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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1829 - English
Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics
1860 - 1st Pony
Express reaches Sacramento CA
1882 - Anti-Semitic
League forms in Prussia
1883 - Alfred
Packer convicted of cannibalism1902 - J C Penney opens his 1st store
in Kemmerer, WY
1940 - Cornelious
Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
1954 - Robert
Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
1958 - Van Cliburn
is the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow
1970 - Apollo 13
announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank
explodes en route to Moon
1976 - $2 bill
re-introduced as US currency issuing $2 bicentennial notes
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Another windy day here in
Flg, without precipitation. Darn. Cheryl and I had lunch at a ‘new’ restaurant.
It opened a few months ago as ‘Ponderosa’…after our trees in the
National Forest. Today it’s now ‘Northern Pines’. Same good lunch…still locally owned. We asked the owner why
the name change, since it just opened a few months ago. Turns out the chain ‘Ponderosa’
told them to join up or change the name. They go all new signs, and the new
name. Lots of bucks, I’m sure, since they have a huge roof sign, and etchings
on the four windows in the doors. Anyway, still great food.
Cheryl is still
getting ready for her surgery. Looking for a rehab center, rather than a hotel,
since the insurance will pay for minimal care, which is what she needs. Problem
is neither the Phx doctor nor anyone else she called has any suggestions…strange. She tried to google it, but only
found lots of drug rehab. She doesn’t really need medical care, just someone to
prepare food. Her son is coming out to take her from Williams to the surgery,
then coming back to take her back to Williams. She says she hates to bother
him, but I reassured her that sons like to help out moms.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A
close up picture of what?
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every answer is a familiar
two-word phrase or name, in which the first word starts with "PA" and
the second word ends in "N." For example, if the clue is,
"namesake of a popular pizzeria chain," the answer would be,
"Papa John," because it starts with "PA" and ends in an
"N."
1.
Body of water along the west coast:
2.
Socialite and Hotel Heiress:
3.
Once the most common bird in N. America, it became extinct in 1914:
4.
Fictional lumberjack famous in tall tales:
5.
1st lady after Lady Bird Johnson:
6.
When police arrest a lot of people, what they take them away in:
7.
Container at a Benjamin Moore or Sherman Williams store:
8.
Actress and sex star who was on ‘Baywatch’:
9.
1973 film starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal:
10.
Writing instrument that competes with Shafer and Cross:
11.
Arcade game with chomping colored dots:
12.
What a meter maid gives a ticket for:
13.
Listen Up!:
Riddle of the day
I am that which is hunted,
and this panes me. Do you dig, Stone? What am I?
Hint:
the Flintstones
Anagram:
unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s
Index
Portion of the ‘Millennial
Generation’ that is ‘absolutely certain’ that God exists: 2/3
Found on You Tube
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
A young man studying in a college abroad sent this SMS to his father: Dear dad, no mon, no fun, your son. The father replied: Dear son, too bad, so sad, your dad.
Rules of
Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
Rub linseed oil into new woodwork once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, and once a year from then on.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
DUSSELDORF, Germany -
German police said a 72-year-old man who allowed his 9-year-old granddaughter
to ride in the trunk of his car forgot she was there and went for a walk. The
man told police his granddaughter had asked to ride in the trunk of his car on
the way to Sorpe Lake in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and when he
arrived at the lake he was so distracted by the scenery that he forgot she was
in the vehicle and went for a walk, The Local reported Tuesday. A police
spokesman said passersby heard the girl pounding and calling for help from
inside the trunk and summoned officers, who were able to open the trunk with
the help of firefighters. The spokesman said the grandfather was "visibly
affected by the whole situation" when he returned to the car and realized
what had happened. The man was given a warning and promised not to let anyone
ride in his trunk in the future.
Somewhat Useless
Information
Not only is the ostrich
egg the largest in the world, it is also the toughest egg. It can withstand a
person weighing slightly over 253 pounds.
The least amount of spider
eggs is laid by the Oonops domesticus, a tiny pink spider living in the walls
of European homes. It only lays two eggs.
The older an egg is, the
easier it is to peel once it is hard-boiled. After cooking your eggs, you
should also run it under cold water to chill the shell and keep it under the
water while you peel it. It makes the shell come off more easily and prevents the
greenish tinge from foaming around the yoke.
Generally, fresh eggs will
lie on the bottom of the bowl of water. Eggs that tilt so that the large end is
up are older. The tilting is caused by air pockets in the eggs that increase
over time as fluid evaporates through the porous shell and oxygen and gases
filter in. A rotten egg will actually float in the water and should not be
eaten.
