This is Week 43 of 2010►Day 297 with 68 days left.
FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I watched a very strange Jack Hanna show this morning. You all probably know Jack either from Wild Kingdom or as the head of the Cincinnati Zoo. He has a Saturday morning show. As I was surfing, it popped up. He was on a safari in Africa. He was on the Shamwari Game Reserve, quite a distance from the place I had stayed. He had some great shots of elephants and leopards. This was a private game reserve, just like the ones I have visited. All the private reserves take very good care of the animals, of the roads and of the environment. They never ‘chase’ animals. They never leave the primitive roads for a ‘good photo shot’. They do their best not to interrupt a kill. While private reserves are the norm in South Africa now, they do their best to open up the bush to visitors while taking good care of the animals. I realize that the show was TV so there had to be something exciting. The strange part was how ‘scared’ this wildlife guru was acting. I get that being close to these animals is exciting as well as awesome. But why would you have viewers think that you were ‘scared’? It is so exciting and the guides are so well trained, ‘scared’ was not part of the agenda. Just TV I guess. The other thing I would have liked to see was the indigenous tracker who helped the team locate the animals. We only saw the Afrikaans guide, Jack and his companion. After my Pandaw filming experience I know how there was also a camera man, a sound man, the aforementioned tracker, and probably several locals with rifles in the bush—just in case. All in all, it was sure nice to see the animals, in the wild, again.
It was painful to see Haiti back in the news. The other day I had read that conditions were still pretty awful. Now the media has picked up that cholera is becoming epidemic near the capital and is expected to reach the capital soon. Cholera is deadly. It is a bacterium that thrives in the small intestine and untreated, leads to death. It usually comes from consuming bad water. Once it hits a population, it is very hard to contain. The best treatment is rehydration with safe water, something that is in very short supply in Haiti. Thankfully, it is not transmitted between humans. Haiti needs clean water now. I certainly hope that the greedy and the bureaucrats will not prevent or slow down the arrival of that water. I’m sure there will be medical teams and water from around the world in the news very soon. This should not have happened. Clean water should have always been available to prevent this. We saw many, many barges of bottled water being delivered right after the quake. It’s too bad it didn’t continue. Everyone is now paying the price.
Flag was cloudy almost all day. It was a real fall day. It rained again a couple of times but looked and felt like it could rain again at any minute. Thankfully, it was warm enough to allow the windows to be open most of the day without the furnace kicking in.
Flag…H—52°; L—35°; RH—81%; and 10 mph breeze with some rain. I was able to take two walks, but neither was very long, as they were both stopped by sprinkles that could have easily turned into rain.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY—Orlandi McGuire
In this day and age, some turn 18 and think they're a man or a woman and that's it, but that's just not true. You have to establish your manhood or your womanhood with actions.
HOLY MACKEREL: 1947 Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—
In 1923, These men were considered some of the world’s most successful of their days.
What became of them?
The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.
The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.
The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
The president of the Bank of International Settlement, shot himself.
The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livermore, also committed suicide.
However, the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US Open, was Gene Sarazen. He played golf until he was 92, and died in 1999 at the ripe old age of 95! He was *very* financially secure at the time of his death.
The moral: Forget work. Play golf!
GREY MATTER PUZZLE 1—Jeopardy Answers (1984)-Native Americans
$200- Device Indians smoked as sign of friendship
$400- They symbolize family trees of N.W. Indians
$600- To keep Indians out, Dutch settlers built a wall across this New Amsterdam street
$800- Runaway slaves used to hide with this tribe in Florida swamps
$1000-never asked, never answered
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
SHARPES, FL — A suspicious package prompted police to close a highway in Brevard County Friday morning. What was found inside the package was a real surprise to authorities.
Canaveral Groves Boulevard near U.S. Highway 1 was closed while a bomb squad was called to investigate the incident at the Social Security building in Sharpes.
When a technician opened the box, two kittens emerged. Officials caught one kitten, but another was able to get away.
Deputies said they would take the kitten to the Humane Society.
A LITTLE LAUGH
My dear friend, a divorcee, never remarried, and her daughter wanted to know why.
"The men I know would bring too much heavy baggage to the marriage and I simply don't want to put up with it," she explained.
Taking her mother's hand in hers, my friend's daughter said sweetly, "I hate to break the news to you, Mom, but you're not exactly carry-on yourself."
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
Amazing Canadian First Nation Totems: Click Here To View
GREY MATTER PICTURE
This is a close up of what object?
