2-18-2015

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Almanac: Week: 07 \ Day: 049 
February Averages: 45°\19°
86004 Today: H 53°\L 19°
Average Sky Cover: 0%  Ave. humidity: 48%    
Wind ave:   5mph\Gusts:  20mph
Ave. High: 46° Record High:  65° (1977)
Ave. Low: 19° Record Low:  -11° (1942)

Observances Today:
Independence Day: Gambia 1965 from UK

Battery Day
Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day
National Drink Wine Day
Pluto Day 1930

Observances This Week:
Feb 14-21
National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week
Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week 
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
Through With The Chew 
National Date (fruit) Week
National Pancake Week
National Justice for Animals Week

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Quote of the Day 


US Historical Highlights for Today
 1685 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
1688 - Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa
1735 - 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC
1804 - 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, chartered

1885 - Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

1896 - A dentist's ad in the Arizona Gazette offered extractions for 50 cents, silver fillings for $1.50, gold fillings for $2 and plates from $7 to $10 with a Saturday Special of 25 cents for extractions.
1908 - 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued
1929 - The first Academy Awards are announced.
1930 - US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1932 - Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1954 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California
1960 - 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley
1970 - Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
Today’s World Events through History
1129 - Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil
1678 - John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in Holborn, London
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1879 - Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for design of Statue of Liberty
1911 - The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
1962 - France & Algerian Muslims negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1979 - Snow falls in Sahara Desert
2014 - 2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


My Rambling Thoughts
Quick trip to Denver was great. Weather going up was great. Meeting was really good as I got to see lots of travel friends, some that I haven’t seen for years. My stay with Bob was good. His companion Ann, a high school friend, was also visiting. I’ve heard lots about her, and finally got to meet her. Loveland is a really nice town. Got to have 2 dinners with Bob’s daughter, Lori and her longtime companion Lynn. They have a great little business making a variety of plaques…some ceramic, some wood. They take a picture, make a template with a special printer and heat seal the photo onto the tiles. Actually quite amazing. Lynn is a Lakota artist and as he says, these tiles, made from his art work feed us, the originals he sells pay for their vacations. The plaques are used as awards for various athletic things. They also do luggage tags, coasters, trivets, and really just about anything. The finished product is high gloss so is quite impressive.
The trip back started out a little dicey as there was an inch of snow in Loveland. The day before had been 70°. Roads were wet and a little slushy from Loveland to Pueblo, then it was dry the rest of the way. Gas prices were good. Going they were never over $2, coming back they were just over $2. The whole trip was 1796 miles and I averaged 68mph. Of course, the entire drive was on interstates. I spent the night in Pueblo on the way up, and just outside Albuquerque on the way back. Got to Loveland about noon on Friday, got back to Flag just after noon on Tuesday.
While passing through Denver I stopped at the cemetery and left flowers on my parent’s and grandparent’s graves. Also stopped at Apple Jack, a famous liquor store in Colorado with excellent prices, drove past my old high school, the house I grew up in, and my old stomping grounds. Lots has changed, but was still very familiar. Overall a great trip.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What classic western phrase is represented by this?

TtHhIeSbToOtWhNof us

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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Country Facts…
-- Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
--Spain's capital Madrid means "place of abundant water".

Easter Eggs…check it out…
Play the classic game from the '80s. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate Pac Man around the screen. There's no limit to how many times you can play, and if you click "Insert Coin" below the search bar, Ms. Pac Man will appear!

Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 years ago
Walkup is pleased that his application was approved. The building will be placed some 200 feet south of the new $200,000 infirmary on the campus.

Harper’s Index…
Returns tomorrow
Rules of Thumb…
GETTING A JOB
Most job seekers can expect 1 to 4 job leads and/or interviews for every 40 telephone calls they make.

Unusual Fact of the Day…
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
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Joke-of-the-day
A farmer was counting his cows and initially only counted 196, but when he rounded them up he had 200.

A young man studying in a college abroad sent this SMS to his father: "Dear dad, no mon, no fun, your son." 
The father replied: "Dear son, too bad, so sad, your dad."      

Yep, It Really Happened
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI)
Authorities in Florida said a couple who took a nap in a dumpster after a drunken night at a casino nearly met their end in the back of a garbage truck. Hillsborough County garbage truck driver Radames Valazquez called 911 early Wednesday morning to report a man and a woman were trapped in the back of his truck. Valazquez said he was about to compact his truck's load when he heard the couple shouting for help. "I got two people, I don't know how they got in the back of the truck, but they stuck in the truck. I almost killed both of them," he told the 911 dispatcher. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said they determined Donald Jordan, 37, and Lisa Sirabella, 49, had fallen asleep in a WaWa gas station dumpster after a drunken night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. Jordan, who authorities said appeared highly intoxicated, told deputies he and Sirabella were visiting Tampa from Kissimmee and sought warmth in the dumpster after being left stranded by some friends. Jordan and Sirabella, who both complained of back pain after their ride in the garbage truck, were taken to Tampa General Hospital.

Somewhat Useless Information
Do shells actually sound like the ocean?
Did your parents use to tell you as a child that when you put a shell next to your ear you can actually hear the ocean?
If so, is it true?
The answer is ‘no’. When we put a shell next to our ear we actually hear “the ambient noise that’s being produced all around and inside you, which you normally don’t hear or pay attention to because it’s too quiet”, according to mentalfloss.com
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How much of the world’s currency is physical money?
Does all of the world’s money really exist? Have you ever thought that people are earning and spending money without ever touching it?
According to economists, only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money (cash), the rest only exists on computer hard drive, in electronic bank accounts around the world.
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Birthday’s Today
George Kennedy, actor (Cool Hand Luke) is 90
Toni Morrison, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon) is 84
Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], singer and artist is 82
Cybill Shepherd, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show) is 65
Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], vocalist (Angel of the Morning) is 63
John Travolta, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction) is 61
Vanna White, [Rosich], TV host (Wheel of Fortune) is 58
Matt Dillon, actor (Flamingo Kid) is 51
Dr. Dre, [Andre Romelle Young], rapper and record producer is 50
Molly Ringwald, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink) is 47
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Remembered for being born today
Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], queen of England 1516-1558@42
Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) 1677-1856@79
Count Alessandro …Volta, physicist and inventor (battery) 1845-1827@82
George Peabody, merchant/philanthropist 1795-1869@74
Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic 1836-1886@49
Nikos Kasandsakis, Greek writer (Zorba the Greek) 1887-1957@74
Wendell Wilkie, Presidential candidate/author 1892-1944@52
George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) 1895-1920@25
Bill Cullen, TV game show host (over 20 different games) 1920-1990@70
Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], actor (City Slickers) 1919-2006@87
Helen Gurley Brown, author/publisher/editor Cosmopolitan, 1922-2012@90
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Historical Obits Today
Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born singer, 2014, @99
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), 1564, @88
Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor 1294, @78
Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), suicide, 1998, @76
John Batterson Stetson, hat manufacturer, 1906, @75
Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), cancer, 1977, @71
Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, stroke, 1546, @62
Robert Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, cancer, 1967, @62
Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), influenza, 1898 @58
Dale Earnhardt, race car driver, crash at Daytona 500, 2001, @49
Joseph Hamilton, pioneer radioactive isotopes in disease, cancer, 1957, @49
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, beheaded, 1587, @44
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Brain Teasers Answers
This town ain't big enough for the both of us.

The words "The both of us" do not entirely fit into the words "This town."
"This Town" isn't large enough for "The both of us."
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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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