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Today is Monday, January 24, 201124th day of 2011 341 remaining
Today in history http://today.excite.com/history.html January 24,1848 Gold is discovered in California. Few initially believe the claim, and the "California Gold Rush" won't truly begin until President James K. Polk confirms the discovery in December -- 11 months later. 1908 In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.
Thought of the day http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 January 24, 2011Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.Bertolt BrechtGerman dramatist (1898 - 1956)
January 24, 2011English II – Pre-APGrade 30-15-10 2.3Get computers (check clip board for number)Go to edu.glogster.comSign in – Log in: newbrown (number I give you) Password: same as log inChange password – log in will stay the sameLook at materials in glogsterBenchmark complete ?
Shakespearean Insult http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/shakespeare-insults-dictionary.htm January 24, 2011[Thou art a] Cut-Throat Dog
The Word of the Day http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl January 24, 2011leviathan • \luh-VYE-uh-thun\ noun 1 : the political state; especially : a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy 2 : something large or formidable
January 24, 2011Example sentence: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl Towering leviathans of the forest, these giant sequoias often reach heights of more than 200 feet.
Daily Allusion Mythological Allusion Achilles' heel – today, one spot that is most vulnerable; one weakness a person may have. Achilles, Greek hero in the Trojan war, was invulnerable except for his heel (achilles tendon).
A Homophone is a "word pronounced the same as, but different in meaning from another, whether spelled the same or not.“http://www.paulnoll.com/Books/Clear-English/English-homophones-01.html hair growth on head hare a rabbit hall a corridor haul to drag; to carry hanger a device to hang clothes hangar shelter for aircraft
Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon
There is enough fuel in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive an average car four times around the world.The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set with the lunar rover. If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour -- it would take about 193 years Science Fact of the Day January 24, 2011 http://www.hightechscience.org/funfacts.htm
http://www.punoftheday.com/January 24, 2011A used car salesman started a chain and thus founded the Auto-man Empire.
Tongue Twister http://www.schooljokes.com/tongue_twisters/index.shtmlJanuary 24, 2011Cinnamon aluminum linoleum.Cinnamon aluminum linoleum.Cinnamon aluminum linoleum
School joke of the day http://www.schooljokes.com/teachers_jokes/index.shtmlJanuary 24, 2011Is your teacher strict? I don't know. I'm too scared to ask.
CartoonJanuary 24, 2011 http://www.glasbergen.com/
Editorial CartoonJanuary 24, 2011 http://www.cagle.com/