Saving the Pooch

Click to view more photos and the story about how this gentleman saved the dog.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/156dc8a4bca1fa46?projector=1

Morning in Sarasota

News is Bad For You

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier

https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/n/newsflash.asp

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier.

Click to read the article.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli

No News is Good News

Sassquatch

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Centennial Homecoming Weekend October 13-15, 2016

Click to view the invitation


Contact if you need more informationL

Katrina Richard <empehicentennial@gmail.com>

Class On Chicago

I teach a class on Chicago. Most of the course is on the blog below.

chicagocityofbigshoulders.blogspot.com

I am sure that I missed a number of different Chicago stories. If you want to share them email them to me and I will add them to the blog.

craighullinger@gmail.com

Click Here If You Want to See the Old Look EMPEHI Blog

Click here if you prefer the Old Look EMPEHI Blog

empehiold.blogspot.com

Origins and Locations of People Who Share Your Last Name

You can locate current and sometimes historical locations of people who share your last name.  It is a great way to help you find where your ancestors originated.

Click on the link below and type in your own name to see the distribution.

ancestry.com/learn/facts

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org

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Choose the country from the table below you are interested in, click on the link, type in your name, and take a look at the map.


Tracing Immigrant Origins    United States    Emigration and Immigration    Surname Distribution Maps 

Sometimes it is possible to guess where a surname originated through surname distribution maps. These maps graphically display locations where surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a starting point for research in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered through sources recorded in the new country of settlement. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same European locations for centuries.

Online Surname Distribution Maps

Country	Website
World Names	http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
Argentina	http://www.miparentela.com/mapas-ar/
Austria	http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx
Belgium	http://www.familienaam.be/
Canada	http://www.dynastree.ca/
Czech Republic	http://www.kdejsme.cz/
England	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
England	http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/
England ($)	http://www.rootsuk.com/
France	http://www.geopatronyme.com/
France	http://www.genealogie.com/v2/services-nom-de-famille/
France	http://www.familleunie.fr/cartes
Germany	http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx
Germany	http://www.verwandt.de/karten/
Germany	http://www.gen-evolu.de/
Ireland	http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/
Italy	http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html
Netherlands	http://www.verwant.nl/kaarten
Netherlands	http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng
Poland	http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/
Spain	https://idapadron.ine.es/fapel/FAPEL.INICIO
Spain	http://www.miparentela.com/mapas
Spain	http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel.htm?L=0
Switzerland	http://www.verwandt.ch/karten/
United Kingdom	http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps
United Kingdom	http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames
United States	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
United States	http://www.dynastree.com/maps
Wales	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
Wales	http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/
Wales	http://www.rootsuk.com/

External links

• Geogenealogy surname mapping website
• Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas CD for detailed mapping of British surnames in the 1881 census

O'Hare is America's Most Dangerous Airport

Why O'Hare is America's most dangerous airport--and why it will get worse

By Dennis Byrne, October 13, 2011

And Midway is Number 12

A new study based on Federal Aviation Administration statistics shows that O'Hare International Airport is the nation's most dangerous airport.

The study is based on the number and potential severity near-collision between airplanes incidents at the airports.  (See the full methodology.)

Travel and Leisure Magazine, which conducted the study, cited a previously reported 2006 incident in which United Airlines Fllight 1015 , speeding down a runway for takeoff narrowly avoided crashing into an Atlas Air 757 cargo plane taxing directly into its path. (The Tribune has reported extensively on such runway "incursions," but this is the first time that I've seen a comparative list compiled of all America's airports.)

Click to read the full article:

http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2011/10/why-ohare-is-americas-most-dangerous-airport-and-why-it-will-get-worse/

History of O'Hare International Airport

Since the site was chosen for Chicago's new airport in 1945, O'Hare has quickly grown into one of the busiest and most well-known airports in the world. Take a look at how O'Hare has changed over the years, and how we continue to change and update Chicago's number one gateway to the world. 

FROM ORCHARD FIELD TO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 1945 - 1959

• In 1945, a Site Selection Committee appointed by Mayor Edward Kelly chose Orchard Field, the location of a Douglas aircraft assembly plant located on the northwest side of Chicago, as the site for a new Chicago airport. The site had four concrete runways.

• Temporary runway lights were added in 1946.

• In 1949, the Chicago City Council renamed Orchard Field as Chicago-O'Hare International Airport to honor naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare, a Medal of Honor recipient from Chicago who died in World War II.

• O'Hare International Airport officially opened to commercial air traffic in 1955 and served 176,902 passengers in its first year.

