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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
1739 - War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain
1984 - NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine
1988 - Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination rejected by US Senate

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
This is my last entry until I return…around 11/10/11.

Packed, labeled, charged, ready to travel. I need to remind everyone that we are traveling IN Ethiopia, not near any borders. As I think about it, I’ll be that Europeans who travel to the US probably tell their friends similar things…”We are going to the United States, but won’t be near any borders.” The news media is not the best place to learn about any country. After all, there is snow in AZ.

I thankfully will miss the debut of our governor’s new book. She is so sure that she is right about immigration, it is sad. Now she has put it in writing. Rumors abound that she is looking for a VP nomination. Dear God NO! Today the District court threw out her counter lawsuit against the Feds for their suit on stopping SB1070. I’m sure she will moan and complain and re-file under some other reason. Some people just don’t get it.

It was a great day in Flagstaff, sunny, no wind, warm, and a beautiful blue sky. The fall colors are out all over Flagstaff. So nice. My area is only pine trees so I have to drive around to find the colors, but that is OK. The color will all be gone when I return.

It will be an early morning as my plane leaves Flag at 6:30am. Thankfully I’m only about 20 minutes from the airport and parking isn’t that big a hassle. Only problem will be returning if there is snow.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
1.     What color appears with the color blue on the Flag of the UN?
2.     Who was the talk show hostess that played a role in the movie The Color Purple?
3.     Who had a 1980s hit with True Colors?
4.     A magpie's feathers are of what two colors?
5.     Name the seven colors of the rainbow.
6.     What color is an octopus's blood?
7.     Emu eggs are what color?
8.     Which hair color graces the heads of one in 16 Americans?
9.     What black and white movie was the first to be converted to color electronically?
10.  How long was it between Paul Newman's making of The Hustler, and its sequel The color of Money?
11.  What movie in 1986, had 11 Oscar nominations and won none?
12.  Yul Brynner's hair, when he had hair, was what color?
13.  On TWA flight 800, what actual color were the "black boxes"?
14.  The Nazi SS troops wore what color shirts?
15.  From what element does turquoise derive its distinctive color?
16.  What are the color-sensitive cells in the eye called?
17.  Neptune gets its blue color from what gas?
18.  How many colors are there in the spectrum when white light is separated?
19.  What brand camcorder was the first to have a color LCD screen instead of a viewfinder?
20.  On the cover of Sweet Baby James, what color shirt does James Taylor wear?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .
Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
Change since 1960 in calories expended during the average workday of an American man and woman, respectfully: -140; -120

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .
Before the United States decided to increase its involvement in the Vietnam War, France waged a seven year war (1946 to 1954) against Ho Chi Minh and his Vietnamese resistance movement. This conflict (sometimes called the First Indochina War) came about because the Vietnamese had tired of French rule, but the French refused to give up their colonies in Indochina.
On August 2, 1964, three North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fired torpedoes at the U.S.S. Maddox, a destroyer which was positioned in international waters near the Gulf of Tonkin (approximately thirty miles off the coast of North Vietnam). This attack, which was disputed by the North Vietnamese, became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. 
In 1965, the United States launched Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign designed to stop the flow of men and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail and break the will of the North Vietnamese. 
The U.S. Military used many herbicides/defoliants during the Vietnam War, including Agent Blue, Agent Green, Agent White, Agent Purple, Agent Pink, and Agent Orange. Agent Orange, however, has become the most infamous of this group because it was later shown to have toxic dioxin contaminants which have been blamed for various health problems and birth defects among both the general Vietnamese population and U.S. soldiers who were exposed to recently sprayed areas.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            
READING, Ohio - An Ohio woman who has been patronizing the same White Castle restaurant for more than 80 years is being inducted into the company's Hall of Fame.
The fast-food chain said Constance Huening, who was born in 1921, the year the first White Castle opened in Wichita, Kan., was chosen along with 11 other people from hundreds of applicants to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Thursday at the chain's Columbus, Ohio, headquarters, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Wednesday. Huening said she eats a White Castle burger every New Year's Day for good luck, and this year she celebrated her 90th birthday by visiting the same Reading, Ohio, location where she and her siblings purchased sliders during the 1920s. "They still taste good," Huening said.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
Little Johnny wasn't very good at spelling. During an oral spelling exam, the teacher wrote the word "new" on the blackboard.
"Now," she asked Johnny, "what word would we have if we placed a "K" in the front?"
 After a moment's reflection, Johnny said, "Canoe?"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
23-29 National Respiratory Care Week:  Link /Pastoral Care Week / Disarmament Week / 
Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week / Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week / Red Ribbon Week/ International Magic Week / National Massage Therapy Week


