11-23-14

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Almanac: Week: 48 \ Day: 327 
November Averages: 51° \ 22°

Holiday Observances Today:
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan-1948)
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Doctor Who Day
Eat a Cranberry Day
Fibonacci Day-a math thing
International Image Consultant Day
Mother Goose Day
National Cashew Day
Tie One On Day

Observances This Week:
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week; International Fraud Awareness Week: 15-23 
American Education Week; National Book Awards Week; National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 17-23   
National Farm-City Week: 21-27 
GERD Awareness Week; National Bible Week; National Game & Puzzle Week: 23-30 

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Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1584 - English parliament expels Jesuits
1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, by John Milton is published
1783 - Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)
1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced, CA to drop 30' (9m)
1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
1903 - Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
1904 - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
1906 - Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy
1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce is published
1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men" premieres in NYC
1942 - Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends
1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
1963 - "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series debuts
1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
1974 - 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1982 - FCC drops limits on duration & frequency of TV ads
1992 - 10,000,000th cellular telephone sold
2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, 1st woman to lead an African country  
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today



My Rambling Thoughts
It is Bazaar season here in Flagstaff. Mary had mentioned she was spending the day Sat doing Bazaars. The morning paper had a blurb about the United Way Bazaar over at the University. I headed over there and it was quite impressive. I spent about an hour and a half and bought a few things for Christmas presents. That was enough Bazaar-ing for me until next year. I ran into Mary and her neighbor while there. They had already been to three and had two more after the United Way one. Don’t know how they can do that. Some guy was selling coffee tables made of tree trunks with really nice knots and tree rings. Mary bought one, her neighbor bought one and the neither had cash or a checkbook for them. So the guy, a retired HS counselor said it was no problem, he would deliver them tomorrow…at no charge. Nice people in Flag.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The following is a true story.

My friends and I were enjoying the atmosphere (and food) at an authentic English pub in town. We all ordered tea, and the barmaid brought us all our preferred variety. She passed by each of us and asked, "Would you like milk or lemon?" One of my friends simply said "Yes" and quickly poured a bit of milk and squeezed a lemon wedge into his cup. He passed the milk back to the young lady who smiled and said "I'll be right back with another cup for you, sir."
My friend was confused at first, but upon her return he was happy to have a fresh cup. What had happened to necessitate a new cup of tea?        


Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



           
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Actor Facts…
¤ The actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was only 25 years old at the time of filming.
¤ When playing an American character, Christian Bale will give all his press interviews in an American accent in order to not confuse the audience.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
From 1889
¤ Mr. H. W. Gibbons, Agent at this place for the Gallup Coal Co., was kept very busy this week supplying people with coal. The consumption of this fuel is quite an item in this time.
¤ The employees of the railroad company are now comfortably domiciled in the new stone depot. This is a great convenience for them as well as the general public as there is now a comfortable wait room for passengers.
           
Harper’s Index…
¤ Percentage of Iranians supporting full trade & diplomatic relations with US: 74
¤ Who support recognizing Israel in the event of a peace accord with Palestine: 16      

Internet Facts…
¤ Facebook pays at least $500 if you can find a way to hack the site
¤ The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14, 2005

That’s Outrageous from Reader’s Digest…
Smellier food helps you slim down?
People tend to take smaller bites when a food’s aroma is stronger, says a study published in the journal Flavour. A potent odor may cause you to eat less to avoid strong sensations, possibly leading you to consume less food overall.

Pilgrim Fact…
The Mayflower Didn’t Land in Plymouth First
Before their departure, the Pilgrims were hoping to sail for the mouth of the Hudson River, just north of present-day New York City. Unfortunately, bad weather did not allow this. After 65 difficult days at sea, the Mayflower first landed at the tip of Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown. The rapidly approaching winter and dwindling supplies stymied their second attempt for the Hudson, and eventually forced the Pilgrims to continue across Cape Cod Bay. They finally stopped at Plymouth, which became their new home.

