11-11-11


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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
  • 1620 - 41 pilgrims land in Mass, sign Mayflower Compact (just & equal laws)
  • 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army enters England1923 - Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown soldier, Arc de Triumph
  • 1981 - Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award
  • 1921 - Pres Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetery)
  • 1926 - U.S. Route 66 is established.

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
I had an awesome trip to Ethiopia. We saw lots of Coptic Orthodox Monasteries, beautiful scenery, amazing tribes. In the South, where we saw the tribes, we were in 4 wheel drive Land Cruisers with the African Package. The roads are just like the rez, with mostly wide dirt roads like the road from Tonalea to Kaibeto. Some of the roads were like the roads to individual hogans. It rained so there were washes to cross that were running full, and I understood the African Package…that means no electronics—crank windows, etc. Some of the vehicles had the European package which was more like the vehicles we buy over here…loaded with accessories. Our group had several flat tires—our vehicle had a slow leak that was fixed in one of the towns. More on the great trip on my other blog in a few days.

Today is the day set aside to honor our Vets. One appreciates freedom when returning from a part of the world where freedom is not part of everyday life. Many of our Vets have given so much to ensure our freedoms. Thank you for your service.

This is also 11-11-11. That must mean something. Numerologists say it is a powerful day and a good day to start a business. OK then, let’s get our economy rolling.  

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
1.     El Paso is at the foot of which mountains?
2.     In which state is the USA's highest mountain?
3.     Which river divides Boston and Cambridge?
4.     The IMF was founded in Bretton Woods in which state?
5.     Which wind's name is North American Indian for snow eater?
6.     Which street crosses Times Square at 42nd Street?
7.     Which state's largest port is at the head of the Cook inlet?
8.     Which ocean around America is the saltiest?
9.     Roosevelt named it Shang ri la, what is it now called?
10.  What separates cape Cod from the rest of Massachusetts?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
  • Chances that a US male who has been incarcerated will make it out of the bottom economic quintile in 20 years: 1 in 50
  • That a man who has never been incarcerated will: 1 in 7

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .
  • An adult's heart pumps out 6,000 gallons of blood each and every day. Your heart beats approximately 30 million times a year.
  • In one drop of blood there are five million red blood cells, 8,000 white blood cells and 250,000 platelets.
  • If your blood vessels were strung together and measured, they would circle the globe 2 1/2 times.
  • Among the ancient Greeks, the arteries were considered to be "air holders" that were responsible for the transport of air to the tissues and were connected to the trachea.
  • William Harvey described and popularized the modern concept of the circulatory system and the roles of arteries and veins in the 17th century.
  • Alexis Carrel at the beginning of 20th century first described the technique for vascular suturing and anastomosis and successfully performed many organ transplantations in animals; he thus actually opened the way to modern vascular surgery that was before limited to vessels permanent ligatation.


Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A man and woman charged with stealing a police car left running outside a Florida convenience store apparently wanted it for a quickie sexual encounter. Alexander Pratt, 59, and Clara Pearson, 53, both Lake Worth residents, were charged with grand theft auto, The Palm Beach Post reported. They allegedly grabbed a Honda Civic belonging to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office that was being used by plainclothes detectives from the auto theft division. The couple did not get far in their new wheels, a police report said. They were pulled over and arrested not far away. Pratt told officers he was not sorry for his actions because he was eager to "have intimate relations with Pearson," a police affidavit said.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
Harry had a bit of a drinking problem.
 Every night, after dinner, he took off for the local watering hole, spent the entire evening there and arrived home, well inebriated, around midnight each night. He always had trouble getting his key into the keyhole and getting the door opened. His wife, waiting up for him, would go to the door and let him in. Then she would proceed to yell and scream at him for his constant nights out and his returned drunken state. But Harry continued his nightly routine.
One day, the wife, distraught by it all, talked to a friend about her husband's behavior. The friend listened to her and then asked, "Why don't you treat him a little differently when he comes home? Instead of berating him, why don't you give him some loving words and welcome him home with a kiss? He then might change his ways."
The wife thought it was worth trying. That night, Harry took off again after dinner. Around midnight, he arrived home in his usual condition. His wife heard Harry at the door and let him in. This time, instead of berating him as she had always done, she took his arm and led him into the living room. She sat him down in an easy chair, put his feet up on the ottoman and took his shoes off. Then she went behind him and started to cuddle him a little. After a while, she said to him, "It's pretty late. I think we had better go upstairs to bed now, don't you?"
At that, Harry replied in his inebriated state, "I guess we might as well. I'll get in trouble if I go home anyway!"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
6-12 
Health Information and Technology Week
International Fraud Awareness Week
National Nurse Practioner's Week
National Rad Tech Week
7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week 
National Young Reader's Week

