June 25


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1580: Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
1630: Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1868: FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1941: Fair Employment Practices Commission established
1947: 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
1953: 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1990: 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
                   
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Just about ready for my trip. Cameras charged and ready, iPod ready, paperwork ready, ride will be here at 7:15 Tuesday morning. Tomorrow will be packing. Very Cool. And thankfully my tendonitis is going away, just as promised. Should be a great trip.

Our Cloning discussion was outstanding. First some science, then some stats, then the ethical stuff. I had no idea that rhesus monkeys have been cloned in Oregon since 2000. The leading cloners are China, South Korea, and US. The science was made easily understandable, but sure is complicated. We live in an amazing world.  Our next discussion will be on ‘immigration’ and should be pretty intense too. That won’t happen until we are all back from some trips.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Most Valuable Puzzle
Given three words that start with the letters M, V and P, as in Most Valuable Player, think of a word that can follow each of his, to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. For example: Mothers, Veterans and Pay — the answer would be DAY, as in Mother's Day, Veterans Day and Pay Day.
1.     Mail, voice, Pandora’s:
2.     Mountain, volcanic, hot:
3.     Master, valentine, playing:
4.     Minus, V, peace:
5.     Moth, volley, paddle:
6.     Violin, murder, pillow:
7.     Masking, video, police:
8.     Match, vantage, pressure:
9.     Mental, vegetative, Penn:
10.  Magic, volume, prime:
11.  Mind, volume, pest:

What is the answer?
Rearrange the following letters in three different ways to give three different 8-letter words.A  A  E  L  N  P  R  T
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.     plug up
2.     volcano emission
3.     egg-shaped
4.     festivity
Lifestyle  Substance     
One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

Harper’s Index         
Percentage of Americans who have been arrested by age 23: 30
Found on You Tube 
Great Migrations - Born to Move       
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
Every Saturday morning Grandpa Walt found himself babysitting his three grandchildren...all boys. The kids always wanted to play ''war,'' and Grandpa somehow always got coaxed into the game.
His daughter came to pick up the kids early one Saturday and witnessed Grandpa take a fake shot as Jason pointed a toy gun and yelled, "Bang!''
Grandpa slumped to the floor and stayed there motionless. The daughter rushed over to see if he was all right. Grandpa opened one eye and whispered, ''Sh-h-h, I always do this. It's the only chance I get to rest.''
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
Choose a nail that's 2 1/2 to 3 times longer than the thickness of the piece of wood you want to nail.
Yeah, It Really Happened
LIUCUNBU, China - A Chinese news station said a strange object reported to be a rare double-headed mushroom turned out to be a discarded sex toy. The Xi'an news station, based in the city of the same name, said reporter Yunfeng Ye was sent to the village of Liucunbu when the object was unearthed by workers drilling a new well shaft, ABC News reported Wednesday. Ye and a villager identified the object as a type of lingzhi, a rare shelf fungus that was once believed to be the secret to immortality. However, many viewers immediately recognized the object as a sex toy designed to mimic female genitalia. The Xi'an news station posted an apology online the following day. "Our program last night made everyone laugh," station officials wrote in apologizing for the "uncomfortable and misleading" report. "Our reporter is very young and sheltered."               
Somewhat Useless Information   
Returns tomorrow
Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
24-30 
   Carpenter Ant Awareness Week
   Lightning Safety Awareness Weekend
   National Mosquito Control Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      
Color TV Day (CBS-1951)
Please Take My Children To Work Day
Log Cabin Day
Great American Backyard Campout
Anniversary (1876) - Battle of Little Bighorn (Known as Victory Day in Sioux Country)

Mozambique; Independence Day (1975 for Portugal)
Bhutan: National Day
Slovenia: National Day    

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1000’s
1096: 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1100’s
1178: 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon

1500’s
1528: Narvaez, and his Spanish expedition will cross the Suwannee River. They will discover, and occupy, a village they call Apalachen, in Florida. There are approximately 40 houses in the village, and a quantity of corn. They will remain here for almost a month. During that time they will fight with the local inhabitants on several occasions. The local Apalachee call the village Ibitachoco or Ivitachuco.
1600’s
1638: Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1672: 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1700’s
1788: Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1798: US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1800’s
1835: 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1867: 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
1868: Pres Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day
1876: Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn, death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
1900’s
1929: Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1938: Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1947: Tennis shoe introduced 1950: Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
1962: Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1968: Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1981: Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1991: Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
2000’s
2007: United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull
2008: Atlantis Plastics shooting, employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Gary Crosby, California, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase) in 1933
Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school in 1865
George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], Bihar, British India, British writer (Animal Farm, 1984) in 1903

