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2.7.16
Week: 06 \ Day: 38
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 43° \ L 21° Average Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: 2mph\Gusts:
39mph
Ave. High: 45°
Record High: 66°[1963] Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -18°[1932]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Dump
Your Significant Jerk Day
"e" Day (math) Link
Ballet Day: 7
Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Link
International Day of Black Women in The Arts Link
National Periodic Table Day Link :)
Popcorn Day Link
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Observances This Week
African
Heritage & Health Week: 1-7
Women's
Heart Week: 1-7
Publicity for Profit Week: 2-8
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 (Second Full Week)
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week: 7-13
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week: 7-13 Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1795
11th
Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
1812
8.2
earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1818
1st
successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (NYC)
1839
Henry
Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
1861
Convinced
that they will get better treatment from a southern government than from the
one in Washington, D. C., Today, the CHOCTAWs will announce their support of
the Confederacy.
1876
The
War Department authorizes General Sheridan to start operations against the
Indians.
1894
The
Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins
in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1904
Baltimore
catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
1914
Charlie
Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at
Venice"
1934
1st
contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss
1940
Walt
Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio", premieres (NYC)
1943
Shoe
rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)
1964
Beatles
land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour
1964
Cassius
Clay converts to Islam, and is renamed Muhammad Ali 1969
Diane
Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
1974
Mel
Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters starring Cleavon
Little and Gene Wilder
1974
The
Symbionese Liberation Army claim responsibility for the for kidnapping of Patty
Hearst, daughter of Randolph Hearst
1979
Pink
Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1984
Bruce
McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
1985
"New
York, New York" became the official anthem of NYC
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1569
King Philip
II forms inquisition in South America
1639
Academie
Francaise begins Dictionary of French Language
1812
Poet
Lord Byron (6th Baron Byron) makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
1836
"Sketches
by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1856
The
colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the
Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of
a secret ballot.
1928
1st
solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
1947
Arabs
& Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
1950
Sen
Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Department of State 1962
President
Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.
1971
Switzerland
votes in women's suffrage
1976
World's
largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
1998
18th
Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
2014
22nd
Winter Olympic Games open at Sochi, Russia
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice Saturday…warming trend begins…lots of
wind.
Got an email with needed information on
updating the Focus Travel Club site. Started doing some preliminary work. Will
try to do some posting tomorrow. I needed to look at the site, which has some
great stuff. See how I think it needs to be tweaked…think of things that
travelers want to know and how to make it simple for them to locate the needed
info. I’m ready for the challenge…I hope.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Letter Duos
Language brain teasers
are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and
manipulate words and letters.
Following are 6 words that have the
same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed,
replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use
in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a
different set of letters for each word.
1. **chorm**
2. **joym**t
3. **iqu**te
4. **ip**ape
5. **s**cere
6. **p**zard
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…Business Facts…
There are coffee houses in Russia
where food and drink are free, but you pay for time.
Rick Harrison of the hit reality
show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making
$2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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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.
46. Quantum:
Significantly large, or a minuscule part
47. Quiddity: Essence,
or a trifling point of contention
48. Quite: Rather (as a
qualifying modifier), or completely
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…Hard to Believe…
19. If you were able to dig a hole
to the center of the earth, and drop something down it, it would take 42
minutes for the object to get there.
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…Harper’s Index…
2-Factor by which a US video-game player is
more likely to be an adult woman than a boy under 18
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
natgeotravel The
feeling you get when paddling out onto Lake Maligne is one of total awe. The
peaks of the Canadian Rockies surround you and the surreal turquoise water
passes beneath, begging you to take a dip. It really is heaven on earth.
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2 jokes for the day
One evening I was in a bar talking
to my friend.
"Last night, while I was out drinking, a burglar broke into my
house.."
"Did he get anything?" asked my friend.
"Yes," I said.
"A broken jaw, six teeth knocked out, and a pair of broken ribs. My wife
thought it was me coming home drunk!"
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A woman was found guilty in traffic
court and when asked for her occupation she said she was a schoolteacher. The
judge rose from the bench. "Madam, I have waited years for a schoolteacher
to appear before this court."
He smiled with delight. "Now sit down at that table and write, 'I will not
run a red light' five hundred times."
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Yep, It Really Happened
Out of Control Car Lands on Roof of California
Home
PALOS VERDES, Calif. - A California driver's
car landed on a roof after spinning out of control near a residential area in
Palos Verdes. Los Angeles County Fire reported to the scene shortly after the
incident occurred at 4 p.m. and shared photos of the vehicle on the roof.
Firefighters say the driver suffered from a medical condition that caused him
to lose control of the car, hitting two parked vehicles before landing on the
roof of the two-story home. Only the driver was believed to be injured in the
crash. A woman was home when the accident occurred, but did not sustain any
injuries and was not aware of the car's presence until she was shown by a
neighbor. "You can't believe how dumb it is," she said.
"Awful!" The woman's home sits below the busy Palos Verders Drive and
a neighbor said cars have crashed into homes in the area before.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The name Exchequer derives from the
counting table used by the crown treasurer in medieval England. The table
resembled a giant chess board. The French word for chessboard being echiquier.
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In the early medieval period, before
the Norman conquest of England, the counting board was simply a flat surface
inscribed with horizontal lines representing various denominations. Small
stones or pebbles were used as counters. In fact, our word calculate comes from
the Latin word calculus meaning small stone.
It would be well into the sixteenth century before the Hindu-Arabic numbering
system that we use today, with its concept of decimal places and the
introduction of zero, came into general use in Europe, making counting boards
obsolete.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(96)- Eubie
Blake, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You), born in Baltimore,
Maryland (d. 1983)
(90) Laura
Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prairie) (d.1957)
(84) Gardner
Quincy Colton, Georgia, Vermont, USA, American lecturer who was the first to
use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry (d.1898)
(82) John
Deere, Rutland, Vermont, pioneer American blacksmith and manufacturer of
agricultural equipment who founded Deere & Company (d.1886)
(65) Sinclair
Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930) (d.1951)
(58) Charles
Dickens, English novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities), born in Portsmouth,
Hampshire (d. 1870)
(57) Sir
Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
56- James
Spader, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin), born in NYC, New York
54- Garth
Brooks, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
54- Eddie
Izzard, British actor and comedian
51- Chris
Rock, comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)
42- Steve
Nash, Johannesburg South Africa, Canadian NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix
Suns, LA Lakers)
38- Ashton
Kutcher, American actor (That 70s Show), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Historical Obits Today
@94-2001 Anne
Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator
@88-2001 Dale
Evans, American actress and singer
@69-1938 Harvey
Firestone, American manufacturer and founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company, heart attack
@58-1823 Ann
Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, asthma attack
@52-2000 Doug
Henning, Canadian magician, liver cancer
@36-1968 Nick
Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), OD
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. an = anchorman
2. en = enjoyment
3. et = etiquette
4. sh = shipshape
5. in = insincere
6. ha = haphazard
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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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