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12.12.16 Week: 50 \ Day: 347
December Averages: 44°\17°
86004 Today: H 56° \
L 34° Average Sky Cover: 85%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: -mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 64°[1921] Record Low: -16°[1961]
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Quote of the Day
The whole purpose
of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
~Sydney J. Harris
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Observances Today
Chanukah
Gingerbread House Day
National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day
National Cocoa Day Link
National Lost
Day Link
Our Lady of Guadelupe Link
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Observances This Week
10-17 Human Rights
Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
▼Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US
constitution
1791 Bank of North America opens at Carpenter's
Hall, Philadelphia
▼1792 In
Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music
composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1800 Washington, D.C.
established as capital of US
1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent
nation by US
▼1858 1st
Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent & 20 cent)
1878 Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St
Louis Dispatch"
1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
1899 George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden
golf tee
▼1901 Guglielmo
Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in
Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada
▼1911 Delhi
replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
▼1913 Hebrew
language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
1925 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel";
opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
▼1936 Chinese
leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1937 NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto
the streets of NY
1946 Tide detergent introduced
1946 UN
accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr
▼1948 Malayan
Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre - 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in
Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
▼1955 1st
prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell
▼1956 Commencement
of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign.
1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder
than diamond)
▼1959 UN
Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1961 Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators
arrested in Albany Ga
1963 Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being
kidnapped
▼1963 Kenya
(formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK
1966 US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to
move to Atlanta
1966 "A Man for All Seasons" based on the
play by Robert Bolt, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Paul Scofield
premieres in New York (Best Picture 1967)
1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be
ranked #1 in tennis
1969 "Hello Dolly" with Barbra
Streisand premieres
1975 Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill US President Gerald Ford
1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer
programs
1982 The "Snowplow Game": when a
snowstorm holds a New England vs Miami game scoreless, Mark Henderson, a
convict on work release, on Patriots coach Ron Meyer order, clears the path for
John Smith's attempt, which wins the game for the Patriots, 3-0
1988 NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
1988 "Rainman" directed by Barry Levinson
and starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise premieres in New York
(Best Picture 1989)
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres addresses
both houses of the US Congress
1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically
desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
2000 United States Supreme Court releases its
decision in Bush v. Gore
▼2015 First
women ever elected in Saudi Arabia in municipal council elections
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My Rambling Thoughts
Cloudy,
but nice Sunday. Got to watch my Sunday morning news programs.
On
the election, I’m now more confused than I was yesterday. Reading the local
paper, they had a big long article on the spending of our County Supervisors. Sure
is a lot of politics and doublespeak when learning about how they spend the
money allocated to them. Geographically we are a huge county…18,661 sq. miles(7,142
sq miles are on Indian Reservations (Navajo, Hopi, Hualapai, Havasupai, Kaibab)
…2nd largest area of US counties and only 135,000 meaning 6 people
per sq mile. Even though we don’t have a lot of people, funding certainly is
difficult to understand.
Made
my shuttle reservations for my trip to Chicago. Yes I get a non-stop flight
which is exciting, but the shuttle will pick me up at 2:45am. Whoopee!
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Drugging
Science
brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the
laws that govern it.
Mr.
Jones filed a lawsuit against the company he worked for. He claimed that the
company he worked for was drugging him to make him a better worker. He claimed
that the coffee the company provided contained a drug called Trimethylxanthine.
Trimethylxanthine is an addictive drug that increases alertness, improves
concentration, and gives you a euphoric feeling. It operates using the same
mechanisms that amphetamines, cocaine, and heroin use to stimulate the brain
only to a lesser degree. When the coffee was tested it was found that it did
contain large amounts of Trimethylxanthine. But, Mr. Jones did not win his
lawsuit. Why?
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“Contronym”—word that is its own antonym
Out
of means "outside" or "inside": “I hardly get out
of the house because I work out of my home.”
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Candy Cane Facts
The
longest candy cane in history
was created by a Geneva, Illinois, pastry chef named Alain Roby in 2012. Roby
also holds records for the tallest cooked sugar building and tallest chocolate
sculpture.
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…Harper’s Index…
-34 – Percentage change since 2001 in the number of crimes
reported at US universities
+126 – In the number of forcible sex crimes
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2 jokes for the day
The
wife, whose husband has a collection of guitars, was before the judge after
smashing every single one of them.
The judge ask s, "First offender?"
She replied, "No, your honor. First a Gibson, second a Fender."
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After
dying in a car crash, three friends find themselves at an orientation to enter
heaven. Each one was asked, "When you are in your casket, what would you
like to hear your friends and family saying about you?"
Sean says, "I would like to hear them say I was a great doctor and a great
family man."
Karl says, "I would like to hear them say I was a wonderful husband and an
excellent teacher who made a difference in children's lives."
Juan says, "I would like to hear them say, 'Look! He's moving!'"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*------------------
Goat Yoga ------------------*
An
Arizona yoga instructor said her classes have regularly sold out thanks to her
unique twist on the fitness routine -- "Goat Yoga" assisted by actual
live goats. April Gould, 38, a self-proclaimed "Goat Whisperer" and a
former contestant on NBC's American Ninja Warrior, said she didn't expect when
she started offering the classes that she and business partner Sarah Williams
would be leading sold-out crowds of 60 people in yoga poses with help from the
eight goats on her farm near Gilbert. "I kind of thought it was going to
be a fun, trendy, kind of goofy thing, but I didn't expect to have this kind of
response," Gould told the Arizona Republic. "I love the people that
come. I feel like it's just a big party and everyone leaves so happy." The
goats walk among the students as they practice their yoga poses and
occasionally even climb on top of yogis when their torsos are flat. Gould said
the hour-long classes cost students $10.
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Birthdays Today
▼ indicates age at death
93- Bob
Barker, American TV game show host (The Price is Right, Truth or Consequences),
born in Darrington, Washington
▼88- Ed
Koch, lawyer and politician (NY Mayor (D) 1977-89), Judge (People's Court),
born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
▼83- John
Jay, American statesman, 1st US Chief Justice, born in New York City
[d1829]
▼82- Frank
Sinatra, Hoboken New Jersey, American singer/actor (old
blue eyes), (d. 1998)
▼80 Edvard
Munch, Løten, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream),
(d. 1944)
▼80- Akiba
Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)[d1961]
▼79- Edward
G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor (10 Commandments) [d1973]
78- Connie
Francis, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are), born in Newark, New Jersey
76- Dionne
Warwick, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose), born in East Orange, New Jersey
▼72- Henry
Wells, founder (American Express Co & Wells Fargo & Co)[d1878]
59- Sheila
E.[scovedo], American singer, drummer and percussionist (Krush Grove, Holly
Rock), born in Oakland, California
▼58- Gustave
Flaubert, France, novelist (Madame Bovary)[d1880]
41- Mayim
Bialik, actress (The Big Bang Theory), born in San Diego
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Historical Obits Today
@77-1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book)
@76-2007 Ike
Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner. OD
@76-1998 Mo
Udall, American politician
@71-2006 Peter
Boyle, American actor, multiple myeloma
@62-1985 Anne
Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, all about eve), stroke
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Brain Teasers Answers
Trimethylxanthine
is also known as caffeine.
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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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