish Monk – cocoa, Frangelica (available kosher in select places) and whiskey.
1799 The first US patent for a seeding machine was issued to Eliakim Spooner of Vermont
1858 Mendelssohn's "The Wedding March" was first played at Queen Victoria's daughter's wedding
1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan became the 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its drinking water an effort to reduce tooth deca
Celebrate! January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day! / #NationalPeanutButterDay
Here are today's five thing to know about Peanut Butter:
60% of people like creamy peanut butter over crunchy.
Women & children prefer creamy, while most men like crunchy.
Peanut butter is a source of incomplete protein.
A common combination to provide a complete protein is pairing peanut butter with whole wheat bread.
The two foods need only be consumed within 24 hours of each other to complete the protein.
Today's Pinterest Board : Foodimentary
1920 Eskimo Pie Patent Date. The Eskimo Pie was patented by Christian K. Nelson, first sold in 1922 as "I-Scream Bars"
1935 The first beer can was introduced by the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company
1939 Maximilian Bircher-Benner died. He was a Swiss doctor who developed the granola-like cereal product 'Muesli'
1959 Coors launched the 7 ounce seamless, recyclable aluminum beer can.
1988 RIP Charles Glen King,a biochemist who discovered vitamin C in 1932. He first extracted & isolated it from lemon juice.
Categories: Food Holidays, November Food Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged: national peanut butter day
January 23rd is National Pie Day! / #NationalPieDay
Happy National Pie Day!
Who's in?
Here are today's five things to know about pie:
In 1986 National Pie Day was first celebrated by the American Pie Council to commemorate Crisco's 75th anniversary of "serving foods to families everywhere."
The first pies appeared around 9500 BC.
Meat pies with fillings such as steak, cheese, steak and kidney, minced beef, or chicken and mushroom are popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Pot pies with a flaky crust and bottom are also a popular American dish, typically with a filling of meat (particularly beef, chicken or turkey), gravy, and mixed vegetables (potatoes, carrots and peas).
Fruit pies may be served with a scoop of ice cream, a style known in North America as pie à la mode.
1862 Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa brought 1,400 varieties of grapevines from Europe to California in 1862, and planted the first large vineyard in California in the Sonoma Valley. After the phyloxera blight destroyed much of Europe's vineyards, some of these same vines, now on resistant American root stock, helped save the European wine industries.
1931 Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova died. A "Povlova", a meringue with whipped cream and fruit, was named after her.
1961 Wilhelm Koppers died. This cultural anthropologist developed theories on the origins of society based on studies of hunter-gatherer tribes.
1963 Three million gallons of soybean oil flooded streets in Mankato, Minnesota when a storage tank ruptured. Eventually the oil ended up in the Mississippi River. In the spring, more than 10,000 ducks were found dead in the wetlands along the river.
Tagged: national pie day
January 22nd is National Southern Food Day! / #NationalSouthernFoodDay #SouthernFoodDay
Here are today's five thing to know about Southern Food
The most notable influences on southern cooking come from English, Scottish, Irish, German, French, Native American, and African American cuisines.
Many items such as squash, tomatoes, corn (and its derivatives, including grits), as well as the practice of deep pit barbecuing were inherited from the southeastern American Indian tribes such as the Caddo, Choctaw, and Seminole.
The South's propensity for a full breakfast is derived from the English fry up, although it was altered substantially.
A traditional Southern meal is pan-fried chicken, field peas (such as black-eyed peas), greens (such as collard greens or mustard), mashed potatoes, cornbread or corn pone, sweet tea, and a dessert that is usually a pie (sweet potato, chess, shoofly, pecan, and peach are traditional southern pies), or a cobbler (peach, blackberry, or mixed berry are traditional cobblers).
At least a dozen soups also have their origins in the American South.
1521 Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.
1892 Coca-Cola was incorporated.
1939 Chef, Jeff Smith,The Frugal Gourmet was born
1985 A cold wave damaged 90 percent of the Florida citrus crop.
1997 A weekend freeze cost Florida farmers at least 100 million dollars in crop losses. Winter vegetables in south Dade County and southwest Florida were hardest hit
2008 The Jewish Holiday, Tu B'Shevat, celebrated by planting trees that bears fruits, is permitted work
Tagged: National Southern Food Day, southern food
January 21st is National Granola Bar Day! / #NationalGranolaBarDay
Here are today's five food finds about granola:
Granola was invented in 1863 by Dr. James Caleb Jackson at the Jackson Sanitarium, Dansville, New York.
The first granola bars were sold by Edward Thayer Sr. in Chico, California.
Eating granola may help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
Granola is a great digestive aid because it contains both soluble and insoluble fiber.
On This Day in Food History…
1338 Charles V of France was born. He commissioned Taillevent to write what is considered the first professional "cookery" book in French, 'Le Viandier'.
