Labor Day 2010
Posted on | September 6, 2010 | No Comments
Happy Labor Day! Have a fun family day. – Justin Flores
Labor Day Facts:
Labor Day was first observed on September 5th, 1882.
President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day to be the first Monday of September.
Labor Day is celebrated in Canada as well as the United States.
There are 2 different traditions concerning who founded Labor Day: Some state Peter McGuire, the general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, while others contend that it was in fact Matthew McGuire, a machinist, who founded Labor Day in the United States.
The first Labor Day was celebrated in New York City.
Oregon was the first state to declare Labor Day as law.
10,000 workers took an unpaid holiday to march in the first Labor Day parade.
The American Federation of Labor declared in 1909 that the Sunday before Labor Day would be Labor Sunday on which the spiritual and educational ideas of the labor movement would be emphasized.
Labor Day was founded when many in America worked 16 hour days in harsh work environments.
Labor Day is unofficially celebrated (?) as the end of summer in America.
Labor Day marks the beginning of the school year in most districts.
Traditionally, it has been unacceptable to wear white after Labor Day, though today’s fashion rules seem to be tired of this tradition.
Many other countries celebrate May Day a holiday very similar to our Labor Day, dedicated to workers’ rights.
The first Labor Day parade was actually not held on a Monday, but on a Tuesday.
The first Labor Day was really a rally for the adoption of eight hour work days and other more suitable working conditions.
A union known as the Knights of Labor were responsible for organizing the first Labor Day demonstration.
President Grover Cleveland who signed Labor Day into law was in fact a staunch opponent of organized labor groups. Nevertheless, he pushed Labor Day through Congress in lightning speed in order to stop literal riots that were breaking out across the United States.
Detroit was the biggest player in the early days of the labor movement. Workers demanded that their days be shortened to 10 hours and their pay be raised to 2 dollars an hour (a steep wage in that day).
Sonora High Football 2010
Posted on | September 3, 2010 | No Comments
The Wildcats football season starts Friday night September 3, 2010.
Listen to the games streamed live, just click the logo below to hear the stream. For locals, the games will be aired live on FM stereo at Star 92.7! Join Justin Flores and Steve Lee for all the play by play action of Sonora Wildcats Football.
2011 Farmers’ Almanac Winter Predictions Are In
Posted on | September 2, 2010 | No Comments
Continuing a tradition almost as reliable as the winter season itself, the “Farmers’ Almanac” revealed its annual long-term weather forecast Monday, this year predicting an overall “kinder and gentler” season for the contiguous United States.
For the eastern third of the country (New England down to Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River), forecasters predict “much colder-than-normal winter temperatures” – but generally not as frigid as conditions felt last winter, which saw 49 states experience snowfall. New England in particular should be sure to bundle up, as forecasters predict a “cold slap in the face” compared with last year’s uncharacteristically mild winter for the region.
Across the Western states (Pacific Coast to the Rockies), a “milder-than-normal” winter is expected. The Midwest and central states should expect about normal winter temperatures.
“Overall, it looks like it’s going to be a kinder and gentler winter, especially in the areas that had a rough winter last year,” managing editor Sandi Duncan told The Associated Press.
The 194-year-old Maine-based publication, which claims 80 to 85 percent accuracy (a good reason to listen up), is also predicting that three storm tracks will emerge during the winter season.
The print edition is available now.
Things We Learn From Kids
Posted on | August 30, 2010 | No Comments
Yeah, we learn a lot in school. And in life. And from reality tv.
- Ten years old is apparently not to young to wear makeup. Anywhere.
- When grocery shopping, your child must get a “treat.” Luckily, a parent can talk a child into believing a treat can be something you’d buy anyway, like cereal or yogurt.
- Dresses are fancy – shorts are not. Therefore, shorts are not allowed.
- Oriental Trading catalogs are a mom’s best friend: they’re free, they pass a great deal of time, and even if your kids decide they have to have something from one, it’ll probably only cost you 14 cents.
