Good Morning, Do, Today is Saturday, December 31 Have FUN! DearWebby Todays Bonehead Award: Man says he was shot 12 times while trying to prove 'theory' that not all cops are brutal in California Details at Boneheads ______________________________________________________ Today, December 31 in  1687 The first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they would later create the South African wine industry with the vines they took with them on the voyage.  See More of what happened on this day in history. ______________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. --- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. --- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. --- Susan Ertz Hindsight is an exact science, except when it comes to autobiographies. --- Socratex ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic and a dyslexic? Someone who stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog! ______________________________________________________ A little town had a high birth rate that had attracted the attention of the sociologists at the state university. They wrote a grant proposal; got a huge chunk of money; hired a few additional sociologists, an anthropologist, and a family planning and birth control specialist; moved to town; rented offices; set up their computers; got squared away; and began designing their questionnaires and such. While the staff was busy getting ready for their big research effort, the project director decided to go to the local truck stop for a cup of coffee. He sat down at the counter, ordered his coffee, and while he was drinking it, he told the waitress what his purpose was in town, then asked her if she had any idea why the birth rate was so high. "Sure," said the waitress. "Every morning the six o'clock train comes through here and blows it's big horns for the crossing. It wakes everybody up, and, well, it's too late to go back to sleep, and it's too early to get up." ______________________________________________________ Thanks to Walter, the Stonecarver, for this picture:   ______________________________________________________ 
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 ______________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Jose Vaca, 29, Bakersfield, California  Man says he was shot 12 times while trying to prove 'theory' that not all cops are brutal in California  A man who was shot by police last week after being pulled over says he wanted to prove to his friend that police officers are good people. Last Monday, 29-year-old Jose Vaca was pulled over while driving with a friend. He got out of the car holding a rifle, which hed purchased at a flea market and was not legally allowed to have. "I exit my vehicle, I come to the front of the police vehicle, I put my butt of the rifle on the floor and I just put my hand up, Vaca said. The weapon startled the police officers, who opened fire without warning, according to Vaca. "Soon as I hit the ground, I just attempted to play dead, and then they fired a couple more shots at me from the back as I was lying on the ground, he said. Vaca says he never planned to shoot the officers. Instead, he thought this would be an opportunity to prove a point hed made to a friend months ago about police brutality. "First thing that came to my mind is I'm already going to get pulled over. I know they're most likely going to take me in, but Im going to try my theory real quick and see that it's true so she can believe theres good officers in the world, he said. Vaca says he was shot 12 times, with three of the bullets passing completely through his body; though the police report says only nine shots were fired. The man says its a blessing hes alive. Looking back, Vaca considers his experiment ill-conceived because it went completely bad. However, the man says he still believes there are good police officers in the world. "They didn't know what to expect, he said. Vaca is currently being held on $400,000 bail, booked on 11 different criminal counts.  ______________________________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Helen Re: scvhost problem Dear Webby, I just noticed this week that 50% of my cpu is constantly being used by Microsoft scvhost( netsvcs) and LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation. I looked online but the answers I saw were very confusing. Is there a way to fix this? Thank you, Helen  Dear Helen Microsoft does not know. They don't have a usable answer. This is the best answer I found on the net:  i had this problem. And turned out to be from the Team Viewer v6. i made the team viewer service on manual start from the services assistant (type in start->run "services" and it will open this assistant) and the problem is solved :). It seams that team view version 6 and windows 7 x64 ultimate are not working to well together :( if you need team viewer install version above 6 and cpu will stay come and the system will run great :)good luck  Apparently it is just a W7 bug. I can also be set off by Media Center, and by a call for a Nvidia update. Just change them all to manual start. Have FUN! DearWebby    At the Henry Street Hebrew School, Goldblatt, the new teacher, finished the day's lesson. It was now time for the usual question period. "Mr. Goldblatt," announced little Joey, "there's somethin' I can't figger out." "What's that Joey?" asked Goldblatt. "Well accordin' to the Bible, the Children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, right?" "Right." "An' the Children of Israel beat up the Philistines, right?" "Er--right." "An' the Children of Israel fought the 'gyptians, an' the Children of Israel fought the Romans, an' the Children of Israel wuz always getting in trouble somewhere, right?" "Er, yes, you could say that," agreed Goldblatt. "So what's your question?" "What I wanna know is this," demanded Joey. "What wuz all the grown-ups doin"? 
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 ____________________________________________________ >From a dozen years ago: POSTED: 8:48 am EST December 31, 2004 YORK, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after a wild chase that ended up in the parking lot of a county prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Robert Sparks of Mechanicsburg is charged with a slew of crimes, including driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, fleeing from police, hit-and-run, resisting arrest and escape. According to police in York, Pa., an officer started following Sparks after seeing him spinning the tires of his pickup. Several infractions later, the officer pulled him over. But police say the suspect sped off. Another officer who caught up with him, grabbed the tailgate and hopped aboard as the pickup drove off yet again. The officer smashed out the glass but still couldn't stop the driver, finally climbing off when the pickup hit a cruiser before speeding off again. The chase ended in the parking lot of the York County prison. Nobody was hurt, but police cars were smashed up, and much fun was had by all. ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 Our Universe - Galaxies It is almost impossible for the human mind to comprehend such size and distance. And yet, our galaxy is just the beginning of what is in outer space! There is something even more staggering. It is this: So many galaxies have now been detected that it has been said they "are as common as blades of grass in a meadow." About ten billion galaxies are in the observable universe! But there are many more beyond the range of today's telescopes. Some astronomers estimate that there are 100 billion galaxies in the universe! And each galaxy may contain hundreds of billions of stars! Your eyes glaze over reading that, but most people have no problem believing it. However, have you ever met anybody who believes a sign that says "Caution! Wet paint." and did not have to check it with their fingers ? 
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 Today on December 31 1687 The first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they would later create the South African wine industry with the vines they took with them on the voyage. 1695 The window tax was imposed in Britain, which resulted in many windows being bricked up. 1775 The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec. Montgomery was killed in the battle. 1841 The State of Alabama enacted the first dental legislation in the U.S. 1857 Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada. 1879 Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ. 1891 New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals. 1923 In London, the BBC first broadcast the chimes of Big Ben. 1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time. 1955 General Motors became the first U.S. corporation to earn more than one billion dollars in a single year. 1960 The farthing coin, which had been in use in Great Britain since the 13th century, ceased to be legal tender. 1961 In the U.S., the Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid. 1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years. 1978 Taiwanese diplomats struck their colors for the final time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, DC. The event marked the end of diplomatic relations with the U.S. 1979 At year end oil prices were 88% higher than at the start of 1979. 1986 A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 97 and injured 140 people. Three hotel workers later pled guilty to charges in connection with the fire. 1996 NCR Corp. became an independent company. 1997 Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado. 1999 Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was designated acting president. 1999 Five hijackers left the airport where they had been holding 150 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane. They left with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed from an Indian prison. The plane had been hijacked during a flight from Katmandu, Nepal to New Dehli on December 24. 1999 Sarah Knauss died at the age of 119 years. She was the world's oldest person. She was born September 24, 1880. 2004 In Taiwan, the Taipei 101 skyscraper opened to the public. 2016 Do smiled.
 
 

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