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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1927 - Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
¬ 1970 - 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
¬ 1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, CA, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars
¬ 1983 - Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T
¬ 2007 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
I watched too many movies last night…staying up until almost 3am. So today was a lazy type day. It was enjoyable, and I just wasn’t tired.
My Ethiopia trip is on schedule. I’m not going to Denver for the pre-meeting, but will have all the stuff mailed to me. I’m still a little confused as we leave Denver about 4p and fly to Dulles. Then we check into a motel and spend the night and fly out at 12a. Ellie says she thinks 12a is noon, but I know better. I am guessing we have a whole day in DC and leave at midnight the next day. That would be fine with me, as I have never been to DC and could do a tour very easily. Or I could easily spend a day at the Smithsonian. I would rather have the lay over at the end, but it isn’t working out that way. Airline schedules are always a pain, and flying internationally can be even worse. I’m sure it has something to do with cheaper flights or that the flights to our destination are very limited. An adventure awaits no matter when we leave or when we arrive. I also got an email that I will be in group 1 again to Tanzania…seems the guy who was to be my roommate won’t be going…something about not being able to change his timeshare time. Hmmm, a timeshare in the US mainland or a safari in Tanzania…not a tough choice for me. Glad I will be in Group 1 again…Hamdy will be energetic for sure.
I am so glad I don’t work in any part of international economic policy. Those poor people are scrambling to prepare for the unknown when Asian markets open on Sunday—their Monday. Our AA+ rating has many scenarios and they have to have a plan for each one. No matter what their plan, it will have big changes throughout next week and beyond. The waiting seems to be the worst part. My finances are very limited in the stock market, but a global crisis could sure put a shakeup in everyone’s finances. Sure glad I don’t have a 401K to worry about.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. How is actress Susan Tomaling better known?
2. Which Norman was a co-composer of That'll Be The Day?
3. Lake Ehternach was the first venue for which world championship?
4. Which state is called the sunflower state?
5. In 1900, how much was George Eastman selling his pocket camera for?
6. What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Andorra?
7. In square miles, how big is Lake Erie?
8. What followed All In The ... in the sitcom title?
9. Which New York Island was declared a National Historic Site in 1964?
10. How old was Charlie Watts when he took part in the Rolling Stones 1999 tour?
11. What was the Bee Gee's last UK No 1 of the 70s?
12. The world's biggest what was made in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania in April 1998?
13. How is Carlos Estevez better known?
14. Who was older, Jimmy or Tommy Dorsey?
15. Which English actress was born on exactly the same day as chess champion Boris Spassky?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Minimum number of religious facilities that have been foreclosed since 2008: 195
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ To preserve their elaborate coiffures, geishas in ancient Japan slept with their heads on bags filled with buckwheat chaff.
¬ During the Renaissance, fashionable aristocratic Italian women shaved their hair several inches back from their natural hairlines.
¬ In the 18th century the French Comte d'Artois owned a set of diamond buttons, each of which had a miniature clock encased inside it.
¬ The San Blas Indian women of Panama consider giant noses a mark of great beauty. They paint black lines down the center of their noses to make them appear longer. Among San Blas men, an enormous nose is the mark of a great leader.
¬ It was the style among 18th century Englishmen to wear pantaloons so tight they had to be hung on special pegs that held them open, allowing the wearer to jump down into them.
¬ The French philosopher Voltaire owned 80 canes. Canes in fact were in great vogue in 18th century France, and women as well as men carried them. Women's canes often came equipped with perfume bottles, music boxes, or romantic pictures hidden inside.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
There is crime all over the place. Every day there is news of shootings. A story just broke about two gunmen who opened fire with a handgun and an assault rifle on a bus in Philadelphia. The other night a mob at the Wisconsin state fair attacked dozens of people in what are being described as racially motivated attacks, and the economy is so bad that vagrants are stealing air conditioning units right out of peoples windows and back yards to sell for scrap metal. But don't worry, because law enforcement is out there on your side, law-abiding citizen, protecting you from....milk. Well, milk and cheese. And mangos. Mangos, people!
As environmentalism and personal health are becoming more and more important to people, the popularity of raw and organic foods has been booming. And your government doesn't like it. Specifically the FDA, Department of Agriculture and the CDC.
In California a raw foods seller was raided by the aforementioned agencies as well as by the LA County Sheriff's office. The officers went in equipped with full tactical gear, with weapons drawn...to arrest a farmer.
The officers seized raw milk supplies, most of which they dumped into the storm sewers, so you won't be threatened by that anymore, and also mangos and other fresh, organic produce which they loaded onto trucks. Interestingly...they also took all of the cash they could find. It sounds more like a shakedown than some kind of code enforcement raid.
The charges? Conspiracy (to commit what the story does not specify) and 'mislabeling cheese'. Each of the three raw food retailers arrested are being held on bonds reportedly exceeding $120,000.
