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Almanac: Week: 12/ Day: 79 Today: H 56 °…L 31°
Averages: H
51° L 24°
Records: H 71°(1907)…L 1°(1963)
Wind: ave: 3mph; Gusts: 12mph Ave. humidity: 36%
Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) ►1963
1st newspaper vending machine used►1954
800 NAVAJOs, mostly women, children and old men, begin the 300 mile
march
to
Fort Sumner and the Bosque Redondo Reservation, in east-central
New
Mexico►1864
FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) ►1987
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's
Cabin"►1852
Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery►1976
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free
Rambling Thoughts
Much of our day was overcast…hoping for rain, but nope. Finally cleared up in the late afternoon. Not a really warm day but certainly nice outside.A fellow traveler to Uganda posted some new pictures…really cool…nice memories…I had forgotten about two juvenile elephants who were ‘fighting’ with each other but as soon as I saw it, remembered how exciting it was…right on the road, just messing around. Cool. This morning I was watching a Phoenix Good Morning show when a AAA travel agent came on and was talking about AAA trips to Africa. At least three times she said that a trip to Africa is a trip of a lifetime. How lucky I am to have done it so many times, to so many countries. I was surprised that their trip was to South Africa, my first visit to Africa for a safari. Must say that I thought the Great Migration was much more spectacular. I felt a little sorry for her as she was hawking this trip she told us that she had never been to Africa. Hmmm.It is certainly time to wash my windows, upstairs and downstairs. Still a little too cool to do it as I have to take the windows upstairs outside the frame to wash them…hopefully a really warm day will come by very soon. The snow from the winter has left a lot of gunk on the outside of the windows.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made.Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake.How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
from
Cracked.com
Types of People Who Ruin Every Story
The Devil's AdvocateThe True BelieverThe One-UpperThe InterrupterThe Not Getting It
Ok, then?
Harper’s
Index
- Percentage of US girls who are Girl Scouts: 8
- Of female senators who are/were: 70
Picture
of the Day: Mammals of the Sea
Unusual
Fact of the Day
The inventors of bubble wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make plastic wallpaper.Joke-of-the-day
A teacher asked little Johnny if he knows his 1 to 10 well"Yes! Of course! My pop taught me...even more than 10""Good. What comes after three?”"Four," answers the boy."What comes after six?""Seven.""Very good," says the teacher. "Your dad did a good job. Now...so what comes after...lets say ten?""A jack"
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
SHOOTING A FILM
A professional photographer feels pleased if he or she gets one good shot on a roll of film.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
Sexual solicitation may be illegal in France's capital city, but it might not stay that way for long.If a proposal to repeal a 10-year-old solicitation law passes the French Senate latter this month, public prostitution could become legal in Paris, the Local notes.Proposed by Sen. Esther Benbassa, a member of the French Green Party, the legislation seeks to overturn a law introduced in 2003 by then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy that made it illegal for sex workers to wear revealing attire and solicit customers in a public place.As the Economist notes, prostitution is not currently illegal in France, but many of the activities associated with the trade, such as solicitation and brothels, are against the law.Explaining her motives behind the proposal during a protest Saturday, Benbassa said that the law has only served to isolate workers, rather than dismantle prostitution networks, Huffington Post France reports. If it had achieved the later, she would be in favor of the law; however, Benbassa said, the legislation has achieved the opposite effect.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Director - Steven Spielberg
While chasing Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) after she's been kidnapped, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) runs into a large sword-wielding bad guy dressed all in black. Instead of fighting him in what would surely be a losing whip versus sword battle, Indy simply pulls out his revolver, puts the man down with one shot and moves on.The original script called for a long sword fight but a day earlier Ford got a severe case of food poisoning and didn't have the energy to film the scene as written. After a discussion with director Steven Spielberg, the scene was changed and became an iconic part of Indiana Jones mythos.
The
Godfather (1972)Director - Francis Ford Coppola
Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is more than the cold-hearted head of a powerful Italian mob family. That trait shows when he sentences a man to be beaten as retaliation for the beating of another man's daughter - all while gently stroking a cat.
Thing is, the cat was never part of the original script. Some reports say that Coppola plopped the feline into Brando's lap just before filming began. Other reports say Brando found "il gatto" roaming around the set, picked him and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse
Pretty
Woman (1990) Director - Garry Marshall
In what became one of the most famous scenes from the film, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) presents call girl Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) with a gorgeous and rather expensive diamond necklace. As Roberts reaches out to touch the precious jewels, Gere - in an unscripted playful moment - quickly snaps the box shut genuinely surprising her.Her laugh was so honest, and the scene so good, that Marshall decided to leave it in the film as is.
