2-8-11 Tuesday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1933 -23ºF (-31ºC), Seminole TX (state record)

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Lots of people are talking about yesterday’s game and its commercials. I’m glad ‘my’ team one, even though I only followed them after they won the division. It was a good game and the it wasn’t over until the final few minutes. I’m an old-er guy and this year I found most of the commercials just silly. I also enjoy Christine Aguilera’s music and the Black Eyed Peas music. The VW ‘bug’ commercial was creative, since we never saw the actual vehicle. The Darth Vader VW commercial with the little kid was one of the best—and made even better when we learn that he was born with a heart defect that led to several surgeries in his infancy. The Go-Daddy one with Joan Rivers’ head on a 20 something body was stupid. Every year, Go-Daddy does these outrageous innuendo commercials and to be honest, I still don’t know what Go Daddy does except make Super Bowl commercials. I miss the creative Clydesdale/Budweiser commercials of the 80’s. The babies for E*Trade were cute, but I think the very creative idea may have outlived its pizzazz. I always look forward to hearing the National Anthem before any game or event. I have never been a singer—not even in the shower—but I do mouth the words. Since the NFL has former players read the Declaration of Independence just before the Super Bowl as a show of patriotism since 9-11, I have a thought. Put the words on the jumbo screen while the anthem is being sung. Michael Bolton blew it and now Christine blew it. I was mouthing the words when she screwed up both times and lost some of my concentration on patriotism when I heard her mistakes. She may have been nervous; she may have been overwhelmed; whatever it was, as a big entertainer she should have planned much better. The half-time show had such great potential, but somehow Fox didn’t spring for the best sound system. That was discouraging, since the ‘show’ was about the music this year. The costume’s light show was very impressive. It’s too bad the TV audience couldn’t enjoy the music. The game itself was one that kept everyone watching. It started off like a Packer’s runaway. Then the Steelers came back, then the Packers stepped up and that back and forth continued. Overall, it was a great way to spend Super Bowl Sunday.

Our local news has finally returned. We haven’t had a local news cast since Final’s week back in December. It is nice to finally have them back on the air. The student’s stories are always informative and bring in new perspectives to what is happening around town. The weatherman says a cold front is headed our way and our high temps will be dropping about 20°. There may be a little snow, but not enough to accumulate. At least now I can watch a local broadcast and not have to listen to the Phx stations complain about their frigid 40’s.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
○     A broom is the quickest way to clean snow from a car. You can cut the handle down on the broom and store it in the trunk.
○     Ink formulations, fabrics, and hairspray ingredients have changed today. To get rid of the ballpoint ink from clothing you launder, place the garment on a towel stain-side down. Lightly dampen a cloth with rubbing alcohol and gently dab (do not rub) the stain.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
○     In 2006 about 4,935 people were killed riding motorcycles of different kinds. Most motorcycle accidents involve a short trip associated with shopping, errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident is likely to happen in a very short time close to the trip origin.
○     Boating accidents claim an average 700 lives each year.

