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Global Positioning System devices (GPS) and other modern technology were not available when Columbus and other early sailors made fantastic discoveries around the globe. Come ex-plore with us!• TheGPSthataresoprevalent(andfun!)today
were not even a dream for Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan and other explorers.
• They used hand drawn maps, and good old-fashioned trial and error to navigate the world. In 1492 when Columbus was preparing his journey tofindanewroutetoAsiafortrade,hethoughtthecircumferenceoftheearthwas15,693miles(25,255 km) when in actuality it was 24,855miles(40,000km).Quiteadifference!
• FurthermoreColumbusthoughtthedistancefromSpaintoJapanwasonly2400miles(3862km)…itwasover10,000miles(16093km).Therewerealso some unknown landmasses of significantsizeblockingtheway,NorthandSouthAmericawith a little Central in between!
• Wouldyouboardashiponanadventureofsuchmagnitudewithoutknowingalittlemore?Inourworldoftoomuchinformation(TMI!)it’salittlehard to fathom.
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Bosses are people, too. (Really!) And every year on October 16, America pays tribute to them.• Actually, National Boss Day was created in
1958 by an Illinois secretary named Patricia Haroski. She chose October 16 because it was her father’s birthday. Her father also happened to be her boss at the time. Nevertheless, she felt that bosses in general were underappreciated, and registered the date with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an official observance.
• Interestingly enough, a 2005 survey done by an international human resources consulting firm revealed that the majority of employees would not trade places with their boss. The primary reason given was the change that would result between them and their co-workers. They could no longer ignore or laugh at any slackers in their department; they’d be responsible for any poor performers.
• Hallmark started selling Boss Day cards in 1979. While they don’t reveal actual sales figures, they do disclose that the “holiday” is poised to break into the list of top 10 card-send-ing events within the next few years.
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COLUMBUS (continued):• Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, a
city on the northwest coast of Italy. He started sailing when he was a teenager.
• HisdesiretofindanewtraderoutetoAsiainthelate1400swasseenasafoolishundertakingby many. Portugal refused to fund his voyage. Columbus plead a good case with King FerdinandandQueenIsabellaofSpainforthetrip.Thekingandqueenwantedacompetitiveedge over the other European countries and saw trade with the Indies as their opportunity. Theysaidyes.
• ThereareeightU.S.cities,twocounties,andarivernamedafterChristopherColumbus.Also,theDistrictofColumbia,ColumbusCircleinNewYorkCity,BritishColumbiaProvinceofCanada and numerous other places in the world bear his name.
• Columbus,OhiowasnamedafterChristopherColumbus.Founded in1812, it is the largestcity and capital of Ohio. It also has one ofthebestzoosinAmerica.JackHannawasthedirectorfrom1978-1993andhasbeendirectoremeritus since then. He has been a leader in increasing national interest in zoos. TheColumbusZoohasover6000animals.
• EventhoughColumbushasbeengivencreditin history for discovering the “New World,”LeifEricson,aNorseViking,actuallysetfootonNorthAmericainabout1000A.D.
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COLUMBUS (continued):
• Ericson(alsospelledErikson)wasthesonofErik the Red, who was exiled from Icelandformurder andother crimes. Inhis exile, hediscovered Greenland. Leif became a sailor like his father, converted to Christianity andwascommissionedbyKingOlafofNorwaytospread Christianity to Greenland. His outlaw dad tried to stop him!
• LeifEricsonactuallylearnedaboutalandwithforests and mountains that another sailor had seen when his ship was blown off course…he was in a hurry to get to Greenland and didn’t bother to explore! That man, BjarniHerjolfsson, told Leif what he had seen andgave him directions. From most accounts, itseems that Ericson and his crew landed on Newfoundland.
• A lot of people of Nordic descent (Norway,Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Iceland)settledintheU.S.UpperMidwesternStates.Wisconsin,in1930,becamethefirststatetoobserveLeifEricson Day. Congress passed a bill in 1963forOctober9tobeanobservancenationwide.Mostpeoplearenotevenawareofthisday…unless you live in the Midwest and are of Nordic descent. Canada does not observe aholiday for Leif Ericson.
• Ferdinand Magellan was thefirst explorer totake an expedition across the Pacific Ocean.LikeColumbushewasinservicetoSpaineventhough he was Portuguese. His crew went on to successfully circumnavigate the globe. He discovered a passageway south of Chile and northofTierradelFuego,atthesoutherntipofSouthAmerica,in1520.AtfirstitwasnamedStraitofAllSaints,sincethecrewentereditonNovember1stbutwaslaterrenamedtheStraitof Magellan.
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COLUMBUS (continued):• Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, a
city on the northwest coast of Italy. He started sailing when he was a teenager.
