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Billy Joe Thomas[1] (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his pop, country, and Christian hits of the 1960s and 1970s. He made popular recordings of "Hooked on a Feeling" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969), and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (1975).[2]

Gavin MacLeod (born Allan George See; February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021) was an American actor best known for portraying Merrill Stubing, the ship's captain, on ABC's The Love Boat. A Christian activist and author whose career spanned six decades, he also appeared as a guest on several talk, variety, and religious programs.


MacLeod's career began in films in 1957. In 1965, he played opposite Peter Mann in The Sword of Ali Baba. He went on to play opposite Anthony Franciosa in A Man Called Gannon (1968), opposite Christopher George in The Thousand Plane Raid, and opposite Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, and Carroll O'Connor in Kelly's Heroes (1970).

MacLeod also achieved continuing television success co-starring opposite Ernest Borgnine on McHale's Navy (1962–1964) as Joseph "Happy" Haines, and on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) as Murray Slaughter.


MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on The Walter Winchell File at the age of 26.[6] His first movie appearance was a small, uncredited role in The True Story of Lynn Stuart in 1958.[7] Soon thereafter, he landed a credited role in I Want to Live!, a 1958 prison drama starring Susan Hayward.[8] He was soon noticed by Blake Edwards, who in 1958 cast him in the pilot episode of his NBC series Peter Gunn, two guest roles on the Edwards CBS series Mr. Lucky in 1959,[8] and as a nervous harried navy yeoman in Operation Petticoat, with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. Operation Petticoat proved to be a breakout role for MacLeod, and he was soon cast in two other Edwards comedies, High Time, with Bing Crosby and The Party with Peter Sellers.[9]


In December 1961, he landed a guest role on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was his first time working with Mary Tyler Moore.[10] MacLeod also had guest appearances on Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, Ben Casey, The Big Valley, Hogan's Heroes, Ironside, and My Favorite Martian.[10] He played the role of a drug pusher, "Big Chicken", in two episodes of the first season of Hawaii Five-O.[11]



His first regular television role began in 1962 as Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy; he left this role after two seasons to appear in the motion picture The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen.[12]



MacLeod's breakout role as Murray Slaughter on CBS' The Mary Tyler Moore Show won him lasting fame and two Golden Globe Awards nominations.[13] His starring role as Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, his next television series, was broadcast in 90 countries worldwide, between 1977 and 1986, spanning nine seasons.[13] His work on that show earned him three Golden Globe nominations.[13] Co-starring with him was a familiar actor and best friend Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker and Ted Lange as bartender Isaac Washington. Lange said in a 2017 interview with The Wiseguyz Show of MacLeod that "Oh yeah, sure, Gavin was wonderful. Gavin lives down here in Palm Springs and we're still tight, all of us, Gavin and Bernie and Jill; we still see each other. Fred (Grandy) lives in a different state, we're still close, we're still good friends."[14]

MacLeod became the global ambassador for Princess Cruises in 1986. He played a role in ceremonies launching many of the line's new ships.[15][16] In 1997, MacLeod joined the Love Boat cast on The Oprah Winfrey Show. After The Love Boat, MacLeod toured with Michael Learned of The Waltons in Love Letters. He made several appearances in musicals such as Gigi and Copacabana between 1997 and 2003.[17][18] In December 2008, he appeared with the Colorado Symphony in Denver.[19]

MacLeod and his wife were hosts on the Trinity Broadcasting Network for 17 years, primarily hosting a show about marriage called Back on Course.[20] MacLeod appeared in Rich Christiano's Time Changer, a movie about time travel and how the morals of society have moved away from the Bible. He also plays the lead role in Christiano's 2009 film The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry.[21][12]

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Mark E. Eaton (January 24, 1957 – May 28, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career (1982–1993) with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named an NBA All-Star in 1989 and was twice voted the NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1985, 1989). Though limited offensively, the 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) Eaton become one of the best defensive centers in NBA history. He led the league in blocks four times and holds the NBA records for single-season blocks (456) and career blocked shots per game average (3.50).

