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Account Executive
Seeking an assertive, goal-oriented, profit-motivated Account Executive with sales experience in the equipment finance industry for Irvine , California headquarters. Unlimited earning potential - competitive salary with bonus and commission. Send resumes to llewis@calfirstlease.com or log on to www.calfirstjobs.com/apply_now.htm to apply for position.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Winter Olympics first female skating star, Sonia Henie
Headlines---
Classified Ads---Sales
Sales Makes it Happen-Bob Teichman, CLP
"Sales Isn't Just for the Salesperson"
Leasing Assoc. Meetings Open Non-Members
Letters-We get eMail
Cartoon-Office IFC Exec. VP John Estok
Industrial Financial Services
Bode Ace Menkin
HSBC Bank Canada Earning $32.5MM
Mayer's "Business Leasing," February ed
News Briefs---
You May have Missed---
California News Brief---
"Gimme that Wine"
Today's Top Event in History
This Day in American History
Winter Poem
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Classified Ads---Sales
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The female star of the early Winter Olympics was Sonja Henie, starting at the age of 11 and became the darling of the depression.
After winning three gold medals in three consecutive Winter Olympics, she came to Hollywood to star in "skating" movies. *
Sales: Arizona/Southwest
Leasing and Financial Services Professional. Over 12 yrs+ experience in commercial municipal and federal leasing. Vendor programs and direct lessor, including technology and project finance.
email: leasingrel@yahoo.com
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Sales: Bakersfield, CA.
I have an extensive sales and management background in equipment leasing. My work history exhibits my major strength in small ticket equipment leasing.
Email: pangress@msn.com |
Sales: Boston, MA.
Middle market originator, construction/Trucks /
Trailers w/ 8 years in territory, looking for company / bank with competitive products
Email: mrichlease@comcast.net
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Sales: Boston, MA
Strong middle market origination, sales $15-20MM annually. Well-experienced in biz development, particularly trucks, construction, all manufacturing. Prefer traveling North/East territory.
Email: lhegeman@maine.rr.com |
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Sales: Cedar Rapids, IA.
Formally trained in Credit, Collections, & Sales with regional bank. Seeking sales or sales management.
Over ten years |
in SM, vendor and end user.
Email: mjrprime@yahoo.com |
Sales: Central, NC.
7 yrs.equip leasing &finance; specialist in heavy construction equip for 2-top-5-specialty finance/lease companies, NC &VA territories. $10-15MM annual funding. Downsized in 2002, now independent broker with varied customer base. Email: sunriseleasing@aol.com |
Sales: Denver CO.
Experienced Equipment Leasing Broker looking for a in house leasing company. Can bring a book of business with me or develop new territory where needed.
Email: Steven@eagle2.net |
Sales: Detroit MI
Motivated self-starter w/5 yrs sales exp. IT leasing. Excellent communicator w/strong negotiation/biz dev. skills. Six-sigma certified w/ Fortune 50 company/book of business.
Email: playmakers1@sbcglobal.net |
Sales: East Central Florida
20+ years experience in all areas of leasing; sales, credit, operations, syndication. Currently independent seeking position with direct middle market lender in regional capacity
email: southernleasing@bellsouth.net |
Sales: Fresno CA.
Account Exec/Manager. 7+ years Leasing Sales: underwriting/contract, complex transactions, hi-tech, government, direct & vendor leasing. Captive & syndicator environments. Expert deal closer. Will send resume.
Email: dsp559@pacbell.net
Resume |
Sales: Greensboro, N.C. Seeking direct & broker sales w/major finance companies in NC or southeast market. Small to mid-ticket range. Stable &family oriented. Will have series 6,63,65 license shortly.
Email: kc1492@aol.com |
Sales: Kansas City, MO.
20 years Senior Sales/Management experience in small ticket/government leasing. Program Management experience, managing 12
Reps. Credit Auth to $50K. Success in soliciting and maintaining accounts.
Email: dhundley1@kc.rr.com |
Sales: Los Angeles CA.
5 years experience structuring off-balance sheet finance solutions on computer and medical equipment. Perform detailed competitive analysis and market research. I uncover leads and sell.
email: barretthawk@hotmail.com |
Sales: Louisville, KY
Sales: 20 yr. "go getter" machine tools/const. leasing/finance pro, establishing. vendor/mfg. programs in KY,TN,OH,IN, will travel 3/5 state area, wants stable company + salary/ com./benefits.
Email: jim_jrd@msn.com
Resume | Cover letter |
Sales: Mission Viejo, CA
Account Sales Executive with 10 years of leasing experience looking for company to bring existing customer base.
Email: makelly21@hotmail.com |
Sales: Montgomery, AL.
Individual with 10 years advertising sales exp. & 7 years insurance sales exp. Wants independent contractor situation in Alabama.
Work with leasing company or broker.334-281-5200 E-mail: billmcneal2003@yahoo.com |
Sales: Nashua, NH.
10+ years sales experience small & mid-ticket hi-tech & telecom in a captive and vendor environment. Seeking new sales opportunity in New England.
