TODAY’s “Geez”:
1850 - Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England
1977 - Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
Free Rambling Thoughts…
Last night my area of Flag had quite a bit of smoke from the local fire. It was so smelly that I had to close my windows about 8pm. The fire is still bringing some smoke into Flag but the fire seems to be under control. Two other fires in the White Mountains are destroying thousands of acres and forcing several town evacuations. So many people think that AZ is the Phoenix/Tucson desert. AZ is so much more, and all these annual fires are destroying way too much forest throughout the state. So sad.
I ran some errands around Flag today. KOA was filling up this afternoon; traffic is much heavier than usual. All this must be good for Flag’s economy. I’m sure the wind and smoke isn’t helping.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Which mountain system stretches from Alabama to Quebec?
2. Where are the headquarters of Coca Cola?
3. Charleston is on which river?
4. Which is the largest of the inlets on the Atlantic coast?
5. Cleveland is on which of the Great Lakes?
6. What is the third largest city of the USA?
7. Denver is on which river?
8. The Black Hills are composed of which rock?
9. Where is Wayne State University?
10. What was called Windy City by a New York newspaper editor?
11. Mount Mitchell is the highest peak in which mountains?
12. What is the world's second longest single span bridge?
13. What is the largest city in Maryland?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
Ø Estimated number of US colleges that have Quidditch teams: 81 (Harry Potter)
Somewhat Useless Information…
Ø A number of foods are loaded with vitamin B-complex, folic acid, vitamins A and E, zinc, magnesium, iron, chromium, selenium, and essential fatty acids that add to your brainpower. To incorporate these elements into your diet is easy; all you have to do is eat. The best choices in food that include these elements are: sardines, herrings, shellfish, dried and sprouted beans, nuts, seeds, apples, apricots, black currents, carrots, bananas, liver, beets, celery, barley, brown rice, oats, kidney, lean beef, Brewer’s yeast, black strap molasses, wheat germ, basil, rosemary, ginger, and licorice. It is best to avoid foods high in sugar like baked goods and sodas, because they result in great fluctuations in blood-sugar levels, which causes breaks in your concentration and energy levels.
Ø The CDC estimates that 3.8 million sport and recreation related concussions happen in the United States each year.
Ø Sixty percent of sport related injuries occur during practice.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
SANTIAGO, CHILE: a captive male Darwin's frog coughed up ten babies Thursday at a zoo in Santiago, Chile, a milestone in a project to save the amphibians from extinction.
The vulnerable species is one of two members of the only genus on Earth that rears its young inside of its vocal sac, a job taken on by the males.
"They have a small opening below their tongue. … After [the eggs] hatch, he takes the tadpoles into his mouth and manipulates them through that opening and into his vocal sac," Danté Fenolio, a conservation scientist with the Atlanta Botanical Garden, explained to me today.
"For about 60 days, they go all the way through to development inside his vocal sac. At that point when they are ready, fully developed, he coughs up fully formed miniatures of the adult."
Fenolio is working on a captive breeding project with the National Zoo and Universidad Catolica in Santiago to build a so-called assurance population of the frogs that can be released into the wild once, or if, environmental threats to their natural habitat are thwarted.
The babies coughed up Thursday are the second batch produced by the frogs, a sign that the project is meeting success.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
Judge: Haven’t I seen you before?
Man: Yes, Your Honor. I taught your daughter how to play the drums.
Judge: Twenty years!
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
James Arness died at 88 today, Dennis Weaver born on this day in 1924
GUNSMOKE THEME
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
4-11
Ø International Clothesline Week
Ø National Headache Awareness Week
Ø National Sun Safety Week
Ø National Tire Safety Week
Ø (World) Dystonia Awareness Week [neurological movement disorder]
«TODAY IS
Ø Audacity To Hope Day
Ø Do-Dah Day (Salute To Silliness)
Ø Doughnut Day or Donut Day
Ø Drawing Day or Pencil Day
Ø International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Ø National Trails Day
Ø Old Maid's Day
Ø Finland: Flag Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1917 - 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
1942 - Capitol Record Co opens for business
… IN ATHLETICS
1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style
1964 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
1972 - Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1984 - Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1070 - Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
1907 - Automatic washer & dryer introduced
1929 - George Eastman demonstrates 1st Technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
1940 - The synthetic rubber tire unveiled
1973 - A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
1981 - 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus
1990 - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1871 - General George Crook takes command of the Department of Arizona, today. He believes the Indians should be treated fairly, but kept under control.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1805 - Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute
1940 - German forces enter Paris
1940 - Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"
1945 - US, Russia, England & France agree to split occupied Germany
1970 - Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1756 - Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
1769 - A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history.
1784 - Madame Elizabeth Thible becomes the first female balloonist.
1825 - Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
1892 - Sierra Club forms in SF
1990 - Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die…he died today 2011
… IN US POLITICS
1789 - US constitution goes into effect
1800 - White House completed & President & Mrs John Adams move in
1917 - American men begin registering for the draft
1919 - Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1972 - Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1879 - Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator
…ATHLETES
Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks) turns 41
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality turns 36
Bruce Dern, actor turns 75
Freddie Fender, guitarist, singer
Angelina Jolie actor turns 36
1917 - Robert Merrill, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
Michelle Phillips, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas) turns 67
Gordon Waller, Scottish singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) turns 66
1924 - Dennis Weaver, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
Noah Wyle actor turns 40
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1894 - Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)
…POLITICIANS
1738 - George III, English King during American Revolution
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
Dr. Ruth Westheimer turns 82
Today’s Obits:
1647 Chief Canonicus, Chief of the Narragansets when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, dies at approximately 88
1798 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian womanizer and writer dies at 73
1989 - Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader dies at 89
2010 - John Wooden, American basketball player and coach dies at 99
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Which mountain system stretches from Alabama to Quebec?
Appalachians
2. Where are the headquarters of Coca Cola?
Atlanta
3. Charleston is on which river?
Kanawaha [Iroquoian dialects meaning "water way" or "canoe way"]
4. Which is the largest of the inlets on the Atlantic coast?
Chesapeake Bay
5. Cleveland is on which of the Great Lakes?
Erie
6. What is the third largest city of the USA?
Chicago
7. Denver is on which river?
South Platte
8. The Black Hills are composed of which rock?
Granite
9. Where is Wayne State University?
Detroit
10. What was called Windy City by a New York newspaper editor?
Chicago
11. Mount Mitchell is the highest peak in which mountains?
Blue Ridge Mountains
12. What is the world's second longest single span bridge?
Golden Gate Bridge
13. What is the largest city in Maryland?
Baltimore
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
