2-24-11 Thursday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Looks like more snow is headed our way. The clouds came in this afternoon. The Phx TV stations are already reporting snow in Flag, but they aren’t here and I’m not seeing any snow yet.

President Obama did something very strange today. He told DOJ not to prosecute cases involving DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) that states that in America, marriage is the union of a man and a woman. It has been around since the Clinton Administration. First, I’m not sure that because Obama thinks the law is unconstitutional is enough for him to direct Federal prosecutors not to prosecute. Then I am confused by the separation of powers in our government. I would think the courts would make that determination through prosecuted cases and/or the legislature would have to repeal the law. As someone on the liberal side of politics, I don’t like this. When he told us that the government would not be prosecuting marijuana laws at the Federal level, [Historically the ban of marijuana was pushed by the liquor lobby, as it was seen by them as a detriment to their bottom line. While marijuana possession remains a Federal crime, the drug cartels thrive and many people die to get it to the US]. So, I thought that was good to stop the prosecution. [I’m not, nor have I ever been married. I don’t see how two men or two women in love will destroy the institution of marriage. The churches may have a problem with those marriages, but how is a same sex marriage going to ruin the institution?] Back to today’s announcement: Does this mean that any president can enter office and decide that any law is unconstitutional and tell the DOJ not to prosecute? I hope not, especially in this time of such political diversity. Our laws take a long time to make it into actual law. Then we have a system of courts to challenge the law. Some on the left believe that this is just pushing the DOMA issue through the courts and that is fine. I will be reading more. Already I have learned that other Presidents have done the same thing to get things moving. More later.

I stayed up way to late last night watching a couple of good movies. Whenever I stay up after 1am, I am tired the entire next day and make it a lazy day. I didn’t have a lot to do today, but don’t like being tired all day. A nap only makes it worse. Guess I will never learn to just record the movie and watch it the next day. I will be busy tomorrow so should get back into my routine.

My brother called and asked if I had used my itunes card he gave me for Christmas. I told him no, that I was going to use it just before leaving for Ethiopia or Hadrian’s Wall. He said he was mailing me a new card. Seems that when he was shopping, picked up a card for me and one for him. He wasn’t using a cart, so he stuck them in his pocket. He finished shopping and laid down other things he had been carrying, but forgot about the itunes cards. He paid and left the store. It may or may not be shoplifting, since the cards are useless until they are scanned and activated. He had just tried to use his card and found that it didn’t work. That’s when he remembered the events of that day back in December. Hmm. If someone gave me a gift card and it didn’t work, I would never dream that it was a ‘stolen’ card. I would figure it was a clerical mess up, and hold no ill feelings from the giver. I would probably call them—if it was a large amount and let them know it didn’t work and let them deal with it. Maybe my gift shopping just got easier…jus kidding.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
If you have crayon marks on your walls get a damp cloth and dip it into some baking soda. Rub the cloth on the crayon marks, be sure to put some elbow grease into it.
Mustard makes an excellent soak for tired, overworked feet. Combine one tablespoon mustard in a pan of warm to hot water.Stir the water well to completely dissolve the mustard. Soak your feet for approximately twenty minutes.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
Animated character Homer Simpson’s e-mail address — chunkylover53@aol.com — was revealed in the Simpsons' episode The Dad Who Knew Too Little. Back in 2003, a Simpsons’ writer used to reply to messages in-character until the address became unmanageable due to sheer volume of mail.
The term spam pre-dates e-mail as we know it, and has been traced back to online role playing chat rooms from the ’80s called MUDs. Generally, the term refers to any type of abusive online behavior.
The first e-mail from space was sent in 1991. The crew of STS-43 Atlantis used Apple’s early AppleLink software on a Macintosh Portable to transmit the following: “Hello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first AppleLink from space. Having a GREAT time, wish you were here...send cryo and RCS! Hasta la vista, baby...we’ll be back!”

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Approximately only one third of the world's population uses what regularly?
2. What is absinthe traditionally flavored with?
3. In heraldry, what shape is a pile?
4. Which character has been played by the most actors?
5. What to a French or Spanish man is an OVNI?
6. What are the links: Vespasian, Titus, Domitian and Nerva?
7. What does a palimped have?
8. Whose horse was called 'Traveller'?
9. Alphonso D'Abruzzo became famous using what stage name?
10. What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… SAO PAULO
— Firefighters say they have removed a 5-foot-long alligator who was hiding behind a couch after floodwaters washed it into a home in northern Brazil.
Capt. Luiz Claudio Farias of the Parauapebas city fire department says that when the floodwaters receded on Tuesday, a woman saw her 3-year-old son petting something behind the couch. It was an alligator.
He says "she snatched the boy away and called" firefighters.
Farias said Wednesday the alligator was apparently well fed. "If he was hungry he could have seriously hurt or even killed the boy."
The alligator was taken to an environmentally protected area near the city and released into a river.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
A young mother was standing outside a mall holding her six-month-old baby and her sister's three-month-old baby.
Two women approached the mother. "Are they twins?" one asked.
"No, they're three months apart."
"My! You sure had them close together."