After graduating in 1975, Eaton attended the Arizona Automotive Institute in Phoenix and graduated as a service technician. He worked as an auto mechanic and making $20,000 a year when he was eventually discovered by Tom Lubin while repairing cars in Anaheim in April 1977.[3] Lubin, a chemistry professor, was an assistant basketball coach at Cypress College, and his encouragement led Eaton to enroll at the community college in 1978 and try out for the basketball team.[3][4]


After his freshman year at Cypress, Eaton was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1979 NBA draft with the 107th pick in the 5th round.[3] He was eligible to be drafted because he was already four years out of high school in 1979. However, he opted to return to college basketball.[5] Eaton developed into a solid junior college player. He averaged 14.3 points per game in two seasons at Cypress, and led the school to the California junior college title as a sophomore in 1980.[3]



Eaton transferred to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1980, but did not see much action in his two seasons with the Bruins, playing for head coach Larry Brown one season and then Larry Farmer the next. In Eaton's senior season in 1981–82, Farmer vowed to give him a shot to start, but heralded freshman Stuart Gray got the nod instead.[5] Eaton played just 42 total minutes, averaging 1.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in 11 games. He was initially disappointed with his inability to play effectively in college. At a summer pickup game, Wilt Chamberlain saw Eaton's frustration, and explain that Eaton needed to focus on protecting the basket, getting rebounds, and passing the ball to quicker guards, rather than trying to compete with smaller, quicker players in scoring. Eaton cited Chamberlain's advice as the turning point in his basketball career.[6][7][8]



Because of his lack of playing time at UCLA, few NBA teams had interest in Eaton after he finished his college career. However, the Utah Jazz saw him as a potentially dominant defender and selected him with the 72nd pick in the fourth round of the 1982 NBA draft.[9][10] Utah coach Frank Layden later explained his choice by quoting Red Auerbach's old axiom, "you can't teach height".[11] Also the team's general manager, Layden discouraged him from playing in Europe and signed him to a five-year contract, with the first season guaranteed, for a reported $500,000.[5][9] In his rookie season, Eaton made an immediate impact. He started 32 games,[12] replacing Danny Schayes after the cash-stapped Jazz traded the center mid-season.[3] Eaton finished the season with a then-franchise record 275 blocked shots while averaging only 19 minutes per game.[9][13] His 3.4 blocks per game ranked third in the NBA, behind Atlanta's Tree Rollins and San Diego's Bill Walton.[14]



Eaton continued to improve in his second season with the Jazz. In 82 games, he grabbed a team-leading 595 rebounds and blocked 351 shots (breaking his own franchise record). His 4.28 blocks per game led the NBA, well ahead of Rollins (who finished second with 3.60 blocks per game).[10] During the season, he failed to block the hook shot which gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar his 31,421st point to break the NBA career scoring record held by Chamberlain.[15] Eaton's strong defense helped the Jazz win their first Midwest Division title make their first playoff appearance.[16]



Eaton's third season (1984–85) was spectacular. He blocked 456 shots, shattering the NBA record for most blocked shots in a single season set during the 1973–74 season by Elmore Smith, who had blocked 393 shots for the Los Angeles Lakers. Eaton averaged 5.56 blocks per game, more than double the league's second-ranked shot-blocker that season (Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon with 2.68 blocks per game).[17] In addition, Eaton averaged 11.3 rebounds per game, ranking fifth in the league in that category. For his efforts, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and was honored as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year.[10] On April 26, 1985, Eaton made ten blocks in a 96–94 loss to the Rockets,[18] becoming the first NBA player to record ten blocks in a playoff game (later tied by Olajuwon and Andrew Bynum).[19]



Although he was not a significant offensive contributor, the Jazz relied heavily on Eaton for his shot-blocking, rebounding, and occasional "tippy toe" dunks. With the emergence of superstars Karl Malone and John Stockton, the Jazz became one of the best teams in the NBA. Eaton's stifling defense was a major factor in Utah's success. He continued to rank among NBA leaders in blocked shots, leading the league in 1986–87 and 1987–88.[10] In 1988–89, he averaged 10.3 rebounds per game (seventh in the NBA) and 3.84 blocks per game (second behind Golden State's Manute Bol).[3] He was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career, and was also named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team (for the third time in his career).[10] In addition, he was chosen to play in the 1989 NBA All-Star Game,[3] joining teammates Malone and Stockton on the Western Conference team. It was the first time that the Jazz had three players in the All-Star Game.[20]


In his last few years with the Jazz, Eaton was slowed by knee and back injuries. He remained an imposing defensive presence, but his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities slowly declined. During the 1992–93 season, knee surgery and back problems limited him to 64 games, where he averaged 17.3 minutes per game, both career lows. A degenerative back ailment forced him to drop out of training camp and miss the 1993–94 season. After therapy failed to correct the problem, he announced his retirement from basketball in September 1994.[21]


After his retirement, Eaton worked for KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City, providing color commentary and analysis for television broadcasts of Utah Jazz and University of Utah basketball games.[26]

Eaton was a partner in a Salt Lake City-area restaurant named Tuscany.[27]

He was a president/board member of the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) from 1997 to 2007.[28][29][30]



He founded and served as chairman of the Mark Eaton Standing Tall for Youth organization, which provided sports and outdoor activities for at-risk children in Utah. He was a motivational speaker.[31]

In the 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Jazz player Jeremy Evans jumped over a seated Eaton to dunk the ball.[32] In later years, he became a mentor to Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who joined Eaton as the only other player in the franchise's history to be named defensive player of the year.[1]


Eaton died on May 28, 2021, at age 64, after a bicycle accident in Park City, Utah. He was found unresponsive by a passerby and was pronounced dead at the hospital.[12]



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Eaton

Michael Grant "Iron Mike"[1] Marshall (January 15, 1943 – May 31, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1967 and from 1969 through 1981 for nine different teams. Marshall won the National League Cy Young Award in 1974 as a Los Angeles Dodger and was a two-time All-Star selection. He was the first relief pitcher to receive the Cy Young Award.


