9-6-14

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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 249 / Week: 36 
September Averages: 73° \ 42°
Today:
    Average Sky Cover: 60%
    H 73° L 52° Ave. humidity: 73%
    Wind: ave:   3mph; Gusts:  16mph 
    Average High: 76° Record High:  87° (1977)
    Average Low: 45° Record Low:  33° (1985)
           
Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1522 - Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip
1716 - 1st lighthouse built in north America (Boston)
1839 - Cherokee Nation forms
1839 - Great fire in New York
1866 - Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention
1886 - Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
1899 - Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
1901 - President  McKinley  shot by an anarchist, in New York
1952 - Canadian TV begins in Montreal
1989 - Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
1991 - USSR recognizes the independence of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
1991 - Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's 2nd largest city, Leningrad in 1924.
1997 - Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales 
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  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below



My Rambling Thoughts   
Busy day getting ready for my trip. Made it to the bank between rain storms to get my cash. Then called the bank to get my credit cards and debit card ready to work in Ireland. Tomorrow is laundry day and some packing. Good new is that we fly from Denver to Chicago to Dublin and can check our luggage through at Denver.
We had lots of rain today, an early afternoon storm, and then a late afternoon storm. Gotta love the monsoon.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Blade to blade I always win,
My foe laid low and even.
Yard by yard through thick and thin,
I'm busiest in season.

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today




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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain :     
Brain Facts…
The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
Computer Facts…
The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO
At the Town Council meeting, the clerk was instructed to request the town attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting spitting on the sidewalks.
Fun Facts…
Dolly Parton once entered anonymously into a "Dolly Parton lookalike contest", but lost to a drag queen.
Harper’s Index
Factor by which a black student is likelier than a white student to attend a school with a high number of new teachers: 4 
Language Facts…
The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
Rules of Thumb…   
ESTIMATING CAFFEINE CONTENT
54 M&Ms equal one Vivarin in terms of caffeine content.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
The urine of patients with diabetes tastes sweet because the extra sugar in a diabetic's bloodstream overwhelms the kidney's ability to reabsorb it.
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Joke-of-the-day
Computer Problem Report Form 
1. Describe your problem: __________________________________________ 
2. Now, describe the problem accurately: __________________________________________ 
3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem:  _______________________ 
4. Problem Severity: 
A. Minor__ 
B. Minor__ 
C. Minor__ 
D. Trivial__ 
5. Nature of the problem: 
A. Locked Up__ 
B. Frozen__ 
C. Hung__ 
D. Shot__ 
6. Is your computer plugged in?  Yes__ No__ 
7. Is it turned on? Yes__ No__ 
8. Have you tried to fix it yourself? Yes__ No__ 
9. Have you made it worse?  Yes__ 
10. Have you read the manual?  Yes__ No__ 
11. Are you sure you've read the manual? Yes__ No__ 
12. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual?  No__ 
13. Do you think you understood it?  Yes__ No__ 
14. If `Yes' then why can't you fix the problem yourself?  
15. How tall are you? Are you above this line? __________________________________________ 
16. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?
17. If "nothing" explain why you were logged in. _________________________________________ 
18. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem?  Yes__ No__ 
19. How does this problem make you feel? __________________________________________
20. Tell me about your childhood.  __________________________________________
21. Do you have any independent witnesses of the problem? Yes__ No__ 
22. Can't you do something else, instead of bothering me?  Yes__ 
Thank you for taking the time to fill out our Computer Problems Form. Please allow 1-week response time so that the problem will resolve its self or you will reboot your computer, most likely resolving the issue.

