May 20th, 2012
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Exactly 50 years ago today, Marilyn Monroe performed one the most famous versions of ‘Happy Birthday’ ever sung – definitely to a sitting U.S President.
Wearing the iconic rhinetstone dress that she was literally sewn into, Monroe performed a sultry version of the popular song to President John F. Kennedy at a fundraiser on May 19, 1962.
And to commemorate that fact, LIFE magazine has released a series of rare black and white images taken by photographer Billy Ray from the gala held for JFK’s birthday put on at Madison Square Garden when it existed between 50th and 51st streets.
All alone on stage, Marilyn Monroe sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy, New York, May 19, 1962
The evening will always be remembered for 36-year-old Monroe’s intimate rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’, sung to preempt the Democrat’s 45th birthday by ten days.
Photographed by Bill Ray, the collection has been released for the anniversary, including his unique vantage point of Monroe as she sings, from behind her and up in the rafters of Madison Square Gardens.
Singing to married father-of-two Kennedy like they were the only two people in the 15,000 seater arena, the sex-symbol’s performance has been much analysed and even parodied by the likes of Lady GaGa over the years.
That indelible night, Kennedy was on his own, as his wife Jackie was visiting friends in Virginia.
Already thought to have begun their alleged affair, Monroe’s sexy rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ merely added fuel to the fire of rumours at the time claiming the two were an item.
John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden for the ‘Birthday Salute’ in his honor, New York, May 19, 1962
John F. Kennedy arrives in a limo at the old Madison Square Garden for a ‘Birthday Salute’ in his honour
John F. Kennedy enters Madison Square Garden prior to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic birthday wishes to him
John F. Kennedy on stage at Madison Square Garden during his ‘Birthday Salute’, New York, May 19, 1962
President Kennedy arrived without his wife Jackie for the evening
Cake at Madison Square Garden during a ‘Birthday Salute’ in honor of President Kennedy
As she performed, the slightly embarrassed president took to the stage to announce, ‘Thank you. I can now retire from politics after having had ‘Happy Birthday’ sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way.’
Monroe’s famous dress was noted for being made of a sheer and flesh coloured marquisette fabric, that had 2,500 rhinestones sewn into it.
Apparently, when viewed under the spotlight, the fabric seemed to disappear and the rhinestones simply glittered on the Jean Louis designed dress.
The evening was all the more poignant for the fact that less than three months later Monroe was found dead and of course in November 1963, JFK was shot dead in Dallas.
‘For stargazers and dusty old historians, alike, the night that Marilyn sang to JFK remains an uncanny, once-in-a-lifetime collision of sex, politics, power and pop culture,’ said LIFE magazine.
The stage and seating at Madison Square Garden during a ‘Birthday Salute’ in honor of JFK, New York, May 19, 1962
The program from a ‘Birthday Salute’ in honor of President John F. Kennedy
Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Madison Square Garden, New York, May 19, 1962
Singer Peggy Lee on stage at Madison Square Garden during a ‘Birthday Salute’ in honor of President Kennedy, New York, May 19, 1962
Actress Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday at the Democratic rally for President John F. Kennedy’s birthday
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May 18th, 2012
SAN ANTONIO – On his 30th birthday, Tony Parker first kept the San Antonio Spurs on pace for what might be another lopsided playoff sweep. Then the All-Star who’s always quick to needle Tim Duncan about his age finally acknowledged his own.
“I’m old. Used,” said Parker, laughing.
Chris Paul, meanwhile, isn’t acknowledging anything: Not his aching body that everyone but him is talking about, or the Los Angeles Clippers’ season careening toward the end this weekend unless things change fast.
Parker scored 22 points, Duncan had 18 and the Spurs beat the fading Clippers 105-88 on Thursday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinals and winning their 16th in a row with yet another playoff blowout.
For the 13th time in a winning streak that seldom run this long in the NBA playoffs, the Spurs won by double digits. Only two other teams have sustained a longer winning streak in the playoffs: the 2004 Spurs (17) and the 2001 Lakers (19).
“I think for us, is to not look at that,” Parker said about the streak. “Concentrate on the task. We know Game 3 is going to be very, very hard. I think we should focus on that and not focus on the winning streak, or what we’re doing good.”
