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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1622 - 1st
American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain
1630 - 1st
colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
1765 - Stamp
Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
1784 - The
Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra
Kaew, Thailand
1882 - Congress
outlaws polygamy (again) Edmunds Act
1903 - Niagera Falls
runs out of water because of a drought
1935 - Blood
tests authorized as evidence in court cases (NY)
1960 - 1st
patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
1972 - Congress
approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1984 - Teachers at
the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic
ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as
completely unfounded.
1988 - Congress
overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
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Rambling Thoughts
Most of my icicles have melted off the awning…that’s good. It means warmer days. My Colorado blue spruce is not back to its full magnificence. I stayed around the house today, doing laundry and some minor cleaning. I’ve got errands to run tomorrow and can now go out with clean clothes.
The death of that 17 year old in Florida has placed all 23 state laws that allow people to legally shoot another under question. AZ has such a law, and now with talk of our ‘volunteer militia’ I’m sure we too will be in the news. Even the authors of these bills are saying that their goal was for people to protect themselves when confronted…and were not written to allow people to pursue anyone someone who hasn’t threatened you personally. My dad was a Neighborhood Watch organizer back in the 70’s when they moved to a townhouse. He never would have done it had it involved carrying a gun. He basically got people to sign up, got signs put up around the neighborhood, and set up meetings with the local police on what, how, when to report suspicious activity. Sadly, things have certainly changed since those days. Checking the old internet, Flagstaff doesn’t have any NW programs and there is only one in all of the county.
I get that the times they are a changin’. But a local story from NAU really shows it. Some future employers are asking potential employees for their social networking passwords. This doesn’t seem possible. First of all, why would they need your password? I get that they might ask to ‘friend’ or ‘follow’ you to see what you are posting to the public. Giving out your password gives the ‘company’ the ability to post, change, add or delete things on your account. Since the story didn’t list any of the companies that are using this practice, I’m not real sure it is accurate. As jobs are hard to find in this economy, I’m sure some will give out their passwords. Wonder what else the company will want if you are hired. As one NAU students said ‘it’s the same thing as giving the potential employer a key to your house and copies of all your journals.’ The summer I graduated from college, I needed a new job for the summer. I applied at several grocery stores. One manager said he would hire me if I would shave off my mustache. I asked him why and he said he didn’t hire hippies. I didn’t shave, but found another job the next day, and after two months, was offered a managerial position. I declined and became a teacher. Sometimes an employer has a very strange set of requirements and as I see it, they are the losers.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain
Game
NPR
Sunday Puzzle
Each
clue is a pair of words. For each pair, find a word that can follow the first
word and precede the second one so that, in each case, it will complete a
familiar two-word phrase. For example, given "hand" and
"talk," the answer would be "jive," as in "hand
jive" and "jive talk." Each answer will begin with ‘j’
1.
Disc; shorts:
2.
Jumbo; black:
3.
Tire; frost:
4.
Clip; custody:
5.
Tomato; bar:
6.
Grape; beans:
7.
Crown; case:
8.
Puddle; cables:
9.
Space; food:
10.
Paper; session:
11.
Book; lapel:
12.
Poetic; department:
13.
Nose; interview:
Wuzzles What concept or phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
Planet
Earth—
Found
on You Tube
Harper’s
Index
Number of times the average British woman will fall in love: 1
Joke-of-the-day
His father sends a small boy to bed. Five minutes later.... "Da-ad...."
"What?"
"I'm thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?"
"No. You had your chance. Lights out."
Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....."
"WHAT?"
"I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??"
"I told you NO!" If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!"
Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....."
"WHAT!"
"When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"
Rules
of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
If a taxi driver talks a lot, let him; if he doesn't talk, don't ask him to; and if he laughs all the time, never ask him why.
Somewhat
Useless Information
As a child, Albert Einstein seldom spoke. When he did, he spoke very slowly. According to accounts, Einstein did this until he was nine years old. Einstein's parents were fearful that he was retarded.
At 17, Albert Einstein applied for early admission into the Swiss Federal Polytechnical School (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule or ETH). He passed the math and science sections of the entrance exam, but failed the rest (history, languages, geography, etc.). Einstein had to go to a trade school before he retook the exam and was finally admitted to ETH a year later.
