3-16-11 Wednesday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

The best laid plans…go awry. About 3am I awoke with a swollen tongue. I got up and took my pills, but was too late to stop the pesky angioedema. At 5am my tongue was really swollen. I tried sleeping, but kept waking up. I got up about 7am and called Tuba to tell them I wouldn’t be making the trip. As I was talking with my very heavy lisp, they understood. I felt really bad about not being there. I went back to bed and tried to sleep until the swelling went down. I got up about 9am and was still pretty swollen. Even drinking OJ was a task. By noon the meds kicked in and I was almost back to normal. These episodes are a real pain. This is the first time I was unable to do what I wanted, and needed to do. I kept telling myself that I could go to the dinner after the funeral, but this time I was wiped out and decided it wasn’t a good idea to drive for a little over an hour to get there. : - (

I am not a scientist. Never had a desire to become one. I have never really understood how electricity is made or where it comes from. I lived close to Lake Powell when I was on the rez. When the facility first opened, self-guided tours were set up to let the public see what was going on inside the dam. It was a great tour, and I took it several times. Then as the terrorist idea came the people running the dam cut out much of the tour. There was a fear that terrorists would sneak in bombs. The first group they were afraid of was the environmental terrorists who hated the idea of the whole dam blocking the Colorado River. Then it was foreign terrorists. Even when the dam tour was open, I saw big huge loud machines that I was told were making electricity for California and others. I, like many others, just believed that all that noise was ‘making electricity’. I have even less knowledge of nuclear power production. I saw the movies like China Syndrome and others that showed the dangers—sort of. I certainly read about Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. All I got out of that was that making electricity with nuclear plants was great until there was a problem. Then it was a huge disaster. Now that I am retired and have time to learn more about things that don’t have anything to with my career, I am learning how dangerous this really is. People have never been told the truth about the dangers. Just like the Oil spill of last year, the scientists of the world are not sure what to do with a disaster of this size. It is becoming clear that there are no plans ever for the worst case scenario. Japan was ready for earthquakes, they were ready for a tsunami, but they weren’t ready for a big earthquake or a huge tsunami. And they certainly were not ready for both at the same time.

The survivor stories are amazing. What I find more intriguing is the stories of those Japanese survivors who are now in their late 60’s or older who lived through the American bombing to end WWII and are now seeing this disaster. I did watch some news today and listened to these survivor’s stories. One elderly man told of being about 20 miles from Nagasaki on that horrible day, and then being in one of the small towns that was destroyed last week. At 80+ years old he has to start over—for a second time in his life. Yet he says is glad to be alive and will again find a way to survive. The other amazing story coming out of this disaster is the Power Plant workers who have stayed on to keep the disaster from getting worse. These people are really heroes. As things get worse, and more radiation is being emitted, they stay. They are wearing their protective suits, breathing filtered air, having to shower multiple times daily to wash off the radiation. Yet they stay to protect their fellow countrymen and the world. Many of the heroes who stayed at Chernobyl during that disaster were dead within three months from the radiation poisoning that they received for staying. I hope the same thing doesn’t happen to those at Fukushima.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Chicken or turkey on your menu? Bypass birds that are labeled "enhanced."

That means they've been "plumped" --i.e., injected with broth and other flavors. While manufacturers claim the practice boosts taste, studies show the added liquid can account for as much as one-third of the package's weight, making it the priciest poultry around!

While vacuuming, wear an old fanny pack -- it's great for holding all the little things you find on the floor, such as paper clips, rubber bands and small toys.

Hiccups - Peanut Butter is a sure fire cure! Swallow a tablespoon of it and it prevents the esophagus from contracting.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…

There are over three billion pizzas purchased in the United States every year with another two billion being purchased around the world, and still another one billion frozen pizzas being sold each year.

The first pizzeria in the United States was opened by Gennaro Lombardi in 1895 in New York City.

Pepperoni is the most popular topping in the U.S. with over 60% of all orders having it, and in Europe, tuna is the most popular topping.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…] LITERATURE

1. Who wrote the poem, Kubla Khan?

2. Whose last unfinished novel was 'The Last Tycoon'?

3. What is the first name of Mr Toad in the book 'Toad of Toad Hall'?

4. Stephano and Trinculo are characters in which Shakespearean play?

5. Which Shakespeare character says "Blow winds and crack your cheeks"?

6. E. H. Shepherd illustrated which series of stories?

7. Who wrote 'The Rights of Man' and 'The Age of Reason'?

8. What was the subject of the first book printed in England?

9. Who wrote the 'Dune' series of science fiction novels?

10. Which Dickens novel features a character named Waxford Squears?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:

PHOENIX — An Arizona man has been sentenced to three years of probation for stabbing a man who refused to let him suck his blood.

Maricopa County Superior Court says 24-year-old Aaron Homer, of Chandler, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced Monday.

The Arizona Republic reports 25-year-old Robert Maley once let his roommates suck his blood. But when Maley refused a second time on Oct. 4, he was stabbed.

Chandler police said Maley lived with Homer and his girlfriend.

Maley said the two men were into "vampire stuff."

A LITTLE LAUGH:

To get his mind off his losing streak at the racetrack, I took my friend horseback riding. Being a novice, he freaked when his mount took off.

"How do I stop?" he yelled.

"Bet on it!" I hollered back.

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: Call of the long billed curlew

♫ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ♫

Click on Song Title to see and hear it.

