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2.23.16 Week: 08 \ Day: 54
February
Averages: 46°\19°
86004
Today: H 58° \ L 24° Average Sky Cover: 40%
Wind
ave: 7mph\Gusts: 32mph
Record
High: 66°[1946] Record Low: -6°[1960]
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Quote of the Day
Returns tomorrow
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Observances Today
Museum
Advocacy Day Link
Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
Iwo Jima
Day (flag raised)
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Observances This Week
20-27
National Entrepreneurship Week Link
21-27 Bird Health Awareness WeekLink
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image
Week
National Date (fruit) Week
National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week
National Engineers Week
National FFA Week Link
National Invasive Species Awareness
Week Link
National Justice for Animals
Week Link
National Pancake Week
(Bisquick)
Through With The Chew Link
26-27 Texas Cowboy
Poetry Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1792
Humane
Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for
distressed mariners)
1813
1st US
raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass
1821
College of
Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college
1822
Boston,
Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city
1836
Alamo
besieged for 13 days until 6th March by Mexican army under General Santa Anna;
entire garrison eventually killed
1847
Battle
of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
1870
Mississippi
is readmitted to US
1883
Alabama
becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law
1896
Tootsie
Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1903
The US
and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to
the US for naval stations
1904
US
acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
1905
First
Rotary Club formed by 4 men in the Unity Building, Chicago
1910
1st radio
contest held (Philadelphia)
1927
US
President Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
1940
Walt
Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" released
1941
Plutonium
was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1945
US
Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and later a statue in the Marine
Corps War Memorial
1954
1st mass
inoculation against polio with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh) 1967
25th
amendment (US Presidential succession) adopted
1968
Wilt
Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points
1970
Holy
Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
1975
In
response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months
early in the United States.
1980
13th
Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY; Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed
skating golds
1983
The
United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out
and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1991
NC is
1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
1998
US
Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand
2006
Dubai
Ports World agrees to postpone its plans to take over management of six U.S.
ports after the proposal ignited harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill.
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1455
Johannes
Gutenberg prints his first book, Bible (estimated date)
1540
Francisco
Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities
of Cibola
1874
Mjr
Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
1886
London
Times publishes world's 1st classified ad
1942
Japanese
submarine fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif
1992
16th
Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
1998
Osama
bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
2014
22nd
Winter Olympic Games close at Sochi, Russia
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My Rambling Thoughts
Met early this morning with my new PCP. He was
very informative, checked all my meds…having me bring in the actual bottles,
and discussed a course of action. My former PCP hadn’t sent him the files. I
called and he said he knew I met with the Dr. today and was just getting ready
to send them. Not an excuse from my point of view…since he has had over a month
to send them AND when I saw him in January he said I was #2 on the list. To top
it off, the new PCP uses the same computer program and it is merely pushing a
couple of buttons with the new physician’s name. Oh well, no need to stress, I
did what I could.
I got home and updated the Focus Travel Site.
A little more complicated than I expected, but got it done in about 30 minutes.
All good.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Retro-Breakthrough 1
A
magazine competition invited people to come up with "invented"
inventions of the cyber-age.
For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word
processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this is?
It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or
batteries. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, cunning. Produce magical
effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.
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…Business Facts…
Dell's
first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
Dell
Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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…Harper’s Index…
5/20/2015-Date of which Catholic priests in
Mexico performed an exorcism of the entire country
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…Mistaken History you learned in grade school…
France is prone to surrendering
France's
military in recent years has become the butt of many a 'Murica style joke
(truly "Freedom Fries" was an iconic moment in our country's
history). However, while France did capitulate infamously in World War II to
Nazi Germany, France's martial history is quite impressive. Throughout its
history, France has been one of the premiere military powers in Europe. In
fact, under Napoleon, France repeatedly defeated much larger armies. France
also has a long-standing reputation for insane personal bravery and honorable
conduct. So if you had to tangle with any country throughout history, France
would be a good one to avoid.
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…Secret Societies…
Skull &
Bones:
Founded at Yale university in 1832, Skull and Bones is arguably the most famous
secret society. They have allegedly been a part of many monumental historical
events, despite the fact that they choose only 15 students to join ever year.
It's rumored that they took part in the creation of the nuclear bomb. Others
suspect them to have stolen Geronimo's skull from his grave, which is very
gross, indeed.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
Returns tomorrow
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2 jokes for the day
1.
Open a new file in your PC.
2. Name it "Housework."
3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN.
4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN.
5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want to delete Housework
permanently?"
6. Answer calmly, "Yes," and press the mouse button firmly....
7. Feel better?
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Teacher:
Suppose you have $10 and you asked your brother for $5.
How much would you have then?
Student: $10
Teacher: why?
Student: My brother won’t give me any.
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Yep, It Really Happened
Washington Post "Military Intelligence": The head of
U.S. Navy intelligence has for more than two years been prohibited from
accessing classified information (as the Pentagon disclosed to The Washington
Post in January). Vice Admiral Ted Branch came under investigation in 2013 in a
corruption scandal involving a foreign defense contractor and various Navy
personnel and might have been suspended from all duties -- except that, given
the political gridlock in Washington, no consensus candidate has emerged. No
charges have been filed against Branch, but before he enters any room at the
Pentagon, classified material must be stowed away.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Toothaches
bothered Washington for years. When he was 57, he had all his teeth pulled.
From then on, he wore ivory false teeth set in a silver plate.
Parson Weems, who wrote a myth-filled biography of Washington shortly after he
died, made up the cherry tree story. The Mount Vernon Digital Encyclopedia identifies
that book, The Life of Washington, as "the point of origin for many
long-held myths about Washington."
***
According
to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, "On September 19, 1794,
George Washington became the only sitting U.S. President to personally lead
troops in the field when he led the militia on a nearly month-long march west
over the Allegheny Mountains to the town of Bedford."
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Birthdays Today
“()”
indicates age at death
(95) William E B Du Bois,
Great Barrington Massachusetts, civil rights activist
and writer (Souls of Black Folk) (d.1963)
(92) Paul Tibbets,
US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29
"Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)
76- Peter Fonda,
actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
(74) George Frideric Handel,
Halle Germany, baroque composer and (Messiah, Water
Music) (d.1759)
(70) Johnny Winter, [John Dawson],
American blues guitarist (Silver Train), born in Leland
Miss, (d. 2014)
(59) Victor Fleming,
American film director ("Wizard of Oz",
"Gone with the Wind"), (d. 1949)
65- Ed "Too Tall" Jones,
NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
65- Patricia Richardson,
Bethesda, MD, actress (Home Improvement)
46- Niecy Nash,
American actress
33- Aziz Ansari,
Indian American Comedian
22- Dakota Fanning,
American actress
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Historical Obits Today
@97-2008 Douglas Fraser,
Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on
January 11, 1938
@74-1965 Stan Laurel,
comedian (Laurel & Hardy), heart attack
@80-1944 Leo Hendrick Baekeland,
inventor (Bakelite)
@80-1848 John Quincy Adams,
6th US President (1825-1829)
@78-1995 James Herriot [Alfred Wight],
Scottish author (All Creatures Great & Small), prostate
cancer
@67-1957 John F Mahoney,
American physician who developed pencillin treatment of
syphillis
@25-1821 John Keats,
Romantic poet, TB
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Brain Teasers Answers
A deck of cards.
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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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