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----Due to our internet connection being down, we were unable to send out a Friday edition. Editor

Every Wednesday we are trying to run our new feature, "Sales Makes Things Happen" by the "Legacy of Top Gun."

The weekly articles should be of interest to all, but is primarily aimed at the top, as the author is a president of a leasing company, and let's leave it at that for the near future.

The "story" before the article, or heading it, is supposed to be a cartoon centered on the topic. While it was posted, it evidently was not above the story, and perhaps should also have been noted in the headlines, too. It was my fault that it was not.

"Centered around the topic" is the idea. This could also be an executive, as remember Al Gamper went on a "dog and pony" show about bringing CIT public from Tyco. Other executives travel to their offices. Randy Fry at Fry's Electronics not only has live video conferences with his managers every morning, but gets on his private jet and surprises them with visits, not every day, but he is a "hands on" executive---reminds me of the military with surprise inspections from the top brass.

He specifically is not writing them directly to those in sales, or even sales managers, but others in the company from credit, collections, the receptionist, and mostly, senior executives not involved in sales.

Your editor chooses the cartoons. He takes responsibility for this cartoon not being placed properly.

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Atlanta, GA
30 years in transportation Finance with strong management/ sales background. Represented company on national & region markets. Started two successful operations- produce profits and growth.
Email: pml@mindspring.com

Chicago, IL.
Successful sales manager has 15 years experience with captives and independents. Expertise in re-energizing existing sales teams and territories, also building teams from scratch. True Team Leader looking for new challenge.
email: Murph5553@aol.com

Chicago, IL
Senior sales manager seeks Chicago based sales management role with growing, creative, customer focused lessor. Extensive experience/documented results in all aspects of information technology leasing.
Email: belanger@dataflo.net

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.
Domestic-int'l exp. Small to middle ticket. 24 yrs with Fortune 500 firms(2). Consistently achieves margin/ volume goals.
Email: dptr7300@sbcglobal.net

New York, NY
I have over 25 years owning an independent leasing company that specialized in truck leasing. Tow trucks, Limos, ambulances, tractors, etc..
Email: rfleisher@rsrcapital.com

Pennsauken, NJ.
17 Years leasing in all capacities from CSR and Collections to National Sales Management and Vice President Vendor Development. Exceptional People Skills. Many industry references.
email: cherfurth1@aol.com

Portland, OR.
18+ yrs w/bank leasing company. Supervised 14- 20 sales people. Willing to relocate for the proper position.
Email: pthygeson@netscape.net

Scottsdale, AZ
Have successfully built or rebuilt 3 national sales forces in 3 different industry niches. Strong credit and operations background compliment overall experience. Strong industry references.
Email: azlessor@cox.net

A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed | C -Sub-Broker Program
| D -"Private label Program" | E - Also "in house" salesmen

(G) American Bank Leasing provides fast responses and high touch service for small ticket transactions. Our online system provides "almost instant" approvals up to $100,000 and the ability for you and your vendor to view transaction status. Our experienced staff is empowered to use a common sense approach to lending. Private label program reserved for our top producing partners.

Andrew Rimol, President, Interchange Capital Company LLC, they that his firm is a community bank that has done leasing for several years.

Rimol said, "The parent likes the loans that I bring in and also the fees that my group generates. We have several direct sales people and we market through our 30 branches."

Rimol noted the role community banks play a role because many companies want a local relationship for their leases. He said Interchange Capital tries to stay in the Northeast and also support some of the brokers with whom they do business.

Rimol has observed business starting to definitely pickup as the economy in the Northeast gets better. "We are capitalizing on our relationships and provide a good quick service to small and mid-size companies," Rimol said. "The bank might do a lease with a second on a home because we are a real-estate lender whereas some of the other major leasing companies are not interested."

Rimol is expecting the rest of the year to be very busy minus any terrorist attacks or price hikes in oil. He said they are also looking to hire qualified leasing people in sales, credit and administration in the upcoming months.

John Cortese, Senior Vice President, National City Commercial Capital Corp., said that he doesn't have personal contact with community bank lessors, but added, "I can say that lease broker friends of mine are telling me that they are flocking to them in a big way because the major players will not do business with them any longer."

Cortese said that the small community banks like the local connection, lease financing provides them with a way to put their retail deposits to work since they usually have no commercial lending activity, and it is a source of loan volume in a period where mortgage lending may be falling off. Cortese said, "This is creating a win/win situation for them and the lease broker."

Kenneth Collins, President and CEO, Susquehanna Patriot Commercial Leasing Company, said community bank leasing is flourishing, for a number of reasons. Particularly in the current rising-interest rate environment, community banks seeking ways to generate income are offering non-banking products.