Some hens will actually
lay double-yolked eggs as the result of unsynchronized production cycles. A
double-yolked egg will be longer and thinner than an ordinary single-yolk egg.
Southeast Asian countries
like the Philippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam, enjoy balut, which is a fertilized
duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly developed embryo inside that is boiled and
eaten in the shell...with a little salt. It is high in protein and is reputed
to be an aphrodisiac.
Calendar Information
…Happening This
Week:
7-15
National
Robotics Week
Passover Week
Bat Appreciation Week
National Library Week
National Networking Week
Orthodox Holy Week
Pan American Week
Consider Christianity Week
Passover Week
Bat Appreciation Week
National Library Week
National Networking Week
Orthodox Holy Week
Pan American Week
Consider Christianity Week
10-16
Health
Information Privacy and Security Week
National
Animal Control Appreciation Week
Today Is
Blame
Somebody Else Day
Scrabble
Day
Thomas
Jefferson Day
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Sri
Lanka: Sinhala and Tamil New Year
Today’s Other Events
Before 1000CE
837 - Best view
of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
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1200’s
1250 - The
Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured
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1500’s
1556 - Portuguese
Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
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1700’s
1742 - George
Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)
1796 - 1st
elephant arrives in US from India
1800’s
1846 - The 2 Cherokee
factions (old settlers and new emigrants) continue to feud over who has legal
control of the Cherokee Nation. Based on appeals from the old settlers and the
agreement of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, President James Polk asks Congress
to approve the creation of separate reservations for the two sides.
1869 - Steam
power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
1900’s
1904 - Congress
authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
1920 - 1st woman
US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1933 - 1st
flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1943 - FDR dedicates
Jefferson Memorial
1946 - Congress will
create the Indian Claims Commission today. The commission is established to
hear and decide claims made by Indians based on land losses from treaties.
1946 - Eddie Klepp,
a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is
barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1957 - Due to lack of
funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted
1961 - UN General
Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid
1964 - New Zealand
Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
1972 - 1st
baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
1984 - Pete Rose
becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
1990 - Final episode
of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1992 - Great Chicago
Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
2000’s
2002 - Pedro
Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office
2006 - Powerful tornadoes rip
through Iowa City, Iowa
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Bill Conti, Providence RI,
composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV) is 70
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
(Sen-D Colorado) (Northern Cheyenne) is 79
Paul Sorvino, actor
(Chiefs, Dick Tracy) is 73
In their 60’s
Ron Perlman, actor
(Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast) is 62
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In their 40’s
Gary Kimovich Kasparov,
USSR, world chess champion is 49
Rick Schroder, actor
(Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling) is 42
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Remembered for being
born on this day
Samuel Beckett, French
playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969) in 1906
Butch Cassidy, [Robert
LeRoy Parker], American desperado in 1866
Guy Fawkes, English
Catholic conspirator in 1570
Thomas Jefferson,
Virginia, (D-R) 3rd President of the United States (1801-09) in 1743
Catherine de' Médici,
Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II in 1519
Madalyn Murray O'Hair,
American atheist (opposed prayer in school) in 1919
Sir David Robinson,
British philanthropist and entrepreneur in 1904
Harold Stassen, St Paul,
(Gov-R-Minn) perennial pres candidate in 1907
Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms,
novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) in 1909
F.W. Woolworth, American
businessman in 1852
Today’s Obits
Robert Fortune, Scottish
botanist best
known for introducing tea plants from China to India dies at 68 in 1880
John Wheeler, American physicist and educator responsible
for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World
War II dies at 96 in 2008
Answers
Brain Game: Close
Up Picture
Riddle of the day
Quarry
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Body of water along the west coast:
a.
Pacific Ocean
2.
Socialite and Hotel Heiress:
a.
Paris Hilton
3.
Once the most common bird in N. America, it became extinct in 1914:
4.
Passenger Pigeon
5.
Fictional lumberjack famous in tall tales:
a.
Paul Bunyan
6.
1st lady after Lady Bird Johnson:
a.
Pat Nixon
7.
When police arrest a lot of people, what they take them away in:
a.
Paddy Wagon
8.
Container at a Benjamin Moore or Sherman Williams store:
a.
Paint can
9.
Actress and sex star who was on ‘Baywatch’:
a.
Pamela Anderson
10.
1973 film starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal:
a.
Paper Moon
11.
Writing instrument that competes with Shafer and Cross:
a.
Papermate or Parker Pen
12.
Arcade game with chomping colored dots:
a.
Pac Man
13.
What a meter maid gives a ticket for:
a.
parking violation
14.
Listen Up!:
a.
Pay attention
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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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