- Sports are a good way to learn teamwork, but really, they’re just another good excuse to play dress up. And it’s called a soccer costume, not a uniform.
- Kids will voluntarily wake up no earlier than 8:00 am, unless it’s a weekend or other day you would be sleeping in. Then, the wake up call comes at roughly 6:45.
- Treats from the dentist’s “Treasure Box” are more revered than the present mom had to stake out at Toys R Us for two months leading up to Christmas.
- The difference between big kids and little kids is simple. Big kids take showers, little kids take baths.
- The difference between showers and baths is simple. Roughly 7 gallons of water on my bathroom floor.
- Name brand Popsicles may cost twice as much as store brand ones, but the real Popsicles have jokes on the sticks. This, plus avoiding the tantrum that occurs when there’s no joke, makes it worth spending the extra $2.
- Everyone – regardless of age, should have a birthday party. And it should have a theme. And streamers.
- Spagettio’s is better than any other spaghetti anywhere. Don’t even try to convince them otherwise.
- Raising young kids is like the ultimate math test. For example, be prepared to answer “What percent cute was I when I was 2?” and “How many times have we eaten Fruity Pebbles this summer?” followed by “How old will I be when you are 100?” and “Will I get my ears pierced when I am 8 or 14?” in rapid succession. Also be prepared to remember the answers for the next time.
- Family laundry now consists of whites, darks and pinks.
- “The Deep End” at the pool is scarier than any monster movie.
- When left alone, two children can turn a perfectly clean house into a disaster zone in less than 3 minutes.
- The Disney Channel could promote color bars for a month and those color bars would still be must-see-tv.
- Nowhere, not even in the deepest part of your brain, is there an adequate answer to ‘Why?”
I’m sure you’ve learned a lot more than this but this is a start. Hope you’re having a great start to the workweek. – Justin
8/24/10 Strange Music Day
Posted on | August 24, 2010 | No Comments
ok, play this one with your co-workers today and have fun! Hope you’re having a fabulous week. – Justin
Strange Music Day — We’ll give you a famous band’s original name and you tell us the group:
- Angel and the Snakes (Blondie)
- Composition of Sound (Depeche Mode)
- Big Thing (Chicago)
- Artistics (Talking Heads)
- Carl and The Passions (The Beach Boys)
- Primettes (Supremes)
- Tom & Jerry (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Caesar & Clio (Sonny & Cher)
- The Golden Gate Rhythm Section (Journey)
- The Golliwogs (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Top 12 resume disasters
Posted on | August 20, 2010 | No Comments
Have you been submitting your resume lately? Here’s the top 12 resume disasters from real resumes. You may want to make sure you are not putting something like this in yours.
- Candidate mentioned in his resume that he spent summers on his family’s yacht in Grand Cayman.
- Candidate attached a letter from his mother.
- Candidate used pale blue paper with teddy bears around the border.
- Candidate explained a gap in employment by saying he was getting over the death of his cat for three months.
- Candidate specified that his availability was limited because Friday, Saturday and Sunday were “drinking time.”
- Candidate included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform.
- Candidate drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said it was the hiring manager’s gift.
- Candidate’s hobbies included sitting on a levee at night watching alligators.
- Candidate included the fact that her sister once won a strawberry-eating contest.
- Candidate explained that they worked well in the nude.
- Candidate explained an arrest by stating, “We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig.”
- Candidate included a family medical history.
A Look At The Mind Set Of Class of 2014 College Students
Posted on | August 19, 2010 | No Comments
Most students entering college for the first time this fall—the Class of 2014—were born in 1992. For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Bert Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.
Here are 75 intriguing thoughts complied by Beloit College in Wisconsin, which each August since 1998, has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall.
1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.
3. “Go West, Young College Grad” has always implied “and don’t stop until you get to Asia…and learn Chinese along the way.”
