Did you know that James Fitzsimmons is the only Trainer, to have have trained two horses who won the Tripple Crown?

Did you know that there has been 11Triple Crown Winners of Horse Racing?

Sir Barton

Gallant Fox

Omaha

War Admiral

Whirlaway

Count Fleet

Assault

Citation

Secretariat

Seattle Slew

Affirmed

Triple Crown Trophy

   
Did you know that the Triple Crown Trophy is the most prestigious Trophy in horse racing?

Date	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1919	Sir Barton	John Loftus	H. G. Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	James Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud
1935	Omaha	William Saunders	James Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud
1937	War Admiral	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	Samuel D. Riddle
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm
1943	Count Fleet	John Longden	Don Cameron	Mrs. J. D. Hertz
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch
1948	Citation	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet	William Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor
1978	Affirmed	Steve Cauthen	Lazaro S. Barrera	Harbor View Farm

Did you know that James Fitzsimmons is the only Trainer,  to have have trained two horses who won the Triple Crown Trophy?


Did you know that Two of Fitzsimmons  champions, Gallant Fox (1930) and Omaha (1935) won the Triple Crown?.


Did you know that Fitzsimmons sent out 155 stakes-winning horses that won more than 470 stakes races and he trained 12 champions?

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Did you know that Tom Lee Park was named after a black man?

Did you know that Tom Lee Park is a city park located to the immediate west of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, overlooking the Mississippi River?

Did you know that the Tom Lee park is named after Tom Lee, an African-American riverworker, who saved the lives of 32 passengers of the sinking steamboat M.E. Norman in 1925?





Did you know that Tom Lee park hosts events throughout the year, perhaps most notably the major weekend events during Memphis in May?

Did you know that Tom Lee Park is a popular location for walkers, joggers, roller bladders and cyclists?

Tom Lee (ca. 1925)

Late during the afternoon of May 8, 1925, Lee steered his 28 ft (8.5 m) skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena, Arkansas.
Also on the river was a steamboat, the M.E. Norman, carrying members of the Engineers Club of Memphis, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and their families.^[1]

Did you know that Tom Lee witnessed the M.E. Norman capsize in the swift current 15 mi (24 km) downriver from Memphis at Cow Island Bend. Although he could not swim, he rescued 32 people with five trips to shore?

Did you know that because Lee acted so fast that only 23 people died?

Did you know that to honor the hero Tom Lee, the Memphis Engineers Club raised enough money to purchase a house for Lee and his wife?

Did you know that Tom Lee died of cancer on April 1, 1952 at John Gaston Hospital?

Did you know that two years after his death, the park along the Memphis Riverfront was named in his honor and a granite obelisk was erected?

David Alan Clark

Did you know that in October 2006, a bronze sculpture by artist David Alan Clark ^[2] was erected in the park to commemorate the event and to honor the civil hero?

 The sculpture depicts the rescue of a survivor saved from drowning in the Mississippi River.^[3]

Did you know that the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, held the third weekend of May, is the world's largest pork barbecue cooking competition, attracting hundreds of competitors to Tom Lee Park from around the world?






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Did you know that the 1990–91 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team was the first college team to draft the 5 starters?

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1991	1	1	Larry Johnson	Charlotte Hornets
1991	1	9	Stacey Augmon	Atlanta Hawks
1991	1	12	Greg Anthony	New York Knicks
1991	2	29	George Ackles	New York Knicks
1992	1	25	Elmore Spencer	Los Angeles Clippers

Did you know that the 1990–91 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team defeated Duke University, in the biggest blowout in college basketball championship game history, 103-73, to win the NCAA National Championship?

Did you know that the 1990–91 UNLV also was a first Division I National Championship in one of the three major sports?

Did you know that the 1998 UNLV golf team won the school's second team National Championship?

Did you know that the 1990–91 UNLV Runnin' Rebels also have won six individual national championships: 2 mens golf, 2 mens tennis, 2 women's track and field? 

 

Did you know that the National Institutes of Health estimates that 15 million people in the United States have some form of eczema?

Did you know that Eczema is a skin condition that creates inflammatory response to physical or environmental irritants?

Did you know that the red, itchy, and flaky skin that appears in eczema is a result of the skin's oversensitivity to external irritants?

Did you know that anybody can get eczema? although those with a family history will have a greater predisposition of developing the disease

. Did you know there is currently no cure for this condition, although there are treatments that may help to alleviate the itchy symptoms?

Did you know that the process Lichenification occurs when eczema patches ooze liquid? When the skin heals, it thickens and can radiate a leathery appearance at spots where the eczema reaction occurs.

Did you know that allergic reactions to fruit, meat, animal dander, dust, soaps, and viruses can trigger an episode of eczema?

Did you know that stress, can also induce a reaction from eczema? 

Did you know that the National Institutes of Health estimates that 15 million people in the United States have some form of eczema? 

Did you know that about 10 to 20 percent of all infants have eczema?

Did you know one of the most important components of eczema treatment is to prevent scratching?

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If you are employed at will, your employer does not need good cause to fire you?

Did you know that if you are employed at-will, your employer does not need good cause to fire you?

Did you know that 3 states do not support the at will law of employment? 

Did you know that the 3 states are Montana, Arkansas & Arizona?

Montana
Law Against At Will Doctrine
Montana Bill Search

Arkansas Bill Search
Interim Bill Providing for replacement of at-will doctrine with wrongful employment termination act
Notes on Bill (enter HR1053)

Arizona
State Statutes offer employee protection if employer breaks public policy.
Statutes also offer protection against constructive discharge 

Did you know with at will employment, if the employer decides to let you go, that you have very limited legal rights to fight your termination?

Did you know that you have rights as an At-Will Employee? 

Did you know as an at-will employee that you cannot be fired for reasons that are illegal under state and federal law?

Did you know that in these situations, the government has decided to make an exception to the general rule of at-will-employment?

Did you know that you can not be fired because you have complained about illegal activity, about discrimination or harassment, or about health and safety violations in the workplace?

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Did you know that Memphis was featured on the First 48 for several years because of the high murders per 100,000 people?

 Did you know that Memphis TN is one of the top 10 of cities in the US in obesity, bankruptcy, robbery, murder and infant mortality?

Did you know that Memphis was featured on the First 48 for several years because of the high murders per 100,000 people? 

Did you know that (SIDS) means Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?

Did you know that black babies die almost three times as often as white babies in Memphis Tennessee?

Did you know that a Safe Haven Law was passed in July of 2001, that  law was aimed at preventing mothers of unwanted children from dumping them in garbage bins and other places where the babies would die or become ill?

Did you know that the Safe Haven law allows mothers to drop off unwanted children at any medical or emergency facility, such as a fire station, with no questions asked, as long as the child is unharmed and has been born in the last 72 hours?




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DID YOU KNOW THAT JULY 2011 HAS 5 FRIDAYS, 5 SATURDAYS AND 5 SUNDAYS?

 DID YOU KNOW THAT JULY 2011 HAD 5 FRIDAYS, 5 SATURDAYS AND 5 SUNDAYS?

DID YOU KNOW THAT 5 FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE 1ST FALLS ON A MONDAY?

DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS EVENTS HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 823 YEARS?

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