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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 tonight…Democracy as part of
foreign policy. Interesting topic. To what degree does the US encourage other
countries to embrace democracy? Foreign Aid…Sanctions…Invasion 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 deck…with appropriate patio
furniture to keep the HOA happy.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A
close up picture of what?
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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:
unscramble—numbers 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
Karaoke Week
National
Volunteer Week
National Pet ID Week
National Pet ID Week
National
Paperboard Packaging Week
18-23
Cleaning For
A Reason Week
Consumer Awareness Week
International Whistlers 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
Administrative Professionals Week
National Crime Victims Rights Week
National
Playground Safety Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Preservation
Week
Sky Awareness Week
Week of The Young Child
(Spring) Astronomy 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
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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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