9-9-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling

1904 - Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913

1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log

1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II)

1965 - Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1985 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Lots of rain this afternoon, combined with lightning and thunder. The NPR station said the weather will be ‘unstable’ for the next 4 days. Hmmm…guess they were right.

The remembrances for 9-11 have started on TV. I must say, when I was watching The Talk, I was taken back to that day. They ran some footage from the filmmaker who was inside the lobby with the NYFD that day. Another film maker has followed five survivors for the past decade. An Asian woman was on the 85^th floor, walked to the 78^th when the plane hit and then was directed down by a stranger. Her story talked about how she was burned over 30% of her body and her recovery. Turns out much of her burns were thermal burns..something I had never heard of. That means the heat actually cooked her muscle rather than fire burning it. She will never fully recover. I don’t plan on watching a lot of these shows, but they will be available from now until Sunday.  As was pointed out, not only did America change, the whole world changed on 9-11. We do have a new vocabulary; we have lost much of our freedoms; and our position in the world has truly changed.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      What was Kojak's first name?

2.      Which role did Richard Chamberlain play in The Thornbirds?

3.      Who was the hero of the cop series Highway Patrol?

4.      What was the name of the boss in Taxi?

5.      ABC cancelled Get Smart after what was blown up in an episode?

6.      Who played the Spencer Tracy film role in the TV sitcom Adam's Rib?

7.      What was the name of the detective in the 70s series Vegas?

8.      Which song did Richard Chamberlain record to the Dr Kildare theme?

9.      Who played the title role in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in the 1981TV movie?

10.  On whose comedy show did The Simpsons first appear?

11.  On which family from where was the Partridge Family based?

12.  Who played the Bing Crosby role in the TV version of Going My way?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Hmmmmm…

• Minimum number of man-made objects orbiting Earth: 22,000

Somewhat Useless Information…

• U.S. textile mills presently convert over half of the cotton they use into clothing.
• The majority of cotton is used for men's and boys' clothing, with jeans, underwear, and shirts topping the list.
• Cotton is a food crop. Almost 200 million gallons of cottonseed oil are used in food products such as margarine and salad dressing. Cottonseed and cottonseed meal are used in feed for livestock and poultry.
• The Cotton Belt covers the southern half of the United States, reaching from Virginia to California. Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvesting about one-third of the crop each year.
• One bale of cotton can produce 1,217 men's t-shirts or 313,600 one-hundred dollar ($100) bills.
• If all of the cotton produced annually in the U.S. were used to make one product, such as blue jeans, it would make five billion pairs.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

WASHINGTON - A Washington area social worker said she has learned the sperm donor used to conceive her son seven years ago fathered 150 other children.

Cynthia Daily, 48, told The New York Times in an article Tuesday she began a quest for her son's half-siblings by searching a Web-based registry for other children fathered by the same sperm donor. Daily said she set up an online group to track the children and today they number 150 -- with more on the way.

Her story has prompted concern among parents, donors and medical experts about the potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donor. Britain, France and Sweden limit how many children a sperm donor can father but there is no limit in the United States, only guidelines. Law Professor Naomi R. Kahn of George Washington University said without limits the same donor could theoretically produces hundreds of related children. It's that accidental incest could occur, Kahn said.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Married couples, both 60 years old, were celebrating their 35th anniversary.

During their party, a fairy appeared to congratulate them and grant them each one a wish.

The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her wand and poof -- the wife had tickets in her hand for a world cruise.

Next, the fairy asked the husband what he wanted.

He said, "I wish I had a wife 30 years younger than me."

So the fairy picked up her wand and poof -- the husband was 90.

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

       The Cowsills The Rain The Park & Other Things

       The Partridge Family - C'mon Get Happy

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

1-10 

International Enthusiasm Week 

4-10 

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:  

National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 

National Payroll Week: 

Play Days

9-11

Popeye Week

TODAY IS

• Teddy Bear Day
• Stand Up To Cancer Day
• Wonderful Weirdoes Day

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• Japan: Chrysanthemum Day
• Tajikistan: Independence Day (1991 from USSR)
• Uganda: Independence Day (1967 from Great Britian)
• US: California: Admission Day (1850—31^st state)

Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1926 - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America

1955 - Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show

1971 - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album

IN ATHLETICS

1968 - 1st US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)

1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires

1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

IN BUSINESS

1753 - 1st steam engine arrives in US colonies

IN EDUCATION

1817 - Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College

FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1836 - Alexander Le Grand is appointed by Texas leader David Burnet as Indian Commissioner. He is charged with negotiating a peace treaty with the Comanches and the Kiowas

1850 - The "Robinson Treaty with the Ojibewa Indians of Lake Huron Conveying Certain Lands to the Crown" is signed in Canada

