How did 100 Grand candy bar get it's name?

English: A 100 Grand candy bar, broken in half. A milk chocolate bar with crisped rice and caramel. Each standard-sized package has two bars inside. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The candy bar was created in 1966, and named after a series of successful game shows.

100 Grand Bar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Family Stories That Bind Us — This Life - NYTimes.com

The Family Stories That Bind Us — This Life - NYTimes.com

The best parts:This study reached an overwhelming conclusion: The more children knew about their family’s history, the stronger their sense of control over their lives, the higher their self-esteem and the more successfully they believed their families functioned.

The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family’s positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come.

Timer Tips and Tricks! from Flylady

English: A mechanical kitchen timer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 A timer can also keep us from crashing and burning! Set your timer to keep you from hyper-focusing so that you won’t wear yourself out. 

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One of my favorite uses of the timer is to take care of my hotspots! Just 2 minutes doing a hot spot fire drill and your house will look clean. It is our hotspots that make our house messy. I didn’t say you had to do all the hotspots in 2 minutes. Just attack one and put out the fire. You know where your favorite hotspots are: Kitchen counter, coffee table, end table, treadmill or a rocking chair. I just told you where my hotspots used to be and some that are a constant battle to put out the blaze. This is why I do it twice a day.

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Timer game - Crisis Cleaning

Spend 15 minutes in my Kitchen, 15 minutes in the Living Room and 15 minutes in the main bathroom. Then I spend 15 minutes resting. Yes this is the most important 15 minutes of the hour. It helps me take a break and decide what needs doing next.

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Timer Game -  “Reverse Scavenger Hunt”.

In this game you set a timer for 15 minutes. You pick up one thing that does not belong in the room where you start. As fast as you can go put it where it belongs. While you are putting that item away grab another item what doesn’t belong right there. Take it where it belongs. Do it as many times as you can for 15 minutes. Then stop for 15 minutes. Do it all over again. You are going to be so surprised at what gets put away!

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Did you ever have a room that was so messy that you could not stand to be in the room? I did and this is the game I came up with to tackle this room. It is called “5 minute room rescue”. I would go into the room and grab a box. Since I would get overwhelmed in that room I would take the box and go to a clear place in the house and sort the box into a Give Away, Put Away and Throw away bags. All I had to do was 5 minutes. I did this every day with one rule that nothing could go back into that room. It was so good to get rid of all that clutter! Now I have a guest room and I have had the pleasure of several house guest this year.

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Focus in two places but not at the same time. I spend 15 minutes decluttering or gardening or cleaning; then I spend 15 minutes working on an essay. I don’t forget to take a break at the top of every hour for 15 minute to play. I can get so much done when I focus like this.

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Timer Game -  “15 Minute Day”. 

When it goes off I get up from my computer and go and do one thing. Then I sit down and go back to what I am working on. This gives me a little break and I get to stretch my legs. It also helps me to write better when I don’t allow my mind to be free for a few minutes.

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I use my timer to help me drink my water every single day! I set my timer for 15 minutes. Every 15 minutes I take a drink. On the days when I use my timer, I get a big blue star on my calendar for drinking all my water!

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Use your timer to keep you from procrastinating. Time yourself on those things that you hate to do: Fold clothes, empty the dishwasher and make your bed! They don’t take 15 minutes! Prove it to yourself. Make friends with your timer. Get creative! Your timer is going to be your friend this year! All you have to do is set it!

You can do anything for 15 minutes!

FlyLady

What are the rules to Blind man's buff ?

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Blind Man's Buff -
WGA10006 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I thought this game was Blind Man's Bluff, but that is a linguistic slip. Buff means to gently push or tag. This game is like tag but IT is blindfolded.
Versions:

• Player taged becomes it
• Player tagged is out, continue until everyone is out
• Player tagged must be identified by IT by feeling their face. If IT is correct the tagged person is IT
• IT stands inside circle of players holding hands

Blind man's buff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Geography

I was surprised at the distance one elder that is serving a mission in Santiago, Dominican Republic needs to travel to get home!   Santiago to JFK to Las Vegas to Honolulu to Kiribati. 

Evolution of Wheat - Selective Breeding Crops

Wheat was wild at first.  People picked the best grains and planted them.  Now we have bread wheat and some people have problems eating wheat.