1937 BBC first aired the Cook's Night Out with Marcel Boulestin, the first television cook
1908 New York City NY regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke or drink in public
1912 Konrad (Emil) Bloch was born. Nobel prize winner for his work on cholesterol & fatty acids. Discovering that high levels of cholesterol may lead to an increased risk of heart attacks.
1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines in bars and eating establishments illegal
1985 James Beard, American culinary expert & cookbook author, died at age 81.
Tagged: National Granola Bar Day
January 20th is National Cheese Lover's Day! / #CheeseLoversDay
Here are Five Food Finds about Cheese:
Cheeses are more flavorful at room temperature. Let them stand for a half hour before serving.
Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history.
Artisan cheese, made in small batches from local sources, is growing at a pace that exceeds even the growth rate of general cheese consumption in America.
Some studies claim that cheddar, mozzarella, Swiss and American cheeses can help to prevent tooth decay.
A study by the British Cheese Board in 2005 showed cheese has positive effects on sleep, not nightmares as Ebeneser Scrooge seemed to think.
1785 Samuel Ellis advertised to sell his Oyster Island with no takers. Later renamed Ellis Island
1920 The 50-50 Club opened, considered the 1st 'speakeasy.'
1964 The world's largest cheese was presented at the 1964 New York World's Fair, weighing in at over 34,000 pounds. It was presented by the Wisconsin Cheese Foundation, using over 170,000 qts of milk from over 16,000 cows.
1988 Famed vineyard manager Philippe de Rothschild dies.
1998 Researchers in America announced they had cloned calves for use in producing medicinal milk.
Tagged: National cheese lover's day
January 19th is National Popcorn Day!! / #NationalPopcornDay
Happy National Popcorn Day!
Do you like your popcorn salty, buttery and sugary? Do tell!
Here are today's five things to know about popcorn:
Popcorn is the world's most popular snack food.
Popcorn is also the most profitable snack food, with over 1 thousand percent mark up.
Evidence of popcorn from 3600 BCE was found in New Mexico and even earlier evidence dating to perhaps as early as 4700 BCE was found in Peru.
Some popcorn has been found in early 1900s to be a purple color.
At least six localities (all in the Midwestern United States) claim to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World": Ridgway, Illinois; Valparaiso, Indiana; Van Buren, Indiana; Schaller, Iowa; Marion, Ohio; and North Loup, Nebraska.
1825 The first U.S. patent for food storage in cans was granted to Ezra Daggett & Thomas Kensett of New York City, after developing the process in 1819.(it took over 30 years to invent the can open. Before then they were opened with knives or rods)
1915 George Claude of Paris was issued a U.S. patent for a neon tube advertising sign.(The first neon sign in Time Square was of a Heinz pickle)
1919 A huge wave of molasses kills dozens, Boston. Said to have been 45 ft high and 100ft wide.
1939 On this day in history, Wisconsin native Ernest Hausen sets the world chicken-plucking record at 4.4 seconds
1973 Iceland's Cod War begins. Britain sends a Super Tug "The Statesman" to defend British fishermen against tactics such as wire cutting by the Icelandic Fishermen & Patrol Boats
2010 Kraft attempted a hostile bid for Cadbury's.
Tagged: national popcorn day
January 18th is National Gourmet Coffee Day! / #CoffeeDay
Happy National Gourmet Coffee Day
Here are today's five things to know about Gourmet Coffee:
Until the invention of vacuum packed coffee tins in 1900 by Hill Bros. Coffee, almost every city or large town in America had their own local coffee roasters.
In East Africa and Yemen, coffee was used in native religious ceremonies that were in competition with the Christian Church. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its secular consumption until the reign of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.
Coffee berries, which contain the coffee seeds, are produced by several species of small evergreen bush of the genus Coffea. The two most commonly grown are also the most highly regarded Coffea arabica, and the "robusta" form of the hardier Coffea canephora.
An important export commodity, coffee was the top agricultural export for twelve countries in 2004.
Preparing coffee in a French press leaves more oils in the drink compared with coffee prepared with a paper coffee filter.
1778 Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands. He named them the Sandwich Islands, after Lord Sandwich, who was then first Lord of the Admiralty.
1799 Joseph Dixon was born. An American inventor and manufacturer. Among his many accomplishments, he produced the first pencil made in the U.S.
1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden was born. Glidden, an Illinois farmer, received a patent for the first commercial barbed wire on November 24, 1874. The beginning of the end to open range and the cowboy. Glidden formed the Barb Fence Company with his partner Isaac L. Ellwood, and became one of the wealthiest men in the country.
1818 George Palmer was born. Palmer, of Huntley and Palmer biscuit manufacturers, introduced the first biscuit tins.
1882 Alan Alexander Milne was born. Creator of Winnie the Pooh, the honey loving bear.
1943 Pre-sliced bread was banned in the U.S. for the duration of World War II, to conserve metal from spare parts that might be needed.
1990 The first McDonald's in Moscow opened.
Tagged: national gourmet coffee day
January 17th is National Hot Buttered Rum Day!
