City settles on new slogan
Jacksonville Business Journal - December 9, 2004
by Liz Flaisig

The city of Jacksonville's $91,000 branding campaign design is finished eight months after hiring local marketing firm the Dalton Agency.

"Jacksonville, Where Florida Begins" will be rolled out sometime before Super Bowl XXXIX on Feb. 6, said Susie Wiles, spokeswoman for Mayor John Peyton's office.

Martha Stewart will host an hour-long, daily syndicated show with a live audience when she gets out of prison, her multimedia and home fashions company said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

Audience members and special guests will "participate and interact with Martha" during the tapings, and topics will include cooking, entertaining, decorating and home renovating, according to a statement released by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.

The show is to be launched in the fall of 2005. Stewart gets out of prison in March, and is to complete her house arrest the following August.

• Nostradamus (14 DEC 1503)
• Jane Austen (16 DEC 1775)
• Tina Turner (26 DEC 1938)
• Steven Spielberg (18 DEC 1947)
• Brad Pitt (18 DEC 1963)
• Diego Rivera (8 DEC 1886)
• Frank Sinatra (12 DEC 1915)
• Frank Zappa (21 DEC 1940)
• Martin Van Buren (5 DEC 1782)
• Mark Twain (30 NOV 1885)
• "Lucky" Luciano (24 NOV 1897)
• Fiorello LaGuardia (11 DEC 1882)
• George Armstrong Custer (5 DEC 1839)

1941: China declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. The Chinese Government hereby declares that as from midnight, December 9, 1941, a state of war exists between China and Germany and between China and Italy. The Chinese Government further declares that all treaties, conventions, agreements, and contracts regarding relations between China and Germany and between China and Italy are and remain null and void.

1992: U.S Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia On this day in 1992, 1,800 United States Marines arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, to spearhead a multinational force aimed at restoring order.

1775: Patriots gain control of Virginia (War of the Revolution)
1835: The Texan Army captures San Antonio
1854: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson is published
1861: Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created (Civil War)
1917: Jerusalem surrenders to British troops (World War I)
1950: Harry Gold sent to prison for his role in atomic espionage
1958: John Birch Society founded
1975: Newspaper reports on bombing over North Vietnam (Vietnam Conflict)
1990: Walesa elected president of Poland
1992: Separation of Charles and Diana announced
1993: The Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman II missile silos eliminated under arms control treaty.
2002: United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history, losing $4 billion the previous two years
2004: Canada's Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional

George W. Bush (Junior) is President
Dick Cheny is Vice President

• George W. Bush nominates Jim Nicholson, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, as his nominee for Veterans Affairs Secretary replacing out going Secretary Anthony Principi.
• Police discover four packages of suspected explosives at the Taipei main railway station shortly before the legislative election is to take place. (Reuters)
• Japan and Germany have jointly declared they want permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council with the veto power of the five current permanent members.(VOA)
• The British Law Lords hold treatment of Czech Roma by UK immigration officers at Prague airport to be discriminatory. (opinions) Since the enlargement of the European Union earlier this year, free movement of EU citizens includes Czechs. (Guardian) (BBC)
• Lord Dubs presents the Succession to the Crown Bill (bill) in the United Kingdom Parliament. (Guardian)
• Acting on a reference from Parliament, the Canadian Supreme Court states that a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada would be constitutional. They decline to say if the Constitution requires that recognition, saying that by not appealing several provincial courts' decisions to that effect, the government has already adopted that position. (CBC)
• Prime Minister Paul Martin says his government will introduce same-sex marriage legislation in January. (CBC)
  In a move denounced as "unconstitutional" by the opposition, Ecuador's Congress dismisses all 31 of the country's supreme court justices. (BBC)
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
  Israeli troops kill at least four Palestinians found crawling into Egypt on the Gaza Border. (China View) (Haaretz) Palestinian presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti claims to have been "detained and beaten" by Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. (BBC)
• The government of Lesotho announces plans to give women legal equality and property rights within a year. (Reuters)
• The International Rescue Committee says that the Congo Civil War is killing 1000 people a day and calls the international response "abysmal". (BBC)

It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.

While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker concludes his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk.

Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles Doctor Octavius (aka Doc Ock), a brilliant scientist with mechanical tentacles to do his bidding.

The Passion of The Christ is a film detailing about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life.  The movie was nominated for 3 Oscars, won 17 other awards and had 13 more nominations.

A straight-arrow high-school senior falls in love with the perfect 'girl-next-door', only to discover she is a former porn star. He comes to realize that if he wants this very special woman, he better be willing to risk it all and experience a journey for which he never could have prepared.

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

The notorious monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle..