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4.13.16 Week: 15 \ Day: 104
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 63° \ L 34° Average
Sky Cover: 90%
Wind ave: 11mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility: 9 mi
Record High: 75°[1962] Record Low: 0°[1965]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
National Bookmobile Day Link
Thomas Jefferson Day
Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day Link
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Observances This Week
9-17
YoYo & Skill Toys Week
10-16
Animal Control Officer Appreciation
Week Link
Spring Astronomy Week
National Library Week
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week Link
National Student Employment Week Link
Pan American Week:
National Volunteer Week
Week of The Young Child Link
American Indian Awareness Week Link
International Dark Sky Week
Undergraduate Research Week
Health Information Privacy and Security Week Link
12-18
National Animal Control Appreciation
Week Link
National Tattoo Week Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1796 1st
elephant arrives in US from India
1860 1st Pony Express reaches
Sacramento, California
1870 Metropolitan
Museum of Art forms in NYC
1883 US
prospecter Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of
cannibalism
1896 John Philip
Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres at the Tremont Theatre in Boston
1902 J C
Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming
1943 FDR dedicates
Jefferson Memorial
1954 Robert
Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
1970 Apollo 13
announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank
explodes en route to Moon
1976 $2 bill
re-introduced as US currency
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
837 Best
view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
1250 The Seventh
Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured.
1742 George
Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" performed for the 1st time at
New Music Hall in Dublin
1912 Royal
Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
1933 1st flight
over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1961 UN General
Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid
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My Rambling Thoughts
More moisture in our little mountain town
today…so nice…makes moving around not so pleasant, but does the land good.
I hate income tax time. Today I found out that
one of my investments didn’t send me 1099. Called and got a letter from them
saying they won’t be putting them out until Sept. 2016. Seems some blogger has
accused the company of being a Ponzi scheme. I’ve had this investment for over
a decade and it makes me good money. Doubt seriously that it is a Ponzi scheme.
So I took the letter to my accountant and he smiled, and said, no problem, I’ll
just average your income for the past few years and send that in. That is good
because the letter suggested filing an extension. Also found out that I will be
getting a refund this year…first time in quite a while I haven’t owed…that is
good news.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Curtail P
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. Bend out of shape -> Armed conflict
2. Muscle contraction -> Pack to capacity
3. Pass over; omit -> Glide on snow
4. Wet -> Large water barrier
5. Marsh; bog -> Moved through water
6. Waterproof canvas -> Pitch; oily residue
7. Cry; shed tears -> Very small
8. Assume a slouching posture; decrease suddenly -> Run-down part of a city
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…Harper’s Index…
46-Estimated percentage of women under 30 in
Monrovia who have engaged in transactional sex with UN workers
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
navajotimes Streaks of rain falls across the New
Mexico skies on Monday evening in Church Rock. Pyramid Rock can be seen.
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2 jokes for the day
Doctor: "I'm sorry, but the
test results came back negative. You only have 10 to live."
Patient: "What do you mean? 10 what? Months? Weeks? Years?"
Doctor: "Nine... Eight..."
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Teacher: Cindy, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
Cindy: You told me to do it without
using tables!
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Somewhat Useless Information
About two-thirds of shark attacks on
humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep. Most shark attacks
occur less than 100 feet from the shore. Shark attacks happen all over the
world, but mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida
and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa.
For every human killed by a shark, humans kill a million sharks.
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Approximately 100 million sharks are
killed every year. Shark teeth are used to make necklaces; cartilage is used to
make fertilizers; skin is used to make leather; liver is used to make face
cream, sap, and fuel; and fins are used to make soup. The mass killing of
sharks creates a negative, cascading effect in the global environment. About two-thirds of shark attacks on
humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep. Most shark attacks
occur less than 100 feet from the shore. Shark attacks happen all over the
world, but mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida
and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa.
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Birthdays Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(92) Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's
Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) (d.2001)
(83) Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (d. 1826)
(83) Samuel Beckett, Foxrock, Ireland, Irish
novelist and playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969), (d. 1989)
83- Ben Nighthorse
Campbell, (Sen-D Colorado)
(82) Don Adams, NYC, comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get
Smart, Check it Out) (d.2005)
77- Paul Sorvino, actor
(Chiefs, Dick Tracy)
(74) Seamus Heaney, County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland Irish poet (Nobel 1995) and playwright (d. 2013)
71- Tony Dow, Hollywood American
actor and director (Wally-Leave it to Beaver)
70- Al Green, Forest
City Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
(66) F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
66- Ron Perlman, Bronx, actor
(Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast)
46- Rick Schroder, SI
NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling)
(42) Butch Cassidy [Robert LeRoy Parker], Beaver,
Utah, American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage), (d. 1908)
(35) Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d.
1606)
(27) Jonathan Brandis, Danbury, CN, American actor
(Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV), (d. 2003)
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Historical Obits Today
@88-2006 Muriel Spark, Scottish author
@87-2015 Günter Grass, German writer (The Tin Drum)
and playwright and Nobel Prize laureate (1999)
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Warp -> War
2. Cramp -> Cram
3. Skip -> Ski
4. Damp -> Dam
5. Swamp -> Swam
6. Tarp -> Tar
7. Weep -> Wee
8. Slump -> Slum
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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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