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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 Farm-City Week:
21-27
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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.
§…And That Is All for Now…§