Paul responded to his awful Game 1 with only a slightly better encore, scoring 10 points as the Clippers now head home desperate to steer out of what’s starting to get the feel of a sweep.
Game 3 is Saturday in Los Angeles, and Game 4 is Sunday.
When the Clippers land in California early Friday, they’ll be home for the first time in nearly a week. They’ve played seven games in 13 days, and they’ll have played nine in 16 by the time the weekend is over.
Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro knows his team needs rest. Blake Griffin scored 20 points but added another injury to the list, this time what he described as a hip flexor strain. He’s already battling a sprained left knee and shaking off a turned ankle in Game 1.
He had just one rebound.
“We’re not going into these next two games thinking ‘Oh, let’s try to keep it close,’” Griffin said. “There’s no moral victories or moral losses here. We’re not worried about how many points we lost by.”
The All-Star matchup of Paul vs. Parker went from a Game 1 bust to a lopsided mismatch, and appeared to prove Paul is hurting more than he’s letting on. Del Negro says his star is still struggling with an aching hip and groin, even as Paul insists he’s OK.
He again looked anything but. While Parker — the last of the Big Three to finally hit the big 3-0 — celebrated by more than tripling his seven points and dreadful 1-for-9 shooting in Game 1, Paul shot 4 of 9 and had just five assists.
At halftime, the third-place finisher in the league’s MVP voting had more personal fouls (3) than points (2), assists (2) or rebounds (2). He finished with eight turnovers, a career playoff high.
“No excuses, I’ve just got to play better,” Paul said. “But I don’t ever recall having that many turnovers.
Del Negro said his star will bounce back.
“He’ll get loose here soon,” Del Negro said. “We need him to.”
Duncan, on the other hand, stayed in a playoff time warp. At 36 years old and playing in his 182nd postseason game — and with no contract beyond these playoffs — Duncan turned in another solid performance that sometimes recalled the former MVP who was winning championships in his prime rather than the old-timer who’s chasing a fifth ring now.
He scored 14 points in the first half — almost as much as the rest of the starting lineup — and finished 9-of-14 shooting. Points in the paint weren’t even close: The Spurs had 50, and the Clippers 18.
Boris Diaw added 16 points and Danny Green had 13 for the Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 10 and was held scoreless in the second half.
Randy Foye was the Clippers’ only other player in double digits, scoring 11.
If this keeps up, a near-historic postseason for the Clippers will end this weekend unless they figure out a plan fast.
This is only the third time in the woeful 41-year history of the franchise that Los Angeles’ long-maligned “other” team has survived to the second round. Their momentum started with a stunning 27-point comeback on the road against Memphis in their playoff opener, but the Clippers haven’t made a rally stick in San Antonio.
A bumbling start had the Clippers already down by 15 in the first quarter before clawing back with a 9-2 burst. Getting to within 46-42 at halftime had the Clippers’ bench heading to the locker room clapping and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich storming off fuming.
Halfway through the third quarter, however, the lead was back to 16.
“There was a refocus of energy at halftime,” Duncan said. “We came out understanding of what we had to do to finish this game.”
As the deficit deepened, so did the Clippers’ frustration.
DeAndre Jordan seethed and slammed the ball when a missed rotation gave Green an uncontested 3-pointer that stretched San Antonio’s lead to back to double digits in the third. Less than a minute later, Foye trotted upcourt shaking his head after Paul’s fumbled dribble gave Kawhi Leonard a clear path for a breakaway dunk.
Following another 3-pointer by Green— this one pushing San Antonio’s lead to 70-60 — the turned-around Clippers looked so disjointed that Green darted back down and knocked the ball out of Paul’s hands on the ensuing inbound.
Notes: The Spurs followed up tying a franchise playoff record with 13 3-pointers in Game 1 with 10 this time… Talk about a pro cut: A 12-year-old Spurs fan suspended from his San Antonio middle school for shaving the face of forward Matt Bonner in his hair scored free tickets to the game and a meeting with his favorite player before tipoff. Bonner, whose mother is a teacher, said he was puzzled by the school’s decision and gave Patrick Gonzalez an autographed pair of shoes and an autographed jersey. “Keep supporting us redheads in the NBA,” the Red Rocket told his biggest fan.