Alan Clarke (The Hollies) on school days with Graham Nash

♪… Hollies - Bus Stop – 1966

♪… Graham Nash w/ David Crosby - Simple Man

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION

►THIS WEEK◄

13-19► Campfire USA Birthday Week ♣ Wildlife Week ♣ International Brain Awareness Week ♣ National Money Week ♣

►TODAY IS◄

Everything You Do Is Right Day

Curlew Day: Traditional arrival date for the long-billed curlew at the Umatilla (Oregon) National Wildlife Refuge

Freedom of Information Day

Goddard Day: for he first liquid propelled rocket flight in 1926

Lips Appreciation Day

St. Urho's Day: Saint who chased grasshoppers out of Finland.

Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day

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Latvia: Latvian Legion Day

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS

Alice Hoffman, 59, writer (Practical Magic, Aquamarine)

1839 René François Armand Sully Prudhomme French poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)

■…ATHLETES

Todd Heap, 31, football (Ravens), born Mesa, AZ

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1916 Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)

Bernardo Bertolucci, 70, filmmaker (Oscar for The Last Emperor; Last Tango in Paris)

Erik Estrada, 62, actor (“CHiPS,” Honey Boy)

Jerry Lewis, 85, comedian, actor (The Family Jewels, The Nutty Professor, The Bellboy), director, philanthropist

Chuck Woolery, 69, game show host (“Love Connection,” “Scrabble”)

1906 Henny (Henry) Youngman comedian: “Take my wife ... please.”

■…POLITICIANS

1751 James Madison 4th US President (1809-17)

1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Senator from New York

1912 Patricia Nixon [Thelma Catherine] 1st lady (1969-74)

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1774 Matthew Flinders English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)

1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, 1st modern woman astronomer in Hanover, Germany

1787 Georg Simon Ohm physicist (discovered Ohm's Law: I=v/r)

1849 Reverend James E Smith became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger

Today’s Obits:

1971 Thomas E Dewey US Presidential candidate (R 1944, 48), cancer @ 68

1983 Arthur Godfrey TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), @79

1995 Lord Lovat [Shimi]: Clan Fraser of Lovat soldier/Landowner, @ 83

1975 T-Bone Walker blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), pneumonia @ 64

Today’s Events:

■…ARTS

1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published

1950 1st annual National Book Awards

1991 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash

■…ATHLETICS

1991 New Jersey Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games

1997 New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1968 General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

1985 Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1621 Samoset, a Mohegan, meets the Pilgrims.

1830 After some "politicking", Greenwood le Flore is elected as Chief of the Choctaw Nation, during a "rump" council, today. Previously, there were 3 regional Chiefs. Le Flore is in favor of selling the Choctaw lands, and moving to Indian Territory.

■…POLITICS (International)

1900 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus

1977 US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland

■…POLITICS (US)

1802 Law signed to establish US Military Academy (West Point NY)

1802 US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)

1915 Federal Trade Commission organizes

1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act

1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC

1988 Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North & Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1345 Holy spirit glides above fire; "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)

1882 The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.

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ANSWERS:

Quiz

1. Who wrote the poem, Kubla Khan? Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2. Whose last unfinished novel was 'The Last Tycoon'? F Scott Fitzgerald

3. What is the first name of Mr Toad in the book 'Toad of Toad Hall'? Thaddeus

4. Stephano and Trinculo are characters in which Shakespearean play? The Tempest

5. Which Shakespeare character says "Blow winds and crack your cheeks"? King Lear

6. E. H. Shepherd illustrated which series of stories? Winnie the Pooh

7. Who wrote 'The Rights of Man' and 'The Age of Reason'? Thomas Paine

8. What was the subject of the first book printed in England? Chess

9. Who wrote the 'Dune' series of science fiction novels? Frank Herbert

10. Which Dickens novel features a character named Waxford Squears? Nicholas Nickleby

Close Up Picture

Grab-a-Prize

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3-15-11 Tuesday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1887 Michigan appoints 1st salaried game & fish warden in US(William Alden Smith)

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

What a disaster. I heard on NPR today the there are food shortages in Tokyo, not because they were hit by the quake or tsunami, but because the infrastructure of moving goods is gone. Later in the day, I learned that all of Japan was having 8 hour rolling blackouts due to the lack of electricity being produced as so many power plants are shut down. The culture is not showing panic. No looting. Extreme patience. We can learn so much.

Of course the idiots on the right wing news are saying we should be mad at Japan for not being prepared and for putting the world in danger. No need for that. All the news organizations are giving their watchers and listeners Nuclear Power Plant 101 courses. The information from these courses is very educational and very frightening.

I helped out the Billy family today. One of the aunties needed gas money to get to the funeral tomorrow and also needed to buy some salad for the dinner. She barely makes ends meet as it is. I was glad to help. I am planning on heading to Tuba tomorrow morning. DST in Tuba makes the drive a little earlier.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Add one cup of water to the bottom portion of the broiling pan before putting it in the oven. The water will absorb the smoke and grease and make the food more tender.

Another really quick and easy way to clean a porcelain sink is with liquid dishwashing detergent. It bleaches out the stains without rubbing.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Social Security Part II

In 1938 a sample Social Security card with the number 078-05-1120 was inserted into new wallets manufactured by the E.H. Ferree company in Lockport, N.Y. Unfortunately, that number belonged to Hilda Schrader Whitcher, the secretary of an E.H. Ferree vice president who decided to use her official number on the sample cards. Whitcher was eventually issued a new number, but not before being questioned by the FBI. They wanted to know why so many people had her number.

Even though numbers aren't reused, the Social Security Administration says the current numbering system is capable of providing enough new numbers for "several generations into the future." That means Social Security numbers will still be available well past 2030.

Based upon the original assignment criterion, one would naturally expect a Maine resident to have the lowest Social Security number ever issued. However, New Hampshire was ultimately given the 001 area number so that Social Security number 001-01-0001 could be assigned to Social Security board chairman John G. Winant, who was a three-time governor of the state. Winant eventually declined the honor of having the lowest Social Security number. As a result, it eventually found its way to Grace D. Owen of Concord, N.H.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]

1. What film star was born in Sakhalin, Siberia?

2. Betty Joan Perske is better known as which famous actress?

3. What actor once had a job as a coffin polisher?

4. Clark Gable had what job before acting?

5. Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle?

6. Who played the role of the pawnbroker in the film 'Pawnbroker'?

7. Who other than Peter Sellers played Inspector Clouseau in 1968?

8. Mr. Cat Poop was the Chinese translation of which Jack Nicholson film?

9. What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director?

10. Who is the most filmed comic strip character?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:

MONROE, Ga. - A 114-year-old Georgia woman has been named the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records during a ceremony at her nursing home. Besse Cooper, who is 114 years and 6 months old, officially received the title Thursday at her Monroe nursing home following the death of previous record holder Eunice Sanborn of Texas last month, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Cooper's son, Sid, 75, attributed his mother's longevity to good genetics and an active childhood in Tennessee. He said his mother lived alone in her home until the age of 105.

Cooper, who has four children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, has recently experienced problems with her vision and hearing, Sid Cooper said. "I mind my business and I don't eat junk food," Cooper told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on her 113th birthday.

A LITTLE LAUGH:

My grandmother told me how she ended up marrying Grandpa. She was in her 20s, and the man she was dating left for war.

"We were in love," she recalled, "and wrote to each other every week. It was during that time that I discovered how wonderful your grandfather was."

"Did you marry Grandpa when he came home from the war?" I asked.

"Oh, I didn't marry the man who wrote the letters. Your grandfather was the mailman."

Top 10 In The World: Returns tomorrow

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: For Wildlife Week check out David Attenborough

♫ ‘Hair Bands’ ♫

Click on Song Title to see and hear it.

♪… Winger – Seventeen

♪… Cinderella - Gypsy Road

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION

►THIS WEEK◄

13-19► Campfire USA Birthday Week ♣ Wildlife Week ♣ International Brain Awareness Week ♣ National Money Week ♣

►TODAY IS◄

Brutus Day

Buzzard's Day

Everything You Think Is Wrong Day

Ides of March

International Day Against Police Brutality

Napping Day

True Confessions Day

World Consumer Rights Day

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

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Belarus: Constitution Day

Hungary: National holiday, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

US: Maine: Admission Day (1820 23rd state)

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS

1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher ethnologist/author/Indian music (Stranger in Her Native Land)

1852 Lady Augusta Gregory Irish playwright/poet/Yates mistress

■…ATHLETES

1946 Bobby (Lee) Bonds baseball: Giants Yankees, Angels, White Sox, Rangers, Indians, Cardinals, Cubs; father of baseball’s Barry Bonds

1926 Norm Van Brocklin Pro Football Hall of Famer: quarterback: Rams, Eagles

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

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■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)

Fabio, 50, model, born Fabio Lanzoni

Judd Hirsch, 76, actor (Emmy for “Taxi”; “Numb3rs,” Ordinary People)

1916 Harry James trumpeter (married to Betty Grable)

Eva Longoria, 36, actress (“Desperate Housewives,” “The Young and the Restless”)

Mike Love, 70, singer, musician (The Beach Boys)

Bret Michaels, 48, musician, television personality

Park Overall, 54, actress (“Empty Nest,” Mississippi Burning)

1905 Joe E Ross comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)

Sly Stone, 67, singer, musician (Sly & the Family Stone)

■…POLITICIANS

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 78, Associate Justice of the US

0076 Hadrian Roman Emperor (builder of Hadrian's Wall)

1767 Andrew Jackson, General/7th President (1829-37)

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

Alan Bean, 79, former astronaut

Today’s Obits:

0044 -BC- Julius Cæsar assassinated in Roman Senate in the Portico of the Theater of Pompey @ 55

1997 Gail Davis, actress ( Annie Oakley), @ 72

1975 Aristotle S Onassis Greek shipping magnate, myasthenia gravis @ 69

Today’s Events:

■…ARTS

1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine

■…ATHLETICS

1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins

1968 LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"

1956 The musical, My Fair Lady, opened on Broadway.

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes

18i67 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university

1906 Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd

■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1858 After fighting the Americans for almost 25 years, today one of the last of the Seminole leaders, Billy Bowlegs, will be surrender with 163 of his followers.

1869 Col.George Custer, and his troops will discover 2 Cheyenne villages, of over 250 lodges, on Sweetwater Creek near the Texas-Oklahoma boundary. The Cheyenne had been order to report to their reservation. Custer captures 4 Chiefs. He threatens to hang the Chief unless the Cheyenne surrender. Both of the villages decide to give up.

■…POLITICS (International)

1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain Cook

1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)

■…POLITICS (US)

1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River

1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans

1875 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested

1892 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY)

1937 1st blood bank is established (Chicago IL)

1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC)

1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet

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ANSWERS:

Quiz

1. What film star was born in Sakhalin, Siberia? Yul Bryner

2. Betty Joan Perske is better known as which famous actress? Lauren Bacall

3. What actor once had a job as a coffin polisher? Sean Connery

4. Clark Gable had what job before acting? Telephone repairman

5. Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle? Mekon

6. Who played the role of the pawnbroker in the film 'Pawnbroker'? Rod Steiger

7. Who other than Peter Sellers played Inspector Clouseau in 1968? Alan Arkin

8. Mr. Cat Poop was the Chinese translation of which Jack Nicholson film? As Good as it Gets

9. What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director? Play Misty for Me

10. Who is the most filmed comic strip character? Zorro

Close Up Picture

Road Sign

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3-14-11 Monday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Another nice day outside, but I have missed doing the entire blog so I’m back in full power. It is so nice to have the windows open during the day. I can even have my office window open well into the evening, as long as I keep the office door closed, which cuts down on a breeze through the house. Spring is a wonderful time of year.