PUZZLE: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire […answers at bottom…]
1. A person who is eating greedily is said to be what?
foxily feasting      pigging out      doggy dining      cookie monstering
2. A giggle, guffaw or a titter are all types of what?
laughter      animal groups       Australian birds       desserts
3. In what type of puzzle do you write words into numbered squares and read the words across or down?
wordsearch        crossword       cryptogram       jumble
4. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights...among them 'are life, liberty, and the pursuit of ___________.'
elegance       happiness       modern psychiatry        shopping
5. Norman Whittfeld and Barrett Strong sing about getting information through rumor or gossip in their classic Motown song, 'I Heard It Through The ___________.'
stethoscope      grapevine       glass held to the wall       garden gate
6. Approximately how many languages are spoken throughout the world?
5,000       12,000       10,000        1,000
7. Thom Yorke, Phil Selway, Ed O'Brien, Colin and Johnny Greenwood are all members of what band? 
Radiohead       'N Sync      Jackson Five       Backstreet Boys
8. Whose autobiography was titled, 'Personal History'?
Diane Sawyer      Barbara Walters       Katharine Graham      Eudora Welty
9. What politician said, 'What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind. How true that is.'? George W. Bush      Dan Quayle      Pat Paulsen        Strom Thurmond
10. What does a labeorphilist collect?
beer bottles      butterflies      stamps      autographs
11. What does 'quotidian' mean?
occuring every day       musical medley      allotment       to copy the words of another
12. Which of the following is not one of the definitions of the word 'husbandry?'
control and management of domestic animals        production of plants and animals
careful use of resources in conservation                quest of finding a husband
13. When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents 'danger', and the other represents what?
safety       protection       thin ice        opportunity
14. Where was the deadliest volcanic eruption ever, occurring in 1815, killing 92,000 people? Krakatoa, West Indonesia      Tambora, Indonesia      Mt. Vesuvius, Italy       Arenal, Costa Rica
15. News anchorwoman Leslie Mouton lost her hair as a result of radiation treatments. She has become well-known for being the first bald woman to deliver the news. What station is she with?
KREM-TV in Spokane, WA           KVII in Amarillo, TX    
KSAT-TV in San Antonio, TX       WKRN-TV in Nashville, TN
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM…TOWSON, Md.
— Police say a suspicious toilet bearing a cell phone and a radio or TV transmitter were left outside a local government building in Towson, but authorities say it proved harmless and didn't contain an explosive device.
A Baltimore County police spokesman, Lt. Robert McCullough, said they have a lead to a possible suspect after the toilet was discovered Monday morning on a sidewalk outside the offices of the county executive and county council.
McCullough says the toilet was decorated with images and notes, but he didn't elaborate on the content of the notes. He says the toilet and materials were arranged in a way that raised suspicion.
McCullough says a hazardous device team, a bomb sniffing dog and crime lab personnel were summoned to investigate.
A LITTLE LAUGH…
While auditing one of our departments, an assistant asked me what I was doing. "Listing your assets," I told her.
"Oh," she said. "Well, I have a good sense of humor and I make great lasagna."
TOP 10 HISTORICAL FINDS… 2. The Behistun Rock
Discovered by Englishman Robert Sherley in 1598 while on a diplomatic mission to Persia, the Behistun Rock is a multilingual inscription authored by Darius the Great. The inscription begins with Darius’ autobiography and goes on to describe several events following the deaths of Cyrus the Great and Cambyses II. Much like the Rosetta Stone, the Behistun Rock includes the same passage in three cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. The text was translated in stages by Georg Friedrich Grotefend (Old Persian), Sir Henry Rawlinson, Edward Hincks, Julius Oppert, William Henry Fox Talbot and Edwin Norris.
Importance: Not only does the inscription give us a look into the mind of Darius the Great, but it was also instrumental in opening up the cuneiform script. Archeologists gained a greater understanding of civilizations like Mesopotamia, Sumeria, Akkadia, Persia and Assyria by being able to decipher cuneiform.
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¤…THIS WEEK…¤
3-9 ► Boy Scout Anniversary Week
6-12 ► Dump Your Significant Jerk Week ♥ Freelance Writers Appreciation Week ♥ International Coaching Week ♥ Jell-O Week
7-11 ► International Networking Week ♥ Just Say No to PowerPoint Week ♥ National Green Week ♥ National School Counseling Week
7-14 ► Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week ♥ Publicity for Profit Week ♥ Risk Awareness Week ♥ Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week ♥ World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
8-10 ► World AG Expo
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Boy Scout Anniversary Day
Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Kite Flying Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Japan: Needle Mass (Ha-ri-ku-yo: women gather their old and broken needles and take them to their temples to offer a prayer of thanks for their hard work. Girls pray to Awashima Myozin (their protecting deity) that their needlework, symbolic of love and marriage, will be good. Girls hope that participation in the Needle Mass will lead to a happy marriage.)
Iraq: Ramadan Revolution
Norway: Narvik Sun Pageant Day (honor of the ancient Pagan Sun goddess Sunna.)
Slovenia: Culture Day ()
Today’s Births
○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
John Grisham, 56, author (The Firm, The Client)
1828 Jules Verne French pioneer of sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
○ ATHLETES
Alonzo Mourning, 41, former basketball (Hornets, Heat, Nets)
John Williams, 79, pianist, conductor (formerly with Boston Pops), composer (scores for Jaws, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List)
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Ted Koppel, 71, journalist
1819 John Ruskin writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1968 Gary Coleman actor: Diff’rent Strokes, Webster
1931 James Dean stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
Seth Green, 37, actor (“Family Guy,” “Greg the Bunny,” Austin Powers)
Robert Klein, 69, comedian, actor
1925 Jack Lemmon actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)
1926 Audrey Meadows Emmy Award-winning actress: The Jackie Gleason Show [1955]; The Honeymooners
Nick Nolte, 70, actor (Affliction, Prince of Tides, “Rich Man, Poor Man”)
1886 Charlie Ruggles actor (The Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show)
Mary Steenburgen, 58, actress
1920 Lana Turner actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
○ POLITICIANS
1820 William Tecumseh Sherman Major General (Union Army), dies in 1891 (War is hell)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1906 Chester F Carlson inventor (xerography)
Today’s Obituaries…
1956 Connie Mack baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), @ 93
1985 Marvin Miller actor (Michael Anthony of "The Millionaire") heart attack @ 71
1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov czar of Russia (1682-1725), uremia @ 52
1990 Del Shannon Coopersville MI, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self @ 55
1587 Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded @ 44
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake" premieres in Petersburg
1926 Walt Disney Studios is formed
1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix AZ begins radio transmissions
1967 Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
○ ATHLETICS
1887 The Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, MN became the first ski club in the United States.
1948 5th Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1984 The Winter Olympics opened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina)
1992 The XVIth Winter Olympic Games opened in Albertville, France
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1693 William & Mary College is 2nd college chartered in US
1898 John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming machine (Massachusetts)
1969 The last issue of the Saturday Evening Post was published, ending a magazine tradition that began in 1821.
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1837 During the 2nd Seminole War today there will be a battle between Seminole and American forces on the bank of Lake Monroe, near modern day Sanford, Florida. The Americans will be led by Colonel Alexander Fanning. Over 600 Seminoles, led by Chiefs Philip and Wildcat, will participate in the fighting, which begins with a Seminole attack before dawn. Both sides will lose a considerable number of men. The deciding factor in the battle will be the arrival of a steam ship with a cannon. Fort Monroe was built on the site of the battle.
○ POLITICS (US)
1837 1st Vice President chosen by the Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren administration)
1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery AL
1887 Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
1918 "Stars & Stripes", weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published as weekly
○ POLITICS (International)
1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
1955 The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1928 Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
1969 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, México
1984 1st time 8 people in space
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ANSWERS
Millionaire ANSWERS…
1. A person who is eating greedily is said to be what? pigging out
2. A giggle, guffaw or a titter are all types of what? laughter
3. In what type of puzzle do you write words into numbered squares and read the words across or down? crossword
4. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights...among them 'are life, liberty, and the pursuit of ___________.' happiness
5. Norman Whittfeld and Barrett Strong sing about getting information through rumor or gossip in their classic Motown song, 'I Heard It Through The ___________.' grapevine
6. Approximately how many languages are spoken throughout the world? 5,000
7. Thom Yorke, Phil Selway, Ed O'Brien, Colin and Johnny Greenwood are all members of what band? Radiohead
8. Whose autobiography was titled, 'Personal History'? Katharine Graham
9. What politician said, 'What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind. How true that is.'? Dan Quayle
10. What does a labeorphilist collect? beer bottles
11. What does 'quotidian' mean? occuring every day
12. Which of the following is not one of the definitions of the word 'husbandry?' quest of finding a husband
13. When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents 'danger', and the other represents what? opportunity
14. Where was the deadliest volcanic eruption ever, occurring in 1815, killing 92,000 people? Tambora, Indonesia
15. News anchorwoman Leslie Mouton lost her hair as a result of radiation treatments. She has become well-known for being the first bald woman to deliver the news. What station is she with?
KSAT-TV in San Antonio, TX
Close up Picture…
Razor
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2-7-11

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1985 New York, New York became the official anthem of the Big Apple.