E-mail: RPepa@aol.com |
Sales: Newport Beach, CA
Direct sales rep. in the middle market w/22 years experience various types of equipment. Leasing/ financing from medical equip. to
mfg. equip.. Strong closer.
E-mail: pauldriscoll1@lycos.com |
| Sales: Philadelphia , PA Seeking an open opportunity to advance in the automotive, commercial leasing & finance industry......... Email: alexe362002@yahoo.com |
S ales : Philadelphia, PA
25 years in Healthcare and seeking an opportunity to represent a lender for dental/medical funding in the Northeast to
Mid-Atlantic states.
email: mitutz@msn.com |
Sales: Portland, OR.
"Exp. In direct sales and sales mgmt.
I love Portland, but decent here jobs are few. Willing to be re-located, would like to work for you. Email: pthygeson@netscape.net "
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Sales: Prairie Village, KS Have substantial deal flow and database of broker referral sources. Generated and closed over $22M LY. Seeking exclusive relationship w/direct founder.
Email: fiergl@aol.com |
Sales: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
10+ yrs in middle market leasing. Seek direct lessor only. Transaction size from $500M to $10.0MM. Client base: printing, food, retail, manufacturing. Email: edm173@sbcglobal.net |
Sales: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Currently employed Vendor Program "Hunter", with complex program development experience. Also skilled at program management. Technology to yellow iron assets.
Extensive national rolodex.
Email: VdrPgmBizDev@aol.com |
Sales: SF Bay Area, CA.
15+ yrs--mid mkt. $500M to $10.0MM. Seeking role w/ captive or global leasing firm. large book to bring with me! Debt, tax, 1st amendment, etc.
Email: lac4002@yahoo.com |
Sales: Southern California
Equipment Financing Professional with strong background in Sales, Management, Marketing & Operations. Will consider relocation for Senior Sales or Management position offering dynamic growth opportunity.
Email: natsif@hotmail.com |
Sales: South Central U.S.
TX, OK, KS & AR Territory.
Equipment finance and leasing professional, 20 years experience. Top producer in middle to upper middle markets. Extensive customer base.
Email: usleasingrep@yahoo.com |
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For a full listing of all "job wanted" ads, please go to:
http://216.66.242.252/AL/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm
To place a free "job wanted" ad, please go to:
http://216.66.242.252/AL/LeasingNews/PostingForm.asp
*Born in Oslo, Sonia Henie took the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the 1924 Winter Olympics, at the age of eleven. During the 1924 program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for directions.
By the next Olympiad, She needed no such assistance. She won her first of ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships in 1927 at the age of fifteen, and her first Olympic gold medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance choreography. She was also an accomplished tennis player.
(Here is a bit of trivia: Sonja Henie was featured in the Final Jeopardy category on June 15, 2005 as "In 1938, at age 25, She became the youngest person made a knight first class of the Order of St. Olav." Alex Trebek called this a "particularly difficult clue". )
July 17, 1939
http://www.mnc.net/norway/henie.htm
http://sonja-henie.foosquare.com/
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Sales Make it Happen
Sales Isn't Just for the Salesperson
by Robert Teichman, CLP
Finally, the equipment is verified, the deal is booked, the vendor and the salesperson are paid, and the documentation department closes the file. Now the customer will be the responsibility of the billing department for the rest of the lease. Right?
Wrong!
Success in the equipment leasing business depends on continuing to increase the number of transactions written. You can achieve that by writing many new deals, and constantly trying to find new customers, or you can reach the goal by developing and improving relationships you have already established.
Many salespeople in our business believe that equipment leasing is a "deal" business. It isn't. It is "relationship business." Studies have proved time and time again that it is far easier and less costly to sell to existing customers than to develop new ones.
But how do you maintain relationships when most companies buy equipment only occasionally? Certainly, you stay in close touch with your customer. You call your contact person often. You know when the company makes decisions on its capital budget and you contact them then. But did you know that your documentation officer can be your best friend? After all, it is usually the documentation person who is the last one to talk to your customer when the lease is booked.
Since some leases take considerable time to close, your customer may have decided to get some more equipment by then. During the last conversation when the lease closes, the documentation officer could ask if the customer is satisfied with the service, and could then ask if the customer has any additional equipment financing needs. You might be surprised to learn that more equipment is on its way.
Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that selling is not limited to the salesperson. Closing a deal requires the cooperation of Sales, Credit and Documentation. And while the salesperson acts as the Relationship Manager, the other members of the Production Team do their part to help retain the customer's good will and promote future business.
In a successful equipment leasing company, everybody sells.
Bob Teichman, CLP
Teichman Financial Training
"Education & training for leasing and financing personnel"
BoTei@aol.com
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Leasing Association Meetings Open Non-Members
2006 UAEL Networking Happy Hour
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Who: All UAEL Members and Non-Members who would like to network with other members of the leasing community.
What: Networking session along with kicking off the New Year!