4. Al Gore has always been animated.
5. Los Angelenos have always been trying to get along.
6. Buffy has always been meeting her obligations to hunt down Lothos and the other blood-suckers at Hemery High.
7. “Caramel macchiato” and “venti half-caf vanilla latte” have always been street corner lingo.
8. With increasing numbers of ramps, Braille signs, and handicapped parking spaces, the world has always been trying harder to accommodate people with disabilities.
9. Had it remained operational, the villainous computer HAL could be their college classmate this fall, but they have a better chance of running into Miley Cyrus’s folks on Parents’ Weekend.
10. A quarter of the class has at least one immigrant parent, and the immigration debate is not a big priority…unless it involves “real” aliens from another planet.
11. John McEnroe has never played professional tennis.
12. Clint Eastwood is better known as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry.
13. Parents and teachers feared that Beavis and Butt-head might be the voice of a lost generation.
14. Doctor Kevorkian has never been licensed to practice medicine.
15. Colorful lapel ribbons have always been worn to indicate support for a cause.
16. Korean cars have always been a staple on American highways.
17. Trading Chocolate the Moose for Patti the Platypus helped build their Beanie Baby collection.
18. Fergie is a pop singer, not a princess.
19. They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone.
20. DNA fingerprinting and maps of the human genome have always existed.
21. Woody Allen, whose heart has wanted what it wanted, has always been with Soon-Yi Previn.
22. Cross-burning has always been deemed protected speech.
23. Leasing has always allowed the folks to upgrade their tastes in cars.
24. “Cop Killer” by rapper Ice-T has never been available on a recording.
25. Leno and Letterman have always been trading insults on opposing networks.
26. Unless they found one in their grandparents’ closet, they have never seen a carousel of Kodachrome slides.
27. Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive.
28. They’ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists was a request for the time of day.
29. Reggie Jackson has always been enshrined in Cooperstown.
30. “Viewer Discretion” has always been an available warning on TV shows.
31. The first computer they probably touched was an Apple II; it is now in a museum.
32. Czechoslovakia has never existed.
33. Second-hand smoke has always been an official carcinogen.
34. “Assisted Living” has always been replacing nursing homes, while Hospice has always been an alternative to hospitals.
35. Once they got through security, going to the airport has always resembled going to the mall.
36. Adhesive strips have always been available in varying skin tones.
37. Whatever their parents may have thought about the year they were born, Queen Elizabeth declared it an “Annus Horribilis.”
38. Bud Selig has always been the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
39. Pizza jockeys from Domino’s have never killed themselves to get your pizza there in under 30 minutes.
40. There have always been HIV positive athletes in the Olympics.
41. American companies have always done business in Vietnam.
42. Potato has always ended in an “e” in New Jersey per vice presidential edict.
43. Russians and Americans have always been living together in space.
44. The dominance of television news by the three networks passed while they were still in their cribs.
45. They have always had a chance to do community service with local and federal programs to earn money for college.
46. Nirvana is on the classic oldies station.
47. Children have always been trying to divorce their parents.
48. Someone has always gotten married in space.
49. While they were babbling in strollers, there was already a female Poet Laureate of the United States.
50. Toothpaste tubes have always stood up on their caps.
51. Food has always been irradiated.
52. There have always been women priests in the Anglican Church.
53. J.R. Ewing has always been dead and gone. Hasn’t he?
54. The historic bridge at Mostar in Bosnia has always been a copy.
55. Rock bands have always played at presidential inaugural parties.
56. They may have assumed that parents’ complaints about Black Monday had to do with punk rockers from L.A., not Wall Street.
57. A purple dinosaur has always supplanted Barney Google and Barney Fife.
58. Beethoven has always been a dog.
59. By the time their folks might have noticed Coca Cola’s new Tab Clear, it was gone.
60. Walmart has never sold handguns over the counter in the lower 48.
61. Presidential appointees have always been required to be more precise about paying their nannies’ withholding tax, or else.
62. Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine.
63. Their parents’ favorite TV sitcoms have always been showing up as movies.
64. The U.S, Canada, and Mexico have always agreed to trade freely.
65. They first met Michelangelo when he was just a computer virus.
66. Galileo is forgiven and welcome back into the Roman Catholic Church.
67. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always sat on the Supreme Court.
68. They have never worried about a Russian missile strike on the U.S.
69. The Post Office has always been going broke.
70. The artist formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg has always been rapping.
71. The nation has never approved of the job Congress is doing.
72. One way or another, “It’s the economy, stupid” and always has been.
73. Silicone-gel breast implants have always been regulated.
74. They’ve always been able to blast off with the Sci-Fi Channel.
75. Honda has always been a major competitor on Memorial Day at Indianapolis.
Twilight Guys Like Justin
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | No Comments
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Guys wanna get on the good side of your lady?
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | No Comments
Then clean up the house and do the laundry. A survey found that women felt they did most of the work at home compared to men. And they said guys will score more point with their mates by doing household chores rather than taking them for romantic, wine dinner or weekend trips. “Modern men are clearly missing the trick,” explains psychologist Cary Cooper. “If they take a little more time to help out their partners with the ironing, they will reap the rewards in the long run and earn a lot of brownie points. “Many women are still working the double shift, doing the household chores and having a career whereas men still have a working role primarily. “What women obviously want to see is somebody who will do chores but also have an active domestic role in the family.”
Please share this and make sure your guy reads it. You just might come home to a clean house. – Justin
How To Get Your Child To Eat Their Veggies
Posted on | August 16, 2010 | No Comments
JJ Virgin at momlogic.com says teaching kids to appreciate a variety of in-season veggies is a great way to encourage a healthy lifestyle. As summer heat gives way to fall and back-to-school season, the local farmer’s market fills up with a rainbow of options. Taking your kids to the farmer’s market to help pick out produce gives them hands-on exposure to new foods and lets them feel involved in the process. Virgin says “I encourage people to stick to nonstarchy vegetables as much as possible, so here are five in-season vegetables to try on your kids”:
1) Broccoli
Lots of moms coax their kids into eating broccoli by drowning it in cheese. Sure, they’re getting their vegetables, but they’re also getting plenty of fat and sodium from the cheese. Instead, pair broccoli with garlic. This adds a nice, tangy taste that many kids will love. Some kids will also eat raw broccoli, because it has a nice crunchy texture (younger kids may even get a kick out of eating tiny little “trees”).
2) Cabbage
If your kids like cole slaw, that can be a great way to incorporate cabbage into your meals. However, I recommend using white vinegar and a healthy oil (such as canola) instead of creamy, fatty mayonnaise.
3) Leeks
Leeks are delicious in soup (broth-based, not cream-based), and making soup is a great way to work in other seasonal vegetables as well (such as mushrooms or celery). Plus, you can make a big batch and freeze the leftovers for a quick, healthful dinner when things get hectic.
4) Mushrooms
Mushrooms are another savory soup option; you could also saute them with chicken/tofu, rice and a healthful oil for an easy but delicious dinner. Putting turkey, mushrooms and other veggies into a whole-wheat wrap also makes a quick and tasty lunch.
5) Zucchini
You can sneak shredded zucchini (or carrots) into muffins, meatloaf and burgers. Making zucchini boats is also a fun, kid-friendly option that’s easy on mom, too: Just slice a zucchini lengthwise, scoop out some of the pulp using a teaspoon or melon baller, fill your zucchini “boats” with toppings such as a healthful tomato sauce, whole-wheat rice or other veggies, then bake for about 20 minutes until they’re warmed all the way through.
Eating from the rainbow of vegetables adds color to your plate and helps ensure that you — and your kids — get all the nutrients you need.
Your turn: What are your favorite veggies — and do you have any tricks for getting picky eaters to try them? Email me justin.flores@mlode.com
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