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May 9, 2024, 12:40 pm: Check out all six daily snapshot pages using the navigation arrows at the bottom of each page to view a daily (and in some cases hourly) snapshot of weather, news, market information, posts, videos, retirement locations, daily deals and more.

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Check out the Latest Post	Thoughts For Today
or this Random Post selection from our blog	Retirement and Cycling
or this Random Page selection from our site	Investing Basics – Stocks, Structured Notes and Target Date Funds

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Retirement Location selection

		Napa, California The City of Napa offers a growing list of Zagat-rated restaurants, more than 20 wine bars and tasting rooms, top quality lodging, theaters and galleries, and diverse shopping opportunities. Napa is an old City by California standards, founded in 1847. It’s a place with a colorful past – a jumping off point for 49ers bound for the gold rush, birthplace of famous leather, and neighbor to some of the most prestigious vineyards in the world.
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Visit/Retire: Bend

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Calculator selection

Calculators: Body Mass The Body Mass calculator can be used to determine the BMI and the chart that follows provides the various ranges.

Quote selection

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it - H L Mencken

Joke selection

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

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Today’s Birthdays

Famous Birthdays | OnThisDay.com

Daily famous and celebrity birthdays from OnThisDay.com.

Famous Birthdays for 9th May 2024

1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese founder of bakufu and 1st shogun, born in Atsuta (d. 1199)
1833 - Boleslaw Dembinski, Polish organist and composer, born in Poznań (d. 1914)
1866 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian social reformer and leader of Indian Independence Movement, born in Kotluk, Dist. Ratnagiri, Bombay Presidency, British India (d. 1915)
1909 - Don Messer, Canadian folk fiddler, and television host (Jubilee, 1959-73), born in Tweedside, New Brunswick (d. 1973)
1914 - Josef Muller-Brockmann 'Father of Swiss Graphic Design', Swiss graphic designer and writer, born in Rapperswil, Switzerland (d. 1996)
1925 - Peter Leng, British Army officer (Master General of the Ordnance, Command of the British Army forces in Northern Ireland) (d. 2009)
1936 - Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), born in London (d. 2017)
1947 - Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone), born in East Northamptonshire, England
1948 - John Mahaffey, American golfer (PGA Championship 1978; 10 PGA Tour titles), born in Kerrville, Texas
1951 - Joy Harjo, American poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Posted: May 9, 2024, 4:04 am

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