Where: Dave and Busters:
1-25 at Colorado Blvd (Midway Room)
Denver , CO 80222
Phone: 303-759-1515
Time: 4:30 PM until 7:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 for Members, $30.00 for Non-Members
Includes: One drink ticket, Munchies, Separate Networking Room, Fun, and Business Opportunities!
All Payments must be made out to UAEL:
78120 Calle Esatado, Ste 201, La Quinta, Ca 92253; #760-564-2227 Or Kim@uael.org You can also pay online at www.uael.org
For any questions please contact:
Scott Woodring - Pawnee Leasing Corporation #800-864-4266
scott@pawneeleasing.com
or
Skip Wehner - 5280 Financial # 303-309-6888 skipw@5280financial.net
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Letters-We get eMail
Joe Bonanno, CLP NAELB Legal Counsel
"Thanks for the kind words about all my favorite leasing associations and foundations, but Joe is the only legal counsel NAELB has or needs. My job these days is to pontificate without accountability like any retiree and try to stay out of Joe's way. "
Barry Marks, Esq.
(Leasing News changed the copy on line as we were under the impression the position alternated each year. Editor
Only brokers have a vote and sit on the board of directors, except for their legal counsel. This contribibution has been a main stay since the start of the organization, where both Joseph Bonanno, CLP, and Barry Marks, Esq., at one time alternatively served as "legal counsel each year." Both should be credited for their involvement from the very beginning, one of the main reasons for the growth of this association of brokers.Marks is now retired from the NAELB position, saying, "Joe is the only legal counsel NAELB has or needs."
Joesph Bonanno, CLP, is serving as legal counsel this year.
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Who could forget Linda Kester???
"Thanks for remembering me!
"Yes, I'm still providing sales training for equipment leasing professionals. In fact 2006 marks my 10th year in business. This year has started out very strong. I've been booked solid in January and February, and have had to turn down clients.
"Publishing my article from six years ago forces me to ask the question:
"How has leasing changed since 2001?
"#1. The past six years have shown tremendous growth in E-commerce. Lessors web sites are interactive. Lessees and vendors enter their own credit applications directly into the Lessor's system.
"#2. More Lessors have faxable language in their lease providing quicker funding to the vendor.
"#3. 2003 brought changes to IRS Section 179 increasing the amount
that could be written off in one year from $25,000 to $100,000.
"#4. Direct Marketing Association surveys indicate that email is becoming the preferred method of business to business communication.
"#5.The consultative sales process has prevailed. The best people in the industry have developed excellent relationship building skills. They are expert advisors rather than leasing salespeople.
"Equipment leasing continues to grow and you, Kit Menkin, are the daily dominate voice. I received nine orders for my CD program, Prospecting Tips for Leasing Sales Professionals, after you mentioned me on Wednesday
"Thank You. Keep your eyes open for my book on lease marketing that Barry Marks is publishing."
Warm Regards,
Linda Kester
linda@lindakester.com
www.lindakester.com
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/February%202006/02-08-06.htm#archives
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Where is Charlie Lester on Valentine's Day?
"I just wanted you to know that Charlie received the flowers today..
"Charlie is doing well. The Dr. said his knee was a "mess", but once the rehab is over, he'll be better than new! My bionic husband! He was really tired today, understandably... If all continues to go well, I hope to have him home Thursday or Friday."
Thanks again..Blessings!
Barbara
(If you want to send Charlie Lester a card, flowers, or give him a telephone call to let him know what is going on: 1-770-751-2500, room 107. Address: North Fulton Regional Hospital , 3000 Hospital Blvd.,Roswell, GA 30076)
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Leasingnotes.com
"Thanks for the mention. It caused quite a spike in visits to the blog,
which illustrates the reach of Leasing News."
Shawn Halladay
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/February%202006/02-10-06.htm#blog
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AZELA
"Our meeting at AJO AL's had 40 members in attendance on the outdoor patio. There was a real mix of funders and brokers new and tenured in our industry. And the weather was great!"
Bernice Truszkowski
Equipment Funding LTD.
"your equipment finance specialist for over 25 years"
P.O. Box 985
Scottsdale, AZ 85252
Phone 480 949 0710 Fax 480 949 7012
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Sales Makes it Happen
"I am writing you in appreciation for your efforts in the articles that I have received and the information that I have learned. One of my associates presented several of your articles to me, and I was amazed at how helpful they were in contributing to my everyday success.
"I thank you for making this information available as you have, and frankly I am very excited each and every time I receive your email with the latest edition. Keep up the great work and be cognizant to the fact that you are positively affecting the lives your audience."
Thank you and best wishes!
Mohamed Abdullah
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When a lease not a lease?
".enjoyed your article on "When is a lease not a lease", especially the very clear summary of Treatment of Leases in Bankruptcy section. Thank you."
George Doble
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/February%202006/02-14-06.htm#when
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"Hey, Rudy! Your dog can bark, but can he hunt?"
John Estok
Executive Vice President
IFC Credit Corporation
"Estok insulted your paper in court. He mocked its professional standing.
