12-7-14

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Almanac: Week: 50 \ Day:  341
December Averages: 44°\17°
86004 Today: H 48°\L 31°
Ave. humidity: 70%     Average Sky Cover: 90%
Wind ave:   3mph\Gusts:  9mph
Ave. High: 45° Record High:  66° (1958)
Ave. Low: 17° Record Low:  -19° (1978)

Holiday Observances Today:
International Civil Aviation Day
Letter Writing Day
National Cotton Candy Day
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Pearl Harbor Day
Special Kids Day

Observances This Week:
1-7
Cookie Cutter Week 
International Coelenterate Biology Week 
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week 
3-9

Clerc-Gallaudet Week
7-13
National Hand Washing Awareness Week
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Computer Science Education Week


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Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed
1787 - Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
1804 - Lewis & Clark go on a buffalo hunt with Big White
1907 - Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
1945 - Microwave oven patented
1971 - An off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment is shot dead by members of the Irish Republican Army in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today



My Rambling Thoughts
Lazy day for sure. Stayed up way too late watching Netflix. Good movies though.
It’s been cloudy all day, which makes it so much easier to be lazy.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).

1) George threw his extra javelin through two fleshy fruits related to an apple.

2) Mary had to halt the food preparation because she found a stain on each of the cooking utensils.

3) Per the negotiation, Isaac agreed to guide the troops through the valley.

4) How would you respond if the container of supplies had disappeared without a vestige?

           
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



           
OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Actor Facts…
¤ Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
¤ Bill Murray was arrested

December Holiday Facts
*Christmas-Christian
¤ Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.
¤ Many European countries believed that spirits, both good and evil, were active during the Twelve Days of Christmas. These spirits eventually evolved into Santa’s elves, especially under the influence of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas(1779-1863) illustrated by Thomas Nast (1840-1902).

*Hanukkah-Jewish
Family celebration
As in many other celebrations of many other cultures, Hanukkah is about family. It's a joyous time of year when those you love gather together to share food, blessings, and music, as the traditions are passed on through the ages.

*Kwanza-African-American
Star Power
Celebrities who have been known to celebrate Kwanzaa every year include Oprah, Maya Angelou, Chuck D, Angelina Jolie, and Synthia Saint James (who designed the first Kwanzaa postage stamp.) 

*12 Days of Christmas
Five Gold Rings
The first Five Books of the Old Testament, known as the Torah or the Pentateuch: 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Leviticus, 4) Numbers, and 5) Deuteronomy, which gives the history of humanity's sinful failure and God's response of grace in the creation of a people to be a light to the world.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
75 YEARS AGO
Forest Service men Dick Chapman and Vern Harris have returned from the Prescott forest with 4 16' x 20' cabins, 2 of which will be used as shelters at the Snow Bowl. A portable ski lift capable of 180 skiers per hour will be here by December 1.
           
Flagstaff’s Iconic 50…
Grand Canyon Plane Crash Memorial
The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred on Saturday, 30 June 1956 at 10:30 am Pacific Standard Time when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, resulting in the crash of both airliners. All 128 on board both flights perished. It was the first commercial airline crash to result in more than 100 deaths, and led to sweeping changes in the control of flights in the United States. The location of the crash has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Harper’s Index…
Pieces of underwear brought to the NYC transit system’s lost and found so far this year: 549             

Rules of Thumb…
GETTING A JOB
You have 30 seconds to capture the attention of the person reading your resume.
           
Unusual Fact of the Day…
James Baskett, who played Uncle Remus in Disney's film Song of the South, was not able to attend the film's premiere in Atlanta, Georgia; at the time it was a racially segregated city.
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Joke-of-the-day
Q. How does Bill Gates enter his house?

A. He uses "windows".       


Yep, It Really Happened
MELBOURNE (UPI) - An Australian man said he is aiming for a Guinness World Record by having every character from The Simpsons tattooed on his back. Michael Baxter, 60, a grandfather and prison warden from Barwon, said at the Australian Tattoo and Body Art exhibition in Melbourne he is hoping to obtain a Guinness record with the Simpsons collage inked on his back by Bacchus Marsh tattoo artist Jade Baxter-Smith. The full back tattoo includes 203 characters spanning the 20-year history of the animated series. Baxter said the record he is seeking is for "most tattoos of the same cartoon character tattooed on the body," but Guinness officials told him his tattoo would be eligible because all of the characters are from the same show. Baxter, whose other tattoos include scheming baby Stewie from fellow Fox cartoon Family Guy, said Guinness has accepted his application for the record, but he still has paperwork to submit. The record bid pits Baxter against fellow "Simpsons" super-fan Lee Weir of New Zealand, who obtained the Guinness record earlier this year with 41 tattoos of cartoon family patriarch Homer Simpson. Simpson’s writer David Mirkin tweeted he was impressed with Baxter's tattoo. "Truly a lovely tribute. We will, of course, have to sue him and confiscate his back," Mirkin tweeted.
           
Somewhat Useless Information
¤ Drinking tea is undoubtedly a key habit in British culture. Because of that, British people have initiated a practical way of having tea available more often, even when they are in the army!
¤ British tanks contain a boiling vessel also known as a kettle  which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in ration packs.
¤ Those hot water boilers are general for armored vehicles of the British Armed Forces, and they are unique to the armed forces of the UK.
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Today’s Events through History
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London
1808 - James Madison elected 4th US President and George Clinton Vice-President
1831 - CHOCTAW removal process begins
1836 - Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
1939 - Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1965 - Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
1990 - Ted Turner & Jane Fonda announce their engagement
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Birthday’s Today
Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar) is 86
Ellen Burstyn, actress (Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here) is 82
Johnny Bench, MLB catcher (Reds) is 67
Tom Waits, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) is 65
Priscilla Barnes, actress (License to Kill, 3s Company) is 59
Larry Bird, NBA star (Boston Celtics, 12-time NBA All Star) is 58
C Thomas Howell, Los Angeles, actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man) is 48
Aaron Carter, American singer and actor is 27

Remembered for being born today
Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland [521- 597]
Rod Cameron, Calgary, actor (City Detective, State Trooper) [1910-1983]
Eli Wallach, Brooklyn, actor (Magnificent 7) [1915-2014]
Ted Knight, actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort) [1923-1986]
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Historical Obits Today
Harry Morgan, American actor (Colonel Potter-M*A*S*H), 2011, @96
Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), 1970, @87
Jeane Kirkpatrick, American ambassador, heart failure, 2006, @79
Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), stroke, 1985, @70
Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and wife of John Edwards, cancer, 2010, @61
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Brain Teasers Answers
spare = extra
spear = javelin
pears = fruit related to the apple

stop = halt
spot = stain
pots = cooking utensils

deal = negotiation
lead = guide
dale = valley

react = respond
crate = container
trace = vestige

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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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