We are certainly in a global economy. If you have any question about that just watch the prices of technology over the next year. With the disaster in Japan, the big tech companies over there are already talking about decreased production, difficult shipping, and some shortages. [Think: Sony, Panasonic, Apple]. The idea of a nuclear reactor in your backyard, or even in your state is making people think. The Japanese have been the leaders of nuclear safety. Now we see that even their double and triple backups can’t protect everyone from nature. A wakeup call for our safety on this planet for sure.

While most of the country has returned to DST, AZ—accept for the Navajo Rez has not. The upside is that we let nature wake us up with the sun. The downside is that all the TV stations in AZ stay on AZ time, but the national stations are now an hour earlier. We get all our national feeds from California and since they change time, our programs move to an hour earlier. The same is true for the local NPR station. I can now watch The Daily show and Colbert Report on the night it is first broadcast. I can also watch my Sunday morning news shows and be finished by 11am instead of noon. Every year, many question the AZ non-compliance with DST. The original reason back in the late 60’s was that it messed up farmers. For years I believed it was that the Phx population just didn’t want anymore daylight clock time than was absolutely necessary in the summer—due to the 100°+ temps. Now that I have more time to look at AZ politics, I think that many of the legislators did it more out of a refusal for the Feds to tell them what to do. AZ fought the 55mph speed limit and finally accepted it when Federal funds were not available if we kept a higher speed limit. Our governor didn’t accept MLK day until the NFL moved the Super Bowl out of Phx. I don’t recall any loss of any funding when we refused DST. It is our legislature’s way of thumbing their nose at the Feds. Our state government is busy filling out forms to get a waiver from our cuts in Medicaid. If the waiver is approved, AZ will continue to thumb its collective nose. If not, the politicians will be find a way to make us feel good about the outcome. It is so sad that our leaders have so little understanding or compassion.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

To keep hairspray cans from clogging, store the cans upside down with their caps on when not in use. This keeps them completely free from buildup and clogging.

Old chalkboards that are not looking their best can be rubbed with a soft cloth covered with WD 40. Let this sit overnight and tomorrow you can use chalk anywhere on that new looking board!

Forgot to buy long matches for candle lighting, etc., use a piece of dry spaghetti. It's long enough to reach every area.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Social Security

The first three digits of a Social Security number are known as the "area number." Area numbers assigned before 1972 reflect the state where you applied for your number; otherwise, they are based upon the Social Security card application mailing address ZIP code. Area numbers are assigned geographically, with the lowest numbers in the Northeast and the highest in the Northwest. That practice will no longer apply, however, after a new randomized assignment methodology officially goes into effect on June 25.

Some people believe the next two digits, called the "group number," helps identify a person’s race. It doesn't. The two-digit group number was actually created as a way to organize Social Security Administration filing cabinets into subgroups to make them more manageable. The last four digits on a Social Security card are serial numbers that are issued consecutively within a group from 0001 to 9999.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]

1. Leonard Sly became which famous actor?

2. Who directed the 'Halloween' series of films?

3. Marilyn Munroe was the model for which Disney Character?

4. In the TV show Bonanza, Hoss Cartwright was afraid of what?

5. Which 1936 film started with a world war and ended with a space flight?

6. What hotel hosted the first Oscar ceremony?

7. What star once sold lingerie door to door?

8. What was Jimmy Stuart's middle name?

9. Who said "Too much of a good thing is wonderful"?

10. What was the name of the plantation in movie 'Gone with the Wind'?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:

SOUTH GREENSBURG, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania said a suspected car thief spent about 2 1/2 hours hiding in the ceiling of a building before they caught a whiff of his cigarette smoke. South Greensburg police Chief Scott Fanchalsky said he went to a BP gas station Wednesday on a report of a man who had no money to pay for his gasoline and the suspect fled when Fanchalsky ran the vehicle's registration and discovered it was reported stolen, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Thursday. The suspect, who lost his shirt during a brief struggle with Fanchalsky, fled to the nearby Wellington Square professional building, where authorities soon instituted a lock-down. Fanchalsky said the building was on lock-down for about 2 1/2 hours before pieces of broken ceiling tile were noticed on a fourth-story bathroom floor and the telltale odor of cigarette smoke was noticed coming from the ceiling crawlspace. Fanchalsky said he crawled into the ceiling and found the suspect, who agreed to surrender at about 1:40 p.m. The suspect's name was not released but police said charges are pending.

A LITTLE LAUGH:

At the beginning of my junior year of high school in Arkansas, our homeroom teacher had us fill out a form stating our future goals. Out of curiosity, I leaned over to see what my friend put down for her aspirations. Where it read "Vocational Plans" –she had written, "Florida."

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star Interesting clip

♫ ‘Hair Bands’ ♫

Click on Song Title to see and hear it.