"Those statements where made by a man who signed an affidavit that claimed they paid $9100.00 for a lease, but the check reflects a payment of $7000.00 in one of my cases.
"In the case I saw in trial last week IFC had an affidavit claiming to have paid about 24k but failed to disclose that with the multiple layers of holdbacks, they really only paid out about 11K (that is a big time holdback).
"Did you know that IFC has a 1 million dollar hold-back account?
"They held back big parts of Norv sales and never credited them back.
"They filed 550 lawsuits claiming certain amounts when in fact they paid sometimes as little as 30% of the face value.
"They filed fraudulent affidavits in a number of Texas cases and in their home state.
"Ask them about holdbacks."
(Name with Held)
(Leasing News asked Mr. Estok for a comment. His boss Rudy Trebels did not want to make any comment about cases in litigation, but evidently that does not apply to Executive Vice-President John Estok. "Hey, Rudy! Your dog can bark, but can he hunt?"
We understand the Federal Trade Commission has many questions to ask him, and also have brought up the names Brad Wheatley, who is now living in California (his brother put 1.mm in equity into the deal) and Doug Metz, who lives in Dana Point, the site of the next UAEL Conference in California. Leasing News also received the tip, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who is running for governor, in about two weeks is also going to enjoin FTC for violations of New York State law. What they see is not only the return of the money to the lessees, $13 million, but penalties, fines, and as they say on the Wheel of Fortune, now we are into some "Big Money." Also remember, while the FTC doesn't get into criminal action, the New York State Attorney General has the ability to do so, as does the New Jersey State Attorney General's office, who is also following the FTC investigation. This isn't Illinois, Rudy, barking is not going to scare them off. Kit Menkin.)
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Cartoon-Office of IFC Credit Exec. VP John Estok
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Industrial Financial Services added to "Broker/Lessor" List
"Broker/Lessor" List
Third Column: YES - Year Company Started | YELB - Years in equipment Leasing Business
A - City Business License | B- State License | C - Certified Leasing Professional |
D - State(s) sales/use tax license |
E - Named as "lessor" on 50% or more of lease contract signed. |
Rank |
Name
City, State
Contact
Website
Leasing Association |
YCS
YELB
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Service Organization |
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Industrial Financial Services, Inc.
Hillard, OH
Henry Grace
www.ifslease.com
EAEL & NAELB |
1998
8 |
5 |
USA |
$5,000 |
N/R |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Leasing News is in the process of adding another 100 into this category of broker/lessor." Better Business Bureau, associations, web sites, and many banker contacts help us.
Often we contact the companies when there are questions.
At this time, here is the current list:
http://leasingnews.org/Brokers/broker_Lessor.htm
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Bode Ace Menkin
Our Labrador retriever born December 10, 2005, Madera, California. His name is pronounced, "Bo-dee," named after Bode Miller, the US Olympic skier. The "Ace" because he is an "Ace" dog. The initials spell out BAM !!!
Readers may remember our dog Sammie who passed away December 2003. We had lost Corrie the year before, her sister.
Both died of cancer. We waited a year. Then my idea was to get Sue a dog for Valentine's Day. We were looking for a female as all our dogs the last twenty years have been female. Sue fell in love with Bode when he came up to her. I picked him up, too, and the decision was easy.
What a great dog! He is an "Ace."
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HSBC Bank Canada reports earnings up 32.5% in 2005 to $457 million
CPCnews
VANCOUVER (CP) - HSBC Bank Canada has reported a 32.5 per cent increase in 2005 net income to $457 million.
The Canadian unit of global financial-services giant HSBC Holdings PLC said Tuesday that fourth-quarter net income was $132 million, up 53.5 per cent from a year earlier. Return on equity was 21.3 per cent for the year, up from 18.3 per cent in 2004, and 23.8 per cent for the quarter, up from 16.6 per cent a year earlier.
HSBC Canada ended the year with assets of $49.2 billion, up 13.6 per cent on the year, and funds under management grew 15.8 per cent to $20.5 billion.
The results, stated in Canadian dollars, "reflected the robust Canadian economy and the strength of our customers," stated Lindsay Gordon, President and CEO.
The year's net interest income was boosted 12.7 per cent to $1.01 billion thanks to lending growth. Non-interest revenues gained 8.4 per cent to $570 million on increased investment administration fees, credit fees and foreign exchange revenue.
"Lastly, the stable credit environment in Canada throughout much of 2005 meant lower provisions for credit losses and resulted in a reversal in the fourth quarter from our general allowance for credit losses," Gordon added.
For the coming year, "We expect to fully leverage our marketing efforts to help generate even more awareness of the HSBC brand within Canada to deliver sustainable organic growth."
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David G. Mayer's "Business Leasing," February edition.
- Countdown to Cape Town: March 1 Begins a New Era in Aviation Finance
- Is a UCC Financing Statement Required in Cross-Border Transactions?
