Apr 22


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1864 - US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
1884 - Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)
1889 - Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"
1915 - 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I
1955 - Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1969 - 1st human eye transplant performed
1983 - Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1992 - Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington DC

 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Shortened blog as our Discussion Group meets tonightDemocracy as part of foreign policy. Interesting topic. To what degree does the US encourage other countries to embrace democracy? Foreign AidSanctionsInvasion are on the continuum. How much of each promotes democracy?  Excited to hear some ideas. The pre-reading was very interesting.

It was hard to get ready for the topic today as the weather was fantastic today. I did most of the reading on the back deckwith appropriate patio furniture to keep the HOA happy.

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

NPR Sunday Puzzle
The letters S-B stand for seat belt. They also stand for some other familiar two word phrases. See if you can get them from the clues.
1.     A piece of furniture that opens up for sleeping:
2.     An annual football showdown:
3.     It slows down cars in a parking lot:
4.     Restaurant feature with lettuce, tomatoes, etc:
5.     Military plane that is hard to detect:
6.     What a very fast plane produces:
7.     Bit of someone’s quote on TV news:
8.     A big yellow transporter of children:
9.     A standard feature of a fair election:
10.  Equipment at the World Cup:
11.  Victor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn:
12.  Bill Clinton’s religious affiliation:
13.  Item of camping equipment:
14.  Portable advertising sign:
15.  Baseball hit designed to advance a runner:
16.  Shade of hair that is reddish yellow:
17.  Hospital on a ship:
18.  God: Supreme

Riddle of the day
I was framed, yet I didn't commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?
Hint: You can actually frame it !

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

Lifestyle  Substance     
Harper’s Index         
Date of which Walnut Ridge, Arkansas unveiled a sculpture commemorating the Beatles’ 1964 visit there: 9-18-2011
Hours the Beatles spent in the town: 1
Found on You Tube 
  Ansel Adams: Landscape Photography at its Finest      
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees.
 "Yes, sir," the clerk replied.
"That's good," the boss said. "After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you."
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
Amateur photographers typically use flash in dimly-lit areas and no flash in brighly-lit areas. Professional photographers often do the opposite, so the lighting is more uniform across the whole scene.
Yeah, It Really Happened
  JUZCAR, Spain - The mayor of a small Spanish town said the village has seen a dramatic increase in tourism since its homes were painted blue for last year's film "The Smurfs." Mayor David Fernandez Tirado of Juzcar said his village has received about 125,000 visitors since the film came out last summer and residents voted in December 2011 to keep the village blue to spur tourism, The Telegraph, Britain, reported Thursday.
"The number of visits is not going down," Tirado said. "Apart from colder, wintry days, it's been quite the opposite -- it's continuing to spark a lot of interest."
The village was painted blue in 2011 to film scenes for "The Smurfs" and villagers are now holding weekly "Smurf markets" to sell Smurf-related souvenirs and foods. Tirado said the blue color of the village's houses might not be permanent. "We'll see how everything is going in a while," he said.               

Somewhat Useless Information   
A solar flare is an enormous explosion in the solar atmosphere, involving sudden bursts of particle acceleration, plasma heating, and bulk mass motion. It is believed to result from the sudden release of energy stored in the magnetic fields that thread the solar corona in active regions around sunspots.
The largest of solar flares can be equal to billions of one-megaton nuclear bombs!

Calendar Information        
…Happening This Week:
14-22
National Park Week
Coin Week
Fibroid Awareness Week
National Environmental Education Week
National Karaoke Week
National Volunteer Week
National Pet ID Week
National Paperboard Packaging Week
18-23
Cleaning For A Reason Week
Consumer Awareness Week
International Whistlers Week
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week
19-5/4
Kentucky Derby Week
20-29 
National Dance Week
20-22
National & Global Youth Service Days
21-28
Money Smart Week
Administrative Professionals Week
National Crime Victims Rights Week
National Playground Safety Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Preservation Week
Sky Awareness Week
Week of The Young Child
(Spring) Astronomy Week
Safe Kids Week

Today Is                                                                      
Earth Day
Girl Scout Leaders Day
"In God We Trust Day" Day-1864
National Jelly Bean Day
UN International Mother Earth Day
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Oklahoma Day (1889  commemorates the date when the "Oklahoma Lands" area, which is now the state of Oklahoma, opened for European settlement.)

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1000’s
1056 - Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
1100’s
1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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1500’s
1526 - 1st slave revolt occurs in SC
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1700’s
1793 - Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1800’s
1823 - R J Tyers patents roller skates
1839 - General Alexander Macomb, the new military commander in Florida, meets with several Seminole Chiefs, including Chitto and Halek Tustenuggee. The council agrees that the Seminole can remain in Florida if they stay near Lake Okechobee.
1876 - Tchaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1877 - Two Moons, Hump, and 300 other Indians surrender to Col. Nelson Miles. Most of the rest of Crazy Horse's followers will surrender on May 6, 1877 at the Red Cloud, and Spotted Tail agencies.
1898 - US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1900’s
1914 - Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1914 - Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
1954 - USSR joins UNESCO
1964 - Tanganyika & Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
1967 - Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1970 - 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1976 - Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1981 - Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 - Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $3.3 million stolen
1991 - Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
1994 - In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
2000’s
2000 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida
2006 - 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra
2006 - Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 80’s
Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee WI, actress (Edna-Facts of Life) is 86
In their 70’s
Jack Nicholson, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining) is 75
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In their 50’s
Ryan Stiles, Seattle Wash, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show) is 53
In their 40’s
Sherri Shepherd, American comedian (The View) and actress is 45

Remembered for being born on this day
Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres) in 1906
Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) in 1707
Steve Fossett, American adventurer in 1944
Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) in 1724
Hal March, SF California, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage) in 1920
J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project in 1904
Aaron Spelling, American television producer

Today’s Obits                                                           
Ansel Adams, US photographer, in 1984 at 82
Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), in 1996, complications of kidney transplant  at 69
Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), in 1993 of natural causes at 66
Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), in 1980  of cardiac arrest at 72
Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), in 1978 of repertory failure at 75
Richard Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), in 1994 of a stroke at 81
Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer in 1933 at 70
2004 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed by friendly fire) in 2004 at 27

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

Riddle of the day
I am a picture, and I was put in a picture frame.

NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     A piece of furniture that opens up for sleeping:
a.      sofa bed
2.     An annual football showdown:
a.      Super Bowl
3.     It slows down cars in a parking lot:
a.      speed bump
4.     Restaurant feature with lettuce, tomatoes, etc:
a.      salad bar
5.     Military plane that is hard to detect:
a.      stealth bomber
6.     What a very fast plane produces:
a.      sonic boom
7.     Bit of someone’s quote on TV news:
a.      sound bite
8.     A big yellow transporter of children:
a.      school bus
9.     A standard feature of a fair election:
a.      secret ballot
10.  Equipment at the World Cup:
a.      soccer ball
11.  Victor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn:
a.      Sitting Bull
12.  Bill Clinton’s religious affiliation:
a.      Southern Baptist
13.  Item of camping equipment:
a.      sleeping bag
14.  Portable advertising sign:
a.      sandwich board
15.  Baseball hit designed to advance a runner:
a.      sacrifice bunt
16.  Shade of hair that is reddish yellow:
a.      strawberry blonde
17.  Hospital on a ship:
a.      sick bay
18.  God:
a.      Supreme Being
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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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