Apr 12


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1836: Since April 5, 1836, a blockhouse 12 miles from the mouth of the Withlacoochee has been staffed by Captain Holleman and 50 volunteers from the Florida militia. Today, they will be attacked by up to 1,000 Seminole warriors. The attacks on the block house will continue to be attacked for the next 2 months.
1844 - Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1905 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1938 - US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1988 - Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs
1990 - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
2009 - U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth.
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
A really windy day here in Flag. Glad I ran a few errands this morning, as this afternoon was windy, rainy, and cloudy. The rain was certainly niceabout 30 minutes, even with the strong winds. We are expecting more rain and maybe even snow by the weekend.

The Trayvon case is moving along. Charges and an arrest. Now it looks like the justice system will play out. I was listening to TV when the news broke. The special prosecutor sure had her act together—justice for Travyon. It was interesting to listen to Rev. Al Sharpton who compared this to a baseball gamesaying that they are at first base. He also thanked everyone for their non-violent responses in marches and petitions. Both parents said that all they ever wanted was an arrest and a trial. Again talking about letting the system work through this. Then one of Zimmerman’s friends used a football analogy saying that the system had kicked the ball, and they are now ready for a long touchdown run to innocence. I sure hope, for sanity, that the system works. Stand Your Ground will certainly be in the news throughout the trial.
I’m sure all states with such a law will begin a public service campaign to explain what one can and can’t do. AZ has open carry laws and stand your ground.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every answer consists of two letters of the alphabet that sound like a word or name. Fill in the blanks to get them. For example, if the clue is ___ watermelon, then the answer would be, "C-D" as in seedy watermelon.
1.     Poison _____:
2.     _____ Couric:
3.     Indian _____:
4.     _____ listening:
5.     _____ doll:
6.     _____ calories:
7.     _____ Degeneres:
8.     Baked _____:
9.     _____ Blake:
10.  19 _____ (year):
11.  Daytime _____:
12.  _____ pie:

Riddle of the day
Daniel, my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica now?

Anagram: unscramblenumbers represent the number of letters in each answer word

Lifestyle  Substance     
Harper’s Index         
Chance that an American between 18 and 24 has read a book in the past year that wasn’t required for school or work: 1 in 2
Found on You Tube 
      Passover Story 
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
"Simon, if I had eight apples in my right hand and ten apples in my left hand, what would I have?”
 “Huge hands, sir.”
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
After your notes are prepared and your outline is written, count on one hour of writing time for every page of copy.
Yeah, It Really Happened
 NEW YORK - A New York man marked his 102nd birthday surrounded by friends in the neighborhood where he has worked as a valet for 25 years. Joe Binder, valet at Mario's Restaurant on Arthur Avenue, said his long life might be a result of being "very nice to people" -- and not having any children may be "one of the reasons I've stayed stress-free," the New York Post reported Monday. "I still drive locally and I just renewed my license so I'm good until I turn 110 years old," Binder said. Binder, whose birthday was celebrated by his Arthur Avenue neighbors Sunday with a huge banner stretched across the street, said he was lucky to have made so many friends during his years working for Mario's. "Sometimes I think I'm dreaming when I think of how many people love and care for me here on Arthur Avenue," he said. Binder said his 48-year-old girlfriend helps keep him young. "There's no sex involved, just companionship," he said, listing dancing as one of their most frequent activities.               
Somewhat Useless Information   
Research by University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson has shown that experienced mediators exhibit high levels of gamma wave activity and display an ability to not get stuck on a particular stimulus. That is, they're automatically able to control their thoughts and reactiveness.
A 2005 study on American men and women who meditated a mere 40 minutes a day showed that they had thicker cortical walls than non-mediators. What this meant is that their brains were aging at a slower rate.

Calendar Information        
…Happening This Week:
7-15
National Robotics Week
Passover Week
Bat Appreciation Week
National Library Week
National Networking Week
Orthodox Holy Week
Pan American Week
Consider Christianity Week
10-16  
Health Information Privacy and Security Week
National Animal Control Appreciation Week

Today Is                                                                      
Day of Silence
D.E.A.R. Day (aka Drop Everything And Read)
International Day of Human Space Flight
Licorice Day
Look Up At The Sky Day
National Be Kind to Lawyers Day
Tax Freedom Day
Support Teen Literature Day
Walk on Your Wild Side Day

US: Florida: Children's Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1200’s
1204 - 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
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1500’s
1545 - French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1600’s
1606 - England adopts Union Jack as its flag
1700’s
1709 - 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
1800’s
1857 - Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1875: Sergeant Alchesay, Corporal Elsatsoosu, Kelsay, Kosoha, Machol, Nannasaddie and Nantaje in the Indian Scouts, will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor today for their service to the U.S. Army as a scout during "campaigns and engagements with Apache" during the winter of 1872 and 1873.
1900’s
1927 - Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1931 - Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1935 - "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1945 - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1954 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1955 - Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1963 - Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1969 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1985 - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2000’s
2002 - Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 90’s
Beverly Cleary, American writer is 96
In their 80’s
Dennis Banks, American Indian activist is 80
In their 70’s
Herbie Hancock, pianist, keyboardist is 72
In their 60’s
David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family ) is 62
Tom Clancy, American author is 65
David Letterman, talk show host is 65
Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy -Married with Children) is 66
In their 50’s
Andy Garcia (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez), Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die) is 56
In their 40’s
Shannen Doherty, actress, director is 41
Remembered for being born on this day
Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth) in 1695
Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician in 1777
Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer (Tiptoe Through the Tulips) in 1932
Billy Vaughn, American musician (Red Sails In The Sunset) and bandleader in 1919

Today’s Obits                                                           
Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 in 1912
Paddy Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister dies at 84 in 2008
Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, suicide at 52 in 1989
Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies of cardiac arrest at 66 in 1981
Boxcar Willie (Lecil Travis Martin), American singer dies of leukemia at 67 in 1999
Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.), heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer in 1989
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies of stoke at 63 in 1945
William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies of pneumonia in prison at 55 in 1878

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

Riddle of the day
Daniel is 7 years old and Jessica is 4 years old.
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Poison _____: IV
2.     _____ Couric: KT
3.     Indian _____: TP
4.     _____ listening: EZ
5.     _____ doll: QP
6.     _____ calories: MT
7.     _____ Degeneres: LN
8.     Baked _____: ZT
9.     _____ Blake: UB
10.  19 _____ (year): AT
11.  Daytime _____: ME
12.  _____ pie: QT
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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 has mistakes and sadly once out 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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