- Case & Comment: Keeping a Perfected Lien on Relocated Vehicles - In re: Judith K. Baker
2. Leasing 101: What Is a "Public-Private Partnership"?
3. About Patton Boggs LLP; Recent Publications
4. "This Issue in Brief" - Founder's Note by David G. Mayer
Please go here for the issue:
http://www.pattonboggs.com/newsletters/bln/Release/bln_2006_02.htm
From: David G. Mayer, a partner at the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP. David is a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group. He is the author of the book, Business Leasing for Dummies ® of the well-known "For Dummies" series of books. BLN derives its simple approach in part from David's book.
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News Briefs----
Retail Sales Post Strong Gains in January
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021400574.html
Tax Inquiry Said to Include German Bank
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/business/15shelter.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Robert Johnson will pay $1.7 billion for 100 hotels
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/
A3BFFADF2A5DE5EB86257115001BF9F9?OpenDocument
Delta posts $1.2 billion quarterly net loss
But airline also ended '05 with $2 billion in available cash
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/delta/stories/0214deltaearns.html
Anheuser-Busch 4Q Earnings Drop to $201M
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_anheuser_busch;_ylt=
AuAmwK_MM2UCzu2X0agjnoqyBhIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Deadly bird flu spreads to Germany, Austria, Iran
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-02-
14T223300Z_01_L09218784_RTRUKOC_0_US-BIRDFLU.xml&rpc=22
Gates touts security of next OS at S.J. event
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13871692.htm
Dream house, sans spouse: More women buy homes
http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-02-14-women-houses-usat_x.htm
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How secure is VoIP?
Like e-mail, calls via Internet can be hacked, spammed, saved on servers
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13860853.htm
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Governor's bond package is too big, speaker says
http://www.sacbee.com/content/breakingnews/story/14187724p-15014747c.html
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"Gimme that Wine"
California Big 2005 crush to buoy wine inventories 12 to 18 months
http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
/20060213/BUSINESSJOURNAL/60213021/1218
Some See a Wine Loved Not Wisely, but Too Well-Eric Asimov
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/dining/15pour.html
Australia's famous big-bodied Shiraz wines are produced by some outsize personalities
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/WIGAFH174I1.DTL
Rosenblum's winemaker will concentrate on his own label
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/WIGMUH4KJ21.DTL
www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/
If you want to know if you got a value for your wine, or what the wine price is today, go to www.winezap.com Type in the vintage (year) and name of the producer with wine type or geographic area, such as 1995 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac. Even 1995 Lynch Bages will work, or 1999 Viader
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Today's Top Event in History
1917-Birthday of Theresa Castro - US businesswoman, co-owner of Castro Convertible, virtually a synonym for convertible sofa. She had saved her tips as a waitress to help start the company with her husband Bernard. Historians record it as the last major invention in sofa beds, actually the result of customers' requests of an upholsterer named Bernard Castro (1904-1991) to produce a davenport sofa bed that looked and worked well. The Castro Convertible, patented in 1948, with its folding springs that pull out from inside the sofa frame, was the prototype for most modern sofa beds. A recent departure from the Castro type sofa bed features covered foam sections that stack to become seats and unfold to become beds. These designs reflect an ongoing need for cheaper more portable furniture. After becoming wealthy, Theresa Castro became well-known as an energetic charitable benefactor in New York and Florida, Her daughter, Bernadette Castro, at age 4, was used in television commercial to show how easily the bed opened and folded. Today she is the New York State parks commissioner and a well-known personality in her own right.
http://www.tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2001/aug24.htm
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/pugsley/CastroB.htm
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This Day in American History
1726- Birthday of Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence, farmer and lawyer. Born at Elizabethtown, NJ, and died there Sept 15, 1794. One of the "ordinary" signers, representing the people of his area, originally a farmer. Two or three of the sons of Mr. Clark were officers in the army, during the revolutionary struggle. During a part of their captivity, their sufferings were extreme, being confined in the notorious prison ship, Jersey. Painful as the condition of his sons was, Mr. Clark scrupulously avoided calling the attention of congress to the subject, excepting in a single instance. One of his sons, a captain of artillery, had been cast into a dungeon, where he received no other food than that which was conveyed to him by his fellow prisoners, through a keyhole. On a representation of these facts to congress, that body immediately directed a course of retaliation in respect to a British officer. This had the desired effect, and Captain Clark's condition was improved.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/clark.htm
http://www.colonialhall.com/clark/clark.php
1758- Benjamin Franklin brought in mustard from France and introduced it to his guests in both a dark and light yellow "mustard," hence its common name today. One of his guests was Benjamin Jackson, who established Globe Mills on Germantown Road, Philadelphia, PA, bottling and selling the product in glass bottles with his label on them. He advertised in the Pennsylvania Chronicle of February 15, 1768, that he was " the original establisher of the mustard manufactory in America, and...at present the only mustard manufacturer on the continent. I bought the art with me into the country." The truth, according to the Global Gourmet: All mustard is made in relatively the same way. The seed must be crushed, its hull and bran sifted out or not depending on type of mustard being made. It then may or may not go through further grinding and crushing. A liquid such as water, wine, vinegar, beer, or a combination of several of these liquids is added, along with seasonings and perhaps other flavorings. The mustard is mixed, in some cases simmered, and then cooled. Some mustard is aged in large containers before it is bottled and shipped to stores and customer. Although similar recipes for mustard paste appear as early as 42 AD, the use of mustard as a condiment was not widely practiced in either Greece or Rome. The Romans took the seed to Gaul, and by the ninth century French monasteries were bringing in considerable income from mustard preparations. By the 13th century, mustard was one of the items offered by Parisian sauce-hawkers, who walked the streets at dinner peddling their savory war.