Marshall did not pitch professionally until 1965 in the minor leagues. Marshall was purchased by the Detroit Tigers in 1966. He made his Major League debut with the Tigers on May 31, 1967, pitching one inning against the Cleveland Indians. He pitched in 37 games for the Tigers that season, all in relief, recorded 10 saves and had a 1.98 earned-run average. But the Tigers sent him back to the minors for 1968, and he was drafted by the Seattle Pilots with the 53rd pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.[2]
The Pilots used Marshall mainly as a starter in his only season there, as he went 3–10 with a 5.14 ERA. His contract was purchased by the Houston Astros after the season and then traded to the Montreal Expos on June 23, 1970. He began to flourish with Montreal, posting an impressive ERA in 1972 at 1.78.[4] Eventually, he led the National League in both saves and games pitched in 1973. He was traded after the 1973 season to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willie Davis.[2]

Marshall won the National League Cy Young Award in 1974 as a member of the Dodgers,[2] as well as being named the NL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News. During the 1974 season he set a Major League record for most appearances by a relief pitcher, appearing in 106 games.[3] He was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1974 and 1975.[2] Marshall was also named Fireman of the Year by TSN with three different teams: in the NL in 1973 with the Montreal Expos,[5] in 1974 with the Los Angeles Dodgers,[6] and a third time in 1979 in the American League with the Minnesota Twins (sharing the award with Jim Kern).[7] He was voted the Montreal Expos Player of the Year in 1972 and 1973,[5] and was also an original member of the Seattle Pilots.[8]

Marshall, who relied primarily on an elusive screwball,[3] led his league in games pitched four times, saves three times, and games finished five times.[2] He is the holder of two major league records, both of which he set in the 1974 season: most appearances (games pitched) in a season (106), and most consecutive team games with a relief appearance (13). He also holds the American League record for games pitched in a season with 90 for Minnesota in 1979. In his record-setting 1974 season, he pitched 208+1⁄3 innings, all of which came in relief appearances. He attended Michigan State University, earning three degrees, including a Doctor of Philosophy in exercise physiology.[9] In the months preceding his 1974 Cy Young season, Marshall considered retiring in order to work on his Ph.D.[10] Marshall pitched for the Dodgers that year.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Marshall_(pitcher)

Francis Lee Bailey Jr. (June 10, 1933 – June 3, 2021) was an American criminal defense attorney. Bailey's name first came to nationwide attention for his involvement in the second murder trial of Sam Sheppard, a surgeon accused of murdering his wife. He later served as the attorney in a number of other high-profile cases, such as Albert DeSalvo, a suspect in the "Boston Strangler" murders, heiress Patty Hearst's trial for bank robberies committed during her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army, and US Army Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre.[1] He was a member of the so-called "dream team" in the trial of former football player O. J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

For most of his career he was licensed in Florida and in Massachusetts, where he was disbarred in 2001 and 2003 respectively, for misconduct while defending marijuana dealer Claude Louis DuBoc. Following his disbarment, he moved to Maine, where he ran a consulting firm. He later sat for the bar exam in the state of Maine, though in 2013 he was denied a law license by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners, a decision upheld by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 2014.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Lee_Bailey

Former (Alabama) Gov. John Patterson Dies at 99
Posted: Jun 5, 2021 4:21 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 6, 2021 12:18 PM CDT by Alabama News Network Staff



Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson has died at the age of 99. His daughter says he died Friday.

Patterson entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect the Freedom Riders from angry white mobs.

A segregationist as governor, he drew criticism when Freedom Riders were attacked while in Alabama. Patterson did nothing to protect the activists who were seeking to integrate bus waiting rooms and lunch counters.

He later voiced regret for what happened. He ended his political career on the Court of Criminal Appeals, where he continued to write opinions into his 80s.

“I am sending my prayers to the family and loved ones of former Governor John Patterson as they mourn his passing,” Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement.

Funeral arrangements are pending, according to his daughter, Barbara Patterson Scholl.

https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/06/05/f...ies-at-99/

At the time of his death he had been the oldest living ex-Governor of a state.

