TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I had a great birthday today. Another nice thing about Facebook…There is an app to get all your FB friends birthdays. So many people wished me a nice day. I had lunch with our retirement group at Josephines. Its is a landmark house from early Flagstaff. Great lunch menu, great wait staff, and nice place all around. Cheryl brought me some homemade French Onion soup with cheese and bread to eat later. Mary gave me a cool grilling skillet. We have a lot of fun…talking about just about everything under the sun. Tomorrow I have another lunch with another friend, so this will be a good week.
I am disgusted by the story about medical tests conducted in the US during my lifetime. Of course the Tuskegee study from 1932-1972 on rural Black Men in Alabama is old news. Now we find out that our government did too many tests on prisoners in the 1960’s-1980’s. Many know of the LSD testing by the Dept. of Defense in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Now we find that military physicians gave ‘volunteer’ patients malaria, hepatitis, and various forms of flu, gonorrhea, and cancer. Many of the tests took place on US soil—in mental institutions, but many also took place outside the US on foreigners. It is time for our government and our people to fess up, admit these horrendous acts, and apologize. Not only did these tests defy the Hippocratic Oath—do no harm, but also do not follow the Nuremberg Code of 1947. Who do these physicians think they are? Who do the Senators, Representatives, and others think they are by approving such tests? A more important answer for me, what unethical, illegal, damaging tests are being done today on humans here in the US or by the US in other countries? Stop the tests NOW and fess up and face the full extent of both American and International law.
Sadly we are watching two public figures fall deeper and deeper into their own minds and leaving behind any signs of sanity. Gaddafi in Libya was interviewed today and rambled about how his people love him, he has no reason to leave his office, and everything is fine in Libya. Charlie Sheen is doing interviews too. He rambles a lot. Gov Walker from Wisconsin hasn’t joined this sad group—yet. But some of his interviews make little sense either. He is now claiming that the protesters are from out-of-state and that the people of WI elected him to do this. We are in very scary times.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
To remove food stains from white linens, dissolve two denture-cleaning tablets in one cup of warm water. Lay the stained area in the sink and pour on the solution. Let soak for 30 minutes, then wash as usual. The stains will disappear!
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Hippos
A hippo's yawn is actually a threat gesture, displaying long, thick, razor-sharp canine teeth, or tusks, with which it is capable of biting a small boat in half!
The hippo is the third biggest land animal (coming in after the elephant and the white rhino), and measures 12 feet in length, five feet tall, and has a mouth that measures two feet across.
The tusk-like incisors and canines of a hippo grow continuously. They are made of ivory, and valued even more highly than an elephant's because they do not turn yellow with age.
PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Suomi is the name the natives give to what country?
2. In which city was the famous 'Black Hole'?
3. Which city is the closest to Copacabana Beach?
4. In which country is Zug?
5. Which country owns the Hen and Chicken Islands?
6. In which country are you most likely to die from a scorpion sting?
7. Goa used to be a colony of which nation?
8. What is France's longest river?
9. What city stands on the Maas River?
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Rhode Island toymaker Hasbro said a redesigned Easy-Bake oven will hit the market when 100-watt light bulbs cease to be manufactured. A 2007 federal law requiring light bulbs to be energy efficient will cause production of 100-watt bulbs to cease in early 2012 and Hasbro, which took over manufacturing of Easy-Bake ovens when it absorbed Kenner in 1991, said a new system is being developed to replace the bulbs currently used to cook snacks in the toy ovens "We are aware that the 100-watt incandescent light bulb will no longer be available beginning in 2012," Hasbro said in a statement. "In Fall 2011, Hasbro will launch the Easy Bake Ultimate Oven, introducing a new way to bake for the next generation of chefs. This new oven features a heating element that does not use a light bulb and offers an extensive assortment of mixes reflective of the hottest baking trends for today."
A LITTLE LAUGH:
There are women whose thoughtful husbands buy them flowers for no reason. And then there's me. One day I couldn't stand it any longer. "Why don't you ever bring me flowers?" I asked.
"What's the point?" my husband said. "They die after about a week."
"So could you," I shot back, "but I still like having you around."