♪…Ratt: Round And Round

♪… Warrant: Heaven

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION

►THIS WEEK◄

13-19► Campfire USA Birthday Week ♣ Wildlife Week ♣ International Brain Awareness Week ♣ National Money Week ♣

►TODAY IS◄

National Potato Chip Day

Pi Day: 3.14 

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Albania: Spring Day

Andorra: Constitution Day

Estonia: Mother Tongue Day

Japan and Korea: White Day, complimentary day of Valentine's Day when men give gifts to women.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Heroes' Day

UK: Commonwealth Day

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS

Quincy Jones, 78, composer, producer

1920 Hank Ketcham cartoonist: Dennis the Menace

1919 Max Shulman novelist, playwright: Strictly for Laughs, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, I Was A Teenage Dwarf, The Tender Trap, Rally Round The Flag Boys

■…ATHLETES

Bobby Jenks, 30, baseball (White Sox, Red Sox)

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1800 James Bogardus US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)

Frank Borman, 83, former astronaut, airline executive

1837 Charles Ammi Cutter US librarian (Expansive classification/originated Cutter system)

1864 (John Luther) Casey Jones railroad engineer: subject of The Ballad of Casey Jones

■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)

1912 Les Brown orchestra leader (& his band of renown)

Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite), 78, actor (Oscars for The Cider House Rules and Hannah and Her Sisters)

Billy Crystal, 64, actor (Analyze This, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, “Soap”)

■…POLITICIANS

1854 Thomas Riley Marshall 28th Vice President (1913-21)

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1879 Albert Einstein (E=mc²/Theory of Relativity, Nobel 1921)

1854 Paul Ehrlich 1908 Nobel Prize in Medicine; founded chemotherapy, discovered Salvarsan - a remedy for syphilis, developed antitoxin for diphtheria

1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor 1st US woman dentist

Today’s Obits:

1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author) after surgery @ 62

1925 Walter Camp father of American football, @ 65

1997 John Curtis Jr president/CEO (Luby's Cafe), suicide @ 58

1932 George Eastman US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide @ 77

1883 Karl Marx German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), bronchitis/pleuracy @ 64

Today’s Events:

■…ARTS

1958 RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)

■…ATHLETICS

1969 Less than one month after winning her first horse race, Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct Race Course

1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km (6 :6.57)

1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin

1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation

■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1493 Columbus writes a letter today describing the generous nature of the Indians he has encountered. He will describe them as "men of great deference and kindness."

1833 The Secretary of War has the Indian Department issue orders, again, to U.S. Marshals to remove whites from Creek lands.

■…POLITICS (International)

1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)

1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen

1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication

■…POLITICS (US)

1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony

1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)

1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812

1900 US currency goes on gold standard

1923 President Warren G Harding became 1st President filing income tax report and pay taxes

1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins

1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death for Lee Harvey Oswald murder

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian FL

1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation

1995 1st time 13 people in space

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ANSWERS:

Quiz

1. Leonard Sly became which famous actor? Roy Rogers

2. Who directed the 'Halloween' series of films? John Carpenter

3. Marilyn Munroe was the model for which Disney Character? Tinker Bell

4. In the TV show Bonanza, Hoss Cartwright was afraid of what? The Dark

5. Which 1936 film started with a world war and ended with a space flight?

'Things to Come' by H.G. Wells

6. What hotel hosted the first Oscar ceremony? Roosevelt Hotel

7. What star once sold lingerie door to door? Burt Lancaster

8. What was Jimmy Stuart's middle name? Crane

9. Who said "Too much of a good thing is wonderful"? Mae West

10. What was the name of the plantation in movie 'Gone with the Wind'? Tara

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Remote Control

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

It was a really nice spring day with a tad of wind on and off. I am tired. I spent most of the day outside, soaking in the nice weather. So tomorrow will bring back the rest of the blog.

I know it is way to early for Spring Fever, but that must be what I have. I think I will just kick back and watch some TV tonight.

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3-12-11 Saturday

MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS


My friend, Cecelia Billie, passed peacefully today with many of her family in the room. She had been on life support for about 3 weeks and in the hospital about 6 weeks. This is a hard time for the family and all who knew her. Her 4 children, her sister, her brother, her husband and several nieces and nephews were there. The txt messages from the younger ones were touching. As one nephew put it, ‘the room where Auntie was is full of love.’ I got many texts and a phone call about an hour after her passing. I was a big part of the kids growing up and still considered part of the family.

Tonight is our discussion group. I read the five articles and really tried to understand how the banks and lending organizations work in an international market. After the first paragraph or so of each article it just became blah, blah, blah. I just don’t get it. When I was on the rez I understood that many of my Native friends were the bank to their relatives—especially on pay day. The lent money was never repaid with money…it is just what you did for your family. You have it, they don’t…so share. I was always very careful if I lent money. I only had three times that I wasn’t repaid. I’m still pissed at myself for giving away the money. I am not of that culture and do not abide by their practice of non-repayment. I must have lent money over 100 times, so it isn’t a bad record. The articles reminded me when many countries borrow money from other countries that cultures vary. If one country borrows money from another and then goes belly up what happens? Most of the time they repay their own citizens and forget about the other countries. Sometimes other countries step in and help repay the debt to the lending countries. My dad was very frugal. So was my mom. I learned their lessons well. My brother didn’t. We have totally different views of money. I could not live his way, and he certainly couldn’t live my way. It seems that the world markets live like my brother.

Bob, my traveling buddy, called today and said there was no room at the inn. Our trip to Hadrian’s Wall is off. His friend in Germany has checked lots of tourist companies and it turns out that trips to Hardiran’s Wall during the spring have to be made months or a year in advance. It turns out this is a big tourist attraction for Europeans and Brits. Bob was pretty depressed, but now we are talking about doing a river trip down the Colorado. I know those reservations have to be made at least a year in advance for the long trips, so I told him I would check out if there were any ‘last minute’ room for us. Bob is now stuck again in that he was planning on meeting Focus in Rome for a three week trip through Italy at the end of our trip to Normandy. Now he is working on getting to Rome at a reasonable rate. Again, the height of tourist time. And if he can’t jump in with the group from Denver, he may have to buy a one-way ticket to Rome to meet the group. He was already set to fly back with them. I know he will work it out and am glad I didn’t join him on the Italy extension of our now defunct trip. I did come close to joining him back in October, but decided I would not as Ethiopia is in October. Two trips in one year is a lot and the England-France trip would have been much cheaper, since we weren’t staying at high end hotels and not taking any ‘tours’ while we were there. As I told Bob, my travel is based on my philosophy that ‘if it happens, it is meant to happen; if not there is a reason.’

