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3.30.16 Week: 13 \ Day: 90
March Averages:
50°\23°
86004 Today:
H 44° \ L 26° Average Sky Cover: 85%
Wind
ave: 13mph\Gusts: 44 Visibility: 3 mi
Record High: 70°[19 71] Record
Low: 10°[1944]
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Quote
of the Day
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Observances
Today
Doctors
Day Link
Grass Is Always Browner On
The Other Side Of The Fence Day
Manatee Appreciation Day Link
Pencil
Day
Torrents
Day Link
World Bi-polar Day Link
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Observances
This Week
26-4/3
Nano
Days Link
National Cleaning Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
Root Canal Awareness Week Link
National Protocol Officer's Week
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1802 The
Indian Trade and Intercourse Act today.
1822 Congress
combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory
1842 Ether
used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)
1858 Pencil
with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)
1867 US
buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly)
1870 15th
Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote
regardless of race
1870 Texas
becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
1909 Queensboro
Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
1981 Pres Reagan shot
& wounded by John W Hinckley III
2012 Mastercard
and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million
compromised credit card numbers
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
240 BC 1st recorded perihelion passage of
Halley's Comet.
1778 Playwright Voltaire crowned
with laurel wreath
1796 Carl
Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, discovers the construction of the
heptadecagon
1935 Newfoundland
changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
1959 Dalai
Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1969 Loyalists
bomb water and electricity installations in Northern Ireland in the hope that
the attacks would be blamed on the IRA and on elements of the civil rights
movement, which was demanding an end to discrimination against Catholics
1981 "Chariots
of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson
premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982)
2006 UK
Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Spring at 7000’…hmmm…very strong winds all
night. Blew in a light snow storm that left enough snow to cover the ground,
barely. Then the wind continues to blow and the sun is shining through the many
clouds still in the sky. Can’t complain, we need the moisture.
Took my tax papers in today. Can’t stand to
sit there, so just called and dropped them off…my tax guy has been doing my
taxes for decades and knows how I hate to sit there.
It isn’t that I don’t mind paying my fair
share, I just hate watching someone punch all the numbers into the computer and
then say…’you owe….’
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Brain
Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Kittens
Trick brain teasers appear
difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
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Difficulty:
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A
cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy and Spot. What was the mother's name.
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…Harper’s
Index…
53-Percentage of Republican voters who favor a
constitutional amendment ending birthright citzenship
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeocreative Here is my night amongst the
Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. This is a good place to be haunted, to
spend a night, as I did, wishing to see something not quite visible, of another
realm and time, #ancient and
antiquated, geologic and archeologic — and so very mystical. I didn’t mean
to. I went to see the sunset over the 5,000 year old stone circle, where
Neolithic people set their minds in harmony with creation. The sunset was
lovely. (That’s about all I can say for it.) But the night held me inthralled
through the hours of near darkness (summer in Lewis is like that) until
sometime around 4:00 in the morning, when the sky was waxing towards dawn, and
hearing the first birdsong I felt the merest breath of air on my face, and with
that the night was over. #scotland #whiskycountry
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2
jokes for the day
Who
is smarter, you or your dog? A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that
teaches you how to test your dog’s IQ.
Here’s how it works... If you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is the
smarter one.
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This patient runs into his psychiatrist's office and says, "Doc, I think
I'm a tepee, no I think I'm a wigwam, no I think I'm a tepee, no I think I'm a wigwam,
no I think I'm a tepee, no I think I'm a wigwam!"
The psychiatrist looks at him and says, "You're too tents!"
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*-- Carpet, clothes could
soon clean themselves with light --*
MELBOURNE - Don't have time to do laundry?
Just wear your dirty clothes in the sun.
It sounds like a joke, but new nanotechnology may make the technique a reality
in the near future. Researchers in Australia have developed a way to integrate
self-cleaning nanotechnology into textiles.
The technology is made possible by special nanostructures that break down
organic matter when exposed to light. Scientists at Australia's RMIT University
developed a technique for cheaply and efficiently growing these nanostructure
on textiles.
The textiles are dipped in an array of solutions and within 30 minutes,
nanostructures begin developing within the woven material. The nanostructures
work by turning sunlight into electron energy. The energy transfer triggers a
catalytic reaction that results in the degradation of organic matter.
Researchers believe the technology will pave the way for self-cleaning clothes,
carpet and other textile products.
"The advantage of textiles is they already have a 3D structure so they are
great at absorbing light, which in turn speeds up the process of degrading
organic matter," researcher Rajesh Ramanathan said in a news release.
"There's more work to do to before we can start throwing out our washing
machines, but this advance lays a strong foundation for the future development
of fully self-cleaning textiles."
Ramanathan and his colleagues detailed their latest research in the journal
Advanced Materials Interfaces.
"Our next step will be to test our nano-enhanced textiles with organic
compounds that could be more relevant to consumers, to see how quickly they can
handle common stains like tomato sauce or wine," Ramanathan said.
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Ways to Spot an American Abroad
Applauding
Clapping
for a performance is important, and if you take in any kind of show anywhere,
it's appreciated. But Americans have a reputation for clapping everywhere—like
at the movie theater, for performers who obviously can't hear you, or for
planes making a smooth landing. That's not necessary anywhere, not even in the
States. Stop it. Stop. Stop it.
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Birthdays
Today
“()”
indicates age at death
90- Peter Marshall,
Huntington, W Va, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares)
85- John Astin,
Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family)
79- Warren Beatty,
Richmond, Va, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo)
(77) McGeorge Bundy,
Boston, national security adviser (JFK) d.1996()
71- Eric Clapton,
Surrey, England, English singer and guitarist
(Tears in Heaven)
66- Robbie Coltrane,
Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scottish actor
(Harry Potter films) and comedian
59- Paul Reiser,
NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You)
(58) Anna Sewell,
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, English author (Black Beauty), (d.
1878)
54- M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell],
Oakland, Ca rapper
52- Ian Ziering,
West Orange, New Jersey, actor ("Beverly Hills 90210")
51- Piers Morgan,
editor (Daily Mirror)
48- Celine Dion,
Charlemagne, Quebec, singer (I'm Your Woman)
(37) Vincent van Gogh,
Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, Dutch artist, painter and
pioneer of Expressionism (Irises), (d. 1890)
37- Norah Jones, Brooklyn,
American singer and pianist
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Historical
Obits Today
@101-2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
@95-2004 Alistair Cooke,
English-born journalist
@86-1986 James Cagney,
actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
@61-1840 George (Beau) Brummell,
Dandy, syphilis
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Brain
Teasers Answers
What
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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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