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

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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

• Rhythm of the Rain, The Cascades, 1963

• Sukiyaki, Kyu Sakamoto, 1963

• Girl from Ipanema, Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz, 1964

• Just Like Romeo and Juliet, The Reflections, 1964

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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