"You don't see a month without another bank getting involved in leasing, especially in small ticket." Collins said. His firm is seeing a lot of middle ticket business coming from their banks.

Collins also sees a long-term commitment from banks staying with leasing. "There was a period when banks would offer leasing and then hit a rough patch and get out of it. Now we're seeing banks sticking with it for the long haul." However, Collins said that one difficulty community banks have is a lack of experienced leasing professionals. "The problem they're having is finding expertise," he said. "It's always been a people issue."

Collins believes that Community banks' involvement in leasing has had a positive effect on leasing's image. "Bank regulation is giving leasing a better image because people feel they can trust it," he said. "This has outweighed the negative effects of increased bureaucracy and red tape."

Walter M. Horsting, President of Valley Commercial Capital, LLC, said that in the community bank smaller ticket market, his firm has seen a consistent deal flow. Horsting said, "This deal flow tends to be more robust than the middle and upper market transaction and the deals tend to be better quality with more traditional structures and higher yields." Valley Commercial Capital's smaller ticket opportunities are sourced predominately from its parent company, whose 162 branches span across northern and central New Jersey and Manhattan.

Horsting said that approximately 40 percent of these deals are originated directly from their leasing business development efforts. He added, "We're looking forward to the same steady pace for the remainder of the year and well into 2006."

Richard Dunbar, Executive Vice President, Pullman Bank & Trust Company, whose firm is a lender to third-party independent equipment leasing companies, believes that community banks' access to a local deposit base that eliminates the need to externally finance their leasing portfolio, their established middle market customer base, and need to provide full service financial services to their customers make them the last largely untapped market in leasing. However, he also cited the lack of community bank leasing expertise expressed by other lessors.

"We sometimes hear of experienced talent being brought in to run the leasing division at a community bank, but for the most part, they don't understand."

In terms of business performance, Dunbar said that only recently has leasing volume exceeded their expectations. "Over the summer months, business has been good," he said. "This could be due to the improving economy and increased capital spending, as well as the conscious decision we made to price more competitively in order to gain a share of the business."

Dunbar anticipates that capital spending will remain strong, and that with Pullman's commitment to price competitively, they will do more deals in the fourth quarter than typically in Q1, Q2, and Q3 of this year.

"That would be fine. We are all looking forward to it (we being Laurie, Bill and me). Thanks again and I'm glad to see you are sharing information with the industry regarding the terrible consequences of the hurricane and how people can help."

"I like the salvation army link. It made it easy for me to make a donation. I saw the devastation on the news this morning. Unbelievable.

"Thanks for the fast action. As you know, SNI has been both a target and an acquiror for many years. Legitimate inquiries regarding possible merger/acquisition or from companies wishing to be acquired by us should be directed to our investment banker: Kenneth Garnett, Managing Director, Gordian Group LLC, 499 Park Avenue, New York,NY 10022. Phone 212-486-3600 or email "kg@gordiangroup.com". Regards"

Frick, Leon F.-75, of Mill Creek, Washington, died 29 August 2005. Beloved father to his daughter, Elysse, of Milton, MA. Also survived by a brother, John, of Naples, FL, and several nieces and nephews in Pennsylvania and Florida. Leon was born in Audubon, NJ in 1930. He served in the United States Air Force for 23 years and retired in 1974 as a Lieutenant Colonel. In the Air Force, he served in the Aerial Reconnaissance Technical Division in the Korean War and was a nuclear engineer thereafter. Leon held a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and a master's degree from the University of Rochester. Since his retirement from the Air Force, he worked in the leasing industry in Albuquerque, NM and in Seattle, most recently as Director of Marketing for Business Leasing Northwest. He was a resident of the Seattle area since 1979. Leon lived life to the fullest and truly valued each day he spent on this earth. Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution in Leon's name to the charity of your choice. "A life well lived is worth remembering"

"I am sorry to hear of Leon's passing. Your readers should know of his contributions to our industry. Leon was a Board Member of WAEL (now UAEL) back around 1983 and gave many presentations on the HP 12C calculator. He was a whiz on that calculator. I believe he was one of the first group of CLPs. He was a class guy."

"I share your opinion on our friend Leon. I had only a short period of time working with him but any experiences were always pleasant and usually beneficial of learning from a man of wisdom and integrity.

"I didn't realize he had a degree in Nuclear engineering. Not one of your easiest degrees to obtain."

