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January 14, 2017 Week: 02 \ Day: 14
86004 Today: H 43° \ L 28°
Average Sky Cover: 98%
Wind ave: 2mph\Gusts: 5 mph Visibility: 10 mi
January Averages:
43°\17°
January Records:
H: 66° (1971) L: -30
(1937)
Record High: 65°[1943]
Record Low: -15°[2007]
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❆❆Quote of the Day❆❆
Life is 10% what
happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
Charles R. Swindoll
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❆❆Observances Today❆❆
Caesarean Section Day
Eagle Day
International Kite Day
Dress Up Your Pet Day Link
National Vision Board Day (2nd Saturday)
Organize Your Home Day Link
Ratification Day
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❆❆Observances This Week❆❆
8-14
Dating & Life Coaches
Recognition Week
Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link
11-18
Cuckoo Dancing Week
National Soccer Coaches of America Week
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❆❆Today’s Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
◈ 1129 Formal
approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes.
◈ 1501 Martin
Luther enters the University of Erfurt, aged 17.
◈ 1514 Pope Leo
X issues a papal bull against slavery.
◈ 1601 Church
authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books
◈ 1690 Clarinet
invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly
persecuting "witches"
1794 Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Va, performs 1st
successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
1799 Eli
Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1873 "Celluloid" registered as a
trademark
◈ 1878 US
Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
◈ 1900 Giacomo
Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome
1914 Henry Ford introduces an assembly line
for the Model T
1938 National Society for Legalization of
Euthanasia forms (NY)
1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels
from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first
American president to travel by airplane
1952 "Today Show" premieres with Dave
Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1963 George Wallace sworn in as Governor of
Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow;
segregation forever!"
◈ 1966 David
Bowie releases his 1st single "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
1967 Sonny & Cher release "Beat Goes On"
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd
Foxx premieres on NBC TV
◈ 1973 Dancer
Roy Castle is measured at 1,440 taps/min on BBC TV
1976 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay
Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1977 "Fantasy
Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1979 US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin
Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1990 "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
1993 David Letterman announces his show is
moving from NBC to CBS
◈ 1994 The
Duchess of Kent converts to Catholicism, the first member of the Royal Family
to do so in more than 300 years
◈ 1995 Mexico
pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an
effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President
Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico
◈ 2004 The
national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was
restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
◈ 2015 63
people are killed & 70,000 are left homeless after floods devastate
Mozambique and Malawi
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❆❆My Rambling Thoughts❆❆
Rain and possible snow showers is what the weather guy said. It has been
snowing with big flakes for at least 3 hours.
Not complaining, just observing. None of the snow is sticking. Went out
to run around a little, by the time I gotten my stuff, the big flakes were
filling any viewable area.
I’m ready for a relaxing, snowy weekend at home.
So nice to watch the Biden thing yesterday. So nice to have a President
and a VP that are not afraid to show emotion. Biden gives great speeches, even
when not prepared. He got in trouble for his foul mouth a couple of times
during his administration, but just shows his engagement total involvemnt everything
he does. Gonna miss him too.
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❆❆Brain Teasers❆❆
(answers at the end of post)
Hidden Instruments
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English
language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
A name of a musical instrument is hidden in each of these phrases or
sentences.
1. Which arm on Icarus held this instrument?
2. Man wearing kepi a novice player.
3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient instrument.
4. Educator Gandhi played Bach.
5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard.
6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade.
7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument.
8. Urban joke played on instrument.
9. Angelic playing with arpeggios.
10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed instrument.
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❆❆Today’s Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers at the end of post)
What year was Christmas declared a federal holiday in the U.S.?
1787
1825
1870
1929
1945
46.8% taking the internet quiz got it right
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❆❆Harper’s Index❆❆
23→Number of countries
that offer citizenship in return for an investment commitment
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❆❆New Trivia❆❆
In Finland, Donald Duck comics were banned because he does not wear pants.
Alfred Hitchcock’s "Psycho" (1960) is the first American film
to show a toilet being flushed on screen.
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❆❆2 Jokes For The Day❆❆
A man had just bought a parrot at an auction after some very spirited
bidding.
"I suppose that bird talks?" he said to the auctioneer.
"Talks!" was the reply. "Who do you think was bidding against
you?"
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Late one Saturday evening, I was awakened by the ringing of my phone. In
a sleepy grumpy voice I said hello. The party on the other end of the line
paused for a moment before rushing breathlessly into a lengthy speech.
"Mom, this is Susan and I'm sorry I woke you up, but I had to call because
I'm going to be a little late getting home. See, Dad's car has a flat but it's
not my fault. Honest! I don't know what happened. The tire just went flat while
we were inside the theater. Please don't be mad, okay?"
Since I don't have any daughters, I knew the person had dialed my number by
mistake. "I'm sorry dear," I replied, "but you've reached the
wrong number. I don't have a daughter named Susan."
"Wow, Mom," the young woman's voice replied. "I didn't think
you'd be this mad."
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❆❆Yep, It Really Happened❆❆
A Michigan man's citation is going viral after he posted on social media
about being ticketed $128 for leaving his car running in his own driveway.
Nick Taylor, 24, said his car was running for only a few minutes in the
driveway of his Michigan home Jan. 2.
"I was there for maybe seven or eight minutes before I noticed the
ticket," Taylor said.
