On August 25, 1970, Neil Diamond introduced Elton John, who performed his first show in the United States at this club. In 1974, John Lennon and his friend, Harry Nilsson, were ejected from the club for drunkenly heckling the Smothers Brothers. Randy Newman started out at the club. Other alumni include Paramore, The Tragically Hip, Sloan, Rod Stewart, Lenny Bruce, Bette Midler, Leo Kottke, Bruce Springsteen, the Pointer Sisters, Liza Minnelli, Sheryl Crow, Karla Bonoff, Al Stewart, Sandy Denny, George Carlin, Tom Waits, Pavement, Carly Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Rickie Lee Jones, Leonard Cohen, Roberta Flack, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Paul Sykes, Donny Hathaway, Arlo Guthrie, and Darren Criss. Whew - I'da loved to have lived down the street!! A virtual who's who of the music industry. The first year it was open, Lenny Bruce was arrested there on obscenity charges. The Byrds played 'Mr. Tambourine' there for the first time! Gordon Lightfoot made his US debut here. Janis Joplin partied here the last night of her life. Quite a place. Nancy.

If TM is right, and I suspect he is, **** for all of you! Yes, the Trumpeter Swan is the world's largest water fowl. I also think they are one of the most beautiful. They were hunted almost to extinction-killed for their meat and for feathers for the fashion industry. By the 1930s, fewer than 70 survived in the Lower 48. There were a few thousand in parts of Alaska and western Canada. Now, they are beginning to return to the Blackfoot River Valley after the Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife and Parks worked with US Fish and Wildlife in 2005 to release juvenile trumpeters into the valley. Some of the cygnets are now returning to their hatching sites. If you are plagued by Canada geese, having a pair f swans (any kind) will keep them away from your lake or pond. Clubs and colleges near where I grew up did that from time to time. One college had a pair of black swans, but some idiot killed one of them, so that ended that. Very sad. All my info is from the National Wildlife magazine June/July edition. Thanks for playing everyone. Have a splendid week. Cynthia

Yes, it is 23! for DaWiff's DH, and Blueberryhill. You both have this nerd's respect. Here's my reasoning: Newton had three laws of motion. (See below, if you're interested.) Hydrogen atoms have only one proton. A Cat 5 cable has eight wires. A gigawatt is 1,000,000,000 watts, with 9 zeros. So 3 + 1 = 4 4 x 8 = 32 32 - 9 = 23 Clue: there were 23 as in Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. You didn't think to count them, did you? :-) I still didn't stump you all. Maybe next week I will have to get really evil! Thanks for playing nerd trivia this weekend. ThinMan Newton's Laws: 1. The velocity of an object will remain constant unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. (Law of inertia.) 2. The acceleration of an object is proportional to the applied force and inversely proportional to the object's mass. 3. For every force there exists an equal but opposite force.

lol. I knew I wouldn't catch you guys out, but I thought it was kinda cool, and I am still PO'd that the puzzle setter got it wrong!! Holtom later wrote to Hugh Brock, editor of Peace News, explaining the genesis of his idea in greater depth: "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it." Ken Kolsbum, a correspondent of Holtom's, says that the designer came to regret the symbolism of despair, as he felt that peace was something to be celebrated and wanted the symbol to be inverted. Eric Austen is said to have "discovered that the 'gesture of despair' motif had long been associated with 'the death of man', and the circle with 'the unborn child'," possibly referring to images in Rudolf Koch's The Book of Signs, (Das Zeichenbuch, 1923) an English edition of which had been published in 1955. The symbol became the badge of CND and wearing it became a sign of support for the campaign for unilateral nuclear disarmament by Britain. An account of CND's early history described it as "a visual adhesive to bind the [Aldermaston] March and later the whole Campaign together ... probably the most powerful, memorable and adaptable image ever designed for a secular cause." Not patented or restricted, the symbol spread beyond CND and was adopted by the wider anti-war movement. It became known in the United States in 1958 when Albert Bigelow, a pacifist protester, sailed a small boat fitted with the CND banner into the vicinity of a nuclear test. So there you go - he shared his ideas and it became a movement which goes on to this day!! Hope you enjoyed - it's getting hard to fool you lot!! At least honestly!! For all: Thanks for playing. Just to sustain the mood - a link to the Isle of Wight Festival, circa 1970 with some thoughts on peace, flower power, and of course, great music!!! See you next week!! Nancy. Here is a link that might be useful: Last of several links to the festival.