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1492 - Columbus' fleet sets sail west

1881 - Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"

1948 - People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

1985 - Race riot in Birmingham England

1993 - PLO recognizes state of Israel

2004 - Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

IN RELIGION

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IN SCIENCE

1839 - John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph

1977 - 1st TRS-80 computer sold

IN US POLITICS

1675 - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians

1850 - Territories of New Mexico & Utah created

1957 - Pres Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction

 ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) 

ATHLETES

1919 - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster

Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster turns 62

Brett Hull, NHL right wing (MVP 1991, 86 goals)turns 47

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1928 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, US, jazz musician

Angela Cartwright, actor(Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space) turns 59

1899 - Neil Hamilton, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman)

Michael Keaton, actor turns 60

Hugh Grant, actor turns 51

Cliff Robertson,  actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T turns 86

1941 - Otis Redding, rock bassist ( Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)

Adam Sandler, actor turns 45

Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer turns 66

Goran Visnjic, actor (TV-ER) turns 39

1919 - Richard Webb, actor (Invisible Monster, Git, Capt. Midnight)

Tom Wopat, actor (Dukes of Hazard)turns 60

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1890 - Harland Sanders, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

POLITICIANS

1887 - Alfred M Landon, (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)

1887 - Alf Landon, American politician

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1999 - James Augustus Catfish Hunter, American baseball player dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 53

1996 - Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84

1915 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer dies at 65

1976 - Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82

1978 - Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      What was Kojak's first name?

a.      Theo

2.      Which role did Richard Chamberlain play in The Thornbirds?

a.      Ralph De Bricassart

3.      Who was the hero of the cop series Highway Patrol?

a.      Dan Matthews

4.      What was the name of the boss in Taxi?

a.      Louie De Palma

5.      ABC cancelled Get Smart after what was blown up in an episode?

a.      Statue of Liberty

6.      Who played the Spencer Tracy film role in the TV sitcom Adam's Rib?

a.      Ken Howard

7.      What was the name of the detective in the 70s series Vegas?

a.      Dan Tanna

8.      Which song did Richard Chamberlain record to the Dr Kildare theme?

a.     Three Stars Will Shine Tonight

9.      Who played the title role in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in the 1981TV movie?

a.      Jaclyn Smith

10.  On whose comedy show did The Simpsons first appear?

a.      Tracy Ullman

11.  On which family from where was the Partridge Family based?

a.      The Cowshill, of Rhode Island

12.  Who played the Bing Crosby role in the TV version of Going My way?

a.      Gene Kelly

Close Up Picture

Ms PacMan Video Game

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] may not be totally accurate.

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9-8-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence

1952 - Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man & Sea" published

1943 - Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Our group +2 got together for lunch. Mary’s daughter and 2 year old grandson are visiting. Mary has been grandma bragging about Cash for a long time…he is just 2 years old. Well today, I have to agree. He speaks clearly, is aware of things around him, and remembers. He is also very well behaved and eats his veggies. Even asks for more. He is big for his age. He was shy at first but soon was talking away. Cheryl is heading to CA in a couple of weeks for a few days with the grandkids. A good time was held by all.

I finally reviewed my Ethiopia trip materials and made my plane reservations to Denver. After checking many websites, I found that for this trip, it is cheaper to fly from Flag to Denver than to take the shuttle. If I took the shuttle, I would have to leave at 5:15am to get to Denver in time to make connections. Flying back I would have to spend the night in either Denver or Phoenix to get the shuttle back to Flag. This way I leave Flag at 6am, park at the airport for free, and return to the airport about 9:30pm. That should work out well.

I called Hamdy to verify the Denver flights and had a nice talk. This is going to be an amazing trip…lots of National Parks, several river rides to local villages, lots of local culture. I think I counted visiting 10 villages of 10 different tribes. We should also be seeing lots of wildlife. Much of our travel within the country is by 4x4 with some long rides—about 6 hours each to get to the various destinations. This is not a developed country and not many airports to move around. There are 82 million people living there, and is about 2/3 the size of Alaska. We will be visiting many of the 10 World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia. Great trip.

Hamdy was also interested in my Grand Canyon trip and said he really wants to bring his kids on a trip like that—mentioning that his wife would not like it at all. He is planning on bringing his family to AZ after he retires as neither child has seen this part of the country. They have traveled to Africa and the Middle East many times.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      What butterfly-shaped gland is located just in front of the windpipe?

2.      What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?

3.      What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?

4.      What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?

5.      What type of machine did 19-year-old French genius Blaise Pascal invent to help his dad do taxes in 1642?

6.      What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?

7.      What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?

8.      What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?

9.      What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with?

10.  What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Hmmmmm…

Chances that a US millionaire does not ‘feel wealthy’: 2 in 5

Average amount he or she believes would begin to create such a feeling: $7.5 million

Somewhat Useless Information…

Flies typically transmit their harmful microorganisms to humans through our mouths, when we eat food on which they have landed and deposited their feces.