The 2010 census figures are out. Flag’s population grew by 25% during the last decade…including me. We now have 65,870 people within the city limits. I wonder what the city will be doing with this huge increase in population in terms of taxing. In the world view, we are still considered a town as we need 100,000 to be a city. Of course, AZ seldom takes a world view so in AZ we are considered a city. I can’t imagine Flag with 100,000 people and certainly don’t want to even try. I am sure that our much higher population will have more businesses looking at our mountain town. Then they will look at our weather, our snow, and our cost of living for their employees and just keep looking. As long as our city government sees our cost of living as a problem that has no solutions, we will have a long time before we reach the ‘city’ category. Working class families usually can’t afford to buy a house and finding a good rental is not that easy either. We are not, nor ever have been, an inexpensive place to live.

Our discussion group went very late. All other parts of post will return tomorrow.

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3-11-11 Friday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1953 An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

We had a great Mexican lunch today. Trading stories over enchiladas is always fun. Mary found out that her oldest brother has prostate cancer. She is much more upset than he is. I get that—from her brother’s point of view. In today’s world there is so much they can do. Mary headed for the internet and must have found the worst case scenarios. I tried to let her know that lots can be done, and she seemed to accept my advice. She says her brother isn’t going to do anything about it until he returns from a trip in a couple of weeks. I told her that it is usually a very slow growing form and treatment is seldom started immediately anyway His wife is a late blooming born-again who seems to believe that Jesus will heal her husband through prayer. We all agreed that she needs to let God direct them to a physician. Cheryl had plateaued on her weight loss for a couple of weeks, but is back to losing again. She is down 60# since the surgery. She looks much healthier and says many of her aches and pains have disappeared. A mutual friend, Pam, from Tuba is not doing well. She is in her late 60’s and has so many health problems I can’t remember them all. Basically her immune system is not working correctly and her kidneys are not functioning correctly. She is not on dialysis so I have to wonder how bad it really is. Pam is a very outgoing lady who worked on the rez for many years, then remarried and moved to Flagstaff. She always liked to be the center of attention. While I am sure she has numerous issues, I hope that most of them are not as major as she makes them sound. She still does the books for her husband’s construction business so that keeps her busy. The last time I saw her, about 2 years ago, she was looking well and reiterated many of the same problems she has now.

We are having some great spring weather and the weather guy says they will continue into next week. I didn’t get the car washed today, but did rid myself of another pile of paper. Tomorrow our discussion groups meets. The topic is really boring for me…finances. Thankfully the lady doing the presentation is a financial advisor and will take all those boring words and numbers into something we can all understand. The international economic crisis continues and we will be discussing or at least listening to how various world powers have handled it. Another part of the discussion will be ‘too big to fail’ theory. I’m looking forward to this. At our lunch we were discussion how our retirement checks seem to get smaller every year with new costs being taken out before we see the money. Insurance goes up, this year they are taking another $35/month for something we don’t even understand…especially since it is a flat $35 for every CSRP and FERS retiree. Usually it is a percentage raise. I haven’t gone in to find out about my Social Security payments. I’ll get the stuff together soon and make the appointment. I have this fear that if I start SS, my CSRP will decrease. I understand that it is very complicated. All I can find on the web is the changes that affect spousal benefits. Guess it is time to find out. All the money I paid to SS was money earned outside my Federal employment so it shouldn’t make a change. When I earned money that had SS taken out, I was in furlough status from my Federal employment or was earned before I went to work under Civil Service. Therefore the two are not connected. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Going meat-free one day a week. Cutting back on red meat, especially, reduces your risk of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease, reveals a study of more than 500,000 men and women.

For stains in your sink--especially rust or coffee--try making a paste of salt and lemon juice or a full strength solution of hydrogen peroxide. Leave it on the stain for several minutes then flush well with water.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…

The Bible is the most shoplifted book.

A Boeing 747 has six million parts and half of them are fasteners.

A normal 60-passenger bus gets 5.5 miles out of a gallon of fuel.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…] MUSIC

1. Who composed the piece 'Air' for the G string?

2. Who had a hit with the song 'Sylvia's Mother'?

3. Which classical composer wrote the piece 'Hungarian Rhapsody'?

4. Jean-Christopher Denner invented which musical instrument?

5. Who's band was The Quarrymen?

6. In 1996 which Celine Dion album won Grammy album of year?

7. The 'sackbut' developed into which modern instrument?

8. The song 'How to Handle a Woman' comes from which musical?

9. What was the first British instrumental to top the USA charts?

10. Annie Mae Bullock became famous using what stage name?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:

HEMET, CA — California narcotics investigators found a $1.5 million marijuana growing operation at a house and an unusual security guard — a 4-foot-long alligator named Wally.

The Riverside County drug task force team moved in on the Hemet area house on Monday night and seized nearly 2,300 pot plants. The commander says agents also found the reptile, described as a "watchgator."

The healthy 55-pound American alligator was turned over to the Phelan-based Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary, since gators are illegal in California.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports 29-year-old John Nathan Donna, who lives in the home, was arrested and booked for investigation of marijuana cultivation and possession. He was released Tuesday on $100,000 bail.

A LITTLE LAUGH:

My 10-year-old daughter has decided she is an environmentalist. So she talked me into participating in an aggressive recycling effort with her.

Last week she and I took what proved to be 134 pounds of cardboard boxes to the recycling center and earned $1.34. Counting gas and ice cream, we turned a profit of -$7.85.

