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3.21.16 Week: 12 \ Day: 81
March Averages: 50°\23°
86004 Today: H 66° \ L 29° Average
Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 6mph\Gusts: 20mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 70°[2004] Record Low: 5°[1948]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Afghanistan
Day Link
International
Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day of Forests and The Tree Link
International Day of Nowruz Link
Memory Day
National Common Courtesy Day
National Day of Action On Syringe Exchange Link
National Renewable Energy Day
National Single Parent Day Link
Poetry Day Link
Spring Fairy Fun Day Link
Twitter Day (Social Media
Application)
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day Link
World Down Syndrome Day Link
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Observances This Week
20-26
American
Chocolate Week Link
Health Information Professionals Week Link
International Phace Syndrome Awareness
Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Button Week Link
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week Link
World Folktales & Fables Week
21-25
Act
Happy Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1788 Fire destroys 856 buildings in New
Orleans Louisiana
1907 US invades Honduras
1925 The Butler Act, a Tennessee statue, is
passed prohibiting the teaching of evolution
1947 Pres Harry Truman signs
Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the
United States
1951 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
1951 Julius & Ethel
Rosenberg convicted of espionage
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay
closed
1965 Martin Luther King Jr. begins march
from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a
ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony
of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills
4,000 horses
1844 Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar
starts here (Baha 1, 1)
1859 Scottish National Gallery opens in
Edinburgh
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover
(control=contol), all recalled
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry
Fields honoring John Lennon
1985 Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis
Hall of Fame
1998 Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern
Ireland.
2006 Immigrant workers constructing the Burj
Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai
International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage.
2013 The European Space Agency reveals new
data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea amid
international condemnation
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My Rambling Thoughts
Quiet Sunday after a very late night on
Netflix. They sure have some great shows…easy to binge watch
Sure enjoyed watching Obama and family in
Cuba. Lots of sites I have visited in Havana. So glad he has worked so hard to
open relations. So fortunate I was able to travel there twice with Tumlare and
Focus.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Curtail E
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:
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When you curtail a word, you remove
the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the
two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Evergreen tree -> Thin, pointed piece of metal
2. Burning process -> Evergreen tree
3. Gaze intently -> Heavenly body
4. Subject; unifying idea -> Those people
5. Money paid for work -> Move from side to side
6. Soft-surfaced leather -> Took to court
7. Harsh; extreme -> To cut off
8. To bring together -> A single thing
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…Harper’s Index…
5/7/15-Date on which Saudi Arabia was
appointed to chair a panel at the UN Human Rights Council
1,000-Number of cane lashes to which the
country sentenced a free-speech blogger in June
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…Why the Chicken Crossed The Road…
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a
few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the
heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on
to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
Photography by @
(CHRIS PARKER, CORBIS). Derry
Northern Ireland's Derry (officially Londonderry) is the best-preserved walled
town on the island of Ireland and is one of the finest examples of a walled
city in Europe. Completed in 1618, the walls are up to 26 feet high and 35 feet
thick in spots with watchtowers and cannons. A one-mile guided tour atop the
walls tells the early history of the city, as well as the later violence during
“the Troubles,” which are widely regarded as getting their start in Derry
in the late 1960s. You can see down into the Bogside, a Catholic neighborhood
where a mural proclaims, “You are now entering Free Derry.”
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2 jokes for the day
Line Dancing
Addiction
Did you hear about the young lady who was addicted to line dancing?
They put her in a twostep program.
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Mark's Brand
I use Pantene. What do you use?
Mark's.
I use Dove soap. What do you use?
Mark's.
I use Olay lotion. What do you use?
Mark's.
Is Mark an international Brand?
No, Mark is my roommate!
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Yep, It Really Happened
*-- I Thought This Only Happened in the Movies --*
WAYNE, N.J. - An armored truck in New Jersey
dropped a bag full of money on a local highway, stopping traffic as bills were
strewn about the road. A bag of cash fell out of a Guarda truck headed west on
Route 46 in Wayne, N.J. A passing truck then struck the bag, causing bills to
fly into the air. Witness Paul Redman said that the bills were spread all
across the roadway as traffic came to a stop. "Take a look up and I see
massive amounts of money flying down the highway," he said. "So I
walk out a little further and you can see it's just $20 bills all over the
place." The driver and several civilians attempted to scoop up the loose
bills, but police said only some returned the money. It's unclear how much
money was lost or how the bag fell out of the truck, but Redman said it seemed
the truck's back door flew open.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(84) Henry
Ossian Flipper,
Thomasville,
Georgia, American soldier, former slave and first African American to graduate
from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, (d. 1940)
(73) Albert
Kahn, Rhaunen,
Kingdom
of Prussia, architect (architect of Detroit), (d. 1942)
(72) John
D. Rockefeller III,
billionaire
philanthropist (oil) (d.1978)
67- Eddie
Money, [Mahoney],
Bkln,
singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
(66) Benito
Pablo Juarez,
Oaxaca,
Mexico president of Mexico (d. 1872)
(65)- Florenz
Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies) (d.1932)
58- Gary
Oldman,
actor
(Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)
54- Matthew
Broderick,
NYC,
actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues)
54- Rosie
O'Donnell,
Commack,
NY, comedienne, actress and TV host (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)
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Historical Obits Today
@81-1991 Leo
Fender,
American
inventor (Fender guitar)
@78-1992 John
Ireland,
actor
(Rawhide), leukemia
@77-1985 Michael
Redgrave,
actor
(Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), Parkinson's
@52-1994 Dack
Rambo,
actor
(Jack Ewing-Dallas), AIDs
@22-1617 Pocahontas,
American
Indian princess and daughter of Powhatan, Smallpox?/TB?
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Pine -> Pin
2. Fire -> Fir
3. Stare -> Star
4. Theme -> Them
5. Wage -> Wag
6. Suede -> Sued
7. Severe -> Sever
8. Unite -> Unit
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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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