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Today’s Historical Highlights
1536: Anne Boleyn’s 4
"lovers" executed
1620: 1st merry-go-round seen
at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey)
1629: According to a deed,
Sagamore Indians, including Passaconaway, sell a piece of land in what becomes
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1845: Rubber band patents
1875: 1st Kentucky Derby:
Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
1883: Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st Wild
West show premieres in Omaha
1926: Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in
Canton
1944: General Eisenhower sets
D-Day for June 5th
1932: Congress changes name
"Porto Rico" (Italian) to "Puerto Rico" (Spanish)
1971: Washington State bans
sex discrimination
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Free Rambling
Thoughts
We had a great lunch at
my favorite Mexican place in Flagstaff. Mary and Cheryl both have doctor’s
appointments tomorrow. We are all enjoying the really great weather we’ve been having.
Central AZ mountains are
ablaze from 4 huge lightning caused fires. Our humidity has been below 10% for
the past week. The winds are not helping at all. A big weather change—more wind
with no rise in humidity—is expected tomorrow thru most of the weekend. It is
wonderful to live in a forest, except during fire season. So difficult for
those who are evacuated and may return to their areas to find nothing but
ashes.
The low humidity has been
playing havoc with me too. I have to slather up twice a day with a special
cream to avoid dry itchy skin. I have also had to turn on my bedroom humidifier
every night for the past week. To all those from outside AZ who believe that AZ
is a dry heat…let me tell you, that is correct but dry heat is not that
pleasant either. We are not hot here in Flag, but we have been dry and everyone
is complaining of dry skin…especially arms and legs. Luckily the cream I use is
better than the tons of creams and lotions out on the market, and it doesn’t
take that much. Until the humidity rises some, I considering giving up my daily
hot shower…but things are that bad yet.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up
picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every answer is a
compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which the first part has a long
I vowel sound and the second part has a long O sound. Both parts have just one
syllable. For example, given "a small pink flower growing in a field,"
the answer would be "wild rose."
1.
The fruit of an evergreen tree:
2.
Sign on a semi-trailer carrying a house down a highway:
3.
Sound you hear when picking up a telephone receiver:
4.
Set of safety specifications for a building:
5.
Half a round of golf:
6.
Something a circus performer walks on:
7.
Browned bread that is not wheat, rye or pumpernickel:
8.
A small emergency vessel at sea:
9.
A swimming style where the feet do a scissors kick:
10.
Like some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tales:
11.
What the pyramids of Egypt are made of:
12.
Area a pitcher aims for:
13.
Complete this: There is no place ___ ___ :
Riddle of the day
A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
Anagram: unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s Index
Factor by which a person experiencing long-term unemployment is more likely to report first instance of mental illness: 3
Found on You Tube
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
|
Yeah, It Really
Happened
SEOUL -- Lego officials in South Korea announced the crown prince of Denmark placed the final brick on the world's largest Lego tower, measuring 104 feet, 8 inches tall. Lego Korea said the tower, which was built in Seoul during the weekend by 4,000 young contest winners (with lots of time on their hands), was planned to mark the 80th anniversary of the Lego group. The final brick defeated the previous world record of 103 feet, 8 inches, which was set in France.
Somewhat Useless
Information
Clouds are made up of many millions of miniscule water droplets which are formed when moist warm air rises up into the sky and is then cooled down. If the cloud is very cold it means that it is made up of ice crystals. It takes somewhere between a few minutes and 1 hour for a cloud to be created.
In 1803 a classification of clouds was made up by Luke Howard (born 1772, died 1864) who used Latin words to describe their characteristics: Cirrus - tufts or whisps, Stratus - a layer, Nimbus - rain bearing, Cumulus - a heap or pile.
