Oct 19, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 42/ Day: 293   Today: High   70°…Low 28°Records: High   78°(1921)…Low 10°(1971) Averages: High  61° Low 31°Wind: average:   9mph; Gusts:  10mphToday’s average humidity:  37%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations—1853
700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleve Indians) —1997
Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members—1988
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends—1781
Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool—1901
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II—2003Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity—2005Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday—1983
Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light—1879
US imposes embargo on exports to Cuba—1960
US post office 1st used an automobile to collect & deliver mail—1914
World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales—1872

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Stayed home all day and did some cleaning…has to be done once in a while. 

Where does all this campaign money come from if our economy is in such shambles? Today our local paper ran an article about all the outside money being spent on our local Congressional race. We have been a hot-button district for years. But for outside groups from other states to pour almost $4million into political ads just seems wrong. We, as voters, need to hear from each candidate, read what they stand for and don’t stand for and make an educated decision. We don’t need outsiders putting negative commercials on TV or mailing negative campaign literature that at best is cherry picking data to make one candidate look like an idiot. Sadly, this is taking place from all sides—Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. I have to wonder how much the $4million added to jobs in our district. Did either candidate or any PACs hire locals to produce the message? I’m afraid to find out how much outside money has been poured into the Senatorial race with no incumbent…that race has had lots more negative commercials. Let the local people decide with money from locals for campaigns.   

I had very good times as a Cub Scout and as a Boy Scout. I will always remember the weekend camp outs with my dad and I along with many in our Troop. It was a big deal to earn my badges and to do things I never thought I would do. Most trips were nice weather, some had rain, and a few had snow. All were good learning experiences. I outgrew the Scouting experience but it is one I will always remember. To hear that some of the adults in this experience were abusing Scouts is sickening. To hear that the adults in charge at the state and national level did not report abuse allegations is deplorable. These adults did not follow the Boy Scout Law of being trustworthy, loyal, or helpful. I was never abused or mistreated by my local leaders and this new report hurts those men who devoted their lives to help city kids learn about the outdoors. When the list of some 14,000 allegations was made public I did check out Colorado, just to be sure that no one I had worked with were involved. I also checked AZ to be sure that none of the accused had been on the Rez. Thankfully, none were. Now that the Boy Scouts have released their internal list of abuses, I fear that more names will come out that never were reported to the State or National offices, let alone the police.

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)

complacently unattractive (6,4)

Anagram Sentences: 4 LETTER ANAGRAMS

What are the missing words?

The cook at the ____ was often ____ , but ____ to his boss about it.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Guinness World Records:

The fastest time to pop 100 balloons by a dog is 44.49 sec by Anastasia (a Jack Russell Terrier) owned by Doree Sitterly (USA) on the set of Live with Regis and Kelly in Los Angeles, USA on 24 February 2008.   

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Rice-A-Roni

Read This Headline Carefully!!

 Alton Attorney Accidently Sues Himself

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

valise

Autumn Colors:

Great Melodies:

Dragnet / Ray Anthony 1953

Harper’s Index:         

Percentage of American households made up of just one person in 1950: 9.3
Today: 27

Unusual Fact of the Day:

In 2009, ABC News found 112 different spellings of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi's name.

            Found on You Tube: 

• Pomp & Circumstance March

• Artist: Peter Max Interview

Joke-of-the-day:

There were two buddies, one with a Doberman Pinscher and the other with a Chihuahua. The guy with the Doberman Pinscher says to his friend, "Let's go over to that restaurant and get something to eat." The guy with the Chihuahua says, "We can't go in there. We've got dogs with us." The buddy with the Doberman Pinscher says, "Just follow my lead." They walk over to the restaurant, the guy with the Doberman Pinscher puts on a pair of dark glasses and he starts to walk in. The bouncer at the door says, "Sorry, mac, no pets allowed." The man with the Doberman Pinscher says, "You don't understand. This is my seeing-eye-dog." The bouncer says, "A Doberman Pinscher?" He answers, "Yes, they're using them now; they're very good and protect me from robbers, too." The man at the door says, "Come on in." The buddy with the Chihuahua figures, "What the heck," so he puts on a pair of dark glasses and starts to walk in. Once again the bouncer says, "Sorry, pal, no pets allowed." The guy with the Chihuahua says, "You don't understand. This is my seeing-eye dog." The bouncer at the door says, "A Chihuahua?" The man with the Chihuahua says, "A Chihuahua?????? They gave me a Chihuahua?!"

