Memorial Day Service at Ciff Hill Cemetery 2008

surrender of the Japanese on the USS Missouri

Terry Nichols - Oklahoma City bomber

Terry Nichols
After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole because the jury deadlocked on the death penalty. He was also tried in Oklahoma on state charges of murder in connection with the bombing, and was convicted in 2004 of 161 counts of first degree murder, which included one count of fetal homicide, first degree arson, and conspiracy. As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty. He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is incarcerated in ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado. Only three people, McVeigh, Nichols and Michael Fortier were ever indicted for the bombing.
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May 25, 1961

During a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo space program, with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".

forwarded emails

1. REMOVE all e-mail addresses that were forwarded or sent to you on the message. Use the delete key, or the editing functions on your e-mail program after you hit the Forward key.

2. DO NOT use the "TO" field to send the mail on. USE the "BC" or "BCC" field. This means "Blind Copy" or "Blind Carbon Copy". It will list only the name of each individual receiver on the e-mail. NOBODY ELSE'S e-mail address will be shown. TO USE BCC: Simply click "BCC" instead of "TO". It works just the same. If you add names from your address book, just add them to the "BCC" field instead of the "TO" field. As an added bonus of using this feature, your e-mail message won't have all those addresses at the beginning.

ham radio both a hobby and a service

Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public services, recreation and self-training.^[1]

Amateur radio operators enjoy personal (and often worldwide) wireless communications with each other and are able to support their communities with emergency and disaster communications if necessary, while increasing their personal knowledge of electronics and radio theory. An estimated six million people throughout the world are regularly involved with amateur radio.^[2]

The term "amateur" reflects the principle that amateur radio and its skilled operators are committed to helping communities without financial compensation; whereas commercial radio operates for profit.

See our local Ripley County Indiana Club Page (RCARC)

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1826 – HMS Beagle departed May 22

1826 – HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage from Plymouth for a hydrographic survey of the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions of South America.
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom in which she was the first ship to sail under the new London Bridge. After that there was no immediate need for Beagle so she was "lay in ordinary", moored afloat but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three expeditions. On the second survey voyage the young naturalist Charles Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history.

May 20–21, 1927 Lindbergh lands at Paris

The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to ParisOrteig Prize.^[1] for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City (Long Island), New York and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris, France.

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QRP Ham Radio

I know most readers of this blog are not Ham radio enthusiasts, but I just wanted those who are to hear about the fun I've had the last few days with a little rig named Yaesu FT-7. It is considered a QRP (low power) rig with only 10 watts output. I have used it only on 75 and 40 meters so far but it covers 75 through 10. It is a basic no frills radio, no menus no squelch, no memory keyer, no memories, no split vfo, no general coverage receive, no dsb. With all that said it just has the switches and knobs you need to make contacts. I have made several contacts on 40 meters with great reports, both on audio and signal strength. I just worked a fellow in Virginia that was running 800 watts, I gave him an honest 57 and I received a 59. I do have a very good antenna and I give the credit of the good reports to it. I have found it is best to not tell that I am only sending out 10 watts as it makes the guy on the other end feel bad. If you are a new ham and on a budget think about buying a vintage rig, perhaps made in the 70s or 80s. These rigs are built like a tank and can be picked up at a bargain price. Spend any extra money you have on the antenna system. Have fun and look for me on the bands..........Jack WB9OTX

Armed Forces Day

In the United States, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. It falls near the end of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May.

The day was created in 1949 to honor Americans serving in the five U.S. military branches – the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard – following the consolidation of the military services in the Department of Defense. It was intended to replace the separate Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Days, but observance of these days, especially within each particular service, continues to this day.^[11]

The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated by parades, open houses, receptions and air shows. The United States' longest running city-sponsored Armed Forces Day Parade is held in Bremerton, WA. In 2009, Bremerton celebrated the 61st Armed Forces Day Parade(^[12]).

Because of their unique training schedules, National Guard and Reserve units may celebrate Armed Forces Day/Week over any period in May.

And you thought gasoline was high !

Evian water 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon!

$21.19 for WATER

And the buyers don't even know the source

Evian spelled backwards is Naive.

http://www.evian.com/#/en_US/4-Home/

See a Youtube video on water - caution bad words

microsoft security essentials

Microsoft has a free malware, spyware, and virus prevention program that is simple to use and is very effective. I have ran it for about a week and find it very effective, best of all it is free for the home user. Read about or download it at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

May 9th

Coca-Cola 1886

1886 – In Atlanta, American pharmacist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola (pictured) as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases.

Francis Gary Powers - U-2 spy plane - May 7, 1960

Cold War: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced that his country was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union six days earlier.

Hindenburg - May 6, 1937 destroyed

LZ 129 Hindenburg (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest (245 meters, 803.8 feet) flying machines of any kind as well as the largest airships by envelope volume (200,000 m³, 7,062,000 cubic feet).^[1] The airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which occurred while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey.

Sinko de Mayo - May 5th

Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.