3-3-11 Wednesday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1875 Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

My friend Martha and I went out for an Italian Dinner—late birthday party. Great conversation, and presents too. I got a 12CD set of her book Caitlin—very cooooool. And I got three shot-bottles of various Scotch. Guess I will have my own Scotch tasting party. A nice celebration all around.

Today is International Sister Cities Day. Flagstaff has 4 sister cities: 1. City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, 2. Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, 3. Barnaul, Siberia, Russia, and 4. Hsin Tien City, Taipei, Taiwan. Even though we are part of AZ, we try to remain international.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Carpet Spot Cleaner. To clean spots on rugs and carpets, use window cleaner. It works as well as the spray-on carpet cleaners and if you buy the store brand (I use Wal Mart), you can get it for as little as $0.97 for a full quart bottle.
When I set mousetraps, I always bait them and put them in a brown paper lunch bag. The mice seem drawn to the small place to explore and all I have to do is close the bag and throw it away after they've been caught! No muss, no fuss!

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
In Massachusetts, the holiday is still called Washington’s Birthday. However, each year the governor issues a proclamation honoring all of the presidents from Massachusetts: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and John F. Kennedy.
Washington conceived the Badge of Military Merit, for wounded soldiers, and won three during his term. The award wasn’t used again until it was revived and renamed the Purple Heart on his 200th birthday, in 1932.
In some areas, instead of closing for one day to celebrate Lincoln and Washington’s birthdays, they close for an entire week. One such place is the New York City School District.
There was an attempt in 1968 to officially name this day Presidents Day. However, this suggestion died in committee.
Many states, however, choose to call their own celebration on this day "Presidents Day."
On February 22nd of almost every year since 1888, Washington's Farewell Address has been read in the US Senate. While this did not happen on Presidents Day, it is an annual celebration of Washington's Birthday that stems from 1862 when the Address was read as a way to boost morale during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday is on February 12th. Even though many states celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday concurrently with Washington's birthday, it is not a federally designated holiday.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. If you landed at Mirabel airport, where would you be?
2. What is the largest state in the USA?
3. What river flows through 8 countries and four capital cities?
4. What's the only river that flows both north and south of the equator?
5. The Mason-Dixon line separates Pennsylvania and what State?
6. If you landed at Merignac airport - where are you?
7. Caligari is the capital of what island?
8. What is France's longest river?
9. In what country is the Eucumbene Dam?
10. In which country is Zug?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
YUMA, Ariz. — A runaway dog darted into an Arizona apartment and found a cool place to hide — the bottom of the refrigerator.
A Yuma Fire Department spokesman says the family told firefighters the pooch rushed into their home when they opened the front door and kept snapping at them.
When they went to the fridge to get some food to try to lure the dog outside, the animal jumped in the appliance and refused to come out.
Firefighters found the small black terrier-type dog crouched on the bottom shelf, snapping at anyone who approached. They used protective gear to pick up the pooch and put it in a carrier.
The dog had been reported missing by someone else at the apartment complex and was returned home safely.

A LITTLE LAUGH:
A screenwriter comes home to a burned down house. His sobbing wife is standing outside. "What happened, honey?" the man asks.
"Oh, John, it was terrible," she weeps. "I was cooking when the phone rang. It was your agent. Because I was on the phone, I didn't notice the stove had caught on fire. It went up in seconds. Everything is gone. I nearly didn't make it out of the house. Poor Fluffy is gone........"
"Wait! Back up a minute," the man says. "My agent called?"

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: Mount Rushmore National Monument

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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
►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◄
I Want You To Be Happy Day
International Sister Cities Day
National Anthem Day
Peach Blossom Day
What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day
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Arab Countries: Mohammed's Birthday
Bulgaria: Liberation from Ottoman Rule Day (1878)
Egypt: Sportsmen's day
Grenada: Partial Independence Day (1967)
Japan : Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)
Malawi: Martyrs Day
Morocco : National Day (1961)
Sudan : Unity Day Day of Prayer
UK and Ireland: World Book Day
US: Florida: Admission Day (1845—27th state)
US: Hawaii : Japanese Girl's Day