Up until the seventeenth century, the varieties of wheat grown globally were the same that had been grown for centuries.  People began to tire of the wheat, and began to carefully select the biggest and best grains at harvest to seed for the next crops.  Eventually, the new varieties of wheat were spread to other regions from immigrants and exporting, and those which grew well were continually grown.  Nowadays, wheat has the ability to survive in harsh climates, thus increasing yield. (Evolution of Wheat - Selective Breeding Crops)

The Forgotten Giant Arrows that Guide you Across America | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

The Forgotten Giant Arrows that Guide you Across America | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

A model of one of the arrows and beacons at the IPMS (International Plastic Modelers Socity) Nationals contest in Loveland, CO, which you a pretty good idea of the layout.Photo via here.

These giant arrows are across America to guide the air mail planes of the 1930s before radio became popular.

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 Zoom in to see an arrow near Hurricane, UT.  There is a geocache near this arrow called  LH means East & D means SW  
it was Created by:  kisferfi

Here’s a link to a website listing the original locations of Eastern and Western beacons.  I never knew these airway beacons existed.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We just watched

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story on Netflix
It was inspiring and wonderfully done.  We were curious about the real Ben Carson.

Ben Carson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ben Carson

Doctor

Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., is a retired American neurosurgeon. He is credited with pioneering work on the successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the head. Wikipedia

Born: September 18, 1951 (age 62), Detroit, MI

Spouse: Candy Carson (m. 1975)

Parents: Sonya Carson

Movies: Stuck on You

Books: America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great

Children: Rhoeyce Carson, B.J. 'Ben Jr.' Carson, Murray Carson

Cuba Gooding, Jr.This is the actor that played Ben Carson in the movie.

What are Fingertip Bandages? - YouTube

What are Fingertip Bandages? - YouTube

Oh!  That's how you put it on!

How to Eat a Pomegranate

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Silly Songs

Cub Scout Song Book

Scout Songs from Boy Scout Trail

Lyrics for Boy Scouts Songs, Girl Scouts Songs, and American Patriotic Songs

Scoutorama.com Song List

The world's deepest bin - Thefuntheory.com - Rolighetsteorin.se - YouTube

The world's deepest bin - Thefuntheory.com - Rolighetsteorin.se - YouTube

Free alternatives to pricey software – USATODAY.com

Free alternatives to pricey software – USATODAY.com

How to make a Naked Egg : Imagination Station

How to make a Naked Egg : Imagination Station

An egg soaking in vinegar with part of it’s shell dissolved.

THE "NAKED" EGG

This is really cool! It will amaze your kids and teach them some science all at once.

Christina Haswell says: I did this for a science project when I was a kid about 20 yrs. ago n passed it on to my son when he did his science project last year. It's really cool! It takes about 4 to 7 days.

Put an egg in a cup and fill it with apple cider vinegar till egg is covered. Cover tightly n let it sit. Each day give it a swirl. At the end u rinse off the egg n VIOLA! A rubber egg! Just be careful...it will bounce but is still delicate. And very smelly when it breaks. LOL ...Not rotten -- just smells like vinegar. Always keep it in the fridge during the whole process too.

Stefany Smith added: If you place the "naked egg" in corn syrup, it will shrink/shrivel up. The vinegar inside the egg moves through the semi-permeable membrane.

You can then place it in water with food coloring and "color" the inside of the egg and it will fill up again due to osmosis

Déjà vu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Déjà vu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Déjà vu, is from French, literally "already seen"

Cooperation Games

Cooperation Games

The Straight Dope: If blood is red why do your veins look blue?

The Straight Dope: If blood is red why do your veins look blue?

Blood is a dark red when it doesn't have oxygen, not blue.  They look blue because the veins are below the skin and it appears blue when the light goes through the skin.

All Systems Go

All Systems Go

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Interactive Body

  BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Interactive Body

Eco-Concrete: These Sidewalks Eat Urban Smog

Eco-Concrete: These Sidewalks Eat Urban Smog

Dutch scientists say their revolutionary concrete can cut urban air pollution by 45 percent.

Bye-Bye, Blacktop—Why White Streets Will Chill Our Sweltering Cities

Bye-Bye, Blacktop—Why White Streets Will Chill Our Sweltering Cities

Researchers in California have engineered a reflective coating that, when applied to blacktop, can lower the surface temperature of a city boulevard or a parking lot by a whopping 40 degrees Fahrenheit on a sweltering summer day.

Op-Ed: White Roofs Are the White Knight We Need to Slay Climate Change

Op-Ed: White Roofs Are the White Knight We Need to Slay Climate Change

White roof project puts a specially scientific tested coating on the roof to repel the heat.  The temperature inside can be lowered 35 degrees in the summer!

Excel Tips: Calculating Age

Excel Tips: Calculating Age

=INT((TODAY()-A2)/365.25)

50 state flags

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