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December
6, 2015 Week:
48 \ Day: 340
December Averages:
44°\17°
86004 Today: H 49° \ L 21° Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 6mph\Gusts:
16mph
Ave. High: 45° Record High: 62°[1977]
Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -6°[1951]
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Observances
Today:
Miners' Day
National Pawnbrokers Day
XTERRA Trail Running Championship
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Observances
This Week:
1-7
Cookie
Cutter Week Link
3-10
Clerc-Gallaudet
Week
6-12
National
Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1830 - President Jackson supports
CHEROKEE removal
1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
for the 2nd and final time
1862 - US President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux
indians
1865
- 13th Amendment of the United States
Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery
1876 - 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn
1877 - Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1904
- Theodore Roosevelt confirms
Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
1920 - The National Park Service asked
Congress for approval of a national parks system including $169,000 for Grand
Canyon Park to construct roads and campgrounds.
1923 - 1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by
President Calvin Coolidge
1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
1973 - Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds
Spiro T Agnew
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
1768 - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica"
published (Scotland)
1921
- Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives
dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
1929 - Turkey introduces female suffrage
1956 - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for
political activities in S Africa
1982 - Droppin Well bombing: 11 British soldiers and 6
civilians are killed by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) time bomb at
the Droppin’ Well Bar in Ballykelly, County Londonderry
1989 - Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women
at U Montreal
1992 - 300,000 Hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
2001 - The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed
Newfoundland and Labrador.
2013
- Pope Francis gives his ascent to a proposal
to create a permanent post on the Pontifical Commission on cases of sin and
sexual abuse of minors
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Nice Saturday. Getting ready for our discussion group meeting tonight.
We are discussing ‘Voter issues in the US today’. Should be an interesting discussion
for all.
The local birds have finally accepted their new branchless environment
and are emptying the bird feeders every day.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
If
you balanced a broom horizontally on your finger, so that your finger was
exactly on the broom's center of gravity, marked that spot and cut the broom in
two, then you would have a long and a short piece. The long piece being most of
the handle and the short piece being the bristle end and a small part of the
handle. Now what will happen if you weigh both pieces? (pick all that apply)
A) The short piece will weigh more.
B) The long piece will weigh more.
C) Both will weigh the same.
D) Your mom will find out and hit you with both pieces!
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…Bet
You Didn’t Know…
While hibernation is the state of inactivity
through the winter, estivation is the state of inactivity through the summer.
The scientific name for "brain
freeze" caused by eating something cold is sphenopalatine
ganglioneuralgia.
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…Crazy
Law…
Mississippi
Have one illegitimate child? Not a problem.
But you’ll be facing misdemeanor charges as soon as that second kid pops out.
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…Harper’s
Index…
52 per 100,000 – rate
of homicides of black men in major US urban areas
3 per 100,000 – of police
officers in the same area
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2
jokes for the day
Out of the Loop
Mr. Norton was in the hospital recovering from
an operation when the nurse on duty received a call from a man who asked how
Mr. Norton was doing.
"Oh, quite well. We expect he'll be
released in the morning."
"Very good, thank you."
"May I ask who is calling so that I can
tell Mr. Norton?" inquired the nurse.
"This IS Mr. Norton. The doctors don't tell
me anything!"
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Teacher and Student
Teacher: "Anyone who thinks he's stupid
may stand up!"
*Nobody stands up
Teacher: "I'm sure there are some stupid
students over here!!"
*Little Johnny stands up
Teacher: "Ohh, Johnny you think you're
stupid?"
Little Johnny: "No... I just feel bad
that you're standing alone..."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
SHALIMAR, FL - A
Florida woman misdiagnosed with lupus, arthritis and thyroid problems said a
doctor found the true cause of her illness: moldy breast implants. Anne
Ziegenhorn of Shalimar said she started experiencing symptoms including weight
gain, vision loss and burning pain in 2011 and doctors offered a series of
diagnoses including lupus, arthritis and thyroid problems -- all of which were
later proven false. "I felt like that was it, I was gonna die, and the
doctors were gonna let me die," Ziegenhorn told WEAR-TV. "After going
through what I've gone through -- hundreds and thousands of dollars in medical
bills, I've lost my career. It was taxing on our marriage," she told
WPSD-TV. Dr. Susan Kolb, author of "The Naked Truth About Breast
Implants," gave Ziegenhorn a different diagnosis that was later proven true:
Her saline breast implants, which she obtained in 1998 and are in silicone
shells, were covered in mold. "Silicone sickness in and of itself is one
entity. And then you add the mold to it that we had, and then you've got two
illnesses going on," Ziegenhorn said. Kolb said she has seen numerous
cases of moldy implants, which often result from defective valves. "My
experience in doing this for 30 years is that eventually everybody will become
ill from their breast implants, unless they die sooner from something else,"
Kolb said. The doctor, who said she has implants herself, recommended women
replace their implants every eight to 15 years for safety.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(86) - Ira Gershwin, lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got
Rhythm) (d.1983)
79 - Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
(73) - Agnes Moorehead, Clinton, Massachusetts,
American actress (Endora-Bewitched) (d.1974)
67 - JoBeth Williams, actress (Kramer vs Kramer,
Poltergeist), born in Houston, Texas
(65) - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d.
1871)
(48) - Wally Cox, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood
Squares), born in Detroit, (d.1973)
(31) - Joyce Kilmer, New Brunswick, New Jersey, poet
(Trees), (d. 1918)
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Historical
Obits Today
@86-1989 - Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry)
@85-1993 - Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon)
@81-1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate
States of America
@86-1926 - Claude [Oscar] Monet,
French painter (impressionist)
@73-343 - Saint Nicholas,
Greek Bishop who became the model for Santa Claus
@70-1996 - [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner, brain cancer
@64-1949 - Lead Belly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues
singer
@52-1988 - Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), massive
heart attack
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Brain
Teasers Answers
A) The short piece will weigh more!
This is due to the torque needed to hold the long piece up. It is the same
reason a heavy kid has to sit closer in on a see-saw when he is on it with a
lighter friend.
Oh yeah, D) may also be correct depending on your mother's temperament.
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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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