James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant  (August 13, 1935 – June 11, 2021) was an American baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1958 to 1971. He was a two-time All-Star.[1]

In 1965, Grant became the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the American League and the first black pitcher to win a World Series game for the American League. He pitched two complete-game World Series victories in 1965, hitting a three-run home run in game 6, and was named The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year.[2]

Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937[citation needed] – June 13, 2021)[1] was an American actor. He was one of the top character actors in film, particularly during the 1970s, and appeared in more than 160 films, including Deliverance (1972), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Back to School (1985), Rudy (1993) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award.

These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series, such as Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Hear My Song (1991), and Toy Story 3 (2010). He had great commercial success in roles such as executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), investigator Martin Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), undercover federal agent Bob Sweet in Silver Streak (1976), the priest, Father Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's bumbling henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), as a millionaire's right-hand man in The Toy (1982), Pavel Borisov in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), attorney McNair in Just Cause (1995), Dexter Wilkins in Life (1999), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter (2007), Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and in animated films as the voice of Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010) and Tortoise John in Rango (2011).

(05-26-2021, 10:48 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: [ -> ]Just a reminder: the most important event in human history since World War II is the independence of India (and with it Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka). Size and scale dwarf all other secessions from colonial rule. Communist takeover of China? It is still China, and Communist rule did abandon economic Marxism and might even collapse at some point (what follows will still be China, much as much of the Soviet Union is still Russia) or morph into something else.

The most important events from the millennial saeculum are the Apollo program and development of personal computers. In 3000, noone will remember about counterculture, Bolshevism (both Russian and Chinese) will be a vague memory somewhat like that of the Teutonic Knights or Khazar Kaganate. But these two are technological breakthroughs comparable to development of writing and agriculture. I can forgive the saeculum its cultural crudeness since it brought these achievements.

Independence of India certainly was important since it marked the end of the British Empire, so if you want to discuss only political events, I agree that it is very important. India is now the world's largest democracy.

(06-16-2021, 05:16 AM)Captain Genet Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-26-2021, 10:48 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: [ -> ]Just a reminder: the most important event in human history since World War II is the independence of India (and with it Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka). Size and scale dwarf all other secessions from colonial rule. Communist takeover of China? It is still China, and Communist rule did abandon economic Marxism and might even collapse at some point (what follows will still be China, much as much of the Soviet Union is still Russia) or morph into something else.

The most important events from the millennial saeculum are the Apollo program and development of personal computers. In 3000, noone will remember about counterculture, Bolshevism (both Russian and Chinese) will be a vague memory somewhat like that of the Teutonic Knights or Khazar Kaganate. But these two are technological breakthroughs comparable to development of writing and agriculture. I can forgive the saeculum its cultural crudeness since it brought these achievements.

Independence of India certainly was important since it marked the end of the British Empire, so if you want to discuss only political events, I agree that it is very important. India is now the world's largest democracy.

I guess we'll soon see if India is still a democracy, if the creep nationalist Modi can be voted out.

Myself, I can forgive the millennial seaculum for its tech obsession since it brought a new counter culture (as well as cultural crudeness)

The space program and personal computers are just more old-hat modernism, while the counter culture launched a potential new age (if it still is potential). But I guess cultural crudeness is the price of greater rule of society by the common people and by commerce instead of by aristocrats, kings, queens, popes and priests.

I guess space fans can look forward to terraforming a few asteroids and moons. To me that sounds daunting and pointless. The only way space travel can ever be meaningful is if we contact ETs and learn the ways of wormholes, quantum entanglement and/or interdimensional travel between life on Earth and The Other Side, and thus really go somewhere. But that sounds more like the counter-culture. Even then, most livable planets in the galaxy are probably already inhabited, and terraforming the available ones would be even more technically-daunting given their distance from us. I guess mutual immigration, as contemplated in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, might be possible, at least if it's not of the kind envisioned by The Twilight Zone in the early 1960s ("it's a cook book!"). But again that depends more on ET-informed space travel than of the kind begun by Apollo.

(06-16-2021, 02:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-16-2021, 05:16 AM)Captain Genet Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-26-2021, 10:48 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: [ -> ]Just a reminder: the most important event in human history since World War II is the independence of India (and with it Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka). Size and scale dwarf all other secessions from colonial rule. Communist takeover of China? It is still China, and Communist rule did abandon economic Marxism and might even collapse at some point (what follows will still be China, much as much of the Soviet Union is still Russia) or morph into something else.

The most important events from the millennial saeculum are the Apollo program and development of personal computers. In 3000, noone will remember about counterculture, Bolshevism (both Russian and Chinese) will be a vague memory somewhat like that of the Teutonic Knights or Khazar Kaganate. But these two are technological breakthroughs comparable to development of writing and agriculture. I can forgive the saeculum its cultural crudeness since it brought these achievements.

