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Fathers are important role models for their children

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:11:07 PDT

Family news

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:05:13 PDT

Heavy rain...the roof no longer leaks over the sink and into the bathroom, but the skylight lacks putty and is leaking all over the dining room table. Sigh.

I'll have to check if the heavy rain removed the garbage from the open gutters.

In Manila, the streets are flooded...duh.
Oh yes: a minor earthquake (not here, and no I didn't feel it).

Chano is again at the farm, and trying to limit the money used for cooking, so the cook is upset...

Luckily, Jolibee is down the street.

Miamisburg Mound

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01:21 PDT

Miamisburg Mound

in Ohio.

The Miamisburg Mound is a large Native American conical burial mound constructed by the culture that archaeologists refer to as Adena. The mound is almost 70 feet tall, and is virtually intact....
The mound tomb was constructed approximately 2500 years ago, as one of many similar mound earthworks. Excavated in 1869, found bark covered skeleton and a chamber located 28 feet deep into the mound, but found empty.

The Adena people flourished between 1000-200 BC, and found their homes across what is now Ohio, Indiana, West Viginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New York. There a several existing mounds and an estimated 200 Adena related sites scattered throughout their territory.

more HERE.

PARANOIA ALERT

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:31:37 PDT

Like a lot of folks, I wondered about the explosion of TWA 800, but not because 100 folks "saw" a missile explode near the plane, but because an earlier terrorist plot against Phil airlines had a small bomb placed under the seat so that it would explode the center fuel tank (it didn't work, because the plane was an "extended" version, and the fuel tank was further forward, and because the pilot skillfully managed to land the plane).

but now there is a new film with whistleblowers saying that it might have been an outside explosion that brought down the flight.

So terrorism? Or a "friendly fire" accident?

Sigh. There were 16 students from the Montoursville High School French club killed on that flight, and it will open new wounds in the parents, some of whom still feel that they weren't told the truth.

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article on the NSA spying program by a reporter who just died in a car accident.

headsup Instapundit.
Investigative reporter/conspiracy theorist Jack Cashill feels vindicated.

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and attention conspiracy theorists; forget the "black helicopters": worry about the drones.

Leaker or traitor?

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:44 PDT

InFromTheCold analyzes the latest security leak, shows what happened to whistleblowers who actually used legal means of whistleblowing, and then analyzes why we keep records on great grandmoms.

Ah, but what if Grandmom is an evil Republican? Will she get a visit from the IRS checking out her taxes?

and just wait til they get hold of your electronic medical records.

Edward Snowden deserves to be punished, but the debate he has spurred must also be a part of the public discourse. Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who will never be confused with an ACLU member, says on-going surveillance activities go "far beyond" what was envisioned in the 2001 Patriot Act, a law that Mr. Sensenbrenner played a key role in crafting. It's time to ask exactly what is being done in our name, and what we've surrendered in our collective yearning for "safety."

Lecture of the week

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:46:54 PDT

LINK
for Percy Jackson fans, try this lecture series on Greek myths.

This on is on the Trojan war.

I downloaded this lecture series on iTunesU awhile back, but now it's on Youtube.

Video download of the day

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:49:41 PDT

The news is the same old WAGD scandals, so I am checking Youtube for lectures on science and history.

I ran across this lecture (part of a series) by the late professor Rupus J Fears on the wisdom of history.

quick before the copyright cops find it's there.

Flight of the butterflies

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:33:10 PDT

There is a nice film about the migration of the Monarchs on PBS (but won't stream outside the USA).

or you can watch it HERE.

Family news

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:22:39 PDT

Chano and Joy are busy at the farm (planting season).

I went with Ruby to the Palenke to get some flowers...she wants a window box, so we bought some miniture rose bushes.

When I got home, we found our old farmdog, Cocoa, dead. She's has ascites for a few months, and we figure she had cancer (she was at least 10 years old). Lolo and the cook Dita were crying, but I was expecting it... with everyone but us at the farm, I had Dita ask her son, who works nearby, to bury her under the banana trees in the back garden for us. Sigh.

Butterflies

noreply@blogger.com (boinky) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:21:47 PDT

DadCanDo has downloadable plans for making your kids a paper butterfly.

these were done by sugarplum.

Origami page has some instructions too, but the butterflies are much simpler (for small children).

here is a nice tutorial.

this video shows you how to fold your napkins (serviettes) into a butterfly.

spidergirl has several versions in her film.

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