12-07-11


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Today’s “Geez”
  • 1836 - Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
  • 1939 - Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
  • 1941 - Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy)
  • 1945 - Microwave oven patented
  • 1952 - KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
  • 1986 - Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                       
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
A little on the chilly side again today but not to stop me from running some errands. Made a couple of stops, picked up some Christmas gifts, tried to buy gas at Sam’s but gave up after trying twice around noon. Each line had four cars waiting for pumps with a car at each of the pumps. Sam’s has the best price by about a dime/gallon so I’ll try again the next time I go by.

Our winter cold weather is expected to continue. Last night was -18 in Bellemont, just outside Flagstaff. Our local weather guy said Flagstaff was protected by the peaks and that the really cold was out in the flatter areas. Sure glad I live at the base on Mt. Elden. Tonight should be another cold one.

NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers at the end of post)
Each answer is the name of a well-known film. You are given three words. Say the words out loud quickly to identify the film. For example, given the words "booty," "Andy" and "pieced," the answer would be Beauty and the Beast.
1.     Indy pendant, stay:
2.     Sadder, denied, viva:
3.     You’re hassock bark:
4.     Thick, erotic, id:
5.     Vests, ides, Tory:
6.     Fiat, cup, pull:
7.     Toast, hoary, do:
8.     Tequila, mucking, herd.

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?
   
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
  • A face mask for skin diving fits properly if you can hold it on your face, out of the water, with nothing but the suction from your nose.

Hmmmmm          
  • Size of India’s annual deficit in female births, based on 2011 census data: 600,000
  • Somewhat Useless Information   
  • A baby has around 10,000 taste buds, far more than adults. They are not just on the tongue but also on the sides, back, and roof of the mouth. Eventually these extra taste buds disappear.
  • The intestines of a newborn are about 11 feet long. The length will double by the time the baby grows to adulthood.
  • A baby can recognize the smell and voice of its mother at birth. It takes a few weeks before a baby can see the difference between its mother and other adults.
  • A baby's head is proportionally huge, being one-quarter of the total body length, compared to only one-eighth of the total adult's length.
  • The grasp of a newborn baby is so strong that its whole body can hang in midair, with its bent fingers supporting its weight.
  • Eyesight is the least developed of all the newborn senses. Newborns can see best at a distance of only 8-14 inches, and until they are about three months old, they see best in their peripheral vision.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 
CHICAGO -- A convicted felon decided to mug an MMA fighter on the Southwest Side of Chicago, police say, and ended up paying a steep price.
Police did not release the victim's name but said he was able to ward off Anthony Miranda, 24, who ended up with two black eyes and a gunshot wound to the ankle after a tussle.
The victim was sitting in his parked car near 55th St. and Kenneth when Anthony Miranda, 24, walked up to the car asking for a lighter, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
When the victim did not have one, Miranda pulled out a handgun and demanded money, police officials said. He then demanded the victim get out of the car.
At some point, the victim was able to grab control of the gun while Miranda's attention was diverted. The two men wrestled on the ground and during the fight, Miranda accidentally discharged his gun, shooting himself in the ankle, police said.
The victim was able to pin down Miranda until police arrived and later told officials he was a martial arts expert and ultimate fighting champion.
Miranda was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with a face full of cuts and two black eyes, police said. He has been charged with armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, a class X felony.
Records show Miranda has several convictions, including at least one for a residential burglary. He was ordered held on $350,000 bond Sunday.

Guffaw…or at least smile     
A man calls home to his wife and says, "Honey I have been asked to go fishing at a big lake up in Canada with my boss and several of his friends. We'll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting, so would you please pack me enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and tackle box. We're leaving from the office and I will swing by the house to pick my things up. Oh! And please pack my new blue silk pajamas."
The wife thinks this sounds a little fishy but being a good wife she does exactly what her husband asked. The following weekend he comes home a little tired but otherwise looking good.
The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught many fish. He says, "Yes! Lots of Walleye, some Blue gill, and a few Pike. But why didn't you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do?"
The wife replies; "I did, they were in your tackle box."

