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Almanac: Week: 13 \ Day: 087
March
Averages: 50°\23°
86004
Today: H 71°\L 28° Average Sky
Cover: 5%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 21mph
Ave. High: 53° Record High: 68°
(1971) Ave. Low: 24° Record Low:
-7° (1975)
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Observances
Today:
Barnum
& Bailey Day
Be
Mad Day
Earth
Hour
Endometriosis
Day
International
Sister Cities Day
National
Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
Something On A Stick Day
Something on a Stick Day
USA
Memory Championship
Virtual
Advocacy Day
Weed
Appreciation Day
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Observances This
Week:
22-28
…Week of Solidarity with People's
Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
…Consider Christianity Week
…International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
…Meat Free Week
…National Cleaning Week
…National LGBT Health
Awareness Week
…National Youth Violence Prevention
Week
…Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
…Root Canal Awareness Week
...Tsunami Awareness Week
26-28
…American Crossword Puzzle Days
…International Listening Weekend
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Quote of
the Day
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against
Massachusetts
1799 - NY State abolished slavery
1804 - Ohio passed law restricting movement of
Blacks
1834 - Senate censure President Jackson for taking
fed deposits from Bank of US
1881 - "Greatest Show On Earth" was
formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
1922 - 1st microfilm device introduced
1935 - Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to
control a rocket
1978 - Daryl Gates becomes the 49th Chief of the
Los Angeles Police Department
1982 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA
Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1990 - President Bush awards Jesse Owens the
Congressional Gold Medal
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Today’s World
Events through History
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably
under Ragnar Lodbrok,
who collects a huge
ransom in exchange for leaving
1794 - Louvre opens to the public (although
officially opened since August)
1845 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1866 - 1st ambulance goes into service
1885 - US Salvation Army officially organized
1910 - 1st seaplane, takes off from water at
Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1930 - Constantinople & Angora changes names to
Istanbul & Ankara
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco
Franco
1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China
dissolves Tibet's government
& installs Panchen Lama
1960 - Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20
fire fighters (Glasgow, Scotland)
2013 - Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash
the feet of women in the
Maundy Thursday service
2014 - Russia increases the price of gas to the
Ukraine by 80%
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Nice Friday…record setting temps, clear blue sky…our little
mountain town is a great place to live. My first day of Teva sandals all
day!!!!
I got 3 more tax related forms in the mail today…honestly, these
companies should not be able to wait so long to send them. The tax people are
very busy and need ALL the stuff before they start. My accountant just smiled
when I delivered them today.
Went to Sprouts for some real food and ran into my former school
counselor and his brother. We spent about an hour catching up. NICE.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend and lots of time outside. I’m
ready to plant spring flowers but the local nursery says it is way too early.
They are probably right but sure would like some more color around. Daffodils
are looking good, but tulips are still not ready to bloom.
Saturday is Earth Hour and since our little mountain town was the
1st Dark Skies City in the world, many will be observing one hour of
no lights on Saturday night. Sure hope others turn off their lights too and
look up at the sky.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
As
I get closer, my tail grows longer;
As I leave, my tail leads the way.
What am I?
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Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Education
Facts…
-- Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
--According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun
orbits Earth.
…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 YEARS
AGO--1915
The Flagstaff Street Department is employing extra men to clear
the streets of
ice and
snow. Wagons are being used for haul it away, otherwise it melts during the day
then freezes at night. The drainage is poor at best, so the problem is hard to
overcome.
With all the snow falling in the mountains, filling our new
reservoir is no
longer
speculative. Abundant water for next year is assured.
Oak Creek is on a rampage and the children are unable to cross to
get to school.
Why not
build a bridge?
…Harper’s
Index…
80
Minimum number of times since 1996 that lawyers in capital cases
have accidntallly missed the final appeal deadline.
…Memory
Facts…
Déjà vu
occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation
to your
current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development
of
traumatic
memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
…Strange
State Laws…
In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and
pants that
do not
match.
In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer
to sleep
with his
pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
On Scooby Doo, Shaggy's real name is Norville Rogers.
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2 jokes
for the day
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Ketchup.
Ketchup who?
Ketchup to me if you can, I have your wallet.
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Yep, It
Really Happened
When they say that job opportunities for young people are drying
up, they are almost never talking about the adult entertainment industry.
Particularly prostitution. While prostitution is only legal in a very small
part of the U.S., in other parts of the world it is much more widely accepted
and main stream. Germany, for example, where legalized prostitution is such an
industry, brothels are now advertising for quality control testers to check the
standards of their services.
That's right; professional 'johns'.
The brothel in the German capital Berlin is looking for both men and women to
check quality, cleanliness, and safe sex practices - and to see that their
brothels offer value for money.
According to the advertisement the job is for an international company with
more than 120 workers in Germany, China and Spain. The ad claims to want people
with a university degree, preferably a degree in business, experience with
brothels, and a full health certificate.
The ad says: "Practical experience with many years of brothel visits
necessary. You should enjoy having fun with people and you should not be afraid
of contact."
So suddenly that week you spent in Amsterdam doesn't seem like such a life
mistake. So what do you think; would you work as a hooker tester?
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Plastic
bags are easier to recycle and require less energy to produce than
paper bags.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television
for three hours.
***
Cigarette
butts and filters take 12 years to biodegrade. An aluminum can
takes between 200 to
500 years to biodegrade. Plastic diapers and sanitary pads take between 500-800
years. Styrofoam takes more than 5,000 years. And it would take a glass bottle
1 million years to degrade.
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Birthday’s
Today
72 - Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV,
actress (Susan-LA Law)
60 - Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country
singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
49 – Salt (Cheryl
James), rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
45 - Vince Vaughn, actor (Swingers, Wedding
Crashers)
34 - Julia Stiles, actress (Bourne series,
Save the Last Dance)
29 - Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta], singer/songwriter
(Bad Romance)
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Remembered
for being born today
- Henry
Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist 1793-1864@71
- Albert Buehman, AZ
photographer 1886-1967@80
- August
Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing
magnate\baseball executive 1899-1989@90
- Marlin
Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) 1905-1986@81
- Edmund
Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of
State (1980) 1914-1996@81
- Frank
Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime) 1914-1962@50s
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Historical
Obits Today
Virginia
Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], author (To Lighthouse), suicide-1941@59
Jim
Thorpe, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), heart failure-1953@64
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President\WWII
general, heart failure-1969@78
Emmett
Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy)-1979@80
Jesse
Owens, (Oly-gold-36), lung cancer-1980@66
Albert
Goldman, US rock biographer (John Lennon, Elvis), heart failure-1994@66
Art James,
American game show host-2004@64
Caspar
Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense-2006@88
Earl
Scruggs, American bluegrass musician-2012@88
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Brain Teasers Answers
The tail of a comet is caused by the sun's solar radiation
pressure and solar wind. These force dust particles and ions to flow out from
the comet, away from the sun. As a comet gets closer to the sun, the radiation
pressure and wind get stronger, and the tail grows longer. The tail always
extends away from the sun, so as the comet moves away from the sun, the tail is
ahead of the comet's general direction of movement (although not directly
ahead, just farther away from the sun than the comet's head).
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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.
§…And That Is All for Now…§