Happy Hot Buttered Rum Day!
Perhaps the Perfect Winter drink.
Here are today's five things to know about Hot Buttered Rum:
Hot Buttered Rum is a mixed drink containing rum, butter, hot cider, sugar, & spice (usually cinnamon).
It's considered one of the oldest "mixed drinks" in American History.
Mention of this drink dates as far back as the 1600's.
A notable variation is the so-called "Jay's Famous Hot Buttered Rum," in which the hot drink is "creamed together with vanilla ice cream and chilled into a paste."
After molasses began being imported to Colonial America from Jamaica, and distilleries opened in New England in the 1650's, colonists began adding distilled rum to hot beverages such as toddies and nogs.
1501 Leonhard Fuchs was born. A German botanist who compiled the first modern glossary of botanical terms. From which the flowering plant & color fuchsia were named.
1706 Benjamin Franklin was born. American publisher,diplomat & inventor. Penned the name for male turkeys, Tom, as a dig to Thomas Jefferson, who helped appoint the Bald Eagle, NOT the turkey, as the National Bird.
1775 Nine women in Kalisk, Poland were burned as "witches" for causing a series of bad harvests.
1890 Scottish-American scientist Peter Henderson died, considered the "Father of America Horticulture."
1893 Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalana, the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, leaves the throne, bowing to pressure from sugar planters .
1904 Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1944 WWII's first "Tin Can Day" was held. One of the largest recycling efforts in American history
2001 Norway lifted a ban on whale meat exports.
January 16th is National Fig Newton Day! / #FigNewtonDay
Happy Fig Newton Day!
Here are today's five food finds about fig newtons:
1. Fig Newtons were created in 1851.
2. They were almost called "Fig Shrewsbury" before the name "Fig Newton" caught on.
3. According to Nabisco, Fig Newtons were either named after Sir Isaac Newton or the town of Newton, Massachusetts.
4. Fig Newtons are the 3rd most popular cookie in the United States.
5. An alternate origin story for fig newtons involves Charles Roser from Kenton, Ohio who sold his cookie recipe to Nabisco in 1910.
1868 William Davis, received a patent for a refrigerated railway car. First used to ship fish. Later ushering in the age of portable cold produced & foods.
1920 Prohibition began in the U.S., banning the sale of all alcoholic beverages. Allowances were made to produce wine for "religious purposes."
1965 Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3
1958 A grasshopper plague causes serious damage across the state of Colorado & neighboring states. This "plagued" farmer's crops; costing millions of dollars in damage.
some content is courtesy of FoodReference.com, used with permission.
Tagged: National Fig Newton Day
Granola was invented in Dansville, New York.
Dr. James Caleb Jackson at the Jackson Sanitarium created granola in 1863.
January 15th is National Bagel Day! #NationalBagelDay
Here are today's five food things to know about Bagels:
The bagel originated in Poland and it was designed for Lent.
Its name derives from the Yiddish word 'bengal', meaning 'ring' or 'bracelet'.
Immigrant Polish-Jews brought the bagel to the United States.
Automated production and distribution of frozen bagels started in the 1960s with bagel baker Harry Lender, Murray Lender, and Florence Sender.
The hole in the center of the bagel is for multiple bagels to be threaded onto a dowel, which allows bakers to transport the bagel more easily.
1686 Prince Louis II de Condé, known as the Great Condé, died. He was a French general who loved to hunt and had a passion for rice. Several dishes have been named for him, including Consommé Condé and Creme Condé.
1874 James Lewis Kraft was born. Founder of Kraft Co. a wholesale cheese distributor and producer. In 1916 he patented pasteurized process cheese, a low cost cheese that would not spoil. Not a great hit with the public, but the U.S. army purchased over 6 million tins of it during WW I. During the depression, it became popular because of its low cost.
1940 David Gates of the music group 'Bread' was born.
Categories: December Food Holidays, Food Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged: bagel history, national have a bagel day
January 15th is National Strawberry Ice Cream Day! First celebrated in 1932.
Happy National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
A 'Day' created in the 1950's to celebrate a very popular flavor of the time.
Here are today's five things to know about Strawberry Ice Cream:
It is thought that "iced" cream was first served in the White House in the early 1800's.
Huge chunks of frozen river ice were stored in basements vaults covered in hay to keep them from melting.
Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.
Strawberries are a member of the rose family.
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) is known to have loved snow flavored strawberries with nectar and honey.
1785 William Prout was born. An English chemist, he was the first to classify food components into 3 main divisions – carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
1799 John Hetheringoton, a London haberdasher, created the "stove top" hat. A large crowd gathered to see this new hat, and was charged with disturbing the peace (charges later dropped). The "top" hat was an immediate success.
1889 A patent was issued to Daniel Johnson of Kansas City, MO, for a 'Rotary Dining Table' for use on ships. The table and attached chairs rotated so that everyone could be served from one spot, making it unnecessary to carry food around the table to serve everyone.
