11-20-11


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Today’sGeez”                                                                                 .
1873 - Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
1959 - UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
1969 - Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1984 - McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger

♪♪Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                           .  

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                  .
  • It was another windy day and it was a cold wind. No fun being outside. I really need to clean the deck and the front area, but won’t do it in all this wind.
  • Our governor is not happy about losing her case against the redistricting chair. Even after the AZ Supreme court ruled that she fired the chair illegally, Brewer is looking for a new way to get her way. We citizens of AZ voted to make this committee non-partisan. Too bad the Gov doesn’t believe in the vote of the people.
  •  I spent a little time today working on my Ethiopian pics. I have a set of panoramas from various places on the visit. I’ve gotten them together for a short movie. Now to get captions for some of them. I have about 500 shots total and about 25 panoramas. Not all are worthy of adding to the movie, but most of the panoramas came out nice. Then to find some music. I did pick up a ‘classical Ethiopian’ CD, show at least that part is going to be easy.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                             .
1.     Which Gwen won Olympic gold on the athletics track?
2.    Kitty Kelley wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?
3.    Which American athlete fell over during the final of the 3000 meters at the LA Olympics?
4.    Which heptathlete was born on exactly the same day as footballer Herschel Walker?
5.    How was choreographer William Busby Enos better known?
6.    What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's husband?
7.    Who was the first black tennis player to win the Australian Open?
8.    Who led a jazz band called The All Stars?
9.    Who did Cassius Clay beat to win the world heavyweight title for the first time?
10.  Who was Marilyn Monroe's last husband?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                    .
 Rules of Thumb                                                              .
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

  • To check a fire ladder for proper lean, stand perfectly erect with the toes against the ladder beam and the arms straight out. If your hands fall on the rung in a comfortable grasping position, the ladder is set properly for climbing. If only the fingertips touch the rung, the base of the ladder is too far from the building. If the heel of the hand touches the rung, the base of the ladder is too close to the building.
Hmmmmm                                                                                 .

  • Minimum number of blows thrown during a recent Ukrainian Parliamentary session: 12
Somewhat Useless Information                                                  .
  • Paintball draws a wide array of people, and the Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association estimates that over 10 million people play the game in the United States annually, with 1.9 million playing at least 15 times a year.
  • Insurance statistics show that paintball is one of the safest sports, with fewer injuries per exposure than sports like tennis, golf, and bowling.
  • Never share mascara, as this is the most common way that people pass on pink eye, which is highly contagious.
  • Do you wear a ring? If so, there could be as many germs underneath as the entire population of Europe.
Yeah, It Really Happened                                                              .            
UNION CITY, Tenn. - Police in Tennessee said a man arrested on a domestic assault charge admitted to throwing a ham that struck his mother in the back.
Union City police said Brenda King, 55, told officers her son, Emanual Cordell Kennedy, 37, threw an object that struck her in the back while she was walking down the hall during an argument Tuesday, The (Union City) Messenger reported Thursday. Officers said Kennedy admitted to throwing the ham and said he was not expecting his mother to be walking down the hall at the time and had not meant to hit her with the meat. Kennedy was arrested on a charge of domestic assault.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                  .
A guy tells his psychiatrist, “I always have this weird dream at night. I am locked in a room with a door on which there is a sign. I try to push it with all my strength, but no matter how hard I try, it won’t budge."
The psychiatrist muses, “Interesting. But tell me what does the sign on the door say?"
The guy replies, “It says 'Pull'”!!!

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                          .     

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Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
18-24
National Farm-City Week 
20-26 
National Bible Week 
National Family Week 
National Game 
Puzzle Week 
Better Conversation Week 
Church/State Separation Week

Today Is                                                                                   .

  • Absurdity Day
  • African Industrialization Day
  • Children's Day
  • Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day aka G.O.H.A.R.D.
  • Name Your PC Day
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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  • Germany--Totensonntag ((Sunday of the Dead) "general Luthern celebration in memorial of the deceased")
  • Mexico--Revolution Day (1910)
Today’s Events                                                                           .
Arts
1947 - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
Athletes
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
Business
1866 - 1st nat’l convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
1931 - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
Education
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Indigenous People
1817 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida
1831: While looking for rumored "lost silver mines" in Texas near the old San Sabá Mission, Jim Bowie, and ten companions, encounter almost 150 Caddo and Waco Indians. A fight ensues which becomes legendary in Texas history. After frontal attacks prove ineffective, the Indians set fire to the brush and trees surrounding the Americans. This ploy also fails to work. After losing over fifty warriors, to Bowie's one, the Indians leave the field.
Politics [International]
1431 - 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies
1521 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1965 - UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
1970 - UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1992 - Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
Politics [US]
1789 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1993 - Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating
2008 - After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997
Religion
1938 - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
Science
1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1923 - Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
1984 - SETI is founded
1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched

Today’s Birthdays                                                                           .
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1908 - Alistair Cooke, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre)
1900 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)
Athletes
Dominique Dawes, gymnast (Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96) is 35
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
1907 - Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1946 - Duane Allman, rock guitarist (Allman Brothers)
Dick Clark, TV host (American Bandstand) is 82
Bo Derek, actor is 55
Richard Dawson, actor; game show host is 79
Veronica Hamel, actor is 68
Estelle Parsons, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde) is 84
Dick Smothers, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show) is 72
1920 - Gene Tierney, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
Joe Walsh, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy) is 64
Entrepreneurs & Educators
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Political Figures
Joseph R Biden Jr, (Sen- DE, VP) is 69
1917 - Robert C Byrd, (Sen-WV)/majority leader served record 9 terms
1925 - Robert Francis Kennedy, (Sen-NY; AG) assassinated
1884 - Norman Thomas, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
1620 - Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
Scientists & Theologists
1889 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)

Today’s Obits                                                                 .
1527 - Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1898 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies at 81
1975 - Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
2010 - Rob Lytle, Bronco football player dies of heart attack at 56
1973 - Allan Sherman, parodist (Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda, Harvey & Sheila), dies  of emphysema at 48
1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1695 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave and leader beheaded at 55
Answers                                                                .                                                                            
Trivia Quiz
1.     Which Gwen won Olympic gold on the athletics track?
a.    Torrence.
2.    Kitty Kelley wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?
a.    Nancy Reagan.
3.    Which American athlete fell over during the final of the 3000 meters at the LA Olympics?
a.    Mary Decker.
4.    Which heptathlete was born on exactly the same day as footballer Herschel Walker?
a.    Jackie Joyner Kersee.
5.    How was choreographer William Busby Enos better known?
a.    Busby Berkeley.
6.    What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's husband?
a.    Dennis.
7.    Who was the first black tennis player to win the Australian Open?
a.    Arthur Ashe
8.    Who led a jazz band called The All Stars?
a.    Louis Armstrong.
9.    Who did Cassius Clay beat to win the world heavyweight title for the first time?
a.    Sonny Liston.
10.  Who was Marilyn Monroe's last husband?
a.    Arthur Miller.

Wuzzle
Truth is stranger than fiction
Cross examines
Seminars

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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