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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Super Bowl Day. I’m ready for whatever happens. I’m pushin’ for a Packer win. My dad was a meat packing accountant and if the Broncos didn’t make the Super Bowl he would always push for the Packers. I just don’t like the Steelers. I think they, like the Cowboys, are just a little too cocky. Fox is the broadcaster for the Super Bowl. They have done a good job in season’s past. Maybe they should just be a sports and entertainment network and drop their news channel…now there is an idea worth considering.

I was able to watch all my Sunday news programs, and thanks to them, have a much better understanding of what is going on in Egypt. The two big parts of the week’s events, for me at least, were the economic devastation that is hitting the people and the fact that Coptics and Muslims stood together at the demonstrations, holding up the Bible and the Koran. The other part of the events that still has me confused is the American position. We talk the talk of wanting the dictator gone so there can be a democracy but don’t seem willing to walk the walk. I get that it is difficult; I get that is the Egyptian people’s decision. The problem is that one day we act like the power change should take place now, then the next day we talk about taking time for the change. This on-the-fence stand must be very difficult for the Egyptian people. They know that we have sponsored this regime for its entire existence and they know we talk about the importance of democratic rule. They like our tourists; they like our dollars; many come to the US for a better life. It seems to me a better stance would be to say—everyday—that the events are part of the internal struggle every country goes through for democracy and that outside input is not important. Of course our need for the Suez Canal to stay open makes difficult.

Our gas prices have gone up to a little over $3 a gallon. It was just a few weeks ago that we were paying $2.50. I’m sure this has something to do with the tension over there. The big gas companies are concerned that if the Suez Canal is closed, oil will take a whole lot longer to get to the US and there will be less of it for a time. So raise the prices now so that their profit remains steady. In oil crisis raises of the past, the US population has freaked out when gas crossed the $1 a gallon mark. We freaked again when they passed $2 a gallon. This time there seems to be very little news coverage of any outrage or concern…and I have to wonder why.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
○     To get rid of this awful lingering burnt popcorn smell out of your microwave, fill as large microwave-safe bowl with one cup of water and sprinkle your favorite spice like cinnamon or add several drops of vanilla or lemon extract. Bring to a boil. You must let it sit inside for 10 to 15 minutes to cool down. Simply wipe the walls down with paper towels. Leave the door open to further air it out.
○     Fill a spray bottle with one part alcohol-based mouthwash to three parts water, and spray directly onto your plant's leaves and into the soil. The mouthwash protects plants from fungi!

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Capone Part II
○     Al Capone expanded into the suburbs, sometimes using terror as in Forest View, which became known as "Caponeville." Sometimes he simply bribed public officials and the police as in Cicero. He established suburban headquarters in Cicero's Anton Hotel at 4835 W. 22nd Street and in the Hawthorne Hotel at 4823 22nd Street. He pretended to be an antique dealer and a doctor to front his headquarters.
○     "Scarface Al" got his hated nickname from the ear to mouth scar on his left cheek. Capone often romanticized this scar by pretending he'd received it as a member of the Lost Battalion. The truth is he got it when he was 17 by a man named Frank Gallucio.
○     Capone's most notorious killing was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, four Capone men entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. The building was the main liquor headquarters of bootlegger George "Bugs" Moran's North Side gang. Because two of Capone's men were dressed as police, the seven men in the garage thought it was a police raid. As a result, they dropped their guns and put their hands against the wall. Using two shotguns and two machine guns, the Capone men fired more than 150 bullets into the victims.

PUZZLE: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire […answers at bottom…]
1. How many legs does a human have?
42     4     2     1
2. What cartoonist created and drew the famous 'Peanuts' comic strip?
Gary Trudeau     Jim Davis     Charles Schulz     Bill Watterson
3. Which of the following is not a Disney animated film?
The Lion King     Harunga!     Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs     Hercules
4. Which of these countries is largest in area?
USA     Guam      Canada      China
5. What does B.C. stand for when referring to years?
Bad Congo     Bionary Chalupas      Before Christ      Big Computers
6. In which U.S. state is Yale University located?
Rhode Island      Connecticut       New York       Massachusetts
7. Which U.S. President weighed the most?
Abraham Lincoln       Woodrow Wilson       Chester Arthur       William Howard Taft
8. Which of the following months does not have a regular U.S. national holiday (i.e., when banks, schools, post offices close)?
May      September       October       March
9. What company makes the cereal 'Grape Nuts'?
Kellogg's       Best Yet       General Mills       Post
10. How many moons does Neptune have?
fewer than 5      6       more than 10       8
11. What team was the first NFL league champion in 1921?
Cleveland Bulldogs       Chicago Cardinals       Chicago Staleys       Canton Bulldogs
12. Who was President of the United States during the Utah War?
Zachary Taylor       James Buchanan       Millard Fillmore       Andrew Johnson
13. What is the Ivory Coast's capital as known by its natives?
Abidjan       N'Djamena       Bouake       Yamoussoukro
14. Who was the famous Zog?
Rumanian statesman      Nazi leader       King of Albania        Cuban Composer
15. Which of the following is the correct spelling for a word that means the eighth power of a number? Zenzizenzezenzic       Zenzizenzizenzic      Zenzezenzezenzic       Zenzizenzizenzec