1919 The Great Molasses Flood. On January 15, 1919, a large 50 foot high storage tank in Boston burst and sent a tidal wave of over 2 million gallons of molasses traveling at over 30 miles per hour. Houses, buildings and parts of the elevated rail system were crushed in its path. Twenty-one people died, and over 150 were injured. It took over 6 months to clean up the mess. The damage was in the millions of dollars.
1945 Joan Johnson of the vocal group the 'Dixie Cups' was born.
1964 Jack Teagarden, jazz trombonist died.
1986 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn was introduced by General Mills.
1990 Campbell's Soup produces its 20 billionth can of tomato soup.
2008 After six years of study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their offspring is safe and does not need to be labelled as derived from cloned animals.
Tagged: national strawberry ice cream day
January 14th is Pastrami Sandwich Day!
Here are today's five things to know about the Hot Pastrami Sandwich:
Pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration.
For pastrami raw meat is brined, dried, and seasoned with various herbs & spices, then smoked or steamed.
Pastrami is a technology for preserving meat that our ancestors used before refrigerators.
To make pastrami, you start by making corned beef.
By smoking corned beef, you turn it into pastrami! Smoking adds flavor to the meat.
1814 The last London Frost Fair on the frozen Thames River. Entertainment, and a large selection of food vendors on ice.
1841 Juliet Corson was born. A cookery teacher and writer, founder of the New York Cooking School in 1876. She wrote many articles and several cookery books, including 'Cooking Manual' (1877), 'Twenty-five Cent Dinners for Families of Six' (1878) and 'Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery' (1886).
1861 David Wesson was born. Wesson was an American chemist and in 1900 he developed a method to make pure cotton seed oil palatable, and formed the Southern Oil Company. Wesson Oil was the first vegetable oil used in the U.S. Cotton seed oil is noted for its lack of taste, which allows the flavors of foods to come through. It is used in margarine, salad dressings, and in commercially fried foods.
1890 Rolla N. Harger was born. A biochemist, he invented the first successful test machine for blood alcohol content, the Drunkometer, in 1931.
1948 T-Bone Burnett, record producer and artist was born.
1984 Ray Kroc died in San Diego, California. Ray Kroc sold blenders for milkshakes, and one of his customers was a restaurant in San Bernardino, California owned by Maurice and Richard McDonald. Kroc set up a chain of drive-in restaurants based on their efficient assembly line production kitchen. He opened his first restaurant on April 15, 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois. By 1961 he had 228 restaurants and he bought out the McDonald brothers. When he died in 1984 there were over 7,500 McDonald's restaurants
Tagged: National Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 13th is National Gluten-Free Day! #GlutenFreeDay
Happy Gluten-Free Day
Here are today's five food finds about gluten:
~Gluten is a naturally occurring protein composite found primarily in wheat, rye and barley, as well as some types of oats.
~Corn, rice and certain types of oats do not contain gluten.
~People with Celiac disease do not interact well with gluten. Celiac disease is an autoimmune illness where consuming gluten damages the lining of the small intestine.
~Gluten is a common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency.
~Excessive gluten consumption can cause both excessive weight gain or loss.
1808 Salmon Portland Chase was born. He was Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and later Chief Justice.
1921 Pierre Franey was born. A French chef who became famous as the chef of 'Le Pavillon' restaurant in New York City from 1945 to 1960. He published several cookbooks and collaborated with Craig Claiborne on the New York Times food column, 'The 60 Minute Gourmet'.
1957 The Frisbee was invented. The pie tins of the Frisbee Pie Company of Connecticut were the inspiration for the creation of the Frisbee. A Wham-O employee supposedly saw drivers for the pie company showing Yale students how to throw the pie tins.
1962 Ernie Kovacs, innovative comedian, died. One of Kovacs' first TV appearances was in Philadelphia in 1950 with a chef, Albert Mathis from the Gulph Mills Country Club, in a live unrehearsed cooking show titled 'Deadline for Dinner.'
1968 "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & Pips is #1 on the charts.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game on TV in the White House.
Tagged: National Gluten-Free Day
January 13th is National Peach Melba Day!
Happy National Peach Melba Day!
One of the OLDEST recorded Food Holidays.
Here are today's Five Food Finds about Peach Melba:
~Peach Melba, a truly classic dessert made of peaches served with vanilla ice cream, raspberries & sauce.
~Melba toast & Peach Melba are indeed related.
~The dessert was created to celebrate the famous and slender opera singer, Nellie Melba in 1892.
~It is said when she gained weight in her later career the same chef created a thin baked toast for her diet, Melba toast.
~Other versions of this dessert use pears, apricots, or strawberries instead of peaches and / or use raspberry sauce or melted red currant jelly instead of raspberry purée.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel
Tagged: national peach melba day
January 12th is National Glazed Doughnut Day!
It's National Glazed Doughnut Day!
Here are today's five food find about doughnuts:
The word "doughnut" comes from the Dutch origin of olykoeck or "oily cake".
