10-4-14

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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 277 / Week: 40 

October Averages: 63° \ 31°
    Holiday Observances Today:
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Day
Blessing of The Animals Day 
Cephalopod Awareness Day
Fall Astronomy Day
Improve Your Office Day
Inter-American Water Day
International Frugal Fun Day 
Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Roll Day)
National Golf Day
National Frappe Day
National Ship in A Bottle Day
National Taco Day
Ten-Four Day Vodka Day
World Card Making Day
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St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day (Catholic)
Independence Day (Lesotho—1966--UK)

Quote of the Day
 


Historical Highlights for Today
1537 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed
1636 - In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted
1824 - Mexico becomes a republic
1854 - Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair
1864 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
1880 - University of California founded in Los Angeles
1883 - Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland
1904 - 1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks
1911 - 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station)
1915 - Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established
1926 - Dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower
1931 - Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1933 - Esquire magazine is 1st published
1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1968 - A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) delegation meet with the Derry March organizers and try to have the march cancelled; eventually it was decided to go ahead with the march
1976 - Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
1984 - US government closes down due to budget problems
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  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
 


My Rambling Thoughts   
Another beautiful day…at least after I destroyed my WaterPik this morning. New one is smaller, quieter. The old one must have been at least 10 years old.
Lazy Friday. Got up about 6a, did some shopping about 8a, took a short nap at 11a, and am still tired. Guess it is those late night movies.
I have to wonder when authorities are going to recognize the reality that this is multi-language nation. Regarding the Ebola patient in Dallas, I have heard several news stories where the reporters are saying they are not sure those involved understand what is going on. Most 2nd language learners are very careful about ‘practicing’ the new language in a public setting for fear of making a mistake. I heard the Liberian relative who lived with the patient. She has limited oral English skills. Then when she and her kids didn’t stay inside the house there was an uproar. I wonder if anyone talked to the woman in her Native language. Then a local reporter interviewed bilingual parents who were keeping their kids home from the school out of fear, even after the district sent a letter home to say everything was OK. The reporter said that it appeared to her that many parents didn’t understand the letter. Well, duh! They should have sent bilingual speakers to the homes to explain what was happening. Very few 2nd language learners are going to tell someone in authority that they don’t understand. Sadly they feel it makes them look dumb. In a crisis like this, the first priority should be to get information out to those who need it and do everything possible to be sure they understand what the information is.
A final rant about Dallas. The locals left the bedding and towels of the patient in the house. Their claim was that couldn’t find anyone to remove them. I’ll bet if that house was in an upscale neighborhood it would have been taken care of immediately. After days, the CDC stepped in and disinfected the apartment that the family had been told to stay in. I am fairly well educated and keep up with things, and I have to say, I wouldn’t know the precautions of what to do with the linens and towels either.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What does this rebus represent?

gloomy turquoise
temperamental cyan
sullen aquamarine
despondent azure
morose cerulean     


Found on You Tube with some relevance to today





           
OK Then…

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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Age Facts…
You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
           
Brain Facts…
Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
           
Computer Facts…
On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
           
Flagstaff, AZ History…
Returns soon.
           
Fun Facts…
In 2011, a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin remains unknown.
           
Harper’s Index…
Percentage of hererosexual male British student athletes who say the have ‘cuddled’ with another male: 92
           
Rules of Thumb…   
FOLLOWING A RIVER
Under normal conditions, the distance that a river will run straight is never greater than ten times its width.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
The very first TV commercial was for Bulova watches in 1941, and it aired in the middle of a pro baseball game between the Dodgers and Phillies. The spot cost nine dollars.         
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Joke-of-the-day
A small 1 SEATER plane crashed into a cemetery. Police have recovered 102 bodies so far and will continue to dig throughout the night.
           
Yep, It Really Happened
An amateur treasure hunter found the biggest ever haul of 4th century Roman coins in East Devon, England. Over 20,000. 
Laurence Egerton, a semiretired builder, took up metal detecting seven years ago. But last November he turned up two unusual coins the size of a thumbnail close to the previously excavated site of a Roman villa.
His continued to dig after his metal detector indicated there was more iron in the ground. That's when Mr. Egerton found his treasure.
"The next shovel was full of coins - they just spilt out over the field," he said.
"Between finding the hoard and the archaeologists excavating the site, I slept in my car alongside it for three nights to guard it," Egerton told English newspaper, The Telegraph.
Although the coins represented only a few months' wages for a Roman soldier in 260 A.D., historians say they are now worth tens of thousands of dollars.
           

Somewhat Useless Information   
The first day of autumn is known as the autumnal equinox. On this day, the number of hours of daylight and darkness are equal. This is because the sun is aligned with the center of the Earth between the north and south of the planet.
In Greek mythology, autumn was the time when Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld. During this time, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, was distraught and the ground grew sparse and cold. When Persephone returned in the springtime, plants and life bloomed anew because of Demeter's happiness.
Yellow, orange and variations thereof always reside in the pigmentation of tree leaves, but they are overpowered by the abundance of green from the chlorophyll in the leaves. Come autumn, when the sun weakens and days grow shorter, the amount of chlorophyll in leaves diminishes, allowing the other pigments in the leaves to show through.
Fall is a peak migration time for many species of birds. During autumn, birds will fly to other areas seeking more hospitable climates. The Arctic tern journeys about 11,000 miles each way for its annual migration. That is like going all the way across the United States about three and a half times.
Autumn also signals another colorful spectacle apart from the tree leaves. The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, tends to be visible this time of year. This is because geomagnetic storms are about twice as likely to occur during the fall thanks to cool evening weather. 
Evergreen trees will not lose their leaves like deciduous trees. Their leaves, also called needles, are covered with a thick wax. This wax protects the inner components of the needles, preventing them from freezing.           

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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
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National Walk Your Dog Week 
Universal Children's Week
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Great American Beer Festival 
---3-5

Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend5 
National Storytelling Weekend
--- 3-11
4-H Week 
No Salt Week 
--- 4-12

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta  
Fall Astronomy Week 
World Space Week 

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            Today’s Events through History  
1910 - Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1957 - "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1991 - The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
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Birthday’s Today                                                        
Leroy Van Dyke, country singer (Walk on By) is 85
Anne Rice, author (Interview with a Vampire) is 73
Tony La Russa, MLB manager (Chicago, Oakland, St. Louis) is 70
Susan Sarandon, [Tomaling], actress (Bull Durham) is 68
Sherri Turner, LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda LPGA Champ) is 58
Liev Schreiber, actor, producer is 47
Alicia Silverstone, actress (Clueless, Batman Forever) is 38

Remembered for being born today
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (1822-1893)
Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West (1861-1908)
Brendan Gill, writer/critic (New Yorker magazine) (1914-1998)
Jan Murray, comedian (Treasure Hunt) (1916-2006)
Charlton Heston, III, actor/NRA, (1923-2008)
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Historical Obits Today                                                           
Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics, 2002, @85
Gordon Cooper, American astronaut, Parkinson’s, 2004, @77
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, TB, 1904, @70
Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter, 1669, @63
Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army, 1890, @61
Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), cancer, 1989, @48
Janis Joplin, rock singer, overdose, 1970, @27
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Brain Teasers                                         
The Moody Blues    
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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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