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January 6,
2017 Week: 01 \ Day: 06
86004 Today: H 39° \
L 30° Average Sky Cover: 100%
Wind ave: 13mph\Gusts: 20mph Visibility: 10 mi
January Averages: 43°\17°
January Records: H: 66°
(1971) L: -30 (1937)
Record High: 61°[1969] Record Low: -18°[1910]
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❆❆Quote
of the Day❆❆
The only way to
have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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❆❆Observances
Today❆❆
Epiphany or Twelfth Night
National Technology Day Link
Three Kings Day
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❆❆Observances
This Week❆❆
1-7
Diet Resolution Week
Silent Record Week
1-8
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
New Year's Resolutions Week
2-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
4-8
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
5-8
International Consumer Electronics Show
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❆❆Today’s
Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
◈1494 The
first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola.
◈1605 The
first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don
Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops
(tobacco) destroyed
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes
(Boston)
◈1838 The
forerunner of Morse code, the telegraph system, is first demonstrated by Alfred
Vail
1853 Franklin Pierce, the President-elect of the
United States at the time, and his family are involved in a train wreck in
Massachusetts
1861 NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city,
trading with N & S
1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1931 Thomas Edison submits his last patent
application
1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected
in Bronx
1939 Daily newspaper comic strip
"Superman" debuts
1941 President Franklin Roosevelt's "4
Freedoms" speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and
fear) during US State of Union address
1967 United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops
launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
◈1974
United Kingdom begins three-day work week during energy crisis
1974 In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight
saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
1979 The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK
No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over 150,000 copies a day
1992 The US Government urges doctors to stop using
silicone breast implants, outlining the health effects
1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya
Harding's bodyguard
◈2012 A
suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus, Syria, killing
26 people and wounding 63
2016 "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaks
North American box office record, passing the $760.5m taken by
"Avatar"
2016 Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares state of
emergency over methane gas leak on outskirts of Los Angeles
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❆❆My
Rambling Thoughts❆❆
WOW!
Another day of rain then snow then rain then snow. We had about an inch of snow
before the first rain, now any snow is melted by the next rain. I cannot
believe this is January. I live at 7000’…in
the summer it rains, in the winter it snows…what is going on?
Had
a good lunch with our retirement group…hot soup—Cajun chicken soup and a
grilled ham, cheese, and green chilies sandwich. Good food. Good conversation.
We went to a local restaurant, one of our favorites, and had to wait for a
place to sit. Since it opened 5 years ago, we have never waited at 11:30am.
Good business for them, so not complaining. The last time we were there the
waitress was telling us of the owner’s concern about our new minimum wage law.
With business like this, they have nothing to worry about. The greeter also
said that the vast majority of people in the restaurants were locals…even
better.
Before
going to lunch, I watched the Senate hearings on the cyber-attacks. Glad to see
the committee were mostly on the same page and in support of the intelligence committee.
Even Ted Cruz was civil. So nice to have the elections completed for a while.
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❆❆Brain
Teasers❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
Guess this prefix...
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Guess
this prefix...
I change something weighing two thousand pounds into a small, light container.
I turn a food that is decaying into one that isn't.
I turn a whole country into a small flower.
I change something alive into something flat and not alive.
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❆❆Today’s
Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
Who
invented the typewriter?
30.1%
on the internet got this correct
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❆❆Harper’s
Index❆❆
2/3 →Portion of US school districts that hold
active-shooter drills
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❆❆New
Trivia❆❆
Crayola
is actually a combination of two words – “craie”, meaning “chalk” and “ola”,
shortened from the French word “oléagineux,” meaning “oily.” In French, it translates
into “oily chalk.” It’s believed the term was suggested by Alice Binney, wife
of the company’s co-founder Edwin Binney.
Before
Google launched its email service Gmail, the term was used by Garfield’s
website – Garfield.com – as the name
for its free email service G-mail.
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❆❆2 Jokes
For The Day❆❆
Bob:
"I took a big fall, fell off a 50 ft ladder."
Jim: "Oh wow, are you okay?"
Bob: "Yeah, it's a good thing I only fell off the first step."
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Dad:
"Can I see your report card, son?"
Son: "I don't have it."
Dad: "Why not?"
Son: "I gave it to my friend. He wanted to scare his parents."
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❆❆Yep,
It Really Happened❆❆
A
woman was rushed to a hospital after a restaurant employee set her on fire
during a trick with an alcoholic beverage, according to police in California.