The two most common types of doughnuts are the flattened sphere (you know…the ones that are injected with jelly or custard) and the ring donut.
Internationally, Dunkin' Donuts has over 1700 locations in 29 countries and over 6,000 stores in 30 countries world-wide! In the U.S. there are over 4,400 locations across 36 states.
Krispy Kreme is probably best known for their fresh, hot, glazed, yeast-raised doughnuts. The company's "Hot Doughnuts Now" flashing sign is an integral part of the brands appeal and fame.
Jelly-filled and Chocolate frosted also rank as their top sellers.
Americans consume 10 billion doughnuts annually.
1833 Marie-Antoine Carême died in Paris at the young age of 48. Carême was known as "the cook of kings and the king of cooks". He is the founder and architect of French haute cuisine.
1885 John Bloomfield Jarvis died. A civil engineer, he designed and built the Boston Aqueduct and the 41 mile long Croton Aqueduct (New York City's water supply for over 50 years from 1842).
1899 Paul Hermann Muller was born. A Swiss chemist who discovered that DDT was a potent insecticide. It was the most widely used insecticide for more than 20 years, and helped to increase food production around the world. Due mainly to its accumulation in animals that eat insects, and its toxic effects on them and those further up the food chain, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1972. DDT residue is still found in some foods grown in the U.S. in 2002.
1916 Ruth Rogan Benerito was born. American chemist who was a pioneer in the development of wash and wear fabrics. She also helped develop cotton fabrics that are stain resistant.
1948 The opening of Britain's first supermarket, at Manor Park, run by the London Co-Op.
2001 William Hewlett died. Founder with David Packard of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., one early invention; a weight loss shock machine.
Tagged: national glazed doughnut day
January 11th is National Hot Toddy Day! #NationalHotToddyDay
National Hot Toddy Day? Call me in!!
Here are today's five thing to know about liquor:
The first cocktail party was held for 50 house guests in St. Louis in 1917. The house still stands today….as the residence of the Archbishop.
While Prohibition resulted in a decline in alcohol it also resulted in a dramatic increase in crime as money flowed to the bad guys. Crime rose as high as 500%.
Calling an illegal bar a 'speakeasy' came from a lady barkeep who would warn her customers to "speak easy, boy, speak easy" whenever they became loud enough to attract police.
Prior to Prohibition, America was enjoying its first golden age of mixology. Once liquor became illegal, 'rum runners" brought it in by boat but watered down their blends so they could ship less and make more.
At the same time, gin and vodka replaced rum and whiskey as cocktail ingredients because they didn't require as much aging and were easier to make illegally.
1874 Gail Borden died. Borden was the Inventor of the process for making condensed milk, and founder of New York Condensed Milk Co., later to become the Borden Co. (
1917 The French government regulated the price of Gruyere cheese as a war rationing method.
1949 The first recorded snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1963 The 'Whisky A Go-Go' opens in Los Angeles – the first disco in the U.S.
Tagged: national hot toddy day
January 10th is National Bittersweet Chocolate Day! #BittersweetDay
Here are today's five things to know about Bittersweet Chocolate:
Bittersweet chocolate is a sweetened form of dark chocolate that does NOT contain milk. It's usually used for baking.
Dark chocolate is most popular among men.
More than twice as many women than men eat and crave chocolate.
The first chocolate bar was produced by Cadbury in England in 1842.
The word Chocolate comes from the Aztec word xocolatl, meaning, bitter water.
1778 Carolus Linnaeus died. He was a Swedish botanist who developed the modern system for defining and naming plants.
1839 Indian tea became available in Britain for the first time.
Until this time only tea from China had been available, and that was very expensive.
The development and import of Indian tea brought the price down so all could afford it, and it quickly became the national drink.
1919 Restaurateur Milton Parker was born. Owner of the famous Carnegie Deli in New York City from 1976 until his retirement in 2002.
1977 Ruth Graves Wakefield died. Inventor of the Toll House Cookie,
the first chocolate chip cookie, at the Toll House Inn neart Whitman, Massachusetts in the 1930s.
1984 Wendy's 'Where's the Beef?' ad campaign began. Burgers aren't just for kids anymore.
Tagged: national bittersweet chocolate day
January 9th is National Apricot Day!
"Apricots are Eaten for Good Luck For the New Year!"
Here are today's five things to know about the apricot:
In Latin, apricot means 'precious'.
2. The apricot, discovered about 4,000 years ago in China, was introduced to the United States in the 18th century.
3. Brought to California by Spanish explorers, the apricot quickly became a popular crop.
4. Today, apricot farmers in California produce more than 95 percent of the apricots grown in the United States.
5. Choose an apricot that's plump and that responds to the slight pressure of your thumb. It should be slightly soft.
1838 The first Flea Circus in the U.S. opened at 187 Broadway in New York City.
1858 Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton was born. An American botanist, her efforts were a major factor in the establishment of the New York Botanical Gardens.