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May 18th, 2012
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff
In 1819, French physician René Laennec published a description of the cacophony of sick lungs, deciphered with his new invention: the stethoscope. Some 18 months later, doctors in New England read about his discoveries, delivered across the sea and by horseback to their offices in one of the early editions of what would become the venerable New England Journal of Medicine.
Laennec’s discoveries altered the practice of medicine in a way so fundamental that we see the effects each time our doctor listens to the sounds in our chest. Its among the first of many enduring changes in medicine that were documented by the journal and are being celebrated this year as the publication reaches its 200th anniversary.
The journal, now operated by the Massachusetts Medical Society, is marking the occasion with a special website, a series of articles, and a symposium in June meant to highlight how far the field of medicine has come in two centuries.
“This is an opportunity to take a look and see how much better off we are now than our forbearers,” said Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, editor in chief.
The commemorative website includes an interactive timeline of the milestones in medicine that have appeared on the journal’s pages. For a selection, see this story by the Associated Press.
The manner in which the journal has reported on such advancements is a story in itself.
When Robert Koch gave a famous lecture in Berlin in 1882 identifying the bacteria that caused tuberculosis, the news was dispatched to the journal via telegraph and printed a week later, Drazen said.
Nearly a century later, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out its weekly bulletin reporting on four previously healthy homosexual men who had contracted an unknown infection — what would become known as HIV — the news reached editor Arnold “Bud” Relman by phone and the first articles on the disease appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine soon after, Drazen said.
Of course, the internet has brought further evolution. Today, five times more people read the journal online than in print, said Edward Campion, web editor.
“Our core mission remains the same: To get the best information to doctors,” Drazen said. “We do it the best way we can. … For the physician who’s 60, we publish a print magazine every week. For the physician who’s 30 we have a very active website.”
The journal plans to improve it mobile formats and launch a tablet application this year, Drazen said.
The age of the internet has only increased the journal’s importance, Drazen said.
“Because there’s so much information on the web, when you see our name on something, you can trust that it’s not someone trying to sell you something,” he said.
The landscape of medical research has changed, too. Through much of the 19th century, the journal reported mostly on advancements made in the medical hubs of London, Paris, and Berlin. Today, it often cites the work of researchers here in the greater Boston area who have taken center stage, due in no small part to the work of the journal founders and the people who have led it through the years.
Chelsea Conaboy can be reached at cconaboy@boston.com. Follow her on Twitter @cconaboy.
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May 16th, 2012
Britain’s world number four Andy Murray celebrated his 25th birthday here on Tuesday with a hard fought 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over veteran Argentinian David Nalbandian to reach the third round of the Rome Masters.
The day session match which ended well into the intended start of night play for top-seeded holder Novak Djokovic, was a struggle for survival on the clay between the pair, with Murray recovering from a break down in the third.
Murray, seeded four and a semi-finalist here last year, frequently hung his head to catch his breath after monster points and could be seen gripping at his lower back at the end of rallies.
It took 2 hrs, 37 min for the Scot to prevail, managing 29 winners and converting eight of his 18 break point chances – and he barely looked as if he had the energy to eat a slice of the birthday cake that was brought onto court.
The match was the first for the pair on clay and left 2004 finalist Nalbandian disappointed after Murray edged a torrid final set to advance on his first match point.
Murray, who stands 5-2 in their head to head series, won his first match since losing in the quarter-finals in Barcelona to Milos Raonic and then skipping last week’s Madrid event with back pain.
“I’m very happy to win, considering how the last few weeks have gone,” said Murray.
“When you haven’t hit that much, it’s not so comfortable. Hopefully I can go on from here.”
Djokovic didn’t seem at all disturbed by the delay and breezed through to the third round with a 6-3, 6-3 masterclass dished out to young Australian Bernard Tomic.
Madrid champion Roger Federer will take to the court on Wednesday to open against Argentine Carlos Berlocq.
The world number two had been unsure of his physical status and had waited until the last minute to decide if he could compete this week with only days to go before the French Open gets underway on May 27.
Rome is one of the few big events the Swiss has not won after losing two finals.
In other second-round matches, Spaniard David Ferrer, the sixth seed beat Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) while Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero upset 13th seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3.