Santa Ana police said that they have launched an investigation after the woman
was burned.
According to the police investigation, a waiter poured alcohol at the bar and
decided to perform a trick with the beverage early on Sunday morning.
Suddenly, the alcoholic beverage caught on fire and the flames spread to the
woman's hair and clothes. The woman suffered burns to her head and face.
The woman was taken to a hospital in the area. No other injuries were reported.
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❆❆Somewhat
Useless Information❆❆
A
common urban myth is that daddy longlegs have the most toxic venom of all
spiders but their fangs are too small to bite. We now know that these critters
aren't even spiders, and to thoroughly debunk the myth, daddy longlegs don't
have venom glands or even fangs. So no, if you come across a daddy longlegs in
the garden, you aren't looking at a deadly creature.
More
features that set daddy longlegs apart from spiders are that they don't form
webs, or even make silk. They also have a pill-shaped body, without the
"waist" that spiders have between body segments. They have just two
eyes - not eight - and they can each chunks of food, not just liquids.
Sure they have long legs, but they aren't really into running away when faced
with danger. Daddy longlegs will just curl their legs in and play dead if
they're disturbed. The hope is that along with their excellent camouflage
color, a predator won't be able to see them if they aren't moving. They'll play
dead for several minutes, just to be sure they're out of danger.
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❆❆Birthdays
Today❆❆
◈→ indicates
age at death
92→ Sun Myung Moon,
evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies), (d. 2012)
89→ Carl Sandburg,
US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes) [d1967]
88→ Earl Scruggs, NC,
bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012)
87→ Loretta Young,
Salt Lake City Ut, actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger) [d2000]
79→ Samuel Rayburn,
Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (D1961)
79→ Danny Thomas,
Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show) [d1991]
69→ Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress
(Ann-1 Day at a Time), (d. 2013)
65- Grant Goodeve,
actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty), born in New Haven, Connecticut
63→ Charles Sumner,
leading Reconstruction senator, (d. 1874)
62- Rowan Atkinson, English
comedian and actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder), born in Consett, County Durham,
England
60→ Tom Mix, Mix Run
PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin), (d. 1940)
60→ Vic Tayback,
American actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper), born in Brooklyn, [d1990]
60- Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance
California, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore)
54→ Jacques-Étienne
Montgolfier, Annonay, Ardèche, French inventors and 1st pioneer balloonist
(Montgolfière-style hot air balloon) [d1799]
51- (baptized) John Smith, English
explorer (Jamestown)[d1631]
48→ Khalil Gibran,
Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings) [d1931]
48- Norman Reedus,
American model and actor (walking dead)
47- Julie Chen,
American television presenter
33- Kate McKinnon
[Berthold] actress and comedian (Ghostbusters), born in Sea Cliff, New York
19ish→ Joan
of Arc,
Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date)
(d. 1431)
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❆❆Historical
Obits Today❆❆
@87-1989 Hirohito, Japan`s
emperor (1922-89), after 62-year reign
@86-2016 Pat Harrington
Jr, American actor (Danny Thomas Show, One Day at a Time)
@85-1985 Robert H W Welch
Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society
@81-2015 Lance Percival,
English actor and comedian (That Was The Week That Was)
@75-1993 John B
"Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, cancer
@72-2006 Lou Rawls,
American singer, cancer
@61-1884 Gregor Mendel, Austrian
Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, chronic nephritis
@60-1919 Theodore
Roosevelt, 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), blood clot
@59-1949 Victor Fleming, American film
director ("Wizard of Oz", "Gone With Wind"), heart attack
@54-1993 Rudolph Nureyev,
Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), AIDS
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❆❆Brain
Teasers Answers❆❆
The
prefix is "CAR-".
I change something weighing two thousand pounds into a small, light container.
CARton
I turn a food that is decaying into one that isn't.
CARrot
I turn a whole country into a small flower.
CARnation
I change something alive into something flat and not alive.
CARpet
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❆❆Trivia
Hive Answers❆❆
Christopher
Latham Sholes
Pennsylvania
newspaperman and politician Christopher Latham Sholes collaborated with
mechanic Carlos Glidden and inventor Samuel W. Soule to develop and patent the
original design for the typewriter in 1868. Unfortunately, Sholes was unable to
raise enough money to engineer the first prototype and five years later sold
his rights to Remington Arms Company, which produced the first typewriter in
1878. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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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