Friday, January 6, 2012

#5!!!!

Hi All,

Lots of interesting and useful links are associated with the number 5!

5 Line - MTA Home - this is the link to the MTA site that has lots of information (stops, transfers, prices and more) for the Lexington Avenue Express line in NYC. Goofy, but fun.

Goal 5 From the United Nations: End Poverty 2015 - Millennium Development Goals. Information about the UN's goal of improving maternal health by reducing by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio. Very powerful information and quite admirable material.

HTML 5 - brought to you by the W3C this is the editors draft of the document that discusses 'A vocabulary and associated API's for HTML ad XHTML. Interesting reading for the inner techie in all of us. Sort of....

Wikipedia Entry For the Number 5 - in particular the section under sports is interesting. Many players who wore uniform number 5 have had their number retired. Specifically...Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles), Johnny Bench (Cincinnati Reds), Lou Boudreau (Cleveland Indians), Hank Greenberg (Detroit Tigers), George Brett (Kansas City Royals), Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) and others...Click on this link for more information on the number 5 from Wikipedia. Specifically the section on sports is interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_(number)
Coco Chanel - perfumer - designer of the perfume named Chanel No. 5. Click on this link for more information on this world renowned fragrance:
Keating Five - were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989 which ignited a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Click on this link for the entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
Symbol of the Olympic Rings - simply put the rings represent the five parts of the world which are now (in 1914 when the charter was written) are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. Click on this link for more information about the five intertwined rings that have come to be a symbol of the modern Olympics.
So there you go; 7 interesting links that represent the number 5 pretty well.
Enjoy,
Stu

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