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3.13.16 Week: 11 \ Day: 73
March Averages:
50°\23°
86004 Today:
H 48° \ L 28° Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind
ave: 9mph\Gusts: 49mph
Record High: 70°[2007] Record
Low: -9°[1962]
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Quote
of the Day
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Observances
Today
Daylight
Savings Time Begins (Some
Turn Ahead 1 Hour)
Digital Learning Day Link
Donald Duck Day Link
Good Samaritan Involvement Day
K-9 Veterans Day Link
IUGAR Awareness Day
Ken Day (Doll)
L. Ron
Hubbard Day
National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
Smart & Sexy Day
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Observances
This Week
8-14
No More
Week Link
Universal Women's Week
10-13
Crufts (Worlds Largest Dog
Show Link
International Listening Weekend
11-17
Turkey
Vultures Return to the Living Sign
11-13
World
Rattlesnake Roundup
13-19
Campfire
USA Birthday Week
Consider Christianity Week
Termite Awareness Week
National Agriculture Week
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1677 Massachusetts gains title to Maine
for $6,000
1781 William Herschel sees what he
thinks is a "comet" but is actually the discovery of the planet
Uranus
1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its
debut in the NY Lantern weekly
1864 First
group of NAVAJOs finish the
"Long Walk" to Fort Sumner on the Bosque Redondo Reservation, in
east-central New Mexico, on this date. During their march, 13 of the 1,430 who
started the trip will be kidnapped by Mexicans or will die. 1865 US Civil war:
Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of
slaves as soldiers
1868 Senate begins US
President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial
1897 San Diego State University is
founded.
1925 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach
evolution
1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of
Pluto at Lowell Observatory
1942 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes
1st woman colonel in US army
1961 JFK sets up the Alliance for
Progress
1965 Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m
(1:13.60)
1986 Microsoft has its Initial public
offering.
1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in
fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill
1997 The Phoenix lights were seen over Phoenix,
Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. They are now a
hotly debated controversy.
2012 Encyclopedia Britannica announces
that it will no longer publish printed versions
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1519 Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico
1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
1900 In France the length of the workday
for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia)
declares independence from China
2013 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected new Pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Woke up to cloudy sky, light snow falling. By
8a the snow had stopped and the sky was a nice robin egg blue…and the strong
winds started. Birds knew about this quick storm as I filled my bird feeders Friday
morning and they were empty this morning. So I stood in the light snow fall to
refill them.
Yesterday I stopped by a local drive thru car
wash to get the bugs and road dirt from my trip to Denver off the car. It had
orange cones in front of the drive thru part and a guy waved me away. Car not
dirty enough for a full wash and I was not in the mood to get wet at the hand
held one…so the vehicle is still dirty.
Very disappointed when I turned on CNN last
night to see the mess in Chicago at the soon cancelled Trump rally. I watched
for a while, then turned to Faux to see their take. Thankfully this morning,
NPR put it all into perspective for me. I am not a Trump fan. No matter what
happened in Chicago, and again this morning in Cleveland, it should not be part
of the American election process. Due to the crazy rhetoric I keep hearing,
this sadly, may only be the beginning of a very violent process.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Teaser Teaser
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
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Difficulty:
1.53/4
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Eliminate all 26 letters of the alphabet in
alphabetical order, but not necessarily starting with 'A', to reveal a
sentence.
sohmeitjkimlemsnthopeseqtresasteursvwcaxnydrziaveybcoduesifllgy |
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…Harper’s
Index…
$384,000,000-Amount the Pentagon spent
training and arming Sytrian rebels before ‘pausing’ its efforts in Oct.
124-number of fighters trained
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…Why
the Chicken Crossed The Road…
OPRAH: Well, I understand that
the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so
badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take
falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so
that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of
the chickens.
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeotravelPhoto
by @hellokrisdavidson // Conchero dancers fill the Jardin
Principal, dressed in pre-Hispanic outfits to celebrate El Señor de La
Conquista (The Lord of the Conquest) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This
annual festival takes place on the first Thursday and Friday of March in honor
of "Christ of the Conquest," a highly revered statue made out of corn
stalks and orchid bulbs. It now holds a place of honor in the Parroquia
(cathedral) in San Miguel de Allende. #Mexico
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2
jokes for the day
How many telemarketers does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, but they have to do it while you're eating dinner!
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A man with a gun is robbing a bank. He asks one of the bank customers if he saw
him rob the bank. The guy says he did. The robber then shoots him in the head
killing him immediately. The robber then asks a couple nearest to him the same
thing. The husband says that he didn't but his wife did.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*---- Hey Honey, Check Out How Cool I Am! ----*
A man fatally shot himself while taking
selfies with his girlfriend and a gun, police in Washington said. Concrete
police said that the 43-year-old man died on Sunday, after shooting himself in
the face in his own home. The gun went off and shot the man in the face while
he and his girlfriend were taking photos of themselves. The girlfriend, who was
not identified, told investigators that they loaded and unloaded the gun
several times during the day. The last time however, a bullet apparently
remained in the gun, and the man, who was not identified, shot himself in the
face. So far, no charges have been filed as police believe that the shooting
was an accident.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Rainbow
Bagels…
1.
They come from The Bagel Store in Brooklyn, NY.
2.
The rainbow bagel actually tastes like a normal plain bagel, but the toppings
are where things get really funky.
3.
You can see in the video below the process of how they are made:
4.
Bagel Store owner Scot Rossillo has been making these beauties for 20 years
now, but they have only recently become a viral sensation thanks, in part, to
the above video from Insider Food.
5.
Though it may taste like a plain bagel, a Rainbow Bagel requires double the
work.
6.
The Bagel Store’s process involves dyeing the dough with neon food coloring,
separating the various colors in different piles, layering the colors on top of
each other, and then rolling them into one multicolored string.
7.
Priced at $3.95, the bagel is also typically eaten with funfetti cream cheese
and sprinkles.
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Birthdays
Today
“()”
indicates age at death
95- Allan Jaffee,
comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
(82) Peter Breck,
Rochester, NY actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), (d.
2012)
77- Neil Sedaka,
Brooklyn, American singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is
Hard to Do)
(74) L[aFayette] Ron Hubbard,
sci-fi writer/scientologist (Dianetics) (d.1986)
(74) William
J. Casey,
NYC, American head of the CIA during the Iran-contra
scandal (1981-87) (d. 1987)
66- William H Macy,
Miami, actor (Homicide, Water Engine)
(61) Percival "Percy" Lowell,
Boston, American astronomer (predicted discovery of
Pluto), (d. 1916)
60- Dana Delany,
NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to
Eden)
(52) Fred Berry,
St Louis, actor (Rerun-What's Happening) (d.2003)
(45) Federico Cesi,
Rome, Italian Naturalist and founder of the first modern
scientific society, the Accademia dei Lincei, (d.1630)
39- Karina Smirnoff,
Ukrainian dancer (DWTS)
31- Emile Hirsch,
Topanga, CA American actor (Into the Wild, Speed Racer)
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Historical
Obits Today
@85-1906 Susan B. Anthony,
American reformer suffragette leader
@80-2006 Maureen Stapleton,
American actress
@80-1938 Clarence S Darrow,
Scopes Monkey Trial attorney
@67-1901 Benjamin Harrison,
23rd US President, pneumonia
@15-1884 Leland Stanford, Jr.,
son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University
named for him, typhoid fever
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Sometimes these teasers can drive you silly.
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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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