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Daily Edhat - 02/15/13
updated: Feb 15, 2013, 6:01 AM
Daily Edhat
ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER – 02/15/13
Today's Weather -
Clear. High of 68F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the WSW in the afternoon.
Do You Sudoku? - You can now play the Daily Sudoku on Edhat. How fast can you fill in the
blanks?
February 15, 2013 - Heartfelt Images
Yesterday was Valentine's Day, filled with flowers and chocolates and dinners and kisses and cheesy romantic comedies. As you know, Ed is a guy who
likes numbers. Instead of buying Mrs. Ed flowers this year, he was more interested in how many flowers were being purchased. Check out the fun Valentine's
Day facts that put a smile on Ed's face.
More than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine's Day each year.
About 8 billion candy hearts will be produced this year; that?s enough candy to stretch from Rome, Italy to Valentine, Arizona 20 times and back again.
About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged in US each year.
73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
In 2012, an estimated 198 million roses were sold for Valentine's Day.
In the news: A small power outage surged in Goleta, a small series of booms and window rattling was felt all over Santa Barbara, and Edhat readers
shared heart-shaped photos on Valentine's Day. Read these stories and more, below.
The name of the man struck and killed by a passenger train earlier this month in an apparent suicide was
released Wednesday by the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office.
Soon, Santa Barbara cops will seen patrolling high profile areas while riding three-wheeled, electric-
powered scooters known as Trikkes and built in
Buellton.
Members of the public will no longer be able to wander onto the Santa Barbara Police Department
parking lot, thanks to a $215,000 grant from the
federal Department of Homeland Security.
Neal Graffy Book Signing at Santa
Barbara Arts! - Local historian and Edhat contributor, Neal Graffy, has published his book "Santa Barbara Then and Now." Visit Santa
Barbara Arts in La Arcada to meet Neal! (Saturday, February 16, 2013)
Connie Evingson at SOhO -
The Santa Barbara Jazz Society presents vocalist Connie Evingson paying tribute to famed lyricist and
Montecito resident, Norman Gimbel on Sunday, February 17 at SOhO from 1 to 4pm. (Sunday, February 17, 2013)
Leading by Example in
Sustainability - SBCC Center for Sustainability Presents:
Leading by Example in Sustainability
The UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative
with Ryan Harb
recipient of the White House Champions of Change Award (Sunday, February 17, 2013)
War and Peace as Liberal Arts
- The 12th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, "War and Peace as
Liberal Arts," features speaker and
noted political theorist Michael Walzer Thursday, Feb. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in
Winter Hall's Darling
Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The lecture, "What is
Just War Theory About?" is free
and open to the public. (Thursday, February 21, 2013)
Girls Rock SB! Benefit Concert
- Girls Rock SB! will hold its first Spring Benefit Performance on February 23, 2013 at the Marjorie Luke
Theater starting at 7PM. The program, titled "Requisition," will showcase exciting collaborations of song
and dance created to raise funding and awareness for Girls Rock SB! (Saturday, February 23, 2013)
Absolutely! {perhaps} - UCSB
Department of Theater and Dance presents: Absolutely! {perhaps}, directed by Simon Williams.
February 15th is opening night and it runs until February 23rd.
(Saturday, February 23, 2013)
Ensemble Theatre Company
Presents THE LIAR - Ensemble Theatre Company Presents THE LIAR: A Zany, Clever and Enchanting Comedy. Under the
direction of ETC's Executive Artistic Director Jonathan Fox, begin on February 7 and run through February
24. All performances are at the Alhecama Theatre 914 Santa Barbara Street. (Sunday, February 24, 2013)
Opera Santa Barbara presents Aida
- As war rages between Egypt and Ethiopia, Aida tells the story of a Pharaoh's daughter competing with her
own Ethiopian slave for the love of an Egyptian general. Performances on Friday March 1st and Sunday
March 3rd at the Granada. (Friday, March 1, 2013)
