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Flagstaff
Almanac:
Week: 42/
Day: 289 Today: High 63°…Low
22°
Records: High
78°(1991)…Low 18°(1975) Averages: High 63° Low 32°
Wind: average: 4mph;
Gusts: 20mph
Today’s average
humidity:
65%
Quote of
the Day:
Today’s Historical
Highlights:
1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) —1976
1st public use of ether by Dr William Thomas Green Morton—1846
Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires—1988
Billy Graham begins his ministry—1949
Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale—1966
Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force—1874
Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48) —1991
Global ‘Occupy’ protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries—2011Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses—1866
Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world's largest Legoland theme park—2011Nelson Mandela & South Africa president F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize—1993
Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California—1981
Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war—1969
♪ ♪ Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free
Rambling Thoughts:
A nice day. While watching Fareed, CNN interrupted to show the ‘jump’. It was interesting, especially after our discussion group last night. Space contains numbers that are not comprehensible to this earthling. We were treated to some great shots of various nebula in space. While the pictures from Hubble are interesting, having an astronomer tell you what you are seeing and explaining it in a way that I could understand was very exciting. So many stars; so many planets. It is really hard for me to not believe there is more life out there. I do not understand, but I certainly ‘get’ why we need to learn more about our universe. It was a great night.This afternoon I headed over to the mall to get my hair cut. I almost never go the mall, but after my haircut I walked through Dillards and found some great polo shirts on closeout, each costing about $7, instead of the original $30+. I always like a bargain like that. Still our mall is not a place that offers very much.
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)
a grossly stupid fish (5,4)
Anagram
Sentences:
What are
the missing words?
I ___ ___ a trophy because I ___ the bowling tournament.
Lifestyle Substance:
Guinness
World Records:
The fastest mile hopping on a pogo stick whilst juggling three balls is 23 min 28 sec set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Brooklyn Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 26 September 2007.
Ok, then?
Commercial
Jingles you may remember:
Chili's Baby Back Ribs
Read This
Sign Carefully!!
On the side of a garbage truck, "We've got what it takes to take what you've got."
Do you
know what this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Papaphobia
Autumn
Colors:
Great Melodies:
Walk-Don't Run / The Ventures 1960
Harper’s
Index:
Ratio of Mexican immigrants entering the US to those returning to Mexico between 2005 and 2010: 1:1Poertion of Mexican labor migrants leaving the US in this period who said they would not return: 1/5
Unusual
Fact of the Day:
You can order a 6' aluminum Festivus pole for $39 from FestivusPoles.com. They promise a very high strength-to-weight ratio. [celebrated on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld episode]
Found on
You Tube:
This is a
long video—about 26 min…but very interesting
Mysteries and Myths - Mata Hari
Three leaders of the big beer companies meet for a drink. The president of Budweiser orders a Bud. Miller's president orders a Millers and the president of Coors orders a Coors. When it is Guinness turn to order he orders a soda. Why didn't you order a Guinness everyone asks? Nah Guinness replies. If you guys aren't having a beer neither will I.
Rules of
Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
USING A TELEPHONE…If a phone rings more than six times, it probably won't be answered.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
CHICAGO - Schools across the United States are banning Flamin' Hot Cheetos out of concern for the popular snack food's lack of nutrition. The Noble Street Charter School Network in Chicago and the Rockford, Ill., school district said they have banned the snacks -- which were created 20 years ago by the Frito-Lay company -- due to high content of salt, fats and artificial coloring with very little fiber or other nutritional benefits, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Renita Weiskircher, director of nutrition services for Rockford Public Schools, said the district used to sell about 150,000 bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos each school year, but students "have learned to adjust" since the ban was imposed in 2010. Rita Exposito, principal of Jackson Elementary School in Pasadena, Calif., said faculty members at her school specifically target the snacks. "We don't allow candy, and we don't allow Hot Cheetos," she said. "We don't encourage other chips, but if we see Hot Cheetos, we confiscate them, sometimes after the child has already eaten most of them. It's mostly about the lack of nutrition."