Independence of India certainly was important since it marked the end of the British Empire, so if you want to discuss only political events, I agree that it is very important. India is now the world's largest democracy.

I guess we'll soon see if India is still a democracy, if the creep nationalist Modi can be voted out.

Myself, I can forgive the millennial seaculum for its tech obsession since it brought a new counter culture (as well as cultural crudeness)

The space program and personal computers are just more old-hat modernism, while the counter culture launched a potential new age (if it still is potential). But I guess cultural crudeness is the price of greater rule of society by the common people and by commerce instead of by aristocrats, kings, queens, popes and priests.

I guess space fans can look forward to terraforming a few asteroids and moons. To me that sounds daunting and pointless. The only way space travel can ever be meaningful is if we contact ETs and learn the ways of wormholes, quantum entanglement and/or interdimensional travel between life on Earth and The Other Side, and thus really go somewhere. But that sounds more like the counter-culture. Even then, most livable planets in the galaxy are probably already inhabited, and terraforming the available ones would be even more technically-daunting given their distance from us. I guess mutual immigration, as contemplated in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, might be possible, at least if it's not of the kind envisioned by The Twilight Zone in the early 1960s ("it's a cook book!"). But again that depends more on ET-informed space travel than of the kind begun by Apollo.

All good points!  I've always had something of an appreciation for astronomy, I honestly can't think of many more meaningful and/or nobler reasons to go into space then to explore the possibility of life on other planets, and even making contact and communicating with some ETs  (my only hope is that we'll have mostly overcome racism by that point).

When do you think ordinary citizens will be able to start going into space in large doses? We'll it be as early as next saeculum, and if so, which turning (if possible, I would definitely love to be around long enough to see some of that unfold)?

(06-16-2021, 03:08 PM)Dustinw5220 Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-16-2021, 02:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-16-2021, 05:16 AM)Captain Genet Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-26-2021, 10:48 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: [ -> ]Just a reminder: the most important event in human history since World War II is the independence of India (and with it Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka). Size and scale dwarf all other secessions from colonial rule. Communist takeover of China? It is still China, and Communist rule did abandon economic Marxism and might even collapse at some point (what follows will still be China, much as much of the Soviet Union is still Russia) or morph into something else.

The most important events from the millennial saeculum are the Apollo program and development of personal computers. In 3000, noone will remember about counterculture, Bolshevism (both Russian and Chinese) will be a vague memory somewhat like that of the Teutonic Knights or Khazar Kaganate. But these two are technological breakthroughs comparable to development of writing and agriculture. I can forgive the saeculum its cultural crudeness since it brought these achievements.

Independence of India certainly was important since it marked the end of the British Empire, so if you want to discuss only political events, I agree that it is very important. India is now the world's largest democracy.

I guess we'll soon see if India is still a democracy, if the creep nationalist Modi can be voted out.

Myself, I can forgive the millennial seaculum for its tech obsession since it brought a new counter culture (as well as cultural crudeness)

The space program and personal computers are just more old-hat modernism, while the counter culture launched a potential new age (if it still is potential). But I guess cultural crudeness is the price of greater rule of society by the common people and by commerce instead of by aristocrats, kings, queens, popes and priests.

I guess space fans can look forward to terraforming a few asteroids and moons. To me that sounds daunting and pointless. The only way space travel can ever be meaningful is if we contact ETs and learn the ways of wormholes, quantum entanglement and/or interdimensional travel between life on Earth and The Other Side, and thus really go somewhere. But that sounds more like the counter-culture. Even then, most livable planets in the galaxy are probably already inhabited, and terraforming the available ones would be even more technically-daunting given their distance from us. I guess mutual immigration, as contemplated in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, might be possible, at least if it's not of the kind envisioned by The Twilight Zone in the early 1960s ("it's a cook book!"). But again that depends more on ET-informed space travel than of the kind begun by Apollo.

All good points!  I've always had something of an appreciation for astronomy, I honestly can't think of many more meaningful and/or nobler reasons to go into space then to explore the possibility of life on other planets, and even making contact and communicating with some ETs  (my only hope is that we'll have mostly overcome racism by that point).

When do you think ordinary citizens will be able to start going into space in large doses? We'll it be as early as next saeculum, and if so, which turning (if possible, I would definitely love to be around long enough to see some of that unfold)?

That's more Captain Genet's line. Maybe he has a better idea than I do about that. Of course, the space program really got going in the previous first turning, especially its second half, and continued part way into the second turning. I have speculated that the upcoming 1st turning will have a lot of tech advancements. Millennials of course will have a lot of influence then, techies as they all are! But already we see the richest man in the world going up.

