June 26, Last blog till mid July


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1797 - Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, they fear effects of iron on soil!
1896 - 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission
1924 - Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway
1934 - W E B Du Bois resigns position at NAACP
1963 - Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)
1990 - 122°F in Phoenix Arizona
1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment --strikes down Internet indecency law
2008 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
                   
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Packed and ready to go…leaving tomorrow morning. This will be the last blog until I return in Mid July. As I was packing I discovered I have misplaced my immunization card, necessary for entrance into most African countries. Searched and searched. Nada. Headed over to the county health service and they were able to give me a new card. Lucky for me. Then I realized I didn’t have enough sun block. Another quick trip. But now I’m packed and ready.

While getting my sun block, I ran into the school secretary from Tonalea. We are both on FB but haven’t seen each other for a couple of years. She looks good, is happy, and is busy doing NAC beadwork. Very nice.

I’m taking my computer but won’t have much time to use it. My brother called and told me of an app for my smart phone that lets me talk and IM for free from anywhere there is an internet connection, as long as the other person has the app. I got it, and he and his wife both texted me to let me know I showed up on their phones. Very cool. They use it in Mexico and it really works, besides saving big bucks. Technology is amazing.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Breaking It Down
Every answer is a six-letter word that can be broken into two consecutive three-letter words to answer the clues. For example, if the question is "What body part is a number plus a boy's name," the answer would be "tendon," which includes "ten" and "don."
1.     What bird consists of a golf score plus nonsense:
2.     What kind of puzzle is a dance plus a carpenter’s tool:
3.     What fabric is a place to sleep plus a heavy weight:
4.     What planet consisted of an abbreviation of a week day plus a container:
5.     What animal consists of an abbreviation of a week day plus item on a chain:
6.     What US NE river consists of a Paul Newman film plus a member of the family:
7.     What item for a vacation consists of a car engine part plus a period of time:
8.     What zodiac symbol consists of a geometric line plus a pronoun:
9.     What form of writing consists of a famous writer plus an attempt:

What is the answer?
What three letters can be placed in front of each of these words to form a new word?Sport  Sword  Sage  Sable  Time
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.     rave
2.     (from) a distance
3.     appellation
4.     hickory or birch
Lifestyle  Substance     
One Hit Wonders of the 1960’s

Harper’s Index         
Chances that a diaper changing table carries trace amounts of cocaine, according to a 2011 Guardian Media study: 9 in 10
Found on You Tube 
The Pied Piper of Hamelin       
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
A three-year-old had been told several times to get ready for bed. The last time his mom told him, she was every insistent. His response was, "Yes, Sir!" Since he was talking to his mother (and she is a woman), it was not expected of him to call her "Sir"."You would say, 'yes sir,' to a man, I am a lady, and you would say 'Yes Ma'am,' to a lady," Mom said. To quiz him on is lesson; she then asked him, "What would you say to Daddy?""Yes Sir!" was the reply"Then what would you say to Mama?""Yes, Ma'am!" he proudly answered."Good boy! Now what would you say to Grandma?"He lit up and said, "Can I have a cookie?"
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guessSome breeds of sheep look like goats and some breeds of goats look like sheep. In general, sheep's tails hang down and goats' tails stand up.
Yeah, It Really Happened
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Swedish authorities said a drunken woman falsely claimed to have committed a murder in an attempt to get a free ride home. Police said the 50-year-old woman, whose name was not released, called police after a night of heavy drinking in Gothenburg and said she had committed a murder and wanted to turn herself in, Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday.
The woman admitted to her ruse when police arrived, telling them she was just trying to get a free ride home. Officers took her to a local detox center instead. The woman, who was fined $244 for wasting police resources, is facing trial on a charge of making a false alarm to police. Prosecutors are seeking a $285 fine for the charge.               
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev presented Caroline Kennedy with a puppy named Pushinka in 1960. Pushinka's mother was Strelka, one of two dogs who had successfully been launched into space and returned safely on Sputnik 5.
  • Calvin Coolidge's roster of pets included a donkey, a pygmy hippopotamus, a bear cub, an antelope, and a pair of lion cubs, most of which were gifts from foreign leaders and diplomats. But of all his four-legged friends, his very favorite was a raccoon named Rebecca.
  • When the Hoover family moved to the White House, Herbert's son Allan brought his pet alligators with them. The alligators slept in a bathtub at night but had free roam of the Executive Mansion during the day, which invited more than a few startled looks from visiting dignitaries.
  • Theodore Roosevelt's sons had a favorite pet: a calico Shetland pony named Algonquin. When young Archie Roosevelt was confined to his bed with the measles, his brother Quentin came up with the perfect plan to cheer him up. He quietly led Algonquin inside the White House, into the elevator, and up into Archie's second floor bedroom.
  • President William Howard Taft pampered his pet cow, Pauline. When she wasn't outside grazing on the front lawn, she sought shelter in the White House garage among the president's four automobiles. Pauline earned her keep, however - she provided fresh milk for the first family.
  • The most pampered presidential pet was Fala, the Scottish Terrier that was Franklin Roosevelt's constant companion. He traveled with Roosevelt by train, car, and plane. The president always personally fed Fala by hand, and the pooch slept in a chair at the foot of FDR's bed.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
24-30 
   Carpenter Ant Awareness Week
   Lightning Safety Awareness Weekend
   National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
27 -7/4
   Beans and Bacon Days
   Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week
   National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

