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

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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

• Just One Look,Doris Troy,1963

• Pipeline,The Chantays, 1963

• Dominique,Singing Nun, 1963

• Wipeout,The Surfaris,1963

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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