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Almanac: Week: 09/ Day: 61
Today: H 54°…L 17°
Averages: H 47° L 21° Records: H 67°(2009)…L -10°(1997)
Wind: ave: 16mph; Gusts: 25mph Ave. humidity: 36%
Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
"King Kong," premieres at Radio City
Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC►1933
1st time Jay Leno appears on Tonight Show►1977
Americans begin shelling British troops in
Boston►1776
Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life
Achievement Award►1977
Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips
& Sony introduced►1983
Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam►1946
Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women
only, opens in NYC►1903
NAVAJO Code Talker Monument is erected►1989
Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier
Natl Park (5th in US) ►1899
Territory of Washington organized after
separating from Oregon Territory►1853
Time magazine debuts►1923
US approves screening test for AIDS►1985
US Congress creates the Department of
Education►1867
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free
Rambling Thoughts
A really nice Friday here in Flag-town. Warm, not too windy, able to take a nice walk. Getting ready for a great weekend.I sure wish I could have been a fly on the wall when Obama met with the Congressional leaders today. I just have the feeling that leadership was missing during that meeting. Our DC system is broken very badly. So there are all these rich guys, some by hard work, some by being from a rich family, who never knew or have forgotten what it is like to be middle class. I’m really getting the feeling that everyone in that room was saying that these across the board cuts would be painful, but in the long run would be the only way to fix the budget…and agreed that in the short term the Republicans would be blamed, but in the long run it would be good for the country that has a very short memory of who was to blame since things ‘will all be better’ before the next election. Of course, their salary is not changed, nor is that of their assistants. This is not leadership, it’s just plain crazy.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Some anagrams are almost too good to be true.
The letters in the capitalized words or phrases can be rearranged in delightful
ways to fill the gaps!
e.g. Is my lovely _____ really a WOMAN HITLER?
Answer: mother-in-law
1. The _____ Church can be BEST IN PRAYER.
2. The school bully gave his victim NINE THUMPS as a _____.
3. Someone with BAD CREDIT can still manage to pay with a _____.
4. If you missed it last time, keep waiting, for _____ SHALL YET COME!
5. Perhaps because _____ could be a NICE SILKY WOMAN, a president fell for her!
e.g. Is my lovely _____ really a WOMAN HITLER?
Answer: mother-in-law
1. The _____ Church can be BEST IN PRAYER.
2. The school bully gave his victim NINE THUMPS as a _____.
3. Someone with BAD CREDIT can still manage to pay with a _____.
4. If you missed it last time, keep waiting, for _____ SHALL YET COME!
5. Perhaps because _____ could be a NICE SILKY WOMAN, a president fell for her!
The hint will give you the starting letters of
all words. It will make the teaser quite easy, so only check if really
necessary!
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1. P__
2. P__
3. D__ C__
4. H__ C__ (around 2061!)
5. M__ L__
2. P__
3. D__ C__
4. H__ C__ (around 2061!)
5. M__ L__
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Ok, then?
Picture
of the Day: Deserts of the world
Harper’s
Index
Average out-of-state tuition surcharge a resident child of illegal immigrants must pay to attend a Florida state university: $14.521
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Leslie Nielsen's father was a Canadian Mountie and his brother was a member of Canadian Parliament.Ancient Things
Ancient Rome on Film, Part 1: From Spartacus to the Fall of the Empire With the recent announcement that Starz, a successful cable network, was promoting a new version of Spartacus, fans of the sword and sandals genre everywhere are foaming at the mouth.
Joke-of-the-day
If you can’t find a lawyer who knows the law, find a lawyer who knows the judge.
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
TESTING A DIRECT-MAIL CAMPAIGN
For a reliable direct-mail test, you should mail enough pieces to get at least 300 responses.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
HONG KONG - A 101-year-old man who has been in nine marathons since taking up distance running when he was 89 said he retired after a weekend race in Hong Kong. Fauja Singh, whose running and style of dress earned him the title "Turbaned Tornado," said Sunday's 6.2-mile race was his final competitive run, CNN reported Monday. Singh said he completed the Hong Kong event in 32 minutes and 28 seconds, shaving 4 minutes off his time from last year. "Five or six kilometers into the race, I really decided to go for it," he said. "I had lots of power today because I was very happy." Singh said he moved from India to Britain following the death of his son and began running marathons in 2000. He became the first centenarian to complete a marathon when he ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 8 hours, 11 minutes and 6 seconds in 2011. "It's because of the happiness I get out of it. If something makes you happy, you'll do it well," Singh said.