Click to read more of the history of O'Hare International Airport.

http://www.flychicago.com/OHare/EN/AboutUs/Pages/History.aspx

O'Hare as it is today after billions of dollars of improvements.

Third Airport For Chicago - Land Acquisition

The map above shows land acquisition status for the planned third airport for Chicago. The red is the land already required while the green parcels are the land needed for the development of the inaugural two runway airport. The blue shows the land needed for the planned 6 runway airport.

I have been involved with this issue all of my professional career. The first planning document I ever read on the plan was in 1968 when it was planned to be located to the east of the present location.  The planning and environmental documents would probably fill a large room. The planned airport is south of Chicago, with access planned from I-57 and IL Route 50.

The planning for the airport was very difficult and controversial. Planning a major airport is much like bathing a large angry elephant. It is very large, difficult, and you can definitely get hurt.

To get a perspective on the size of this airport, here is one square mile which is the size of Midway Airport, once the busiest airport in the world and still a very busy second airport for Chicago. Environmental regulations require very large distances from new major airports far exceeding the distances of existing airports.

It will likely be some time before the airport is actually built. It requires airlines to commit to using the airport, and there are few developers with the capacity to build the airport. And the existing major airlines in Chicago do not want competition.

http://www.southsuburbanairport.com

http://www.southsuburbanairport.com/LandAcquisition/images/SSALandAcquistion_20160627.pdf

Centennial Homecoming Weekend

Homecoming Weekend Package - $140.00

Includes:

• (1) Ticket to Homecoming Game
• (1) Ticket to Centennial Gala
• (1) Limited Edition Keepsake
• (1) T-Shirt
• (1) Hoodie
• (1) Carnival Pass

* You may purchase items separately, however you save $20 by purchasing the whole package

HOST HOTEL: Alsip DoubleTree (5000 West 127th. St, Alsip, IL 60803)

Group Rate:  $130.00*/night

*You must book your room by September 7th, 2016 in order to lock in this rate

Reservations can be made at  www.alsipdoubletree.com or by calling 1-800-222-8733

The Group Booking Code is MPC

For More Information or to purchase tickets you may:

• Call 773-891-5387
• Email empehicentennial@gmail.com
• Click the following link and purchase online:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mphs-centennial-homecoming-weekend-tickets-26669834192 

Views From the Top of the Golden Gate Bridge:

Views From the Top of the Golden Gate Bridge

Click to see more views from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge:

https://medium.com/@stevemnich /top-of-the-golden-gate- bridge-13c14ff7c3ac#.nn55tg4ia

EMPEHI Mid 60 Alumni

We are the Mustangs,

The Mighty Mighty Mustangs,

Everywhere we go-oooh,

People want to know - oooh!

So we tell them,

Who we are-rrrr


Etc etc

EMPEHI Mustang

Who Knew? The Location of the Fuel Door on your Rental Car

Gas Tanks: Why Aren’t All Fuel Doors on the Same Side?

• By Mac Demere

https://blog.allstate.com/gas-tanks-arent-on-same-side/Quick: On which side is your vehicle’s fuel door? Must you look at the little diamond-shaped arrow on the fuel gauge EVERY time you fill up to know which side holds the fuel filler? Have you ever pulled to the fuel island to discover you’re on the wrong side? Did you utter bad…Allstatehttps://blog.allstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Fuel-Door-Thinkstock.jpg

Last week while driving a rental car, I pulled up at a gas station and experienced the dreaded “Oh no!” moment: I had no idea on which side of my car the gas cap was located. If you’re like me, the initial “Oh no!” is followed by a few moments of awkwardly craning your neck out the window in hopes of seeing (or not seeing) the gas door on the driver’s side. More often than not, however, I guess and just pull up to the pump – only to back up and circle around when my guess is wrong.

Arrow Indicators on New Cars?

Mistaking the gas cap location may seem like a minor inconvenience. But, what if there were a way to always know on which side it were located, without ever exiting the vehicle?

Good news: The secret to the gas cap location has been on our dashboards all along. If you are driving a newer car (as many rental cars are), then take a look at the arrow by the gas gauge on your dashboard. Depending on your car, it may look like a triangle pointing to the left or right.

What does this mysterious arrow mean? It’s a directional indicator that identifies which side of the vehicle the gas tank is located. For example, if the arrow points to the left, it means the gas cap is located on the left side, so the car should be parked to the right of the gas pump.

Click to read the full article:  https://blog.allstate.com/gas-tanks-arent-on-same-side/?cid=CSY-PB-ZM-PA-z1170380outbrain__008c008cc87ed9fc05c2a00070d487ce571z:gas_tanks_why_aretn_all_fuel_doors_on_the_same_side#allstate.com