Somewhat
Useless Information
Lost in translation:
- While the 'Got Milk?' campaign may have gotten more Americans to buy dairy products, it didn't work out quite as well in Mexico, where the phrase sounds something more like "Are you Lactating?"
- Coca-Cola may be a household phrase in the West, but Chinese know the soda company, transliterated into English, as 'ke kou ke le'. Ko-ka-ko-la was already taken by people who 'bite the wax tadpole'
- Puffs Tissues: In German, 'Puffs' is the colloquial term for 'whorehouse,'
- Pepsi's slogan "come alive with Pepsi" doesn't quite work in China, where some took it to mean "bring your ancestors back from the grave,"
- Coors' slogan "turn it loose" may have been gold in America, but it was a laughing stock in Spanish-speaking countries, where it translated into "get loose bowels,"
- KFC's signature phrase, "finger-lickin' good," doesn't quite work in China, when tranlated they wanted to "eat your fingers off."
- Ikea discovered that their Redalen bed -- named after a Norwegian town -- is, in fact, the Thai word for getting to third base.
- Jättebra, an Ikea plant pot, closely resembles the Thai slang word for 'sex'
- The Ford Pinto may well have been an iconic car, but that didn't stop Brazilians from turning the product away. You see, 'pinto' is slang for 'tiny male genitals' in Brazil,
Calendar Information
Happening
This Week:
10-16
Take Your Medicine Americans Week
World Rainforest Week
Ally Week
Earth Science WeekFall Astronomy Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
Freedom of Speech Week
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week National Food Bank Week
National School Lunch Week
Teen Read Week
Today Is
Today’s Events through History
"The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released—1940
"Untouchables" premieres—1959
11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard—1860
1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published—1881
1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England—1789
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded—1914
Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court—1962
Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks—1977
English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon—1501
Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published—1937
Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung—1842
Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun—1880
LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC—1939
LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation (DOT) —1966
Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days—1582
Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive—1951 Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena at 51—1815
Pres Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument—1924
Samuel de Champlain, 12 Frenchmen, and many of his Huron allies, attack the Iroquois town of Onondaga. Champlain will be wounded, and several Huron will be killed. Champlain will give up the attack. Because of Champlain's actions, the Iroquois will fight the French for years to come. —1615Start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia—1971
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 50’s
Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], London
England, Duchess of York is 53
Larry
Miller, actor is 59
Tanya
Roberts, actress (Charlie's Angels, Sheena) isi 58
In their
70’s
Penny
Marshall, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley) is 70
Barry
McGuire, American singer (Eve of Destruction) is 77
In their
80’s
Lee A Iacocca, CEO (Chrysler Corp) is 88
Remembered
for being born today
Virgil, Roman
poet (Aeneid), (70BC- 19 BC)
John
Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award) (1908-2006)
Friedrich
Nietzsche, German philosopher (Beyond Good and Evil), (1844-1900)
Mario
Puzo, NYC, novelist (Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake), (1920-1999)
Arthur
Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) (1917-2007)
John L
Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1858-1918)
P G
Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves) (1881-1975)
Today’s Historical
Obits
Edie
Adams, American singer and Broadway actress—2008—at 81
Leonard
Bernstein, composer (West Side Story)— pneumonia—1990—at 72
Mata Hari
[Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" Zelle], Dutch dancer/German spy,
executed by firing squad—1971—at 41
John
Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman)—heart attack—at 61
Richard
C. Miller, American iconic photographer—2010—at 98
Pat
O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot)—heart attack—1983—at 83
Cole
Porter, composer (Still of the Night)— kidney failure—1964—at 73
Theophilus,
Patriarch of Alexandria, Coptic saint—412
Answers
Do you know what this word means?
fear of the Pope
What is the rhyming answer?
Crass bass
Anagram sentence
I now own a trophy because I won the bowling tournament.
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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