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… SARASOTA, FL
-- Scientists say an underwater blob of goo off the Florida Panhandle coast isn't oil, but rather a mass of dead plankton, algae and bacteria. The underwater mass of dead sea life, at least three feet thick and spanning 2/3 of a mile off to the coast, appears to be growing as microscopic algae and bacteria get trapped in it and die, the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune reported Wednesday. Scientists investigating whether oil from last year's deepwater Horizon disaster was a factor in the creation of the blob say tests so far have found no sign of oil. "It seems to be a combination of algae and bacteria," David Hollander of the University of South Florida said, describing the substance as toxic and "extraordinarily sticky." Researchers say they are not ruling out a possible connection to the oil spill that gummed up that part of the gulf for 30 to 40 days and pumped 186 million to 227 million gallons of crude into the ocean.
"We don't know all the ramifications, the implications of a spill like this," Hollander said.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
Bob was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.
One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
"I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die and I will inherit $200 million."
Impressed, the woman asked for his business card, and three days later she became his stepmother.
MORAL: Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

TOP 10 HISTORICAL FINDS… 3. The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a black basalt stela (an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings) that dates back to 196 BC. An Egyptian decree honoring King Ptolemy V is carved into the stone in Greek, Demotic Egyptian and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The stone would have originally been displayed in a temple and was later moved and used as building material in a fort at the village of Rashid (Rosetta). It was discovered there by Captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard on July 15, 1799, during Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt. Attempts to decipher it were first made by Thomas Young, who translated the Demotic text, and by French Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion who is generally known as the translator of the Rosetta Stone. Champollion used the Coptic language to realize that hieroglyphs served as a spoken language and not just symbols.
Importance: The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the realization that it is the same passage written in three languages allowed scholars to get a glimpse into a civilization that for a long time had been a mystery to scholars. Egyptologists have been able to figure out the entire Ancient Egyptian language from its inscriptions.

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
1-7 ► Children's Authors & Illustrators Week ♥ National Patient Recognition Week ♥ Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend ♥ Women's Heart Week
3-9 ► Boy Scout Anniversary Week
4-6 ► International Snow Sculpting Week
6-12 ► Dump Your Significant Jerk Week ♥ Freelance Writers Appreciation Week ♥ International Coaching Week ♥ Jell-O Week
7-11 ► International Networking Week ♥ Just Say No to PowerPoint Week ♥ National Green Week ♥ National School Counseling Week
7-14 ► Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week ♥ Publicity for Profit Week ♥ Risk Awareness Week ♥ Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week ♥ World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Charles Dickens Day      ♥     Ballet Day      ♥     Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbor's Day
Grenada: Independence Day (1974 from UK)
Today’s Births

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1883 Eubie (James Hubert) Blake pianist, composer
1812 Charles Dickens English novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
1612 Thomas Killigrew English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1885 (Harry) Sinclair Lewis 1st American Nobel prize-winning author [1930]: Elmer Gantry; refused Pulitzer prize: Arrowsmith [1926]; Main Street
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder children's book author (Little House on Prairie)
○ ATHLETES
Juwan Howard, 38, basketball(Wizards, Mavericks, Nuggets, Magic, Rockets, Bobcats, Trail Blazers, Heat
Steve Nash, 37, basketball (Mavericks Suns), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1862 Bernard Maybeck US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco) 1837 Sir James Augustus Henry Murray Scottish creator: Oxford Dictionary
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Oscar Brand, 91, folksinger
(Troyal) Garth Brooks, 49, country singer
Ashton Kutcher, 33, actor (“That 70s Show,” Dude, Where’s My Car?)
Chris Rock, 45, actor, comedian
Gay Talese, 79, author (The Kingdom and the Power, Unto the Sons)
○ POLITICIANS
1817 Frederick Douglass  high ranking black in US government
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1870 Alfred Adler Austrian psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
1478 Sir Thomas More lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
Today’s Obituaries…
1968 Nick [Aloysius Adamschock] Adams actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story, Johnny Yuma-The Rebel), ODs @ 36
2001 Dale Evans, American actress and singer @ 89
1964 Hermann A J Kees German Egyptologist, @ 77
2001 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator @ 95
1979 Josef Mengele concentration camp doctor, drowns @ 67
1937 Elihu Root US Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), @ 91
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
1994 Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
○ ATHLETICS
1964 Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
1998 The XVIIIth Winter Olympic games opened at Nagano, Japan
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1818 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (New York NY)
1894 The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado
1943 Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1943)
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1861 Convinced that they will get better treatment from a southern government than from the one in Washington, D. C., Today, the CHOCTAWs will announce their support of the Confederacy.
1983 The Inuit Circumpolar Conference is held at the United Nations.
○ POLITICS (US)
1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
1936 A U.S. Vice President’s flag was established by executive order.
1983 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1990 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
○ POLITICS (International)
1569 King Philip II forms inquisition in South America
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1979 Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

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ANSWERS
Millionaire ANSWERS…
1. How many legs does a human have? 2
2. What cartoonist created and drew the famous 'Peanuts' comic strip? Charles Schulz
3. Which of the following is not a Disney animated film? Harunga!
4. Which of these countries is largest in area? Canada
5. What does B.C. stand for when referring to years? Before Christ
6. In which U.S. state is Yale University located? Connecticut
7. Which U.S. President weighed the most? William Howard Taft
8. Which of the following months does not have a regular U.S. national holiday (i.e., when banks, schools, post offices close)? March
9. What company makes the cereal 'Grape Nuts'? Post
10. How many moons does Neptune have? more than 10 [Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, and Neried (plus three unnamed moons found in 2003)]
11. What team was the first NFL league champion in 1921? Chicago Staleys
12. Who was President of the United States during the Utah War? James Buchanan [The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, Buchanan's Blunder,[1] the Mormon War,[2] or the Mormon Rebellion[3] was an armed confrontation between Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 until July 1858.]
13. What is the Ivory Coast's capital as known by its natives? Yamoussoukro
14. Who was the famous Zog? King of Albania [from 1928-1939]
15. Which of the following is the correct spelling for a word that means the eighth power of a number? Zenzizenzizenzic [Zenzizenzizenzic was created in 1557 by a mathematician named Robert Recorde, found in his book 'The Whetstone of Whit'.]
Close up Picture…
Grinding Stone
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2-6-11 Sunday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1951 Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago IL


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It was a good day today. The weather was nice enough for a walk. There was a little breeze but it was just cool, not bitter cold.