SOME CALENDAR INFORMATION
¤ Weekly Observances ¤
18-24: Freedom From Bullies Week ^ Freedom of Speech Week ^ Medical Assistants Recognition Week ^ National Food Bank Week ^ National Infertility Awareness Week ^ National Massage Therapy Week ^ National Businesswomen's Week
24-31: Disarmament Week ^ Give Wildlife a Break Week ^ Pastoral Care Week ^ Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week ^ Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week ^ International Magic Week ^ National Respiratory Care Week
27-11/3: World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
¤ Today’s Observances ¤
National Bologna Day
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
Lung Health Day
Mother-in-Law Day
Zambia: Independence Day (1964 from UK)
¤ Hit Songs on this date ¤
1891...Turkey in the Straw / Billy Golden (not original, but good) Click Here to View!
1901...The Tale of the Bumble Bee / Harry MacDonough (not available)
1911...Alexander's Ragtime Band / Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan Click Here to View!
1921...Song of India / Paul Whiteman Click Here to View!
1931...Good Night, Sweetheart / Wayne King Click Here to View!
1941…Piano Concerto in B Flat / Freddy Martin Click Here to View!
1951…Because of You / Tony Bennett (not original) Click Here to View!
1961…Runaround Sue / Dion Click Here to View!
1971…Maggie May/ Reason to Believe / Rod Stewart Click Here to View!
1981…Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) / Christopher Cross Click Here to View!
¤ Today’s Births ¤
╬ THE ARTS
George Crumb, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time), born in 1929
Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb), born in 1788
Moss Hart, Tony Award-winning director: My Fair Lady [1957], born in 1904
J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson, The Big Bopper: singer: Chantilly Lace, born in 1930
Bill Wyman (William George Perks), 74, musician, bass (Rolling Stones 1962-1992)
♦♦actors♦♦
Kevin Kline, 63, actor (Oscar for A Fish Called Wanda)
David Nelson, 74, actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
B.D. (Bradley Darryl) Wong, 48, actor Law and Order
╬ ATHLETICS
Kweisi Mfume, 62, former NAACP president
Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) Tittle, Jr, 84, Hall of Fame football: Colts, 49ers, Giants
╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), born in 1890
╬ POLITICS
Belva Lockwood, women’s rights advocate, attorney, 1st woman formally nominated to run for president of the U.S , born in 1830
James Sherman, 27th U.S. Vice President [1909-1912], died in office, born in 1855
╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION
Antony van Leeuwenhoek, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions), born in 1632
¤ Today’s Obituaries ¤
Christian Dior, French designer, heart attack @ 52 in 1957
Jackie Robinson, baseball, Dodgers, heart attack @ 53 in 1972
Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, heart attack @ 70 in 1991
Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), drowned after auto accident@ 35, in 1983
Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII/mother of Edward VI, postnatal complications @ 28, in 1537
¤ Today’s Events ¤
╬ THE ARTS
1897 The first regular comic strip was seen in The New York Journal American. The strip was The Yellow Kid.
╬ ATHLETICS
1959 Wilt ‘The Stilt’ Chamberlain launched a pro basketball record streak. Not only did he play in 799 consecutive games; he didn’t foul out in one of them.
╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1929 "Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash
1836 Alonzo D. Phillips, received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.
1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)
1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
1982 EPCOT (experimental prototype community of tomorrow) Center was dedicated by Disney Chairman, E. Cardon Walker at Walt Disney World, Florida
╬ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1785 U.S. representatives attempt to hold a treaty conference with the Creek. Few Indians will attend the meeting.
1801 Chickasaw Natchez Trace Treaty: A treaty will be endorsed today with the Chickasaw at Chickasaw Bluffs. The United States will get the right to make a road from the Mero District in Tennessee, to Natchez in Mississippi, for a payment of $700 in goods. Seventeen Indians will sign the treaty.
╬ POLITICS (US)
1871 Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese
╬ POLITICS (International)
1795 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
1945 United Nations Charter becomes effective
1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus
1980 Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity
╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)
1989 Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud
GREY MATTER ANSWERS
↔ 1 Jeopardy
$200- Device Indians smoked as sign of friendship: What is a peace pipe?
$400- They symbolize family trees of N.W. Indians: What is a totem?
$600- To keep Indians out, Dutch settlers built a wall across this New Amsterdam street: What is Wall Street?
$800- Runaway slaves used to hide with this tribe in Florida swamps: Who are the Seminole?
$1000-never asked, never answered
↔ PICTURE
An oil/rock drilling bit
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