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?


♫ ‘Hair Bands’ ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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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?


♫ ‘Hair Bands’ ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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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
Close Up Picture
Remote Control

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3-13-11

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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?


♫ ‘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.
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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
Close Up Picture
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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?


♫ 60’s Rock ♫
♣ new category tomorrow ♣
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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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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3-9-11 Wednesday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

We had a nice day here in FLG. I was able to run some errands with no hassles at all. The only snow left here is the piles made from a storm a couple of weeks ago. None of the last snow ever stuck to the ground. We are now only about an inch below our regular rainfall for the year that began on Sep 1. In honor of Fat Tuesday I made some shrimp jambalaya for dinner. I know I should have had pancakes, but New Orleans won out. Now wondering what I will give up for Lent. Maybe I’ll give up procrastinating. I am really good at letting the mail pile up and only paying the bills. I have piles on several flat surfaces upstairs. Would be good to clean those up and get back into the swing of taking care of mail everyday when it comes in.

Ooops. Our very conservative US Rep has been big on cutting the budget and getting the Feds out of our daily business. I thought he was against earmarks until today. It seems he has introduced a bill that will cut the wait time for getting flood insurance for the victims of last year’s flooding here in Flag. When the forest burned, those downwind were suddenly placed in a flood zone. Many bought flood insurance while the fire was still burning. Sadly for them, there is a 30 day waiting period before it goes into effect. The first of several floods came within 25 days of the fire. I hope the bill passes and that my friends and their neighbors are able to recover some of the money they lost due to the fire/flood aftermath. Suddenly for Mr. Gosar, Federal intervention is necessary. Suddenly Federal money is needed in his district. I guess this is just politics as usual. I just wish he felt the same way about health care and other social programs. I’m just so confused.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Place a handful of marbles in a basin and fill with warm water. Soak your feet for 10-15 minutes, rolling your soles over the marbles to stimulate the pressure points that turn on calm all over!

Before wearing a new pair of boots outdoors, take a few minutes to apply a waterproofing agent. For leather styles, use an oil-based products that's free of waxes and silicones, which can clog the pores of the hide.

Stopping to wash utensils such as paring knives, whisks or wooden spoons can really slow down your
meal prep. Instead, fill a large jar or vase with hot water and a copule drops of dish soap. As you work, place dirty utensils into the jar as soon as you use them. When you reach for them again, just rinse off and they'll be ready to go--no scrubbing needed.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…The Oscars
Greer Garson, who won the Best Actress award in 1942 for her part in Mrs. Miniver, gave the longest speech in Oscar history. It was more than five minutes long.

John Wayne acted in 138 films before winning an Oscar for True Grit (1969).

Henry Fonda appeared in movies for 41 years before winning an Oscar for On Golden Pond in 1981.

Judi Dench won Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, even though she appeared in the film for only eight minutes.

In 1991, Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

Meryl Streep currently has 16 nominations, 13 as Best Actress (also a record), and 3 as Best Supporting Actress. She has one win in each category.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…] HISTORY
1. Who said "Public service is my motto"?
2. What shape were the sailors plates in Nelson's navy?
3. The Italian Umberto Nobile became famous in 1926 for?
4. Who said "All the world's art ain't worth a good potato pie"?
5. Which car company produced the first front wheel drive in 1934?
6. In 1891, what did Whitcome Judson invent for fastening shoes?
7. What was unusual about convict 2599 who was doing time in Pen State prison 1924?
8. Which country introduced the world's first diesel locomotive in 1912?
9. In the 18th century what would a pencil be?
10. In 1760, what means of personal transport was invented?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Don't mess with the moose.
That's the warning police in Anchorage are repeating after one of the animals kicked a woman in the chest and shoulder at a city park. She was checked by medics Monday afternoon and didn't have to go to a hospital.
The Anchorage Daily News reports the moose had been in Town Square Park most of the day feeding on trees. The woman in her 20s was attacked when she tried to pet it.
Police spokeswoman Anita Shell says the moose is not a threat unless provoked, so people need to give it space.