We're going to use generally accepted accounting principles and see if we can apply this amount to our taxable income.

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: TV SCANDEL 1959 CHARLES VAN DOREN QUIZ SCANDEL

♫ ‘Hair Bands’ ♫

Musically, use traditional hard rock and heavy metal songs, incorporating elements of punk rock,[5] while adding pop-influenced catchy hooks and guitar riffs. A little loud but interesting.

Click on Song Title to see and hear it.

♪… Poison- Every Rose Has Its Thorn

♪… Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION

►THIS WEEK◄

5-20► Iditarod Race ♣

6-12► Celebrate Your Name Week ♣ National Consumer Protection Week ♣ National Pancake Week ♣ National Words Matter Week ♣ Save Your Vision Week ♣ Read an E-Book Week ♣ Return The Borrowed Books Week ♣ Teen Tech Week ♣ Women in Construction Week ♣

7-13► Newspaper in Education Week ♣ National Procrastination Week ♣ National Sleep Awareness Week ♣ National School Breakfast Week ♣ Telecommuter Appreciation Week ♣ Universal Women's Week ♣

11-13► World Rattlesnake Round-up ♣

►TODAY IS◄

Johnny Appleseed Day

Worship of Tools Day

Middle Name Pride Day

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Lithuania: Reestablishment of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990

US: New Mexico : Arbor Day

US: Canisteo, NY: Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign Day (the world-famous living sign, as mentioned in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.” The sign spells out “Canisteo” using 250 trees on a ridge above Greenwood Street)

Zambia: Youth Day

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS

1952 Douglas Adams author: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

■…ATHLETES

1885 Malcolm Campbell 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/minutes (8 km/minute)

1945 Dock (Phillip) Ellis baseball [pitcher]: (Pirates Athletics, Rangers, Mets )

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

Sam Donaldson, 77, journalist

1860 Thomas Hastings architect (New York Public Library)

1920 Henry Marking CEO (British Airways)

Rupert Murdoch, 80, media executive

■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)

1908 Lawrence Welk orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show)

Jerry Zucker, 61, writer (Naked Gun movies with brother David), producer (Airplane!)

■…POLITICIANS

Antonin Scalia, 75, Associate Justice of the US

1916 (James) Harold Wilson British Prime Minister; politician

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier co-discovered Neptune

Today’s Obits:

1845 John Chapman [Johnny Appleseed] @ 70

1897 Henry Drummond Scottish geologist/evangelist, bone cancer(?) @ 45

1996 Vince Edwards actor (Ben Casey), cancer @ 67

1970 Erle Stanley Gardner US writer (Perry Mason), @ 80

1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes football coach (Ohio State), heart attack @ 74

0638 Sophronius of Jerusalem saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, @v 58

1874 Charles Sumner a white civil rights leader, @ 63

Today’s Events:

■…ARTS

1302 Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare

1794 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens

■…ATHLETICS

1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ

1959 "Raisin in the Sun", 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens

1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic

1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule

1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1702 1st English daily newspaper, "Daily Courant", is published

1823 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT

1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh

1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"

1986 Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.

■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1856 The NEZ PERCE join Col.Cornelius for a fight against the Yakima.

1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant

■…POLITICS (International)

1917 British troops occupy Baghdad

1982 Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC

1988 £ note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by £ coin

■…POLITICS (US)

1824 US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs

1918 Save the Redwoods League founded

1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC

1964 Senator Carl Hayden broke the record for continuous service in the U.S. Senate. He completed 37 years and seven days in the upper chamber serving the people of Arizona.

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000

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ANSWERS:

Quiz

1. Who composed the piece 'Air' for the G string? J.S. Bach

2. Who had a hit with the song 'Sylvia's Mother'? Dr. Hook

3. Which classical composer wrote the piece 'Hungarian Rhapsody'? Franz Liszt

4. Jean-Christopher Denner invented which musical instrument? Clarinet

5. Who's band was The Quarrymen? John Lennon

6. In 1996 which Celine Dion album won Grammy album of year? Falling into You

7. The 'sackbut' developed into which modern instrument? Trombone

8. The song 'How to Handle a Woman' comes from which musical? Camelot

9. What was the first British instrumental to top the USA charts? Telstar, by The Tornados

It used the clavioline, an electronic keyboard instrument, a forerunner to the analog synthesizer.

10. Annie Mae Bullock became famous using what stage name? Tina Turner

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Treble Clef

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3-10-11 Thursday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1893 New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before

AND

1998 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) announced that food stamps were issued to nearly 26,000 dead people in 1995-1996; food stamps valued at $8.5 million were issued to 25,881 deceased people during that period.

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Flag had a really nice spring day. I was able to take a nice walk through the neighborhood and beyond. So nice to have a day with no wind and warm temps.

This afternoon I did attack on of my mail piles and got that cleaned up. Nothing exciting was found, but at least one pile is gone.

I really need to get my vehicle washed, but didn’t do it today. Maybe tomorrow. There is no wet weather for the next week, so I can enjoy the clean ride for a little while.

Things are getting weird in Wisconsin. It sure is beginning to look like many politicians in the Republican Party have gotten together to break the unions. None of them campaigned on this last November, but suddenly, the unions are the scrape goat for budget problems. Sadly, this is also an attack on the middle class beliefs. Our middle class is disappearing and the gap between middle class and the wealthy is getting ever larger.

I got a strange request for a recommendation today. When I was at Red Lake—back in the mid to late 80’s we had a business tech. She left the Bureau about 4 years ago. Now she asked me for a recommendation. If I was still in the hiring mode and I got a letter that talked about an employees work of that long ago, I would wonder for sure. I liked her and she was helpful so I will write something.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Utilizing these little pieces of soap that are always left over. Add a little glycerin and mash them up with a little warm water and you will have a liquid soap that is gentle and economical.

