Sep 28, 2012


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 39/ Day 272  :   Today: High  70°Low 35°
Records: High   83°(2009, 1963)Low 23°(1900)
Averages: High  69°…Low 38°
Wind: average:   5mph;  Gusts:  18mph
Today’s average humidity:  45%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
2008 - SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, 
             the Falcon 1 into orbit 
1980 - Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
1931 - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration
            of war on Japan)
1928 - UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing 
           cannabis
1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series 
            (Black Sox scandal)
1867 - Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1850 - US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
 Returns tomorrow
Free Rambling Thoughts…   
We had a very good lunch at Little America today. Haven’t been there for some time. Cheryl had a good trip to CA and visiting her son and his family. Mary was excited about her inheritance and is now planning on a second home [condo] in Phx. She was all excited that her financial advisor had gotten her an annuity at 5% interest. I didn’t want to tell her that mine were making 7%-8%. She’s happy and I didn’t want to burst her bubble. It’s interesting how the laws work for a married couple. Mary has inherited money that comes to her. With that money she wants a condo. When she worked with a real estate agent about setting up a mortgage, they took all her information and that of her husband. Mary has tons of money from the inheritance and her husband is still working with no savings. All her inheritance is in her own accounts. When the packet came back, she gets a great rate due her great credit; but all the paperwork listed her husband first and her as the co-signer. Interesting for sure. A similar thing happened at a hot tub place. They went in, her husband said, in front of the male salesman, that it was her money and she should get what she wants, then he walked away to wait for her. The salesman showed her lots of hot tubs, none of them the two person one she wanted. He finally said he wished her husband had stayed around so she could understand more about the tubs. Needless to say they left, without a tub.
Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the rhyming answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
 male pilot (3,3)
Rebus…
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read This Headline Carefully!!
War Dims Hope for Peace
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
dendrophilia
Gorilla:

Great Melodies…:
 Returns tomorrow
Harper’s Index…         
 Returns tomorrow
Unusal Fact of the Day…
At the 2000 Samsung Open, a furious Goran Ivanišević smashed three rackets and was forced to withdraw. Why? Because he didn’t have a fourth on hand.
Found on You Tube… 
The Best of Harpo Marx - Animal Crackers (1930)
 Joke-of-the-day…
A man went to the doctor complaining of insomnia. The doctor gave him an exam and found nothing physically wrong with him. “Listen,” the doctor said, “if you ever expect to cure your insomnia, you need to stop taking your troubles to bed with you.” “It’s true,” said the patient, “but my wife refuses to sleep alone.”
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
BUYING WINE…The higher the alcohol level, the drier the wine.    
Yeah, It Really Happened…
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The million residents of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, were to all flush their toilets at precisely the same time Saturday night, officials said. The 7:30 p.m. synchronized flushing was to help prevent pipes from bursting after local officials started rationing water because of a drought, Africa Review reported. "This is done to prevent any sewer blockages as we anticipate longer periods without water in the reticulation system," city council spokeswoman Nesisa Mpofu said, who added the big flush was to be in addition to other flushes during the day. The communal flushings are expected every three days during the drought. Two of the city's five supply reservoirs have emptied and two others could go dry before the region's usual November rains. "Water rationing may be extended to 92-hour periods. The situation is very serious," Mpofu said. The situation wasn't sitting well with some. A blogger on the Zimbabwean activists website Kubatana.net wrote: "People who flush together, make revolution together? Only in Zimbabwe ... how much [expletive] from this incompetent government will we continue to tolerate?"
Somewhat Useless Information…   
 Returns tomorrow
Calendar Information…        
Happening This Week:
22-29: Banned Books Week / National Dog Week / National Keep Kids Creative Week / Remember to Register to Vote Week / International Women's E-Commerce Days
Today Is…                                                                      
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Hug A Vegetarian Day
Love Note Day
National Good Neighbor Day
National Walk To Work Day
National Women's Health and Fitness DaySave The Koala Day
~Taiwan: Birthday of Confucius/Teacher's Day
Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple 
          Mount in Jerusalem
1900’s
1982 - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced 
            Tylenol capsules 
1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for 
            heavyweight boxing title
1970 - Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
1968 - Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother 
            & Holding Co"
1963 - "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1962 - "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV
1961 - "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 - "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC
1960 - "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
1953 - KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS)
            begins broadcasting
1928 - 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1800’s
1867 - In the final day of a three day fight, the First Cavalry, 
            Twenty-Third Infantry and Boise Indian scouts, fight
            with a combined force of Paiute, Pit River and Modoc
            Indians in Infernal Canyon, near Pitt River, south of 
            modern Alturas, California.
1700’s
1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for
            their approval
1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military
            academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1704 - Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases 
            clergyman/preacher
1600’s
1687 - Venetians take Athens from the Turks
1678 - "Pilgrim's Progress" published 
1500’s
1542 - Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo lands at 
            San Diego Bay, California
1528 - Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380
            die
1000’s
1066 - William the Conqueror invade England landing at 
             Pevensey Bay, Sussex

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
Under 30
Hilary Duff, actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire) will be 25
In their 30’s
 Bam Margera, American skateboarder will be 33
In their 40’s
Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress will be 44
In their 70’s
Brigitte Bardot, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
     will be 78
Ben E. King [Benjamin Earl Nelson], New York City, 
     American soul singer (Stand by Me) is 74
Remembered for being born today
Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic 
      Committee, 1952-72) b. 1887
Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], New Haven Ct, cartoonist 
      (Li'l Abner) b. 1909
Confucius, Chinese philosopher (founder of Confucianism)
       b. 551BC
Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor b. 1924
Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32) b. 1905
Ed Sullivan, New York NY, TV variety show host/gossip 
      columnist (Ed Sullivan Show) b. 1901
William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder
      She Wrote) b. 1923
Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer—cancer—
      2004—at 77 
Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide) — drowned while filming
      — 1966 — at 41
Althea Gibson, American tennis player — circulatory 
      collapse —2003 —at 76 
Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, designer of 
      telescopes — blood clot — 1953 — at 63
John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 
      days as pope —heart attack [?] —1978 —at 65
Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros) — heart attack
      — 1964— at 75
Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick)—heart attack
      — 1891 — at 72
Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70) — heart attack
      —1970 — at 52
Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization) — 
      1895 — at 72
Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and 
      Company) — Bright's disease —1914 —at 50
Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada —2000
      —at 80
Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
sexual attraction to trees (from the Greek dendron = tree)
What is the rhyming answer?
Fly guy
Rebus
Wide load
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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