A cockroach can survive several weeks without a head.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. - Police in Indiana said they arrested a man spotted walking shirtless along an interstate while holding a sword on his shoulder.

Indiana State Police said Master Trooper Rick Hudson and Trooper Ricky Rayner were responding to a call about an abandoned Toyota in the middle lane of Interstate 65 about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Merrillville when they spotted the man, who appeared to be in his mid to late 40s, The Post-Tribune in Merrillville reported Monday.

State Police Sgt. Ann Wojas said the man swung his sword at Hudson and then dropped the 35-inch weapon when Hudson ordered him to put it down. Wojas said the man attempted to get inside a sport utility vehicle that swerved to avoid hitting a police car, but surrendered when ordered at gunpoint.

The man, who gave police several different names and addresses, claimed to be "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs," police said. The unidentified suspect was charged with attempted carjacking, resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Three college professors were driving down the highway at a very slow speed. A policeman pulled them over and explained that driving so slowly on the highway could be hazardous. The driver pointed out the sign that read "20." He explained that he was going 20 mph because of the sign. The policeman pointed out that the sign indicated they were driving on Highway 20.

Somewhat embarrassed the professor apologized and promised to be more observant.

As the policeman turn to walk back to his car, he noticed the other two professors on the floor ...looking scared to death! He asked the driver, "What's wrong with them?"

The driver replied, "We just turned off Highway 105."

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl & The Music That Makes Me Dance HQ - Live 2006

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

1-7 

Self-University Week 

1-10 

International Enthusiasm Week 

4-10 

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:  

National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 

National Payroll Week: 

Play Days

TODAY IS

International Literacy Day

National Date Nut Bread Day

Nixon Pardon Day

Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Nurses Day

World Physical Therapy Day

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Macedonia: Independence Day (1991 from Yugoslavia)

Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1930 - 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"

1966 - "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV

1968 - "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand premieres

1971 - John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC

IN ATHLETICS

1996 - 110th US Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (7:5 6:4)

IN BUSINESS

1883 - Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont

1920 - US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)

IN EDUCATION

1930 - NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew

FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1756 - Colonel John Armstrong, leads approximately 300 Pennsylvania soldiers against the Delaware village of Kittanning, in retaliation for their attack on Fort Granville on July 30th. Delaware Chief, Captain Jacob, is trapped in his house. He is ordered to surrender, and he refuses. His house is set on fire, and he is burned to death. Armstrong estimates Delaware losses at 40 killed, and his own at 18. He recovers many English prisoners.

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1962 - Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)

1970 - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September

1994 - Last US, British & French troops leave West-Berlin

IN RELIGION

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IN SCIENCE

1900 - 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas

IN US POLITICS

1858 - Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people

1939 - FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe

1974 - Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes

ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

1841 - AntonínDvorák, Czech composer ( New World Symphony)

ATHLETES

L.C. Greenwood, American football player turns 65

John Thomas, NBA forward (Boston Celtics) turns 36

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

David Arquette, actor, director, producer turns 40

1932 - Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy)

Brooke Burke, tv personality, model turns 40

Sid Caesar, comic actor, writer turns 89

Michelle Johnson, actor turns 46

Pink, singer turns 32

1925 - Peter Sellers, actor (Pink Panther…)

Heather Thomas, actor turns 54

Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor (Randy-Home Improvement) turns 30

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

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POLITICIANS

Sam Nunn, American politician (Sen-D-Georgia, 1972 - 1997) turns 73

1841 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield 

1889 - Robert A Taft, (Sen-R-Ohio, Taft-Hartley Act)

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1831 - John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher dies at 86

1654 - Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies of Parkinson's Disease at 74

1969 - Bud Collyer, TV emcee ( Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies of circulatory ailment at 61

1935 - Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building at 42

1977 - Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies of aortic aneurysm at 62

1980 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84

1970 - Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, dies at 76

1949 - Richard Strauss, German composer ( Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85

1755 - Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (Williams College) shot in French/Indian War at 40

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      What butterfly-shaped gland is located just in front of the windpipe?

a.      The Thyroid

2.      What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?

a.      Laser

3.      What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?

a.      Venus

4.      What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?

a.      The rifle

5.      What type of machine did 19-year-old French genius Blaise Pascal invent to help his dad do taxes in 1642?

a.      An adding machine

6.      What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?

a.      White blood cells, or leukocytes

7.      What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?

a.      The tractor

8.      What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?

a.      Wind

9.      What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with?

a.      Poison Ivy

10.  What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?

a.      The coconut

Close Up Picture

Sand Dollar

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] may not be totally accurate.

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