Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Old and rare photos ... Thx Ramey H!
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Make it a great day. You never know what tomorrow brings.
O-Bumb-O quote from Czech Premier ... Thx Paul C!
Subject: Photo from Mar 1, 2014 Czech Premier
Yep double yep!
"Don't blame O-Bumb-BO, blame the idiots that voted him into office, not once but twice!"
I hate to hear accurate quotes like this from the EU or any other place in the world.
Interesting from the World Health Organization ... Thx Judi Cole!
INTERESTING....but they have machetes and knives........wonder when we'll try to ban those, too.
From
the World Health Organization
The
latest Murder Statistics for the world:
Murders
per 100,000 citizens per year.
Honduras
91.6 (WOW!!)
El
Salvador 69.2
Cote
d'lvoire 56.9
Jamaica
52.2
Venezuela
45.1
Belize
41.4
US
Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala
38.5
Saint
Kitts and Nevis 38.2
Zambia
38.0
Uganda
36.3
Malawi
36.0
Lesotho
35.2
Trinidad
and Tobago 35.2
Colombia
33.4
South
Africa 31.8
Congo
30.8
Central
African Republic 29.3
Bahamas
27.4
Puerto
Rico 26.2
Saint
Lucia 25.2
Dominican
Republic 25.0
Tanzania
24.5
Sudan
24.2
Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia
22.5
Guinea
22.5
Dominica
22.1
Burundi
21.7
Democratic
Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama
21.6
Brazil
21.0
Equatorial
Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau
20.2
Kenya
20.1
Kyrgyzstan
20.1
Cameroon
19.7
Montserrat
19.7
Greenland
19.2
Angola
19.0
Guyana
18.6
Burkina
Faso 18.0
Eritrea
17.8
Namibia
17.2
Rwanda
17.1
Mexico
16.9
Chad
15.8
Ghana
15.7
Ecuador
15.2
North
Korea 15.2
Benin
15.1
Sierra
Leone 14.9
Mauritania
14.7
Botswana
14.5
Zimbabwe
14.3
Gabon
13.8
Nicaragua
13.6
French
Guiana 13.3
Papua
New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland
12.9
Bermuda
12.3
Comoros
12.2
Nigeria
12.2
Cape
Verde 11.6
Grenada
11.5
Paraguay
11.5
Barbados
11.3
Togo
10.9
Gambia
10.8
Peru
10.8
Myanmar
10.2
Russia
10.2
Liberia
10.1
Costa
Rica 10.0
Nauru
9.8
Bolivia
8.9
Mozambique
8.8
Kazakhstan
8.8
Senegal
8.7
Turks
and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia
8.7
British
Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman
Islands 8.4
Seychelles
8.3
Madagascar
8.1
Indonesia
8.1
Mali
8.0
Pakistan
7.8
Moldova
7.5
Kiribati
7.3
Guadeloupe
7.0
Haiti
6.9
Timor-Leste
6.9
Anguilla
6.8
Antigua
and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania
6.6
Uruguay
5.9
Philippines
5.4
Ukraine
5.2
Estonia
5.2
Cuba
5.0
Belarus
4.9
Thailand
4.8
Suriname
4.6
Laos
4.6
Georgia
4.3
Martinique
4.2
And
..............................
The
United States 4.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL
(109) of the countries above America have 100% gun bans.
It
might be of interest to note that SWITZERLAND is not shown on this list because
it has
NO
MURDER OCCURRENCE!
However,
SWITZERLAND'S law requires that EVERYONE:
1. Own
a gun.
2.
Maintain Marksman qualifications regularly .
Jerry Mann- (PHS 57) ... thx to my brother Jim Kegley!
High Notes 03-27-2014 – Jerry Mann art
Jerry Mann’s senior ambition, read
in the Portsmouth High School yearbook for 1957 that his ambition was to become
“Editor of The Portsmouth Times”; at that time Jerry’s part time job was
“Circulation clerk” at the newspaper.
That was a pretty lofty ambition
for a teenager. Did he make it?