A LITTLE LAUGH:
The young man ahead of my father at the flower shop was taking an unusually long time to place his order.
When the clerk asked how she could help, he explained that his girlfriend was turning 19 and he couldn't decide whether to give her a dozen roses or 19 roses -- one for each year of her life.
The woman put aside her business judgment and advised, "She may be your 19-year-old girlfriend now, but someday she could be your 50-year-old wife."
The young man bought a dozen roses.
Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: URBAN COWBOY Clip Reel (Mickey Gilley’s B-day)

♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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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◄
Amerigo Vespucci Day (1451)
Panic Day
Ash Wednesday Lent Begins
Barbie Day
Joe Franklin Day (1st talk show on radio)
Get Over It Day
Learn What Your Name Means Day
Registered Dietitian Day
Belize : Baron Bliss Day
Lebanon: Teacher's Day or Eid Al Moalim
Ukraine: Taras Shevchenko (Ukrainian poet) Day (1814)

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1918 Mickey [Frank Morrison] Spillane mystery writer (I the Jury)
1905 Rex Warner English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase)
■…ATHLETES
1915 Pete Gray one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)
Terence John (Terry) Mulholland, 48, former baseball player
Benito Santiago, 46, former baseball player, born Ponce, Puerto Rico
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1923 Andre Courreges French fashion designer: created go-go boots, brought mini-skirt look into fashion
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
1920 Carl Betz actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
Juliette Binoche, 47, actress (Oscar for The English Patient; Chocolat)
Linda Fiorentino, 51, actress (Men in Black)
Mickey Gilley, 75, singer, musician
1902 Will Greer actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons)
1940 Raul Julia (Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay) actor: The Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Emmanuel Lewis, 40, actor (“Webster”)
Mark Lindsay, 69, musician: saxophonist, singer songwriter: group: Paul Revere & The Raiders
■…POLITICIANS
1820 Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1815 David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1918 George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party
1954 Bobby Sands, IRA member
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1564 David Fabricius Essen German astronomer (discovered variable star)
1934 Yuri Gagarin Russian cosmonaut: the first man to travel in space
1791 George Hayward US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
Today’s Obits:
1992 Menachim Begin Israeli prime minister (1977-1983, Nobel 1979), @ 79
1969 Richard Crane actor (Surfside 6), heart attack @ 50
1962 Dr Howard Engstrom a designer of Univac computer @ 59
1943 Oskar Hêks Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, @ Auschwitz @ 35
1989 Robert Mapplethorpe US photographer, AIDS @ 42
1997 Terry Nation writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) emphysema @ 66
1997 Notorius B I G [Biggie Small Chris Walkin], rapper, shot @ 24
1994 Fernando Rey Spanish actor (French Connection), cancer @ 76
1994 Lawrence E Spivak journalist (Meet the Press), @ 93
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1954 1st local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) New York NY
1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
■…ATHLETICS
1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1942 Construction of the Alaska Highway began
1964 1st Ford Mustang produced
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1728 The Yamassee have left their old lands in South Carolina, and moved to Florida. Their anger at the Carolinians has not abated; and, they continue raiding the British settlements A force of 250 volunteers from Carolina, under Colonel John Parker, attack the mission. Thirty warriors will be killed, and many Yamassee will be taken as slaves.
1935 Officers of tribes are now considered U.S. Officers
■…POLITICS (International)
1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
1916 General Fransisco "Pancho" Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM (17 killed)
1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
■…POLITICS (US)
1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000
1862 "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel & recover damages
1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation
1522 Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
1961 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. Who said "Public service is my motto"? Al Capone
2. What shape were the sailors plates in Nelson's navy? Square to ensure a Square meal
3. The Italian Umberto Nobile became famous in 1926 for? The First Airship Crossing, North Pole
4. Who said "All the world's art ain't worth a good potato pie"? L. S. Lowrie, English artist
5. Which car company produced the first front wheel drive in 1934? Citroen
6. In 1891, what did Whitcome Judson invent for fastening shoes? Zip Fastener
7. What was unusual about convict 2599 who was doing time in Pen State prison 1924?
It was dog doing life for killing a cat.
8. Which country introduced the world's first diesel locomotive in 1912? Germany
9. In the 18th century what would a pencil be? Brush
10. In 1760, what means of personal transport was invented? Roller Skates
Close Up Picture
Skating Rink Ice Machine

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