1956 The first 'Dear Abby' column was published.
1969 "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye is #1 on the charts.
1980 "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes is #1 on the charts.
1995 Peter Cook, British actor and comedian died.
Tagged: Apricot trivia, national apricot day
January 8th is National Toffee Day!
Here are today's five thing to know about English Toffee:
Toffee and Caramel are sometimes interchangeable.
Toffees consist of mainly sugar and water, while caramels use dairy products in their production, making them softer
Almond butter treats are toffee from England.
Michigan toffee comes in varies styles, some hard and some chewy, some chocolate covered with nut sprinkles.
Tafia, a West Indian rum of molasses or sugarcane juice, is theorized to be the source of the word "toffee."
1676 Charles II of England revoked his previous proclamation suppressing Coffee Houses due to public response.
1800 The first soup kitchens in London were opened to serve the poor.
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace was born. Wallace was a British naturalist who developed a theory of natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. He sent his conclusions to Darwin, and their findings were both presented to the Linnaean Society in 1858.
1825 Eli Whitney died. Inventor of the cotton gin, but more important he developed the concept of mass producing interchangeable parts.
1872 African American inventor Thomas Elkins received his second patent. It was for a 'Chamber Commode' – a combination "bureau, mirror, book-rack, washstand, table, easy chair, and earth-closet or chamber-stool."
1894 Pierre Joseph van Beneden died. A Belgian parasitologist, he discovered the life cycle of tapeworms.
1926 Comedian 'Soupy Sales' was born. Most of his routines ended with Soupy receiving a pie in the face.
1992 President George H.W. Bush becomes ill on a trip to Japan and vomits on Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi.
1998 Walter E. Diemer died. While working for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company, he experimented with recipes for chewing gum as a hobby. (He really liked his gum!). He invented bubble gum in 1928.
2002 Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's Hamburger chain, died.
Tagged: national toffee day
January 7th is National Tempura Day!
Tempura is actually a Portuguese form of cooking. Introduced to Japan in the 1500's by Jesuit Priests.
Today's 5 facts about Tempura:
Tempura was considered a local delicacy in Nagasaki, Japan for well over 100 years.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, considered the first Shogun of Japan, reportedly loved tempura.
The word "tempura" comes from the word "tempora", a Latin word meaning "times."
Outside Japan there are many nontraditional uses of tempura. Chefs over the world include tempura dishes on their menus, and a wide variety of different batters and ingredients are used, including the nontraditional broccoli, zucchini, sliced sweet potatoes, and asparagus.
No Panko or Breadcrumbs are used in Tempura, as this method of using breadcrumbs is called Furai.
1618 Francis Bacon became Lord Chancellor of England.
1827 Sir Sanford Fleming was born. He devised the present system of time zones while working for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
1896 The 'Fannie Farmer Cookbook' was published.
1901 Alfred Packer is released from prison. He served 18 years for cannibalism after being stranded in the Rocky Mountains. (Actually he was convicted of murder, since cannibalism was not against the law).
1958 Ant Farms go on sale. Milton Levine had the idea at a July 4th family picnic. I wonder if he had dreams of fencing them in so they would not bother him at picnics?
1972 "American Pie" by Don McLean is #1 on the charts.
Categories: Food Holidays, October Food Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged: food, food holiday book, national tempura day, Tempura, Tempura history
January 6th is National Shortbread Day!
Here are today's five things to know about Shortbread:
Scottish shortbread evolved from medieval biscuit bread. Eventually butter was substituted for yeast, and shortbread was born.
Since butter was such an important ingredient, the word "shortbread" derived from shortening.
Shortbread may have been made as early as the 12th Century.
It's invention is often attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots in the 16th Century.
Petticoat Tails were a traditional form of shortbread said to be enjoyed by the queen.
Traditional round shortbread was flavored with caraway seeds, baked and cut into triangular wedges.
1884 Gregor Johann Mendel died. Mendel was an Austrian botanist whose work was the foundation of the science of genetics. Working mainly with garden peas (some 28,000 plants over 7 years), he discovered what was to become known as the laws of heredity.
1901 Philip Danforth Armour, died. American industrialist who pioneered the use of refrigeration and meat canning. Armour & Co. became the largest meatpacker in the world and this helped Chicago become the meatpacking capital of the world. (The fact that Chicago is the 'Windy City' may have helped also).
1910 'Kid Chocolate' (Elgio Saldana) was born. He became Cuba's first world boxing champion in 1931 after defeating Benny Bass for the Jr. Lightweight Championship.
1929 Sheffeld Farms of New York began using wax paper cartons instead of glass bottles for milk delivery.
1936 Warner Bros. Loony Tunes character 'Porky Pig' makes his debut.
1988 The famous Paris restaurant 'La Coupole' was sold and eventually replaced by an office building. It was famous for its Welsh rarebit, and had been frequented by James Joyce, Henry Miller and many other notable Americans.
Tagged: national shortbread day
January 5th is National Whipped Cream Day!
