10-16-11


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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
1775 - Portland, Maine burned by British
1934 - Mao Tse-tung & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
1957 - Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1962 - Byron R White, CU athlete and grad becomes a Supreme Court Justice 
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     
 Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
What a great day in Flag. Nice to spend time outside without a jacket. Flag had a decent sized Occupy Rally today…I drove by…and honked.

The 20/20 report on Pine Ridge was amazing last night. It’s on line if anyone missed it. They talked a lot about Wounded Knee Public School and Red Cloud High. It took over 18 months to make the film, and talked about broken dreams, teen pregnancy, alcohol and substance abuse, and related death and suicide. It is very depressing and I must say that after spending 9 months at Pine Ridge, I don’t have any answers either. I hope this report finds some answers from somewhere.

I don’t have a lot of faith in that as the general population has no idea what is going with the Native People...except for the art, dance and other surface culture.  Urban Outfitters--a clothing chain store has introduced a new line of “Navajo” clothes. The 1st problem is it is against Federal law to use a tribe’s name in anything that is not made by the tribe or its members. The second problem is that some of the ‘clothing’ is disrespectful to the name ‘Navajo’—including a Navajo Print Fabric Flask cover, Navajo Feather Earrings, 2 Navajo bracelets for $8.00, and a strapless Navajo Dress. The news reports tell us that the Navajo Nation has contacted the company headquarters and asked them to cease and desist, because of the Federal Law. The company issued a statement that will not be changing their fall clothing and accessory lines. Such ignorance is so rampant in the corporate world.  

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
Returns tomorrow

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .
Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
Number of unmanned missions NASA has sent into space: 1000+
First mission: Explorer I in January 1958
Number of manned missions NASA has sent into space: 194
First mission: Mercury in 1959

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .
Bessie Smith, the greatest of all blues singers, is known as the "Empress of the Blues". A protégé of an earlier blues singer named Ma Rainey, Bessie recorded during the 1920s. Her flair and dramatic style would set the stage for many artists to come, including other transitional favorites from the 1950's, such as Etta James and Dinah Washington.  One hit was "Nobody knows you when you're down and out" Bessie Smith died at the young age of forty-three in a tragic automobile accident.
The first rock ‘n’ roll song to hit #1 was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets. It held the top spot for 8 weeks.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            
SEASIDE, Ore. - An Oregon surfer who was knocked off his board by a 10- to 12-foot shark said he wound up riding for a few seconds on the large beast's back. Doug Niblack, whose story was backed up by witnesses, said he was surfing Monday at "the cove" in Seaside when the shark, which he suspects was a great white, knocked him off his board, KATU-TV, Portland, Ore., reported Thursday.
Niblack said he landed on the shark's back and the monster fish lifted him out of the water above his knees for several seconds before swimming away. "It pulled my leg about three feet, hooked on my leash, then it was gone," Niblack said. "And that was the scariest part, when I didn't know where it was anymore."
Niblack and fellow surfer Jake Marks said they paddled to shore as quickly as they could. "You just have that fight or flight thing going on," Marks said. "The shark was a lot bigger than us, so we chose flight." Experts said shark sightings are rare on the Oregon coast, but they are sometimes found in the area.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
A police officer was investigating an accident on a two-lane, narrow road in which the drivers had hit virtually head-on.
One driver, an extremely elderly woman, kept repeating, "He wouldn't let me have my half of the road!"
After gathering as much information as possible, he angrily approached the other driver, who was examining his own damage. The police officer asked, "That old lady says that you wouldn't let her have her half of the road. Why not?
In exasperation, the man turns from his smashed car and says, "Officer, I would have been HAPPY to give her half of the road --- if she had just let me know WHICH half she wanted!!!!"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
10-16
Home-based Business Week / Kids' Goal Setting Week / Take Your Medicine Americans Week / World Rainforest Week
16-22

Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week / Kids Care Week / National Save For Retirement Week / Teen Read Week / National Chemistry Week / YWCA Week without Violence / National Character Counts Week / National Food Bank Week / National Forest Products Week / National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week / Freedom From Bullies Week / Freedom of Speech Week /Medical Assistants Recognition Week / National School Bus Safety Week


TODAY IS                                                                                                         .
Dictionary Day
National Feral Cat Day
National Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day
World Food Day
World Toy Camera Day

Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1941 - "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
1972 - Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
ATHLETICS
1969 - 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Orioles 5-3 & win 66th World Series in 5
1988 - Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & World Series
BUSINESS
1923 - Disney Company founded
EDUCATION
2002 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1755 - A band of Delaware, numbering a little over a dozen, will attack the Penn's Creek village in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Depending on the source, 19 to 25 settlers will be killed and a dozen would be taken captive. This would be the first uprising in the area in living memory.
1826 - The Potawatomi sign a treaty with the United States today. The Americans were represented by Lewis Cass, James Ray and John Tipton.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1710 - British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1834 - Much of the ancient structures of the Palace of Westminster in London is burnt down
1916 - T E Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Fasal Hoessein
1964 - China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
RELIGION
1875 - Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah
SCIENCE
1925 - Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution
1987 - 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
US POLITICS
1859 - John Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va
1956 - William J Brennan Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1995 - Million Man March held in Wash DC (over 800,000 black men attend)

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1888 - Eugene O'Neill, dramatist (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel
1854 - Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], in Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)
ATHLETES
1900 - [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer 
Kordell Stewart, NFL quarterback/wide receiver (Pitts Steelers) is 39
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure) is 71
Angela Lansbury actor is 86
John Mayer. singer is 34
1913 - Alice Pearce, comedienne/actress (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched)
Tim Robbins, actor is 53
Suzanne Somers, actress, entrepreneur is 65
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1758 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1886 - David Ben-Gurion, in Plonsk Poland, 1st PM of Israel
1898 - William O Douglas, 81st Supreme Court justice 
1430 - King James II of Scotland
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits                                                                 .
1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded at 37
2010 - Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave it to Beaver) dies at 95
1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 85
1972 - Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies of heart attack at 66
1774 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies of mysterious head injury at 24
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
2007 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress dies at 86
1959 - George C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78
1997 - James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90
2004 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary dies at 79
1989 - Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74

ANSWERS                                                                            
Trivia Quiz
Returns tomorrow

Wuzzle
Comparison Shopping (Compar is on shopping)
Split right down the middle

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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