I was glad to hear that most of Cairo’s antiquities are closed, protected by the army. The Giza pyramids are closed. The museum is closed. Other areas are also closed. This seems like a good step to prevent any looting or destruction. ABC news ran a story of a Mississippi lady, about 65, who was interviewed at the Cairo airport. She was leaving after her lifelong dream of seeing the antiquities. She had seen the pyramids from behind a military barrier and was unable to see the museum. She was upbeat but disappointed for sure. The ABC crew went to the government’s head of antiquities and told him her story. He agreed to have her return, at his expense, and would give her a private tour of the Giza pyramids. There are good people throughout Egypt and this story shows that. I’m sure ABC will be with the lady when she returns in the future. Sadly, the very poor country of Egypt has lost about $9billion USD in tourist money since the demonstrations began. Much of that figure includes Euros and Yen. Much of that money goes directly to the vendors, restaurants, and coffee houses. With the pyramids closed all the camel drivers are unemployed. When I was visiting, there must have been at least 100 camel riding vendors, each with four or five camels. They were all family businesses, with younger kids learning from their father or uncle. The rides are amazing and to be sitting atop a bouncy camel as you approach the pyramids is breathtaking. These subsistence living vendors still have to feed the camels, get water for the camels, and care for them. It’s been two weeks and camels are not domesticated, so they still have to be ridden every day. My understanding from Hamdy is that these closures are only happening in the Cairo area. The other antiquities are still open, but again not many tourists. No tourists means no tourist money and that will lead, if fear, to more unrest.

Arizona finally impeached its governor over the Martin Luther King holiday. People had voted twice and the governor still wouldn’t recognize the holiday. Many tourist boycotts were started. The final straw was the Super Bowl pulling out of its Phx date. It was all about the money lost from tourists. I was reading today about some of the insane bills being introduced into the AZ legislature. If any of these bills actually become law, more boycotts are certainly on the horizon. Another side is that some legislators seem to have a desire to head for seceding from the US. One bill will require any candidate for State or Federal Office to provide our Secretary of State with proof of citizenship. This would override the Federal law for Federal candidates. Another is proposing a 2/3 vote of the citizens for the Federal government to raise the debt ceiling. The list goes on and on. So far no legislator has proposed that no Federal money will allowed in their district for anything, but I’m sure that is coming. Only in AZ.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
○     Have scuff marks on your vinyl luggage? Try rubbing lemon extract over the area to remove those annoying scuff marks.
○      Have Houseplants? Have snow in your yard? Get some snow place in a pail or pitcher. Let melt and use the melted snow to water your plants! Did you know that snow has minerals in it that plants love?

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
○     More than 90 percent of samples of consumer apples, peaches, nectarines, and strawberries tested positive for detectible pesticides, even after being rinsed or peeled.
○     Citrus Red No. 2 is often used to give Florida oranges their bright color. This dye has also been banned food processing because studies have shown that it causes cancer.

PUZZLE: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire […answers at bottom…]
1. Which of the following would most likely burn you?
Water     Air     Your boss     Fire
2. Which of the following does not live in water?
Goldfish     Humuhumunukunukuapuaa     Hummingbird     Salmon
3. What creature is known to make a hissing sound?
Snake     Frog     Dog     Ant
4. In Roman numerals, what represents 5?
X     V     I     C
5. What is usually the nearest planet to the sun?
Venus      Earth      Mars      Mercury
6. What country has a city named Hamburg?
Spain     Germany      France      Italy
7. President James K. Polk was a member of what political party?
Independent     Republican      Democratic       Whig
8. How many years did the War of 1812 last?
5      1      3       0
9. The word 'zigzag' is derived from what language?
Arabic      Latin      French       Greek
10. What is the correct plural form of the word 'Cyclops'?
Cyclopes       All of these have been acceptable plurals      Cyclopses      Cyclops
11. In the 1990s commercials for 'Tootsie Roll Pops', how many licks did it take for the giant skeleton to get the Tootsie Roll?
5       7       6       2
12. In what year was Bill Gates born?
1955       1977       1944       1966
13. U Nu was a political leader in what country?
Laos       China       Myanmar       Pakistan
14. In Greek mythology, which was not a name of a titan or a titaness?
Hyperion       Mnemosyne      Kritios       Iapetus
15. Attila the Hun is also known as Etzel in what German mythological epic?
Nibelungenlied      Gotterdammerung       Volsungasaga       Rheingold

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM…STOCKHOLM, Sweden
-- A pilot for an airline based in Sweden fell asleep during a flight from Denmark to Sweden while his co-pilot was using the lavatory.
The Scandinavian Airlines System Group pilot wrote in his report he fell asleep during the Copenhagen to Stockholm flight because he was "extremely tired" from having only slept four 4 the previous night, Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Thursday. The pilot said he fell asleep while his co-pilot was using the toilet and the co-pilot had to buzz the door several times before he woke up and was able to open the cockpit. The flight last year was kept on course by the plane's autopilot. An SAS manager said the airline is not planning any disciplinary action against the pilot.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
On my way to a picnic, I stopped at a fast-food place to order a quart of potato salad. "We don't sell it by the quart," the clerk snapped. "Okay, then give me two pints, please," I replied.
I'm proud to say I held my tongue when she asked, "Do you want it in one container?"