Tootsie (1982) Director
- Sydney Pollack
During this scene, aspiring playwright Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) was required to appear to be talking throughout the entire party; however, there was no dialog written for the character.As a natural entertainer and comedian, Murray improvised the entire scene.
The
Godfather (1972) Director - Francis Ford Coppala
Corleone family capo Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) orders his henchman Rocco Lampone (Tom Rosqui) to carry out a hit on Paulie Gatto (John Martino) for his betrayal of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).Castellano's original line was "Leave the gun" but drawing from an earlier scene where Clemenza's wife reminds him to bring home some cannoli, he improvised the now famous line "Take the cannoli."
Jaws (1975) Director
- Steven Spielberg
While chumming the waters in an attempt to lure the deadly great white shark within range, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) gets his first look at exactly how massive the killer shark truly is.Stunned, startled and filled with fear he stands up and utters the now famous line to Orca Captain Quint (Robert Shaw) completely off-script, "You're going to need a bigger boat.”
Casablanca (1942) Director
- Michael Curtiz
The scene of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) putting Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) on a plane bound for America with the help of Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) is chock full of memorable lines but the line listed as 5th in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes wasn't even part of the original script.According to reports, Bogart said the phrase "Here's looking at you kid" multiple times to Bergman while teaching her to play poker between takes.The Shining (1980) Director - Stanley Kubrick Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duval) and her son Danny (Danny Lloyd) hide from the deranged novelist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in a hotel bathroom. As Jack begins chopping through the door with a fire axe and sticks his face into the splintered opening, he utters a phrase previously made popular by Ed McMahon on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson - "Here's Johnny!" The line was not part of Kubrick's original screenplay and was improvised by Nicholson.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
17-23
Campfire USA Birthday Week
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
18-24
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
18-24
Act Happy Week
American Chocolate Week
Flood Awareness Week
Wellderly Week
Wildlife Week
World Folktales & Fables Week
American Chocolate Week
Flood Awareness Week
Wellderly Week
Wildlife Week
World Folktales & Fables Week
Today Is
Alien Abduction Day
Atheist Pride Day
Bed-in For Peace Day [John and Yoko]
Great American Meat Out Day Eat Vegan
International Astrology Day
Kick Butts Day anti-smoking campaign for youth
Kiss Your Fiancée Day
National Agriculture Day
National Jump Out! Day jump without stopping for as long as possible
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day
Now Ruz (Persian New Year)
Proposal Day
Snowman Burning Day
Vernal Equinox (Spring Begins)- 7:02 am EDT
Won't You Be My Neighbor Day
~Tunisia: Independence Day (1956 from France)
Today’s Events
through History
"Your Hit Parade" made its debut on
radio►1935
Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings►1760
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther
once known as H. Rap
Brown, is captured►2000
Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock
'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks►1982
Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes►1944
Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed,
4,700 injured►1995
Supremes release "The Happening"►1967
Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London
to seek gold in Guyana►1616
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 90’s
Carl Reiner, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick
Van Dyke Show) is 91
In their 80’s
Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney
Miller, Blacke's Magic) is 82
In their 60’s
William Hurt, stage and film
actor is 63
Pat Riley, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat) is
68
In their 50’s
Holly Hunter, actress (Broadcast News, The
Piano) is 55
Spike Lee [Shelton Jackson Lee], Atlanta,
Florida, American film director is 56
Remembered
for being born today
John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide,
Watergate) [1925-1999]
Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col
Klink-Hogan's Heroes) [1920-2000]
Vaughn Meader, American comedian [1936-2004]
Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie &
Harriet) [1906-1975]
Michael Redgrave, Bristol England, actor
(Browning Version, Lady Vanishes) [1908-1985]
Jerry Reed, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey &
the Bandit) [1937-2008]
Fred Rogers, children TV host (Mr Rogers'
Neighborhood) [1928-2003]
B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism
pioneer (Skinner box) [1904-1990]
Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific
management [1856-1915]
Today’s Historical
Obits
Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer►2010►at 89
Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley- Report) ►lung cancer►1974►at 62 Brinkley
Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize
1934 Men in White) ►1995►at 88
Sir Benjamin Truman - English brewer►1780►at 80ish
Stewart Udall, American politician,
environmentalist►2010►at 90
Answer: Brain
Teasers
2: At each bridge you are required to give half of your cakes, and you receive one back. Which leaves you with 2 cakes after every bridge.
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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