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TODAY’s “Geez”
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- 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:♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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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)
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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
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- 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
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Daybook Information
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…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
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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
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ARTS
1959 - 1st
episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs
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
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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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