In the first round, tenth seed Juan Martin del Potro overcame French doubles specialist Michael Llodra 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 while the latter’s compatriot Gilles Simon and 11th seed beat American Donald Young 6-2, 7-5.
Juan Monaco, the Argentine 14th seed, won as did 16th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who beat Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 7-6 (8/6).
Past and present Wimbledon champions Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova reached the third round with straight sets victories, though the Russian second seed was made to work hard.
Defending Rome champion Sharapova, who won her Wimbledon title aged 17 in 2004, needed nearly two and a quarter hours to get past 36th-ranked American Christina McHale 7-5, 7-5.
Kvitova, the fourth seed, accounted for Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-4 in sunny, breezy conditions.
In the first round, two seeds went out as Sorana Cirstea of Romania upset former number one, 2007-2008 winner and 15th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4).
Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, whose 2006 quarter-final was her best showing at home, beat Russian 16th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-6 (7/2).
Serena Williams, winner in Madrid, started with a defeat of Galina Voskoboeva 6-2, 6-3.
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May 14th, 2012
Three men — including two members of a Mexican musical group that had just finished performing — were charged with felonies after a late-night birthday celebration in an Hermosa neighborhood residential garage became violent.
A Mexican ranchera trio had been performing in a garage in the 4700 block of West McLean Avenue when police arrived at 2:40 a.m. May 12 to investigate a noise complaint, prosecutors said.
As officers approached, one was allegedly punched in the face and tackled by two men – Lino Sarabia-Martinez, 24, and Antonio Villa, 43, both residents of the home, prosecutors said.
They allegedly tried to unholster the officer’s handgun during a struggle, prosecutors said. When the officer fell to the ground, his baton was taken and used to hit him twice in the head, according to court records. Another officer used a taser on one of the men, prosecutors said.
A third man, Federico Villa-Martinez, 35, also listed as a resident of the home, allegedly threw a bottle at a police officer before punching him in the nose, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Ericka Graunke said.
A police officer was taken to a nearby hospital and given three staples in his head to close a gash and treated for various abrasions, according to court records.
The party was thrown by Villa for his wife’s birthday, said Merced Martinez, Antonio Villa’s daughter. Antonio Villa’s brother, Villa-Martinez, plays in Dueto Hermanos Martinez, which features two acoustic guitars and an electric bass, along with Lino Sarabia-Martinez.
Merced Martinez said the music had stopped before police arrived. She and her mother had gone into the home to open presents while her father and the others stayed in the garage to have a beer and relax. Soon after, the women were surprised by police lights and the sound of a brawl, she said Sunday outside bond court.
“They had my dad and my uncle on the floor, and they were hitting on him pretty good,” Merced Martinez said. As police used their baton to hit one of the men’s hands, she said she begged them to stop, but was threatened with arrest.
Villa-Martinez, Sarabia-Martinez and Villa were each charged with aggravated battery to police. Villa-Martinez was also charged with aggravated assault. Sarabia-Martinez and Villa were additionally charged with attempting to disarm a peace officer.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Maria Kuriakos-Ciesil set bond for each man was set at $100,000.
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May 12th, 2012
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Out and About will highlight some of the unique non-competition events and stories taking place this week at THE PLAYERS Championship. Whether it’s one of the many interesting venues at TPC Sawgrass, or an unique fan, we’ll get Out and About each day.
FURYK’S BIRTHDAY CROWD
Jim Furyk turns 42 on Saturday, the day of the third round at THE PLAYERS Championship, and he certainly will have a lot of family around to celebrate his birthday. Better yet, they’ll be able to celebrate on the golf course, as he finished Friday afternoon at 2 under to make sure he was around for the weekend.
“He missed the cut last year and that was very hard,” said wife Tabitha. “He loves this tournament and would love to have a chance to one day win it. “
Tabitha handed out over 40 passes this week to friends and family looking forward to following her husband. The couple also invites the classmates for their two children.
“We will have a lot of support this weekend,” Tabitha said. “That’s for sure.” Furyk’s parents, Mike and Linda, were both in attendance Friday to watch their son, Tabitha’s parents Bob and Linda Skartved also joined the group.
TAKING IT ALL IN
The “Honorary Observers” program, in which selected corporate sponsor representatives can walk inside the ropes during the competition for the entire round, was unveiled this week for the first time at THE PLAYERS.
