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2.16.16 Week: 07 \ Day: 47
February
Averages: 46°\19°
86004
Today: H 57° \ L 24° Average Sky Cover: 10%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 15mph
Ave.
High: 46° Record High: 70°[1977]
Ave. Low:
19° Record Low: -3°[1990]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Kyoto Protocol Day Link
National Almond
Day Link
Westminster
Dog Show »»»»
Observances This Week
14-20-Random
Acts of Kindness Week Link
International Flirting Week
Love a Mensch Week
14-21-National
Condom Week Link
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's &
Dementia Staff Education Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1741
Benjamin
Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Mag) begins publishing
1760
Native
American hostages killed in Fort Prince George, SC
1838
Kentucky
passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1852
Studebaker
Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is
established.
1857
Gallaudet
College (National Deaf Mute college) forms in Washington, D.C.
1862
Ft
Donelson captured by General Ulysses S. Grant (1,400 confederates
surrender)
1868
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms (NY)
1878
Silver
dollar became US legal tender
1883
"Ladies
Home Journal" begins publishing
1887
1st
newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
1900
1st
Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF)
1909
1st
subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
1946
1st
commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct
1950
Longest-running
prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1964
Beatles'
2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1968
US
1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
1972
Wilt
Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1978
1st
Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1992
LA
Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1992
Former
silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue
2006
The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the US Army.
The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the US Army.
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World Historical Highlights for Today
600
Pope
Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct
response to a sneeze
1659
1st
known cheque (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
1859
The
French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency
of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.
1917
1st
synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
1923
Howard
Carter opens the inner burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb
and finds the sarcophagus
1936
4th
Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1959
Fidel
Castro names himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1963
Beatles
top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1968
Beatles George
Harrison, John Lennon and their wifes fly to India for transcendental
meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1983
The
Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75
people in Australia's worst ever fires.
1985
The
founding of Hezbollah.
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My Rambling Thoughts
So it’s Presidents Day…a federal holiday. Over
the weekend I was having real trouble with my eyes…red, swollen, watering, etc.
So this morning, I called my Ophthalmologist to get an appointment. The lady
said come in as soon as possible, we are short staffed and you may have to
wait, but we will get you in. I got there at 8:30 and was seen at 8:55. I
apologized for coming in on a Federal holiday, but needed help. Not a problem
they said. The nurse looked at my eyes and said, ‘yep, something is sure wrong.’
Doc came in and looked, said it was eye drops that I had, after about 6 years,
become allergic to my eyes. Or the other way around. He gave me a different eye
drop and an anti-biotic eye drop. Said it should be better in about 5 days. The
old drops were $35/mo. The new drops are $1.16/month. The antibiotic drops were
$35. Sure hope they work.
Still frustrated about the political talk
about the appointment of new SCOTUS judge. As someone said on NPR, where does
it say that the President is only elected for 3 years and 4 months? Let the
process play out as written in the Constitution.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Anagram Christmas
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
My
father gave me a brain teaser with two groups of words missing. The four words
in each group are anagrams of each other. I've solved the first group, but I'm
stuck on the second group. Can you help?
Time to decorate the Christmas tree! Putting up the lights was my job, but
after that it was time to ENLIST some help. While the kids were busy adding
TINSEL, I put on some music to LISTEN to; my favourite song is "SILENT
Night".
After we finished decorating the Christmas tree, I hung the stockings on the
__1__. Feeling a chill, I looked down and had to __2__ my __3__ lapse; the fire
was out. I threw on my __4__ and stepped out into the cold night to gather some
firewood. Upon my return, we were soon roasting chestnuts and sipping eggnog to
complete a wonderful evening.
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…Business Facts…
Apple
co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth
over $58 billion.
At
YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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…Grammar Craziness…
The
English language includes an interesting category of words and phrases called
contronyms— terms that, depending on context, can have opposite or
contradictory meanings.
Many
of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are eleven pairs of definitions.
Both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first
letters of the eleven answers will spell out the name of a beloved TV
celebrity.
73. Weather: To withstand, or to wear away
74. Wind up: To end, or to start up
75. With: Alongside, or against
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…Hard to Believe…
27.
The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball, if both were of the same size.
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…Harper’s Index…
+1,041-Percentgae change since 1977 in the
inflation-adjusted cost of educational books and supplies
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
natgeotravel@JayDickmanPhoto. During
the most recent National Geographic "Around the World by Private Jet"
Expedition, in Morocco found this gentleman who was responsible for fueling the
furnace (Farnatchi) keeping the water heated in public baths in the Marrakech
souk.
