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8.20.16 Week: 33 \ Day: 233
July Averages: 80°\49°
86004 Today: H 76°
\ L 49° Average Sky Cover: 50%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts:
21mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 88°[1949] Record Low: 35°[1979]
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Quote of the Day
And the heart
that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the
thorns. ~Thomas Moore
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Observances Today
International
Geocaching Day
International Homeless Animals Day and Candlelight Vigils
International Tongue Twister Day Link
Sand Castle Day Link
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Observances This Week
National
Motorcycle Week: 14-20 Link
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: 14-20 Link
National Resurrect Romance Week:14-20
National Aviation Week: 15-21 (Always week
of Orville Wright's Birthday on 19th)
Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24
North American Organic Brewers Week: 18-21
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1619 1st known African
Americans (appox. 20) land at Jamestown Virginia aboard Dutch vessel then sold
or traded into servitude for supplies
1741 Alaska
first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition
1794 Gen "Mad
Anthony" Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio
1864 8th/last
day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3,900 casualties)
1865 President Andrew
Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Texas1896 Dial
telephone patented
1908 America's
Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, to be greeted with a tremendous
welcome; 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia
1920 1st
US commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit begins daily broadcasting
1939 1st
black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)
1964 US
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act, an
anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1974 Nelson
Rockefeller selected US Vice President by President Ford
1986 Postal worker
Patrick Sherrill shot 14 fellow workers dead in Edmond, Oklahoma
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World Historical Highlights for Today
2 Venus
and Jupiter in conjunction - possible astrological explanation for Star of
Bethlehem
1191 Crusader
King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko
1882 Tchaikovsky's
"1812 Overture" opens in Moscow
1905 Sun
Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a
union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus
1908 Congo
Free State becomes Belgian Congo
1922 1st
world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1940 British PM
Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human
conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
2009 12th
World Championships in Athletics: Usain Bolt wins 200m
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My Rambling Thoughts
Time sure
flies. Our discussion group meets tomorrow evening to discuss Kurdistan. I gots
lots of reading to do before then.
Ready for a
nice weekend…with a little rain in the forecast. Nice.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the
end of post)
Stick To The
Cheeks
Riddles
are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles
frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Solve the two
riddles. The answers should be anagrams of each other.
(Thing 1)
You use me when you want to cook
For friends or family.
But, whether written down or not,
It's best you stick to me.
(Thing 2)
I like to think that I'm a skill,
Not just some old technique.
People do me to their ears,
Or nose, or tongue, or cheek.
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers at the
end of post)
What is the
actual name of the foam on your beer?
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…Harper’s Index…
24-Percentace of rural India’s teachers who are absent on an
average school day
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…My Holiday Photo of the Day…
Lots of security throughout France!
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2 jokes for the day
The Worst
Memory
Catelin: My Mom
has the worst memory.
Amanda: She forgets everything?
Catelin: No, she remembers everything!
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50 Years
Together
A neighbor
asked his friend, who was celebrating 50 years of marriage, what the secret was
to a long and happy marriage?
His friend replied, "When we were first married, we vowed to go out twice
a week no matter how little money we had and we have done so for 50
years."
"Twice a week, you say?"
"Yeah. She goes out on Tuesday and I go out on Friday."
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Yep, It Really Happened
*-- Pregnant
Woman Pole Dances While in Labor --*
Sexy. If you're into that kind of thing. A British fitness enthusiast posted a
video of herself pole dancing with one very unusual twist -- she was in labor
at the time. Kat Bailey, owner of PoleKat Fitness in Nottingham, England,
posted a video to Facebook showing her getting one last pole dancing session in
before heading to the hospital to give birth. "So...I'm officially in
labor. Got a few hours before we go to the hospital so thought I'd do some pole
between contractions," Bailey wrote in the video's description. The
expectant mother's condition doesn't seem to impede her strength or
flexibility. The baby already has an offer of employment from The Bunny Ranch
outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Somewhat Useless Information
For a product
to be labeled "Made in the USA" the Federal Trade Commission requires
that at least 70 percent of the parts and labor come from the United States.
***
The FBI's
fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new
fingerprint cards a day.
***
On its first
night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages.
It now handles that number in 30 seconds.
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On June 19th,
1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to
the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed
into 214 crates.
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In the 1960
Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a
skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they
could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.
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The tuna's
ultra efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission
construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.
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Birthdays Today
“[ ]” indicates
age at death
85- Don
King,
boxing promoter best known for his association with
Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles
68- Robert Plant,
English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta
Love), born in West Bromwich, England
[67] Benjamin Harrison,
23rd President of the United States (Republican:
1889-93), born in North Bend, Ohio (d. 1901)
[66] Salvatore Quasimodo,
Italian poet, critic and translator (Nobel 1959),
born in Modica, Italy (d. 1968)
[64] Bernardo
O'Higgins,
Chillán, Chile, South American independence leader
who freed Chile from Spanish rule (1817-1823 Supreme Director of Chile) [d-1842]
[64] Slobodan Milosevic,
President of Serbia (1991-97) and Yugoslavia
(1997-2000), born in Pozarevac [d-2006]
62- Al
Roker,
weatherman (NBC, Today), born in Queens, New York
[56] Jacqueline Susann,
author (Valley of the Dolls), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
[40] Jim
Reeves,
US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim),
born in Panola County, Texas (d. 1964)
24- Demi
Lovato,
American Actress
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Historical Obits Today
@95-2012 Phyllis
Diller,
American comedienne and actress
@87-2007 Leona Helmsley,
American hotel operator and real estate investor
@52-1643 Anne Hutchinson,
English Puritan preacher, killed in Native American uprising
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Trivia Hive Answers
Beer Head
Your wine might
have nice legs but your beer has a nice looking head. Okay, the name makes
sense. The bottle of your beer has a neck so why shouldn't the glass you pour
it into have a head? Have you ever noticed that a beer often tastes different
when it’s topped with a head of foam? That is because foam carries a profound trigeminal
sensation, which means that taste can change depending on what is perceived
physically. Foam alters the perception of any given beer by “softening” the
overall palate. We'll drink to that! Source: CraftBeer.com
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Brain Teasers Answers
Thing 1 is a RECIPE.
Thing 2 is PIERCE.
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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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