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Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
"Krazy Kat" comic strip by George
Herriman debuts in NY Journal…1910
1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of
Davenport Iowa)…1863
Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes…1949
Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle
as it's symbol…1782
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
founded…1943
Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at
10.2…1936
NAACP incorporates (NY)…1911
Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of
US…1990
Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of
Alaska…1867
Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne;
ruled for 63 years ending in 1901…1837
Samuel Morse patents his telegraph…1840
Start of "King Philip's war…1675
University of Oxford receives its charter…1214
US & USSR agree to set up "Hot
Line"…1963
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
An interesting day with my financial issues. I called and spoke to the VP of the company. I let him know that I had not heard from their lawyer, or anyone else after being told that I would get a call back. He did some checking and called me back. The guy who should have called me back was off yesterday and he admitted that I should have gotten a call stating that. He also said he was not in the loop regarding any identity theft issues. He did say the company would assist me if there was any identity theft regarding my information. Then I got a call from the lawyer who apologized about not calling…saying she was in meetings all day yesterday. She said that the company is aware of my former financial advisor’s story, but that there are always several sides to a story. Hmmm. Then the lawyer asked me why my financial advisor hadn’t secured the records. Turns out that all the financial company did was severe ties with both the employees…and that the paper records still belong to the owner of the local company. She also said that the owners of the local company had signed statements to keep the records confidential. That when a local broker leaves one company, 99% of the people simply sign up with a new company and have their clients move to the new company. As independent brokers they ‘own’ their files, not the bigger company. Hmmmmm. I had called the local office and left a message, expecting a call from the assistant yesterday. The lawyer said they too had tried to contact her yesterday without success but weren’t worried because she might have been busy or on vacation. I called the office again this morning and the assistant answered the phone..with her name, not the company’s usual greeting. She said she was just getting ready to call me…I asked how it was going for finding a local branch manager and she said it had only been a week and she was hoping to hear something later this week. While I am still happy with the previous business with this company, I am beginning to understand why people keep their money in a mattress. With all the ‘tracking’ that takes place today in the cyber world, and all the news about identity theft, it sure makes one take pause. I have been assured that the big company will call me when they have more information, but was reminded that they have policies and that they have to follow very specific steps and it could take time. So right now I’m on hold…but much less stressed.Forest fires: the one near Prescott is still uncontained, and a new one near the Grand Canyon. And the Marble Canyon Historic Store burned down last night. The Prescott fire is man caused…the others are under investigation. I stopped many a time at the Marble Canyon store on the way to Lee’s Ferry for a day of fishing. Sure a lot of questions about that fire…starting in the middle of the night, just after or just before a burglar alarm was set off.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
My first three letters are a term in golf, While my second, third, and fourth are drawings. My first four are less than a whole, And all of me is a celebration. What am I?
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm
Eagles may soar, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
- Potion of likely voters who identified themselves as Tea Party members in 2010: 24
- In 2012: 8
Picture of the Day: Iran
Unusual Fact of the Day
The Wright Brothers’ first successful flight on December 17, 1903 covered a distance of about 120 feet—shorter than the wingspan of a modern 747.Joke-of-the-day
Down South, Bubba called his attorney and asked, "Is it true they're suin' the cigarette companies for causing people to get cancer?"Yes, Bubba, sure is true,” responded the lawyer."And now someone's suin' them fast food restaurants for making 'em fat and cloggin' their hearts with all them burgers and fries, is that true mister lawyer?""Sure is Bubba. But why you asking?""Cause what I want to know is, I was thinkin' can I sue Budweiser for all them ugly women I've slept with?"
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PRODUCING CHAMPAGNE
The amount of champagne a winery sells in three years is the amount it should have in its cellars to be properly stocked.