Taylor posted a photo of the ticket on Facebook. The citation states he is to
pay a $128 fine for "motor vehicle unattended."
"Vehicle parked in drive with keys in ignition, motor running -- no one around,"
the officer wrote on the ticket.
"Every person warms up their car," said Taylor. "We live in
Michigan!"
Roseville police defended the citation, saying leaving cars unattended while
running invites theft.
"I encourage our officers to write this ticket," Berlin said.
"All it takes is someone to hop in this car and take off. Then there's a
chase often at a high rate of speed and all that could have been
prevented."
"You're putting the public at risk," he said. "This is purely a
public safety issue."
Taylor said he thinks the officer should have knocked on his door before
writing a ticket.
"That would have been respectful," Taylor said. "I had no clue
that this was a law."
Taylor said he plans to contest the ticket in court.
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❆❆Somewhat Useless Information❆❆
Triskadekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and
paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
***
Friday and the number 13 are both associated with the crucifixion of
Christ. There were 13 people at the last supper - the 13th being Judas - and
the crucifixion took place on a Friday.
***
Many skyscrapers don't have a thirteenth floor. The number 13 may be
skipped in the list of levels, the floor may be referred to as 12A or M - the
thirteenth letter of the alphabet - or the floor could be closed off from the
public by designating it a mechanical floor.
***
The original "Friday the 13th" movie opened on May 9, 1980, in
1,100 theaters across the country and brought in more than $5 million the first
weekend. Ultimately, the theater run of the classic horror film took in nearly
$40 million in the states, and more than $59 million globally.
***
On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the
arrests of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templars and sixty of
his senior knights in Paris. Thousands of others were arrested around the
country. Most of the Templars were eventually executed and their sympathizers
condemned Friday the 13th as an evil day.
***
In numerology, the number 12 is associated with completeness as in 12
months of the year, 12 hours of the clock day, 12 Apostles of Jesus, 12 signs of
the zodiac. In contrast, the number 13 is considered irregular, transgressing
this completeness.
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❆❆Birthdays Today❆❆
◈→ indicates age at death
◈ 100→ Hal Roach, early
film director/producer (1 Million BC) [D1992]
◈ 92→ Andy Rooney, CBS
news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Albany, NY [D2011]
◈ 90→ Albert
Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) [D1965]
79- Jack Jones,
singer (Love Boat Theme), born in Los Angeles, California
◈ 77→ Mark Goodson,
American game show producer (d. 1992)
76- [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom Fl,
actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
◈ 75→ Julian Bond,
American civil rights leader and politician (D-Ga), born in Nashville Tennessee
(d. 2015)
74- Holland Taylor,
actress (Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth), born in Philadelphia
69- Carl Weathers,
New Orlean La, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
68- Mary Robison,
American writer
◈ 65→ Guy Williams,
American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
◈ 60→ Benedict Arnold, Norwich
Connecticut, US general turned traitor (American Revolutionary War) [D1801]
◈ 58→ William Bendix,
American actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley), born in NYC, [D1964]
54- Steven
Soderbergh, American producer, director, writer (Ocean's Eleven, Traffic), born
in Atlanta, Georgia
◈ 53→ Mark Antony [Marcus Antonius],
Rome, Roman Politician and General (Battle of Actium) (d. 30 BC)
53- Shepard Smith,
American news anchor
49- LL Cool J, [James Todd
Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)
48- Dave Grohl,
drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
48- Jason Kent
Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)
27- Grant Gustin, actor (The Flash)
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❆❆Historical Obits Today❆❆
@89-2013 Conrad Bain,
Canadian-born American actor, (Different Strokes)
@88-2009 Ricardo
Montalbán, Mexican actor (How the West Was Won)
@85-2006 Shelley
Winters, American actress
@85-1742 Edmond Halley, English scientist (yeah, the comet guy)
@81-1984 Ray
Kroc,
American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) and owner of baseball's San Diego
Padres
@81-1978 Blossom Rock,
actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family)
@73-1977 Anaïs Nin, Cuban/French
author, cancer
@69-2016 Alan Rickman,
English actor ("Die Hard", "Harry Potter" franchise), cancer
@65-1898 Lewis
Carroll, English writer (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), influenza
@64-1986 Donna Reed,
actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), cancer
@60-1977 Peter Finch,
actor (Network, The Nun's Story, Judith), heart attack
@57-1957 Humphrey
Bogart,
American actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), cancer of the esophagus
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❆❆Brain Teasers Answers❆❆
1. Which arm on Icarus held this
instrument? harmonica
2. Man wearing kepi a novice player. novice
3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient
instrument. lyre
4. Educator Gandhi played Bach. organ
5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard. ocarina
6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade.
piccolo
7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument.
cello
8. Urban joke played on instrument. banjo
9. Angelic playing with arpeggios. harp
10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed
instrument. lute
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❆❆Trivia Hive
Answers❆❆
1870
The federal government didn't always recognize the most wonderful time
of the year. Although the Christmas tradition reached the U.S. along with the
first settlers, it wasn't until 1870 that Congress and President Ulysses S.
Grant formally declared it a federal holiday. The reason? There were a number
of different laws regarding Christmas throughout the states, and federal
lawmakers wanted one consistent statute. Source: The Week, Congressional
Research Service.
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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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