10-28-14

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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 271 / Week: 40 
September Averages: 73° \ 42°
Today:

  Observances Today:
Ask a Stupid Question Day
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
National Drink Beer Day 
National Good Neighbor Day
National Women's Health and Fitness Day

International Right to Know Day
World Heart Day
World Rabies Day
Gold Star Mother's Day  


Quote of the Day
 


Historical Highlights for Today
1066 - William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex
1701 - Divorce legalized in Maryland, USA
1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1928 - 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1928
- Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler

1953 - KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
2008 - SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit
2013 - 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria 
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  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below



My Rambling Thoughts   
I’m home from a great holiday in Ireland for the past 16 days. Ironically, we were in Ireland and had only one morning of light rain and when I got back to Flag last night, the weather report was heavy rain with possible tornado through Saturday. I am so glad I went to Ireland. It is a beautiful country with great people, and many ways to fix potatoes for every meal.
We flew from Chicago to Dublin in about 7 hours. Not bad. Then we headed for Belfast and a few days in Northern Ireland. I thought I understood the story of Northern Ireland and Ireland on a basic level. Now after my visit I am more confused than ever. In Northern Ireland we used the pound while in Ireland we used the Euro.
Belfast is known for its linen. But it also the town that built the Titanic and other ships. There is an amazing museum/exhibition of that great ship. We stayed in the Europa Hotel, the most bombed hotel during the Troubles (Na Trioblóidí). Belfast and Northern Ireland have been fairly peaceful since 1998 and have grown economically.  The remnants of the Troubles are still visible including many street murals, high fences, and bullet holes in some buildings. Over the days there we also visited the Giant’s Causeway—a beautiful rock formation on the sea and the Bushmill Irish Whiskey Distillery where we had a lot of tasting. Bushmill distillery is on the river Bush, near the linen mills which came long before the distillery. We also visited Derry, the largest walled city in Europe. Really interesting to walk on top of much of the wall.
Tomorrow I’ll ramble about the Republic of Ireland.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What phrase is described by the following rebus?

serGeant
geNeral
ensIgn
priVate
colOnel
adMiral

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today




OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Brain Facts…
The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.

Computer Facts…
HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
75 YEARS AGO
The Chamber of Commerce has moved into its new quarters at the Monte Vista beside Dr. A. G. Pilchard’s office. Their new space is 12-by-20 feet, giving them plenty of room. The rooms have been repainted with ivory walls and blue/green woodwork.

Fun Facts…
In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.

Harper’s Index
Minimum amount stolen through wage theft by US employees during 2012: $280,000,000
Estimated amount stoen in street, bank, and convenience store thefts that year: $139,000,000 
Language Facts…
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month!
Rules of Thumb…   
TUNING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
A stringed instrument is less apt to slip out of pitch if the strings are tuned up from flat than it is if the strings are tuned down from sharp.

Unusual Fact of the Day…
The toilet featured in Hitchcock's Psycho was the first flushing toilet to appear on-screen.
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Joke-of-the-day
A policeman brought four boys before a judge. 
"They were causing an awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your Honor," he said.
"Boys," said the judge sternly, "I never like to hear reports of juvenile delinquency. 
Now I want each of you to tell me your name and what you were doing wrong."
"My name is George," said the first boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Pete," said the second boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Mike," said the third boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Peanuts," said the fourth boy.


Yeah, It Really Happened
TOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) - The Kansas of Division of Emergency Management said October will be "Zombie Preparedness Month" to help residents prepare for the undead and other disasters. The department said Gov. Sam Brownback will sign a proclamation Sept. 26 designating October as "Zombie Preparedness Month." Devan Tucking of the Kansas of Division of Emergency Management said the zombie theme is a means of encouraging Kansas residents to be ready for a number of potential real-life emergency scenarios. "If you're equipped to handle the zombie apocalypse then you're prepared for tornadoes, severe storms, fire and any other natural disaster Kansas usually faces," Tucking said. "This is a fun and low-stress way to get families involved, and past turnouts have proven it to be effective." Angee Morgan, deputy director of the division, said officials incorporated zombies into the public information campaign "because it is an engaging way to get people on board with emergency preparedness." Officials said members of the public will be encouraged to prepare home emergency kits with survival supplies to last at least three days and disaster-on-the-go packs will be free for the first 300 participants at a zombie preparedness event Oct. 25 at the Crestview Shelter House in Topeka.

Somewhat Useless Information   
Twelve words English ought to incorporate
Adam Jacot de Boinod, a researcher for BBC quiz programs, has collected words from all over the world, which do not exist in English but ought to had been.
Bakkushan (Japanese): A woman you think is pretty when you see her from behind, but is not when you see her from the front.
Drachenfutter (German): The presents guilty husbands give their wives.
Fucha (Polish): A job you do in your free time without paying any tax.
Lampadato (Italian): An adjective to describe a person whose skin has been tanned too much by a sun lamp.
Neko neko (Indonesian): To have a creative idea which only makes things worse.
Puntare (Italian): To stare intensely at a person you are attracted to.
Rujuk (Indonesian): To remarry a woman to whom you had been married before.
Seigneur-terrasse (French): A person who spends a lot of time but very little money in a cafe.
Sunasorpok (Inuit): To eat what other people have left.
Termangu-mangu (Indonesian): Sad and not sure what you should do.
Zechpreller (German): Someone who leaves without paying the bill.
Zhengron (Chinese): A person whose looks have been improved by plastic surgery.
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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
22-30
International Interpreters and Translators Week
International Women's E-Commerce Days


            Today’s Events through History  
48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt
1931 - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
1945
 - "Mildred Price" starring Joan Crawford opens

1949 - "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin &Jerry Lewis
1950 - Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
1957 - "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1
1959 - "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV 1960 - "Millionaire" last airs on CBS-TV
1961 - "Hazel" starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1962 - "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" debuts on ABC-TV
1963 - "Shari Lewis Show" last airs on NBC-TV
1963 - "Tennessee Tuxedo" cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1968 - Beatles' "Hey Jude" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1973 - ITT Building in NYC bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
1991 - "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV
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Birthday’s Today                                                        
Brigitte Bardot, Paris France, sex kitten (And God Created Women) is 80
Janeane Garofalo, comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs) is 50
Naomi Watts, British actress is 46
Mira Sorvino, actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean & Marilyn) is 46
Hilary Duff, actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire) is 27

Remembered for being born today
Confucius, Chinese philosopher (founder of Confucianism) (551BC-479BC)
Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis) (1789-1858)
Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher (1820-1895)
Frances E C Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union) (1839-1898)
Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) (1887-1975)
Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host/gossip columnist (1901-1974)
Max Schmeling, German world heavyweight boxing champ (1905-2005)
Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], cartoonist (Li'l Abner) (1909-1979)
Julius Rosenberg, 1st US civilian executed for espionage (1918-1953)
Peter Finch, actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe) (1916-1977)
Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (1924-1996)
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Historical Obits Today                                                           
Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, 2000. @ 80
George Buchanan, Scottish historian, 1582, @76
Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), heart attack, 1964, @75
Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), heart attack, 1891, @72
Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization), stroke, 1895, @72
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, heart attack, 1978, @65
Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, pneumonia, 1991, @65
Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, 1st to announce existence of other galaxies, stroke, 1953, @63
Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), Bright’s Disease, 1914, @50
Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide), drowned, 1966, @41
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Brain Teasers                                         
Moving up through the ranks (this is a list of military ranks; one letter in each of the ranks is uppercase; the uppercase letters spell "moving" from bottom to top, or up).
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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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