TODAY IS                                                                                                         .
iPod Day: first released Oct. 23, 2001
Mother-in-Law Day
National Mole Day: commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 10^23), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry… one mole is a mass (in grams) whose number is equal to the atomic mass of the molecule
Swallows Leave San Juan Capistrano
TV Talk Show Host Day
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Cambodia: Peace Treaty Day (1991)

Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1941 - Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released
1958 - Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature: Dr. Zhivago and others  
ATHLETICS
1884 - 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0
BUSINESS
1813 - The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom)
EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1823 - According to Cherokee records, Creek Chief William McIntosh, representing United States Indian commissioners, will attempt to bribe Cherokee leaders. For $12,000 McIntosh hopes that Chiefs John Ross and Charles Hicks, and Council Clerk Alexander McCoy will try to convince the Cherokee to cede lands to the United States. The Cherokee leaders will refuse the offer with a show of indignation.
1826 - The Miami sign a treaty. The Americans were represented by Lewis Cass, James Ray and John Tipton.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1588 - Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander
1641 - Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - anniversary commemorated by Irish Protestants for over 200 years.
1947 - NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN
1959 - Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
RELIGION
1668 - Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade
1760 - 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US
SCIENCE
1814 - 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
US POLITICS
1981 - US national debt hits $1 trillion

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1942 - Michael Crichton, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker)
1939 - Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird)

ATHLETES
Doug Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback (Argonauts, Generals, Bears, Pats) is 49
Pelé, Brazilian footballer is 71
Chi Chi Rodriguez, Puerto Rican PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson) is 76
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
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ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
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POLITICIAL FIGURES
1835 - Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1925 - Johnny Carson, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust)
1893 - Gummo Marx, American actor 
Ryan Reynolds, actor is 35
1923 - Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC)
"Weird Al" Yankovic, parody singer ( Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) is 52
Dwight Yoakam, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) is 55

Today’s Obits                                                                 .
1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist dies of stroke at 59
2010 - Leo Cullum, American cartoonist  (New Yorker Mag) dies of cancer at 68
1939 - Zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies of heart failure at 67
1950 - Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), dies of heart attack at 64
1983 - Jessica Savage, newscaster (NBC Weekend), drowns after auto accident at 36
2003 - Soong May-ling, wife of the President Chiang Kai-shek dies at 106
1935 - Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], US gangster, murdered at 33

ANSWERS                                                                            
Trivia Quiz
1.     What color appears with the color blue on the Flag of the UN?
a.     White
2.     Who was the talk show hostess that played a role in the movie The Color Purple?
a.     Oprah Winfrey
3.     Who had a 1980s hit with True Colors?
a.     Cyndi Lauper
4.     A magpie's feathers are of what two colors?
a.     Black and white
5.     Name the seven colors of the rainbow.
a.     Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet [Roy G. Biv]
6.     What color is an octopus's blood?
a.     Pale bluish-green
7.     Emu eggs are what color?
a.     Green
8.     Which hair color graces the heads of one in 16 Americans?
a.     Red
9.     What black and white movie was the first to be converted to color electronically?
10.  How long was it between Paul Newman's making of The Hustler, and its sequel The color of Money?
a.     25 years
11.  What movie in 1986, had 11 Oscar nominations and won none?
a.     The Color Purple
12.  Yul Brynner's hair, when he had hair, was what color?
a.     Dark Brown
13.  On TWA flight 800, what actual color were the "black boxes"?
a.     Orange
14.  The Nazi SS troops wore what color shirts?
a.     Black
15.  From what element does turquoise derive its distinctive color?
a.     Traces of copper
16.  What are the color-sensitive cells in the eye called?
a.     Cones
17.  Neptune gets its blue color from what gas?
a.     Methane
18.  How many colors are there in the spectrum when white light is separated?
a.     Seven
19.  What brand camcorder was the first to have a color LCD screen instead of a viewfinder?
a.     Sharp
20.  On the cover of Sweet Baby James, what color shirt does James Taylor wear?
a.     Blue

Wuzzle
They squeezed ahead of us
Cold Feet
Split second timing

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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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.