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1921 Allen Ginsberg beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award)
1793 Charles Sealsfield writer (The Making of America)
■…ATHLETES
1920 Julius Boros golfer (US Open 1952,63)
Santonio Holmes, 27, football (Stealers, Jets)
Jacqueline (Jackie) Joyner-Kersee, 49, Olympic heptathlete
Herschel Walker, 49, former football player
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1909 Harry Hemsley billionaire New York landlord
Lee Radziwill, 78, socialite
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
Jessica Biel, 29, actress (The Illusionist, “7th Heaven”)
David Faustino, 37, actor (“Married . . . With Children”)
1911 Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8)
Ira Glass, 52, radio host (“This American Life”)
■…POLITICIANS
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■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1847 Alexander Graham Bell Edinburgh Scotland, inventor (telephone)
1838 George W Hill US astronomer (Moon orbit)
1831 George M Pullman inventor (railway sleeping car)
Today’s Obits:
1966 William Frawley actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), @ 89
1987 Danny Kaye comedian (Danny Kaye Show), @ 74
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1915 The now-famous film, The Birth of a Nation, debuted in New York City.
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland
■…ATHLETICS
1974 George Foreman KOs Ken Norton
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1634 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
1885 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
1939 A new craze began to sweep college campuses. Goldfish swallowing.
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1819 The United States starts its Indian "civilization" program.
1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)
1988 The Alaska Native Claims Act is amended.
■…POLITICS (International)
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■…POLITICS (US)
1791 Congress establishes US Mint
1791 1st Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
1812 US Congress passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
1845 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so. President John Tyler was in office at the time.
1863 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted
1891 Congress creates US Courts of Appeal
1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. If you landed at Mirabel airport, where would you be? Montreal
2. What is the largest state in the USA? Alaska
3. What river flows through 8 countries and four capital cities? Danube
4. What's the only river that flows both north and south of the equator? The Congo
5. The Mason-Dixon line separates Pennsylvania and what State? Maryland
6. If you landed at Merignac airport - where are you? Bordeaux
7. Caligari is the capital of what island? Sardinia
8. What is France's longest river? Loire
9. In what country is the Eucumbene Dam? Australia, New South Wales
10. In which country is Zug? Switzerland, it is the smallest Canton
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Bread Maker

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3-2-11 Wednesday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1903 The Martha Washington Hotel opened for business in New York City. The hotel featured 416 rooms and was the first hotel exclusively for women.
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

I guess March came in like a lamb…so we have lots to look forward too. We had a nice, snow-melting day with a few clouds and warm temps.

I ran some errands this morning and picked up some cool stuff at World Market, using my gift certificate that they gave me for my birthday. This program worked as I spent an additional $15. I got some great snacks and a small rainbow colored wind hanger that should be of help with my spring/summer desire to attract some hummingbirds. I have talked to the people at a couple of garden shops and they all say that there are hummingbirds in Flagstaff every summer. They also say that dangling colorful ribbons near the feeder will attract them. So that’s what I got; now I will see if that works. Tuba is about 2K feet lower than Flag, and Tuba is a lot drier and hotter. In Tuba I had two feeders—one near each bedroom window. It was only the windiest days that didn’t have good sized colorful charm of hummingbirds around most of the day. Haven’t had that joy in Flagstaff.

Our governor made headlines soon after she took office when our elected governor became the head of Homeland Security. Her headlines were talking about ‘decapitated bodies’ being strewn throughout southern AZ because of the illegals and drug cartels. It took a few years to say that no decapitated bodies have been found on the AZ side of the border, but she believes it could happen soon. At about the same time Phoenix made the FBI’s capital of kidnapping. Again, these stats were used to raise our fear of illegals, drug cartels, and the need to ‘build the dang fence’. Some of my friends who live in the Phoenix area lived in fear, added a second or third deadbolt to their doors, had alarm systems installed and other precautionary measures. At the time I wondered why the Phx stations didn’t seem to be carrying a lot of kidnapping stories on their news shows. I don’t recall hearing of any outrageous kidnapper demands on the news—in fact I don’t remember hearing any kidnapper demands. No pics of kidnapped victims or their families. Well today, the PHX police department admitted that the ‘kidnapping stats’ for that period were ‘exaggerated’. To make matters worse it has been shown through an FBI investigation that the police department knew at the time that the stats were erroneous. At the time they were applying for a Federal Grant for more $$$ to stop kidnappings. Kidnappings, it turns out were never happening. Right now it looks like the cops will be paying back that grant…several million. For those not living in this circus, Phoenix police are not the same as Sheriff Apario’s county cops. His time is still to come, and it will--following all the Federal investigations that are ongoing. I’m sure these erroneous stats have cost the people of Phoenix millions in higher insurance rates for homes, cars, and businesses. Wonder who will pay them back?
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Tin pie pans often get rusty with regular use. To restore shine, sprinkle a little salt or baking soda on a cut potato and rub it over the spot. The oxalic acid in the potato helps dissolve the rust. Bonus: This trick also works on knives and cookware.
Spreading rock salt on outdoor steps to melt ice is effective, but salt can damage nearby plants when it washes into the soil. A better alternative? Spread sand or kitty litter over the ice -- it'll provide traction without jeopardizing your garden.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…Hippos Part II
The ears and nostrils – located at the top of the head – close automatically when the animal is under water. It has practically no hair, and its smooth skin is quite delicate.
There is a myth that a hippo sweats blood, but actually it is an oily, red liquid that the hippo's skin exudes to keep it moist and protected when not in the water.
One young is born at a time, after a gestation of around 230 days. Births usually occur in months of heavy rainfall, but can occur year-round. Young hippos will also bask on their mother’s back. A group of hippos is called a “bloat.”