Searchin’ “YouTube” I found        

Daybook Information        
…Happening This Week:
1-7 
  • Cookie Cutter Week 
  • Tolerance Week  Recipe Greetings for The Holidays Week 
4-10
  • Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 
6-12 
  • National Handwashing Awareness Week 
10-17
  • Human Rights Week
Today Is                                                                       
  • Brownie Day : the chocolatey, chewy kind
  • International Civil Aviation Day 
  • Letter-Writing Day
  • National Cotton Candy Day
  • National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
  • Take It In The Ear Day

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  • Ivory Coast: Independence Day [1960 from France]

Today’s Events                                                             
Arts
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London
Athletes
1995 - NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
Business
1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull
Education
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Indigenous People
1804: Lewis & Clark go on a buffalo hunt with Big White [Sheheke (“Coyote”), the principal chief of the lower Mandan village.
1831: The Choctaw removal process has begun. Indian Commissioners John Eaton, and John Coffee, meet with the Choctaw and the Chickasaw on Oaka Knoxabee Creek today. They again discuss the possibility of the Chickasaw sharing areas in the Indian Territory that have been set aside for the Choctaw. They propose that the Chickasaw get 1/4 of the Choctaw allotment. No agreement is reached.
Politics [International]
1949 - Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
1975 - Indonesian army occupies East Timor
1976 - UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term
1990 - Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages
Politics [US]
1787 - Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
1917 - US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
Religion
1965 - Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
Science
1909 - Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
1926 - Gas refrigerator patented
1934 - Wiley Post discovers jet stream
1972 - Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission, launched

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar) is 83
Athletes
Johnny Bench, baseball catcher (Reds) is 64
Larry Bird, hoop star (Boston Celtics) is 55
1924 - John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver
Fernando Vargas, welterweight boxer (Olympics-96) is 34
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
1920 - Tatamkulu Afrika, South African poet and writer ( Nothing’s Changed)
Ellen Burstyn, actor will be 79
1910 - Rod Cameron, Canadian actor (City Detective, State Trooper)
Aaron Carter, American singer and actor is 24
1942 - Harry Chapin, American rock vocalist (Taxi,  Cat's in the Cradle)
1923 - Ted Knight, actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
1912 - Louis Prima, singer ( That Old Black Magic)
1915 - Eli Wallach, actor (Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door, NY--I love You)
Tom Waits, musician, actor will be 62
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1888 - Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st pres of American Newspaper Guild
1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum
Political Figures
1542 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)
Scientists & Theologians
521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland 

Today’s Obits                                                           
1988 - Christopher Connelly, actor (Peyton Place-TV), dies of lung cancer at 47
1912 - George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean [son of Charles Darwin], dies at 67
2010 - Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and wife of John Edwards dies of cancer at 61
1970 - Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87
2006 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, American ambassador dies at 80
1985 - Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81) [replaced by Sandra Day O’Conner], dies of stroke at 70
1941 - Notable casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. Losses: 4 battleships sunk, 3 battleships damaged, 1 battleship grounded, 2 destroyers sunk, 1 other ship sunk, 3 cruisers damaged, 1 destroyer damaged, 3 other ships damaged, one hundred eighty-eight aircraft destroyed, 155 aircraft damaged, 2,402 active military killed, 1,247 active military wounded, 57 civilians killed, and 35 civilians  wounded
Answers                                                                                                                                            
NPR Sunday Puzzle
   Answers are the original movie trailers...good memories
1.     Indy pendant, stay:  Independence Day
2.     Sadder, denied, viva: Saturday Night Fever
3.     You’re hassock bark: Jurassic Park
4.     Thick, erotic, id: The Karate Kid
5.     Vests, ides, Tory: West Side Story
6.     Fiat, cup, pull: The Odd Couple
7.     Toast, hoary, do: Toy Story 2
8.     Tequila, mucking, herd. To Kill a Mockingbird

Wuzzle
  • A house divided
  • Weight lifting
  • A bad spell of weather

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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