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All kinds of new stuff from the wonderful world of science. One scientist feels she has found the poop from Neanderthals and thinks it proves that these early humans ate vegetables as well as meat. What if we find they some of the plants were genetically modified? I was a bit saddened that the latest findings on the Big Bang Theory’s earliest moments might not be accurate, though I really didn’t understand it anyway. Then there is the dense star about the size of the earth that is composed of carbon crystal. In other words it’s a really really big diamond. In a different vein a tiger attacked a man in a boat and carried him away into the jungle. Would hate to have that happen to me or any of you. Be careful around tigers.

China has banned Hilary Clinton’s book, Hard Choices, that I am now reading. Also for the first time their police are carrying guns. I don’t think my reading had anything to do with the ban or the guns. It is a long book.Russia has banned short skirts and really high heels for it’s female police officers. One official said maybe they were trying to attract males in order to find a husband. Some exciting news from the town of my early days, Tatum, New Mexico has grown to over 800 persons. It’s bigger, I think, than when my mother played basketball there in the 1920,s. Go Coyotes!!

Just as it seems that these are among the worst of times not the best of times a silver lining appears among the clouds of doom. Unexpectedly the US is in the final 16 of the World Cup and Cory and Topanga are back as parents in a new show, “Girl Meets World.” On top of that Mr. Rutschman is back running mega miles. Now we can face the looming crisis almost everywhere. Other good news, kinda, Ebola is not easily transmitted or the world would look like “World War Z.” And you will not be arrested when they search my iPhone unless they have a warrant. I’m not sure why they would arrest you anyway. How about the Mississippi Senator who wins the primary with the help of Black voters?

Am still reading Hilary Clinton’s “Hard Choices.” Must take some time to read murder mysteries and science fiction. Speaking of reading, a new study finds that children who are not read to in the delivery room or as soon as possible are far behind. I’m saying that couples who think they night mate and produce offspring should start reading to each other as soon as possible and not just nonfiction. A few suggestions: War and Peace, Huckleberry Finn, Spot, Good night Moon, Sounder,and many many more. If the reading dose not seem right you should find another mate. Now if only they would prove that Dr Pepper Ten is great for your health.

There is probably little or no correlation between the Sunni militants and the judges ruling on the constitutionality of teacher tenure laws in California.It is true that the militants may be advancing toward Bagdad and that Tesla may build its battery factory in Texas and Eric Cantor’s primary defeat does not portend harmony in the House. Now concerning the tenure ruling. The victors are sure that this will help make education better. It won’t. Why are there tenure laws? The paraphrase the Federalist Papers, If teachers were angels we would not need to terminate some and if teacher evaluators were angels we would not need the protection of these laws.

Well at least the Iranians are upset about the Sunni militant advances.

70 years ago! I don’t remember much about WWll. We saved tin foil and had a big ball of string and bought 10 cent war stamps. Tatum, New Mexico was such a long way from Normandy. What bravery and sacrifice as those young men charged on the beaches of Normandy. Although there is still  much violence in our world it does not compare to WWll. We still have many challenges. Boko Haram, honor killings for women who marry for love, ethnic and religious  slaughter are among the many challenges of today. There are rays of hope. Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Clippers, the kings are a game ahead in the NHL, and I like both teams in the NBA Finals.  And it seems that domesticated dogs may have helped hunters with large kills of wooly mammoths as much as 27,000 years ago. Good for dog man relationships but really bad for the wooly mammoths. 

A report on teachers in Mexico. One teacher made 46,846 dollars a month and apparently Mexico has the oldest teachers in the world. I think I read that 1442 teachers we between 100 and 105 years of age. And if that is not startling enough over 5 billion people do not have the internet. There are two new ecological happenings. The toxic Cane Toad has been discovered in Madagascar and a new to America bark beetle that turns the inside of trees to slime apparently attacks over 200 different types of trees. But some things that seem new are not. Whatever causes Lymes disease has been found in amber and is about 15,000,000 years old. Finally it seems that the Milky Way will collide with our closest galaxy neighbor in a couple of billion years and if that is not scary enough our sun will blow up before that. On the bright side, a new season of Orange is the New Black is on Netflix as well as season 4 of The Glades. For every dark cloud there is a Silver Linings Notebook. For all the recent graduates, may you find whatever will bring great joy and perhaps lots of money.