Mar 6

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1788 - The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement

1831 - Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy

1857 - Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens

1899 - "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark

1964 - Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali

1992 - Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

Sad news today…Martha’s brother Mickey passed away this morning. He was a great musician and shared his music with anyone who wanted it. He has been in poor health the last few years, but always kept a positive attitude. He will be missed my many. Time for new tires on my ride…not from driving, but from age. They are six years old and the mechanic says they are starting to separate. Guess I’ll be busy tomorrow and by the end of the day much poorer. This is the first time I’ve had tires get too old, so I can’t really complain. A friend sent me a video in preparation for my Uganda trip. It is  gorilla-human contact.. I don’t expect anything like this on my trip but sure got me excited about my trip next January.
 Flag has another wind advisory for tomorrow. Whee!!!! 35+mph winds with 55+mph gusts. Sadly, no precipitation is expected until maybe Wednesday.

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Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

This puzzle is in honor of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Because U.P. is short for Upper Peninsula, each answer has "U" and "P" in it. The first clue is: "U" and "P" are the initials of a common two-word phrase naming something holding a street lamp. What is it?

1.      Something holding a street light:

2.      2 word phrase, starts with ‘u’, ends with’p’ and provides black light:

3.      4 letter word that ends with ‘up’ and the ‘p’ is silent:

4.      The letters ‘u’ and ‘p’ rhyme with loopy and soupy, what kind of doll do they rhyme with:

5.      Foreign currency that rhymes with ‘u’, ‘p’:

6.      Part of a newspaper, add ‘up’ after the first letter and the word means ‘holds up’:

7.      Common 6 letter exercise that contains 2 u’s and 2 p’s:

8.      What Greek classical name starts with the syllable ‘u’ and ends with the syllable ‘p’:

9.      Civil war general that has an ‘h’ in his name, change the ‘h’ to ‘up’ and name another hero:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Lifestyle  Substance     

Planet Earth—Mayan

Found on You Tube         

 Perry Como Live - Kewpie DollDifferent Types of Kewpie Dolls

Harper’s Index         

Estimated annual cost of rust and other corrosion to the Defense Department each year: $23,000,000,000

Joke-of-the-day

A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, "Hey Willis forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I'll help you get the wagon up later."
"That's mighty nice of you," Willis answered, "but I don't think Pa would like me to."
"Aw come on boy," the farmer insisted.
"Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but Pa won't like it."
After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset."
"Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is he?"
"Under the wagon."

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

To make an alcoholic punch, figure one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, 4 weak.

Somewhat Useless Information    

In Japan, "drive-in" refers to a rest area.

In the German-speaking world, the term "drive-in" is often used instead of "drive-through" when referring to restaurants that offer those services.

At their peak in the baby boomer years after World War II, there were more than 4,000 drive-in movie theaters across the U.S. Today, there are fewer than 500 still in operation.

In 2003 and 2004, people began to organize "guerrilla drive-ins" and "guerrilla walk-ins" in parking lots and empty fields. The movie showings were often organized online, and participants met up at pre-determined locations to watch films projected on bridge pillars or warehouse walls.

Starting in 1933, when the first drive-in theater opened, Variety magazine used the term "Ozoner" to describe an outdoor movie theatre in which patrons viewed a film from their automobile. The term was also used to describe the people that attend drive-in movie theaters.

Richard Hollingshead Jr.'s motive behind the invention of the drive-in was actually to sell more auto products, as this was his business in the 1930s. He wanted to establish a place where people could park their cars, enjoy a meal, and watch a movie outdoors.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 

NANTES, France — A Frenchman took Google to court Thursday over a photo published online by its Street View application showing him urinating in his front yard which he believes has made him the laughing stock of his village in rural northwest France.The man, who is aged around 50 and lives in a village of some 3,000 people in the Maine-et-Loire region, is demanding the removal of the photo, in which locals have recognized him despite his face being blurred out.He also wants about $13,300 in damages."Everyone has the right to a degree of secrecy," his lawyer, Jean-Noel Bouillard, told Reuters. "In this particular case, it's more amusing than serious. But if he'd been caught kissing a woman other than his wife, he would have had the same issue."Google's Street View, covering some 30 countries and available in France since 2008, enables users of Google Maps to also view photos of streets taken by its camera cars, which have cameras hoisted on frames on their roofs.The man thought he was hidden from view by his closed gate as he relieved himself in November 2010. But Google's lens caught him from above his gate as it passed by. Bouillard did not explain why the man chose to urinate outside.Google's lawyer in the case, named by local daily Ouest France as Christophe Bigot, was not immediately reachable, but the newspaper said he was pleading that the case should be declared null and void.The court, in the nearby city of Angers, is due to give its verdict on March 15.