Top 10 In The World—most births

CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’… Voice of America Turns 65

♫ 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…¤
Gregorian Calendar Day
Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day
National Chili Day
National Personal Chef's Day
National Tortilla Chip Day
Estonia: Independence Day, celebrates the independence from Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation.
Ghana: Liberation Day (1966)
Mexico: Flag Day
Thailand:National Artist Day
US: Indiana: Vincennes Day-George Clark's defeat of British (1779)
Today’s Births...

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ARTIST
1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm German story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1943 George Harrison Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famer, former Beatle
1836 Winslow Homer US, painter
Mark Lane, 84, lawyer, author (Rush to Judgment, Eyewitness Chicago), JFK assassination buff 1852 George A Moore Irish painter/novelist (Esther Waters)
○ ATHLETES
1928 Bubba (John Melvin) Phillips baseball: Tigers, White Sox [World Series: 1959], Indians 1874 Honus (John Peter) Wagner ‘The Flying Dutchman’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Louisville Colonels [hit . 344: 1897]; Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1903, 1909]
Floyd Mayweather, Jr, 34, boxer
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Steven Jobs, 56, founder of Apple computer company
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Barry Bostwick, 66, actor (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Spin City”)
James Farentino, 73, actor (“Dynasty,” “Cool Million,” The Story of a Woman)
Steven Hill, 89, actor (“Law & Order”)
1890 Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson) actress: Ma of Ma and Pa Kettle
Edward James Olmos, 64, actor (Stand and Deliver
Abe Vigoda, 90, actor (“Barney Miller,” “Fish”)
Paula Zahn, 55, television journalist
Billy Zane, 45, actor (Titanic, The Phantom)
○ POLITICIANS
Joseph I. Lieberman, 69, US Senator
1885 Admiral Chester Nimitz US Admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WWII)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1304 Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer
1943 Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
1898 Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot
Today’s Obits…
1825 Thomas Bowdler self-appointed Shakespearean censor @ 70
1990 Malcolm Forbes CEO (Forbes Publishing), heart attack @ 70
1815 Robert Fulton steamboat pioneer, exposure @ 49
1991 George Gobel Chicago IL, comedian (George Gobel Show), after surgery @ 71
1990 Johnnie Ray singer (Cry), liver failure @ 61
1994 Dinah Shore singer (Chevrolet), cancer @ 76
1983 Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Williams US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), choking @ 71
1998 Henny Youngman comedian (Take my wife please), @ 92
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1868 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile AL)
1998 Elton John knighted
○ ATHLETICS
1924 Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100 meter record (57:2/5 seconds)
1980 USA Olympics hockey team beats Finland (4-2) & wins gold medal
1998 NHL resumes season since Feb 8th to accommodate the Olympics
2002 XIX winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City UT/Québec City
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1581 Pope Gregory approves the results of his calendar reform commission
1835 Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian language monthly magazine in US
1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles
1839 Mr. William S. Otis of Philadelphia, PA picked up a patent for the steam shovel.
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1730 With both sides running out of ammunition, the French, and the Natchez Indians agree on a peace settlement.
○ POLITICS (International)
1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia
1924 Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
1946 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
○ POLITICS (US)
1863 Arizona Territory created
1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
0303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
1510 Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. Approximately only one third of the world's population uses what regularly? Fork
2. What is absinthe traditionally flavored with? Wormwood
3. In heraldry, what shape is a pile? Inverted Pyramid
4. Which character has been played by the most actors? Sherlock Holmes
5. What to a French or Spanish man is an OVNI?
UFO [Objet Volant Non-Identifié:Objeto Volador No Identificado ]
6. What are the links: Vespasian, Titus, Domitian and Nerva? Rulers of the Roman Empire
7. What does a palimped have? Webbed Feet
8. Whose horse was called 'Traveller'? Robert E. Lee
9. Alphonso D'Abruzzo became famous using what stage name? Alan Alda
10. What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a director? Play Misty for Me
Close Up Picture…
Bike Path Marker

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2-23-11 Wednesday

TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1792 Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
The sun was shining and it was a nice day. The weatherman said we would reach 50, but that didn’t happen. Still a nice day.

Cheryl had to come into town for a medical appt and so we made our weekly lunch today. It was decided that we would meet next Monday for my birthday lunch. Looking forward to that. Cheryl had a good trip to visit the grandkids over the weekend. She left on Thursday and got back last night. The only snow was near Williams. Mary was in the Valley for the weekend to be with her grandkids and she wasn’t so lucky. She got stopped on I-17 when the road was closed. She had a friend staying at a resort in Sedona, so she called her, and there was room for Mary to spend the night. Her hubby had a colonoscopy yesterday and Mary made it back to town, just in time to take him. He’s doing fine. His doctor does one when you turn 50, no matter what. My doctor says that a simpler test can prevent the need for one. I like my doctor better. He was on a crappy diet for two weeks before the procedure and still had to drink the bottle. Anyway, he was back to work today.