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. What capital city began as the village of Edo?
2. Which country do Sinologists study?
3. Lucknow is a city in India, and what other country?
4. If you landed at Schipol airport where are you?
5. What countries national anthem is the Bayambo song?
6. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River?
7. Which city is the closest to Copacabana Beach?
8. What place is called Rapa-nui by it's native inhabitants?
9. Suomi is the name the natives give to what country?
10. If someone said they were from the city Hellas, what country are they from?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
WEBSTER, Mass. — The health board in a Massachusetts town has approved a plan to shame owners of rundown buildings into fixing and securing their properties.
The plan approved Monday by the Webster board allows the town to place 4-by-8-foot signs on the sides of dilapidated buildings with the owner's names, address and telephone number.
Selectman Mark Dowgiewicz says it costs up to $9,000 per year for police responses and other expenses to deal with squatters, vandals and other problems.
Building Inspector Theodore Tetreault tells The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester (WUH'-stur) that building owners have ignored requests from the town to secure vacant properties.
Webster is a town of about 16,000 nearly 60 miles southwest of Boston.

A LITTLE LAUGH:
A fellow is getting ready to tee-off on the first hole when a second fellow approaches and asks if he can join him. The first says that he usually plays alone but agrees to let the second guy join him.
Both are even after the first couple of holes. The second guy says, "Say, we're about evenly matched, how about we play for five bucks a hole?"
The first fellow says that he usually plays alone and doesn't like to bet but agrees to the terms. Well, the second guy wins the rest of the holes and as they're walking off of the eighteenth hole, and while counting his $80.00, he confesses that he's the pro at a neighboring course and likes to pick on suckers.
The first fellow reveals that he's the Parish Priest at the local Catholic Church to which the second fellow gets all flustered and apologetic and offers to give the Priest back his money. The Priest says, "No, no. You won fair and square and I was foolish to bet with you. You keep your winnings."
The pro says, "Well, is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
The Priest says, "Well, you could come to Mass on Sunday and make a donation. Then, if you bring your mother and father by after Mass, I'll marry them for you."

Top 10 In The World:

CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’: Navajo Code Talkers And check out some of the other videos listed on the right.

♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
►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◄
Old Stuff Day
Dr. Seuss Day
Namesake Day
NEA's Read Across America Day
Burma: Peasant's Day
Ethiopia: Battle of Aduwa Day (1896)
Japan: Omizu-okuri ("Water Carrying") Festival
Morocco: Independence Day (1956 from France)
US: Texas Independence Day (1836 from Mexico)
■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
1862 John Jay Chapman US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)
1904 Dr Seuss [Theodor Geisel] children's book author (Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who!)
John Irving, 69, author (Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp)
Tom Wolfe, 80, author, journalist (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff)
■…ATHLETES
Reggie Bush, 26, football (Saints)
Tuff Hedeman, 48, American bull rider champ
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Jeffrey Chodorow, 61, American restaurateur (China Grill) and financier
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
1917 Desi Arnaz singer/actor in Santiago Cuba
1950 Karen Carpenter drummer, singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Carpenters
Jon Bon Jovi, 49, singer, songwriter, actor
Daniel Craig, 43, actor (Casino Royale, The Golden Compass, Munich)
John Cullum, 81, stage and screen actor (Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century, “Northern Exposure”)
Chris Martin, 34, singer, songwriter (Coldplay)
Eddie Money, 62, musician
Doc Watson, 88, singer, musician (Riding the Midnight Train, Then and Now)
1935 Al Waxman (Albert Samuel Waxman) actor: Cagney & Lacey, The Victors, Wild Horse Hank
■…POLITICIANS
Russell D. Feingold, 58, US Senator (D, Wisconsin)
Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev, 80, former Soviet political leader
1793 Sam[uel] Houston 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
1316 Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)
Ken Salazar, 56, US Secretary of the Interior, former US Senator
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1810 Pope Leo XIII Giocchino Vincenzo Pecci) (256th pope of the Roman Catholic Church [1878-1903] 1876 Pius XII [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)
Today’s Obits:
1992 Sandy Dennis actress (Up the Down Staircase), cancer @ 54
1930 David H Lawrence poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), TB @ 44
1985 Sir Michael Redgrave actor/writer, Parkinson's disease @ 77
1987 Randolph Scott actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), @89
1957 Harry E Soref inventor (padlock—Master Lock), @ 70
1999 Dusty Springfield singer, cancer @59
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1950 Silly Putty invented
■…ATHLETICS
1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1866 The Excelsior Needle Company of Wolcottville, Connecticut began making sewing machine needles
1867 US Congress creates the Department of Education
1923 Time magazine debuts
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford CT)
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1867 An act is passed today which will purchase a reserve for SAUK and FOX of 4.5 square miles.
1876 The Secretary of War is impeached for taking bribes to make political appointments.
1989 The NAVAJO Code Talker Monument is erected.
■…POLITICS (International)
1946 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
1977 Libya amends constitution
■…POLITICS (US)
1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1819 US passed its 1st immigration law—requiring a count of all immigrants arriving by ship
1861 US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared President despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victor
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. What capital city began as the village of Edo? Tokyo
2. Which country do Sinologists study? China
3. Lucknow is a city in India, and what other country? Canada
4. If you landed at Schipol airport where are you? Amsterdam
5. What countries national anthem is the Bayambo song? Cuba
6. What capitol city stands on the Tagus River? Lisbon
7. Which city is the closest to Copacabana Beach? Rio de Janeiro
8. What place is called Rapa-nui by it's native inhabitants? Easter Island
9. Suomi is the name the natives give to what country? Finland
10. If someone said they were from the city Hellas, what country are they from? Greece
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3-1-11 Tuesday


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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2-28-11 Monday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor ]
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Flag did get some snow, but nothing like what was expected. We all got ready and it just never materialized. Know the weather guy is saying a nice week ahead. I’m ready for that too. One thing the ‘storm’ did bring was my birds. There was constant feeding from sunrise on. The smaller feeder was filled twice. The suet is also being eaten by the birds. I seem to have finally found a way to keep that pesky squirrel away from their food.

Our discussion group went well last night. Everyone seemed to like my handout. The continent of Africa was similar in tribal distribution to North America before colonization. Many of the problems today are because of the colonization. It is impossible to re-do a history, so the colonization mess will continue. It is also very difficult to send humanitarian aid to these countries when dictators or no strong central government can distribute it to those in the most need. The four missionaries that were recently killed is an example. It is easy to say they had no business passing out Bibles in the area, or that they had no business sailing alone in the area. We discussed several newspaper articles that hinted that the American ship may have more to do with their deaths. Some pirates had gone to the American ship to negotiate, with orders that if they didn’t return, to kill the four. For some reason the pirates stayed on the American ship all night and when several small boats took off for the pirated ship, the on board pirates may have believed they were being attacked. Whatever happened, I’m sure that the American government and many American NGO’s will continue to send aid and aid workers around the world. When compassionate leaders are found, it will work. When that doesn’t happen, there will be more bad outcomes.

I am really enjoying my Android smart phone. It is so nice to have the internet in your hand. Several times each day I will see or hear something and wonder something. Now, instead of writing it on my hand to look up later, I can do it right then. It makes learning so much easier. ’Angry Birds’ isn’t bad either.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
If you're repotting a plant, put it into a container just one inch larger than the old one. Reporting into a container that's too large can result in soggy soil that can rot the plant's roots.

Scoop up final floor sweepings that are too fine to grip by wetting a piece of newspaper and dabbing it on the pile. The fine dust and dirt will stick to the paper and lift easily off the floor. Just pop it all in the trash when you're done!

If you need to plug up the tub or kitchen sink but can't find the stopper, fill a zip-top bag with water, seal it shut and put over the drain. The bag will conform to the shape of the drain, and the weight of the water will keep it in place.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…Grammy Part II
In 1989, Milli Vanilli became the first artists to be stripped of their Grammy (for Best New Artist) when it was discovered they weren’t the ones singing on their album.

Stevie Wonder holds the record for most Grammys won by a solo artist with 28. He also has a lifetime achievement award.