"I greatly appreciate all that you do for our industry. I really enjoyed the articles on Jim Lathi and Rick Galtelli. Rick and I originated Affiliated Commercial Services (original name) back in 1985 with the backing of a local Dallas Oil Man with Jim joining us in early 1986. I left ACS to join the new medical division at U. S. Leasing in 1986. Rick (as President) and I (as Vice President) were together at Managers Credit Corporation, a captive finance arm of Gulf States Machine Tools in the early 1980's.

"With the dissolution of MCC in 1983, I joined Manufacturers Hanover Leasing Corporation until our division in Texas was closed in early 1984. It was great seeing the article on HP financial. I believe Bill Vinnicomb was at U. S. Leasing when I was there and he was at Rockford Industries when I was there as well.

"Keep up the great reporting. You are "fair and balanced" and have always provided everyone an opportunity to present their side of the story, even when it may be in direct contrast to yours. I also greatly appreciate the sacrifice your family and son are making for our country. I am a Navy Vietnam Veteran with 2 brothers that served in the military and a Dad that retired after 30+ years from the Navy. My middle-aged brother served 2 tours of duty in Vietnam as a River Boat captain taking secret missions up the Mekong Delta into Cambodia and elsewhere with the Navy Seals. I know you have a great sense of pride in him and I applaud you and he for his service."Where would we be in this great Nation without men of honor, duty and service? I'd rather not picture what out future would be. Again, thanks for all you do for the industry."

"I commend you for trying to keep everyone informed on the status of the various lawsuits, but I think your posting is a bit inaccurate.

As far as I know there has been no "appeal" by Popular Leasing, but rather a motion for reconsideration in the trial court. In addition, the necessary-and-indispensable-party order did not dismiss any cases. Instead, the 3-judge trial court panel ordered Popular Leasing to join NorVergence. Popular Leasing attempted to do so by seeking relief from the stay in the bankruptcy court in New Jersey, but did not suceed (which was the result it surely wanted). Now, Popular Leasing has again asked the trial court to reconsider its previous orders.

"As to the cases which were dismissed, the appeal deadline has not passed yet. I wish I could say that these cases are over, but I predict a long road of continued motions battles ahead as well as litigation in the Missouri Court of Appeals."

Ronald J. Eisenberg, Esq.
Schultz & Little L.L.P.
640 Cepi Drive, Suite A
Chesterfield, MO 63005
(636) 537-4645 x108
(636) 537-2599 (fax)

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"Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and based on information collected before August 29, 2005 and, thus, before Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast. This document summarizes comments received from business and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve System and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve officials."

Economic activity increased across the nation from mid-July through August, except in the Boston District, where activity was mixed. The growth was widespread as retail sales, services, finance, construction, manufacturing, mining, energy, and tourism all expanded. A few Districts reported softening in residential real estate markets, albeit from still brisk levels of activity, while commercial real estate markets strengthened in most Districts. Lending activity increased, and credit quality was stable. Conditions in the agricultural sector improved slightly, with late summer rains somewhat alleviating the effects of drought. Meanwhile, labor markets showed signs of tightening with modest wage increases. Except for energy, overall consumer price increases were modest. Most Districts reported significant price increases in certain commodities and energy products, especially gasoline.

The most signficant aspects are the reports from the 12 districts, and tell about the specific region:

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Leasing Partners Capital Inc. continues growth trend
with focuses on business growth in Florida.

WAYNE, NJ., - Leasing Partners Capital Inc., a leading equipment and technology leasing company today announced the addition of a new operation in Tampa Florida.

Joseph Ursini has been named Territory Manager at the firms new Western Florida location. Ursini, an executive with over 30 years successful management experience in Computer Services, also brings key experiences with top management consulting firms in Chicago and Los Angeles. Mr. Ursini owned and operated computer consulting firm in California.

"I'm pleased to have the opportunity to put my many years of experience to work in providing financial services to a growing base of companies in Florida and beyond" says Ursini.

"According to US Economic Census data, business growth in Florida topped 20% last year, with the addition of Joe, we now have 3 professionals in a position to provide financing products in heavy demand in this key geographic area." Says Duane E. Rouba managing partner at Leasing Partners Capital's Northern New Jersey Headquarters.

Leasing Partners Capital Inc. is a leading equipment and technology leasing company based in Northern New Jersey. The company operates 21 field offices throughout the United States.

Leasing Partners Capital has been offering financial and operating lease products to businesses and vendors in the Commercial, and Government Market sectors for more than 20 years.

The firm is known as a leader in the vendor leasing program arena as a result of excellent marketing execution, outstanding responsiveness and client service levels.