 Calendar Information        

…Happening This Week:

1-7

National Cheerleading Week

National Ghostwriters Week

National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week

Universal Human Beings Week

3-18

Iditarod Race

4-10

 Celebrate Your Name Week

National Consumer Protection Week

National Procrastination Week

National Schools Social Work Week

National Words Matter Week

Professional Pet Sitters Week

Save Your Vision Week

Read an E-Book Week

Return The Borrowed Books Week

Teen Tech Week

Women in Construction Week

5-8

American Council on Education

5-9

Newspaper in Education Week

National School Breakfast Week

Share A Story - Shape A Future Week

5-11

National Sleep Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      

Namesake Day

National Frozen Food Day

Peace Corp Birthday

Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day [first major female mathematician in Russia

Unique Names Day

U.S. Snowshoe Day

Ghana: Independence Day (1957 from UK)

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1500’s

1521 - Magellan discovers Guam

1600’s

1646 - Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent

1700’s

1775 - 1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston

1777-  70 SHAWNEE warriors, led by Chief Blackfish, will attack some settlers near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. One of the men, James Ray, managed to escape and warn the settlement of the war party. The SHAWNEE will attack Harrodsburg tomorrow.

1800’s

1808 - 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard

1834 - Toronto incorporated

1836 - 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight

1873: After hearing from Hooker Jim of the "trap" at the Fairchild ranch, Captain Jack has his sister Mary Write a letter to the commissioners. The letter states Captain Jack's wish for both sides to forget the killings on both sides and for the slate to be wiped clean. Captain Jack wants no more killing, but he will not give up his people to be hanged. He states he has not asked for the whites who have killed his people (Mocdoc).

1886 - 1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYC

1900’s

1918 - US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle

1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 [2010USD $670357] a year NY Yankee contract

1950 - Silly Putty invented

1962 - US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression

1964 - Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4)

1966 - Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)

1970 - Beatles release  "Let it Be" in UK

1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner

1978 - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga

1981 - Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"

1982 - NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)

1997 - Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later

2000’s

2006 - South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state

2007 - Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby, Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice trial

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 90’s

Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice) is 92

In their 80’s

Thomas S Foley, (Rep-D-WA, 1965-94)/majority whip/speaker of house is 83

Alan Greenspan, economist/presidential advisor (FRB) is 86

In their 60’s

Martin Kove, actor (Cagney & Lacey) is 66

David Gilmore, Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd) is 68

Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me) is 67

Mary Wilson, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go) is 68

In their 50’s

Tom Arnold, actor is 53

In their 40’s

D.L. Hughley, comedian is 49

Shaquille O'Neal NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Oly-gold-96) is 40

Remembered for being born on this day

Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon) in 1619

[Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues in 1893

Ed McMahon, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search) in 1923

Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) in 1475

Today’s Obits                                                           

Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies of autoimmune disease, or acute mercury exposure at 55 in 1888

Jim Bowie, American pioneer and soldier dies at Alamo at 40 in 1836

Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80

Davy Crockett, US pioneer killed at Alamo at 49 in 1836

Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies after stroke at 65 in 1967

William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies after stroke at 55 in 1973

Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98 in 1986

Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77 in 1982

John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever ), dies at 77 in 1932

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.      Something holding a street light:

a.      utility pole

2.      2 word phrase, starts with ‘u’, ends with’p’ and provides black light:

a.      ultraviolet lamp

3.      4 letter word that ends with ‘up’ and the ‘p’ is silent:

a.       coup

4.      The letters ‘u’ and ‘p’ rhyme with loopy and soupy, what kind of doll do they rhyme with:

a.      Kewpie

5.      Foreign currency that rhymes with ‘u’, ‘p’:

a.      rupee

6.      Part of a newspaper, add ‘up’ after the first letter and the word means ‘holds up’:

7.                     supports

8.      Common 6 letter exercise that contains 2 u’s and 2 p’s:

a.      push ups or pull ups

9.      What Greek classical name starts with the syllable ‘u’ and ends with the syllable ‘p’:

a.      Euterpe—muse of music

10.   Civil war general that has an ‘h’ in his name, change the ‘h’ to ‘up’ and name another hero:

a.      superman

Wuzzle

• Right here and now
• Preadolescent
• Oddball

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All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Mar 5