(06-16-2021, 02:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: [ -> ]Myself, I can forgive the millennial seaculum for its tech obsession since it brought a new counter culture (as well as cultural crudeness)

I suspect the tech obsession became a thing because humanities were overrun by postmodernism and other crazy Leftist/Inclusivist stuff, so rational people wanted to keep out of it. Of course, modernism is not going to die. China has mostly a modernist culture, and is the world's biggest economy. In the new saeculum, I expect America and Western Europe to become more modernist again after the silly postmodern fad dies out.

Regular people going into space? Maybe during the next 3T, that would be fitting for neo-Lost adventurers to have an awesome interplanetary youth.

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Kenneth David Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021),[3] also known as KK,[4] was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). He was the first President of the independent Zambia. In 1973 following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the Choma Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him in power. Multi-party elections took place in 1991, in which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, ousted Kaunda.

Kaunda was briefly stripped of Zambian citizenship in 1999, but the decision was overturned the following year.



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Frank Bonner (born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr., February 28, 1942 – June 16, 2021[1]) was an American actor and television director widely known for his role as sales manager Herb Tarlek on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Bonner was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Mamie Grace, a singer, and Frank Woodrow Boers, a saxophone player.[2] He started his acting career in the experimental 1967 independent film The Equinox ... A Journey into the Unknown, which was re-shot and re-edited as the 1970 cult classic Equinox (credited as Frank Boers, Jr.).[2]

In 1978, during the run of WKRP in Cincinnati, Bonner was injured in a parasailing accident at the El Mirage Lake Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, northeast of Los Angeles. Bonner was approximately 20 feet in the air, suspended under an ascendancy parachute pulled by a tow vehicle — when a sudden, unexpected wind collapsed the chute, causing him to fall to the lake bed and suffer internal injuries and injuries to his back.[3] Subsequently, Bonner appeared on crutches in episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati (season 2 episode - A Family Affair) and Family Feud.

Bonner appeared as a guest star in one episode of the sitcom Night Court in the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, Bonner played the role of Father Hargis, headmaster of the fictional St. Augustine's Academy, on the TV show Just the Ten of Us, which was a spin-off of Growing Pains. He also appeared in one of the early episodes of the television show Newhart. He reprised the role of Herb Tarlek in the 1991 spinoff The New WKRP in Cincinnati and in a 2004 rock video for Canadian indie rock band Rheostatics (for the song "The Tarleks", from their album 2067).

Bonner directed several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati as well as other TV sitcoms, including Who's the Boss?, Head of the Class (starring WKRP alumnus Howard Hesseman), Evening Shade, Newhart and every episode of the NBC Saturday morning sitcom City Guys. Bonner also appeared in five episodes of Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and directed four episodes.
Bonner died on June 16, 2021, at his home in Laguna Niguel, California, of complications from Lewy body dementia.[2]


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(06-17-2021, 03:21 PM)Captain Genet Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-16-2021, 02:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: [ -> ]Myself, I can forgive the millennial seaculum for its tech obsession since it brought a new counter culture (as well as cultural crudeness)

I suspect the tech obsession became a thing because humanities were overrun by postmodernism and other crazy Leftist/Inclusivist stuff, so rational people wanted to keep out of it. Of course, modernism is not going to die. China has mostly a modernist culture, and is the world's biggest economy. In the new saeculum, I expect America and Western Europe to become more modernist again after the silly postmodern fad dies out.

Regular people going into space? Maybe during the next 3T, that would be fitting for neo-Lost adventurers to have an awesome interplanetary youth.

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Myself, I don't think of post-modern as a fad, or even a philosophy, but a condition of our times for which the word is used. Modern progress as our most important product has lost its lustre for many people, because it threatens the environment and impairs the spirit by turning us into machines. 

But, I think there will always be technology and new developments. The question is for how much longer will it be seen as the definition of "progress"? In the post-modern view, real progress means greater freedom from authoritarian conformity. That has been part of the idea of "progress" since its beginning in the 18th century, anyway. Social progress and spiritual or artistic development are more important than tech progress, and toward the end of this century I predict this will dawn on more people. So in that sense, post-modernism is just a gateway to increased awareness of the limits of tech progress. But tech has its needed uses as well, so it's not going away.

Humanities did not go away because of Leftist/Inclusivist stuff, and such stuff is perfectly rational. It's the best area on your diagram, and most academics these days are predominantly progressive because the alternative out in red rural America is so horrific. In any case, the reason humanities has declined is precisely the tech obsession, so you got that backwards. Politicians and pundits no longer view higher education as a place to develop the ability to express, create and debate ideas or to learn to read, write, speak, understand society, investigate or draw, etc., but to get a good tech job or get a business and finance career going.