Robert T. Mayer
Director, Vendor Development
Leasing Partners Capital Inc.
1211 Hamburg Turnpike - Suite 306
Wayne, NJ 07470
800-848-7210
973-709-9286 fax
rmayer@leasingpartnerscapital.com
www.leasingpartnerscapital.com

NEW YORK - Capgemini US LLC, a part of the Capgemini Group, one of the world's largest providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, announced today that Steve Byrnes has joined Capgemini's Financial Service practice as a Principal and will serve as a subject matter specialist in the global equipment leasing and lending practice, focusing on banking, captive and diversified finance clients.

Byrnes has more than 20 years of professional experience that includes direct employment in, and consulting to, the Asset Finance industry. Client engagements have included; strategy assessment, front-end, accounting and securitization software selection, software customization and implementation, business process review, process improvement, policy and procedure development, securitization strategy and project management. His work is entirely within the financial services community and he has provided services for some of the country's largest finance companies.

"We are excited to deepen our 'bench strength' in financial services industry expertise and the robust capabilities with the addition of Steve to our asset finance practice," said Cameron Krueger, Vice President in charge of Asset Finance for Capgemini. "I have worked with Steve for fifteen years in this industry and he has one of the best work ethics and working knowledge of this business I have witnesses. He is a huge asset to Capgemini and helps round out our very capable team."

Byrnes is based out of Chicago and is an active member of the Equipment Leasing Association of America and sit on the ELA International Committee.

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, which it calls the Collaborative Business Experience. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, the company helps businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 59,000 people worldwide and reported 2004 global revenues of 6.3 billion euros. Capgemini's Financial Services practice is well recognized for offering creative solutions, thought leadership and technology to the banking, insurance, wealth management, asset management, investment banking, asset finance and securities processing sectors. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com.

National Penn Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPBC), the parent company of National Penn Bank, and Nittany Financial Corporation, (OTC Bulletin Board: NTNY), the parent company of Nittany Bank, announced today that they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which National Penn Bancshares would acquire Nittany Financial in a transaction valued at approximately $96.5 million.

- Nittany Bank will ultimately retain its name as a division of National Penn Bank and initially operate as a subsidiary of National Penn Bancshares, Inc. Two non-management members of Nittany Financial's board will be offered seats on the board of National Penn Bank. Nittany Financial President and CEO David Z. Richards Jr. will remain as president and CEO of Nittany Bank. He also will join National Penn's Leadership Group, the company's senior management team.

- The existing executive management team at Nittany Financial has entered into employment agreements with National Penn Bancshares and will continue to lead the combined company's business expansion efforts in Centre County, Pa.

Upon completion of the merger, National Penn expects to have assets in excess of $5 billion and to remain the seventh largest bank holding company headquartered in Pennsylvania.

The transaction, anticipated to close in the first quarter of 2006, is subject to several conditions and contingencies, including approvals by the Federal Reserve Bank and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and the affirmative vote of the shareholders of Nittany Financial. All directors, certain executive officers and greater-than-five percent shareholders of Nittany Financial (collectively holding approximately 40 percent of the outstanding shares of Nittany Financial common stock) have agreed in letter agreements signed with National Penn to vote in favor of the merger.

National Penn Bancshares, Inc. is a $4.59 billion asset financial services company operating 73 offices in southeastern Pennsylvania through National Penn Bank and its FirstService Bank, HomeTowne Heritage Bank, and The Peoples Bank of Oxford divisions. The Peoples Bank of Oxford Division also operates one community office in Cecil County, Maryland. National Penn's investment management units, with combined client assets approaching $1.6 billion, consist of National Penn Investors Trust Company, which provides trust and

investment management services; National Penn Investment Services, which markets brokerage services provided by PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc.; and FirstService Capital, Inc, which provides investment advisory services.

National Penn Bancshares also provides mortgage banking activities through National Penn Mortgage Company; insurance services through National Penn Insurance Agency, Inc.; and equipment leasing services through National Penn Leasing Company. National Penn Bancshares, Inc. common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol "NPBC." Additional information about the National Penn family is available on the company's Web site at http://www.nationalpennbancshares.com.

Key Equipment Finance Implements Equipment Leasing Industry's First Pan-European Lease Accounting System; Oracle, Key Equipment Finance Team up to Streamline Global Accounting Processes

SUPERIOR, Colo.---Key Equipment Finance, one of the largest bank-held equipment leasing companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY), today announced the implementation of the equipment leasing industry's first-ever pan-European lease accounting and administration system that manages multiple accounting environments, languages, and currencies, and is capable of local accounting and consolidation of business originated throughout Europe to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Oracle developed the lease management system.

Key Equipment Finance and Oracle have completed the implementation of Oracle(R) Lease Management for the leasing company's operations in the U.K. and Ireland, and anticipate a complete rollout of the system in the 15 European countries in which Key Equipment Finance operates by the end of 2006. Oracle Lease Management is a comprehensive application that provides end-to-end automation, helping organizations to improve operational efficiency, capture new opportunities and optimize business relationships.

The financial services industry has struggled for many years to find a solution that allows companies to efficiently run a global business that can operate locally around the world as well as consolidate globally for U.S. accounting purposes," said Karen Larson, president and chief operating officer of Key Equipment Finance's global vendor services unit. "This partnership is truly an example of two leading, global companies pioneering the way for more efficient worldwide business operations. Oracle is not only a Key Equipment Finance vendor, but also an established client of KeyCorp that has benefited from Key's extensive product offerings. This is a great illustration of Key's commitment to deepening client relationships."

Key Equipment Finance provides flexible financing options to companies interested in acquiring Oracle enterprise software solutions in 20 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

With the implementation of Oracle Lease Management, Key Equipment Finance will be able to provide a higher level of service to existing and new customers throughout Europe. The adoption of a single, consolidated system will also pave the way for significant expansion, both geographically and through expanded product offerings, for Key Equipment Finance throughout Europe.

"The implementation of this system in Europe is an important milestone for Oracle and Key Equipment Finance," said Joe Morgan, vice president strategic accounts consulting for financial services at Oracle. "Key and Oracle have had a longstanding equipment financing relationship, and we're excited to team up with them again on a system designed to help streamline the processes of operating a global financial services company."

Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes. The company focuses on four distinct markets:

-- businesses of all sizes in the U.S. and Canada (from small business to large corporate);

-- federal, provincial, state and local governments as well as other public sector organizations; and

-- lease advisory services for manufacturers' captive leasing and finance companies.

Headquartered outside Boulder, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages a $12 billion equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $5 billion. The company has major management and operations bases in Toronto, Ontario; Albany, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; London, England; and Sydney, Australia. The company, which operates in 25 countries and employs 1,100 people worldwide, has been in the equipment financing business for more than 30 years. Additional information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services can be obtained online at KEFonline.com.

Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $91 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.

Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Retek are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation
and/or its affiliates.

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1974-In Boston, Massachusetts, opposition to court-ordered school "busing" turns violent on the opening day of classes. School buses carrying African American children were pelted with eggs, bricks, and bottles, and police in combat gear fought to control angry white protesters besieging the schools. U.S. District Judge Arthur Garrity ordered the busing of African American students to predominantly white schools and white students to black schools in an effort to integrate Boston's geographically segregated public schools. In his June 1974 ruling in Morgan v. Hennigan, Garrity stated that Boston's de facto school segregation discriminated against black children. The beginning of forced busing on September 12 was met with massive protests, particularly in South Boston, the city's main Irish- Catholic neighborhood. Protests continued unabated for months, and many parents, white and black, kept their children at home. In October, the National Guard was mobilized to enforce the federal desegregation order.

