** Top grossing commercial pavilion was reportedly "Bourbon Street," with go-go dancer Candy Johnson headlining at the Gay New Orleans Nightclub.
** Little-known exhibit was a scale model of the World Trade Center towers being planned for lower Manhattan.
** The fair's Unisphere icon, a 12-story stainless-steel model of the Earth, was "destroyed" in the 1997 film "Men in Black."
** Walt Disney's "audio-animatronic" Abraham Lincoln had more than 250,000 combinations of facial expressions, gestures and other actions.
Giant Bugs and "Four Score and ...." --DaCoot
Showing posts with label "Moon Trees". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Moon Trees". Show all posts
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Hail and Farewell to Those We Lost in 2014-- Part 5
JOE COCKER-- That was one interesting show he put on at Woodstock.
PHIL EVERLY-- One of the Everly Brothers. What harmonies.
GERRY GOFFIN-- Wrote some mighty good songs.
JACK BRUCE-- Hey, Cream. What a group that was.
PAUL REVERE-- Of Paul Revere & the Raiders. Some of the greatest Garage Rock ever.
JOHNNY WINTER-- About as white as you can get but blistered the old guitar.
TOMMY RAMONE-- Of the Ramones, a group I overlooked until Little Steven got me hooked on them.
CASEY KASEM-- The greatest Survey Guy who set the stage for those shows, sorry Ryan.
FUMIKO HAYASHIDA-- Japanese internment camp person. Sorry about that, but considering the circumstances in 1942, understandable.
THEODORE "DUTCH" VANKIRK-- Last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew. Again, a necessary move.
ALICIA RUETT-- Was on the famous movie "Gone With the Wind."
Some Mighty Interesting People.
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PHIL EVERLY-- One of the Everly Brothers. What harmonies.
GERRY GOFFIN-- Wrote some mighty good songs.
JACK BRUCE-- Hey, Cream. What a group that was.
PAUL REVERE-- Of Paul Revere & the Raiders. Some of the greatest Garage Rock ever.
JOHNNY WINTER-- About as white as you can get but blistered the old guitar.
TOMMY RAMONE-- Of the Ramones, a group I overlooked until Little Steven got me hooked on them.
CASEY KASEM-- The greatest Survey Guy who set the stage for those shows, sorry Ryan.
FUMIKO HAYASHIDA-- Japanese internment camp person. Sorry about that, but considering the circumstances in 1942, understandable.
THEODORE "DUTCH" VANKIRK-- Last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew. Again, a necessary move.
ALICIA RUETT-- Was on the famous movie "Gone With the Wind."
Some Mighty Interesting People.
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Monday, October 27, 2014
The Lincoln Memorial: Facts
** Ground was broken for the memorial Feb. 12, 1914.
** The Lincoln statue is in 28 pieces and weighs 340,000 pounds.
** The original murals in the memorial faded badly and were restored in the 1990s.
** Hollywood has featured the memorial in movies such as the "Transformers" films and"The Day the Earth Stood Still."
--DaCoot
** The Lincoln statue is in 28 pieces and weighs 340,000 pounds.
** The original murals in the memorial faded badly and were restored in the 1990s.
** Hollywood has featured the memorial in movies such as the "Transformers" films and"The Day the Earth Stood Still."
--DaCoot
Saturday, October 8, 2011
"Moon Trees" Followup
It turns out that we did have one "Moon Tree" here in Illinois. One was planted at the Siskiyou Smoke Jumpers Base near Illinois Valley in Oregon. We go through there every so often so planned to take a look at it. Unfortunately, it is no more. When the base closed, it and one of its offspring were destroyed accidentally.
Being somewhat of a Route 66 fan, I also found one was planted at Flagstaff Junior High School in Arizona on April 30, 1976. It is still living the last I read about it.
It is a Douglas fir and because of the high altitude has been stunted to only about six feet tall. It overlooks water and has a sign by it.
Also, there are 8 living ones in California, a dead one in New Mexico and live ones in Kansas and Missouri (of the 79 located).
Moon River, Wider Than a Mile. No, Moon Tree, Higher Than Five Feet. --Cooter
Being somewhat of a Route 66 fan, I also found one was planted at Flagstaff Junior High School in Arizona on April 30, 1976. It is still living the last I read about it.
It is a Douglas fir and because of the high altitude has been stunted to only about six feet tall. It overlooks water and has a sign by it.
Also, there are 8 living ones in California, a dead one in New Mexico and live ones in Kansas and Missouri (of the 79 located).
Moon River, Wider Than a Mile. No, Moon Tree, Higher Than Five Feet. --Cooter
Friday, October 7, 2011
Where Are Our "Moon Trees"? Third Graders Want to Know
From the Feb. 17, 2011, USA Today "NASA launches search for 'moon trees' by Elizabeth Weise.
Forty years ago, several hundred tree seeds made a trip to the moon on the Apollo 14 module in 1971 in a part experiment and part public relations campaign to see what effect a space flight had upon their ability to sprout.
Astronaut Stuart Roosa had a soda can-size kit with 500 seeds from different trees. When the 14 returned, the Forest Service oversaw the planting of the seeds along with ones that hadn't gone up. About 450 of the space seeds sprouted.
By 1975, they were large enough to transplant and over the next several years, they were shipped out to be planted in parks, on state capitol grounds, schools, government buildings and especially in honor of the nation's bicentennial.
NASA has begun tracking them down because of the Apollo 14's anniversary and the fact that many of the trees have lived their normal lifespan of roughly 40 years.
They might have been forgotten entirely had it not been for Joan Gobel's third grade class at Cannelton Elementary School in Cannelton, Indiana, back in 1996. While doing a tree project, one of her students remembered that at a local Girl Scout camp there was a "Moon Tree." They contacted NASA and at first were told "Never heard of them." But then NASA did some research and "remembered."
Since 1996, 79 of the "Moon Trees" have been found, most living, but some dead. None are in Illinois. Eight are living in California and six in Florida.
The Cannelton tree was heavily damaged in a 2008 wind storm, but survived, just not as tall.
Do You Have a "Moon Tree" Growing in Your Yard? --Cooter
Forty years ago, several hundred tree seeds made a trip to the moon on the Apollo 14 module in 1971 in a part experiment and part public relations campaign to see what effect a space flight had upon their ability to sprout.
Astronaut Stuart Roosa had a soda can-size kit with 500 seeds from different trees. When the 14 returned, the Forest Service oversaw the planting of the seeds along with ones that hadn't gone up. About 450 of the space seeds sprouted.
By 1975, they were large enough to transplant and over the next several years, they were shipped out to be planted in parks, on state capitol grounds, schools, government buildings and especially in honor of the nation's bicentennial.
NASA has begun tracking them down because of the Apollo 14's anniversary and the fact that many of the trees have lived their normal lifespan of roughly 40 years.
They might have been forgotten entirely had it not been for Joan Gobel's third grade class at Cannelton Elementary School in Cannelton, Indiana, back in 1996. While doing a tree project, one of her students remembered that at a local Girl Scout camp there was a "Moon Tree." They contacted NASA and at first were told "Never heard of them." But then NASA did some research and "remembered."
Since 1996, 79 of the "Moon Trees" have been found, most living, but some dead. None are in Illinois. Eight are living in California and six in Florida.
The Cannelton tree was heavily damaged in a 2008 wind storm, but survived, just not as tall.
Do You Have a "Moon Tree" Growing in Your Yard? --Cooter
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