To get rid of the smell on your dog, instead of using expensive dog shampoos, use a tomato (i personally use tomato puree in the same way as you would use regular dog shampoo) this will rid your dog of its smell for about six months and your dog will love you for it.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…

Stephen King's first bestselling novel, 'Carrie', was tossed because he was unhappy with it. His wife ended up convincing him it was worth keeping.

King is a member of the band, The Rock Bottom Remainders.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]

1. William Burroughs coined which phrase,that was used by Steppenwolf in 1968?

2. Which record company rejected the Beatles as being 'past it'?

3. In 1986, Graceland was the Grammy album of the year. Who was the artist?

4. Where was Bob Dylan born?

5. The Merryman and His Maid has another title what is it?

6. What did Bartommelo Christofori invent?

7. Why did Handel compose 'The Messiah'?

8. Perry Como, the singer once worked in what profession?

9. Fredrick Bulsara was the lead singer of which pop group?

10. Where did Jim Morrison die?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:

ROME — He avoided Italian police for a decade on the run but couldn't resist his wife's lasagna.

Police say Giancarlo Sabatini went into hiding in 2000, shortly after being given a 3-year, 8-month prison sentence in a cocaine trafficking case.

Acting on a tip, police staked out the homes of Sabatini's wife and daughter Tuesday in Rocca Priora, a town near Rome. When they spied the daughter leaving her mother's house and furtively dashing toward her home bearing a tray of lasagna, police, suspecting a secret guest, burst in and arrested Sabatini.

Many Italians prepare lasagna with meat sauce for lunch on the last Tuesday of Carnival. Police say Sabatini came from his hideout in Belgium to celebrate the last day before Lent with his family.

A LITTLE LAUGH:

A man pacing back and forth glanced at his watch and yelled upstairs to his wife, "Honey, are you ready yet?"

Shouting back, the woman replies, "For crying out loud, Ed, I've been telling you for the last half hour...I'll be ready in a minute!"

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mqQPl2r1io

♫ 60’s Rock ♫

♣ new category tomorrow ♣

Click on Song Title to see and hear it.

♪… Hey Jude ♣ The Beatles

♪… I Heard It Through The Grapevine ♣ Marvin Gaye

♪…Respect ♣ Aretha Franklin

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION

►THIS WEEK◄

5-20► Iditarod Race ♣

6-12► Celebrate Your Name Week ♣ National Consumer Protection Week ♣ National Pancake Week ♣ National Words Matter Week ♣ Save Your Vision Week ♣ Read an E-Book Week ♣ Return The Borrowed Books Week ♣ Teen Tech Week ♣ Women in Construction Week ♣

7-13► Newspaper in Education Week ♣ National Procrastination Week ♣ National Sleep Awareness Week ♣ National School Breakfast Week ♣ Telecommuter Appreciation Week ♣ Universal Women's Week ♣

►TODAY IS◄

Festival Of Life In The Cracks Day

Harriet Tubman Day

International Day of Awesomeness

Nametag Day

Salvation Army Day

Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)

US Paper Money Day

World Kidney Day

Telephone Day

Dominica, St Lucia: Independence Day (1967)

Laos: Teachers' Day

Shiogama, Japan: Hote Matsuri (the original purpose of fire prevention, and now serves to ward off evil and to offer prayers for the prosperity of the town)

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS

1787 William Etty, English painter

■…ATHLETES

Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, 75, president of FIFA

Shannon Miller, 34, Olympic gymnast

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

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■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)

1888 Barry Fitzgerald , actor (Academy Award-Going My Way) in Dublin Ireland

Jon Hamm, 40, actor (“Mad Men,” “The Division”)

1891 Sam Jaffe actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)

Chuck Norris, 71, actor (Missing in Action, “Walker, Texas Ranger”)

Sharon Stone, 53, actress (Basic Instinct, The Specialist, Casino)

Carrie Underwood, 28, singer (“American Idol”)

■…POLITICIANS

Prince Edward, 47, third son of Queen Elizabeth II

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

1628 Marcello Malpighi physician: pioneer in working with the microscope

1748 John Playfair Scottish clergyman/geologist/mathematician

Today’s Obits:

1988 Andy Gibb singer, inflammatory heart virus @ 30

1980 Herman Tarnower doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris @ 70

1913 Harriet Tubman abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, @ 93

Today’s Events:

■…ARTS

1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions

■…ATHLETICS

1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 meter indoor (22.24 seconds)

■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1791 John Stone patented the pile driver

1847 1st money minted in Hawaii

1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits its 1st student

1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1865 The PONCA sign a treaty regarding 30,000 acres of land (14 stat.675).

■…POLITICS (International)

1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games

■…POLITICS (US)

1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania

■…SCIENCE & RELIGION

0418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire

1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity

1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO

1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun

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ANSWERS:

Quiz

1. William Burroughs coined which phrase,that was used by Steppenwolf in 1968?

Heavy Metal - Born to be Wild

2. Which record company rejected the Beatles as being 'past it'? Decca

3. In 1986, Graceland was the Grammy album of the year. Who was the artist? Paul Simon

4. Where was Bob Dylan born? Duluth, Minnesota

5. The Merryman and His Maid has another title what is it? The Yeomen of the Guard

6. What did Bartommelo Christofori invent? Piano

7. Why did Handel compose 'The Messiah'? For Cash

8. Perry Como, the singer once worked in what profession? A Barber

9. Fredrick Bulsara was the lead singer of which pop group? Queen, Freddie Mercury

10. Where did Jim Morrison die? Bath - in Paris hotel

Close Up Picture

Iron

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