RICHMOND BRAVES LEAVING TOWN

After 42 years in the City of Richmond the Richmond Braves appear to be leaving town and will be moving to Gwinnett County, Georgia. The City of Richmond simply drug there feet on this one, the Braves wanted a new stadium and the city just kept putting it off, they kept saying they were doing studies on the matter but could never come up with a resolution to the problem. I guess Atlanta had enough and decided to pull the plug on the City of Richmond. However the same day Atlanta said they were leaving the city the mayor unveils a new stadium plan, I don't think this was a coincidence, the City of Richmond was trying save there face. The Colonial Heights girls and boys basketball teams will be back in action tonight against Petersburg, the girls team will be at Petersburg while the boys team will be at home. I am going to try to make the boys game tonight but my foot has been acting up a bit since last night and yes my AIP has been elevated again. MICKEY

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

1936 - The first all glass, windowless building was completed in Toledo, Ohio as the home of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company Laboratory.
1943 - The world’s largest office building was completed, just outside of Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The massive structure covers 34 acres of land and has 17 miles of corridors, plus, a whole lot of secret places that we’ll never know about. Why? Because it’s the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States defense effort.
1953 - Harry S Truman became the first U.S. President to use radio and television to say farewell as he left office.
1967 - Super Bowl I (at Los Angeles): Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10. Most Valuable Player was Packers’ QB, Bart Starr. Max McGee scored the first touchdown. 61,946 fans attended the game at ten bucks a ticket.
1987 - Paramount Home Video reported that, for the first time, it would place a commercial at the front of one of its video releases: a 30-second Diet Pepsi ad at the beginning of Top Gun. The idea was that Paramount would be able to reduce the price of the video to consumers by $3. The difference would be made up with Pepsi money and more consumers would buy the Tom Cruise flick rather than more expensive videos without the commercial.
1990 - ‘Big’ George Foreman, on the comeback-trail at 42 years of age, knocked out Gerry Cooney in the second round at Atlantic City, NJ. (Foreman became the oldest [age 45] ever to win the heavyweight title when he knocked out Michael Moorer on Nov 5, 1994.)

Venture out
Can you find it within yourself to appreciate and even enjoy what you do not like? By so doing, you will experience a sense of acceptance, peace and power.

Can you learn to be understanding and patient when you have been angered, frustrated, or inconvenienced? Do so, and you'll discover a highly effective way to move forward no matter what.

Are you able to respect and explore an opinion or perspective with which you disagree? That can add real strength and conviction to your own perspective.

Life's richness does not come from just staying with what is familiar, comfortable and pleasurable. It is when you venture out, away from the familiar, that you grow stronger and more capable.

Hold tightly to your core values while at the same time opening your mind and your heart to new thoughts, feelings and experiences. Your own perspective will grow stronger when you look at it from other perspectives.

Find ways to provide a healthy challenge for your understanding of life. And you'll learn to understand, to discover and to experience so very much more.
-- Ralph Marston

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