June 14

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1642 - 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

1834 - Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont

1846 - California declares independence from Mexico

1940 - Auschwitz concentration camp opens (3 million killed there)

1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released Thumper's 1st job

1954 - Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge

1958 - Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela

1984 - Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I got tired of my sinus infection today. Went to a walk-in clinic. It has changed a lot since I last went there a year ago. I have never felt like I was part of an assembly line like today. The first tech took my BP and it showed very low, so he took it with another cuff and it was normal. Then he asked about my meds and the Dr. couldn’t even read what he wrote…the doctor asked me why I was taking a birth control. Then the Dr. said he wanted to check me for strep. I told him I was immune from strep and had been since my pre-teens when I took a series of shots for two years. He informed me no one was immune. They swabbed me and guess what, it came back negative. Then he had me do a breathing machine to loosen my chest. It worked fine. Another lady led me out. At the check-out counter the lady hands me two scripts. I asked what those were for, and she said they are prescriptions, take them to a pharmacist. WTF? Thankfully I have a good pharmacist who told me it was an antibiotic, a strong cough syrup (codeine), and an inhaler if I get too congested. Then about 2 hours later they call me at home to tell me that the Dr. said I could have another breathing treatment tomorrow if I need it. I must say, in my 60+ years I have never been given a script where the Dr. didn’t explain what it was and what to expect. This used to be a great walk-in clinic. Now it is little more than an assembly line. And now, one has to pay the co-pay before seeing the Dr. I guess I know why.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle  Calling All Homophones

Each definition or clue contains a missing word. That word is a homophone of the word that answers the clue. For example: If the clue is "have (blank) doubt" the missing word would be "no," completing the phrase "have no doubt." "No" and "know" are the homophones.

1.     Warning ____ a golfer:

2.     What an Hawaiian may ____ around your neck:

3.     Raw material that may contain gold ________ silver:

4.     Something ____ in a play:

5.     A place to turn ____ at night when traveling:

6.     Put a ____ number of workers on the payroll:

7.     Animal with long ears and soft ____:

8.     Groups working on ____ ships:

9.     Showed fear as a ____:

10.  What a phone company may ____ you:

11.  A large animal that may ____ its teeth:

12.  ____ simple addition:

What is the answer?

Here are the names of four flowers with the vowels removed. What are the four flowers?GRNM  GRDN  CLMBN  CLNDN

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.              heap

2.              little picture

3.              bright, short-lived star

4.              annoying insect

Lifestyle  Substance     

Songs of the 1970’s

• Imagine, John Lennon 1971  

• Lady Marmalade, Patti LaBelle 1975  

• ABC, The Jackson 5 1970  

• One Way Or Another, Blondie 1979

Harper’s Index         

Factor by which the average white resident of the District of Columbai out-earns the average black resident: 3

Found on You Tube 

       Burl Ives--What's My Line

Burl Ives - Traditional American Folk Songs

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

If you had 11 roses in your arms and looked in the mirror;

You would see the twelve most gorgeous things in the world.

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

You should be able to balance a good conductor's baton one and one quarter inch up the shaft from the handle. If it balances any further up the shaft than that, you will find yourself holding the baton incorrectly to compensate. Your arm will get tired.

Yeah, It Really Happened

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An Indiana mother said she made her 12-and 14-year-old children hold a sign at an intersection as punishment for being "disrespectful" to their stepfather. Amanda Minch of Fort Wayne said she was originally only going to make the children hold the sign at the intersection of Eastwick Drive and Reed Road for 40 minutes Monday, but she added another 40 minutes when they laughed about the idea, WANE-TV, Fort Wayne, reported Wednesday. "We are disrespectful and nasty to our dad. We don't follow the rules and we only do what we want. We hit him and treat him like crap. We are ungrateful," the sign read. Minch said she picked the sign-holding punishment after previous attempts to alter their behavior failed. "No matter how many conversations we had, it never stopped. So we just decided, you know what, other parents have tried it, so let's try it," Minch said. "Let's embarrass them a little bit and let people know how they behave and how they treat their stepdad." Minch said the punishment previously worked for her 13-year-old child.                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

• There are roughly 250,000 sweat glands on a pair of feet. Sweat glands in the feet produce as much as half a pint of moisture each day.

• The First shoes were invented 5,000,000 years ago during the Ice Age and were made from animal skins. The Romans were the first to construct left and right shoes. Before that, shoes could be worn on either foot.

 Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

10-16

   National Flag Week
   Jim Thorpe Native American Games
   Men's Health Week
   National Automotive Service Professionals Week
14-21

   Nursing Assistants Week
   US Open Golf Championship
   Duct Tape Days

Today Is                                                                      

Army's Birthday 1775

Career Nurse Assistants Day

Family History Day

Flag Day 1777

Pause for the Pledge Day

Pop Goes The Weasel Day

 (World) Blood Donor Day

Japan: Rice Planting Festival

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1300’s

1381 - Richard II in England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance

1600’s

1645 - Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beats royalists

1800’s

1834 - Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine

1861 - Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance

1877: During their forced march from their old reservation to Indian Territory, the Ponca arrive at the Otto reservation. Taking pity on the Ponca, the Otto give them some horses to help carry their people

1900’s

1907 - Norway restricts woman's voting rights

1922 - Pres Harding is 1st US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore

1923 - Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)

1946 - Canadian Library Association established

1953 - Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal

1962 - The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris - later becoming the European Space Agency

1989 - Ground breaking begins in Minn on world's largest mall

1989 - Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slapping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman

2000’s

2001 - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

2005 - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men's 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease) in 1864

Gene Barry, NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law) in 1919

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Rosario, Argentine Marxist revolutionary and physician (Cuban Revolution) in 1928

Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) in 1909

Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy) in 1925

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)  in 1811

In their 80’s

Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is 80

Marla Gibbs, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227) is 81

In their 60’s

Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle) is 66

In their 50’s

"Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club) is 51

In their 40’s

Yasmine Bleeth, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch) is 44

Today’s Obits                                                           

Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London of gout in 1801 at 60

Bob Bogle, founding member of The Ventures dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2009 at 75

Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies in 1993 at 93

Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies of pancreatic cancer in 1994 at 70

Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies in 2007 at 81

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies of cerebral hemorrhage in 1968 at 66

Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman(UN) dies in 2007 at 88

Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies of Spanish Flu in 1920 at 56

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

Geranium, gardenia, Columbine, celandine

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Warning ____ a golfer: for/fore

2.     What an Hawaiian may ____ around your neck: lay; lei

3.     Raw material that may contain gold ________ silver: or; ore

4.     Something ____ in a play: seen; scene

5.     A place to turn ____ at night when traveling: in; inn

6.     Put a ____ number of workers on the payroll: higher; hire

7.     Animal with long ears and soft ____: hair; hare

8.     Groups working on ____ ships: cruise; crews

9.     Showed fear as a ____: coward; cowered

10.  What a phone company may ____ you: sell; cell

11.  A large animal that may ____ its teeth: bare; bear

12.  ____ simple addition: some; sum

4X4 boxes

BING

ICON

NOVA

GNAT

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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