No.
But Jerry’s innate ambition to
succeed was intact as he pursued education at both Ohio University at Athens,
and Ohio State University at Columbus.
Jerry has his B.S., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, finalizing his university
education in 1967 with his doctorate at OSU.
Jerry rose to the top of his major
profession, with the Eli Lilly Company, Inc., as a senior vice president, and
was partially responsible for the company’s expansion into manufacturing in
South America, Ireland and Europe. At
one time he was CEO of Elanco SA (South America) out of Geneva Switzerland,
which he refers to as his “Best job.” His
Lilly career was from 1967 to early retirement in 1992. His last assignment was as Managing Director
of Dista, located in Liverpool, England.
Not too bad for the son of an
Ideal Milk Truck route salesman, eh?
Jerry’s Dad, Urby E. Mann, and
mother, Anna M. Mann, lived at 3103
Scioto Trail, Portsmouth. Jerry’s brother, Carl, was 17-years older and graduated PHS in 1939, before going into the U. S. Army for the duration of WWII.
Scioto Trail, Portsmouth. Jerry’s brother, Carl, was 17-years older and graduated PHS in 1939, before going into the U. S. Army for the duration of WWII.
Jerry’s Dad, Urby, and a friend
partnered as housing contractors on the side, and are responsible for constructing
several houses in the area.
Jerry’s career accomplishments are
truly monumental, however, Jerry’s second profession seems to be the one for
which he is most vocal, and proud…he owns, operates, and is responsible for
stocking an art gallery in Taos, New Mexico, and becoming an award winning
“visual artist”. He has exhibited his
art around the country at National juried shows and has won various
recognitions and awards.
During two consecutive years
Jerry’s acrylics won “Best of Show” awards at the “East Coast Art League” show
in Stuart Florida, a show that featured all kinds of art, including paintings
and sculpture.
“I enjoy immensely painting with
other artists and attending lectures; not just for knowledge but for the energy
generated when artists come together.” He said in his website.
It reads: “I began painting and studying art as a
“fringe” artist while at Ohio University in the 1960s. The subsequent pursuit of a scientific
international career afforded me the exceptional opportunity to experience
beauty from the jungles of Brazil to the soft gray environs of Ireland. My paintings reflect these windows. Still painting in Europe, Georgia and New
Mexico, my main themes alternate from the villages of European life to the
mountains of New Mexico to the savannas of Georgia where I currently reside.”
The Jerry Mann studio-gallery is
at 136 Bent Street, one block from the Plaza, in the historical Casa Flores,
which is listed on the National Registry of Historical Homes, in Taos, New
Mexico.
Taos is noted for its art, and
Jerry related a story about one of his fellow painter/gallery owners who said
she had a painting tagged $1,700.00. A
well-dressed man wanted to buy it and made out his check for $17,000.00, and
she explained the mistake and the man, disgustedly, tore up his check and left
the studio.
Jerry paints rapidly and mostly in
acrylic…he says, “And I like to carry initial emotion of expression to excite
and involve the viewer. Painting is a
journey of emotion and fulfillment as the work develops. Starting with darks and cools, excitement in
composition and focus becomes apparent as warms and value are added. I don’t believe in (just) recording a subject
but rather interpretation is the essential expression of my art.
Jerry and his wife, Sue Johnson,
originally Minford, Ohio, have a permanent residence on St. Simons Island,
Georgia. Ms. Johnson also has her B. S.
from OSU and MSc. from The University of Ireland while they lived there. They also have a home in Taos, New Mexico.
Dogs ... Thx Ramey H!
The sixth photo about compassion for
animals is certainly true. I've never known any man who had compassion for
animals to be a mean person. And I have also known some men who were cruel
to animals and they were also considered to be mean
men.
"Dogs Welcome"
A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his vacation. He wrote: "I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?"
An immediate reply came from the hotel owner, who wrote:
SIR: "I've been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I've never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or steal pictures off the walls or use them as a coloring book.
I've never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I've never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed, your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you're welcome to stay here, too."
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