TOP 10 HISTORICAL FINDS… 4. Peking Man
Peking Man or Beijing Man was a previously unknown type of Prehistoric man discovered by Canadian anatomist Davidson Black in a cave at Zhoukoudian, China in 1927. Between then and 1937, 14 partial craniums, 11 lower jaws, many teeth, and skeletal bones were found at the site. It is believed that the cave was home to about 45 individuals. From extensive studies of the remains made by Black and his predecessor German anatomist Franz Weidenreich, we know that Peking Man stood erect, made stone tools, understood how to use fire, had a heavy brow ridge and large teeth. In 1941, while being shipped to the United States for safety during World War II, the original fossils disappeared and have yet to be found. However, casts and descriptions remain and since the end of the war, other Peking Man fossils have been found at the site and at other sites throughout China.
Importance: Before Black had uncovered Peking Man, many scholars believed that the remains of Java Man were actually the remains of a deformed ape. The finding of tool usage and fire at Zhoukoudian proved that both Java Man and Peking Man were members of the same broad stage of human evolution and thus filled out the edges of our evolutionary picture.

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¤…THIS WEEK…¤
1-7 ► Children's Authors & Illustrators Week ♥ National Patient Recognition Week ♥ Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend ♥ Women's Heart Week
3-9 ► Boy Scout Anniversary Week
4-6 ► International Snow Sculpting Week
6-12 ► Dump Your Significant Jerk Week ♥ Freelance Writers Appreciation Week ♥ International Coaching Week ♥ Jell-O Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Boy Scouts Day (1910)   ♥     Lame Duck Day      ♥     Dump Your Significant Jerk Day      ♥     International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation    ♥
Finland and Scandinavia: Sami National Day (Arctic Indigenous Tribe)
New Zealand: Waitangi Day-New Zealand Day (1840 founding of country)
Switzerland: Homstrom-celebrates end of winter
US: California: Ronald Reagan Day
US: Massachusetts: Ratification Day (1788)
Today’s Births

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1564 - Christopher Marlowe poet, dramatist: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
○ ATHLETES
1895 George Herman (Babe) Ruth baseball great (Yankees)
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Tom Brokaw, 71, journalist
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Natalie Cole, 61, singer
Fabian, 68, singer, actor, born Fabian Forte
Mike Farrell, 72, actor (“M*A*S*H,” “Providence”)
Rip Torn, 80, actor (“The Larry Sanders Show,” Men in Black)
Mamie Van Doren, 78, actress
○ POLITICIANS
1756 Aaron Burr 3rd US Vice-President (1801-05), dueler
1536 Toyotomi Hideyoshi 2nd of three unifier of Japan in 16th century
1911 Ronald Reagan Illinois, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)/40th President (1981-89)
1665 Anne Stuart Queen of England (1702-14)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1913 Mary Nicol Leakey palaeontologist
Today’s Obituaries…
1685 Charles II King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), apoplexy @ 54
1996 Guy Madison actor (Wild Bill Hickok), emphysema @ 74
1981 Hugo Montenegro Orchestra leader emphysema @ 56
1989 Barbara Tuchman historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), @ 77
1998 Carl Wilson rock vocalist (Beach Boy), lung cancer @ 51
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1843 The first minstrel show in America, the Original Virginia Minstrels, opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.
1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow
○ ATHLETICS
1932 Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition
1968 The Xth Winter Olympic games opened in Grenoble, France
1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1693 Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott AZ
1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1854 The State of Texas passes a law which allows the United States to pick sites for 2 Indian reservations in Texas. One will be on the main fork of the Brazos River. The other, will be on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River.
1861 Cochise leaves Lt.George Bascom a note offering to exchange hostages. Bascom agrees to the exchange if Cochise will include the kidnapped boy Feliz Tellez. Cochise says he never had the boy, and the exchange does not take place. Cochise's hostages will be found dead in a few days.
○ POLITICS (US)
1869 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in Jan not March
1998 Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport
○ POLITICS (International)
1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
1942 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1959 At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.

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ANSWERS
Millionaire ANSWERS…
1. Which of the following would most likely burn you? Fire
2. Which of the following does not live in water? Hummingbird
3. What creature is known to make a hissing sound? Snake
4. In Roman numerals, what represents 5? V
5. What is usually the nearest planet to the sun? Mercury
6. What country has a city named Hamburg? Germany
7. President James K. Polk was a member of what political party? Democratic
8. How many years did the War of 1812 last? 3
9. The word 'zigzag' is derived from what language? French
10. What is the correct plural form of the word 'Cyclops'? All of these have been acceptable plurals
11. In the 1990s commercials for 'Tootsie Roll Pops', how many licks did it take for the giant skeleton to get the Tootsie Roll? 2
12. In what year was Bill Gates born? 1955
13. U Nu was a political leader in what country? Myanmar
14. In Greek mythology, which was not a name of a titan or a titaness? Kritios
15. Attila the Hun is also known as Etzel in what German mythological epic? Nibelungenlied
Close up Picture…
Kitchen Knives
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2-5-11 Saturday

 TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1881 Phoenix AZ incorporates AND 1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham

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Do I ever feel under educated about vehicles. It cost me about $20 for find out I don’t know squat about changing a battery. My insurance pays for the tow. I had to pay the dealership $22.50 to tell me I was not the brightest candle on the cake. Turns out, the battery posts had plastic caps over the terminals. I didn’t remove them. The guy tried really hard not to laugh, but he was cracking up inside. I asked about the key, locking up the entire car, etc. He said that from my phone call, they were prepared for a worst case scenario. In order for the vehicle to completely lock up the battery would have had to be removed by cutting the cables to the battery or shorting out the system when I tried to jump it. Simply removing the battery the normal way wouldn’t do it. Good news. He also said that each key does have a chip in it. All newer cars with that black plastic cover around the key have chip, no matter what auto producer makes it. On very rare occasions the chip can go bad. If it does go bad, the car won’t start. He said he didn’t want me to come in, hear that it was the worst case scenario and not have all the keys for the vehicle. The dealership also gave me a ride back to my house at no charge when I dropped it off, and washed it after they ‘fixed’ it. If I had gone to a car wash, that would have been $10 so my lesson is not nearly as painful in the pocket book as it seems. Still pretty painful psychologically.

