Monday 4-5

5 April 2010~~Week 15 of 2010: 95 days this year…270 days remain

‡ Scottish Proverbs 

Never show your teeth unless you can bite

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

• Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1966 ►Timothy Leary spoke at New York’s Town Hall and compared LSD to a microscope saying that the drug “is to psychology what the microscope is to biology”

‡ Free Ramblings   

We had a very windy Easter in Flagstaff. We made it to 60° but the 40mph gusts and steady winds of about 30mph made it a day to stay inside. I’m sure this changed a lot of Easter Picnic plans. I didn’t have any big plans for Easter so things were pretty normal around here.

I watched a news story today on two companies who own ‘genes’. Very scary stuff. They discover the DNA gene that cause some inherited disease—in one case breast cancer—and then they can patent that gene. This means that they are the only company that can test for the gene. Thus they can charge whatever they want for the test. Amazing. The Federal Government Patent Office says that I am carrying around genes that are owned by someone else. I hope that company doesn’t plan a recall of all the genes they own.

Another earthquake. While it was in Mexico, it was felt around California and Arizona. No one I know in Flagstaff felt it, but there was a news report that someone in Winslow did feel it. A little hard to believe. In this time of instant communication, when a quake hits, the first thing that goes is communications. Also in big quakes are water and electricity. The news media notifies the world of the earthquake within minutes. It takes many hours for more information. We know there was a quake, but we don’t know the damage. Without electricity, we are lost. News crews have to drive to the site, and upon arriving, may not be able to broadcast. When that happens, news footage must be driven back to a place with electricity. I know that is how we got news for decades, it just seems so strange in this electronic age we can be returned to early 1900’s in a moment.

‡ A Quick Smile…Will Rogers’ One-liners   

~Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

~Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

~There are two theories to arguing with a woman...Neither works.

~Never miss a good chance to shut up.

~Always drink upstream from the herd.

~If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

~The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

~There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

~Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

~If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

~Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

~After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

‡ Random Fact   

A camel's hump stores fat that the camel uses for energy when food is scarce not water

‡ Puzzle   

State Mottos: Name the state with this motto

1 Under God the people rule

2. All For Our Country

3 Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty

4 With God, all things are possible

5 In God We Trust

‡ Side Show Stories   

ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Police in South Carolina said a would-be thief attempted to use fishing line and hooks to angle for bank deposit bags in a bank's night drop slot. Capt. Ed Conner of the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety said First Citizens Bank employees retrieved the bags March 26 morning and discovered a hook embedded in one of the bags with fishing line dangling from the hook, The (Orangeburg, S.C.) Times and Democrat reported. The employees found two other hooks and putty, believed to have been used as a weight, in the deposit box. Police said bank security footage shows someone outside the facility at about 4:30 a.m. "It's under investigation," Conner said. "We'll be looking at the evidence to see if we can put a face with the image on video." He said the would-be thief picked the wrong method for the crime. "The security mechanisms at the bank's night deposit drop...it's impossible for someone to retrieve a bag," Conner told The Times and Democrat. "In other words, you can't go fishing for a night deposit bag."

‡ Calendar Information   

• Observance Weeks in April•

1-7

International Pooper-Scooper Week

Laugh at Work Week

Golden Rule Week

Medication Safety Week

Testicular Cancer Awareness Week

4-10

Hate Week: taken from George Orwell’s 1984

Hilo, HI. Hula Festival: Cultural event honoring King David Kalakaua, culminates with the world’s largest hula competition

National Blue Ribbon Week: to raise awareness of the annual 3.2 million abused children

National Public Health Week

National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week

National Week of the Ocean: to raise awareness of the ocean’s role on our planet

5-10

Explore Your Career Options

5-11

National Networking Week

National Women's Nutrition Week

• 4 April Observances—US/UN/World •

Go For Broke Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

White House Easter Egg Roll

•4 April Observances—by country •

China: Cold Food Festival: Legend to celebrate food that is consumed cold.

Iceland : 1st Day of Summer

South Korea : Arbor Day

Taiwan : Death of Chiang Kai-shek/Tomb Sweeping Day (1975)

•Number One Songs in…

1951 ►Mockingbird Hill -Patti Page

1959 ►When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) - Johnny Horton

1967 ►Happy Together - The Turtles

1983 ►Billy Jean - Michael Jackson

1991 ►Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House - Garth Brooks

•4 April Happenings•

In The Arts

1987 ►Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut

In Athletics

1896 ►1st modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens

1973 ►NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)

In Business or Education

1887 ►Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller

1922 ►KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions

1923 ►Firestone Company puts their inflatable tires into production

In Politics

1614 ►Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe

1621 ►Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England

1768 ►1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)

In Science/Religion

2348 -BC ►Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)

• 3 April Births •

Artists and Composers

Robert [Albert] Bloch, 1917, sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho)

Arthur Hailey, 1920, author: Airport, The Final Diagnosis

Thomas Hobbes, 1588, England, philosopher (Leviathan)

Alexander Muir, 1830, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (The Maple Leaf Forever)

Georg Gottfried Wagner, 1698, composer

Athletes

Matt Bonner, 1980, NBA basketball player (Spurs)

Entertainers

Eric Burdon, 69, England, rocker (Animals)

Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis, 1908, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)

Max Gail, 67, actor (“Barney Miller: Det. Stan Wojciehowicz)

Frank Gorshin, 1934, Pittsburgh PA, impressionist/actor (Riddler-Batman)

Robert Q Lewis, 1921, TV host (Masquerade Party)

(Eldred) Gregory Peck, 1916, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur)

Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle), 1922, singer: Ivory Tower, actress: My Little Margie

Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy, 1900, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)

Tony Williams, 1928, singer (Platters)

Business, Education Leaders

Booker T(aliaferro) Washington, 1856, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)

Political Leaders

Colin Luther Powell, 73, former US Secretary of State, general, former Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff

Scientists /Religious Leaders

Joseph Lister, 1827, British surgeon, inventor: Listerine mouthwash; President of the Royal Society [1895 to 1900]

Dr. Judith A. Resnik, 1949, electrical engineer, astronaut

•3 April Obits •

Robert Raikes, 1811, Anglican founder of Sunday Schools, @ 75

Howard Hughes, 1976, reclusive billionaire, @ 72

Sam Walton, 1992, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), cancer @ 74

Allen Ginsberg, 1997, beat poet, @ 80

‡ ANSWERS to puzzle

1 South Dakota: Under God the people rule

2. Nevada: All For Our Country

3. Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty

4 Ohio: With God, all things are possible

5 Florida: In God We Trust

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