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    1771--- Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury, 26, on his maiden voyage to America, wrote in his journal: 'Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No, I am going to live to God, and to bring others to do so.'
    1776 -Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) in New York City for spy mission When Washington asked his troops who would volunteer to go into enemy camp, only one person stepped forward: Nathan Hale.
    1777-The founding of the first Mission Santa Clara de Assis by Padre Thomas Peña, under the direction of Padre Junípero Serra. The first two were built too close to the Guadalupe River, which over flooded, the third was destroyed by an earthquake and the fourth site is now part of the University of Santa Clara. In 1851, during the height of the Gold Rush era, the Mission Santa Clara was given to the Jesuits who incorporated it into the University of Santa Clara. Rebuilt in 1779 and 1781, and restored after a flood in 1784, an earthquake in 1818, and a fire in 1926, the tower of Santa Clara still contains an original bell brought to that mission from Spain.
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    1814- Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 9,000 troops British troops land at North Point . They had taken Washington, DC, and wanted to also burn Baltimore, which they called "the nest of pirates". Fort McHenry stood in their way. Major General Robert Ross, riding ahead of his troops with his personal platoon, thinking this was a "walk in the park," rode right into General John Stricker, 3,200 men, was only two miles away with his six cannon in place across Long log Lane (North Point Road) waiting for the British, who unlike the Capital, knew they were coming and were prepared to fight. Shots were fired by both sides. Two Americans, Dan Wells and Henry McComas, were instantly killed. They are credited with shooting General Ross. He was 48 years old. (The spot where Ross was shot is marked today by a monument erected to honor Aquilla Randall as the first American killed in the battle. It's still there today, at Old North Point Road near Battle Grove Road.)The death of General Ross was a devastating blow to the British. The also had lost their surprise. Although they outnumbered the Americans, the battle went against them and they retreated. After resting, they turned direction and ran into over 10,000 men and over 60 cannon behind well-made breastworks, ready and waiting to repel any attack. After two short rallies, they took to retreat again. The British were unable to take Fort McHenry (Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner.")
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    1851- Birth of Francis E. Clark, American Congregationalist clergyman. In 1881, at age 29, Clark organized the world's first church "youth fellowship" in Portland, Maine. Clark's original name for this Christian group concept was "The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor."
    1866- the first burlesque show was opened at Niblo's Garden, New York City. The musical show was produced by Barras and William Wheatley and featured 100 scantily clad young women playing a troupe of dancing fairies. It ran for an unprecedented 16 months, closing on January 4, 1868, after playing 475 performances and grossing $1.3 million. It was in four acts and titled "The Black Crook."
    1880- Birthday of H.L.Mencken. American newspaperman, lexicographer and critic, "the Sage of Baltimore" was born at Baltimore, MD, and died there Jan 29, 1956. "If, after I depart this vale," he wrote in 1921 (Epitaph, Smart Set), "you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.." My mother told me sat on his lap when I was very little, and quite the contrary, he was a very likeable person.
    1889-American aeronaut of French extraction, born in New York, NY, about 1857, achieved world fame as a parachutist. After his first public performance (Philadelphia, PA, 1887), he toured European cities where his parachute jumps attracted wide attention. Credited with 238 successful jumps. He was last seen this day as he jumped from a balloon over Tallinn, Estonia, and perished in the Bay of Reval.
    1913- James Cleveland (Jesse) Owens, American athlete, winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games at Berlin, Germany, was born at Oakville, AL. Owens set 11 world records in track and field. During one track meet, at Ann Arbor, Ml, Owens, representing Ohio State University, broke five world records May 23, 1935, and tied a sixth in the space of 45 minutes. Died at Tucson, AZ, Mar 31, 1980. 1928 - Actress Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut. The play was titled "The Czarina". It would be four years before the 'First Lady of the American Screen' would indeed, make her first film, "A Bill of Divorcement".
    1916-Trumpet player Cat Anderson birthday
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    1920-Birthday of James "Lucky" Carmichael, Harrodsburg, KY.
    1922- The House of Bishops of the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church voted 36-27 to delete the word "obey" from the vows of their denomination's official marriage service.
    1924-The Wolverines with Bix Biederbecke opened at the Cinderella Ballroom, New York City. "Variety newspaper dubs them a "torrid unit."
    1931-Birthdday of singer George Jones, born Saratoga, TX.
    1935-Duke Ellington records "Reminiscing in Tempo" on four 10" sides.
    1935-Birthday of drummer Paul Humphrey, Detroit, MI.
    1935-Artie Shaw's new band opens at the Palace Hotel.
    1935 -- Birthday of Richard Hunt, born Chicago, Illinois. African American, A leading sculptor, collected by the National Museum of American Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, & the Museum of the Twentieth Century in Vienna.
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=68&category=artMakers
http://www.h-net.org/~rhunt/begin.html
    1940 - Johnny Long's orchestra recorded the classic "A Shanty in Old Shanty Town" for Decca Records.
