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December 13, 2015

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December 13, 2015  Week: 51 \ Day: 247
December Averages: 44°\17°
86004 Today: H 36° \ L 27° Average Sky Cover: 80% 
Wind ave:   3mph\Gusts:  15mph
Ave. High: 44° Record High: 66°[1921] Ave. Low: 17° Record Low: 19°[1931]
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Observances Today:                         
Pick A Pathologist Pal Day Link

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (The Compassionate Friends) Link 
World Choral Day  Link  
     

Observances This Week:
7-14
Chanukah
7-13

Computer Science Education Week Link
10-17

Human Rights Week
13-19

Gluten-free Baking Week Link 
Quote of the Day 

US Historical Highlights for Today
1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
1759 - First music store in America opens (Phila)
1769
 - Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter

1774 - First incident of American Revolution - 400 attack Ft William and Mary, NH
1816 - Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
1879 - First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington, Delaware) 
1903 - Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone mound (NJ)
1903 - Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1924 - KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1928 - Clip-on tie designed
1928 - George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)
1936 - The highway over Hoover Dam was opened
1938 - Los Angeles freezes at 28°F
1950 - James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
1956 - "Anastasia" comeback film for Ingrid Bergman is released in the US, role wins Bergman Academy Award for Best Actress.
1964 - In El Paso, Tx, LBJ & Mexican Pres Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
1966 - 1st US bombing of Hanoi
1969 - Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"
1983 - 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech effectively ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
World Historical Highlights for Today
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
1889 - Belgium rules on women/child labor law
2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn).
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Woke to a beautiful winter wonderland…a couple inches of snow. Late afternoon the sun came out…next storm due Monday.
Caught up on DVR shows from last week. Neighbors were faster than I was in clearing sidewalks. Thanks to them for doing my part too.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Water in a cup
A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.
"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match and lemon to do this."
A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

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…Bet You Didn’t Know…
The first Oscar ceremony, which was held in 1929, lasted 15 minutes and had just 270 viewers.
…Crazy Law…
New Jersey
Wearing a bulletproof vest while committing or attempting to commit murder is an offense, because New Jersey cares more about making this a fair fight than the actual, you know, murder.
…Harper’s Index…
840 – average annual number of traffic jams at Yellowstone National Park caused by drivers’ rubbernecking of bears
…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

natgeo Photo by @paulnicklen // Two handsome Caribou spar in Denali National Park amidst this stunning fall scene. Please #followme @paulnicklen to see some intimate portraits of these majestic animals.
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2 jokes for the day
Innocent Johnny -

Little Johnny: Dad, Is it true? I heard that in some countries where arranged marriage is a custom, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries!

Father: Son, that happens everywhere, after marriage you find out everything!
I told my girlfriend…

I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows too high... She seemed surprised.      
Yep, It Really Happened
Miami New Times  Art Basel, the annual weeklong festival for "One-Percenters" in Miami Beach, is scheduled for Dec. 1 to Dec. 6, and among the many excesses is the sale of on-demand caviar, available by text message, to be delivered in person within the hour, at $275 for a 125-gram tin. Miami New Times calls Art Basel "ComicCon for the world's moneyed elite," and among the extravaganzas is an "exotic dance club sheltered inside a greenhouse." Four thousand artists, from 32 countries, are participating.     
Somewhat Useless Information
1. Eggnog consists of milk or cream, beaten eggs and sugar. Most recipes call for the addition of alcohol, such as rum or whiskey.

2. Dec. 24 is National Eggnog Day, so make sure to sit back and enjoy a glass this Christmas Eve.

3. Eggnog is usually available in U.S. stores from mid-November to January only.

4. The Eggnog Riot took place Dec. 24-25, 1826 at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Whiskey was smuggled into the academy two days before Christmas,and was used to make the eggnog that induced the out of control party that turned into a riot. The riot stopped Christmas morning, and many cadets received court-martials. One of the participants of the riot was future president of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis.

5. American manufacturers offer a variety of eggnogs with substitutes for dairy milk that can be found in stores. Popular substitutes for dairy milk include soy, almond or rice milk.

6. According to Indiana University, over 135 million pounds of eggnog are consumed by Americans each year.

7. The origins of eggnog are a bit of a mystery. One theory goes that the holiday drink is a descendant of a medieval drink named posset, which was made of curdled milk and spiced rum. Another theory is that the drink was originally only consumed by English aristocracy, since the ingredients were so expensive, and the drink was exported to the American colonies and became popular with settlers.

8. Founding father George Washington was a fan of the holiday drink. Kitchen records at Mount Vernon reveal Washington served the drink frequently to guests and even had his own recipe for eggnog. Washington’s version of eggnog included rye whiskey, rum and sherry.

9. One cup of eggnog consists of over 210 calories, 11 grams of fat and 150mg of cholesterol. Drinking a few cups of eggnog will definitely lead to some belt unbuckling at the holiday dinner table.

10. The word eggnog is believed to be derived from the word “noggin,” a small wooden cup that the drink was served in.

11. People are so obsessed with the holiday classic that it has been turned into everything from lip balms to soap to lattes to taffy to gumballs to salt.

12. Rumor has it that the eggnog came from the medieval British ‘posset’ (milky drink). So by the time the 13th century arrived, most monks were used to combining eggs, posset and figs. They used this drink to toast for good health and prosperity.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
94 - George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
90 - Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
(89) - Carlos Montoya, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966), born in Madrid, Spain (d.1993)
86 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House), born in Toronto, Ontario
 (81) - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998)
(77) - Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive, (d. 2012)
67 - Ted Nugent, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees), born in Detroit, Michigan
(63) - Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady (d.1892)
(57) - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) (d.1893)
48 - Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)
26 - Taylor Swift, Reading, Pennsylvania, American singer/songwriter (Our Song)
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Historical Obits Today
@101-1961 - Grandma Moses [Anna M], US painter
@74-1924 - Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), long illness
@72-1999 - Allen Breed, American inventor of the 1st automotive airbag sensor, heart attack
@51-2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips\convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection
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Brain Teasers Answers
First, the waiter stuck the match into the lemon wedge, so that it would stand straight. Then he lit the match, and put it in the middle of the plate with the lemon. Then, he placed the glass upside-down over the match. As the flame used up the oxygen in the glass, it created a small vacuum, which sucked in the water through the space between the glass and the plate. Thus, the waiter got the water into the glass without touching or moving the plate.
You can try this experiment at home with appropriate supervision.

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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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