The memoir of a German nurse, a beauty queen, model, pilot, wife, mother and grandmother. Today is June 6th, the 67th anniversary of D-Day, and the Normandy invasion of France by the Allied Forces in 1944, during WW II. It was a pretty good weekend to be a Detroit Tigers fan, as the boys from the Motor City went into the Windy City and took 2 of 3 from the White Sox. Interesting data on American soldier deaths across our major wars, set against each other - from the total number of deaths (#1 is the Civil War - the Defense Department chart for some reason counts only Union soldier deaths - with WW II, WW I, Vietnam and Korea second through fifth); combat deaths as a % of all casualties (highest five: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, WW II, Korea and Vietnam); a soldier's odds of dying from wounds (a Civil War soldier had the worst odds - a greater than 50% chance of it; the two world wars were next; the Afghan and Iraq wars are both a 1 in 8.2 chance); and the leading causes of death in Iraq and Afghanistan (explosive devices are far and away the #1 cause). (_Mother Jones_) As the sixth-seeded team in the IMSA sectional, the Naperville North boys volleyball team was a long shot to make it to the state tournament. As a proud World War II veteran, Donald Marks wears his military medals to the Memorial Day observance in Boca Raton every year, and this year he'll be sporting a new one. Bob and Elsa Robb of Lake Forest are the proud owners of this rare 1919 Ford speedster, a car that originally began its life as a Model T but was enthusiastically transformed into something much more exciting a long time ago. "After WW I, American... The remains of a World War II aviator are to be buried Saturday in Louisville. Actress and "Dancing With The Stars" finalist Kirstie Alley was on Wendy Williams show today and she let it be known she is down to give the brothers the business… As if we didn't already know that!! Wendy asked Kirstie A special victory lap for the vintage aircraft and the veterans who flew them Some elementary schools in San Antonio, Texas are installing videocameras in their cafeterias to track what the young people are eating. Funded by a US Department of Agriculture grant, the project is meant to collect data that could be used to fight childhood obesity. According to the San Antonio-based Social and Health Research Center, the hope is that the information will lead to better menus at home and at school. Seems like one way to reduce the intake of crap food at elementary school cafeterias (and at home) would be to not serve crap food. From Reuters: Officials will receive information on the nutrient and calorie counts of the food children have actually consumed. The technology will identify the food, capture the nutrient levels and measure the food that children eat, according to Dr. Roger Echon of the center, who designed the program. Echon on Wednesday showed reporters a printout of the reading from one student's tray at W.W. White Elementary School. It listed the size of the serving, and its calorie, fiber, sugar, and protein count. He said the program can break down the data into total monounsaturated fatty acids, soluble dietary fiber, and ... W.W. Grainger Inc. has reported sales for the month of April, 2011. Daily sales during the month increased 14% compared with the same period during 2010. The key to driving the economy may be to elevate the country's many low-wage service jobs, with better wages and more opportunity Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of the First World War, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his family said. He was 110. today we learned that for younger men -- those under the age of 65 -- diagnosed with early prostate cancer, a prostatectomy may be better than watchful waiting (WW) when it comes to both prostate cancer-specific and all- cause (total) mortality. He had only one vanity, he thought he could give advice better than any other person. Mark Twain, "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg" One great thing about Andrew Sullivan is that he drives a lot of traffic - and when it leads to a follow-on Balloon-Juice link that compounds the benefit. But the thing that makes Andrew [...] This morning, Goldman Sachs raised its price target on shares of WW Grainger (GWW) to $167 per share [...] Deborah Lutz WW Norton, £19.99 Grainger's first quarter EPS was a record $2.19 prompting 2011 EPS in a range of $8.10 to $8.60. Fastenal reported per share earnings of 54 cents for the first quarter of 2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents. The Belief Instinct by Jesse Bering. W.W. Norton, 2010 [More]
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Book Review Unbelievable Adventures of a WW II German War Bride by Ingeborg M. Johnston johnsbigleaguebaseballblog Monday Mop Up How Many Died <em>How</em> Did They Die Naperville North stuns South vets get new medals just in time for Memorial Day My Totally Hot Car 1919 Ford speedster aviator's remains to be buried Rumor Control Kirstie Alley Admits She Is Down With The Swirl But Says 20 Too Young For Her Cougar Lovin’ aircraft that helped win Surveillance cams at elementary schools monitor food intake Grainger Reports April Sales Analyst Blog Building America's Third Great Job Machine Last 1 combat veteran dies 110 Not always worth the wait Prostatectomy younger prostate cancer patients Ain’t We Got Fools this Town on Our Side And That Big