Our retirement group had lunch at a New Orleans BBQ place here in town. It is a nice little hole in the wall restaurant in East Flag and has great ribs and great sandwiches. Mary picked me up, since my car wasn’t ready until after lunch. Cheryl is still losing weight and is learning how to eat the right food…turns out that no matter how good the ribs sounded, they weren’t a good choice. Her stomach started acting up soon after a few bites. We cut the lunch short so she could go home. I got an email from her a couple of hours later and she was fine. Mary is busy getting recipes for Super Bowl Sunday. She and Mike are spending the day at home. Her daughter, living in Chicago, suggested breaded baked pickles and breaded baked zucchini. Hmmm, not at my house. Mary’s grandson is having a great time with all the snow in Chicago. No one has gone to work for a few days and their parking area has six foot drifts which the two year old loves to ‘flop’ into. Kids and snow are a lot of fun.

Lots more surgery paperwork was in my mailbox today. I’ll deal with it tomorrow. I also got my ID necklace. Feels a little funny to be wearing it but a necessary part of getting old-er. Actually it is a pretty cool idea for an emergency.

Cable News used to mean CNN—the Cable News Network. Times have changed. While not that many people watch cable news, it is still a source of news for many Americans. One network has been leading the cable news battle for the past six years. That channel is FCN—Fox Cable News. About 2.3 million watch their prime time news while 1.3 watch their other shows. CNN now has about 1.9 million in prime time and .67 million at other times. These are frightening statistics for all of America. Many of the Fox commentaries and news stories are proven by all the other networks (CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and HLN) to be Faux. The disheartening part of all this is that even after the story is proven false, Fox continues to talk about it. A good example is the Obamacare Death Panels. If one only watches Faux News the disproven stories remain factual. Now FNC is publicizing that what is happening in Egypt is part of some world-wide ‘take over the world’ Muslim goal and being financed by liberal Americans. It is one thing for Americans with free speech to listen, prove to themselves that this is not factual. It is another thing when foreign news organizations replay the Fox stories for their audience. While I travel I like to watch some local news—when it is in English. I watched a few highlights of the Olympics while in Scotland and it opened my eyes. That station was following Scottish and UK athletes with very little about Americans. When a UK athlete won, it was news; when an American athlete won, it might be mentioned—if a UK athlete was also in the event. My fear is that when a Fox News story that is proven false, ends up on local country TV, they think that is how America really is. At this time, no one needs to hear that Americans are sponsoring the Egyptian crisis on the side of the Anti-Mubarak group—unless it is proven factual. As of now, it is only loud mouthed Fox that is saying this and they seem to be unable to name any American or any American group that is involved. They just make generalizations about ‘Socialist Liberals’ doing this…but don’t name them. I hope that the world is not watching Faux News for information about the US.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
○     Want to keep your cut flowers for a longer period of time? Take 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix in a quart of water. Use this water in your flower vase. It should extend the life of your flowers for a few days longer! And, before you place the flowers in the vase, be sure to cut each stem at the bottom at an angle.
○     Candle wax on your carpet? Don't fret...just put ice cubes into a metal pan. Place it right on top of the candle wax until the wax is frozen solid. With a small hammer, hit the wax to break it up. Pick up the pieces. Then apply dry-cleaning solvent on a clean cloth to remove any leftover residue.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Al Capone
○   Al Capone was first buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago's far South Side between the graves of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Frank, but in March of 1950 the remains of all three were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery on the far West Side.
○     Although Capone ordered dozens of deaths and even killed with his own hands, he often treated people fairly and generously. He was the first to open soup kitchens after the 1929 stock market crash and he ordered merchants to give clothes and food to the needy at his expense.
○     Capone was arrested in 1926 for killing three people, but spent only one night in jail because there was insufficient evidence to connect him with the murders. When Capone finally served his first prison term in May of 1929, it was simply for carrying a gun.

PUZZLE: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire […answers at bottom…]
1. The external device that moves a computer's cursor is named after which rodent?
hamster     rat     mouse     squirrel
2. Which of these is not a James Bond movie?
Diamonds Are Forever     Shanghai Noon     Goldfinger     You Only Live Twice
3. The Pope was called the Roman Catholic bishop of which city by Henry VIII?
Rome     London     Moscow     Athens
4. Who wrote the 'Star Spangled Banner'?
George Gershwin     Irving Berlin     Francis Scott Key      Oscar Hammerstein
5. For which of these games is a deck of cards required?
Backgammon     Roulette     Craps     Blackjack
6. An obstetrician specializes in which area?
Plastic Surgery     Transplants      Fractures     Childbirth
7. Which of these historical figures gave his name to a famous boot?
Nelson     Wellington     Hannibal      Napoleon
8. Which of these is a 'quadruped'?
Person over 40     Cow     Rectangle     Car
9. Who co-wrote 'We are the World' with Michael Jackson?
Bruce Springsteen     Lionel Richie     Michael Bolton     Neil Diamond
10. What is the Haggadah?
The first known synagogue      The story of the Israelites exodus from Egypt
The mound on which the Rosetta Stone rests      A sacred cup used during the Passover sedar
11. Which of these celebrities was not a member of the Mickey Mouse Club?
Christina Aguilera     Britney Spears     Jennifer Joy McGill      Liv Tyler
12. What are the two official languages of the Olympic Movement?
German and English      French and Spanish      French and Italian       French and English
13. Which nut flavors Amaretto liqueur?
Walnut     Hazelnut     Almond     Coconut
14. In skiing, what does NASTAR stand for?
Northeastern Slalom Report     National Standard Race     Noted Skiing Resort     Natural Slope Rating
15. Which of these is not a character in 'The Glass Menagerie'?
Amanda     Laura     Tim     Jim

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… Conneticut
The problem started when Robert Michelson called 911 at 8 p.m. on Thursday and asked how much trouble he could get into by growing one marijuana plant, police said.
The dispatcher said he could get arrested.
Michelson replied “thank you” and hung up, police said.
But, he’d made the call from his own home — 192 Waterville Road in Farmington — so it did not take long for police to find him and discover for themselves that the 21-year-old man was growing marijuana, police said.
Michelson admitted to spending a lot of money online to buy everything he needed to grow marijuana, including the seeds, police said.
Narcotics officers found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia designed for growing and smoking marijuana.
Michelson was released on $5,000 bond. As he left the police station, he gave the dispatchers two middle fingers.
“Presumably for doing such a good job,” police said.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
The banana loaf I was making was in the oven when my 16-year-old came into the kitchen where the family had gathered.
"That bread smells about done don't you think, Mom?" he asked.
I told him I had set the timer and it was fine.
A little later he repeated his suggestion. "Mom, I really think that loaf is done. Maybe you should check it."
Always quick to come to my defense, my 13-year-old son said, "Eddie, Mom's been burning that banana bread for 20 years now. I think she knows when to take it out."