Here are today's five things to know about Whipped Cream:
Whipped cream existed since the 16th century.
It was included in recipes that date back to 1549 in Italy and 1604 in France.
Normal creams consist of 30 percent of milk fat but heavy cream on the other hand consist of 36 percent fat.
"Whipped topping" is an imitation of whipped cream.
Until the 19th century, recipes for whipped cream called for whipping the cream with a willow or rush branch.
1589 Catherine de Medici, wife of King Henry II of France died. She is sometimes called the 'mother of French haute cuisine' because the Italian chefs she brought with her from Florence had a strong influence on the development of French cuisine. One of the things they brought with them was ice cream.
1786 Thomas Nuttall was born. English naturalist and botanist. He also collected and studied plants in the United States, especially around the Chesapeake Bay area.
1794 Edmund Ruffin born. The father of soil chemistry in the U.S.
1889 According to the 'Oxford English Dictionary' the word 'hamburger' first appeared in print on this day in a Walla Walla, Washington newspaper.
1914 Aaron 'Bunny' Lapin was born. Lapin was the inventor of whipped cream in an aerosol can (Reddi-Wip) in 1947. It was first sold by milkmen in St. Louis in 1948.
1943 George Washington Carver died. African American agricultural scientist and innovator. He developed hundreds of uses for peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. He founded the George Washington Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee, for agricultural research.
2007 Momofuku Ando died in Osaka, Japan. Mr. Ando was the founder of Nissin Food Products, and invented 'Instant Ramen' noodles.
2009 A locally caught bluefin tuna weighing 282 1/2 pounds sold for $104,700 ($371 lb) at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market auction. Prized by sushi lovers, the normal price for bluefin tuna is about $25 – $50 per pound. A dramatic bluefin population decline, lower quotas and bad weather are affecting prices.
Tagged: national whipped cream day
January 4th is National Spaghetti Day! #NationalSpaghettiDay
Here are today's five things to know about Spaghetti:
The word spaghetti is the plural form of an Italian word "spaghetto" meaning "thin string" or "twine."
Pasta existed for thousands of years before anyone ever thought to put tomato sauce on it.
Italians never use a spoon and a fork when eating spaghetti.
The average person in Italy eats more than 51 pounds of pasta every year.
The world record for the largest bowl of spaghetti was set in March 2010 when the California restaurant Buca di Beppo successfully filled a swimming pool with more than 13,780 pounds of pasta.
1493 Columbus returned from his first voyage to the New World.
1863 James Plimpton of New York patented 4 wheeled roller skates.
1905 Actor Sterling Holloway was born. He was also the voice of Winnie The Pooh, the honey loving bear in Disney's animated version.
1997 Billionaire Harry Helmsley died. Husband of the infamous Leona ('Queen of Mean,' 'Queen of Greed'), his real estate holdings included the Empire State Building.
2002 An Italian shepherd, the world's oldest man died at the age of 112. Quote: "….love your brother and drink a good glass of red wine every day."
Tagged: National Spaghetti Day
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The crazy idea I had for years is finally real: I wrote a book about EarthBound's localization, and it released yesterday!
If you've visited my old MOTHER 2/EarthBound comparison site in the past, you know a lot of work into it. Even so, I threw almost everything out and started from scratch this time, researching new topics, discovering new things, and interviewing key people. The result: a book that's completely different from the site and even puts the site to shame – almost every page is filled with info that even I didn't know until this year! You can get a taste of what I mean from these sample pages.
The book is 432 pages, hardcover, and has foil stamping. It also comes with a reversible obi with a series release timeline on the back, as well as a scratch-n-sniff history card/postcard hybrid. There's also an accompanying video that showcases things that can't be conveyed in print form.
The book is $36, and until Nov. 29, 2016 there are some big shipping deals at Fangamer: free shipping within the U.S. and 50% off IPA international shipping. And they'll even give you free gift cards the more you buy. Basically, if you're like me and prefer to wait until stuff goes on sale, I don't think you'll ever get a better deal than this!
Like with last year's Zelda localization book, I also made a companion booklet called the "Passport to MOTHER 2".
When I first started studying Japanese long ago, I really wanted to play the Japanese version of EarthBound for some reason, but there were two obstacles: I couldn't find a way to import the game, and I barely knew any Japanese.
I vividly remember how that felt, so I wrote the Passport to MOTHER 2 with the second thing in mind: even if you know zero Japanese, this booklet will teach you two Japanese writing systems, basic grammar, reading tips, and a whole bunch of MOTHER 2 terms. By the end, you'll be able to read, pronounce, and even translate some simple lines in the game – and even with more complicated lines, you'll still be able to pick up some general info.
If you're starting to learn Japanese or ever once thought, "It'd be cool if I knew some simple Japanese" then definitely check this out. It also contains tips, tricks, and other non-language info for getting more out of the Japanese version of EarthBound.