My friend in the Phoenix hospital is still recovering, only a little bit each day. She has been in the hospital almost a month and it is taking its toll on the family. Some adult children just can’t accept the illness of their mom. From the news I get, the two oldest boys have been the center of the drama. This lady is Julius’ sister and he called today to update me. Seems his boss won’t give him much time off and when she finally approves leave, she places a lot of guilt on him. I never understood that when I was working. If the employee had the leave, I let them use it. If they didn’t, I let them use leave without pay. From my point of view, an employee with a family crisis isn’t going to be doing a top notch job anyway and family is always important. I did have a few who abused that philosophy and had to deal with that—some people seem to live their entire life with drama and that is a problem. Another reason to be happy I’m retired.

The more I read about the Wisconsin battle, the more angry I get. One really needs to listen to parts of the bill that haven’t made the mainstream news. Now I learn it has a provision that certain power plants can be sold without a bidding process. How does that save money? Police and Fire Fighters are not being cut and they supported the governor’s bid. The Union leaders have agreed to pension and healthcare changes, the only thing they won’t agree to is shutting off the bargaining issue. Too bad its all about politics.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Mustard can be used to treat and cure a sore throat. To use mustard for sore throats combine mustard, the juice of one half of a fresh lemon, one tablespoon of salt, one tablespoon of honey, and one half cup of boiling water. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Let the mixture set for 15 minutes. Gargle your throat. This will cure a sore throat in three days. For added benefit, put one cap of mouthwash into the mix before gargling.
Place fabric softener sheets in your dresser drawers and in your closets this will keep your clothes and linens smelling fresh for several weeks. I also put a fabric softener sheet under my trash bag to help keep the trash can from smelling of unpleasant odors.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION…
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 does 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. What did Mege-Mouries invent in 1870 that won a Napoleon prize?
2. Fiochetti is what shaped pasta?
3. The Amati family were famous for making what?
4. Who called himself the 8th wonder of world because of his large penis?
5. What is the larva of the click beetle called?
6. 67% of the world's population has never done what?
7. Sienna law forbids women having what name for prostitutes?
8. Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV series?
9. Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state?
10. What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress and director Oscars?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… WARREN, MI.
— Warren police said a man has been charged after he told a store clerk he didn't have to pay for cigarettes because he was a king.
Joseph Lawrence Borowiak is charged with strong-arm robbery and resisting arrest after being accused of threatening a 7-Eleven store clerk on Saturday.
Police said Borowiak went into the store at about 6:30 a.m. and asked the clerk for a pack of cigarettes. Borowiak told the clerk he wasn't going to pay for the cigarettes because he was a king and didn't have to, police said. He tried to grab the cigarettes, swung at the clerk and then ran out, police said.
A witness in the store was able to direct police to the area where Borowiak had last been seen walking. Police said he did not immediately surrender when they found him in front a funeral home further down Schoenherr Road and officers used a Taser on him to quell him.
Police said Borowiak has a criminal history that includes a cocaine possession conviction.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
An acquaintance of mine was hired as a research assistant by the physics department of a West Coast university to investigate the thermodynamic properties of wood. Two weeks after starting work he was approached by an encyclopedia salesman who explained that purchase of the encyclopedia entitled the buyer to have any three special questions answered completely. To save himself a great deal of work, the researcher bought the encyclopedia, stipulating for his first free question a full dissertation on the thermodynamic properties of wood.
Three weeks later the head of the physics department called the research assistant into his office and said, "We have a request from an encyclopedia company. One of their customers has asked for a report on the thermodynamic properties of wood. Please prepare the report for them."

Top 10 In The World

CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…Salk Vaccine remembered

♫ 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…¤
Curling is Cool Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Inconvenience Yourself Day
Iwo Jima Day (flag raised)
Brunei: National Day
Guyana: Republic Day (1970)
Russia: Army and Navy Day (formerly: Defender of the Fatherland Day )
Today’s Births...

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1685 George Frideric Händel organist/baroque composer (Messiah)
1868 William E B Du Bois civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
Johnny Winter (John Dawson III), 67, singer, musician
○ ATHLETES
Roberto Martin Antonio (Bobby) Bonilla, 48, former baseball player of 9 teams
Edward Lee “Too Tall” Jones, 60, former football (Cowboys) and boxer
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Sylvia Chase, 73, newscaster
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1883 Victor Fleming director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind)
Peter Fonda, 72, actor (Easy Rider, Ulee’s Gold)
○ POLITICIANS
1734 Mayer Amschel Rothschild Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
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Today’s Obits…
1848 John Quincy Adams 6th US President (1825-1829), stroke @ 80
1468 Johannes Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst—book printer) @ 70
1821 John Keats Romantic poet, tuberculosis @ 25
1965 Stan Laurel comedian (Laurel & Hardy), heart attack @ 74
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
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○ ATHLETICS
1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1988 15th Winter Olympics games opens in Calgary, Alberta
1992 16th Winter Olympics games close in Albertville, France
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, the Bible
1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA
1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1905 Rotary Club International established by 4 men in Chicago
1839 William F. Harnden organized the nation’s first express service
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1540 Coronado expedition begins preparations to get underway.
1877 Lieutenant J.F. Cummings, and Troop C, Third Cavalry, attack a group of "hostiles" near Deadwood, Dakota Territory. One Indian is killed. 624 head of live stock are recovered.
○ POLITICS (International)
1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
○ POLITICS (US)
1822 Boston is incorporated as a city
1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
0303 Roman Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians
1821 The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries first pharmacy college in the U.S
1886 Aluminum manufacturing process developed
1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. What did Mege-Mouries invent in 1870 that won a Napoleon prize? Margarine
2. Fiochetti is what shaped pasta? Bows
3. The Amati family were famous for making what? Violins
4. Who called himself the 8th wonder of world because of his large penis? Charlie Chaplain
5. What is the larva of the click beetle called? Wireworm
6. 67% of the world's population has never done what? Make a phone call
7. Sienna law forbids women having what name for prostitutes? Maria
8. Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV series? The Invaders
9. Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state? Queensland
10. What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress and director Oscars? Silence of the Lambs
Close Up Picture…
Hard Candy
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2-22-11 Tuesday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Our snow stopped and the sun was even out for a few minutes today. Roads cleared up, traffic was moving again. Even though we live in snow country, many people still don’t know how to drive in the weather. Both interstates were closed on and off for the past few days as cars, trucks, and big rigs all drove too fast and ended up spinning out, running off the road, or crashing into another vehicle. As a retired person, I just don’t drive when weather is bad. I am quite competent and would go somewhere if it were necessary, but don’t like always looking out for the other guy. I did go out today and roads were fine.