In their 80’s
June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction) is 87

In their 60’s
Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson) is 66
Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain) is 67
Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease) is 65
In their 50’s
Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author is 56
Ricky Gervais, actor and comedian (The Office) is 51

Today’s Obits                                                           
Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies  in 1995 of heart failure at 87
George A Custer, US general and 3 brothers die (Little Bighorn) in 1876 at 36
Farrah Fawcett, American actress and pop culture figure dies in 2009 of cancer at 62
Michael Jackson, American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest in 2009 at 50
Lester Maddox, segregationist and Governor of Georgia dies in 2003 at 87
Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France dies in 1533 at 37

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
Parental, paternal, prenatal
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Mail, voice, Pandora’s: Box
2.     Mountain, volcanic, hot: ash
3.     Master, valentine, playing: card
4.     Minus, V, peace: sign
5.     Moth, volley, paddle: ball
6.     Violin, murder, pillow: case
7.     Masking, video, police: tape
8.     Match, vantage, pressure: point
9.     Mental, vegetative, Penn: state
10.  Magic, volume, prime: number
11.  Mind, volume, pest: control

4X4 boxes
CLOG
LAVA
OVAL
GALA
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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June 24


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1610: Membertou (Micmac) becomes the 1st Indian Catholic
1692: Kingston Jamaica founded
1817: 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast
1861: Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
1894: Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
1930: 1st radar detection of planes
1938: 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
1948: Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade
1968: Resurrection City in Wash DC closed permanently
1977: IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1982: Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
               Returns tomorrow    
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Our discussion group meets tonight to mull over ‘cloning’ with all the good, bad, and ugly. The blog will be shortened.

It was a windy day and the wind was very warm. I hate the wind. Anyway, got the deck cleaned up, and laid out a bunch of stuff for the trip. Sure hope I can get it all into the required duffle bag and carry-on. I always make it, but never think I will. Getting excited for sure.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Football Scramble
Every answer is a word or phrase used in football, delivered in the form of an anagram. For example, if the word given for the clue is "saps" the answer would be "pass."
1.     Cask;
2.     Recent:
3.     Melanin:
4.     Dies off:
5.     Aplenty:
6.     Spiking:
7.     Go postal:
8.     Remove it:
9.     Creep into:
10.  Dunner:
11.  Splinted:
12.  Snow drift:
13.  Dangerous:

What is the answer?
Supply the missing vowels to give six 6-letter names of countries. BLZ  CND  KWT  MLW  MXC  PNM
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.     where is it?
2.     Austen novel
3.     radiate
4.     destiny
Lifestyle  Substance     
One Hit Wonders of the 1960’s