Yeah,
It Really Happened
PADUA, Minn. - Two male firefighters didn't let their off-the-shoulder, floor-length dresses stop them from doing their duty during the weekend, Minnesota fire officials say. Sauk Centre Fire Chief John Egan told WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, the two Sedan Fire Department firefighters were dressed in drag for Saturday's parade in Padua. Despite the "hot" numbers they were wearing -- one a bright coral gown and the other turquoise -- the two firefighters jumped into action when flames erupted from a nearby pickup truck and spread to a second vehicle. They used a fire hose to extinguish the blaze.
…Happening
This Week:
18-24
National Animal Poison Prevention Week
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
19-25
Act Happy Week
American Chocolate Week
Wellderly Week
21-25
YoYo and Skill Toys Week
21-27
Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism
& Discrimination
Today Is
American Diabetes Association Alert Day
As Young As You Feel Day
International Day of The Seal
International Goof-off Day
World Day for Water (aka World Water Day)
Puerto Rico: Emancipation Day (Slavery Abolition Act 1833)
India: New Years Day
India: New Years Day
Today’s
Other Events
1300’s
1349 - Townspeople
of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)
1400’s
1457 - Gutenberg
Bible became the 1st printed book
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1600’s
1621 -
Massasoit, Quadequina, Samoset (a PEMAQUID), Squanto, and 60 warriors visit the
Plymouth colony with great ceremony. They will freely give lands to the
pilgrims. According to some calendars, this will happen on April 2nd.
1700’s
1733 - Joseph
Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
1764: A slave
held by the English flees and take refuge with the TUNICA Indians. The English
set up a small expedition to retrieve the slave. Tunica, Ofo, Avoyel, and some
Choctaw attack a group of small boats carrying the English. Six of the English
are killed, and they abandon their attempt.
1790 - Thomas
Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State
1800’s
1841 - Cornstarch
patented (Orlando Jones)
1861 - 1st
US nursing school chartered
1900’s
1933 - FDR
makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1944 - 600+
8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin
1945 - Arab
League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt
1946 - 1st
US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1954 - 1st
shopping mall opened in Southfield, Mich
1965 - US confirms
its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1972 - Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
1975 - A fire at the
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering
of cooling water levels
1977 - Indira Gandhi
resigns as PM of India
1978 - Karl Wallenda
of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two
hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1990 - Anchorage
jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill
2000’s
2004 - Ahmed
Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group
Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air
Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles
2006 - ETA, armed Basque separatist
group, declares permanent ceasefire
2006 - Three
Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad
after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
2009 - Mount
Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 80’s
Al
Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today) is 88
Pat
Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres candidate-R-1989)) is 82
William
Shatner actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker will be 81
In their 70’s
Glen
Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston) is 74
In their 60’s
Wolf
Blitzer, American television journalist
is 64
Bob
Costas sportscaster/talk show host (Later)will be 60
Jeremy
Clyde, singer (Chad and Jeremy) will be 68
Andrew Lloyd
Webber, London, composer (Phantom of the Opera, Cats) is 64
Remembered for being
born on this day
Jack
Boyle, American baseball player in 1866
Louis D
L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) in 1908
Chico
Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) in 1887
Marcel
Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie) in 1923
Karl
Malden, actor (Mike-Streets of SF, American Express) in 1912
Ross
Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West) in 1920
Anthony
Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) in 1599
Today’s
Obits
James W.
Black, Scottish Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical research scientist dies
at 86 in 2010
Jonathan
Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies after small pox inoculation
at 54 in 1758
J W
Goethe, writer, dies at 82 in 1832
Karl
Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73 in 1978
Ahmed
Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas assassinated at 67 in 2004
Answers
Brain
Game
NPR
Sunday Puzzle
1.
Disc; shorts:
a.
jockey
2.
Jumbo; black:
a.
jet
3.
Tire; frost:
a.
jack
4.
Clip; custody:
a.
joint
5.
Tomato; bar:
a.
juice
6.
Grape; beans:
a.
jelly
7.
Crown; case:
a.
jewels
8.
Puddle; cables:
a.
jumper
9.
Space; food:
a.
junk
10.
Paper; session:
a.
jam
11.
Book; lapel:
a.
jacket
12.
Poetic; department:
a.
justice
13.
Nose; interview:
a.
job
Wuzzle
Equal rights
Lying down
on the job
Middle ground
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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