Pursuit of Happiness Week
World Kindness Week


TODAY IS                                                                                                         .
Death/Duty Day
Veterans Day
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Angola-- Independence Day (1975 from Poland)
Canada-- Remembrance Day
Japan-- Origami Day
Poland-- Independence Day (1918 from Prussia, Russia, Austria)
Sweden and others-- St. Martin Day (for feeding the poor)
US-- Washington Admission Day (42nd state in 1889)

Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1959 - 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs
1985 - 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost"
ATHLETICS
1868 - 1st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1963 - Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record
1987 - Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards
1997 - Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
BUSINESS
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EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1778 - Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
1794: A treaty (7 stat. 44) is concluded at Canandaigua (Konondaigua), New York, with the "Six Nations." The United States acknowledges the treaties signed by the Six Nations and New York. Boundaries are established. The Six Nations will not submit further land claims. A wagon trail is established from Fort Schlosser to Buffalo Creek on Lake Erie. The Indians receive $10,000 in goods now. The annuity agreed to in the treaty of April 3, 1792 is increased from $1500 to $4500 in goods. The treaty is signed by Thomas Pickering for the United States, and by fifty-nine Indians.
1865: Medicine Bottle and Little Shakopee, two of the leaders of the Santee Sioux uprising are executed at Pine Knob. They both had escaped to Canada, but officials there aided Americans in their kidnapping, and return to the United States.
POLITICS [International]
1918 - Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies & Germany sign armistice
1961 - Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
1983 - Pres Reagan became 1st US pres to address Japan's legislature
POLITICS [US]
1647 - Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
1909 - Construction of navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
RELIGION
1860 - 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1992 - Anglican Church & Church of England OK female priests
SCIENCE
1675 - Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function
1911 - Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. ( The 11/11/11 cold wave)
1925 - Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1933 - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains
1966 - Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1821 - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist (Crime & Punishment)
1922 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (Death of Artemio Cruz) is 83
ATHLETES
Vinnie Testaverde, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buckineers) is 48
Steve Young, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers) is 50
Fuzzy [Frank] Zoeller, PGA golfer (Masters 1981) is 60
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Adam Beach, Native actor is 39
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor is 37
1918 - Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys & Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou)
Demi Moore, actor is 49
1899 - Pat O'Brien, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1896 - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1885 - George S Patton, US general (Sicily/Italy/Normandy) "Old Blood & Guts"

1915 - William Proxmire, (Sen- WI, 1957-88) (Golden Fleece Awards)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1771 - Ephraim McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)

Today’s Obits                                                                
2004 - Yasser Arafat, co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, revolutionary and Nobel prize winner dies of ‘mystery blood disorder ‘at 75
1945 - Jerome Kern, US composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60
1855 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher dies at 42
1984 - Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84
1623 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer dies at 74
1831 - Nat Turner, former slave, led violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA at 31
1938 - Typhoid Mary, carrier of the typhoid disease dies of pneumonia at 69
1973 - Stringbean, [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), murdered by burglars at 58

ANSWERS                                                                            
Trivia Quiz
El Paso is at the foot of which mountains?
A: Franklin Mountains.

In which state is the USA's highest mountain?
A: Alaska.

Which river divides Boston and Cambridge?
A: Charles.

The IMF was founded in Bretton Woods in which state?
A: New Hampshire.

 Which wind's name is North American Indian for snow eater?
A: Chinook.

Which street crosses Times Square at 42nd Street?
A: Broadway.

Which state's largest port is at the head of the Cook inlet?
A: Alaska.

Which ocean around America is the saltiest?
A: North Atlantic.

Roosevelt named it Shang ri la, what is it now called?
A: Camp David.

What separates cape Cod from the rest of Massachusetts?
A: Cape Cod canal.

Wuzzle
  • Turned tears into laughter
  • Know-how
  • Besides


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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