Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. Though sometimes attributed to Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) without a citation of source, this is more often cited as merely an anonymous proverb. This quote has been attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, in Spanish: "No llores porque ya se terminó... sonríe, porque sucedió." Find quotes that are sourced, disputed and misattributed at: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Q: I used to have a TV with a picture on one station and a different, smaller picture from a different station, both on the same screen. I cannot find it on a TV sold today. Why?
A: You described the "picture-in-picture" feature, still found on many new televisions. Use that term when you visit merchants.
Q: Do men or women vote more?
A: In the 2010 congressional elections, 46.2 percent of women and 45 percent of men reported voting. -- U.S. Census Bureau.
Q: Where can I get the precise time?
A: Go to http://www.time.gov.
Q: Why is this month called March?
A: It is named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and was the first month of the Roman year. -- Various sources.
Q: In whose handwriting is the U.S. Constitution?
A: The handwriting belongs to Jacob Shallus, assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly, who worked in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. His name does not appear on the document . But, in official papers, there is an entry of $30 for "clerks employed to transcribe & engross." His identity was established in 1937. -- U.S. Archives.
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The Tree of Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick, is the winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Thomas Pavlechko is credited with serving as the Organ/Piano Coach and Hand Double for actor Brad Pitt. The scene at the organ was filmed at the Visser-Rowland organ in St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin. The scenes at the piano were filmed on site in Smithville, Texas. http://www.thomaspavlechkomusic.com/News/details.php?id=38

Brad Pitt had never played a musical instrument and did not read music. He quickly memorized what stops to pull, and which fingers played which key without knowing the names of the keys. He caught on right away to note values. He was determined and disciplined, practicing finger independence and maintaining correct posture. Brad was filmed pulling stops for Bach's G-minor Fantasy and moving rhythmically, but not playing, the F-major Toccata. However, neither of these pieces made the cut.
The American Organist magazine March 2012

The Tree of Life was voted best film of 2011 in the annual Sight & Sound critic poll, earning one and a half times as many votes as runner up A Separation. The film was voted the best released film of 2011 by Film Comment, and it also topped the indieWire annual critics survey for 2011, as well as the LA Weekly Film Poll 2011. The film has appeared on over 70 critics' year-end top ten lists, including 15 first place rankings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film)

Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956) Painter, printmaker and illustrator.
Although he was sent to Germany as a teenager to study music, a drawing class at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg instead sparked an interest in art, which led to further training at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and in 1892–3 at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. Returning to Berlin, he was a prominent illustrator by the mid-1890s for Ulk, Lustige Blätter and other leading German satirical magazines. His work also appeared in the USA, first for Harper’s Round Table in 1894 and 1895 and in 1906–7 in the comic strips ‘The Kin-der-Kids’ and ‘Wee Willie Winkie’s World’ for the Chicago Sunday Tribune, by which time he was again in Paris. There he was also in contact with Wilhelm Uhde, Jules Pascin and other members of the circle that met at the Café du Dôme and produced a series of drawings for Le Témoin. While often alluding to serious contemporary issues, the style of his illustrations and drawings was fanciful rather than grotesque. Seeking more creative freedom after first-hand exposure to the French avant-garde, Feininger gave up illustration for painting when he returned to Germany in 1908. Most of his early oil paintings, such as Emeute (1910; New York, MOMA), are street scenes with numerous figures, which combine his already sensitive use of line and shape with the spatial exaggeration and bold colours favoured by the Fauves and his fellow Berlin Secessionists (with whom he had first exhibited in 1903–4). In 1925, with Alexei Jawlenski, Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky, Feininger formed the Blue four, which made its début at the Charles Daniel Gallery in New York. When the Bauhaus moved to Dessau a year later, Feininger followed as artist-in-residence without teaching responsibilities, so that he was free to concentrate on painting. His architectural landscapes, such as Church of the Minorites II (1926; Minneapolis, MN, Walker A. Cent.), and a growing number of seascapes inspired by the Baltic or memories of the American coast, such as the Glorious Victory of the Sloop ‘Maria’ (1926), assumed a physical and emotional grandeur unprecedented in his work. Important recognition ensued when he was included in MOMA’s inaugural Paintings by 19 Living Americans (1929) and given a large solo exhibition by the Nationalgalerie, Berlin (1931). In 1937 Feininger left Germany for California, where he taught for a term at Mills College, Oakland, before resettling permanently in New York. Except for murals designed for two buildings at the World’s Fair in 1938, Marine Transportation and Masterpieces of Modern Art (destr.; sketches, ARTnews, 1939), two years passed before he resumed painting. http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1832

Ohio redistricting means that voters have to ask themselves "Where am I?" With the exception of the Waterville/Whitehouse area, all of Lucas County was represented by Rep. Marcy Kaptur as part of the ninth congressional district under the old map. The lower third of the county was represented by Rep. Bob Latta as part of the fifth congressional district. The map that passed earlier this year placed all of western Lucas County to approximately U.S. 23 within the fifth congressional district. It placed east Toledo, downtown Toledo, and Oregon into the fourth congressional district represented by Rep. Jim Jordan who hails from Urbana -- more than 130 miles south of Toledo. Marcy Kaptur retained north Toledo, a narrow strip of land along Ohio's north shore and a narrow strip of territory spanning all the way over to western Cleveland. The map passed Dec. 14, 2011 simplifies things a little and reduces Lucas County's representation in Congress to two districts -- albeit reshaped. Oregon and east Toledo are back in the ninth district currently represented by Rep. Kaptur. The northern border of Wood County now separates the ninth from the fifth congressional district in eastern Lucas County. Part of western Lucas County is back in the ninth district as well. The area known as the fifth ward between Reynolds Road to the county line is now in the ninth district. Downtown Toledo is also back in the ninth district. However, everything west of Secor Road and north of Bancroft St. to the state line is in the fifth congressional district. http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=697770