11-19 Great American Smokeout
November 19th, 2009
Great American Smoke Out Day:
(excerpted from http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2009/11/great_american_smokeout_in_was.html)
The Center for Disease Control draws a direct correlation between lung cancer and smoking. It also states that in 2005, lung cancer killed more people that breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, lung and bronchus cancer was the third most common cancer in Warren County between 2002 and 2006, and in the span of three years 239 people in Warren County died from these cancers. Warren County also statistically surpasses the New Jersey rate for lung cancer in women.
The Great American Smokeout on Nov. 19 is the day recognized by the American Cancer Society since 1977 as a day to quit. It is a day that calls for smokers to set aside the habit for one day in hopes that they will quit completely. Not only does this tobacco holiday present the challenge for quitting but it also places emphasis on the dangers of tobacco and the valuable methods for quitting.
Link:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/greatamericans/content/Guide_to_Quitting_Smoking.asp
International Men’s Day:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day)
International Men’s Day is an international event celebrated on November 19 every year. It was inaugurated in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago and was supported by the United Nations, and received in principal support from men’s groups in USA, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Speaking on behalf of UNESCO, Director of Women and Culture of Peace Ms. Ingeborg Breines said of IMD: “This is an excellent idea and would give some gender balance.” She added that UNESCO was looking forward to cooperating with IMD organisers.
The objectives of celebrating an International Men’s Day include focusing on men’s and boy’s health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models. It is an occasion for men to highlight discrimination against them and to celebrate their achievements and contributions, in particular for their contributions to community, family, marriage, and child care.
World Toilet Day:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Toilet_Day)
World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTO focuses on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common subject of sanitation. Founded in 2001 with 15 members, it now has 151 member organizations in 53 countries working towards eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation. WTO is also the organizer of the World Toilet Summits and World Toilet Expo and Forum.
(1863) Gettysburg Address Delivered:
(excerpted from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20081119.html)
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. (Go to article.)
(1493) Discovery of Puerto Rico:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Puerto_Rico)
Located in the northeastern Caribbean, Puerto Rico formed a key part of the Spanish Empire from the early years of the exploration, conquest and colonization of the New World. The island was a major military post during many wars between Spain and other European powers for control of the region in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The smallest of the Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico was a stepping-stone in the passage from Europe to Cuba, Mexico, Central America, and the northern territories of South America. Throughout most of the 19th century until the conclusion of the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico and Cuba were the last two Spanish colonies in the New World; they served as Spain’s final outposts in a strategy to regain control of the American continents.
On September 25, 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200–1,500 men from Cádiz. On November 19, 1493 he landed on the island, naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the Baptist. The first settlement, Caparra, was founded on August 8, 1508 by Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, who later became the first governor of the island. The following year, the settlement was abandoned in favor of a nearby islet on the coast, named Puerto Rico (Rich Port), which had a suitable harbor. In 1511, a second settlement, San Germán was established in the southwestern part of the island. During the 1520s, the island took the name of Puerto Rico while the port became San Juan.
Celebrity Birthdays:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield)
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His death, two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration, made his tenure, at 199 days, the second shortest (after William Henry Harrison) in United States history.
Before his election as president, Garfield served as a major general in the United States Army and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a member of the Electoral Commission of 1876. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated; Abraham Lincoln was the first. President Garfield, a Republican, had been in office a scant four months when he was shot and fatally wounded on July 2, 1881. He lived until September 19, having served for six months and fifteen days. To date, Garfield is the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to have been elected President.
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster)
Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962), is an American actor, film director and producer.
Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim’s Island (2008).
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ryan)
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American film actress whose lead roles in five 1990s romantic comedies – When Harry Met Sally…, Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, City of Angels and You’ve Got Mail – grossed over $870 million worldwide.
Her first full-blown hit in a leading role was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally… (1989) which paired her with comedic leading man Billy Crystal. Her portrayal of Sally Albright, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, is memorable for her depiction of a theatrically faked orgasm in Katz’s Delicatessen in Manhattan.
Ryan then starred in The Doors and in Prelude to a Kiss. Both films were moderately successful. 1993 saw the release of the hugely successful romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, which paired Ryan with leading man Tom Hanks for the second of three times.
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