Libya is certainly no Egypt. Some military are leaving the country rather than fire on their people. Others stay and use high powered weapons on civilians. It is a real mess over there as the world watches. Britain stepped up today and condemned the bloodshed. No one knows how long this will last, but as long as Col. G is in charge, bloodshed will continue until the protesters are stopped. He and his son have chosen to tell the Libyans that the protesters are just ‘drunks’ and ‘mentally ill’ people. I doubt that many inside the country believe that anymore than those in the rest of the world.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Want to lower the fat content of your ground beef? After browning it in the skillet, wad up about four paper towels and place them in the skillet. Use your spatula to dab up all of the grease from the ground beef and then discard the greasy paper towels. You won't loose any ground beef this way while attempting to strain it and won't be left with grease to dispose of.

To clean your toilet simply drop in two Alika-seltzer tablets wait about 20 minutes then clean with the toilet brush, flush, and you have a sparkling toilet.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Vegas

Major development of casinos in the Las Vegas area began in the early 1940's, following the legalization of gambling in 1931. Most of the original large casinos were managed or at least funded under mob figures such as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.

There are approximately 1,700 licensed gambling locations in Las Vegas.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. 83% of all Americans purchase what product?
2. The Lent Lilly has a more common name. What is it?
3. Whose magazine is called The Watchtower?
4. In which country were the guns of Naverone installed?
5. What airline used to be called Dobrolet?
6. What can oysters do according to water temperature?
7. What is the common name of 'La Giaconda'?
8. What is unusual about the number 8549176320?
9. In golf what would you put in your 'shag bag'?
10. Which short sighted cartoon character had a nephew named Waldo?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… Tokyo, Japan
A huge spider crab has been dubbed Crab Kong by staff at a UK aquarium, after being recognized as the biggest in captivity.
The monster from the deep - who measures 3m across and weighs 15kg [31.1 lbs] - was originally caught in Japan by fishermen working from Suraga Bay, south-west of Tokyo.
However, rather than sell him to a local restaurant, the fishermen called UK-based biologist Robin James, who'd visited the village just weeks earlier.
He then arranged for the colossal crustacean to be spared the saucepan and be shipped to the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth. To go on show you understand, not to go on the menu.
Staff say Crab Kong is probably about 40-years-old and that he will be the temporary star of an exhibit at the Dorset attraction, before he's moved to a new permanent home in Munich.
They added that they expect him to be a even bigger draw than the previous biggest crab, Crabzilla.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
It's tough enough selling a home nowadays. Don't make the mistakes that turned off these commenters on the City Room blog of The New York Times:
"It was a good house, well-maintained. But the bed with the person in it was off-putting."
"The family dog, long departed, was stuffed and standing next to the fireplace. RIP Sparky."
"The main distraction was dirt. Although there was the tiny child who proudly showed us the refrigerator full of 'Daddy's beer' just outside an upstairs bedroom."

Top 10 In The World..Largest Workforce

CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture

♫ 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…¤
Be Humble Day
Single Tasking Day
Spay Day USA
George Washington's Birthday
World Thinking Day
British Commonwealth: Girl Guides Thinking Day (1857)
Central African Republic: President's Birthday
Egypt, Syria: Unity Day (1958)
India: Mothers Day
México: National Mourning Day (Francisco I Madero-1913)
Qatar: Amir's Assumption of Amirship (1972)
St Lucia: Independence Day (1979 from UK)
Virgin Island: Donkey Races Day
Today’s Births...