I think space travel will definitely become a tourist adventure for those who can afford it. It will never be cheap, and probably never fully safe, but many more people will afford it than can do so today. But fun, thrilling and spectacular as it is, is this really what makes the Apollo program the greatest thing since the invention of agriculture and writing, as you suggest? Without ET contact and knowledge of The Other Side, space travel and exploration yields few other benefits. 

The route to a sustainable and prosperous future on Earth lies here on Earth-- in progressive politics, conservation, innovative eco-tech, human and civil rights, urban planning, reform of agriculture, support for culture, and lifestyle arrangements here on Earth, and those who study humanities and general higher education grasp this fact much better than those who don't, as election polls and returns clearly show.

Just a reminder: some stunts pose lethal danger.



Alex Harvill (1992 – June 17, 2021)[2] was an American motorcycle stunt performer. On July 6, 2013, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest dirt to dirt motorcycle ramp jump, jumping 90.69 metres (297.5 ft) at the Horn Rapids Motorsports Complex in West Richland, Washington.[3][4]


On June 17, 2021, Harvill was scheduled to perform a ramp jump at the Moses Lake Airshow, being held at Grant County International Airport in Washington, in an attempt to break a 351 feet (107 m) record set by Australian biker Robbie Maddison in 2008.[3] This jump would have been equivalent to the length of an American football field from goalpost to goalpost.[2][5] On a practice jump, Harvill crashed into the top edge of the dirt landing ramp and was thrown from his bike,[3] flying 20 feet (6.1 m) and losing his helmet.[2] The accident was filmed by a news crew from KREM (TV) in Spokane, Washington, which did not show the crash out of respect. Medical personnel were standing by due to the dangerous nature of the stunt; an emergency medical technician reached Harvill about 2 minutes and 30 seconds after the crash. Harvill died en route to a hospital.[5]


Harvill lived in Ephrata, Washington.[3][5] He is survived by his wife and two sons.[5]

Now for a "flier" who went far further, and lived to a ripe old age:


Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021)[1] was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10.[2]

Shatalov was born in Petropavlovsk. His father, Aleksandr Borisovich Shatalov, was recipient of the Hero of Socialist Labour. In 1941, Shatalov graduated 6th Grade Secondary School №4 in Leningrad. During his school years, Shatalov was engaged in aircraft modeling in the Pioneers Palace. In 1941, he took part in the Defence of Leningrad for a month and a half, along with his father at the "Svyazrem-1" repair and restoration train. Shatalov went back to Petropavlovsk where his family left for evacuation. In 1943, Shatalov graduated from the seven-year school in Petropavlovsk.[3]
In early 1945, Shatalov graduated from the 6th Voronezh Air Force Special School, which he was evacuated to Karaganda, followed by Lipetsk. In July 1945, Shatalov entered the 8th Military Aviation School for initial training of pilots. However, in August 1945, the school had closed. Shatalov continued his studies at the Kachinsk Military Aviation School, which was situated in Michurinsk, Tambov Region at the time. In 1949, Shatalov graduated from college with first category and became a pilot. From September 7, 1949, Shatalov served as an instructor pilot, and from June 14, 1951, served as an instructor pilot in piloting techniques of the 706th Training Aviation Regiment of the Kachinsk MAS. From December 12, 1951, Shatalov served as an instructor pilot for the combat use of the 706th TAR.

In 1956, Shatalov graduated from the command faculty of the Gagarin Air Force Academy. From November 1956, Shatalov served as deputy squadron commander, then later - squadron commander, and from May 1960 - deputy commander of an aviation regiment in combat units of the Air Force. From February 1961, Shatalov served as a senior inspector-pilot of the combat training department of the 48th Air Army of the Odessa Military District. Shatalov was a master on multiple aircraft, mostly the Yak and MiG aircraft. The total flight time by the time of enrollment in the cosmonaut corps was more than 2,500 hours.

