Detailed History of Floyd Bennett Field  In May of 1927 Charles Lindbergh flew non-stop from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris.  Billed as the New York to Paris flight, it actually took place outside of the city limits.  New York City wanted an airport within the city limits.  A city panel selected Barren Island in Brooklyn as the location for New York's first municipal airport and it was named Floyd Bennett Field.  Floyd Bennett was the naval pilot for Commander Richard E. Byrd's flight over the North Pole in 1926.  He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.  Floyd Bennett Field was dedicated on May 23, 1931.  It was rated A-1-A, the highest classification of the Civil Aeronautics Board.  It boasted concrete runways, fours hangers that could service the largest aircraft of the day, and an Administration Building that served as a terminal.  Floyd Bennett Field was a popular site for aviators who were seeking to break records.  Twenty-six around the world or transatlantic flights started or ended at Floyd Bennett Field between 1931 and 1939.  New York City found a more convenient location for a municipal airport that was closer to transportation. Municipal Airport #2, now known as LaGuardia Airport, opened in 1939.  The city sold Floyd Bennett Field to the U.S. Navy.  On June 2, 1941, Naval Air Station New York was dedicated at Floyd Bennett Field.  Floyd Bennett Field's service didn't end at the war's end however.  It was redesignated a Naval Air Reserve Training Station in 1946.  With the Cold War and the Korea War intensifying the site was again redesignated.  This time it became a Naval Air Station within the Naval Air Reserve System.  Navy and Marine Aircraft Squadrons called the Field home and reserve units trained on weekends.  With the U.S. scaling back the Vietnam War effort, Floyd Bennett Field was no longer needed.  In 1971, the U.S. Navy deactivated the Field.  Soon thereafter, the National Park Service made the location part of Gateway NRA.  https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/fbf.htm

The Louisiana State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge.  At 450 feet (137 m) tall and with 34 stories, it is the tallest building in Baton Rouge, the seventh tallest building in Louisiana, and tallest capitol in the United States.  It is located on a 27-acre tract, which includes the capitol gardens.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.  In order to secure the mouth of the Mississippi River for the French, the town of New Orleans was founded in 1718 and became the capital for colony of Louisiana in 1722.  In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ceded the portion of Louisiana that was west of the Mississippi River, as well as New Orleans, to Spain and the remaining territory east of the Mississippi was turned over to Great Britain.  The French reclaimed Louisiana from the Spanish in 1803 after the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800; the territory was then sold as the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.  The formal transfers of Louisiana from Spain to France took place in front of the colonial seat of government The Cabildo in November 1803, with the transfer from France to the U.S. occurring there, as well, less than a month later.  The State Legislature passed a resolution declaring that the seat of government be moved to a "more convenient place" than New Orleans.  No action was taken until 1829 when the Legislature voted to move to Donaldsonville.  It convened for the first time in Donaldsonville in January 1831, became "dissatisfied with the quarters there", and adjourned shortly thereafter to return to New Orleans.  Included in the Louisiana State Constitution of 1845 was a clause that required the state capital to be moved from New Orleans by 1849.  The city of Baton Rouge donated a plot of land situated on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River to the state on September 7 for the construction of the new capitol.  With the start of the Civil War in 1861, and the occupation of both New Orleans and Baton Rouge by the Union Army, the location of the state government was moved to Opelousas in 1862, and then to Shreveport in 1864.  The State Legislature returned to Baton Rouge, after the completion of the renovations, on May 8, 1882.  By the 1920s, the Old State Capitol was starting to show its age and proving to be too small for the expanding state government.  The designs for the new capitol consisted of a modern skyscraper, sited on the former campus of the Louisiana State University.  By November 1930, the designs for the building were finalized, and, on December 16, construction of the capitol was started.  Despite being completed in little over a year, the State Capitol was not dedicated until May 16, 1932, during the inauguration of Governor Oscar K. Allen.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Capitol  See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_capitols_in_the_United_States

To assure is to remove doubt, or confidently tell someone about something.  It's generally followed by an object, so you assure someone.   Ensure, on the other hand, means to make certain a thing will (or won't) happen.  Finally, use insure when you need insurance.  To insure is to arrange for financial compensation against the loss of something or against someone getting hurt or dying.  https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/assure-ensure-insure/

May 3, 2017  Ivanka Trump's Women Who Work is the latest entry in the crowded "having-it-all" genre—the ocean of books aimed at helping women navigate their careers.  The book, an outgrowth of a marketing campaign she launched at her company (as the New York Times reported), is a quick read at 217 pages.  Trump describes her book as a "manual for architecting the life you want to live."  It's more overtly self-help oriented than, say, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In—perhaps the best-known book about women and work of the last decade.  There is at least one major similarity between the two:  Both books are clearly geared more toward white-collar women than pink- or blue-collar.  But the aims are also starkly different.  In Lean In, Sandberg carefully made the case for why the book needed to exist:  by amassing anecdotes, studies and polls, her book told a story of a society that discriminates against women, training them to be less ambitious than men.  For her part, Trump writes that she hopes her book "will help our generation change the narrative around women and work."  But rather than laying out the specifics of that narrative, she moves straight on to the advice about "architecting" that dream life.  In doing so, she focuses on internal struggles:  seeking fulfillment, rather than seeking out a seat at the conference table.  Danielle Kurtzleben  Read more at http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526558242/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ivanka-trump-s-new-book-without-actually-readi

Mujaddara Arabic Lentil Rice  http://allrecipes.com/recipe/214780/mujaddara-arabic-lentil-rice/  A comfort food that you can vary using vegetable broth rather than water, and if desired, add yogurt on top.

“Just” can be both an adjective, as in “a just cause,” and an adverb, as in “I just got home.”  Remember, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.  http://sites.macewan.ca/bcsblog/2012/01/31/teaching-grammar-point-watch-out-for-the-word-just/

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) is not a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Rather, it repeals some parts and keeps others.  What is repealed?  What is kept?  Find out at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/everything-need-know-new-gop-health-care-bill/

Read the American Health Care Act of 2017 at https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628

Kentucky Derby 143rd race  Where: Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky  Post Time: Saturday, May 6, at 6:34 p.m. ET  Watch: NBC  Tim Daniels  Read more and see pictures at

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2705972-kentucky-derby-2017-post-time-start-time-schedule-and-more-for-143rd-race

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 1704  May 5, 2017  On this date in 1864, Nellie Bly, American journalist and author, was born.  On this date in 1973, Secretariat won the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, an as-yet unbeaten record.