Sunny and warm for the work week. No rain mentioned…Highs in the mid-80s
Reading, writing, arithmetic – and PE? With childhood obesity on the rise, the Institute of Medicine finding that only half of the nation’s youngsters are getting at least an hour of vigorous or moderate-intensity physical activity every day. Some experts suggesting that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that PE become a core subject. The recommendations: -All elementary school students should spend an average of 30 minutes each day in PE class. Middle and high school students…an average of 45 minutes. ***The report also cautions against taking away recess as a form of punishment. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130523/DA6F36QG1.html
One of Apple’s first computers – a functioning 1976 model – has been sold through a German auction house for a record $668,000 dollars. An unnamed buyer bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company’s founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage. BTW: The Apple 1, which was sold for $666 dollars in 1976, consisted of only the circuit board. A case, a keyboard and a screen had to be bought separately. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130525/DA6GDIL80.html
Some people call ‘hydrilla’, the kudzu of the water. This hard-to-kill, fast growing weed is spreading into the southeastern portions of North Carolina. Hydrilla often spreads when it gets caught on boat propellers or buckets that aren’t clean. The boats or buckets are put into another lake, and the plant takes hold. The weed can grow an inch a day, quickly entangling boat propellers and crowding out other plants. Treatment often costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/article_c494af74-c74a-11e2-9b5c-001a4bcf6878.html
Tens of thousands of French demonstrators took to the streets of Paris over the weekend to protest the nation’s new law that redefines marriage. France is the 12th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Experts say France’s debate on marriage has exposed deep conservatism in the heartland and discontent with the socialist government. Some opponents of the new law see it as a ploy by the government to use what’s billed as a human rights issue to destroy the traditional family and Christianity. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/May/Thousands-in-France-Protest-New-Gay-Marriage-Law-/
Seven months after Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast, the Red Cross still hasn’t spent more than a third of the $303 million dollars it raised to assist victims of the storm. Should they have done more, early on? http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130528/DA6I7RBO0.html
Verne Hill
VERSE: “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD” Psalm 150
QUOTE: “A person who loves his job, will never work a day in his life.”
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