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1750 - 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC

1836 - Mexico attacks Alamo

1861 - The Confederacy appoints, today, Albert Pike, of Arkansas, to negotiate treaties with the Indians in the region. He will establish the "United Nations of the Indian Territory" as an Indian confederacy to oppose the government of Abraham Lincoln.

1959 - Iran & US sign economic & military treaty

1985 - Mexican authorities find the body of US drug agent Enrique "Kike" Camarena Salaazar

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

A good Sunday. Caught up on all the news shows. Ready for Monday.
 Scary to hear the drum banging on bombing Iran. Sure hope Israel is going to stay cool. Then the Mormon Leadership came out to stop their freaky practice of baptizing the dead…sort of. As Romney looks like the Republican candidate, his church said it no longer sanctions the baptizing of dead celebrities or dead Holocaust victims. It’s still OK to baptize their own dead relatives. To appease the angry Jewish contingent, they also said that the baptism lets the dead person decide if they want to be baptized. Really?!? I wonder what happens to those dead people who accepted the Mormon baptism after death and are now removed from the Mormon records of baptism. Are they sitting up there wondering what the heck is going on? Does some angel come and tell them they can’t stay in that part of heaven anymore? God must be really busy trying to figure out what to do next.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Each clue consists of two words starting with the letter "C." The answer is a third word starting with "C" that can follow the first word and precede the second one to complete a compound word or familiar two-word phrase. For example, if the clue is "comedy" and "car," the answer would be "club" as in "comedy club" and "Club Car."

1.      Cotton, cane:

2.      Chemistry, clown:

3.      Cumulous, cover:

4.      Code, crumbs:

5.      Coaxial, car:

6.      Cold, cow:

7.      Cross, club:

8.      Caribbean, control:

9.      Credit, catalogue:

10.   Creamed, cob:

11.   Cabin, cut:

12.   Clothes, case:

13.   Coffee, cake:

14.   Crystal, conscience:

15.   Crash, correction:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Lifestyle  Substance     

Planet Earth—Mayan

Found on You Tube         

 Sharks

Harper’s Index         

Amount of the 2009 stimulus package that the federal government has yet to spend: $127,000,000,000

Joke-of-the-day

Two blonde carpenters were working on a house. The one who was nailing down siding would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail and either toss it over his shoulder or nail it in.The other, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing those nails away?"The first explained, "If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it's pointed toward me, I throw it away 'cause it's defective. If it's pointed toward the house, then I nail it in!"The second blonde got completely upset and yelled, "You moron! The nails pointed toward you aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

Your music system will sound like your speakers. The speakers should cost at least as much as the two next-most-expensive components put together.

Somewhat Useless Information    

Oxygen is the most common element in the human body, making up almost 63% of the average human.

Many plants and animals are capable of producing visible light. The scientific term for this phenomenon is bioluminescence.

Unlike most other fish, a shark has no bones! Its skeleton is made of cartilage, a material somewhat softer and more flexible than bone.

Your kidneys filter fifty gallons of blood every day, producing about 1.5 liters of urine!

Yeah, It Really Happened                 

OXFORD, Ohio - Police in Ohio said a startled deer became an accidental hero when it scared off a man who was attempting to choke a woman and drag her away. Oxford Police Sgt. Jon Varley said the woman left a party early Sunday in the 500 block of Poplar Street and a man "tried to choke her and drag her" by her purse straps and "told her to be quiet," The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday. Varley said a deer that was apparently sleeping nearby suddenly jumped up and started running, causing the assailant to become spooked and flee. Varley said the woman suffered red marks and bruising from being choked and punched in the forehead but did not require medical treatment.

