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 Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who 

  has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was,   

  since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He  

  will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing

  when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life  

  isn't always fair; and Maybe it was my fault..                           

   Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more

  than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in 

  charge).                                                                 

   His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but       

  overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy   

  charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended  

  from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for     

  reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.             

   Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the   

  job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly   

  children.                                                                

   It declined even further when schools were required to get parental     

  consent to administer sun lotion or an Aspirin to a student; but could   

  not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an  

  abortion.                                                                

   Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses;   

  and criminals received better treatment than their victims.              

   Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a    

  burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.      

   Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to  

  realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled some in her   

  lap, and was promptly awarded a cash settlement.                         

   Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by 

  his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son,   

  Reason.                                                                  

   He is survived by entities known as:                                    

   I Know My Rights                                                         

   I Want It Now                                                           

   Someone Else Is To Blame                                                

   I'm A Victim                                                            

   Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.      

   If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.                                                              

＃end 

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This was pure speculation in the beginning. I just had to try Google
Wave in iPhone's Safari. I was not hoping anything.

It was expected that I got error message which said that my browser
was not compatible. I went ahead ignoring the warning and so excited
to see how Google Wave appearing on my screen and it appeared in
mobile format.

   

Click here to download:

Google_Wave_on_iPhone.zip (146 KB)

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First take it looked like normal email client, with navigation and contact bar at the first column, list of messages at second and message preview at the third. It is basically a messaging dashboard. The third column or the preview bar is more like conversation thread on Gmail. The reply message is right at the bottom of the original messsage.
Instead of composing new message or mail, you compose new wave. The first line in the wave becomes the subject and the rest followed by content. Instead of adding to address, you add contact as "audience". The difference shows when you have your contact online at the same time and you can interact directly. You can either create a new message/wave or edit the same wave together.
At the moment I still cannot use the extensions, attach files, even invite others. So I have not explore all functionality of Google Wave as yet. More to follow, I guess.

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Think you're smarter than an 8th grader ... in 1865? Try this! 

 

'Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education?

Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in

Salina , KS , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina, KS, 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of "lie", "play", and "run."
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 65 minutes)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States .
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication.
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, sub vocal, diphthong, cognate letters, and lingual.
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi-, dis-, mis-, pre-, semi-, post-, non-, inter-, mono-, and sup-.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco .
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of: Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?

 

- And remember.. no calculators, no computers, no internet… and no cheating J

- And no you don’t have time to stop and ask questions like ‘what’s a “diacritical mark”, “trigraph”, or “tare”??’

-  As they say in Hawaii, which in 1865 wasn’t even a state, “Wikki! Wikki!”  so get movin’!!

 

  

 

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