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2.11.16
Week: 06 \ Day: 42
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 58° \ L 19° Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 0mph\Gusts:
4mph
Ave. High: 45°
Record High: 62°[1971] Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -12°[1908]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Be
Electrific Day
Get Out Your Guitar Day
Pro Sports Wives Day
National
Shut-in Visitation Day
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Observances This Week
Burn
Awareness Week: 7-12 Link
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 7-12
International Coaching Week: 7-12
Just Say No to PowerPoint Week: 7-12
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend: 7-12
Celebration
of Love Week: 7-13 Link
Children of Alcoholics Week: 7-13 Link
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: 7-14 Link
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 7-13(
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week: 7-14 Link
Risk Awareness Week: 7-14
International Week of Black Women in The Arts: 7-15 Link
Jell-O Week: 7-13
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: 7-13
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 7-13 Link
Love Makes the World Go Round; But,
Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week: 8-14
American Camp Week: 9-12
International Petroleum Week: 9-11 Link
National Green Week: 9-15 Link
World AG Expo: 9-11
International Friendship Week: 10-14 Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1766
Stamp
Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1768
Samuel
Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act
taxes
1790
Society
of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1794
1st
session of US Senate open to the public
1808
Anthracite
coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1809
Robert
Fulton patents steamboat
1812
Massachusetts
Governor Elbridge Gerry signs a redistricting bill - first
"gerrymander"
1861
US
House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery
in any state
1861
In
Arizona, Lieutenant George Bascom has discovered the bodies of the six hostages
that had been held by Cochise. The bodies are buried. Today, three of Cochise's
relatives that Bascom held hostage, and 3Coyotero Apache prisoners are hung
over the graves of the white hostages.
1878
1st
US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1895
Georgetown
became part of Washington, D.C.
1903
US
Congress adopts the Expedition Act, which authorizes the Attorney General to
'expedite' anti-trust cases through the courts, reflecting growing popular
support for President Roosevelt's 'trust busting' campaign
1916
Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1918
US
President Wilson makes another speech before Congress and announces 'the Four
Principles' - freedom of navigation, and end to secret diplomacy, and similar
items - that supplement his Fourteen Points
1937
44-day
sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1942
"Archie"
comic book debuts
1943
US
General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe;
British General Montgomery not best pleased.
1945
Yalta
agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin 1953
President Eisenhower refuses
clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1960
Jack
Paar walks off his TV show
1963
CIA
Domestic Operations Division created
1963
Julia
Child's show The French Chef premieres.
1973
1st
sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1978
The
"longest walk" takes place to protest Indian treatment.
1979
"They're
Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances
1993
Janet
Reno selected by President Clinton as US Attorney General
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World Historical Highlights for Today
660
BC
Traditional
date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu
55
Tiberius
Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under
mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to
become Emperor.
385
Siricius,
bishop of Tarragona, elected as Bishop of Rome; first to style himself Pope.
1543
Battle
at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portuguese troops beat Muslim army
1858
First
vision of the Virgin Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes, France
1896
Oscar
Wilde's "Salome" premieres in Paris
1928
2nd
Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1929
Vatican
City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1978
China
lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
1979
Iran's
premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power 1990
Nelson
Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa
2011
Egyptian
Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the
transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
2013
Pope Benedict
XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign
since 1415
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My Rambling Thoughts
Did some running around on a great weather day…no
jacket needed.
Obama made an amazing speech in Illinois
today. The man is very wise. So nice to hear our leader talk about successes
and failures in politics.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The Club
Trick brain teasers
appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
A man wanted to get into a members
only club so he hid and watched the guard at the door of the club house. The
guard said a number to each member as they approached, and the member would
respond with a number of their own. If the member responded with the correct
number they were let in. If they responded incorrectly they were thrown out.
One member came up to the door, the guard said twelve, and the member responded
with six and was let in. Another member came to the door, the guard said six
and the member responded with three and was let in. Believing he had heard
enough, the reject went up to the guard. The guard said ten, and the reject
said five, but was not let in. What should the reject have said?
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…Business Facts…
In every country in the world,
either Coca-Cola or a Coca-Cola owned drink is the bestselling drink, except
for Scotland, where Irn Bru holds the top spot.
Starbucks uses round tables to make
solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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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.
56. Screen: To present,
or to conceal
57. Seed: To sow seeds, or to shed or remove them
58. Shop: To patronize a business in order to purchase something,
or to sell something
59. Skin: To cover, or to remove
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…Hard to Believe…
22. If you could fold a piece of
paper in half 42 times, the combined thickness would reach the moon.
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…Harper’s Index…
3/4-Portion of female US college students
whose parents pay for most of their education
1/2-of overweight female US college students
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
natgeocreativePhoto
by @anniegriffithsphotography:
An #elephant tosses
dust to coat its hide for protection against the African #sun. #Nambia
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2 jokes for the day
Three turtles, Joe, Steve, and
Poncho, decide to go on a picnic. So, Joe packs the picnic basket with cookies,
bottled sodas, and sandwiches.
The trouble is, the picnic site is 10 miles away. So it takes the turtles take
10 whole days to get there. By the time they do arrive, everyone's super tired.
Joe takes the stuff out of the basket, one by one. He takes out the sodas and
says, "Alright, Steve, gimme the bottle opener."
"I didn't bring the bottle opener", Steve says. "I thought you
packed it."
Joe gets worried. He turns to Poncho, "Poncho, do you have the bottle
opener?"
Naturally, Poncho doesn't have it, so the turtles are stuck ten miles away from
home without soda.