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS/ PAINTERS
1810 Frédéric F Chopin Polish/French pianist/composer
1892 Edna St Vincent Millay poet/writer/feminist (Ballad of the Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
1599 Anthony Van Dyck Belgium painter
○ ATHLETES
1934 Sparky (George Lee) Anderson baseball: Philadelphia Phillies; manager: Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers
Julius Winfield “Dr. J” Erving, 61, Hall of Fame basketball player
Vijay Singh, 48, golfer
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1921 Wayne Booth, American literary critic
1839 Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Drew Barrymore, 36, actress (Charlie’s Angels; E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)
1883 Marguerite Clark voice (Snow White)
1907 Sheldon Leonard actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie)
1891 "Chico" Marx actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers)
1945 Oliver (Swofford) singer: Jean, Good Morning Starshine
1918 Don [Dominic G] Pardo TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live)
1907 Robert Young actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD)
○ POLITICIANS
1403 Charles VII king of France (1422-61), drove out English
1932 Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy U.S. Senator from Massachusetts [1962-2009]
1732 George Washington Virginia, Father figure, 1st American President (1789-97)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
1822 Adolf Kuszmaul German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease)
Today’s Obits…
1371 David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71), @ 46
1998 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones country singer (Hee Haw), @ 84
1875 Charles Lyell British geologist (Elements of Geology), @ 77
1987 David Susskind TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show),heart attack @ 66
1987 Andy Warhol pop artist, complications after surgery @ 58
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
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○ ATHLETICS
1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the 1st time
1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville CA)
1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Albertville Olympics.
1998 18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano Japan
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
1856 Many Rogue River War volunteers are at a party away from camp, when Indians attack the camp. Twenty-four whites are killed, including a Captain and an Indian Agent. This is the beginning of a series of raids along the river.
1944 Jack C. Montgomery, a Cherokee, is a First Lieutenant with the Forty-fifth Infantry in Italy. For his solo actions against three different enemy positions, he will be awarded the Medal of Honor.
○ POLITICS (International)
1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a civilian Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 killing 108
1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
○ POLITICS (US)
1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty)
1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
1856 1st national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)
1924 1st presidential video address (Calvin Coolidge)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. 83% of all Americans purchase what product? Peanut Butter
2. The Lent Lilly has a more common name. What is it? Daffodil
3. Whose magazine is called The Watchtower? Jehovah Witnesses
4. In which country were the guns of Naverone installed? Turkey
5. What airline used to be called Dobrolet? Aeroflot
6. What can oysters do according to water temperature? Change sex
7. What is the common name of 'La Giaconda'? Mona Lisa
8. What is unusual about the number 8549176320? Digits are in alphabetical order
9. In golf what would you put in your 'shag bag'? Practice Balls
10. Which short sighted cartoon character had a nephew named Waldo? Mr Magoo
Close Up Picture…
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2-21-11 Monday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
My Sunday paper never made it to my house. When I got up, there was about 18” of snow outside so I got that the paper might be late. I called the paper about 9:30 and listened to a recording that due to weather conditions, the papers were not fully delivered until 8am. I talked to the receptionist and she said she would take care of it. About 11:30 she called to see if I got the paper. Nope. She then said she would call the carrier. It was snowing, but the roads were in good condition. No paper by 2pm so I called again. The normal recording came on, telling me it might be recorded, then the recording that all agents—they have one—was assisting other customers then a new sound. After about a minute the machine says no recording made, for assistance press *H. I hit *5—where the letter H is—and was told invalid entry. I called back about 3:30 and when the new noise came on I left a message. No one ever called me back and no paper ever arrived. Very poor customer service for sure.

The news organizations are really scrambling to keep up with Africa. Tonight it is Libya that is protesting and there are no American journalists there and their leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi is not letting any journalists in. News leaking out is not good.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Dusty artificial flowers? Pour some salt into a paper bag along with the flowers. Shake vigorously , the salt will remove the dust from your flowers and they will look like new again.

Stow a spray bottle of club soda with your car cleaning supplies. Use it on the windshield to cut through bird droppings or greasy stains.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Super Bowl Part II
It wasn't until the mid-'90s that networks began airing prestige programming and awarding the timeslot to one of their signature shows. NBC was the first network to do so, when it aired Friends’ “The One After the Super Bowl” in 1995—and 53 million people watched. That number still hasn’t been topped.

2001's second-season premiere of Survivor is in second place, ratings-wise, at 45 million viewers. Last year's pilot of Undercover Boss—the only not-yet-established show to air since 1995—is in third, with nearly 39 million viewers.

FOX has twice used the spot to build up what is now its two-hour "Animation Domination" block, by leading out with The Simpsons and then debuting a new animated show—in 1999, with Family Guy, and in 2005, with American Dad!.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847?
2. What animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient Rome?
3. What animal's name literally translates as earth pig?
4. Which country invented French fried potatoes?
5. According to the nursery rhyme who killed Cock Robin - who killed him?
6. What does Humphry Davie, Michael Faraday,and Madam Curie?
7. Six Champagne bottles of are in a what?
8. In literature who is the alter ego of Percy Blakney?
9. What was Robin Williams paid for Disney's Aladdin in 1982?
10. These were invented 51 years later, which US president got one, what?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… JACKSON, WY
— A 78-year-old retired doctor was handcuffed and hauled away on a toboggan for skiing uphill in Wyoming, but he won't face charges.
Roland Fleck of Jackson was arrested the morning of Feb. 5 after refusing ski patrollers' orders to stop. Jackson Hole Resort officials say avalanche danger and the presence of grooming machines made it unsafe.
Skiers can get uphill with snow-gripping "skins" on their skis, among other methods.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide says Fleck was jailed on charges of trespass, interference, unsafe skiing and theft of services.
Resort officials say they won't press charges because Fleck's removal resolved their complaint. Sheriff Jim Whalen says he sees no need for prosecution.
Fleck's son, attorney Dan Fleck, says his father did nothing wrong and the resort should change policies.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
Mary, Anna, and Tess died and went to heaven. God said, "Do whatever you want, but don't step on the pink clouds." One day, Mary decided to go for a walk. When she came back, there was an ugly boy next to her. Anna and Tess asked, "Where'd you get that ugly boy?" "I stepped on a pink cloud." The next day, Anna decided to go for a walk. When she came back, there was an ugly boy next to her. Mary and Tess asked, "Where'd you get that ugly boy?" "I stepped on a pink cloud." The next day Tess decided to go for a walk. When she came back, there was a cute boy standing next to her. Mary and Anna asked, "Where'd you get that cute boy?"
The boy said, "I stepped on a pink cloud."
Top 10 In The World…Most airports

CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…
♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
14-21 ► Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Week ♥ Love a Mench Week ♥ National Condom Week: ♥ National Nestbox Week ♥ NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week ♥ International Friendship Week ♥ National Conference on Education
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…¤
Card Reading Day
International Mother Language Day
Presidents Day
International Mother Language Day
Bangladesh: Martyrs Day and
…Language Movement Day, celebrated by Bengali speaking people for gaining right of mother tongue (1952)
Egypt: Independence from Great Britain in 1925Today’s Births...
Born on this Day

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1927 Erma Bombeck humorist (The Grass is Always Greener...)
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Company
1903 Anaïs Nin Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense)
1925 Sam Peckinpah film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
1821 Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1893 Andrés Segovia classical guitarist born in Linares Spain
○ ATHLETES
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○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1855 Alice Freeman Palmer educator (Hall of Fame)
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Christopher Atkins, 50, actor (“Dallas,” The Blue Lagoon),
William Baldwin, 48, actor (“Dirty Sexy Money,” Born on the Fourth of July, Backdraft),
Corbin Bleu, 22, singer, actor (High School Musical)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, 53, singer, musician
Charlotte Church, 25, singer, born in Cardiff, Wales
Tyne Daly, 64, actress (“Judging Amy,” Emmy for “Cagney and Lacey”)
Kelsey Grammer, 56, actor (“Cheers,” “Frasier”)
Jennifer Love Hewitt, 32, actress (“Ghost Whisperer,” “Party of Five,” “Time of My Life”)
1922 Murray "the K" Kaufman NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
Gary Lockwood, 74, actor (Splendor in the Grass; 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1934 Rue McClanahan actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
1880 Frank Orth actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers)
William Petersen, 58, actor (“CSI,” Manhunter, To Live and Die in LA)
1933 Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon) singer: I Loves You Porgy
○ POLITICIANS
1936 Barbara Jordan (Representative-D-TX, 1972-78)
1794 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican president
Olympia J. Snowe, 64, US Senator (R, Maine)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1964 Jane Tomlinson, British cancer campaigner
Today’s Obits…
1945 Eric Liddell Scottish runner (Olympics-gold 1924), brain tumor while interred in Chinese Camp @ 43
1965 Malcolm X [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated @ 39
1911 Comanche Chief Quanah Parker @ 66 
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1925 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
○ ATHLETICS
1904 National Ski Association formed, Ishpeming MI
1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1828 1st American Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia
1931 Alka Seltzer introduced
1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1861 Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
1861 Camp Cooper is officially decommissioned and abandoned. It is located on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, not far from Fort Griffin in modern Throckmorton County, Texas. The camp is established to keep watch over a nearby Comanche Reservation.
○ POLITICS (International)
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
○ POLITICS (US)
1857 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington DC)
1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117
1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert resigned from his ministry
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847? Edinburgh
2. What animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient Rome? Cat
3. What animal's name literally translates as earth pig? Aardvark
4. Which country invented French fried potatoes? Belgium
5. According to the nursery rhyme who killed Cock Robin - who killed him? Sparrow
6. What does Humphry Davie, Michael Faraday,and Madam Curie?
They were all poisoned by chemicals at work
7. Six Champagne bottles of are in a what? Rheoboam
8. In literature who is the alter ego of Percy Blakney? Scarlet Pimpernel
9. What was Robin Williams paid for Disney's Aladdin in 1982? Scale $485 day + Picasso Painting
10. These were invented 51 years later, which US president got one, what? Telephone on his desk
Close Up Picture…
Tigger and Roo

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2-20-11 Sunday


TODAY’s HOLY MACKEREL: 1943 American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
The weatherman was off a little. We have about 18” of snow, so far today. He said 12”. When he said it would be wet, he wasn’t kidding. About 9am I went out to clear about 3” off the sidewalk and car. As a former skier, when I saw all that snow, all I could think was what great powder skiing. Wrong. The sidewalk was 2.5” of heavy slush with a little snow on top. It had not frozen so it slid right off my vehicle, and slid easily off the sidewalk. It has been snowing most of the day and looks like it’s going to keep going a long time. It has not gotten cold, so the slush is difficult, if it freezes, watch out. Winter Wonderland in Flag.