    1943 -- Birthday of Michael Ondaatje, born Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Canadian novelist/poet who blends myth, history, jazz, & memoirs to create his musical prose & poetry, His 1970 pastiche, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems drew on his fascination with the American west, & his 1992 novel, The English Patient, got him a popular audience & an award-winning movie.
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Ondaat.html
http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/ae/engml/FRIEDMAN/ondaatje.htm
    1944---Birthday of singer Barry White, Galveston, TX
    1953-- - 24-year-old Jacqueline Lee Bouvier wed the 36-year-old U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, future U.S. President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
http://www.isdesigners.com/kenn/jackie.htm
http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/1101web/camelot.html
http://www.any-book.com/family_album.htm
    1954---Top Hits
Sh-Boom - The Crew Cuts
Hey There - Rosemary Clooney
The High and the Mighty - Victor Young
I Don't Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow
    1954- "Lassie" premiered on TV. This long-running series was originally about a boy and his courageous and intelligent dog, Lassie. Although he would often say, "Come here, girl," Lassie was played by more than six different dogs through the series, all male). For the first few seasons, Lassie lived on the Miller farm. The family included Jeff (Tommy Rettig), his widowed mother Ellen (Jan Clayton) and George Cleveland as Gramps. Throughout the years there were many format and cast changes, as Lassie was exchanged from one family to another in order to have a variety of new perils and escapades. Other featured performers included Cloris Leachman, June Lockhart and Larry Wilcox. The show was last seen September 12, 1971.
    1958-Integrated circuit was invented independently by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, Mountain View, CA. This day Kilby tested a working integrated circuit. Between March and June of 1959, Noyce improved on Kilby's cruder device by designing the first reliable, mass-producible integrated circuit. Noyce was awarded the patent after a 10-year lawsuit between the two men.
    1960--Hurricane Donna made landfall on central Long Island and then tracked across New England. Wind gusts reached 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton, MA and 130 at Block Island, RI. MacDowell Dam in New Hampshire recorded 7.25 inches of rain. Although a record tide of 6.1 feet occurred at the Battery in New York City, elsewhere fortunately the storm did not make landfall at the high tides its effects were minimized. This was the first hurricane to affect every point along the east coast from Key West, FL to Caribou, ME
    1962---Top Hits
Sheila - Tommy Roe
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
Devil Woman - Marty Robbins
    1962- Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators set a major league record for most strikeouts in a game when he fanned 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-ining game that he won 2-1.
    1963-"Leave It to Beaver," which had debuted in 1957, airs its last episode. The typical 1950s "wholesome family" comedy presented the lives of the Cleaver family from the perspective of seven-year-old Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver. The clan included parents June and Ward, and older brother Wally. The show enjoyed much popularity in reruns and a revival in the 1980s as The New Leave It to Beaver.
    1964-First football game at New York Shea Stadium, the Jets defeated Denver 30-6 .
    1964-Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4«".
    1966- "The Monkees" premiered on TV.. Based on a rock and roll group that was supposed to be an American version of the Beatles, this half-hour show featured a blend of comedy and music. Some 400 aspiring actors had auditioned for the Columbia television series by producer Don Kirschner. Davy Jones, a former English horse racing jockey; Michael Nesmith, a session guitarist; Peter Tork of the Phoenix Singers; and Micky Dolenz, who had appeared in the TV series "Circus Boy" were picked to be America's answer to The Beatles. The four were picked to become the fabricated music group -- not because they could sing, act or play musical instruments -- but because they looked the parts. Dolenz and Jones were actors, Tork and Nesmith had some musical experience. The Monkees were the first, made-for-TV, rock group. Ironically -- or maybe not -- "The Monkees" TV show won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series of 1967. Their first songs on the show were lip-synched but were immensely popular; later the Monkees insisted on writing and performing their own music. A Monkees album, Headquarters, and Monkees tours were very successful. In 1986, the Monkees, except for Nesmith, were reunited for a 20th Anniversary tour and the show was broadcast in reruns on MTV. The Monkees sans Nesmith also toured in 1996 for the 30th reunion celebration
    1966 - The Beatles received a gold record this day for "Yellow Submarine".
    1970---Top Hits
War - Edwin Starr
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
All for the Love of Sunshine - Hank Williams, Jr.
    1970 - James Taylor's first single, "Fire and Rain", was released. Taylor scored 14 hits on the music charts in the 1970s and 1980s.
    1972- "Maude" premiered. Bea Arthur's character, Maude Findlay, was first introduced as Edith Bunker's cousin on 'All in the Family." She was a loud, opinionated liberal, living with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy). Other characters on the show were her divorced daughter by a previous marriage, Carol Trainer (Adrienne Barbeau), Conrad Bain as Dr. Arthur Harmon, Rue McClanahan as Arthur's wife Vivian (Baa Arthur and McClanahan would later star in another sitcom, 'The Golden Girls"), Esther Rolle as Florida Evans, Maude's maid and John Amos as her husband, Henry (in 1974 they left the series to star in "Good Times"). This was one of the first shows to tackle the controversial issue of abortion.
    1973 - Horse race jockey Bill Shoemaker rode his 100th winner -- in a $100,000 stakes race. Shoemaker was aboard Such a Rush in the Del Mar Futurity at Del Mar, CA.
