9-30-14

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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 273 / Week: 40 
September Averages: 73° \ 42°

Holiday Observances Today:
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Blasphemy Day
International Translation Day
National Mud Pack Day
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Independence Day (Botswana-1966-from UK)      
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Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1777 - Continental Congress, flees to York, Pa, as British forces advance
1791 - Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1846 - Anesthetic ether used for 1st time to extract a tooth
1864 - Black soldiers given US Medal of Honor
1865 - The following number of Indians were present at the Fort Sumner, New Mexico reservation in September: 402Apache, 7,318 Navajo.
1867 - Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
1878 - 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
1887 - Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1898 - City of NY established
1929 - 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between AZ/NV, is dedicated by FDR
1953 - Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
1954 - USS Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the US Navy
1960 - Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
1962 - James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
1968 - 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
1970 - New American Bible published
1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox
1988 - IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
1993 - US General Colin Powell retires at 56
2005 - Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in Danish newspaper   
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  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today



My Rambling Thoughts   
We visited my castle in Kindale—Charles Fort. Very cool. Then lunch in a small fishing village.  Then on to Kilkerry where we learned a whole lot from a very passionate woman who makes goat cheese. Learned the importance of no drinking homogenized milk…I remember when we had our milk delivered and sometimes there would be a thick tasty cream at the top of the bottle. Well, homogenized milk breaks down all the fat so that it can’t separate, which also changes some of the good stuff in the milk fat. Anyway, she makes a very tasty selection of goat cheese. Then off to another castle, Kilkerry Castle. Also very interesting. Then we ended our 1600 mile tour and headed for two days in Dublin. I wasn’t ready to end the country side tour, but more good stuff awaited us in Dublin.
It is nice to be back in Flagstaff and today had beautiful weather, so I was out and about, spending lots of money to refill the fridge and pick up necessary things for daily living.
I have an old iPod my brother gave me for my first overseas trip. I love it for travel. I bought a book to listen to on the plane ride and shuttle ride to and from Phoenix. With all the changes on iTunes, I couldn’t get it to download before the trip. I finally called Apple support. My warranty expired 2464 days ago, but the lady took pity on the old man and found someone who could help. After finally letting the guy look at my computer remotely, he asked me if I had bought a ‘regular old book’ or an audiobook. I told him and audiobook. Had to smile that at Apple a ‘regular old book’ is seen as a digital book, not a hard copy book. Anyway, turns out I had bought a digital book, instead of an audiobook. He was very nice and refunded my credit card for the ‘regular old book’ and then I could buy the audiobook. I also found out that as iTunes changed all its stuff, my library was no longer listed, so he walked me through getting the library to show back up. Very nice guy. I had a bunch of playlists for different moods and even one for ‘walking’ that had slow songs, fast songs, etc to have me change my pace. Anyway, I now get to make new playlists…which I guess is a good thing. It was time for some change anyway.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What expression is represented here?

I hear: "It, It, It, It, ..."
You hear: "I_, I_, I_, I_, ..."


Found on You Tube with some relevance to today





OK Then…

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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
**NEW**Age Facts…
There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese herbalist and martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even an official document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his 150th birthday in 1827.

Brain Facts…
Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.

Computer Facts…
The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO
City Magistrate Walter Bennet issued 34 warrants for arrest aimed at clearing his court docket of people who have failed to appear. Chief of Police Elmo Maxwell is to seek out these persons. This is to become a weekly action. And there is to be a general crackdown on overdue parking tickets.

Fun Facts…
SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.

Harper’s Index…
Portion of US workers who working for tips who are women: 3/4
Factor by which a tipped worker is likelier to be on food stamps than the average US worker: 2

Rules of Thumb…   
RIDING A TRAIN
To hop a moving freight train, use the ladder at the front of the car. The speed of the train will throw you against the car. If you use the ladder at the end of the car, you could be thrown between cars.

Unusual Fact of the Day…
Dock Ellis, a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970s, threw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD. At certain points during the game, Ellis said he couldn't see the batter or the catcher, and as a result, relied on the baseball to tell him where to throw it.
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Joke-of-the-day
Bill, Jim, and Scott were at a convention together and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75-story skyscraper. After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he said. "I left the room key in the car!"

Yep, It Really Happened
JINHUA, China (UPI) - A Chinese county is offering high school entrance exam bonus points to students whose parents donate more than a gallon of blood. The Pujiang county government issued a directive this year stating the children of blood donors who reach the 1 gallon mark will receive a bonus point on their high school entrance exams, and the total goes up to two points for those whose parents donate 1.5 gallons and three points for children of 2-gallon donors. The Qianjiang Evening News said it would take about five years for an adult who donates blood twice a year to reach the 1 gallon mark. The county government is also offering blood donors incentives including reimbursement for medical bills, free rides on public transportation and cash payouts. The policy was publicized when a 28-year-old man on social media site Weibo celebrated reaching the 1 gallon mark. "Because of this policy, I [donated so much blood that I] have put my life at risk! [I] want to tell my future son: No worries with the high school entrance exams, Dad has already got you bonus marks!" the man posted.

Somewhat Useless Information   
In the 1960s the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
Loretta Lynn became country music's first millionairess in 1965.
The first female rock singer to be recognized by one name: Annette Funicello. Fans knew her as Annette from The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959).
Willie Nelson's first gig: playing guitar in a polka band.
Most performed rock song in history: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."
Mick Jagger runs the equivalent of five miles on stage during each Rolling Stones concert.

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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
22-30
International Interpreters and Translators Week
International Women's E-Commerce Days

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            Today’s Events through History  
1199 - Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1868 - Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France
1895 - France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1940 - 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1941 - 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
1997 - Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
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Birthday’s Today                                                        
Elie Wiesel, Romania, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) is 86
Angie Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], actress (Police Woman) is 83
Marilyn McCoo, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension) is 71
Barry Williams, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) is 59
Fran Drescher, actress (Cadillac Man, Nanny) is 57
Eric Stoltz, actor (Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask) is 53
Jenna Elfman, actress (Dharma & Greg) is 43

Remembered for being born today
William Stoughton, judge at the Salem witch trials (1631-1701)
William Wrigley Jr., industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (1861-1932)
Buddy Rich, jazz drummer\band leader (Away We Go), (1917-1987)
Chung Hee Park, general/pres of South Korea (1917-1979)
Deborah Kerr, Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana) (1921-2007)
Truman Capote, New Orleans, author (In Cold Blood) (1942-1968)
Frankie Lymon, rocker (Why do Fools Fall in Love) (1942-1968)
Jody Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter) (1943-2009)
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Historical Obits Today                                                           
Edith Roosevelt, First Lady (Teddy), 1948, @87
Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), kidney failure, 1978, @75
Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible, 420, @73
Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce, in battle, 1877, mid 50’s
John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged. 1630, @49
James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), car crash, 1955, @24
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Brain Teasers                                         
You will never hear the end of it.
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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 Now…§


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