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3.29.16 Week: 13 \ Day: 89
March Averages:
50°\23°
86004 Today:
H 63° \ L 31° Average Sky Cover: 85%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 44mph Visibility: 9 mi
Wind
Advisory: expect wind above 45mph thru Tues. night
Record High: 70°[1934] Record
Low: 10°[1944]
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Quote
of the Day
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Observances
Today
Knights
of Columbus Founders Day
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
Texas
Loves The Children Day
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Observances
This Week
26-4/3
Nano
Days Link
National Cleaning Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
Root Canal Awareness Week Link
National Protocol Officer's Week
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1638 1st
permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1806 Construction
is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road,
becoming the first United States federal highway.
1847 12,000
US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1852 Ohio
makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a
day
1912 Capt Robert
Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary
"the end cannot be far"
1928 Yeshiva
College (now University) chartered (NYC)
1945 Movie
star Jimmy Stewart is promoted to full colonel, one of the few
Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
1951 "King
& I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1951 Julius
& Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
1959 "Some
Like It Hot", starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack
Lemmon, is released
1961 23rd
Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, allowing Washington, D.C. residents
to vote in presidential elections
1968 Students
seize building at Bowie State College
1971 1st
Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1461 Wars
of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Duke Edward of York defeats the Lancastrian
army, deposes King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou and proclaims
himself as King Edward IV
1549 The
city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1804 Thousands
of Whites massacred in Haiti
1827 20,000
attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
1871 Royal
Albert Hall opened by Queen Victoria in London
1961 After
a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
2015 Nigerian
General Election - voting is extended to a 2nd day. death toll from Boko Haram
attacks at 43
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Good news on a Monday…my traveling partner for
next year’s Focus/Tumlare cruise to the Far East is having minor back surgery
in May and should be back to normal in a couple of weeks. Great news for both
of us.
Still organizing tax stuff, guess I’ll finish
it tomorrow.
My PCP gave me a new blood pressure med last
week. He said I might experience some dizziness when I stand up quickly or get
out of bed in the morning. I wouldn’t call it dizziness, but I did feel a
little different and kinda weak in the legs if I stood up too fast. Then
yesterday the pharmacist called to see if the new pills were OK. He talked
about dizziness too and said it should go away in about a week. Something about
the body getting used to the change. Nice to get a call, never had the
pharmacist call, must have been a slow Sunday. Anyway, got up this morning and
the light headedness/weakness was gone and hopefully for a long time.
And while the rest of the world deals with
various problems, we just deal with very strong wind.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Familiar Misquotes Series IV
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
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Difficulty:
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Whenever
a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong
possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately.
Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and
forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right.
Try to complete each proverbial cliche:
1.) " I only regret that I have but one life to ______ for my
country." - Nathan Hale
2.) "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no ______ ."
3.) "Music hath charms to soothe ______ ." - William Congreve
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…Harper’s
Index…
40-Number of people killed since 2010 in
encounters with US border-patrol agents
1-Number of agents facing federal charges as a
result
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeotravelPhoto
by @alisonwrightphoto // Fisherman at dawn with cormorants Li
River, Yangshuo, China. From the book I photographed for National Geographic
Traveler on China.
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2
jokes for the day
Sometimes
when I'm driving, I know I want to change lanes. I'm just not sure which lane I
want. So I turn on my hazard lights.
I may be going left, I may be going right ... either way, you have been warned.
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Father
in a conversation with a neighbor...
First son: Degree in Economics
Second son: MBA
Third son: PhD
Fourth son: Thief
Neighbor: Why can't you throw the fourth son out of your house?
Father: He is the only one earning money. The rest are unemployed.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
Politico -- Hardly a "Do-Nothing" Congress
In March, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas,
chairman of the House Rules Committee, introduced a resolution to recognize
"magic" as one of America's "national treasure(s)," backed
by a 711-word paean urging all to "support and protect" the storied
craft -- which needs to be "understood and promulgated," especially
given that, according to Sessions, it "requires only the capacity to
dream." Sessions made no link of magic to resolving other congressional
business (such as, for instance, ending the string of 64 consecutive failed
votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act).
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Somewhat
Useless Information
The
word perfume originates from the Latin word per fumum, which means "through
smoke."
In 2007, Italian archaeologists claimed to have sniffed out the world's oldest
perfumes on the island reputed to be the birthplace of Aphrodite. Remnants of
the perfumes were extracted from an ancient factory that was part of a larger
complex at Pyrgos.
Common ingredients added to perfumes include ginger, grapefruit, musk,
peppercorns, mandarin peel, fig leaves, rose, watercress, bamboo, clementine,
vanilla, honeysuckle, and green tea.
To preserve perfumes, it is best to keep them in light, tight aluminum bottles
and to refrigerate them at low temperatures between 3-7 degrees Celsius.
Perfume fragrances last longer on people with oily skin because their skin has
more natural moisture content to hold the fragrance.
Chanel No. 5 perfume has been around since 1921 and is the company's most
popular perfume. They estimate that one bottle is sold worldwide every 55
seconds.
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Ways to Spot an American Abroad
Talking to
Strangers
Granted,
not all Americans do this, but for the ones who do, it's an immediate signal
that you're from the U.S. It's not the accent that comes out when you open your
mouth, it's the fact that you opened your mouth in the first place. American
friendliness is a little different than what you see elsewhere.
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Birthdays
Today
“()”
indicates age at death
(89) Eugene McCarthy,
Watkins, MN, American politician (Sen-D-Minn) and
presidential candidate (d. 2005)
89- John McLaughlin,
TV commentator (McLaughlin Group)
(88) Cy Young [Denton True Young],
Gilmore, Ohio, American baseball pitcher (most wins in
MLB history) (d. 1955)
77- Nancy Kwan,
Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
(74) Sam Walton,
Kingfisher, OK, Founder and CEO of Wal-Mart, (d. 1992)
73- Eric Idle,
England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
73- Vangelis, [Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou],
composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
(72) Phil Foster,
Brooklyn, American comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne
& Shirley) (d.1985)
(71) John Tyler,
Charles City County, VA, 10th US President (1841-45), (d.
1862)
71- Walt "Clyde" Frazier,
Atlanta, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
(70) Harold Spencer Jones,
London, English Astronomer and 10th astronomer royal of
England whose work led to a more accurate determination of the distance between
the Earth and the Sun (d.1960)
(69) Lou Henry Hoover,
1st lady (d.1944)
60- Kurt Thomas,
US, gymnast (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
52- Elle MacPherson,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australian supermodel
and actress (Sirens)
(51) Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres
Carter (d.1988)
48- Lucy Lawless,
Auckland, New Zealand actress (Xena: Warrior Princess)
and singer
(31) Karen Anne Quinlan,
NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case) (d.1985)
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Historical
Obits Today
@84-2009 Maurice Jarre,
French composer
@84-1848 John Jacob Astor,
American Fur Company
@67-2005 Johnnie Cochran,
American lawyer, brain tumor
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1.) lose
2.) fibs
3.) a savage breast
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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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