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1.22.16 Week: 03 \ Day: 22
January Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 44° \ L 27° Average
Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts: 33mph
Ave. High: 43° Record High: 62°[1970] Ave. Low: 17°
Record Low: -30°[1937]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Answer Your Cat's
Questions Day
Celebration of Life Day
Data Innovation Day Link
Roe
vs. Wade Day
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Observances This Week
Internat’l
Snowmobile Safety & Awareness Week: 16-24 Link
Hunt For Happiness Week: 17-23
National Activity Professionals Week:
17-23 Link
*National Fresh Squeezed
Juice Week: 17-23
National Handwriting Analysis Week: 17-23
Healthy Weight Week: 18-22
National Bible Week: 18-24 Link
*Week of Christian Unity: 18-25
No Name Calling Week: 18-22 Link
Sugar Awareness Week:
18-22
Kid Film Festival: 22-27
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1599: The
Spanish attack the ACOMA PUEBLO
1673 - Postal service between New York & Boston
inaugurated
1881 - Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's
Needle" erected in Central Park, New York
1938 - "Our Town", Thornton Wilder's
Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
1943
- Temperature rises 49°F (9°C) in 2 minutes in
Spearfish, SD
1964
- World's largest cheese (15,723 kg)
manufactured in Wisconsin for New York's World Fair
1968 - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
premieres on NBC
1968
- NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee
& Phoenix
1973
- Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes most
abortions
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards
arrive at the Vatican.
1879 - Zulu warriors attack British Army camp in
Isandhlwana, South Africa
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Change is good…or so they say. I really like
the new recliner, but…it is a little smaller (a good thing), has memory form
(also good), has much better support. It just takes some time to get used to
all the new feel.
Weekly lunch with retirement group was nice. Mary
is planning a trip to Italy with her daughter for their monumental birthdays…40
and 70…sometime in the summer. Probably about the time I head for my cruise.
Cheryl shared some great stories about her son and his sense of humor. She also
found out that her great-grandfather had been the guy who makes the noose for
all hangings in his area. Strange…but interesting.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Dark Misfortune
Riddles are little poems or phrases
that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this
is not a requirement.
I'm often seen around a lot,
referred to many ways,
See me black and you may find misfortune haunts your days.
Tell a thing, that should have been kept quiet, to all around,
Then look inside the sack, there I'm no longer to be found.
Nosiness, prying, snooping, leaves me fearing, full of dread,
For all these things are likely to see me soon lying dead.
These clues combined should start to give a picture, an idea,
Of who or what I am, so can you tell me? Is it clear?
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…Business Facts…
Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his
twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave
the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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…Grammar Craziness…
The English language includes an
interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms— terms that,
depending on context, can have opposite or contradictory meanings.
20. First degree: Most
severe in the case of a murder charge, or least severe in reference to a burn
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…Hard to Believe…
5. Anne Frank and Martin Luther King
Jr. were born in the same year.
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…Harper’s Index…
+65-Percentage change in the annual number of
bottlenose dolphins beached on the Gulf Coast since the 2010 BP Oil spill
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…Instagram Photo of the
Day…
natgeoPhoto by @james_balog. A jagged iceberg
floats in the Weddell Sea, off the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Scientists have determined that the Weddell Sea has the clearest water of any
sea on the planet. Though crystal clear, the sea is dangerous. In the 1950 book
The White Continent, author Thomas R. Henry notes "The Weddell Sea is,
according to the testimony of all who have sailed through its berg-filled
waters, the most treacherous and dismal region on earth."
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1 joke for the day
After a talking sheepdog gets all
the sheep in the pen, he reports back to the farmer: “All 40 accounted for.”
“But I only have 36 sheep,” says the farmer.
“I know,” says the sheepdog. “But I rounded them up.”
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Yep, It Really Happened
Live Shark Found in Florida Swimming Pool --*
LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- A condominium resident in Florida was met with a shock when
she discovered a live shark in the building's pool. The five-foot black tip
shark was found in the Mariner's Cay condominium pool in Lake Worth and removed
by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers. The woman also
reported seeing two men running from the scene at the time of her discovery
(two assholes, rather, who either don't know or don't care that sharks don't
like chlorine) and an FWC officer contacted management after noticing
surveillance camera's in the area. "This incident is the focus of an
ongoing investigation," FWC spokesperson Rob Klepper said. The shark was
released into the Intracoastal Waterway after being removed from the pool.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Absaroka
It was named after the Absaroka Range of the Rocky Mountains, which claimed
parts of South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Residents of this area attempted
to secede in 1939.
