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my true love sent to me Seven swans a-swimming . . . Six geese a-laying . . . Five golden rings . . . Four calling birds . . . Three French hens . . . Two turtle doves . . . And a partridge in a pear tree. |  |
| THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS--The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: (1) prophecy, (2) ministry, (3) teaching, (4) exhortation, (5) giving, (6) leading, and (7) compassion (Romans 12:6-8; cf. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11) |
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A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced, the imagination is agreeably stirred; the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces the contrary effect. Excess causes a comatose insensibility. So it is with war: and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping.
- - - Winston Churchill (1871-1947) The Wit of Sir Winston (1965) |
 | Popcorn was actually the first food to be microwaved deliberately.
In 1946 Dr. Percy Spencer of the Raytheon Corporation was experimenting with a magnetron (a new type of vacuum tube) when he noticed that the chocolate candy bar in his pocket had melted. He was curious, so he placed some popcorn kernels next to the magnetron and turned it on. The popcorn popped. After experimenting with various other food items (including an egg that exploded!), he and Ratheon realized they were on to something and continued on to develop the first microwave oven. |
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What is the name of the yeast-raised dinner roll created accidently by the baker at a Boston Hotel in the 1870s?
PASS YOUR MOUSE OVER THE QUESTION MARKS FOR THE ANSWER! |
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| THE YELLOWSTONE |
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Millions of buffalo curried her flanks as she shed Winter's ice in the Spring. In the smoke of ten thousand campfires she heard drum beats and war dances ring. On the crest of her bosom she sped Captain Clark, and Sacajawea as well. She bisected prairie, the plains and the mountains from her birth place in "John Colter's Hell." To the trav'ler she whispered, "Come follow me," with a wink and a toss of her head, She tempted the trapper, gold miner and gambler to lie down by her sinuous bed. "Safe passage," she murmured provocatively, "Safe passage and riches as well." She smiled as the thread of Custer's blue line followed her trails and then fell. She carved out the grade for the railroads. She took settlers to their new home; Watered their stock, watered their fields and let them grow crops on her loam. Her banks were the goal of the trailherds. Her grass was the prize that they sought. Till the blizzards of '86 and 7 nearly killed off the whole lot. "Don't boss her, don't cross her." Let her run free, and damn you don't dam her at all, She's a wild old girl, let her looks not deceive you... But we love her in spite of it all. |
| --- Wallace D. McRae |
 | COMMON FLICKER
Common flickers occur in three color variants, the "Red-shafted" being one of them. The "Red-shafted" and the "Yellow-Shafted" hybridize in the Great Plains. Flickers are important in the woodland community, providing nesting cavities for many hole-nesting birds. They feed on ants and other ground insects, and also, in winter, on berries. |
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| by Dalhart Windberg |
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