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
10-16
Universal Family
Week
12-19
National Tourism
Week
National Nursing
Home Week
Reading is Fun
Week
Salute to Moms 35+
Week
National Return To
Work Week
National Women's
Health Week
American Craft
Beer Week
National Bike to
Work Week
National Etiquette
Week
National Hospital
Week
15-21
EMS (Emergency
Medical Services) Week
National Dog Bite
Prevention Week
National
Educational Bosses' Week
National New
Friends, Old Friends Week
National Police
Week
National
Transportation Week
World Trade Week
Today Is
Pack Rat Day
World Hypertension Day
World Information Society Day
World Telecommunications Day
Norway: Syttende Mai (Constitution Day—1814) translation:
May 17
Today’s Other Events
Before 1000CE
218: 7th recorded perihelion
passage of Halley's Comet
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1500’s
1590: Anne of Denmark is
crowned Queen of Scotland
1600’s
1673: Father Jacques
Marquette and Louis Joilet begin their expedition from the "Straights of
Michilimackinac." Eventually, they explore much of the Mississippi River
1700’s
1733: England passes Molasses
Act, putting
high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country
other than British possessions
1800’s
1804: Lewis & Clark begin
exploration of Louisiana Purchase
1814: Occupation of Monaco
changes from French to Austrian
1881: Revised version of New
Testament
1884: Alaska becomes a US
territory
1900’s
1909: White firemen on Georgia
RR strike to protest hiring blacks
1915: National Baptist
Convention chartered
1916: British Summer Time
(Daylight Savings), 1st introduced
1928: 9th modern Olympic games
opens in Amsterdam
1946: Pres Harry Truman seizes control of
nation's railroads to delay a strike
1949: British government
recognizes Republic of Ireland
1954: Supreme Court
unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896
"separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1959: Sam Snead sets PGA
record for 36 holes at 122
1961: Castro offers to
exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
1970: Thor Heyerdahl crosses
Atlantic on reed raft Ra
1973: US performs 3 nuclear
tests at Rifle Colorado
1979: 12°F (-11°C), on top of
Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1980: Major race riot in Miami
Florida: 16 killed, 300 injured
1984: Prince Charles calls a
proposed addition
to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a
much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role
of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
1989: Nelson Mandela receives
a BA from University of South Africa
2000’s
2004: Massachusetts
becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
2006: The aircraft
carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef
2007: Trains from North
and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both
governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized
Zone since 1953
Today’s Birthdays
Remembered for being born on this day
Archibald Cox, special
prosecutor (Watergate) in 1912
Horace Elgin Dodge,
American automobile manufacturer in 1868
Dennis Hopper, actor
(True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider) in 1936
Edward Jenner, England,
physician, discovered vaccination in 1749
Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle
Ireland, actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice) in 1911
Bartholomew Roberts,
Welsh pirate in 1682
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In their 70’s
Taj Mahal (Henry Saint Clair
Fredericks,) Blues singer/songwriter (Real Thing) is 70
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In their 50’s
Craig Ferguson, Glasgow,
Scottish actor, writer and comedian is 50
Sugar Ray [Charles]
Leonard, Rocky Mount North Carolina, boxer (Olympics-gold-76) is 56
Jim Nantz, American
broadcaster (CBS)is 53
Bill Paxton, actor (Brain Dead, True
Lies; TV: Big Love) is 57
Bob Saget, comedian (Full House,
America's Funniest Home Video)is 56
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In their 30’s
Tony Parker,
French-American basketball player (Spurs)is 30
Under 30 years old
Derek Hough, American
dancer and singer (DWTS)is 27
Today’s Obits
Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro
di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi), painter (Birth of Venus), dies in 1510 at about
65
John C. Breckinridge,
Vice President of the United States dies in 1875 of cirrhosis at 54
Frank Gorshin, American
actor dies in 2005 of emphysema at 72
John Jay, first Chief
Justice of the United States in 1829 at 83
Harmon Killebrew,
American baseball player dies of cancer in 2011 at 74
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard,
1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies in 1981 at 86
Lawrence Welk,
conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies of pneumonia in 1992 at 89
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up
Picture
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Riddle of the day
RAIN
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
The fruit of an evergreen tree: pine cone
2.
Sign on a semi-trailer carrying a house down a highway: wide load
3.
Sound you hear when picking up a telephone receiver: dial tone
4.
Set of safety specifications for a building: fire code
5.
Half a round of golf: nine hole
6.
Something a circus performer walks on: tight rope
7.
Browned bread that is not wheat, rye or pumpernickel: white toast
8.
A small emergency vessel at sea: life boat
9.
A swimming style where the feet do a scissors kick: side stoke
10.
Like some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tales: twice told
11.
What the pyramids of Egypt are made of: limestone
12.
Area a pitcher aims for: strike zone
13.
Complete this: There is no place ___ ___ : like home
Anagrams
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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