Elvis Presley never won a Grammy in a top performing category; he did win in the Gospel music category in 1971.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. A nudist in Spain fined $60 for being nude and $5 for what other offence?
2. An unkindness is a group of what kind of birds?
3. Scandinavian aquavit is flavored with what?
4. Who said 'If a lie is told in the Whitehouse, Nixon gets royalty'?
5. What city has Kogoshima as it's airport?
6. Gene Hackman played sheriff Big Whiskey in which film?
7. What does an alopecia sufferer lack?
8. Which part of the body is most sensitive to radiation?
9. Where was Napoleon born?
10. Who wrote the book Catch 22?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM:
EAST AURORA, N.Y. - Officials in a New York town said a non-profit needs to obtain permission before going through with plans for a 24-hour hockey game. The Aurora Ice Association, the non-profit that operates the outdoor Time Warner Cable Classic Rink in East Aurora, said it is planning a 24-hour hockey game starting at 9 p.m. March 18 to raise money for a concrete pad at the facility, The Buffalo News reported Thursday. However, Mayor Allan Kasprzak and other officials responded to a complaint from resident William Hanavan who said noise from the game would disturb his sleep, saying the non-profit would need to seek special permission for the event. "The request has to come in front of us. Any change has to come before us. They have hours they're supposed to abide by. If they don't, we send the police in and shut it down whether it's a rink or a bar,"

Kasprzak said at a Wednesday night meeting. Aurora Ice Association President Anthony DiFilippo IV recently said the 2-year-old rink should not have to obtain village permission for events because it should now be considered a permanent structure. The rink previously obtained a special-use permit as a temporary structure.

A LITTLE LAUGH:
Irving goes into a restaurant and orders potato latkes. When they come, he complains that they do not look good and he changes his order to blintzes. After he eats the blintzes, he stands up and starts to leave the restaurant.
"Wait a second," the manager shouts after him. "You have not paid for your blintzes."
"What are you talking about?" Irving says. "Those blintzes were an even exchange. I gave you the potato latkes for them."
"Yes," says the manager, "but you did not pay for the latkes either."
"Why should I pay for them?" asks Irving. "I didn't eat them."

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CLOSEUP PICTURE: Can you identify this close up picture?

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’:  Twinkle the Tooth Fairy

♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear it.
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
►THIS WEEK◄
27-3/5 ► Telecommuter Appreciation Week ♥ Peace Corps Week

►TODAY IS◄
Public Sleeping Day
Floral Design Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
Purim: Jewish Observance: Esther and Mordeca saved Jews from annihilation
Rare Disease Day
Arab countries: Teacher's Day
Finland : Kalevala Day (1835)
Luxembourg : Burgsonndeg-celebrates end of winter
India: National Science Day
Taiwan: Peace Memorial Day
Today’s Births:

■…AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTISTS
Svetlana Allilueva, 85, daughter of Joseph Stalin, author (The Faraway Music)
1907 Milton Caniff Dutch cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates)
■…ATHLETES
Mario Gabrielle Andretti, 71, former auto racer
Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith, 66, actor, former football player
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1906 Bugsy Siegel gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1797 Mary Lyon educator: founded Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mt. Holyoke College
1824 Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) acrobat, aerialist: first to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope [June 30, 1859]
■…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS)
Gavin MacLeod, 81, actor: The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale’s Navy, Operation Petticoat
1910 Vincente Minnelli movie director (American in Paris, Gigi)
1915 Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
Bernadette Peters, 67, singer, actress (Dames at Sea, Annie Get Your Gun)
Tommy Tune, 72, actor, singer, dancer, director, choreographer
■…POLITICIANS
Steven Chu, 63, US Secretary of Energy
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1663 Thomas Newcomen English co-inventor (steam engine)
1928 Smokey The Bear
Today’s Obits:
1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson comedian (Jack Benny Show), heart disease @ 71
1979 Mr Ed (Bamboo Harvester) the talking horse, euthanized @ 21
1993 Ishiro Honda Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), @ 81
1916 Henry James US/British writer (Bostonians), stroke @ 72
Today’s Events:
■…ARTS
1940 1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's Madison Square Garden-University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1983 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
■…ATHLETICS
1957 Johnny Longden rode winner number 5,000 in his career at Santa Anita race track.
1960 8th Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley CA close
1988 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada
■…BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)
1995 Denver International Airport opens
■…INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1675 The Mission Santa Cruz de Sabacola El Menor is dedicated. The mission is for the Sawoklis Indians on the Apalachicola River.
1837 A few Creek Indians attack the Alberson homestead on the Alabama-Florida. The Creeks are reported to have killed the entire family.
■…POLITICS (International)
1066 Westminster Abbey opens
1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
■…POLITICS (US)
1933 1st female in cabinet Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1993 U.S. Federal agents shot it out with members of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas and didn’t fare very well. Four agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and two cult members were killed and another 12 agents were wounded. The agents had planned to arrest Branch Davidian cult leader, David Koresh on federal firearms charges, but were surprised when the cult members opened fire with heavy weapons. The assault was a failure, and the 51-day siege by the Feds began.
■…SCIENCE & RELIGION
1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
1784 John Wesley charters Methodist Church
1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles CA)
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ANSWERS:
Quiz
1. A nudist in Spain fined $60 for being nude and $5 for what other offence? Having no ID papers
2. An unkindness is a group of what kind of birds? Ravens
3. Scandinavian aquavit is flavored with what? Cumin or Caraway
4. Who said 'If a lie is told in the Whitehouse, Nixon gets royalty'? Richard Nixon
5. What city has Kogoshima as it's airport? Tokyo
6. Gene Hackman played sheriff Big Whiskey in which film? Unforgiven
7. What does an alopecia sufferer lack? Hair
8. Which part of the body is most sensitive to radiation? The Blood
9. Where was Napoleon born? Ajaccio, Corsican capitol
10. Who wrote the book Catch 22? Joseph Heller
Close Up Picture
Waffle iron
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2-27-11

MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS


The weatherman has said to hunker down and to expect a foot of snow tonight. It hasn’t started yet, but it has been ready for a couple of hours. It would be nice if it was a really wet snow but it looks like it won’t be that wet. I’m heading out to the discussion group, but as old-er citizens I’m sure that we will break up early if the snowfall gets bad.

A Native lady asked me to be her friend on FB. I don’t know her, but figured what the heck. I figured when we became ‘friends’ I could look at her friends list and see which of my friend’s knows her. No such luck…no mutual friends. She is one of those FB people who change her profile pic way too often. She has several kids and several grandkids and is from OK. Anyway, she has opened up a new way of looking at things for me. She is pretty anti-Anglo, which makes me wonder why she friended me. That aside, she also posts information on non-Natives who claim to do Native ceremonies. I had no idea how many ‘wannabe fakes’ there were out there. Some of these people spent time with Natives and claim that they were ‘initiated’ into that tribe’s spiritual path. Others just ‘copy’ the ceremonies…always for a big price. Some are from the Southwest, others from other parts of the US. None of these wannabes seems to be able to use their real names, but instead use their ‘Indian’ name. These people are not FB people, They have their own websites. I must say I am appalled. I know I do not have a very deep knowledge of spirituality. Those that I know that are into such things do not claim any Native connection, unless they are tribal members, and never from a different tribe. The practice of claiming Native ancestry is not new. But making money off it, and using the internet to find followers is kinda new. I see this as little more than fraud and hope that these frauds continue to be exposed and shut down. Of the 10 or so that she has exposed, none have any ties to a tribe and make no qualms about sharing their funds with a tribe. Several Plains tribes have made it clear that the person is not part of their tribe nor do they accept the claim that the person was adopted by any of their tribal members. FB sure has a lot to offer.

Side note: I once had an Anglo teacher who was transferred to our school after a problem at her previous school. She was young and single. She made friends with young bucks in the community. It was a little strange. One day she came to school and told her female aide that she had been initiated into the Navajo ‘Lizard Clan’. Hmmm. No such clan. You can draw your own conclusions as to what that ceremony must have been like. She was a good teacher and stayed at our school, minus the community involvement. She left a couple of years later and moved to OK. Within 6 months she was married to a Native from there and I guess lived happily ever after.

Now that Obama has come out for an end to the ban on gay marriage, many minority Church leaders (African and Hispanic) are on the talk circuit against Obama’s decision. This is going to become a big issue in the weeks ahead. Many seem believe that this will lose him his minority voters. Somehow they believe that pushing for a traditional marriage is the way to end teen pregnancy, drugs, gangs, and all the other ills of their community. I haven’t read anywhere that there is a movement in the gay community to push for any of those ills. It is amazing how fear of change guides so many.



Our discussion group lasted much longer than usual. All lists will return tomorrow.