Now the really bizarre thing is that growing and even selling your own food is not illegal. While a warrant still has not been produced, the most recent story I read speculated that the raid was conducted because the owner did not have a current permit to sell raw milk (that is not pasteurized). Of course, not having a permit calls for being arrested at gunpoint. We certainly don't want anybody eating raw foods in this country. So be careful if you have a vegetable garden!
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A man was pulled over for speeding down the highway; the officer came to the driver’s window and said, "Sir, may I see your driver’s license and registration?"
The man said, "Well officer I don't have a license, it was taken away for a DUI."
The officer, in surprise, said," What, do you have a registration for the vehicle?"
So the man replied, "No sir, the car is not mine I stole it, but I am pretty sure I say a registration card in the glove box when I put the gun in it."
The officer stepped back, "There is a gun in the glove box?!?"
The man sighed and said, "Yes sir, I used to kill the woman who owns the car before I stuffed her in the trunk."
The officer steps toward the back of the car and says," Sir do not move, I am calling for backup."
The officer calls for backup and about ten minutes another highway patrolman arrives. He walks up to the window slowly and asks the man for his driver’s license and registration. The man said," Yes officer here it right here."
It all checked out so the officer said," Is there a gun in the glove box sir?"
The man laughs and says," No officer why would there be a gun in the glove box." He opened the glove box and showed him that there was no gun. The second officer asked him to open the trunk because he had reason to believe that there was a body in it. The man agrees and opens the trunk, no dead body.
The second officer says, "Sir I do not understand, the officer that pulled you over said that you did not have a license, the car was stolen, there was a gun in the glove box, and a dead body in the trunk."
The man looks the officer in the eyes and says, "Yeah and I'll bet he said I was speeding too."
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
7-13: International Clown Week / National Farmers' Market Week / Assistance Dog Week/Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week / Knights of Columbus Family Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Friendship Day
¬ International Forgiveness Day
¬ National Lighthouse Day
¬ National Kids' Day
¬ Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: think of all those hard to open things we buy
¬ Professional Speakers Day
¬ Purple Heart Day-- 1782 - George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
¬ Sea Serpent Day
¬ Sister’s Day
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Cote D'Ivoire [Ivory Coast]: National Day (1960--independence from France)
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1934 - US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down govt's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
· IN ATHLETICS
1929 - Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1956 - Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
· IN BUSINESS
1882 - Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded or die
1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I)
1981 - The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication
· IN EDUCATION
1970 - 1st computer chess tournament
· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1670 - Apache or Navajos attack the ancient Zuni Pueblo of Hawikuh. They burn the church, and kill the resident missionary
1758 - According to some reports, a peace conference is held for the next two days between representatives of the British in New Jersey and the Minisink Indians
1760 - Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1461 - the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor
1933 - The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyr’s Day
· IN RELIGION
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· IN SCIENCE
1959 - Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts
· IN US POLITICS
1573 - Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
1789 - Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service
1954 - Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate
1963 - Jackie Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland
1990 - Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1900 - Taylor Caldwell, novelist
· ATHLETES
1928 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
David Duchovny actor (X-Files, Californication) turns 51
Stan Freberg, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice (Bertie) turns 85
Garrison Keillor, PBS radio personality (Prairie Home Companion) turns 69
Wayne Knight, actor (Newman on Seinfield) turns 56
Charlize Theron, actress turns 36
Randy Wayne actor turns 30
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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· POLITICIANS
1876 - Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1779 - Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
‡ Today’s Obits:
2004 - Red Adair, American oil field firefighter dies at 89
1917 - Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship drowns during second attempt at 26
1957 - Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies after series of stokes at 65
2005 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor dies of cancer at 67
1984 - Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies of liver failure from drug use at 48
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Susan Sarandon
Petty
Lake Ehternach was the first venue for which world championship?
Fly fishing
Which state is called the sunflower state?
Kansas—a neighbor when I was growing up was from Kansas and planted sunflowers across his back fence line one summer. The neighbor kids thought they looked beautiful and picked every last one of them. I will NEVER forget they are the Kansas state flower.
In 1900, how much was George Eastman selling his pocket camera for?
One Dollar—that’s $25.85 in 2010 money
What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Andorra?
AND
In square miles, how big is Lake Erie?
9,940 [Lake Powell is 254]
What followed All In The ... in the sitcom title?
Family
Which New York Island was declared a National Historic Site in 1964?
Ellis Island
How old was Charlie Watts when he took part in the Rolling Stones 1999 tour?
58
What was the Bee Gee's last UK No 1 of the 70s?
Love You Inside Out
The world's biggest what was made in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania in April 1998?
Banana Split
How is Carlos Estevez better known?
Charlie Sheen
Who was older, Jimmy or Tommy Dorsey?
Jimmy
Which English actress was born on exactly the same day as chess champion Boris Spassky?
Vanessa Redgrave
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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] may not be totally accurate.
‡ AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW ‡