1764--- The city of St. Louis was established as a French trading post. Pierre Laclede Liguest and stepson Auguste Chouteau notched a couple of trees that marked the site for Laclede's Landing that became St. Louis. August Chouteau is recognized as the "builder" of St. Louis.
http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/pierre-laclede.html
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/StLouis/BlockInfo/Block34ALaclede.htm
http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/auguste-chouteau.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/laclede.htm
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/StLouis/BlockInfo/Block34AAChouteauSr.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/6403/rene.html
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/planning/research/data/about/history.html
1803- birthday of John Sutter. Born at Kandern, Germany, Sutter established the first white settlement on the site of Sacramento, CA, in 1839, and owned a large tract of land there, which he named New Helvetia. The first great gold strike in the US was on his property, at Sutter's Mill, Jan 24, 1848. His land was soon overrun by gold seekers who, he claimed, slaughtered his cattle and stole or destroyed his property. Sutter was bankrupt by 1852. Died at Washington, DC, June 18, 1880
1804-- New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
http://www.slavenorth.com/newjersey.htm
http://www.slavenorth.com/exclusion.htm
1808- birthday of Cyrus McCormick, 1808. He was the first to utilize "leasing" and "finance" to promote his product, something unheard of in his day. American historians believe McCormick's invention of the reaper is second only to the railroad in the development of the United States. Continuing the dream of his father, McCormick constructed a horse-operated reaper which was demonstrated for the first time in a Virginia wheat field in July 1831. He moved his operation to Chicago, IL, in 1847 in order to be closer to the Midwest's expanding wheat fields. His business prospered despite two decades of constant litigation over patent rights. His machine also was not considered the "best" of its day. In order to get his machine on the farm, he would offer "no payment until after Harvest," "No money down," " Seasonal payments," " Rent to Own," " Lease with Ability to Trade in For New Model." He died May 13, 1884, at Chicago. The company today is International Harvester.
1812- birthday of Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler whose name became synonymous with high standards of quality. Born at Killingly, CT, and died at New York, NY, Feb 18, 1902.
1820-Birthday of Susan Brownell Anthony, affectionally known as Aunt Susan. One of the primary figures of the 19th century battle for women's rights and became its best known spokeswoman. Elected to Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. An untiring pioneer crusader for women's rights, women's suffrage, Negro suffrage and abolition who traveled this nation constantly for 60 years for social justice. Her last public words: "Failure is impossible."
http://winningthevote.org/SBAnthony.html
1836-Birthday of Sarah Fuller - early advocate of teaching deaf children to read lips rather than signing. Taught Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, at her Boston School for Deaf-Mutes, which later became known as the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. (not to be confused with philosopher Sarah Margaret Fuller.)
http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Fuller_Sarah.html
1849- Goat Island, also known as Sea Bird Island and later as Wood Island, sold by Nathan Spear to Harbor Master Edward A. King for $1. This island serves as a base today for the Bay Bridge. It is not to be confused with Treasure Island, which is man-made.
http://www.inetours.com/images/Snglimgs/Treasure_Island_Aerial.jpg
1860-Birthday of Annie Blythe West, Japanese government gave her the 6th degree of the Order of the Crown for her 40 years of missionary work in Japan among women, children, and disabled soldiers.
1876-- Ada Everleigh who with her sister Minna operated a brothel in Chicago, "probably the most famous and luxurious house of prostitution in the country" from 1900-1911. At the time there were reported to be nearly 600 houses of prostitution in Chicago alone. When a reform movement closed the Everleigh house in 1911 because of their fame (others remained open), the sisters retired millionaires.
http://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Everleigh_Ada_and_Minna.html
http://www.littlebarrestaurant.com/lb8_everleigh.html
Minnie Everleigh
http://images.suntimes.com/century/images/1900-2.jpg
1879-- President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. It would be some 41 years before the federal government would allow women to affect the making of the laws through suffrage.
1895 - A big Gulf snowstorm produced six inches at Brownsville TX and Mobile AL, 15 inches at Galveston TX, and 24 inches of snow at Rayne LA in 24 hours. Snow fell at the very mouth of the Mississippi River. Houston TX received 22 inches of snow, and nine inches blanketed New Orleans LA.
1898-American battleship Maine was blown up while at anchor in Havana harbor, at 9:40 PM. The ship, under the command of Captain Charles G. Sigsbee, sank quickly, and 260 members of its crew were lost. Inflamed public opinion in the US ignored the lack of evidence to establish responsibility for the explosion. "Remember the Maine " became the war cry, and a formal declaration of war against Spain followed on Apr 25, 1898.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb15.html
1905-Composer Harold Arlen birthday
http://www.haroldarlen.com/
1915- jazz trumpeter Taft Jordan born Florence, SC.