    1974-In Boston, Massachusetts, opposition to court-ordered school "busing" turns violent on the opening day of classes. School buses carrying African American children were pelted with eggs, bricks, and bottles, and police in combat gear fought to control angry white protesters besieging the schools. U.S. District Judge Arthur Garrity ordered the busing of African American students to predominantly white schools and white students to black schools in an effort to integrate Boston's geographically segregated public schools. In his June 1974 ruling in Morgan v. Hennigan, Garrity stated that Boston's de facto school segregation discriminated against black children. The beginning of forced busing on September 12 was met with massive protests, particularly in South Boston, the city's main Irish- Catholic neighborhood. Protests continued unabated for months, and many parents, white and black, kept their children at home. In October, the National Guard was mobilized to enforce the federal desegregation order.
    1977--two batches of thunderstorms, one in the morning and the next in the evening dumped a combined total of 12-16 inches of rain around Kansas City, MO. Major flooding occurred and 25 were killed
    1977-- Azie Taylor Morton takes office as first African-American woman Treasurer of the United States.
http://www.soulciti.com/morton/
    1978---Top Hits
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Three Times a Lady - Commodores
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
I've Always Been Crazy - Waylon Jennings
    1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits -- and 400 career home runs -- as the Red Sox downed the New York Yankees 9-2 at Fenway Park in Boston.
    1979 --Hurricane Frederick made landfall on the Alabama coast. Winds gusted to 145 mph on Dauphin Island with a storm surge of 12 feet. Winds gusted to hurricane force at Meridian, MS even though the city is 140 miles inland. 5 people died and damage was $2.3 billion, most on record to that time
    1981- At the age of 42, Gaylord Perry signs a one-year contract with the Braves.
    1984- The Chicago Bulls signed their No. 1 draft choice, Michael Jordan, a guard from the University of North Carolina. Jordan was the No. 3 choice overall behind Akeem ( later Hakeem) Olajuwan, taken by Houston, and Sam Bowie, selected by Portland. He signed a seven year contract.
    1986---Top Hits
Venus - Bananarama
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Desperado Love - Conway Twitty
    1988--- Hurricane Gilbert tore through the Caribbean . On the 12th, it cut through Jamaica with Kingston recording 116 mph sustained winds and gust to 140. 45 people were killed and damage topped $2 billion. Despite 7000 foot mountains, Gilbert didn't weaken at all and after exiting Jamaica, underwent incredible deepening - 72 Mb in 24 hours to 888 Mb (26.22 inches). Sustained winds were recorded at 185 mph with gusts over 200 mph in the Caribbean west of Jamaica. On the 16th the storm came ashore near Las Pesca, Mexico about 125 miles south of Brownsville. Mexico was hard hit with 202 killed and 60,000 homes destroyed. Total damage reached 2 billion dollars. In the U.S. the damage of $50 million was mostly from tornadoes spun off by Gilbert, two in San Antonio and one at Kelly AFB which did $28 million dollars in damage.
    1988-The Phoenix Cardinals play their first NFL regular-season game, losing to the Dallas Cowboys, 17-14. The good news: ended the team's 15-year playoff drought and achieved their first postseason victory since 1947.
http://phoenix.about.com/library/weekly/aacardinalsa.htm
    1992- the first African-American woman to fly in space was Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, a physician who also held degrees in chemical engineering and African-American studies. Jemison, who left private practice to join NASA in 1987, made her first space flight as a payload mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavor. She performed experiments on space motion sickness and bone cell loss in the space environment. Ironically, on the same flight were the first husband and wife to fly in space together, Mission Specialist N. Jan Davis, an engineer, and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark C. Lee, who served as crew members. Although NASA has a rule forbidding married couples to take part in the same mission, the rule was waived for Davis and Lee because they had no children and both and trained as astronauts for several years before they were married.
    1998 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the fourth player in major-league baseball history to reach 60 homers in a single season.
    1999 -Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th HR ball is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million surpassing a $126,500 which bought a Babe Ruth home run ball.

I like;
All nine innings and knee high strikes
The diamond cut by flashing spikes.
The infield hit, a long home run
Doubleheaders, the radar gun.
The curve, the knuckler, slider and splitter
A slugfest or the chance no-hitter.
The majors, the minors, the kids, the vets
The "Whiz Kids," the "Amazing Mets."
The squeeze bunt and the hit and run
The double steal on three and one.
Both real and artificial grass.
The routine grounder or astro turf hop.
Signs to take and signs to steal
Beating the deadline with a late night deal.
The brush back pitch, the managers warned
The visiting star locally scorned.
Balls with eyes and rain delays
Around the horn double plays.
Walking leads and frozen ropes
Bloops, blasts and springtime hopes.
The game of the week and cable TV
Descriptions like "Good field-no-hit
Or "Say goodbye baseball" at Safeco Field
Diving catches and trapped fly balls
Coaches sweating on 3-2 calls.
The pickoff move and stealing home
Games in the sun or under a dome.
Walks, balks, and fielders choices
An irate skipper getting the gate.
Cold soda, peanuts and ball park franks
Sometimes even the New York Yanks.
For all this and more I have good reason
To be pleased that it's Baseball season.
And if you guys don't mind suggestions,
Go somewhere else with your silly questions!