Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—October 28, 2014:
Trust your Tuesday is proving to be a
great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids
and quote from the Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix, with a smile on
your sunscreened face, looking forward to a chunk of chocolate melting in your
mouth exciting your taste buds, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in
the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the
coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique
customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.
1. International Animation Day—observed since 2002 to
commemorate the efforts and accomplishments of artists in animation media.
2. Ouchi Day—celebrating the refusal of the Prime
Minister of Greece on this day in 1940 to accept the demand from the Italian
ambassador to Greece that Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greece thereby provoking
war with Italy and Germany and delaying the invasion of the Soviet Union by
Germany with tragic consequences for the Germans. 3. Statue Of Liberty Dedication Day—commemorating the unveiling of the Statue Of Liberty on this day in 1886 by president Grover Cleveland.
4. National Chocolate Day—celebrating a seventh wonder
of the world--chocolate; whose production is being threatened to the endemic of
Ebola in West Africa.
5. Gateway To Wealth Day—celebrating the
birthday on this day in October in 1955, of the cofounder of Microsoft, Bill
Gates.
On this day in
a. 1915 Richard Strauss conducted his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
b. 1919 in a “last call” for American partygoers the U.S. Congress overturned President
Wilson’s veto of the Volstead Act, paving the way for Prohibition to commence in January.
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c. 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev blinking and ordering the removal of Soviet IMBM’s from
Cuba.
Reflections on the difficulty inherent in predicting
the advance of technology: “When we think about online
learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful
guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say
things like, ‘Who’s ever going to need more than 640K of memory?'” Reed Hastings, cofounder of NetFlix
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