By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force №14 on January 10, 1963, Shatalov was enrolled in the Cosmonaut Training Center as a listener-cosmonaut. From January 1963 to January 1965, Shatalov underwent general space training. He studied the systems, design and operating rules of the spacecraft Vostok ZA, Voskhod, Voskhod 2, and Soyuz. On January 13, 1965, after passing the exams, Shatalov was qualified as an Air Force cosmonaut. On January 23, 1965, Shatalov was appointed cosmonaut of the 2nd Detachment (Military Space Programs).
Shatalov has been in space three times. He made his first flight on January 14, 1969 on the Soyuz-4 spacecraft. It was the first to carry out manual rendezvous and docking with Soyuz-5. With his participation, for the first time in the world, an experimental space station was created and the transition through open space of cosmonauts Aleksei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov from the Soyuz-5 spacecraft to the Soyuz-4 was carried out.[4][5]
From June 25, 1971, Shatalov served as Assistant to the Air Force Commander-in-Chief for Space Flight Preparation and Support (Deputy Air Force Commander for Space). From 1971 to 1991, Shatalov was a member of the State Commission on Manned Space Flights. On April 28, 1972 he defended his dissertation at the Gagarin Academy, and received the degree of candidate of technical sciences. In 1980, Shatalov was a consultant for the science fiction film Per Aspera Ad Astra. From January 3, 1987 to September 19, 1991, Shatalov served as the Commander of the Cosmonaut Training Center. By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 9, 1992, Shatalov was transferred to the reserve on May 21, 1992.
In his life, Shatalov was married to Musa Andreyevna Ionova, and together they had two children named Igor Vladimirovich Shatalov and Yelena Vladimirovna Shatalova.[6]

Shatalov died on June 15, 2021, at age 93.[7] His funeral took commence on June 17, 2021.[8]

Honours and awards[edit]

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
  
  • №10713 - (January 22, 1969)
    
  • №85 - (October 22, 1969)
    
  
  
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (January 22, 1969)
  
• Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class (February 4, 2000)
  
• Order of Friendship (December 4, 2011)
  
• Three Orders of Lenin
  • №400926 - (January 22, 1969)
    
  • (April 30, 1971)
    
  • (January 15, 1976)
    
  
  
  
• Order of the October Revolution (December 27, 1982)
  
• Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class (February 22, 1989)
  
• Medal for Battle Merit (December 30, 1952)
  
• Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" (~1943)
  
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (~1945)
  
• Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (~1969)
  
• Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation", (May 24, 1982)
  
• Several commemoration awards

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A crater on the Moon is named after him. Three Orders of Lenin  and two awards as "Hero of the Soviet Union" suggest that one gets super-strong approval from the State if one is not a mere political hack. 

 I am surprised that we did not award him a Medal of Freedom. Sure, he was likely a Commie, but space is neutral. More fitting than the late "Rash Libel"

Champ, one of the two Presidential dogs, just passed away at age 12.

Dogs have one big problem. They do not have lifespans anything close to ours.

Jeanne Lamon, CM OOnt (August 14, 1949 – June 20, 2021) was an American-Canadian violinist and conductor.

Lamon, born in New York City and raised in the state of New York, began studying the violin at the age of seven. She studied violin at the Westchester Conservatory of Music with Editha Braham and Gabriel Banat. Later she attended Brandeis University in Boston where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree studying violin with Robert Koff, the original second violinist of the Juilliard Quartet. From Brandeis University, Lamon left the USA to study in the Netherlands with Herman Krebbers, then the concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.


She returned to North America in the mid-1970s to establish her career as a baroque specialist. Lamon held the position of concertmaster and appeared in solo performances with many prestigious ensembles and orchestras in the USA and became in 1974 the first violinist to win the prestigious Erwin Bodky Award for Excellence in the Performance of Early Music.

In the late 1970s, while teaching in the Early Music Department of Smith College in Massachusetts, Lamon made two guest appearances in Canada with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, which resulted in an invitation in 1981 offering her the position of Music Director. Lamon has resided in Toronto since 1981 and became a Canadian citizen in 1988.

Under Lamon's leadership, Tafelmusik has achieved international stature and is considered one of the best ensembles in its field with recordings for various labels, including Philips, Nonesuch, CBC Records, Sony Classical and Analekta. Her solo recordings include Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, the Juno Award-winning Bach Brandenburg Concertos and the Bach Violin Concertos, among others.

Lamon teaches at University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She received an honorary Doctor of Letters from York University in 1994. In 1996, she became the first recipient of the Muriel Sherrin Award which is presented by the Toronto Arts Council Foundation to artists and creators who have excelled at international initiatives in the fields of music or dance. In 1997, the Alliance Française of Toronto awarded Lamon its newly created Prix Alliance for her contributions to cultural exchanges and artistic ties between Canada and France. In September 1997, Lamon received the Joan Chalmers Award for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts for her artistic direction of Tafelmusik.
In March 1999, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded her the 1998 Molson Prize in the Arts, recognizing her outstanding lifetime contribution to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada.

Most recently, Lamon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on July 13, 2000 in Ottawa. This award honours her for her distinguished work as a baroque violinist, concertmaster, chamber musician, teacher, and Music Director of Tafelmusik. In 2014, she was made a Member of the Order of Ontario.[1]

In October 2012, Lamon announced that after 33 years of directing Tafelmusik, she would be stepping down as full-time music director after the 2013/14 season after a career of recording, performing, and touring.[2] Lamon died on June 20, 2021 at the age of 71.

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