Yeah, It Really Happened
SEATTLE - A Seattle man said a thief apparently squeezed through his home's 15-inch-by-10-inch doggie door to steal a haul of electronics. The Ballard neighborhood man, who asked to be identified only as Joel, said the thief apparently squeezed through the backyard door for his dog, Macy, while no one was home on a recent afternoon, KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported Monday.Joel said police couldn't find any sign of forced entry and determined the dog door was the most likely mode of entry. "They didn't come through any of the windows or doors, and so the dog door is the only other opening in the house," Joel said."It's not big -- so it has to be somebody relatively small and willing to scrunch through the hole.""They had taken our laptops and our iPad and Kindle and some jewelry," the homeowner said of the thief or thieves. Police were investigating the incident.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Pasta in brodo is simply translated as "pasta in broth" while the term pasta asciutta translates literally to the "dry" pasta, the kind of pasta which is not designed for broth - spaghetti, vermicelli, rigatoni, lasagne, etc.
- Records indicate that the Chinese were eating pasta as early as 5,000 BC.
- On September 13, 2007, Italian consumer groups called a one-day strike against buying pasta in protest of the increasing costs that had seen its price rise by almost 20%.
- When Thomas Jefferson was the U.S. Ambassador to France, he once dined in Naples, Italy and fell in love with a certain dish. He immediately ordered crates of "macaroni" as well as a pasta-making machine and shipped them to the states.
- The average person in Italy consumes more than 51 pounds of pasta every year as opposed to the average North American who eats about 15.5 in that same time.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
13-20
Nursing
Assistants Week
16-22
16-22
Meet A Mate Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
Universal Father's Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
Universal Father's Week
Today Is
·
American Eagle Day raising awareness for protecting the Bald
Eagle
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Ann & Samantha Day [Ann Frank and Samantha Smith]
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Dump The Pump Day encourages people to ride public transportation
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Ice Cream
Soda Day
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Recess At Work Day
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World Refugee Day
^^
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Argentina:
Flag Day
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US: West
Virginia: Admission Day (1863/35th)
Today’s Events through History
"Ruddle's Station Massacre."British
Captain Henry Bird and 850 Indians attack Ruddle's
Station, Kentucky. Three
hundred settlers have taken refuge in the station. Bird's
forces have a cannon,
and the settlers soon realize they are outmatched. They
agree to surrender.
When they settlers open the gate, the warriors rush in and start
killing them.
Before Bird could intercede, over 200 people will be killed…1780
Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to
Chesapeake Bay area…1632
England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen
Victoria…1837
Germans & Romans beat Atiila the Hun at
Catalarinische Fields…451
Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of
regent Don Henrique…1567
New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in
northern Quebec (3½ km dia)…1943
OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole
Simpson & Ronald Goldman…1994
Pres Harry Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act…1947
Sacking of Baltimore: the Irish village of
Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates…1631
Supreme Court upholds a law that made it
illegal for private clubs to discriminate
against women & minorities…1988
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Radio
Days) is 80
Olympia Dukakis, actress (Moonstruck, Cemetery
Club) is 82
Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible,
Space 1999, Ed Wood) is 85
In their 60’s
John Goodman, actor (Dan Conner-Roseanne,
Babe) is 61
Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet is 62
Lionel Richie, singer (Commodores, Hello,
Penny Lover) is 64
In their 40’s
Nicole Kidman, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Dead
Calm, Far & Away) is 46
Remembered
for being born today
Chet Atkins, guitarist (Me & My Guitar) [1924-2001]
Errol Flynn, Hobart Tasmania, actor (Captain
Blood, Robin Hood) [1909-1959]
Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the
Attic, Little Foxes) [1905-1984]
George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German
Philology) [1642-1715]
Audie Murphy, most decorated WW II
hero/actor (Destry, Joe Butterfly) [1925-1971]
Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer
(Tales of Hoffmann) [1819-1880]
Today’s Historical Obits
Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott &
Costello)…heart attack…1963…at 52
Jack Kilby, electrical engineer [integrated circuit]
and Nobel laureate…2005…at 81
LeRoy Neiman, American painter…2012…at 91
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster…shot…1947…at
41
Bob Stump, AZ politician…myelodysplasia…2003…at
76
Estelle Winwood, TV/screen actress…1984…at 101
Answer: Brain
Teasers
Party
Par is the maximum number of strokes you should need to hit the ball in the hole. Art can be drawings, sculptures, or anything of the sort. Part is not a whole thing, so it is not a whole. A party is a celebration.
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.
§ And That Is All for
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