Somewhat
Useless Information
- Pirates have been around since humans first built boats. Julius Caesar was twice captured by a group of Mediterranean pirates. He treated them with utter contempt and promised to crucify them when they let him go. They thought he was joking. Several days after his release, he returned and carried out his promise.
- The most important source of pirate lore is the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by a "Captain Charles Johnson" (who was probably Daniel Defoe). The other source of popular pirate myths was Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883). Stevenson's novel introduced the pirate map (with X marking the spot), buried treasure and the ineluctable pirates' curse, the Black Spot.
- The 1724 book mentions the pirate's flag, the Jolly Roger, for the first time. It didn't always carry a skull and crossbones - Blackbeard's had a skeleton and a bleeding heart. Nor was it the most feared flag - that was the "Bloody Red", which signified "no quarter" i.e. that no life would be spared.
- Only one pirate, William Kidd (c.1645-1701), is ever recorded as having buried any treasure. It is known that Kidd buried some of his wealth on Gardiners Island, off the coast of Long Island. He had hoped to use it as a bargaining tool to clear his name. However, he'd given the details to one of his backers, who dug it up and used it in evidence against him. Kidd was found guilty of piracy and murder and was hanged in Wapping. His body remained on show in a cage over the Thames for 20 years.
- Hardly any pirate booty was "treasure". Most was food, water, alcohol, weapons and clothing. People were also "pirated" - during the 17th century, more than a million Europeans were captured and sold into slavery by "Barbary" pirates from Algiers.
- Two privateers (though no pirates) are known to have had wooden legs: the 16th-century Frenchman Francois Le Clerc, known as Jambe de Bois, and Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol (1597-1641), nicknamed Houtebeen ("Pegleg"). There is no historical evidence for any pirate ever owning a parrot.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
1-7
National Cheerleading Week:
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week
2-5
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week
2-5
American Council on Education:
2-19
2-19
Iditarod Race
Today Is
Dr. Seuss Day
NEA's Read Across America Day
~US: Texas: Independence Day (1836 from Mexico to become
Texas Republic)
Today’s Events
through History
1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct) ►1949
1st Reconstruction act passed by US Congress►1867
Congress standardizes US weights & measures►1799
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto
Pinochet heads home after being told
the UK would not extradite him on torture
charges►2000
Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first
ballet performed in England►1717
Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical
performances►1789
Red Cross is denied access to provide relief
to the Baba Amr district in Homs
by the Syrian army►2012
Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president
despite Samuel J Tilden (D)
winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote
shy of victory►1877
Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins►1993
Territory of Arkansas organized►1819
US passed its 1st immigration law►1819
Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest►1976
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Mikhail Gorbachev, Privolnoye USSR, General
Secretary of the Communist Party is 82
In their 50’s
Jon Bon Jovi, rocker (Bon Jovi-Give Love a Bad
Name) is 51
Ken Salazar, Sec. of Interior, is 58
In their 40’s
Daniel Craig, actor [007] is 45
Remembered
for being born today
Desi Arnaz . actor, band director [1917-1986]
Karen Carpenter, vocalist/drummer (We Only
Just Begun) [1950-1983]
Dr Seuss, [Theodor Geisel], children's author
(Horton Hears a Who!) [1904-1991]
Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas [1793-1863]
Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope
[1876-1958]
Today’s Historical
Obits
Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist
(King Tut)- lymphoma-1939-at 65
David Herbert Lawrence (DH), poet/writer (Lady
Chatterley's Lover)-1930- at 44
Dusty Springfield, English singer-breast
cancer-1999-at 59
John Wesley, English co-founder of Methodism-1791-at
87
Answer: Brain
Teasers
1. Presbyterian 2. Punishment 3. Debit Card 4. Halley's Comet 5. Monica Lewinsky
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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