TOP 10 HISTORICAL FINDS…5.  The Lascaux Cave
A vast cave complex in southwestern France, Lascaux is best known for its many Paleolithic cave paintings. The Lascaux Cave was discovered by four teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coencas on September 12, 1940. There are nearly 2000 figures of animals, humans and abstract signs inside the cave. The animals that were painted include stags, cattle, bisons, felines, a bird, a rhinoceros and a bear. Lascaux doesn’t seem to have been occupied but rather visited periodically just for the purposes of painting. In 1948 Lascaux was opened to the public but the amount of daily visitors to the cave were changing the atmosphere inside the cave so it was closed in 1963 and 20 years later an exact replica, Lascaux II was opened. Today the cave is under attack by a series of molds, fungi and bacteria threatening to erase this priceless work of Prehistoric art.
Importance: The Lascaux Cave is not only the largest Prehistoric cave in France, but the most well preserved. One of the paintings called “The Crossed Bison” shows the skill of the cave painters to capture realism. The ability to use perspective was not used again until the 15th century. From these paintings we can also determine what type of animals were available and important to the painters.

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Jan 30- Feb 5 ► Catholic Schools Week ♥ Meat Week ♥ Intimate Apparel Week
1-7 ► Children's Authors & Illustrators Week ♥ National Patient Recognition Week ♥ Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend ♥ Women's Heart Week
3-9 ► Boy Scout Anniversary Week
4-6 ► International Snow Sculpting Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Disaster Day ♥ Ice Cream For Breakfast Day   ♥  MOBIUS Awards Day    ♥  Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day   ♥   Weatherman's [Weatherperson's] Day   ♥   World Nutella Day
Burundi: Unity Day (since 1992)
Finland: Runeberg Day (1804: Finnish idealistic poet)
Japan: Japanese Martyrs Day (26 martyrs-1597)
México: Constitution Day (1857 & 1917)
Pakistan: Kashmir Day to honor Kashmir in land dispute with India
San Marino: Liberation Day (since 1739)
Tanzania: Birth of the Afro Shirazi Party
Today’s Births
○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
Christopher Guest, 63, writer, comedian (Emmy for writing “Lily Tomlin;” Spinal Tap, Best in Show)
Bernard Kalb, 89, news reporter, commentator
1833 John Watkinson founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess magazine)
○ ATHLETES
Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron, 77, Hall of Fame baseball player, baseball executive, 755 career home-run hitter
Cristiano Ronaldo, 26, soccer player
Roger Thomas Staubach, 69, Hall of Fame football player
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1840 John Boyd Dunlop Scottish developer (pneumatic rubber tire)
1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1919 Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], comedian/actor (Sayonara, Poseidon Adventure)
1906 John Carradine actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)
Zsa Zsa Gabor [Zsa Sari], 94, actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, 49, actress (Miami Blues, Rush, Backdraft)
○ POLITICIANS
1900 Adlai E Stevenson (Governor-IL), presidential candidate (D) (1952, 1956)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1744 John Jeffries colonial physician/meteorologist
1799 John Lindley English botanist (Elements of Botany)
Today’s Obituaries…
1881 Thomas Carlyle historian/essayist, @ 85
1991 Dean Jagger US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), @ 87
1995 Doug McClure US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), lung cancer @ 59
1802: Orono Penobscot Chief: converted to catholicism, fought in the French and Indian wars against the British, fought on the American side during the Revolutionary War, @ 108
1944 Robert E Park sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), @ 79
1961 Anthony G de Rothschild British philanthropist, @ 73
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1861 Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA
1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
1953 Walt Disney’s film, Peter Pan, opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City
1967 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuts
1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego" debuts on Fox TV
○ ATHLETICS
1956 7th Winter Olympics games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1972 Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar
1846 "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast
1901 Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1692 Canadians, and Indians will attack the southern Maine town of York. Almost 50 settlers will be killed, and, at least, another 70 will become captives.
○ POLITICS (US)
1945 US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manila
1972 US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
○ POLITICS (International)
1944 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin
1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1887 Snow falls on San Francisco
1936 National Wildlife Federation forms
1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16º
1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

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ANSWERS
Millionaire ANSWERS…
1. The external device that moves a computer's cursor is named after which rodent? mouse
2. Which of these is not a James Bond movie? Shanghai Noon
3. The Pope was called the Roman Catholic bishop of which city by Henry VIII? Rome
4. Who wrote the 'Star Spangled Banner'? Francis Scott Key
5. For which of these games is a deck of cards required? Blackjack
6. An obstetrician specializes in which area? Childbirth
7. Which of these historical figures gave his name to a famous boot? Wellington
8. Which of these is a 'quadruped'? Cow
9. Who co-wrote 'We are the World' with Michael Jackson? Lionel Richie
10. What is the Haggadah? The story of the Israelites exodus from Egypt
11. Which of these celebrities was not a member of the Mickey Mouse Club? Liv Tyler
12. What are the two official languages of the Olympic Movement? French and English
13. Which nut flavors Amaretto liqueur? Almond
14. In skiing, what does NASTAR stand for? National Standard Race
15. Which of these is not a character in 'The Glass Menagerie'? Tim
Close up Picture…
Celery
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