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how could i forget someone like i was incorporating songs. if you don t know them in the next hour, you ll hear a tornillo of them. but it s happy birthday time for adele. adele, the singer. 35 years young today. when she was born 35 years ago this day, ronald reagan was still president. maggie thatcher was president. roll-up jeans and high tops were the rage. little did we know that a pop sensation was about to take it by storm and capture the hearts of millions, including yours truly. we broke it first on fox. the dust up with one adele. only my favorite singer. the bad news is in the middle of october, we could run out of cash. the good news is about the same time that adele will release a new song. look what it did to the marks. they re calling it the adele rally. maybe they re not. i am. i picked up the phone one time and she answered hello. thank you, adenim. he locally to you. he s a big story. now, let me be clear, not like adele, suddenly quitting a pro
About the postcivil war south. 1865 to 1900 and the postcivil war west, that same time frame. Todays topic is called the gilded age. Roughly again, postcivil war up to 1900. But this lecture is really about america becoming an Industrial Power industrialization is going to be the key to understanding whats going on in the postcivil war north. Okay, ill explain the title gilded age in a few minutes because it has roots here in our own state of missouri. But to talk about america becoming an Industrial Power, there are certain sets of conditions that we need for that process to occur. For example, if youre going to become an Industrial Power, you need to have an abundance of Mineral Resources. Coal. Iron ore. Copper, tin, zinc. All kinds of things such as that. And whats fortunate for the United States is that we are blessed with all of those materials in our own country. Weve got huge pockets of coal in western pennsylvania. Eastern kentucky. We have ore around lake michigan. We have le
Todays topic is called the gilded age. Roughly again, postcivil war up to 1900. But this lecture is really about america becoming an Industrial Power industrialization is going to be the key to understanding whats going on in the postcivil war north. Okay, ill explain the title gilded age in a few minutes because it has roots here in our own state of missouri. But to talk about america becoming an Industrial Power, there are certain sets of conditions that we need for that process to occur. For example, if youre going to become an Industrial Power, you need to have an abundance of Mineral Resources. Coal. Iron ore. Copper, tin, zinc. All kinds of things such as that. And whats fortunate for the United States is that we are blessed with all of those materials in our own country. Weve got huge pockets of coal in western pennsylvania. Eastern kentucky. We have ore around lake michigan. We have led in copper and zinc out in the southwest arizona, new mexico. You know, there are some nation
Tax plan say its a common sense way to give them the help they need. Tax relief could soon be coming to thousands of businesses around San Francisco. On monday, two Business Leaders submitted a proposed measure that would overhaul the citys tax system. Lori thomas, the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association, was one of those people we know that any relief we can give, even if its a couple thousand dollars a year to our Small Businesses, is a nod in the right direction. If passed by voters in november, the proposal would simplify the citys notoriously complex tax system. It would also allow Small Businesses with revenue under 5 million to be exempt from business taxes, up from the current level of 2 million. Its a move that proponents say would allow for more Business Expansion and hiring. Almost 90 of our restaurants, 60 of our Retail Businesses would be completely exempt from our gross receipts tax at the palette tea house in ghirardelli square, owner dennis long