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December
4, 2015 Week:
48 \ Day: 338
December Averages:
44°\17°
86004 Today: H 52° \ L 18° Average
Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
14mph
Ave. High: 45° Record High: 67°[1965]
Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -4°[1955]
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Observances
Today:
Faux Fur Friday
National Cookie Day Link
National Dice Day
National Salesperson Day
World Wildlife Conservation Day Link
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Observances
This Week:
1-7
Cookie
Cutter Week Link
3-10
Clerc-Gallaudet
Week
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1598 - Spanish and ACOMA forces engage
in a fight.
1619 - 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark
in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many as the first
Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1674 - Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now
Chicago1816 - James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres,
defeating Federalist Rufus King
1843 - Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope)
patented, Mass
1844 - James Knox Polk elected 11th US President
1875 - William Marcy
"Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1915 - Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County, Ga
1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson sails for
Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st President to travel outside US while
in office
1923 - Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "Ten
Commandments" premieres
1927 - The town of Bowie, AZ announced oil
had been found in commercial quantities at 1,400 feet
1933 - FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1942 - FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress
Administration
1945 - Senate approves US participation in United Nations
1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA
1961 - Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau
upside down for 47 days
1981 - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1993 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
2014 - US authorities promise a
"fair" investigation into the death of Eric Garner, a black man,
after a white police officer held him in a choke-hold faces no charges
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1110 - Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
1829 - Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow
burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
1961 - The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes available on
the National Health Service in Britain
1968 - Following a civil rights march in Dungannon, Northern
Ireland, there is a violent clash between Loyalists and those who are taking
part in the march
2014 - The United Nations warns that the world is on course
for the warmest year since records began
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Great lunch with Cheryl at a favorite Mexican place. She had a
great time in CA for Thanksgiving with her son and his family. Mary headed out
to Portland this morning for 10 days with her son and his family.
I have reached overload on mass shootings in this country. I grew
up having this time of year is the best time of the year…giving, sharing,
caring, and loving. Not to have crazy people with weapons killing innocents at
a holiday party. More than 1 person a day has been killed in a mass shooting in
my country this year. This has to stop. I understand that this country has done
many horrible things to innocents around the world in wars, conflicts, and
drone attacks. And certainly those leaders who did these horrific things should
be punished. But the eye-for-an-eye mentality simply makes the world blind. We
need to find answers!
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
A
man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only
to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password
wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security
purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:
Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date."
Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listen
carefully you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount
of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the
same."
Man: "Thanks boss."
With that, he went and correctly logged into his station.
What was the new password?
BONUS: What was his old password?
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…Amazing
Facts…
An Indian man known as "Snake Manu"
can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out
through his nose.
Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in
the world.
Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA,
has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top
lip!
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…Crazy
Law…
Michigan
Michigan bars you from being inebriated on a
train in Act 68 of 1913. Probably a fair call, but how the hell does Amtrak
stay in business in this state?
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…Harper’s
Index…
+63 – percentage change since last year in the number of
minority-produced network TV shows
100 – percentage of this increase attributable to Tyler Perry
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhoto by @petekmuller/@prime_collective. Young
boys #fish and
wash dishes in a stream outside the town of #Isiro in
northeastern Democratic Republic of#Congo. Isiro is an
island-city surrounded by hundreds of miles of virgin #forest. Goods are
expensive in #Isiro as
all non-indigenous items must be flown in. Isiro is connected to other areas of
Congo only by exceptionally battered roads and footpaths.
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2
jokes for the day
Adele Cross The Road
Why did Adele cross the road?
To say "Hello" from the other side!
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Date a tennis player
Why shouldn't you date a tennis player?
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Because love means nothing to them.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Australia - An
Australian police department called to a suspected domestic violence scene said
they instead discovered a man locked in mortal combat with a spider. The
Harbourside Local Area Command said in a Facebook post several officers
responded to an apartment in Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, on a report of
"a woman screaming hysterically" and a man's voice shouting,
"I'm going to kill you, [you're] dead! Die Die!!" The post said
neighbors reported hearing furniture being thrown around the inside of the
residence. The officers arrived and found a man alone in the residence. The
Facebook post recounted the man's conversation with officers:
Police: "Where's your wife?"
Male: "Umm I don't have one."
Police: "Where your girlfriend?"
Male: "Umm I don't have one"
Police: "We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is
she?"
Male: "I don't know what you're talking about I live alone."
Police: "Come on mate people clearly heard you yelling you were going to
kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit."
Police said the man "became very sheepish" at this point in the
conversation.
Police: "Come on mate, what have you done to her?"
Male: "It was a spider."
Police "Sorry??"
Male: "It was a spider, a really big one!!"
Police: "What about the women screaming?"
Male: "Yeah sorry that was me, I really really hate spiders."
The man was not charged and officers left after a quick search of the apartment
confirmed the resident's account.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
The
"thumbs-up" sign means "good" to Westerners,
"one" to Italians, "five" to Japanese, and "up
yours" in Greece. In Iran, it represents a penis.
The "hang loose" sign (thumb and little finger extended) means,
"stay cool, relax" in Hawaii, "six" in Japan, and
"would you like a drink?" in Mexico.
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Nodding
the head means "yes" in most societies, but means "no" in
some parts of Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
An ear grasp means "I'm sorry" in parts of India. Cupping the ear
means "I can't hear you" in all societies. Pulling the ear means
"you are in my heart" for Navajo Indians.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(85) - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian
(French Revolution) (d.1881)
82 - Wink Martindale, Jackson Tn, TV host
(Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
(82) - Francisco Franco [ y Bahamonde], Ferrol
Galicia, Spanish General and Dictator (1936-75), (d. 1975)
78 - Max Baer Jr, actor (Jethro-Beverly
Hillbillies), born in Oakland, California
(67) - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay
colony (d.1652)
66 - Jeff Bridges, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All
Odds), born in Los Angeles, CA
(54) - Victor French, actor (Highway to Heaven),born-Santa
Barbara, CA (d.1989)
51 - Marisa Tomei, American actress (My Cousin
Vinny), born in Brooklyn, NY
46 - Jay Z [Shawn Carter], American rapper and
record producer (Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint), born in Brooklyn, New York
City
42 - Tyra Banks, Inglewood, California,
model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
(36) - Crazy Horse [TΘaΕ‘ΓΊΕke WitkΓ³], Cha-O-Ha
area, Oglala Sioux chief (Battle of the Little Bighorn)
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Historical
Obits Today
@91-1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
@90-1993 - Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the
King of Siam)
@83-1123 - Omar KhayyΓ‘m,
Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
@72-1967 - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard
of Oz), cancer
@52-1993 - Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of
Invention), cancer
@47-1732 - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera)
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Brain
Teasers Answers
The old one was: Out of date
The new one is: Different
He said: My password is "Out of date." And the boss told him the new
one when he said: "The password is different."
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Disclaimer:
All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All
‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one
other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly
once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore
difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar
was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
π π π π…And That Is All
for Now… π π π π
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