WHO REALLY WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND OTHER GEMS

Cole et. al (2006) U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT/ 7/21/ 54-75

WHO WAS THE FIRST ON THE NORTH POLE? (54) COOK

WHO FOUND THE NILE? (58) SPEKE

WHO SEWED THE FIRST U.S. FLAGE (59) ROSS

WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATES (60) HUNTINGTON

WHO WAS THE FIRST ELLIS ISLAND IMMIGRANT (60) MOORE

WHO WAS THE FIRST SKYDIVER (60)GARNERIN

WHO WAS THE FIRST POLICEWOMAN (60) WELLS

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO FLY (62) LILLENTHAL

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DESCRIBE EVOLUTION (64) WALLACE

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER DNA (65) FRANKLIN (FEMALE)

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER HIV (66) GALLO

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER COMPUTERS (67)ATANASOFF

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THE INTERNET (67) LICKLIDER

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER BASEBALL (69) NO ONE

Fischman (50) Plan B "morning after pill" still generates controversy. Called Plan B, prevents an egg from being fertilize or keeps a fertilized egg from the uterus.

Streisand (48) Video games appear to help children deal with numerous illnesses.

________(2006) AARP  9&10/ 24  HOW LIARS LIE

First make small talk with the liar to get a baseline. Then ask the question, there voice will soften and they will look you straight in the eye when they lie. If they say some thing positive and give  a no gesture with their head they are lying. They also will look up to the left or your right. There is also a very fleeting grin. Be direct with short statements. Flow their tips.

______(2006) NEWSWEEK, 7/14/

(10)THE HOLY TRINITY OF ONLINE IS name, address, date of birth.

(27)Weymouth/ Israel can not win, but can continue to dowse the flame with this war. This will not be a victory in a military sense.

(59) check out these web sites

usfa/dha.gov/safety  (FIRE SAFETY FOR HOME DURING HOT MONTHS.

fantasyfashionleague.com SEE STRATEGIES IN FASHION.

gethuman.com FIND WAYS TO GET AROUND TAPE RECORDINGS ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE FOR SERVICE.

opensecrets.com FIND OUT THE LATEST SCOOPS THAT PROBABLY WON'T MAKE THE NEWS.

homesales.gov  BUY FORECLOSURES.

______(2006) THE ECONOMIST 8/11/

(16) How women won the sex war. Modern professional life is based on emotional intelligence, empathy, and communication. Women are much better.

(54) Walmart leaves Germany. It just didn't work. The Germans weren't buying the big box with low paid labor. They started with a general manager who could not speak German and it was downhill from there.

(55) New technology allows greater nose count on who is watching a tv commercial. It also allows local advertisers to target local audiences.

(56) Picture messaging is a flop.

(67) Why do economists spend valuable time blogging? They do it to get influence. They also are involved to create a network and get more power and information. If they can not sell many copies in print, they put it on their blog.

(70) Women and men thin differently, but not that differently. Latest research suggest that men are bigger and more aggressive and that gave them power all those years ago. However, times have changed and it is to the favor of women. Data suggests (using a D stat that 0.8 is significant, 0.5 is moderate, and 0.2 is small. Less than that is not significant.  )  Women succeed in emotional skills and no difference in math, reading, and vocabulary.

Biology is predisposition and not destiny.

______(2006) TIME MAGAZINE   7/14

(A-6) Gays are coming out in business and it is not that bad. It sill depends on time, place, and location.

(58) Your new car is filled with gadgets to record your driving. We have a surveillance monster in our midst.

(69) ghost hunting was fashionable at the turn of the 19th century.

(75) Drive ins are coming back. There are now 658.

______(2006) THE WEEK 8/18

(38)  Melanga Illegal workers can drain the economy. They tend not to pay taxes and yet use the welfare system. In California, they can cost $1200 for welfare, but only return 120 dollars in benefits. We need to attract immigrants with MD's and PhD's and MBA's.

(40) Think very carefully about the pictures you take of your children and who develops the film. A professional photographers, spent months under the supervision of the law enforcement agencies and worried about spending years in jail. His pictures were not meant to be pornographic, but were defined as such. Finally, he was let go because the case was so weak.

______(2006) THE ECONOMIST  8/18

(23) California's prisons are too full and yet no one legislature wants to appear soft on crime. Further, there is little money to build more prisons.

(46) Nuclear reactors are not doing well in Scandinavia and Europe due to the heat wave.

(55) About 90 % of oil companies are nationalized. The other 10 % is the Big 4 oil companies.

(66) New radar can predict storms faster.