Harper’s Index         
Percentage increase since2001 in female participation in target shooting in the US: 46.5
Found on You Tube 
        What Really Happened at Tonkin Gulf? 60 Minutes
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
There were three Indian ladies. One slept on a deerskin, one slept on an elk skin and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant and the first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This goes to prove that the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
If you invite 100 people to a cocktail party, plan on 75 coming; 25 will send regrets.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Cleveland, OH- Thomas Hatfield, 30, of Ohio is a felon who has previous convictions for aggravated riot and attempted aggravated arson from 1997.
Because of these convictions he must live with certain restrictions, one of these being he cannot be in possession of any firearms. That apparently is one he had a hard time sticking to, considering the weapons he was found with.
However, the Ohio judge who heard his case said he likely will not jail Hatfield whose firearm possession violation cost the man a testicle.
Hatfield pleaded guilty in Cincinnati to being a felon with a firearm after he accidentally shot off one of his own testicles with a .38-caliber semiautomatic handgun.
Police said Hatfield was also in possession of a single-shot 12-gauge shotgun.
"Because you injured yourself, that's kind of bad enough right there, so I'll consider probation," Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman told Hatfield after his guilty plea.
"Obviously," the judge told Hatfield, "you don't know a whole lot about firearms. You need to read the directions."       
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The closing credits in recent films are so long because of various unions that negotiated on-screen recognition as a way for behind-the-scenes folks to "sign" their work. This "signature" serves as a visual resume and helps carpenters, electricians, and so on secure jobs on future movie productions.
  • A Foley artist is a sound effects specialist. Every sound in a film that isn't dialog or music is considered a sound effect. Interestingly enough, Jack Foley, the Universal Studios sound effects pioneer for whom the technique is named, never received an on-screen credit.
  • The opening credits of a movie follow a very specific format. The studio's name and logo appear first, followed by the name of the production company. The next credit lists the investor(s) who backed the film. After the money guys are listed, the director gets his first credit (usually listed as "a film by...").
  • A film today sometimes lists as many as a dozen producers, but most of them aren't actually producers; they're friends, personal assistants, or even fitness trainers of the film's stars. They get a production credit as a special "perk" of their relationship.
  • Sometimes an actor is billed as "special guest star" or "and also starring." This is usually a deal negotiated by an agent for so-called "name" stars who have small parts in films.
  • Some actors use three names because there is already another performer in the Screen Actors Guild Directory with their name. But others use it as a marketing tool; the longer the name, the more screen space it fills during the credits, making it stand out that much more among the other names.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
21-24 
   Watermelon Seed Spitting Week
24-30 
   Carpenter Ant Awareness Week
   Lightning Safety Awareness Weekend
   National Mosquito Control Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      
America's Kids Day
Celebration of the Senses
Descendants Day
International Fairy Day
Log Cabin Day
Museum Comes To Life Day

China: Macau Day (1622, Dutch failure to colonize Macau)   

Today’s Other Events                                                             
Before 1000CE
451: 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1300’s
1314: Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
1400’s
1497: John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)
1500’s
1535: Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded
1540: Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1600’s
1664: The colony of New Jersey is founded

1800’s
1832: Reverend Samuel Worcester has been arrested, and convicted of living, and working, among the Cherokee with have a state permit, or having sworn an oath of allegiance to the state of Georgia. Today the Supreme Court rules that the state of Georgia has unfairly tried to exercise control over the Cherokee contrary to federal law, and treaties. The court will strike down most of the anti-Indian laws passed by Georgia, including those seizing their lands, and nullifying tribal laws. Before the trail, President Andrew Jackson officially stated that he has no intention of supporting the Cherokee over the state of Georgia. Speaking to the court's decision today, Jackson would be quoted as saying, "John Marshall has rendered his decision; now let him enforce it." Jackson would ignore the Supreme Court ruling, and continue in his efforts to move the Cherokee out of the south, and into the Indian Territory.
1841: Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx
1853: Gadsden Purchase 29,670-square-mile (76,800 square km) from Mexico (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million signed by President Franklin Pierce 
1900’s
1901: 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract.
1931: USSR & Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
1947: Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold
1949: "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1957: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States
1963: 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London
1970: Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1997: USAF reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies
2000’s
2004: In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional
2007: The Angora Fire starts near South Lake Tahoe, California destroying 200+ structures in its first 48 hours

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review) in 1912
Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26) in 1895
Roy O. Disney, a founder of the Walt Disney Company in 1893
E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont) in 1771
Fred Hoyle, cosmologist (proposed steady-state universe theory) in 1915

In their 80’s
Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70) is 81
In their 70’s
Mick Fleetwood, London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way) is 70
Michele Lee, LA California, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug) is 70
In their 60’s
Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/guitarist (Jeff Beck Group) is 68
In their 50’s
Joe Penny, TV actor is 56

Today’s Obits                                                           
Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler kills self, wife, son in 2007 at 40
Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), diesof heart attack in 1908 at 71
Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey dies of ovarian cancer in 2006 at 49

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
Belize, Canada, Kuwait, Malawi, Mexico, Panama
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Cask; sack
2.     Recent: center
3.     Melanin: lineman
4.     Dies off: off sides
5.     Aplenty: penalty
6.     Spiking: pig skin
7.     Go postal: goal post
8.     Remove it: overtime
9.     Creep into: reception
10.  Dunner: end run
11.  Splinted: split end
12.  Snow drift: first down
13.  Dangerous: nose guard

4X4 boxes
BEEF
EMMA
EMIT
FATE
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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