Rules of Thumb…
TEACHING CHILDREN
The more rules you have in the classroom, the more time you'll spend enforcing them

Unusual Fact of the Day…
When dragonflies mate, their tails form a heart
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Joke-of-the-day
A brilliant young boy was applying for a job with the railways. The interviewer asked him: "Do you know how to use the equipment?"
"Yes", the boy replied.
"Then what would you do if you realized that 2 trains, one from this station and one from the next were going to crash because they were on the same track?"
The young applicant thought and replied "I'd press the button to change the points without hesitation."
"What if the button was frozen and wouldn't work?"
"I'd run outside and pull the lever to change the points manually"
"And if the lever was broken?"
"I'd get on the phone to the next station and tell them to change the points," he replied.
"And if the phone was broken and needed an electrician to fix it?"
The boy thought about that one. "I'd run into town and get my uncle"
"Is your uncle an electrician?"
"No, but he's never seen a train crash before!"
           
Yep, It Really Happened
TUSZYN, Poland (UPI) - Winnie-the-Pooh is being run out of town, and it's not for taking all the honey. The cartoon bear's image was banned from a playground in the small Polish city of Tuszyn because members of the town council believe him to be a hermaphrodite. The issue came up when it was proposed that Pooh be the patron of the playground. But the more conservative members of the council took issue with the fact he was only half-dressed.
"It doesn't wear underpants because it doesn't have a sex. It's a hermaphrodite," said one Councilor.
They had an explanation for why poor Pooh is of "dubious sexuality" and it's through no fault of his own but rather due to the cruelty of his author, A.A. Milne.
"This is very disturbing but can you imagine! The author was over 60 and cut his [Pooh's] testicles off with a razor blade because he had a problem with his identity," said Councillor Hanna Jachimska.
The patron of the playground has yet to be decided but Winnie-the-Pooh has been scratched off the list.
           
Somewhat Useless Information
¤ Archibutyrophobia (pronounced A'-ra-kid-bu-ti-ro-pho-bi-a) is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
¤ The south has the best climate for growing peanuts in the United States. Sixty percent them are grown in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and Half of that 60 percent is used to make peanut butter.
¤ The world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich, made in Grand Saline, T.X., weighed 1,342 pounds.
¤ It takes one acre of peanuts to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
¤ We spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter in the United States.
¤ Peanuts aren't nuts. They're legumes. So it's technically inaccurate to call it a nut butter, but it's usually referred to one anyway.       

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Today’s Events through History
  800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III
1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life
1897 - Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler" to connect railroad cars
1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
1991 - Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies
2011 - After 11 months of protests in Yemen, the President agrees to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity

Birthday’s Today
Johnny Mandel, American songwriter-jazz is 89
Robin Roberts, American television reporter is 54
Miley Cyrus, actress and singer (Hannah Montana) is 22

Remembered for being born today

Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, 14th Pres (1804-1869)
Josiah Dwight Whitney, American Geologist (Mount Whitney and Whitney Glacier are named for him) (1819-1896)
Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], actor (Frankenstein) (1887-1969)
Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) (1888-1964)
Aaron Bank, American OSS officer founder-Army Special Forces (1902-2004)
Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (1908-2006)
Steve Landesberg, Bronx, comedian/actor (Barney Miller) (1945-2010)
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Historical Obits Today
 Roy Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), 1992, @89
Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, 1872, @82ish
Larry Hagman, actor (Dallas), 2012, @81
Roald Dahl, British short story author, blood disease, 1990, @74
Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), 1914, @70
Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), stroke, 1979, @68
Junior Walker (Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr), saxophonist, cancer, 1995, @64
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Brain Teasers Answers
My friend was unaware that you NEVER add milk AND lemon to your tea as the citric acid in the lemon will cause the proteins in the milk to curdle, making for an unpleasant cup of tea indeed. The young lady had seen this happen before and moved quickly to remedy the problem. Afterwards, she only teased him a little about 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.
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