I have never been a big fan of Unions. I was ignored while I was a carry out boy at $1.25/hr. Two days after becoming a checker at $1.40/hr the union rep showed up and told me I had to join. If I had joined as a carry out boy it would have been $50 and $2/month. Joining as a checker it was $100 and $4/month. My second union experience was when the BIA made me a ‘career seasonal’ employee—along with all teachers—which in essence dropped our salary about 20% per year. In that encounter I ended up being the President of the Union that represented BIA teachers in Navajo Area and Albuquerque Area—basically the BIA teachers in the Southwest. During contract negotiations I learned a lot. Both sides come to the table with goals. We asked for a lot, the BIA wanted to give nothing. At the time, newer teachers basically received no leave except for school vacations and sick leave. Personal days were non-existent. For non-Indian teachers and for all teachers in isolated areas this made life difficult. We were off only on Federal Holidays, Christmas, and a two or three days at Easter. Sounds like a good deal, but banks are closed on Federal holidays, loan officers were off too. That meant that it could take two or more trips to Flagstaff to buy a vehicle or get any kind of loan. We were able to get 3 personal leave days in those negotiations. This all leads to the mess in Wisconsin. The Tea Party seems to hate unions. The Governor is basically trying to stop all unions for state employees. Back in the day, it was Wisconsin that made sure Americans only worked 5 days a week, got paid for overtime, made a livable wage, required certain safety standards for workers. What the Tea Party doesn’t realize is that both the union and the state agreed to the salaries and benefits. Now the Governor wants to take away the bargaining chips. Turns out I have a couple of Chicago family in-laws who teach in Wisconsin. The Governor’s plan will decrease their salary by adding more days to the 5 day furlough they have already accepted. They will now have to pay more into their healthcare insurance and their pensions will be decreased and they will have to work longer to be eligible for it. All these changes are without any contract negotiations. Yeah, these are tough times and everyone has to tighten their belt. My relatives say they get that, but don’t want to lose the pension benefits they were promised in good faith. Interestingly the cuts do not include the governor, his staff, the legislature or its staff. He isn’t one of those $1/yr CEO’s to help the state. Many other state governors are watching all this play out, and if the governor wins, they will follow suit and so will Congress. It has never been easy to be a government worker, now it is getting much much more difficult. One final thing, the only unions that the governor has gone after are the ones that did not back his bid for the top post. Hmmm.

Big parades down South honoring the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Jeff Davis as President of the Confederacy. I wonder how they would feel if there was a parade and reenactment for the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or if Germany held a parade and reenactment of the swearing in of Hitler? The Civil War almost destroyed our country. A little odd that part of the US still celebrates its terrorist actions. FYI: terrorism: the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Calm an upset stomach with club soda. Add a dash of bitters to 6 ounces of club soda and soothe that indigestion or a hangover.
To keep your bathroom free of mildew once a month spray your ceiling, shower, and tub with a combination of half hydrogen peroxide and half water.

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Super Bowl
From 1967 to 1984, only CBS and NBC ever aired the Super Bowl, trading off each year. ABC entered the rotation in 1985, and FOX followed suit in 1997.

Until 1995, what aired in the lead-out spot varied wildly. Networks tried everything from cheesy TV movies (NBC’s Brotherhood of the Rose, in 1989) to dud pilots (ABC’s Davis Rules, in 1991) to long-running golf tournaments (Bing Crosby Pro-Am, a.k.a. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, in 1971) to news magazines (60 Minutes, which CBS aired multiple times after the game) to old favorites like Lassie (in 1967) and All in the Family in (1978).

On occasion, the lead-out slot has launched huge hits—including The Wonder Years (which premiered in 1988) and Homicide: Life on the Street (which premiered in 1993). The New Perry Mason is the only show to ever air its series finale after the Super Bowl (in 1974). Though it only ran for one season, anyway.

PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. What was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool?
2. The song 'You'll Never Walk Alone' came from which 1945 musical show?
3. In the Bolshoi Ballet what does the word 'Bolshoi' mean?
4. In 1656, Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper?
5. Mathew Webb, who swam the channel died in a drowning acident. Where did he drown?
6. What song was The Pittsburgh Pirates' anthem?
7. One eighth of the US population has done what?
8. In which country do they play houlani a type of hockey?
9. Why did Roselin Franklin (pre discovery of the dna helix) not get a Nobel?
10. Which actor was dubbed the 'Muscles from Brussels'?

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… MALMO, Sweden
--Police in Sweden said a man who drove to the police station to pick up a friend who was arrested for drunk driving also was arrested for the same crime.

Malmo police said the 28-year-old man, who was charged Tuesday with aggravated drunken driving, drove to the police station late at night to pick up his friend, who was arrested earlier in the day on a drunken driving charge, and a guard inside the facility suspected he had been drinking, The Local reported Thursday. The guard alerted a nearby police officer, who administered a breath test and determined the man's blood alcohol content was well over the legal limit for driving. "I didn't feel drunk, but I had been drinking, so it was unnecessary and poorly thought out," the Skanska Dagbladet newspaper quoted the man as saying after the September 2010 incident. Police said the man had driven the same car his friend was driving at the time of his arrest.

