What’s in the veggie garden for the summer of 2012? Heirloom tomatotes (red and yellow), cucumbers, eggplant, dill, mint and the world’s hottest peppers.
You Reap What You Sow, So Sow Well!
Day: June 16, 2012
On This Day: June 16
Updated June 15, 2012, 2:28 pm
On June 16, 1933, President Roosevelt opened his New Deal recovery program, signing bank, rail, and industry bills and initiating farm aid.
On June 16, 1829, Geronimo, the Apache leader and warrior, was born. Following his death on Feb. 17, 1909, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
By The Associated Press
1812 The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business. 1890 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire, England. 1897 The United States signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii. 1903 Ford Motor Co. was incorporated. 1911 The forerunner of IBM was incorporated in New York State as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. 1932 President Herbert Hoover was renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. 1960 “Psycho,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York. 1963 The Soviet Union launched the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6. 1967 The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival – which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom – opened in northern California. 1976 Riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto. 1978 President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties. 1987 A jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four young blacks he said were going to rob him; he was convicted of illegal weapons possession. 1996 Russians voted in the country’s first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger. 2011 Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.. Current Birthdays
By The Associated Press
Golfer Phil Mickelson turns 42 years old today.
AP Photo/Mark Duncan
Retired baseball player Kerry Wood turns 35 years old today.
AP Photo/Morry Gash
1938 Joyce Carol Oates, Author, turns 74 1939 Billy “Crash” Craddock, Country singer, turns 73 1941 Lamont Dozier, Songwriter, turns 71 1942 Eddie Levert, R&B singer (The O’Jays), turns 70 1943 Joan Van Ark, Actress (“Knot’s Landing”), turns 69 1951 Roberto Duran, Boxer, turns 61 1952 Gino Vannelli, Pop singer, turns 60 1955 Laurie Metcalf, Actress (“Roseanne”), turns 57 1982 Missy Peregrym, Actress, turns 30
Historic Birthdays
Geronimo 6/16/1829 – 2/17/1909 American Apache Indian leader.Go to obituary »
64 Ilona Massey 6/16/1910 – 8/10/1974
Hungarian movie actress and singer90 Barbara McClintock 6/16/1902 – 9/2/1992
American scientist74 Stan Laurel 6/16/1890 – 2/23/1965
American comic movie actor70 Jean Peugeot 6/16/1896 – 11/18/1966
French automobile manufacturer71 Bobby Clark 6/16/1888 – 2/12/1960
American vaudevillian and comedian67 Sir George Frampton 6/16/1860 – 5/21/1928
English sculptor and craftsman78 Edward Davy 6/16/1806 – 1/26/1885
English physician, chemist and inventor66 Julius Plucker 6/16/1801 – 5/22/1868
German mathematician and physicist43 Sir John Cheke 6/16/1514 – 9/13/1557
English scholar of classical languages; supported English Reformation
June 16
MORNING
“Help, Lord.”
Psalm 12:1The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, sententious, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication–when the creature failed, he flew to the Creator. He evidently felt his own weakness, or he would not have cried for help; but at the same time he intended honestly to exert himself for the cause of truth, for the word “help” is inapplicable where we ourselves do nothing. There is much of directness, clearness of perception, and distinctness of utterance in this petition of two words; much more, indeed, than in the long rambling outpourings of certain professors. The Psalmist runs straight-forward to his God, with a well-considered prayer; he knows what he is seeking, and where to seek it. Lord, teach us to pray in the same blessed manner.
The occasions for the use of this prayer are frequent. In providential afflictions how suitable it is for tried believers who find all helpers failing them. Students, in doctrinal difficulties, may often obtain aid by lifting up this cry of “Help, Lord,” to the Holy Spirit, the great Teacher. Spiritual warriors in inward conflicts may send to the throne for reinforcements, and this will be a model for their request. Workers in heavenly labour may thus obtain grace in time of need. Seeking sinners, in doubts and alarms, may offer up the same weighty supplication; in fact, in all these cases, times, and places, this will serve the turn of needy souls. “Help, Lord,” will suit us living and dying, suffering or labouring, rejoicing or sorrowing. In him our help is found, let us not be slack to cry to him.
The answer to the prayer is certain, if it be sincerely offered through Jesus. The Lord’s character assures us that he will not leave his people; his relationship as Father and Husband guarantee us his aid; his gift of Jesus is a pledge of every good thing; and his sure promise stands, “Fear not, I will help thee.”
EVENING
“Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it.”
Numbers 21:17Famous was the well of Beer in the wilderness, because it was the subject of a promise: “That is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” The people needed water, and it was promised by their gracious God. We need fresh supplies of heavenly grace, and in the covenant the Lord has pledged himself to give all we require. The well next became the cause of a song. Before the water gushed forth, cheerful faith prompted the people to sing; and as they saw the crystal fount bubbling up, the music grew yet more joyous. In like manner, we who believe the promise of God should rejoice in the prospect of divine revivals in our souls, and as we experience them our holy joy should overflow. Are we thirsting? Let us not murmur, but sing. Spiritual thirst is bitter to bear, but we need not bear it–the promise indicates a well; let us be of good heart, and look for it. Moreover, the well was the centre of prayer. “Spring up, O well.” What God has engaged to give, we must enquire after, or we manifest that we have neither desire nor faith. This evening let us ask that the Scripture we have read, and our devotional exercises, may not be an empty formality, but a channel of grace to our souls. O that God the Holy Spirit would work in us with all his mighty power, filling us with all the fulness of God. Lastly, the well was the object of effort. “The nobles of the people digged it with their staves.” The Lord would have us active in obtaining grace. Our staves are ill adapted for digging in the sand, but we must use them to the utmost of our ability. Prayer must not be neglected; the assembling of ourselves together must not be forsaken; ordinances must not be slighted. The Lord will give us his peace most plenteously, but not in a way of idleness. Let us, then, bestir ourselves to seek him in whom are all our fresh springs.
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Gali Gali Chor Hai, 2012
A social satire on the inevitable lot of the common man in India, this is both a laughable and lamentable story set in the city of Bhopal that could very well be any town in India at all. The face of corruption is a very clear and distinct one. It first appears as the local policeman and subsequently takes on many other guises as our poor hero battles the bureaucratic mess of the political and socio-cultural milieu of the motherland.
In some ways a tragicomedy, the distractions of the occasional song-and-dance and the drama inside the home and at the Ramleela are possibly necessary evils in order to not keel over with disgust and utter frustration of the never-ending red-tape that everything seems to be wrapped in.
Akshaye Khanna is actually quite believable in his role, and so is the father-in-law. The ladies are lovely, and the one lady who does the masala-number is highly skilled in every form of Bollywood-style dance gyration.
Mehdi Hassan, Thank You for the Music! Baat Karni Mujhe Mushkil
Bvlgari: A Show Any Which Way You Look At It