Yeah, It Really Happened
Have you ever heard someone described as having a pole up their ass? Usually it means uptight, stuck-up or snobbish, but in the case of this story it means the woman was a bad driver, because she ended up with a pole stuck up her ass. 
The Colorado woman says she was texting and driving when she hit a pole that went through her car, piercing her thigh and buttocks.
Elizabeth firefighters had to saw off the front and back end of the pole to get the woman out.
Christina Jahnz says she was in the parking lot of Elizabeth Middle School to deliver her daughter's saxophone, which had been left at home. As she was driving away from the school, Jahnz started texting her friend.
"I was running late for a business meeting, so I did a voice text. I looked down to make sure it was all right. The next thing I knew, I was looking up, there was white powder from the air bags deployed," Jahnz said.
Then, Jahnz realized that the guardrail pole went through the front of her truck, through her buttocks and into the back of her seat. Elizabeth firefighters rushed to the scene, where she says they used a saw to cut the front and back end of the pole before rushing her to the hospital.
"I went into surgery and I lost count of the stitches after 40. They stitched me up inside too. I'm truly a miracle. They said if it gone just a little bit the other way I would have bled out," Jahnz said.
Jahnz was released after a four-day stay in the hospital. She will be able to get around with the help of a walker and is expected to make a full recovery.
Jahnz says even though she was going 20 mph and looked down for only a split second, she has learned a lesson she will never forget.
Somewhat Useless Information   

How many pizzas are sold each year? What’s the origin of the name “Margherita”? Since when do Europeans have eaten pizza?
  • Over five billion pizzas are sold all over the world each year.
  • Though pizza became a popular food in the U.S. in 1945, after World War II, it was brought to America by Italian immigrants 50 years earlier.
  • Pizza was being prepared by people of Pompei when the volcano erupted and buried the city.
  • Kids aged 3-11 prefer pizza over all foods for lunch and dinner.
  • Pizza Margherita was given its name by a chef who cooked for a 19th century Italian queen. She ate her pizza with tomatoes and cheese.
  • It is estimated that over three billion pizzas will be eaten next year in the U.S. alone.
  • Europeans have enjoyed eating pizza since the late 18th century.
  • Of all the toppings available, Americans choose pepperoni, a king of salami, as their favourite.
*****
It was back in 1986 when Argentina were playing England in the quarter -finals of the 1986 world cup in Mexico.
The Argentinian captain, Diego Maradona, scored a goal in the 52nd minute, although the British players protested that he had cheated.
However, the referee gave the goal, but TV cameras showed that Maradona had scored  the goal with his hand. “It was partly the hand of Maradona, and partly the hand of God”, he then said.
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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
1-7
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week

National Payroll Week
National Waffle Week
Self-University Week 
2-6

Play Days
4-6

Popcorn Days

Today Is  
Another Look Unlimited Day
Fight Procrastination Day
National Writing Date Day
Read a Book Day
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Unification Day (Bulgaria-1885)
Defense of Pakistan Day (Pakistan-for 1965 Indo-Pakistani War)
Independence Day (Swaziland-1968-from UK)

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            Today’s Events through History  
1819 - Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
1923 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands celebrates her silver jubilee
1938 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands celebrates 40th anniversary
1948 - Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
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Birthday’s Today                                                        
Jo Anne Worley, comedienne (Laugh-in) is 77
Swoosie Kurtz, actress (Slap Shot) is 70
Jane Curtin, actress (SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie) is 67
Jeff Foxworthy, comedian (The Jeff Foxworthy Show) is 56
Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist is 52
Mark Chesnutt, country singer (Too Cold at Home) is 51
Rosie Perez, Bkln, actress (Do the Right Thing) is 50
Pippa Middleton, English socialite is 31

Remembered for being born today
John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter (1766-1844)
Jane Addams, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931), (1860-1935)
John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923) (1876-1935)
Joseph P Kennedy, Boston Mass, diplomat, father of JFK, RFK & Teddy (1888-1969)
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Historical Obits Today                                                           
Madeleine L'Engle, American author, 2007, @88
Art Modell [Arthur], businessman NFL, 2012, @87
Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, 1966, @86
Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), emphysema, 1984, @70
Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), TB, 1990, @48
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, 1st Lady-Thomas Jefferson, poor health, 1782, @33
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Brain Teasers                                         
A lawn mower.
Explanation: It cuts blades of grass with its blade, leaving them low and even. It is used in home yards and is busiest in summer when grass grows fastest.

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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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