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B8907
1917 --San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated.
http://sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/sfplhist.htm
1917-Birthday of Theresa Castro - US businesswoman, co-owner of Castro Convertible, virtually a synonym for convertible sofa. She had saved her tips as a waitress to help start the company with her husband Bernard. Historians record it as the last major invention in sofa beds, actually the result of customers' requests of an upholsterer named Bernard Castro (1904-1991) to produce a davenport sofa bed that looked and worked well. The Castro Convertible, patented in 1948, with its folding springs that pull out from inside the sofa frame, was the prototype for most modern sofa beds. A recent departure from the Castro type sofa bed features covered foam sections that stack to become seats and unfold to become beds. These designs reflect an ongoing need for cheaper more portable furniture. After becoming wealthy, Theresa Castro became well-known as an energetic charitable benefactor in New York and Florida, Her daughter, Bernadette Castro, at age 4, was used in television commercial to show how easily the bed opened and folded. Today she is the New York State parks commissioner and a well-known personality in her own right.
http://www.tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2001/aug24.htm
http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/pugsley/CastroB.htm
1932- The US four-man bobsled team won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, NY. On the team was Edward F. Eagan, who had won a gold medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Egan thus became the first person to win gold medals in both the Winter and Summer Olympics.
1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "The Guy Lombardo Show" on CBS radio. The couple was so popular that soon, they would have their own "Burns and Allen Show". George and Gracie continued on radio for 18 years before making the switch to TV. All in all, they were big hits for three decades.
1933- at Bay Front Park, Miami, FL, an assassin aiming at President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt had his aim deflected by a spectator. Cermak, mayor of Chicago, IL, born May 9, 1873, at Kladno, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, was struck and killed instead. Giuseppe (Joe) Zangara, the 32-year-old assassin, who had emigrated from Italy in 1923, was electrocuted at the Raiford, FL, state prison Mar 20, 1933.
1936 - The temperature at Parshall ND plunged to 60 degrees below zero to establish a state record. On the 6th of July that same year the temperature at Steele ND hit 121 degrees, also a state record
1941-Duke Ellington records "Take the A Train," Victor 273080)
1950---Top Hits
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
There's No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1951- Birthday of Jane Seymour, real name Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England best known for her title role of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, the long-running TV series.
http://www.friendsofjane.com/
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-26021/
1951-Birthday of singer Melissa Manchester, born the Bronx, New York
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-983
http://www.melissa-manchester.com/biography.html
1953- Tenley Albright made a figure skating history by becoming the first American woman to win the world's championship. She also skated her way to a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
1957-Impresario Irvin Feld debuts his Greatest Shows of 1957 in Pittsburgh. On the bill: Clyde McPhatter, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Lavern Baker, Bill Doggett, the Moonglows, the Five Satins and more. Before it closes on May 5, the tour goes through every region of the U.S., including some such as the northern Rocky Mountain states, which have never seen a live rock and roll show before.
1957 - San Francisco Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac departs New York on the S.S. Slovenia en route for Tangier to see William Burroughs. February-March: In Tangier, Kerouac stays in a room above Burroughs at the Villa Muniria; types Burroughs' Naked Lunch manuscript (Kerouac has provided the title for the novel which Burroughs originally called Word Hoard.) In March Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky arrive in Tangier to visit Kerouac and Burroughs.
1958 - "Get A Job", by The Silhouettes, hit #1 on the music Tunedex, staying there for two weeks. One week earlier, the number one song was "Sugartime", by The McGuire Sisters, which fell off the top to be replaced by Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Start." "Get A Job" would be replaced as number one in two weeks by "Tequila", an instrumental by a studio group known as The Champs.
1958---Top Hits
Get a Job - The Silhouettes
Don't/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Catch a Falling Star/Magic Moments - Perry Como
Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
1958-Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Great Balls of Fire" and his latest release "Breathless" on "American Bandstand." Later in the day, "The Dick Clark Show," a new Saturday night rock & roll television program debuts on ABC-TV. The show features appearances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Chuck Willis, the Royal Teens and Johnnie Ray.
1964 ---Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton (Bradley fouled out with his team leading 75-63), and a 58-point outburst against Wichita State in the 1965 NCAA tournament, which was a single game record. In total, Bradley scored 2,503 points at Princeton, averaging 30.2 points per game. In 1965, Bradley became the first basketball player chosen as winner of the prestigious AAU Sullivan Award, presented to the top amateur athlete in the country. After captaining the triumphant U.S. Olympic team in 1964, Bradley graduated with honors and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford.
http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Bradley.htm
http://quest.morris.com/bradley/
1965- the new Canadian national flag was raised in Ottawa, Canada's capital on this day. The re-and-white flag with a red maple leaf in the center replaced the Red Ensign flag which had the British Union Jack in the upper left-hard corner. It is now called " the Maple Leaf" flag.