Joe and Steve beg Poncho to turn back home and retrieve it, but Poncho flatly
refuses, knowing that they'll eat everything by the time he gets back. Somehow,
after about two hours, the turtles manage to convince Poncho to go, swearing on
their great-grand turtles' graves that they won't touch the food.
So, Poncho sets off down the road, slow and steadily. Twenty days pass, but no
Poncho. Joe and Steve are hungry and puzzled, but a promise is a promise.
Another day passes, and still no Poncho, but a promise is a promise. After
three more days pass without Poncho in sight, Steve starts getting restless.
"I NEED FOOD!" he says with a hint of panic in his voice.
"NO!" Joe retorts. "We promised."
Five more days pass. Joe realizes that Poncho probably skipped out to the
Burger King down the road, so the two turtles weakly lift the lid, pulling out
a sandwich, and open their mouths about to eat. But then, right at that
instant, Poncho pops out behind a rock, and says, "Just for that, I'm not
going!"
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A man called home to his wife and
said, "Honey I have been asked to go fishing up in Canada with my boss
& several of his friends. We'll be gone for a week. This is a good
opportunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting, so could you please
pack enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and fishing box? We're
leaving from the office and I will swing by the house to pick my things
up" "Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pajamas."
The wife thinks this sounds a bit fishy but being the good wife she is, did
exactly what her husband asked. The following weekend he came home a little tired
but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomed him home and asked if he caught
many fish?
He said, "Yes! Lots of Salmon, some Bluegill, and a few Swordfish. But why
didn't you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do?"
The wife replied, "I did. They're in your fishing box!"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*------- First the
Roof, Now the Basement -------*
Last week a car ended up on a roof in California. This week it is a basement in
New York. Gerald Ruhland of Cheektowaga, NY woke to a "big bang"
about 2 in the morning. He thought his furnace had blown up. Then he heard
voices. "I could hear someone talking, and there was a car in the
basement," Ruhland said. The Dodge Avenger with a driver and passenger had
entered his house through the living room and then sank into the basement.
About five minutes later, firefighters and other emergency personnel arrived on
the scene. The driver was able to get out of the car on his own, emergency
responders had to extricate the second person. Speed was possibly a factor in
the crash. Police are still investigating.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Masked balls have been a part of the
Mardi Gras tradition dating back to the French settlers that arrived in the
South in the early 1700s. Hidden behind masks decorated in beads, feathers and
glittery fabric, revelers could behave without inhibition, to an extent that
for a time in the early 19th century, masked party goers were outlawed in New
Orleans. The mask prohibition ended by the mid-1820s, and were once again
legal.
***
Masks are a fun part of Mardi Gras,
but if you are riding on a float, don't leave home without one. It is illegal
to ride on a Mardi Gras parade float in New Orleans without wearing a mask.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(91) Vivian
[Ernest] Fuchs,
geologist/explorer
(British Antarctic Survey) (d.1999)
(89)- Sidney
Sheldon,
novelist
(1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline) (d.2007)
(85) Lloyd
Bentsen,
(Sen-D-TX,
1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee) (d.2006)
(84) Thomas
Edison,
Milan
Ohio, inventor who lit up your life (held 1200 patents) (d. 1931)
(83) Joseph
L Mankiewicz,
Wilkes-Barre
PA, film writer/director (Sleuth) (d.1993)
82- Mary
Quant,
Kent
England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
82- Tina
Louise,
NYC,
actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
80- Burt
Reynolds,
Mich,
actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
(77) William
Henry Fox Talbot,
Wiltshire
England, photographic pioneer (d.1877)
(76) Eva
Gabor,
Budapest
Hungary, actress (Green Acres, Gigi) (d. 1995)
75- Sergio
Mendes,
Niterói, Brazil jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88) Sergio
Mendes, Lani Hall & Herb Alpert - The Fool on the Hill, The Look of Love 2013
(71) Alexander
H. Stephens,
US
Confederate Vice President, (d. 1883)
(69) Bobby
"Boris" Pickett,
singer-songwriter
(Monster Mash) (d.2007)
63- [John
Ellis] Jeb Bush,
Midland,
Texas, American politician (Governor of Florida)
(62) Edward
Johnston,
British
craftsman and calligrapher - "the father of modern calligraphy" (d
1944)
54- Sheryl
Crow,
Kennett,
Missouri American singer-songwriter (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995),
52- Sarah
Palin,
Sandpoint,
Idaho, American politician
46- Jennifer
Aniston,
Sherman
Oaks California, actress (Rachel-Friends)
37- Brandy
[Norwood],
McComb,
Mississippi, singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
24-- Taylor
Lautner,
Grand
Rapids, Michigan, American actor
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Historical Obits Today
@84-1997 Don
Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84
@73-1994 William
Conrad, actor (Cannon), heart attack
@71-1993 George
A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill),
@65-2006 Peter Benchley, American author, pulmonary
fibrosis Peter Benchley - Jaws: Fact or Fiction
@64--1976 Lee
J Cobb, American actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), heart attack
@57-1987 Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and
artist. Sadequain - the artist, the genius
@53-1650 René
Descartes, French philosopher "I think therefore I am", pneumonia (?)
@48-2012 Whitney
Houston, American singer and actress, dies from an accidental drowning
@34-1961 Patrice
Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered
@30-1963 Sylvia
Plath, American poet/novelist (Ariel), suicide
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Brain Teasers Answers
He should have said three, the number of
letters in the number the guard said.
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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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That Is All for Now… ♥♥♥♥
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