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2-26-11 Satruday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1939 Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of F.D.R. resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in support of African American opera singer Marian Anderson.
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Tomorrow night I am moderating our discussion group’s topic: Horn of Africa. We ALWAYS meet on Friday night, but this time we made it Saturday night. I guess I am ready, a day early. With all the events in Africa, it should be a lively discussion. The ‘horn’ includes Djiibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. This is one of the poorest area on earth. It is also an area believed to be where civilization began. I must say I have reviewed my itinerary more than once since I have been reading about this area. Our group is staying in ‘safe’ areas and not traveling near any borders. Looking at the areas we are going show me that this is a very poor country. We may be staying in the ‘better or best’ hotels in the country but none look, from the outside, like the five stars we are used to. That is OK for me, as I am just now getting used to saying hotel instead of motel. I do understand why Hamdy is a little concerned about some of our fellow travelers. I doubt there will be any ‘spas’, massages, or mints on the pillow. With that said, we are going to see some beautiful areas and certainly learn a great deal about the country. It is going to be a different trip, but one I can hardly wait for. It is still a long time until late October. As I listen to the events in Africa, I can only hope that it doesn’t reach the horn before we have our trip. I know I am being selfish, as none of these countries have true democracy and their needs are so much greater than mine. So if the events change, I will be OK with it. Hopefully, I won’t lose too much money. I have insurance, but not sure what is covered—usually it has to do with an illness. I’m sure if the planes can’t fly in, that will be covered. Not sure if our tour operator makes the decision for our safety. I’m also sure that the State Dept will play a role in any decisions too. It will all work out.

Most of the problems in Africa seem to go back to the colonial movement of the Europeans. That’s when all the African borders were drawn. Just like in the US with our indigenous people, there was little if any understanding of the history before the colonist’s arrival. The tribes of Africa had developed. They were not friends with all their neighbors. Yet the colony would be drawn, with historical enemies put together. Their languages, their beliefs, their culture had nothing to do with it. It was more about which European country got the colony. Tribes were split in some cases. Sudan has just voted to split into two countries—based on ancient tribal areas. It is much like the countries in Europe during WWII and after. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and others were ‘made’ into countries with dictators. When the Soviet Union collapsed and/or the dictators died off, the countries split. The same is true in Africa. The rise of independence in Africa and the Native unrest in the US in the 1960’s is now exploding in Africa. The US may be looking at some changes also. There are still a lot of indigenous people out there that carry the scars of reservations.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Drafty doors? Stuff the leg of an old pair of tights with kitty litter or strips of an old T-shirt. Tie at the end and place in front a door to keep drafts out.
After baking, turn off the oven and leave the door open. Its residual heat will raise the temperature of the rest of the house in no time.
Spend more time on the top floor of your home since heat rises, the air up there will be toastier than that on the ground floor.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
The first Grammy Awards were presented on May 4, 1959. There were only 22 awards; now there are over 100.
Can you name some of the most well known musicians/musical groups who have never won a major performance Grammy? They are Bob Marley, Diana Ross, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead.
In the history of the Grammys, only two comedians have won a major performance award: Bob Newhart, for best new artist in 1961, and Vaughn Meader, album of the year in 1963.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Psychologists say, men who do what during sex are insecure?
2. Fran Philps of Canada was the first woman to do what?
3. Which animal sleeps with one eye open?
4. In which EEC country is abortion still illegal?
5. Who was the first black entertainer to win an Emmy award?
6. In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what?
7. If you had 'distrix' what condition would you have?
8. What is a Bellwether?
9. Maria Magdelana Von Losch Beyyer is better known as whom?
10. What do the quarters of a hot cross bun symbolise?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… VILLA RICA, Ga.
— A Girl Scout leader says young members of her troop thought they were headed to jail when a Georgia police officer told them to quit selling cookies.
The girls had set up a stand at a strip mall in Villa Rica about 30 miles west of Atlanta on Wednesday when the officer asked them if they had a peddler's permit. They didn't.
Troop Leader Kathy Crook told WXIA-TV in Atlanta that she was stunned. She says the scouts were told to pack it up.
And she says the younger members thought they would be taken to jail.
The city's police chief and mayor spoke with the officer. They say he did nothing wrong and that it was a misunderstanding.
The troop now has a permit to sell. And to smooth things over, the city is offering the scouts a pizza party.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
When the icemaker in our new refrigerator broke, my husband dropped by the store to arrange for repairs. Because the sun was bright, my husband's eyes hadn't adjusted to the dim light inside in time to see a woman sitting on the floor examining carpet samples.
He stepped on her leg and she screamed, causing him to jump into a display of fireplace tools that went crashing in every direction. Unnerved, my husband stumbled over to the service desk, and as he went to rest his hands on the counter, he flipped over a bowl full of little mints, scattering them everywhere.
After taking a deep breath to calm himself, he announced to the wide-eyed woman working there, "My refrigerator doesn't work."
"I don't doubt it," she replied.

