BWTG - February 2015 Event Cache

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Moldslug: I'm so glad we had this time together,
Just to have a laugh, and sing a song.
It seems as though we just got started,
Now it's time we have to say, soooo long....

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Hidden : Thursday, February 19, 2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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BWTG - February 2015

Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417
2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

Birthdays

1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
1940 – Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Miracles)
1941 – David Gross, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter (Black Sabbath)
1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor, singer, and playwright
1959 – Roger Goodell, American businessman NFL Commissioner

Deaths

1897 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (b. 1815)
1916 – Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
1980 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (AC/DC) (b. 1946)
1998 – Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1913)
2003 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year you may ask? But it’s February 19th, 2015! Right?
Well that might be on the Gregorian calendar that we use here in America, but in China the first day of the Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, a date between January 21 and February 20. The lunisolar Chinese calendar determines the date of Chinese New Year. In the Chinese calendar, winter solstice must occur in the 11th month, which means that the Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an intercalary month intervenes). In traditional Chinese Culture, lichun is a solar term marking the start of spring, which occurs about February 4 or 5, which is the median date of Chinese New Year's Day. Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the 3rd millennium BC Yellow Emperor. The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the 4712th year on February 19, 2015. Also, the Chinese Year which is governed by the Ten Celestial Stems, the Twelve Terrestrial Branches, the Yin and Yang of the Five Basic Elements and the Twelve Lunar Animals and that uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems in which the Green Wood Sheep is the 32nd Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since (60 *78) + 32 = 4712, therefore 2015 is the Wooden Sheep year, which is the 4712th Chinese Year. Now try and put that on a wristwatch and read it!
Of course it would be much easier and far more accurate if we all just used the Mayan calendar instead of a Pope, then today’s date would be 13.0.2.3.10 and their “new year" (or B’ak’tun) started December 21, 2012, which was 13.0.0.0.0. Of course they can’t say happy new year until 14.0.0.0.0 which on our Gregorian calender will be March 26, 2407. Those New Year party supplies will be pretty stale by then.


The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".

Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!

When?
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.

Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel, just South of I-94.

Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!

What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.

Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history!

What do I do AFTER the event?
If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. A great geocaching day can start here and then head north to Conman/Team Peterson’s potluck event in GR. A twofer with a lot o'fun inbetween!

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