Good morning, Whitewater.
Wednesday brings a likelihood of morning showers and a high of sixty-six. Sunrise is 5:18 AM and sunset 8:19 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with thirty-nine percent of its visible disk illuminated.
The European Space Agency posted a video recently of the NASA Hubble telescope’s photographs of the distant universe:
Vast and beautiful.
On this day in 1942, the Battle of Midway begins:
…the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy….
On this day in 1837, a cornerstone ceremony takes place in Madison:
1837 – Territorial Capitol Cornerstone Ceremony Held
On this date Ebenezer and Roseline Peck hosted the Capitol cornerstone-laying celebration at their log public house in Madison. Peck Cabin, Madison’s first residence, business and post office, was demolished in 1857. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers. Edited by Sarah Davis McBride, p. 89.]
Here’s the Wednesday game in Puzzabiliuty’s Surround Sound series:
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This Week’s Game — June 2-6
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Surround Sound
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Hope you can tune in this week. For each day, we’ll give you three clues, each of which leads to a word. The answers to two of those clues, when placed together in the right order, have the name of a musical instrument spanning the gap between the answers. When the instrument’s name is removed, the remaining letters, in order, spell the answer to the day’s remaining clue. The clues are presented in random order.
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Example:
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Small women’s clothing size; play simply, as a guitar; location
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Answer:
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STRUMPETITE (from petite, strum, site; the instrument is a trumpet)
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What to Submit:
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Submit just the full string of letters, with the instrument in the middle (as “STRUMPETITE” in the example), for your answer.
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Wednesday, June 4
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