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2 jokes for the day
Little Kelvin's darkest day was when he was asked by his mathematics teacher to
solve a problem on the board. The question was asking for the answer to 2+3.
He knew he couldn't solve that so he glanced towards his bright friend for
help. His friend willing to help but fearing to speak out loud, showed him his
palm as a silent indication to the answer.
So little Kelvin drew the palm.
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Two young men applied for an engineering job. Both applicants, having the same
qualifications, were asked to take a test by the department manager.
Upon completion of the test, they missed only one question.
The manager went up to one of the guys and said, "Thank you for your
interest, but we've decided to give the job to the other applicant."
The engineer said, "But why, we both got nine questions right?"
The manager said, "We made our decision not on the correct answers, but on
the one you missed."
The engineer asked, "And how would one incorrect answer be better than the
other?"
The manager replied, "Simple, the other engineer put down on question
number five, 'I don't know,' you put down, 'neither do I'."
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Yep, It Really Happened
Great Achievements in Laziness
Globe and Mail- An 80-year-old man and a
37-year-old woman were ticketed in separate incidents in Canada the week of
Jan. 18 when police spotted them driving cars completely caked in snow except
for a small portion of the windshield. The man, from Brussels, Ontario, was
driving a car resembling a "pile of snow on the road." The Halifax,
Nova Scotia, woman's car was, a police statement said, "a snowbank with
four wheels."
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Somewhat Useless Information
Rio
2016 will be the first time in Olympic history that a South American country
has hosted the Games. The city won its bid in 2009, beating out Chicago, Madrid
and Tokyo.
The torch relay will begin on April 21 in the Games' birthplace - Olympia in
Greece - before traveling across Brazil for more than 90 days and finishing in
Rio on August 5. While in Greece, it will pass through the Eloenas refugee
camp, near Athens, where one resident will be selected as a torch bearer.
Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to reinstate the sport, which previously was
played in the 1900 and 1904 Games. The 18 holes in Rio were designed by
American golf-course architect Gil Hanse, who is based in Malvern,
Pennsylvania.
The Rio games will be the first to feature Olympians born in the year 2000.
Rules state that all competitors must have been been born before Jan. 1, 2003,
but many sports have other age requirements for health and safety reasons. The
youngest competitors are likely to be from diving and gymnastics.
The mascot for 2016 is "Vinicius," a yellow and blue creature
representing Brazilian wildlife. It resembles a cat or monkey that can fly and
has the power to stretch its limbs and body. It is named after Bossa Nova
musician Vinicius de Moraes, one of the writers of "The Girl From
Ipanema." Rio 2016 organizers say they hope Vinicius will help them raise
1 billion reais ($398 million) in merchandising.
Organizers say they will prepare 60,000 meals per day to feed the athletes.
Brazilian staples like rice and black beans and barbecued meat will be
accompanied by other local offerings, such as tapioca, pao de queijo (cheese
bread) and acai (an Amazonian fruit and so-called super-food).
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Birthdays Today
“()”
indicates age at death
(74) William Scarborough,
Macon Ga, linguist/author
(Birds of Aristophanes) (d.1926)
(73) Hugh Beaumont,
Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward
Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) (d.1982)
(70?) Kim Jong-il,
Supreme Leader of North Korea
(1994-2011) [disputed birthdate, 1941] (d.2011)
(67) Robert Flaherty,
Iron Mountain, Michigan Father
of documentary film (Nanook of North
), (d. 1951)
65- William Katt,
Los Angeles, California, American
actor (Greatest American Hero, Carrie)
(63) Henry Wilson,
(R) 18th VP (1873-75) (d.1875)
(62) Sonny Bono,
Detroit, Michigan, vocalist (Sonny
& Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98) (d.1998)
(42) Margaux Hemingway,
Portland Or, actress
(Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce) (d.1996)
59- LeVar Burton,
Landstuhl Germany, (Roots, Star
Trek Next Generation, Reading Rainbow
)
58- Ice-T [Tracy Marrow],
Newark, New Jersey American
rapper and actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six)
57- John McEnroe,
Wiesbaden, Germany, American
tennis great (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
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Historical Obits Today
@90-1996 Edmund G "Pat" Brown,
politician
@68-2015 Lesley Gore,
American singer (It's My
Party, You Don't Own Me), lung cancer
@66-1996 MacLean Stevenson,
actor (M*A*S*H), heart
attack
@55-1967 Smiley Burnette,
cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat
Junction), leukemia
@36-1857 Elisha Kent Kane,
Arctic explorer (Kane
Basin), poor health
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. mantel
2. lament
3. mental
4. mantle
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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.
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