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11.19.16 Week: 46 \ Day: 324
November Averages: 51°\22°
86004 Today: H 43° \
L 15° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 12mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 69°[1949] Record Low: -6°[1985]
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Quote of the Day
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and
believe in, and it will come naturally.
< David Frost
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Observances Today
American Made Matters Day Link
Equal Opportunity Day (aka
Gettysburg Address Day) Link
Family Volunteer Day (Saturday of Weekend Before Thanksgiving)
Guinness World Record Day Link
International Games Day (Libraries) Link
International Men's Day Link
Mother Goose Day Link
National Day of Play Link
Playmobil's National Day of Play Link
Rocky and Bullwinkle Day-premiers 1959
Use Less Stuff Day Link
World Philosophy Day
Women's Entrepreneurship Day Link
World Toilet Day Link
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Observances This Week
12-20
National Hunger &
Homeless Awareness Week Link
13-19
Geography Awareness Week Link
International Restorative Justice Week Link
Perioperative Nurse Week Link
National Radiologic Technology Week Link
National Split Pea Soup Week Link
World Kindness Week Link
14-20
National Book Awards Week
18-24
National Farm-City Week
18-27
American Sand Sculpting Competition Link
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
•Today’s World Historical
Highlights
•1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto
Rico, on his 2nd voyage
1620 Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the
coast
1794 Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty,
signed with Great Britain
1805 Lewis & Clark expedition reaches the
Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west
•1816 Warsaw University is established.
1824 Storm causes St Petersburg flood, killing
10,000
1835 A ship carrying 500 armed Maori from Ngati
Tama and Ngati Mutunga arrives on the Chatham Islands; those Moriori
(indigenous people of the Chatham Islands) that are not killed are enslaved
•1850 Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet
Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth
1861 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of
the Republic" to paper
1861 The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels)
from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia, USA, for London, England on the
Elizabeth Watts
1863 US President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg
address beginning; "Four score & seven years ago..."
1872 E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first
U.S. patent for the first 'calculator', an adding machine capable of printing
totals and subtotals
1879 National Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
1893 1st newspaper color supplement (NY World)
1911 NY receives first Marconi wireless
transmission from Italy
1916 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldyn PIcutres (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers)
1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles
& League of Nations
1923 The Oklahoma State Senate ousts Governor
Walton for anti-Ku Klux Klan measures
•1926 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the
Politburo in the Soviet Union
•1933 Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right
wing)
1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country
10K championship
1944 World War II: U.S. President Franklin
Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion
USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
1959 "Rocky & His Friends" debuts on
ABC
1959 Ford Motors cancels its poorly received Edsel
model
•1962 Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet
weapons
1965 Kellogg's pop tarts pasteries created
1969 Apollo 12's Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
1975 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" based on book by Ken Kesey, directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher is released (Best Picture 1976)
1976 {attu Jearst os freed pm $15M bail
1990 Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning "Girl You Know Its True" album
• 1998 vincent van gogh's portrait of the artist without a beard sells at auction for $71.5M USD
1998 Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
My Rambling Thoughts
Yesterday
was great. We had a long and informative lunch, getting ready for Thanksgiving.
Noticed our quickly this year has passed…and hoping it would just end. All
looking forward to a better 2017.
Finally
got the whole Focus Travel Club website
updated. Took a little time but it was enjoyable and looks good. Lots of new
information. New newsletter is there. Bulletin was added to the home page to
make it easy to see things that are happening.
I
have supported what Nancy Pelosi has done since she became the first woman to
be Speaker of the House. However, after the horrific loss on Nov. 8, I feel it
is time for new blood leading the Dems. It will send a positive strong message
that the Dems are alive and well. While Trump
sets up his administration, the Dems should be spending their time getting new
blood into more powerful positions. Just
my thoughts.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Compound
Directions
Language
brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think
about and manipulate words and letters.
Can
you find the one word for each list that can be added to the end of each word
in its list to create a new word, compound word, or phrase?
round
show
throw
grow
out
be
in
sub
put
shake
get
hoe
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
river did George Washington famously cross on December 25, 1776?
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…Harper’s Index…
$160,000,000,000 (160-billion) – Annual economic
cost of US traffic congestion
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2 jokes for the day
Why
did the germ cross the microscope?
To get to the other slide.
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My
husband was trying to embarrass me at a party by carrying on about all the
stuff women carry in their purses.
Instead of blushing I said, “You’re right. There IS too much stuff in my
purse.” So, I removed his wallet, cigarettes, lighter, and car keys and handed
them to him.
When he asked what he was supposed to do with them, I smile and said, “Get your
own purse!”
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Yep, It Really Happened
*--
Texas Mom Kept Tigers in Home with Daughter --*
A
Texas woman was arrested on endangerment charges after she was found to be
keeping at least three tigers and several monkeys inside her home. Court
documents filed against Trisha Meyer allege Houston Police Department officers
searched the woman's home when she was accused of receiving a $3,000 payment
for a kitten she allegedly failed to deliver to the buyer. Police said Meyer's
home had several exotic animals roaming freely inside, including three tiger
cubs, an adult big cat variously reported to be a tiger or a cougar, a fox and
a skunk. The suspect allegedly told game wardens "the tigers at their
current ages were dangerous and could kill." Police said an endangerment
investigation was opened due to Meyer's 14-year-old daughter living in the home.
Police said the tigers were feeding on raw chicken and were being supervised by
a 17-year-old.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Dangerous Plants
Giant
Pitcher Plant
Discovered more than 5000 feet above sea level on Mount Victoria in the
Philippines, the giant, carnivorous pitcher plant secretes a nectar-like substance
to lure unsuspecting prey into a pool of enzymes and acid.
Castor Bean Plant
Castor-bean plants can be purchased at just about any garden center, despite
containing the deadly poison ricin.
Western Water Hemlock
Deemed the most "violently toxic plant that grows in North America"
by the USDA, the water hemlock contains the toxin cicutoxin, which wreaks havoc
on the central nervous system, causing grand mal seizures--which include loss
of consciousness and violent muscle contractions--and eventually death, if
ingested.
White snakeroot
Every part of this perennial plant contains tremetol, an unsaturated alcohol
that can cause muscle tremors in livestock before killing them.
Monkshood
The vibrant purple plant, commonly found in backyard gardens, is loaded with
the poisonous alkaloid aconite, which tends to cause asphyxiation.
Common
Bladderwort
This aquatic meat eater relies on several submerged bladders to capture prey
such as tadpoles and small crustaceans. An unsuspecting passerby will brush
against an external bristle-trigger, causing the bladders to spring open and
capture it. Once inside, the victim dies of suffocation or starvation and then
decays into a liquid that is sucked up by cells on the walls of the bladder.
Venus flytrap
With the ability to clamp shut in a half-second, the Venus flytrap's reaction
time seems fit for the animal kingdom. Insects need to touch two of the
flytrap's hairs consecutively in order for the plant to react, but the precise
mechanism that shuts the trap remains unclear.
Angel Trumpet
The droopy, gorgeous angel trumpet, native to regions of South America, packs a
powerful punch of toxins, containing atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine.
Oleander
This extremely common evergreen shrub is one of the most poisonous plants in
the world. The leaves, flowers and fruit contain cardiac glycosides, which have
therapeutic applications but are likely to send someone into cardiac arrest
should he eat part of the plant.
Mala Mujer
Mala mujer, which translates to "bad woman," can be found in parts of
the southwest and Mexico and is covered with nasty thorns, which could be
turned into makeshift barbwire if needed. The real danger, however, comes from
the caustic, milky sap that can leak from the plant. The sap, a common feature
among many plants in the Euphorbia genus, can cause painful skin irritations
and unsightly discoloration.
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Birthdays Today
• indicates
age at death
•96- Alan
Young, British actor (Wilbur Post in Mr Ed), born in North Shields, Tyne and
Wear (d. 2016)
•80- Hiram
Bingham, American archaeologist who re-discovered the
Incan site of Machu Picchu, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1956)
•80- Jeane
J Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to UN (R), born in Duncan, Oklahoma [d2006]
80- Dick
Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
78- Ted
Turner, American broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
74- Calvin
Klein, fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans, CK), born
in The Bronx, New York
•73- Dan
Haggerty, actor (Grizzly Adams), born in Hollywood California, (d. 2016)
•70- Gene
Tierney, American actress (Laura, Ghost & Mrs Muir),
born in Brooklyn, [d1991]
•66- Indira
Gandhi, 4th Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84),
born in Allahabad India (d. 1984)
55- Meg
Ryan, American actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns), born in
Fairfield, Connecticut
54- Jodie
[Alicia Christian] Foster, American actress (Taxi Driver, The Accused), born in
Los Angeles, California
•49- James
A. Garfield, 20th US President (Republican: 1881), born in
Moreland Hills, Ohio (d. 1881)
•48- Charles
I, King of England (1625-49) who was executed by Parliament, born in
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (d. 1649)
33- Adam Driver, actor (hbo’s Girls)
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Historical Obits Today
·
@38-1887 Emma
Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired &
poor"), lymphoma
·
@36-1915 Joe
Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
·
@31-1828 Franz
Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), typhoid
fever
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Brain Teasers Answers
up
side
down
upside-down!
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Trivia Hive
Answers
The
Delaware River
On
December 25, 1776, George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River with
5,400 soldiers to surprise a Hessian army stationed at Trenton. While not all
of Washington's army made it to the designated meeting point on time, a solid
chunk of his army did, and it attacked 1,400 Hessian troops around 8 a.m.
Washington defeated the Hessians, but he was forced to retreat because his
reinforcements failed to cross the river on time. The victory itself may not have
directly affected the war's outcome, but it did lift the spirits of the
American colonists who had faced numerous defeats beforehand. Source:
history.com
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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