Deseret
Although you might assume as much, it was not named for the desert. It was
actually named after a Mormon word meaning honeybee. Parts of modern day
Nevada, Utah, Southern California, most of Arizona, and a portion of New Mexico
were claimed by Mormon settlers escaping religious persecution in New York.
Franklin
This region was comprised of eight counties that originally belonged to North
Carolina but are now eastern Tennessee. In fact, Franklin almost became the
14th State, only needing two more votes to reach the 2/3 majority vote needed
for statehood. The larger state of Tennessee was formed instead.
Kanawha
This region later became the largest portion of the state of West Virginia, and
included some of the far northwestern counties of Virginia. It came about
during the crazy tensions of the Civil War. They voted to secede when Virginia
joined the Confederate States of America.
Lincoln
Another name used in multiple requests for a state. The original request was in
Texas and would have consumed almost half of the state. The second came about
in the early 1900s and included the Idaho Panhandle. Believe it or not, the
idea was proposed again in 2005.
Long Island
The region grew weary of the 'Boss' political system in New York and wanted to
seek its freedom in 1869. This idea was revisited in the 1990s, but New York is
unwilling to give up this diverse and economically sound portion of the state.
Sequoyah
The name Sequoyah was requested by Native Americans and encompassed the
majority of Oklahoma. This included a tract of land where the U.S. Government
had relocated them.
Superior
The Upper Peninsula, part of the state of Michigan, is only connected to the
rest of the state by the Mackinac Bridge. It lies between Lake Superior, and
Lake Michigan, hence the name. This one raises its head on a regular basis,
especially when debating Michigan tax laws. Interestingly, the land area was
originally part of the Wisconsin territory, but awarded to Michigan when the
city of Toledo was absorbed by Ohio.
Texlahoma
Early in the 20th century, rural areas had terrible roads and cars were
popular, making for dangerous driving. Since the politicians in the capitals
were not listening to their complaints, forty-six counties in Texas and
twenty-three in Oklahoma planned to secede and combine into a new state.
Transylvania
The region included parts of Northern Tennessee and Southwestern Kentucky. It
was originally purchased by the Transylvania Company from the Cherokee Indians,
hence the unusual name.
Westsylvania
This was the second name for the failed Vandalia colony attempting to become
the 14th state, in 1776. Pennsylvania, West Virginia and eastern Kentucky made
up this area. Pennsylvania, having the most land to lose, made a law stating
talk of secession to be an act of treason punishable by death. That dream
quickly and quietly went away.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
82 - Graham Kerr, English-born chef (Galloping
Gourmet)
(73)
- D.W. Griffith, LaGrange, Kentucky, American
film director/ producer (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) (d.1948)
(65) - Francis Bacon, Strand, statesman/essayist
(Novum Organum), born in London, England (d. 1626)
(59) - Bill Bixby, actor (Incredible Hulk, My
Favorite Martian), born in San Francisco, California (d.1993)
57 - Linda Blair, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist,
Chained Heat, Savage St)
(36) - Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England,
romantic poet (Don Juan) (d.1824)
(33)
- Sam Cooke, soul singer (You Send Me), born
in Clarksdale Mississippi (d. 1964)
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Historical Obits Today
@85-2012 - Joe Paterno, American College Hall of Fame
football coach
@81-1901 - Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen
(1837-1901)
@76-1994
- Irving B Kahn, inventer (teleprompter)
@72-1994
- Telly Savalas, American actor (Kojak), prostate
cancer
@64-1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President, heart
failure
@28-2008
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor, OD
@104-1995
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of pres JFK,
RFK, & Ted
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Brain Teasers Answers
If you thought those clues lead to a cat then
happily you're right,
For bad luck is yours when a black cat should come across your sight.
And when you reveal a secret, even though you said you wouldn't,
You've let the cat out of the bag by telling what you shouldn't.
Nosiness, prying, snooping and inquisitiveness, oh drat!
They make up curiosity, which, we all know, killed the cat! If
you thought those clues lead to a cat then happily you're right,
For bad luck is yours when a black cat should come across your sight.
And when you reveal a secret, even though you said you wouldn't,
You've let the cat out of the bag by telling what you shouldn't.
Nosiness, prying, snooping and inquisitiveness, oh drat!
They make up curiosity, which, we all know, killed the cat!
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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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