Calendar Information        

…Happening This Week:

1-7

National Cheerleading Week

National Ghostwriters Week

National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week

Universal Human Beings Week

2-4

Festival of Owls Week

3-18

Iditarod Race

4-10

 Celebrate Your Name Week

National Consumer Protection Week

National Procrastination Week

National Schools Social Work Week

National Words Matter Week

Professional Pet Sitters Week

Save Your Vision Week

Read an E-Book Week

Return The Borrowed Books Week

Teen Tech Week

Women in Construction Week

5-8

American Council on Education

5-9

Newspaper in Education Week

National School Breakfast Week

Share A Story - Shape A Future Week

5-11

National Sleep Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      

Casimir Pulaski Day: a Revolutionary War cavalry officer born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski

Crispus Attucks Day: American slave, merchant seaman and dockworker of Wampanoag and African descent. He was the first person shot to death by British redcoats during the Boston Massacre

Fun Facts About Names Day

Joe - the name of the camel on the Camel cigarette packageGidget - the name of the Taco Bell dogParker - the last name of Jane, Tarzan's mateDork - the name of a whale's penisWhirly-Girls - the name of the International Association of Women Helicopter PilotsInky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde - the colored ghosts on the Pac-Man video arcade gameDavid Prowse - the man in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, and The Empire Strikes BackJake the Jailbird - the name of the guy in jail on the Monopoly boardLie - the name of the album mass murderer Charles Manson recordedMarilyn Monroe - the first Playboy centerfold (1953)Willy - the first name of Gilligan of Gilligan's IslandLeon Leonwood - what the "L.L." stands for in L.L. BeanMorris Garage - what M.G., the British made automobile, stands for

Multiple Personalities Day

Brazil, French West Indies, Malta: Carnival

Cornwall: Saint Piran's Day –patron saint

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1400’s

1461 - Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses

1496 - English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore

1500’s

1558 - Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes

1600’s

1623 - 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia

1700’s

1743 - 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston

1770 - Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd.

1800’s

1807 - 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B

1831 - The Supreme Court decided the case of the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. The court decided that the Cherokee are not a "foreign state", and therefore the court has no jurisdiction in the dispute. However, the court does decide that the Cherokee are a distinct political society capable of governing itself, and managing its own affairs.

1845 - Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US

1849 - Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president

1856 - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads

1877 - Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US president

1891 - The city of Phoenix offers a $200 bounty for dead Indians.

1900’s

1904 - Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation

1927 - 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property

1934 - Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx)

1956 - "King Kong," 1st televised

1960 - Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army

1965 - March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence

1970 - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect

1976 - British pound falls below $2 for 1st time

1994 - Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)

1995 - Graves of czar Nicholas & family found in St Petersburg

2000’s

2001 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 70’s

Samantha Eggar, actor is 73

James B Sikking, actor (Hill St Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser) is 78

Dean Stockwell, actor (Werewolf of Washington, Blue Velvet) is 76

In their 50’s

Penn Jillette, magician (Penn and Teller) is 57

Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court) is 58

In their 30’s

Eva Mendes, actor is 38

Remembered for being born on this day

Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe in 1936

David II Bruce, king of Scotland in 1324

Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She) in 1927

Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China in 1898

Eugene Fodor, violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award) in 1950

Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) in 1958

Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher in 1836

Rex Harrison, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle) in 1908

Today’s Obits                                                           

John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 in 1982

Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30 in 1963

Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies of lung cancer at 67 in 1974

Jay Silverheels, Canadian Mohawk First Nations actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies  of stroke at 60 in 1980

Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies of cerebral hemorrhage or poisoning  at 73 in 1953

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.      Cotton, cane:

a.      candy

2.      Chemistry, clown:

a.      class

3.      Cumulous, cover:

a.      cloud

4.      Code, crumbs:

a.      cracker

5.      Coaxial, car:

a.      cable

6.      Cold, cow:

a.      cash

7.      Cross, club:

a.      country

8.      Caribbean, control:

a.      cruise

9.      Credit, catalogue:

a.      card

10.   Creamed, cob:

a.      corn

11.   Cabin, cut:

a.      crew

12.   Clothes, case:

a.      closet

13.   Coffee, cake:

a.      cup

14.   Crystal, conscience:        

a.      clear

15.   Crash, correction:

a.      course

Wuzzle

• Holy cow
• Life in the big city
• It’s beneath me

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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