• HisdesiretofindanewtraderoutetoAsiainthelate1400swasseenasafoolishundertakingby many. Portugal refused to fund his voyage. Columbus plead a good case with King FerdinandandQueenIsabellaofSpainforthetrip.Thekingandqueenwantedacompetitiveedge over the other European countries and saw trade with the Indies as their opportunity. Theysaidyes.
• ThereareeightU.S.cities,twocounties,andarivernamedafterChristopherColumbus.Also,theDistrictofColumbia,ColumbusCircleinNewYorkCity,BritishColumbiaProvinceofCanada and numerous other places in the world bear his name.
• Columbus,OhiowasnamedafterChristopherColumbus.Founded in1812, it is the largestcity and capital of Ohio. It also has one ofthebestzoosinAmerica.JackHannawasthedirectorfrom1978-1993andhasbeendirectoremeritus since then. He has been a leader in increasing national interest in zoos. TheColumbusZoohasover6000animals.
• EventhoughColumbushasbeengivencreditin history for discovering the “New World,”LeifEricson,aNorseViking,actuallysetfootonNorthAmericainabout1000A.D.
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COLUMBUS (continued):
• Ericson(alsospelledErikson)wasthesonofErik the Red, who was exiled from Icelandformurder andother crimes. Inhis exile, hediscovered Greenland. Leif became a sailor like his father, converted to Christianity andwascommissionedbyKingOlafofNorwaytospread Christianity to Greenland. His outlaw dad tried to stop him!
• LeifEricsonactuallylearnedaboutalandwithforests and mountains that another sailor had seen when his ship was blown off course…he was in a hurry to get to Greenland and didn’t bother to explore! That man, BjarniHerjolfsson, told Leif what he had seen andgave him directions. From most accounts, itseems that Ericson and his crew landed on Newfoundland.
• A lot of people of Nordic descent (Norway,Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Iceland)settledintheU.S.UpperMidwesternStates.Wisconsin,in1930,becamethefirststatetoobserveLeifEricson Day. Congress passed a bill in 1963forOctober9tobeanobservancenationwide.Mostpeoplearenotevenawareofthisday…unless you live in the Midwest and are of Nordic descent. Canada does not observe aholiday for Leif Ericson.
• Ferdinand Magellan was thefirst explorer totake an expedition across the Pacific Ocean.LikeColumbushewasinservicetoSpaineventhough he was Portuguese. His crew went on to successfully circumnavigate the globe. He discovered a passageway south of Chile and northofTierradelFuego,atthesoutherntipofSouthAmerica,in1520.AtfirstitwasnamedStraitofAllSaints,sincethecrewentereditonNovember1stbutwaslaterrenamedtheStraitof Magellan.
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Conservation efforts have increased dramati-cally since the presidency of Theodore Roos-evelt. An avid sportsman, Roosevelt worked hard to protect the natural resources he so loved. Assisting him in the effort were thou-sands of fellow sportsmen and women. To-gether, they pushed for laws protecting public lands, waters and wildlife, requiring fishing and hunting licenses, and funding state con-servation agencies through taxation of gear. As a result, hundreds of thousands of species were saved from extinction, including ante-lope, elk, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys and wood ducks. While Roosevelt was recognized for his efforts, most sportsmen and women
were not. They deserved public recognition, too.
Acutely aware of the problem, Pennsylvania gun shop owner Ira Joffe suggested the cre-ation of a day to thank sportsmen and women for their conservation efforts. Governor Ray-mond Shafer supported the idea and estab-lished Outdoor Sportsman’s Day in the state in 1970.
The idea for a national day gained momen-tum with support from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and just a year later, Con-gress got into the act. Senator Thomas Mc-Intyre from New Hampshire and Representa-tive Bob Sikes from Florida each presented a bill calling for the establishment of National Hunting and Fishing Day on the fourth Satur-day of September. The bills were well received and passed in both houses. President Richard Nixon signed the first proclamation of the day on May 2, 1972.
From there, the celebration of National Hunt-ing and Fishing Day took off. Every state gov-ernor and many city mayors jumped onboard, working diligently to promote the day. Na-tional, regional, state and local organizations
responded with hundreds of hunting and fishing events.
The celebration of National Hunting and Fish-ing Day continues to this day. Each year, prom-inent figures from politicians to athletes to entertainers serve as chair of the day. Count-less events are held everywhere in honor of the conservation efforts of sportsmen and women. These serve to raise awareness of the cause and give others a chance to see how fun hunting and fishing can be.
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• Inhorse racing, theTripleCrown is thegoalto reach for. Three races have to be won toclaimtheTripleCrown:theKentuckyDerby,Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes allheldwithinfiveweeks.Onlyelevenhorsesinhistory have won theTriple Crown.The lastwasAffirmedin1978.
• Alexandre Dumas was a French author withvery little formal education. He wrote the novel TheThreeMusketeersin1844.
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