Top 10 In The World:
CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:
♫ 60’s Rock ♫ Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
►THIS MONTH◄
►THIS WEEK◄
2/27-3/5 ► Telecommuter Appreciation Week ♥ Peace Corps Week
1-7 National Cheerleading Week ♣ National Ghostwriters Week ♣ National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week ♣ Universal Human Beings Week ♣
►TODAY IS◄
National Pig Day
Peanut Butter Lover's Day
National Horse Protection Day
Peace Corps Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Refired, Not Retired Day
Self Injury Awareness Day
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Bosnia/Herzegovina: Independence Day (1992 from Yugoslavia)
Iceland: Beer Day (end of prohibition--1989)
Japan: Omizutori ( Water-Drawing Festival)
Panamá: Constitution Day (1946)
Paraguay: Heroes' Day/National Defense Day/Memorial Day
South Korea: Independence Movement Day/Sam Il Chul (1919)
Engadine, Switzerland: Chalanda Marz/Coming of spring
US: Nebraska Admission Day (1867—37th state)
US: Ohio: Admission Day (1803—17th state)
US: Vermont Town Meeting Day
Wales: St. David's Day
Western Australia: Labour day
■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Cast)
1922 William Gaines publisher: Mad magazine
1837 William Dean Howells author: Life of Lincoln, A Modern Instance, The Rise of Silas Lapham; U.S. consul to Italy; editor: Atlantic Monthly; columnist: Harper’s Monthly
1917 Robert Lowell Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Lord Weary’s Castle [1947], The Dolphin [1974]; National Book Award for Poetry [1960]
1904 Glenn Miller bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor
Richard (Purdy) Wilbur, 90, former poet laureate of the US
■…ATHLETES
1920 Harry Caray baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs)
1926 Pete (Alvin) Rozelle football: LA Rams GM, NFL commissioner
Chris Webber, 38, basketball (Warriors, Bullets, Kings, 76ers, Pistons)
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1922 William Gaines, American publisher
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
Catherine Bach, 57, actress (“The Dukes of Hazzard”),
Javier Bardem, 42, actor (Oscar for No Country for Old Men;
Harry Belafonte, 84, singer
Justin Bieber, 17, singer
Robert Conrad, 76, actor (“The Wild Wild West”)
Roger Daltrey, 67, singer (The Who)
Timothy Daly, 55, actor (Diner, “Wings”)
George Eads, 44, actor (“CSI”)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 37, actor (“NYPD Blue,” “Saved by the Bell”)
1904 Paul Hartman actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
Ron Howard, 57, director (Apollo 13, Oscar for A Beautiful Mind), actor
1917 Dinah Shore singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress, talk show host
Alan Thicke, 64, actor (“Growing Pains”)
■…POLITICIANS
1922 Yitzak Rabin premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1924 Deke (Donald) Slayton astronaut: Apollo Mission, July 1975; chief of flight operations at Johnson Space Center
Today’s Obits:
1988 Joe Besser comedian (3 Stooges, Abbott & Costello), @ 80
1984 John Leslie ‘Jackie’ Coogan actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), cardiac arrest @ 69
1994 Walter Kent US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), @ 82
1993 Luis Kutner US co-founder (Amnesty International), @ 84
1865 Anna Paulowna Romanova great monarch of Russia, @ 70
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1940 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh win
1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book
■…ATHLETICS
1942 Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough
1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1873 E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY began the manufacturing of the first practical typewriter. 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1909 1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
1962 K-Mart opens
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1831 According to a Georgia law, today is the deadline for all whites to be out of CHEROKEE lands deadline.
1851 Governor McDougal, of California, will write to the President stating there are over 100,000 hostile Indians in California. He will inform the President that an uprising is going on. This information is false, and the Governor never specifies who's revolting or where the uprising are located. He requests permission to call out the militia as U.S. troops
■…POLITICS (International)
0001 -BC Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome
1562 Blood bath at Vassy; General de Guise allows 1200 Huguenots murder
1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
1945 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
■…POLITICS (US)
1642 Georgeana (York) ME became the 1st incorporated American city
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem MA)
1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
1790 1st US census authorized
1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed
1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, North Dakota
1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey; found dead May 12
1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)
1967 House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1864 Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1980 Snow falls in Florida
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. Suomi is the name the natives give to what country? Finland
2. In which city was the famous 'Black Hole'? Calcutta
3. Which city is the closest to Copacabana Beach? Rio de Janeiro
4. In which country is Zug? Switzerland, it is the smallest Canton.
5. Which country owns the Hen and Chicken Islands? New Zealand
6. In which country are you most likely to die from a scorpion sting? Mexico (1000 a year)
7. Goa used to be a colony of which nation? Portugal
8. What is France's longest river? Loire
9. What city stands on the Maas River? Rotterdam
10. What is the world's largest sand island, located northeast of Brisbane? Fraser Island
Close Up Picture
Palm Tree
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