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11.29.16 Week: 48 \ Day: 334
November Averages: 51°\22°
86004 Today: H 35° \
L 19° Average Sky Cover: 95%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: 19mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 68°[1949] Record Low: -8°[1905]
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Quote of the Day
The purpose of our
lives is to be happy.
~Dalai Lama
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Observances Today
Electronic Greetings Day
Giving Tuesday
International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People
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Observances This Week
23-29
National Deal Week
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
►Today’s World Historical Highlights
► 526 Antioch,
modern day Syria, struck by an earthquake, killing about 250,000
► 1745 Bonnie
Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle
► 1775 Sir
James Jay invents invisible ink
1825 1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of
Seville" premieres (NYC)
1847 Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus
& Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore
1864 Sand
Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho
Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
► 1870 Compulsory
education proclaimed in England
1872 Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the
Battle of Lost River.
1877 us invetor thomas edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu,
Hawaii
► 1897 1st
motorcycle race (Surrey, England)
1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved &
opened
1910 the 1st us patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to ernest sirrine
1929 Richard E. Byrd sends "My
calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was
wrong)
1933 1st state liquor stores authorized
(Pennsylvania)
► 1935 Physicist Erwin
Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment 'Schrödinger's cat', a
paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of
quantum mechanics
1942 US Office of Price Administration rations
coffee for everyone, 10 pound a year
1950 National Council of Church of Christ in US
forms
1952 US President-elect Eisenhower visits
Korea to assess war
1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular
commercial NY-LA air service
1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus
station in Miss
► 1963 Beatles
release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 LBJ sets up Warren Commission to
investigate the assassination of JFK
1967 Robert McNamara elected president of World
bank
1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
► 1994 Seoul,
Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
1995 US President Bill Clinton lifts ban
on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the
oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973
► 2012 The
UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer
state
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My Rambling Thoughts
Crazy
weather forecast…1st it was 10”, then it was 6”, then it started
snowing and we got about 3”. Still
overcast and trying to give us more snow. Nice to see some snow covering the
area. No need to go out, although the roads are fine. Took care of a couple of projects that needed
attention. Now just able to enjoy a nice snowy day.
Little
is more boring than listening to those who supported our President-elect slam
some of his possible picks for his cabinet.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Similar Spelling #5
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
In
this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each word differs
by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the
answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters does not change.
Example:
Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify
Answer:
E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E
1. specialist _ _ _ E _ _ / _ _ _ O _ _ ship
2. hull _ _ L _ _ / _ _ N _ _ indulgence
3. scorch S _ _ _ _ / T _ _ _ _ slight colouration
4. soft spread _ U _ _ _ _ / _ I _ _ _ _ grievous
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“Contronym”—word that is its own antonym
Resign works as a
contronym in writing. This time we have homographs, but not homophones.
“Resign,” meaning ‘to quit,’ is spelled the same as “resign,” meaning ‘to sign
up again,’ but it’s pronounced differently.
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
did Leif Erikson's Viking settlers call their North American home?
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…Harper’s Index…
87 – Average life expectancy, in years, of a US man in
the top 1% of income
73 – In the bottom 1%
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2 jokes for the day
“Now
that looks like a happily married couple,” remarked the husband.
“Don’t be too sure, dear," began the wife. "They're probably saying
the same thing about us.”
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A
psychotherapist returned from a conference in the Rocky Mountains, where the
delegates spent more time on the icy ski slopes than attending lectures and
seminars.
When she got back, her husband asked her, "So, how did it go?"
"Fine," she replied, "but I've never seen so many Freudians
slip."
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Somewhat Useless Information
Piranhas'
bad reputation is at least partially Teddy Roosevelt's fault. When he journeyed
to South America in 1913, he encountered several different species of piranha,
and described them as "ferocious fish" in his bestseller, Through the
Brazilian Wilderness.
***
Today,
piranhas inhabit the freshwaters of South America from the Orinoco River Basin
in Venezuela up to the Parana River in Argentina. Though estimates vary, around
30 species inhabit the lakes and rivers of South America.
***
Piranhas
attract a certain type of pet lover, and sometimes when the fish gets too large
for its aquarium said pet lover decides it’s much better off in the local lake.
In this manner, piranhas have shown up in waterways around the globe from Great
Britain to China to Texas.
***
Piranhas
are known for their razor-sharp teeth and relentless bite. True piranhas have
tricuspid teeth, with a more pronounced middle cuspid or crown. Piranhas
replace teeth in quarters multiple times throughout their lifespan, which
reaches up to eight years in captivity.
***
A
typical piranha diet consists of insects, fish, crustaceans, worms, carrion,
seeds and other plant material. However, some piranhas are omnivorous, eating
more seeds than meat, and some even subsist on plants alone.
***
Piranhas
run in packs for safety, not strength. Traveling in shoals has the effect of
protecting the inner fish from attack. Further, shoals tend to have a hierarchy
of larger, older fish towards the center and younger fish on the outer edges,
suggesting that safety might be the true motivation.
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Birthdays Today
► indicates age at death
89- Vin
Scully, American sportscaster (Los Angeles Dodgers), born
in The Bronx
►88- Madeleine
L'Engle, [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters) [d2007]
81- Diane
Ladd, Meridian Miss, actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
84- Jacques
Chirac, French politician
►74- Pearl
Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (popularized African dance), born in Port
of Spain (d. 1994)
►72- Wendell
Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer [d1884]
70- Suzy
Chaffee, US, skier and chapstick user (Olympics 1968)
►66- Garry
Shandling, comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), born in
Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
►64- C. S. Lewis [Clive
Staples], British sci-fi author (Silver Chair), born in Belfast, Northern
Ireland (d. 1963)
►63- Adam
Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY)/minister [d1972]
61- Howie
Mandel, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere), born in Toronto, Ontario
►55- Louisa May Alcott,
American author (Little Women), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
55- Kim
Delaney, American actress (All My Children, NYPD Blue), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
52- Don
Cheadle, actor (Boogie Nights)
►49- Christian Doppler,
Austrian physicist (Doppler effect), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1853)
40- Anna
Faris, American actress (Mom), born in Baltimore, Maryland
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Historical Obits Today
1872 Horace
Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
1924 Giacomo
Puccini, Italian composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in
Brussels at 65
@87-1991 Ralph
Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday)
@83-1980 Dorothy
Day, American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert
@82-1986 Cary
Grant, British-born American actor ('Charade,' 'North by Northwest')
@81-1999 Gene
Rayburn, American game show host
@81-1987 Howard
Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55)
@79-1997 Coleman
Young, 1st African American mayor of Detroit
@78-1992 Emilio
Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
@58-2001 George
Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter, cancer
@43-1981 Natalie
Wood, American actress (West Side Story), drowns
@43-1976 Godfrey
Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), heart attack
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Brain Teasers Answers
1.
expert / export
2. bilge / binge
3. singe / tinge
4. butter / bitter
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Vinland
The
name "Vinland" reportedly means "Land of Wine" and comes
from the grapes Erikson and his crew were said to have discovered. There has
been some debate over where Vinland was actually located, with the most likely
spot around modern Newfoundland. Source: Britannica, Mental Floss
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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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