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CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…Amazing Sword Swallower

♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
20-27 ► National Future Farmers of America Week ♥ National Engineers Week National Entrepreneurship Week ♥ Build A Better Trade Show Image Week ♥ National Eating Disorders Awareness Week ♥ Read Me Week ♥ Learning Disabilities Week ♥ Texas Cowboy Poetry Week
¤…TODAY IS…¤
For Pete's Sake Day (origin is a corruption of ‘for pity’s sake’ or talking about St. Peter)
International Sword Swallowers Day
Levi Strauss Day—his birthday
National Pistachio Day
Open That Bottle Night—for that special bottle of wine
Kuwait: Night Liberation Day (since 1991—end of Iraqi occupation during Gulf War)
US:Wisconsin: American Birkebeider Race—36 mi cross country ski race since 1993
Today’s Births...

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1802 Victor Hugo French author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
1832 John George Nicolay author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
○ ATHLETES
Hannah Kearney, 25, American freestyle skier
Joe Mullen, 54 American ice hockey (Bruins)
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, frontiersman, showman
1675 Guillaume Delisle French geographer (Atlas Géographique)
1852 John Harvey Kellogg surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
1931 Robert Novak American political columnist
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Michael Bolton, 58, Grammy Award-winning singer: When a Man Loves a Woman [1991], How Am I Supposed to Live Without You [1989]
1932 Johnny Cash country singer (I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue)
1933 Godfrey Cambridge actor: Watermelon Man, The Last Angry Man, The President’s Analyst, Beware! The Blob, Friday Foster;
Fats Domino (Antoine Domino), 83, singer, songwriter (“Ain’t That a Shame,” “I’m in Love Again,” “Blueberry Hill”)
1887 William Frawley actor: I Love Lucy and many movies
1916 Jackie (Herbert John) Gleason comedian, actor: The Honeymooners, The Hustler, Smokey and the Bandit
1920 Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa OK, actor (Felix-Odd Couple, Love Sidney)
Mitch Ryder (William Levise), 66, singer: group: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Devil with a Blue Dress On, Little Latin Lupe Lu
○ POLITICIANS
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, 57, heir to the deposed Kingdom of Hanover and husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco
Ariel Sharon, 83, 11th Prime Minister of Israel
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1842 Camille Flammarion Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
1876 Pauline Musters shortest known adult (58.9 cm, 1' 11.2")
Today’s Obits…
1996 Audrey Angers charity pioneer
1997 David Doyle actor (Charlie's Angels), heart attack @ 67
1965 Jimmie Lee Jackson civil rights activist, beating injuries @27: inspired Selma-Montgomery March
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1848 Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto"
1957 The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
○ ATHLETICS
1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (California)
1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1834 1st US interstate crime compact (New York-New Jersey) ratified
1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1757 Built by Pennsylvania troops at Shamokin on the Susquehanna River at the juncture of several Indian trails, Fort Augusta is surrounded, and briefly held under siege by Indians. The Indians leave after a few days, but return in a few months.
1860 The Wiyots lived on the upper California coast between the Little River and the Bear River. An annual ceremony lasting over a week is held in the village of Tutulwat on an island in the river in what is now Eureka, California. By Wiyot tradition, everyone is welcome at the ceremony, including whites. Tonight after the ceremonies are finished, a group of men from Eureka sneak into the village and attack the participants. Several other nearby villages are also attacked. An estimated eighty to 100 Indians are killed in the sneak attack. An annual vigil is now held on a nearby island to commemorate the event.
○ POLITICS (International)
1951 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
1992 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion
○ POLITICS (US)
1919 Acadia National Park established (as Lafayette National Park), Maine
1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
1954 Michigan Representative Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records
1998 A jury, in Amarillo today rejected a lawsuit by Texas cattlemen who claimed Oprah Winfrey’s televised comments about mad-cow disease caused the beef market to plummet and cost them millions of dollars.
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000
1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
1732 1st mass celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph's Church, Philadelphia)
1914 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. Psychologists say, men who do what during sex are insecure? Keep socks on
2. Fran Philps of Canada was the first woman to do what? Reach the North Pole
3. Which animal sleeps with one eye open? Dolphin
4. In which EEC country is abortion still illegal? Ireland
5. Who was the first black entertainer to win an Emmy award? Harry Bellefonte
6. In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what? Barometer
7. If you had 'distrix' what condition would you have? Hair - split ends
8. What is a Bellwether? Leader of flock of sheep
9. Maria Magdelana Von Losch Beyyer is better known as whom? Marlene Dietrich
10. What do the quarters of a hot cross bun symbolise? Four Seasons
Close Up Picture…
Light Bulb

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