1966---Top Hits
My Love - Petula Clark
Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie
Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1969-Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" hits #1 on the pop chart.
1969- The Doors' "Touch Me" peaks at #3 on the chart.
1971---Birthday of Renee O'Connor , aka Gabrielle, born Houston, Texas. ( Gabrielle was the dutiful sidekick and devoted best friend of Xena, Warrior Princess.)
http://reneeoconnor.info/whoisrenee.php
http://www.xenaville.com/cast/renee.html
1973-Birthday of Amy VanDyken - U.S. athlete won a record four gold medals at the 1996 Olympics, the most gold medals for any US woman in one Olympics to that date. AVD has severe asthma, doctors have estimated that she gets 65 per cent of a normal person's oxygen and on her worst days, she gets 30 per cent. She has passed out during workouts Her golds were in the 50m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly and two team events.
http://www.tahoecelebritygolf.com/Players/VanDyken-Amy.html
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9910/27/chat.vandyken/index.html
1974 -Boston Bruins Center Phil Esposito scored the 1,000 the point of his career, an assist in Boston's 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Esposito finished his career with 1,590 points.
1974---Top Hits
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Americans - Byron MacGregor
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
World of Make Believe - Bill Anderson
1975- Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" hits #1 on the pop chart.
1975-- Linda Ronstadt's album Heart Like a Wheel hits #1.
1982---Top Hits
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
Open Arms - Journey
Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight - Eddie Rabbitt
1978-Leon Spinks won a 15-round split controversial decision over Muhammad Ali to capture the heavyweight championship in a fight in Las Vegas.
1979- The 1978 Grammy Award winners are announced. The "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack wins Album of the Year and the Bee Gees take home statues for Best Pop Group and Best Arrangement for Voices for "Staying Alive." Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" wins Record and Song of the Year.
1986-- Living Bibles International moved to its present headquarters in Naperville, IL. Founded in 1968 by Ken Taylor, editor of the Living Bible, LBI is an interdenominational Bible distributing agency, working in 45 countries.
1982 - An intense cyclone off the Atlantic coast capsized a drilling rig killing 84 persons, and sank a Soviet freighter resulting in 33 more deaths. The cyclone produced 80 mph winds which whipped the water into waves fifty feet high.
1986 - Whitney Houston reached the #1 spot on the music charts. Her single, "How Will I Know", replaced a song recorded by her first cousin, Dionne Warwick ("That's What Friends Are For").
1987 - A storm crossing the central U.S. produced severe thunderstorms which spawned tornadoes in Louisiana and Mississippi. Tornadoes injured four persons at Pierre Pass LA, three persons at Tangipahoa LA, two persons at Lexie MS and two persons at Nicholson MS. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 100 mph killed one person south of Sulphur LA. Jackson MS was drenched with 1.5 inches of rain in ten minutes.
1989 - Thirty-seven cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 80 degrees at Atlanta GA was a February record. Highs of 79 degrees at Chattanooga TN, 84 degrees at Columbia SC and 85 degrees at New Orleans LA equaled February records
1990---Top Hits
Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair
Two to Make It Right - Seduction
Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Southern Star - Alabama
1990 - Heavy snow also blanketed the Northern Atlantic Coast States, with ten inches reported at Buffalo NY and Mount Washington NH. Freezing rain over southern New England knocked out electricity to more than 10,000 homes in the western suburbs of Boston MA.
1995-- Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17
1995 --Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1995---Top Hits
Creep- TLC
Take A Bow- Madonna
On Bended Knee- Boyz II Men
Another Night- Real McCoy
1995- Known as the "Condor," the FBI arrested Kevin Mitnick in Raleigh, NC. It was considered by the FBI as its "most wanted hacker." He was charged him with cracking security for some of the nation's most protected computers. (Mitnick was later released after serving five years behind bars.
http://www.takedown.com/bio/mitnick.html
1997-- US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski
1997-- US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge
1998 - Dale Earnhardt finally won the Daytona 500. Earnhardt won the race on the 50th Anniversary of NASCAR, the 40th Anniversary of the Daytona 500 and his 20th running of the Daytona 500. During a post-race interview he took a stuffed toy monkey and threw it on the ground and said, "Now I have that monkey off my back!"
1998- The Rolling Stones wrap up their Bridges To Babylon North American tour in Las Vegas. The Stones played "The Joint," the 1,400 seat theatre inside the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas. Among those in attendance is Brad Pitt, Leonardo DeCaprio, Johnny Depp, Sting and Eddie Murphy. Said Mick during the show , "Well this is a fantastic audience. It's got to be the best-dressed audience I've ever seen in my life.
1999-- Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura -- a former Rolling Stones concert bodyguard -- declares today "Rolling Stones Day."
2000---Top Hits
Thank God I Found You- Mariah Carey Featuring Joe
I Knew I Loved You- Savage Garden
What A Girl Wants- Christina Aguilera
Get It On Tonite- Montell Jordan
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Winter Poem
The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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