Anyway, this is all sounding very much like an infomercial, but I do want to thank everyone who's ever supported my comparison projects over the past 17 years. I never thought anyone would want this sort of book, and if it hadn't been for your encouragement and support it would still just be a "wouldn't it be neat" dream. So thanks, EarthBound fans!
22 Comments to The EarthBound Legends of Localization Book is Here!
Is there a way we can get a digital version?
There aren't any plans for a digital release at the moment. Although I imagine that could change in a year or two.
Looks really nice. I love that you included scratch and sniff cards.
I am buying this right freaking now.
I love your writing style. It's a perfect blend of light-hearted snark and a "hey, I found this really neat thing and I want to show it to you" sort of feeling.
And, judging by the sample pages, you've dug up a lot of neat things.
Christ Tomato, 400+ pages? You exceeded my expectations.
I bought this right away! Can't wait for mine to come in. I do have a concern, though. It says my order went through yet I accidentally used my old card (the only difference is the expiration date is 2 years earlier). Will it still go through? It still says they'll notify me when it ships.
Not to be that guy, buuuuuut–"fan-uh-tic." I guess someone over at Fangamer had a little brain fart. THAT SAID, I'm excited for this, as well as the rest of the Kickstarter package.
Amazing! I love the 90's aesthetic. This is perfect timing since I was planning on getting this for Christmas, really hope it doesn't sell out!
Can I just say wow. This is incredible. I loved the first book on Zelda, and this is something even more special. I cannot wait to read it. Bravo Tomato. Bravo.
This looks awesome. Hopefully I can buy it as an after christmas present for myself. What an absolute treat!
I can't wait to get it! Would you mind if I talked about it on my lame youtube once I get it?
My copy arrived today! It is… amazing. I haven't put it down yet.
I don't really know what else to say. I think this is one of those moments in EB/mother history when something really special has happened. A milestone to put it mildly. Thank you Tomato. You honor this game with your work.
I just received my copy this week, and it is amazing.
The fact that you didn't just throw a bunch of Earthbound localization facts, but put so much time and care into explaining the concept of localization, and your own journey (cool!) at the beginning really made this feel like something that transcends a normal book.
The entire time I was reading the intro – it's so big it'll be weeks before I make it through all the content – I was thinking, it's so incredible that you were able to capture this part of yourself and the community into something permanent.
Also, I have to post once more to say: The cover texture effect is incredible and so Earthboundy. So many details like that make this utterly unique and tied to Earthbound.
My copy is almost here! I can't wait!
You cant print gifs… yet.
"…while EarthBound is just a game, it's one of those rare games that brings out the best in people." <– I've been saying this since I first played this wonderful, beautiful, magical masterpiece in 2008. It's such a grand, cohesive experience, and to think you're able to experience it on a Super Nintendo of all things!!!
Hey there, I once had EarthBound complete with the game guide some eyars back, but just after I started playing the game, I had to sell it off with a ton of other precious games due to space issue and financial responsibilities.
Since then, I was able to purchase it again on the Wii U (thank god), but I just couldn't bring myself to play it without the original game guide which cost waaay too much on eBay. But today, I came across your EarthBound Central site while search for a good price for the manual. Low and behold, it pulled up your link to the PDF guide.
As a token of my thanks, I decided to purchase your EarthBound Legends of Localization book from Fangamer. I liked the sample pages I read and look forward to reading it after I play through EarthBound. We really appreciate your hard work.


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Utah Valley University received a B.
Washington Monthly's ranking of 111 out of 346 of Baccalaureate Colleges - Overall Rank was a major contributor to this grade.
Utah Valley University is college with 30370 students located in Orem, UT.
Describe the type of student who should not attend Utah Valley University and explain why.
Describe the type of student who should attend Utah Valley University. Why?
What is a typical Utah Valley University student like? Describe the type of person that should attend Utah Valley University.
The typical student at Utah Valley University should like the snow in winter time and a dry summer, working hard but still having fun with their peers in all of the different activities that are part of campus life.
What are the top 3 reasons someone should attend Utah Valley University?
What was a typical Utah Valley University student like in high school? Describe the type of person that should attend Utah Valley University.
UVU is a teaching institution where students learn, do and become. At UVU, the fusion of academic and hands-on learning is referred to as "engaged learning." Along with the institution's long-rooted commitment to serving the needs of the community, UVU's emphasis on engaged learning led to its classification as "community engaged" by the Carnegie Foundation. UVU's Grants for Engaged Learning Office oversees a $400,000 grant program in support of engaged learning projects.
At UVU, students participate in internships, community service and curriculum that includes the "how" along with the "what" and "why."
What are the top 3 things that students do for fun at Utah Valley University?
17% of students graduated in the top quarter of their class.
The average student pays $9,122 for tuition, fees, and other expenses, after grants and scholarships.
Total stated tuition is $4,368, in-state and on-campus, before financial aid.
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The typical (median) early career salary of Utah Valley University graduates is $42,000, according to Payscale.
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