Today Is                                                                      
America's Kid's Day
Descendants Day
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
National Columnists Day
National Chocolate Pudding Day

Madagascar: Independence Day--1960 from France  

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1200’s
1284 - Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away

1400’s
1498 - Toothbrush invented

1700’s
1791: American negotiators, led by William Blount, will begin the Treaty of Holston negotiations today with the Cherokee. The treaty will be signed on July 2, 1791
1800’s
1827: After hearing of the false rumor of the release of 2 Winnebago murder suspects to the CHIPPEWAs by whites, Winnebago Chief Red Bird is ordered to fight by the tribal elders. He will attack several families today in Wisconsin near Prairie du Chien. After a few other attacks in the following days on settlers, and river boats on the Mississippi, the Americans order his surrender, else they will destroy the entire tribe. Red Bird will surrender on September 27, 1827
1848 - 1st pure food law enacted in US
1900’s
1919 - NY Daily News begins publishing
1952 - Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
1959 - Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway
1968 - Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
1972 - IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland
1974 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1975 - Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial
1978 - First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
1991 - KY medical examiner announces Zachary Taylor died of natural causes
1995 - Gunmen ambush Egyptian pres Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed
2000’s
2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) in 1819
Edward Holyoke, American academic in 1689
William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO (Lear Jet Corp) in 1902
Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers) in 1904
"Col Tom" Parker, [Dries Van Kruijk], Neth, rock mgr (Elvis Presley) in 1909
Frances Rafferty, Sioux City Iowa, actress (December Bride) in 1922
Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale) in 1824
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete hurdler (Oly-gold-32) in 1911

In their 70’s
Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate is 75

In their 50’s
Chris Isaak, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game) is 56
In their 40’s
Sean Hayes, actor (Will and Grace) is 42
Chris O'Donnell, actor (School Ties, Robin-Batman Forever) is 42
In their 30’s
Derek Jeter, shortstop (NY Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996) is 38

Today’s Obits                                                           
Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack in 1993 at 71
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer dies of cancer in 2007 at 78
Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies in 1827 at 73
George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies in 1984 at 82
Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies in 1906 at 76

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
PAS
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     What bird consists of a golf score plus nonsense: parrot
2.     What kind of puzzle is a dance plus a carpenter’s tool: jigsaw
3.     What fabric is a place to sleep plus a heavy weight: cotton
4.     What planet consisted of an abbreviation of a week day plus a container: Saturn
5.     What animal consists of an abbreviation of a week day plus item on a chain: monkey
6.     What US NE river consists of a Paul Newman film plus a member of the family: Hudson
7.     What item for a vacation consists of a car engine part plus a period of time: camera
8.     What zodiac symbol consists of a geometric line plus a pronoun: archer
9.     What form of writing consists of a famous writer plus an attempt: poetry
4X4 boxes
RANT
AFAR
NAME
TREE
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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June 25


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1580: Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
1630: Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1868: FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1941: Fair Employment Practices Commission established
1947: 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
1953: 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1990: 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
                   
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Just about ready for my trip. Cameras charged and ready, iPod ready, paperwork ready, ride will be here at 7:15 Tuesday morning. Tomorrow will be packing. Very Cool. And thankfully my tendonitis is going away, just as promised. Should be a great trip.

Our Cloning discussion was outstanding. First some science, then some stats, then the ethical stuff. I had no idea that rhesus monkeys have been cloned in Oregon since 2000. The leading cloners are China, South Korea, and US. The science was made easily understandable, but sure is complicated. We live in an amazing world.  Our next discussion will be on ‘immigration’ and should be pretty intense too. That won’t happen until we are all back from some trips.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Most Valuable Puzzle
Given three words that start with the letters M, V and P, as in Most Valuable Player, think of a word that can follow each of his, to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. For example: Mothers, Veterans and Pay — the answer would be DAY, as in Mother's Day, Veterans Day and Pay Day.
1.     Mail, voice, Pandora’s:
2.     Mountain, volcanic, hot:
3.     Master, valentine, playing:
4.     Minus, V, peace:
5.     Moth, volley, paddle:
6.     Violin, murder, pillow:
7.     Masking, video, police:
8.     Match, vantage, pressure:
9.     Mental, vegetative, Penn:
10.  Magic, volume, prime:
11.  Mind, volume, pest:

What is the answer?
Rearrange the following letters in three different ways to give three different 8-letter words.A  A  E  L  N  P  R  T
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.     plug up
2.     volcano emission
3.     egg-shaped
4.     festivity
Lifestyle  Substance     
One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

Harper’s Index         
Percentage of Americans who have been arrested by age 23: 30
Found on You Tube 
Great Migrations - Born to Move       
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
Every Saturday morning Grandpa Walt found himself babysitting his three grandchildren...all boys. The kids always wanted to play ''war,'' and Grandpa somehow always got coaxed into the game.
His daughter came to pick up the kids early one Saturday and witnessed Grandpa take a fake shot as Jason pointed a toy gun and yelled, "Bang!''
Grandpa slumped to the floor and stayed there motionless. The daughter rushed over to see if he was all right. Grandpa opened one eye and whispered, ''Sh-h-h, I always do this. It's the only chance I get to rest.''
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
Choose a nail that's 2 1/2 to 3 times longer than the thickness of the piece of wood you want to nail.
Yeah, It Really Happened
LIUCUNBU, China - A Chinese news station said a strange object reported to be a rare double-headed mushroom turned out to be a discarded sex toy. The Xi'an news station, based in the city of the same name, said reporter Yunfeng Ye was sent to the village of Liucunbu when the object was unearthed by workers drilling a new well shaft, ABC News reported Wednesday. Ye and a villager identified the object as a type of lingzhi, a rare shelf fungus that was once believed to be the secret to immortality. However, many viewers immediately recognized the object as a sex toy designed to mimic female genitalia. The Xi'an news station posted an apology online the following day. "Our program last night made everyone laugh," station officials wrote in apologizing for the "uncomfortable and misleading" report. "Our reporter is very young and sheltered."               
Somewhat Useless Information   
Returns tomorrow
Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
24-30 
   Carpenter Ant Awareness Week
   Lightning Safety Awareness Weekend
   National Mosquito Control Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      
Color TV Day (CBS-1951)
Please Take My Children To Work Day
Log Cabin Day
Great American Backyard Campout
Anniversary (1876) - Battle of Little Bighorn (Known as Victory Day in Sioux Country)

Mozambique; Independence Day (1975 for Portugal)
Bhutan: National Day
Slovenia: National Day    

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1000’s
1096: 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1100’s
1178: 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon

1500’s
1528: Narvaez, and his Spanish expedition will cross the Suwannee River. They will discover, and occupy, a village they call Apalachen, in Florida. There are approximately 40 houses in the village, and a quantity of corn. They will remain here for almost a month. During that time they will fight with the local inhabitants on several occasions. The local Apalachee call the village Ibitachoco or Ivitachuco.
1600’s
1638: Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1672: 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1700’s
1788: Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1798: US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1800’s
1835: 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1867: 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
1868: Pres Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day
1876: Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn, death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
1900’s
1929: Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1938: Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1947: Tennis shoe introduced 1950: Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
1962: Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1968: Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1981: Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1991: Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
2000’s
2007: United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull
2008: Atlantis Plastics shooting, employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Gary Crosby, California, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase) in 1933
Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school in 1865
George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], Bihar, British India, British writer (Animal Farm, 1984) in 1903

In their 80’s
June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction) is 87

In their 60’s
Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson) is 66
Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain) is 67
Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease) is 65
In their 50’s
Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author is 56
Ricky Gervais, actor and comedian (The Office) is 51

Today’s Obits                                                           
Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies  in 1995 of heart failure at 87
George A Custer, US general and 3 brothers die (Little Bighorn) in 1876 at 36
Farrah Fawcett, American actress and pop culture figure dies in 2009 of cancer at 62
Michael Jackson, American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest in 2009 at 50
Lester Maddox, segregationist and Governor of Georgia dies in 2003 at 87
Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France dies in 1533 at 37

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
Parental, paternal, prenatal
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Mail, voice, Pandora’s: Box
2.     Mountain, volcanic, hot: ash
3.     Master, valentine, playing: card
4.     Minus, V, peace: sign
5.     Moth, volley, paddle: ball
6.     Violin, murder, pillow: case
7.     Masking, video, police: tape
8.     Match, vantage, pressure: point
9.     Mental, vegetative, Penn: state
10.  Magic, volume, prime: number
11.  Mind, volume, pest: control

4X4 boxes
CLOG
LAVA
OVAL
GALA
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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