A LITTLE LAUGH…
A man goes into a bar with his dog. He goes up to the bar and asks for a drink.
The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without missing a beat, says "This is my seeing-eye dog."
"Oh man,” the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the first one's on me." The man takes his drink and goes to a table near the door.
Another guy walks into the bar with a Chihuahua. The first guys sees him, stops him and says "You can't bring that dog in here unless you tell him it's a seeing-eye dog."
The second man graciously thanks the first man and continues to the bar. He asks for a drink. The bartender says "Hey, you can't bring that dog in here!"
The second man replies "This is my seeing-eye dog." The bartender says, "No, I don't think so. They do not have Chihuahuas as seeing-eye dogs."
The man pauses for a half-second and replies "What??! They gave me a Chihuahua??!"

Top 10 In The World...Greatest Population

CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…
♫ 60’s Rock ♫
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
14-21 ► Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Week ♥ Love a Mench Week ♥ National Condom Week: ♥ National Nestbox Week ♥ NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week ♥ International Friendship Week ♥ National Conference on Education
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…¤
Brotherhood Day (1934)
Clam Chowder Day
Daytona 500
Hoodie Hoo Day
Love Your Pet Day
World Day for Social Justice
US: John Glenn Day (1962)
Today’s Births...

○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
1902 Ansel Adams photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
1925 Robert Altman director: M*A*S*H, Nashville, Brewster McCloud
○ ATHLETES
Charles Barkley, 48, former basketball (76ers, Suns, Rockets), sportscaster
Philip Anthony (Phil) Esposito, 69, hockey executive, former coach and Hall of Fame hockey player
Stephon Marbury, 34, basketball (Timberwolves, Nets, Suns, Knicks, Celtics)
Robert William (Bobby) Unser, 77, auto racer
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Patty Hearst
Gloria Vanderbilt, 87, fashion designer, artist
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
1929 Amanda Blake (Beverly Louise Neill) actress: Gunsmoke: Miss Kitty; Betrayal, The Glass Slipper, Sabre Jet, Stars in My Crown
Cindy Crawford, 45, model, actress
1914 John Daly South African newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
Sandy Duncan, 65, actress (Funny Face, “The Hogan Family,” Peter Pan)
Mitch McConnell, 69, US Senator (R, Kentucky)
Jennifer O’Neill, 63, actress (The Summer of ’42, “Cover-Up”), born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sidney Poitier, 84, actor (In the Heat of the Night; Oscar for Lilies of the Field)
Rihanna, 23, singer, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Buffy Sainte-Marie, 70, Canadian folksinger
French Stewart, 47, actor (“3rd Rock from the Sun”)
Peter Strauss, 64, actor (“Rich Man, Poor Man,” Soldier Blue)
Nancy Wilson, 74, singer
○ POLITICIANS
Gordon Brown, 60, former prime minister of Great Britian (2007–10), born Glasgow, Scotland 1904 Aleksei N Kosygin Soviet premier (1964-80)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
Robert Huber, 74, German chemist, 1988 Nobel laureate in chemistry
1759 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, founder of psychiatry
Today’s Obits…
1895 Frederick Douglass escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, @ 78
1976 Kathryn Kuhlman religious leader/faith healer, complications in surgery @ 69
1966 Chester W Nimitz US Admiral (WWII), @ 80
1920 Robert E Peary US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), of premature aging due to cold temperatures @63
1992 Dick York actor (Bewitched), emphysema @ 63  
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (New York NY)
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in New York NY for his 1st US poetry reading tour
1952 A true American classic, The African Queen, opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York City
○ ATHLETICS
1997 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9 million 2 year contract
1998 Tara Lipinski wins Olympics figure skating gold medal
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
1872 Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine
1872 Luther Crowell received a patent for a machine for manufacturing paper bags.
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for £100/scalp bounty
1805 Kagohami talks of a 120-year-old man to Lewis and Clark.
1832 Northeastern District Choctaw Chief, Peter Pitchlynn, and his followers, arrive in Fort Smith, in western Arkansas, . Floods, cold weather, low rivers, and mud have delayed their trip considerably.
1893 A Congressional Act modifies the White Mountain-San Carlos-Camp Apache Reserve, in western Arizona Territory.
○ POLITICS (International)
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
○ POLITICS (US)
1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1835 Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake
1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica CA
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
1989 Total eclipse of the Moon
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. What was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool? Titanic
2. The song 'You'll Never Walk Alone' came from which 1945 musical show? Carousel
3. In the Bolshoi Ballet what does the word 'Bolshoi' mean? Big
4. In 1656, Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper? Pendulum clock
5. Mathew Webb, who swam the channel died in a drowning accident. Where did he drown? Niagara Falls
6. What song was The Pittsburgh Pirates' anthem? 'We are Family' by Sister Sledge
7. One eighth of the US population has done what? Worked in MacDonald's
8. In which country do they play houlani a type of hockey? Turkey
9. Why did Roselin Franklin (pre discovery of the dna helix) not get a Nobel? She was dead
10. Which actor was dubbed the 'Muscles from Brussels'? Jean Claude Van Dam
Close Up Picture…
Rope

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