Rules of Thumb:    Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

BUILDING WALLS OF ADOBE…The height of an adobe wall should be less than ten times its thickness unless it is stiffened by buttresses or intersecting partitions.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A Colorado 16-year-old who has been photographed with 840 animal species says his goal is to get pictures with every animal on the planet. Tallon Nightwalker of Fort Collins said his quest began when he was 5 and his father took his picture with a bull snake he was working with at the Fort Collins wildlife sanctuary, The Denver Post reported Monday. The teenager and his father, Bob Nightwalker, said they figure they have about 25,000 more pictures to take. "There is no doubt this has brought us together," Bob Nightwalker said. "But just as importantly, I think Tallon is helping save many of these animals, many of whom some people have never heard of before." Tallon has posted the pictures, which all feature living animals without barriers between boy and beast, on a Facebook page titled "Tallon Nightwalker's Animal Pictures."

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The first income tax was created in 1861 during the Civil War to finance the war effort.

• In 1913 the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified to the Constitution, granting Congress the power to collect taxes on personal income.

• Up to 1.2 million tax preparers make a living navigating the labyrinth US tax code for taxpayers. We have more professional tax preparers in the United States than law enforcement officers (765,000) and firefighters (310,400) combined.  

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-20

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 

17-24

Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week

 Today Is                                                                      

Evaluate Your Life Day
Mammography Day

Today’s Events through History  

1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps—1870

1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico—1941

Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"—1963

Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech—1932

Last issue of "Look" magazine is published—1971

Lt.Col .John Lane, with 690 Creek warriors, and 90 soldiers, reach Fort Drane 

     northwest of present day Ocala, Florida. They are there to fight the Seminole—1836

Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia)—1512

Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta sit-in—1960

Pres Harry Truman formally ends state of war with Germany—1951

South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize—1988

Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers

      at Rutgers University—1943

The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, 

      causing $12 million in damage—1998

Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control—1912

US & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty; cede their claims to lands in Tennessee.

      (7 stat.192) —1818

Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope—1859

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 40’s

Ty Pennington[Gary Tygert Burton] , American television carpenter is 48

In their 50’s

Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer (Oly-bronze-1988)/champ (1990-92) is 50

In their 60’s

John Lithgow , actor (Harry & Hendersons, Pelican Brief)  will be 67

In their 70’s

Tony Lo Bianco, Brooklyn NY, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!) is 76

Peter Max, Berlin, American psychadelic artist (Dynamite Chicken) is 75

Remembered for being born today

Jack Anderson, Long Beach, California, journalist (Wash Post) (1922-2005)

Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead], actor/singer/drag queen b. 1945

Charles Merrill, American investment banker (1885-1956)

Robert Reed, Highland Park Ill, actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse) (1932-1992)

Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh], Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man) (1944-1987)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Mr. Blackwell (Richard), American fashion critic —2008—at 86

Tom Bosley, actor, {Happy Days}—2010—at 83

Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate—2007—at 64

Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist/feminist (Pulitzer Prize)—heart attack—1950—at 58

George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist—heart attack—1897—at 66

Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl)—pneumonia—1994—at 78

Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels)—1745—at 78

Gig Young, actor—kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide—1978—at 64

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.

What is the rhyming answer?

Smugly ugly

Anagram sentence

The cook at the deli was often idle , but lied to his boss about it.

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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