Several groups went out with PGA TOUR players Thursday and Friday, including Jody Phillips and Richard Walther — who teamed up to walk with the group of 2011 PLAYERS champion K.J. Choi, 2008 champion Sergio Garcia and 2010 winner Tim Clark.
Phillips, a CFO with Exactech in Gainesville, Fla., and a 20-year veteran attendee of THE PLAYERS, said he received a call a few days ago from FedEx, explaining, “I have a deal for you.”
“When I found out the pairing, I was extremely excited,” Phillips said.
Walther is a Jacksonville-based vice president of Survitec Survival Products. The two patrons were honored at the No. 1 tee by being announced to the crowd, then shaking Choi’s hand and posing for a quick picture before the group teed off.
BUD’S BUDS SHOW SUPPORT
Despite missing the cut after shooting 6 over in his first PLAYERS, Bud Cauley gained a fan club out of the week on his home course.
“Bud’s Buds” was the brainchild of a group of friends from Windsor Parke Golf Club in Jacksonville, where Cauley grew up. Joe Carr, a longtime golfer at Windsor Parke, had 50 T-shirts made up in Cauley’s beloved Crimson Tide colors of his alma mater, Alabama. The T-shirts feature an image of Coach Paul Bryant’s famed houndstooth hat on the front, along with the name of the new club “Bud’s Buds.”
“Bud had no idea about the shirts,” Carr said. “The Bear Bryant hat made him proud. He really appreciated everything we’ve done. We printed 50 shirts to start and there will be more.”
About 25 members of the group followed Cauley on Friday until the last putt was made on 18. Carr admits that the club doesn’t have the following yet that Funk’s Punks once did here at TPC Sawgrass, or even Choi’s Bois.
Carr has also set the wheels in motion for Cauley’s next PGA TOUR stop at the Colonial, sending shirts to Texas for distribution and to assure representation for Bud’s Buds in the gallery.
Perhaps it’s not coincidental that the above-mentioned other two clubs that have been seen over the years at Sawgrass each cheered on their player to an eventual PLAYERS championship.
‘RAPP’ SESSION WITH FANS
THE PLAYERS Executive Director Matt Rapp sat down with fans Friday in The Grove and listened to their stories, as well as suggestions they had on how to improve THE PLAYERS in future years.
“They’re coming in here to relax and have a good time,” said Rapp. “Some do the trifecta — they go to the Hall of Fame, play golf and watch THE PLAYERS. Others just vacation and make THE PLAYERS part of it. I like getting to know the fans, finding out who they are and where they are from.”
One Tennessee couple could have gone anywhere with their four sons and daughter, but chose THE PLAYERS for what they hope is the first of many golf trips together.
THE DOCTOR IS IN
Sports psychologist Dr. Leah Lagos was doing a little work in the field on Friday at THE PLAYERS.
Following a group of PGA TOUR professionals with a pad and a pen, Lagos was observing to look for behavior patterns when the golfers are put in situations of stress.
“Competition itself increases stress — particularly the 17th hole, which is notorious for causing stress,” Lagos said. “I look for symptoms of stress and there are different signals. Some players could have a sensitivity to sound and they’ll hush the crowd or have their caddie hush the crowd. Other signs are lack of focus like looking into crowds for long periods of time. You may see golfers watching a shot too long, which tells me they’re self-evaluating critically.”
Lagos said sometimes the solutions to dealing with stress on a golf course are fairly simple.
“When we get stressed, our automatic nervous system kicks in and everything goes into high gear,” she said. “We have to have a more conscious effort to slow things down. Maybe we need to breathe, or joke around with the caddie.”
Lagos isn’t really concerned with statistics or the scoring results in a tournament. “One of the shifts I focus on is the feeling as opposed to the outcome.”
Based in Manhattan, Lagos has clients worldwide from rowing, tennis, gymnastics, the NFL and professional golf.
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May 12th, 2012
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Sunspot region 1476 points toward Earth like a loaded gun in this picture from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Experts say the active region is capable of generating major X-class flares.
We’re not only closing out the week — we’re closing out the first 10 years of Cosmic Log. It was on May 13, 2002, that I first began noting the follies and mysteries of science, space and society in this space. To mark the occasion, I’m presenting not just one, not just two, but three sets of brain-teasers.
The first puzzle has already played out on the Cosmic Log Facebook page. I asked Facebook followers to figure out which four-digit number is best associated with the picture above, and it just took a couple of minutes for multiple commenters to come up with the answer: 1476, the designation for the active region that’s currently front and center on the sun’s disk and capable of throwing X-class flares in our direction.
Mitch Siff was the first to put it all together, and I’m sending him my last pair of sun-viewing safety glasses, suitable for watching the May 20 annular solar eclipse from his home in Colorado. Michael J. Tiano was also quick on the draw, and he’ll be getting my second-last pair of 3-D glasses, along with a scary 3-D picture of yours truly.
It’s worth noting that a solar storm was one of the first topics tackled in Cosmic Log 10 years ago.
Space Needle unscrambler
Earlier in the week, I reported on the finals of a “Space Race 2012″ competition at Seattle’s Space Needle that resulted in Arizona law-school student Gregory Schneider winning a future suborbital trip into outer space. The final test was to solve a series of 10 brain-teasers while walking around a narrow ring-shaped platform just outside the Needle’s 520-foot-high observation deck. I mentioned a couple of sample questions on Wednesday, but in honor of Cosmic Log’s 10th birthday, here’s the full set of 10 questions. The first commenter to give the correct answers to all 10 teasers — in a single comment, not a series of comments — will be eligible to receive my last pair of giveaway 3-D glasses.
Unscramble the five following words:
1. PALOLO
2. IODEATSR
3. VGATIYR
4. OERREMTETI
5. EFCRCAPTSA
6. How many stars are in the Big Dipper?
7. For the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary, the roof was painted which color: Orbital Orange, Galaxy Gold, Meteor Melon, Re-entry Red.
8. True or false: The planet Venus rotates clockwise. It is the only planet to do so.
9. Which is NOT the name of a NASA shuttle: Atlantis, Voyager, Discovery, Endeavour.
10. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon in which year: 1968, 1967, 1969, 1966.
Cosmic Log history lesson
Finally, here are some trivia questions about the past 10 years of Cosmic Log. First person to get all the answers correct in a single comment will be eligible to receive a signed copy of my book “The Case for Pluto.” (I’m not holding my breath.)
1. Where did the name “Cosmic Log” come from? A space mission? A TV show? A comic book? Or did I just make it up?
2. Which “Star Trek” actor was interviewed for Cosmic Log? Nichelle Nichols? Leonard Nimoy? William Shatner? George Takei?
3. Which would-be celebrity astronaut was interviewed for Cosmic Log? Lance Bass? Mark Burnett? James Cameron? Victoria Principal?
4. Which Apollo astronaut was NOT interviewed for Cosmic Log? Buzz Aldrin? Alan Bean? Pete Conrad? Harrison Schmitt?
5. Which magician has been interviewed for Cosmic Log? The Amazing Randi? The Amazing Kreskin? David Copperfield? Penn Jillette?
6. Which medium/channel/psychic has been interviewed for Cosmic Log? Mary T. Browne? Theresa Caputo? Allison Dubois? JZ Knight?
7. Which TV show has been the subject of Cosmic Log postings? “American Idol”? “Dancing With the Stars”? “The X-Files”? All of the above?
8. What is the “CLUB Club”? A hangout for Cosmic Log fans in Seattle back in the early days? A concept I proposed for an anti-theft device? A list of book recommendations? A members-only gallery of cosmic pictures?
9. What kind of celestial object got its name in part because of Cosmic Log? Asteroid? Comet? Crater? Mountain?
10. Who was the object named after? Douglas Adams? Alan Boyle? Stephen Hawking? Robert Heinlein?
I’ll provide the answers to both of the 10-question teasers on Sunday, the 10th anniversary, and if I’m in a generous mood for the start of the next 10 years, I may give away a book even if no one gets all of the Cosmic Log trivia questions right.
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com’s science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by “liking” the log’s Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. You can also check out “The Case for Pluto,” my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.
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I watched this live back in the day and remember Mrs. Kennedy looked very mad.
- jim, goldendale usa, 20/5/2012 07:01
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