Sep 15, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac…  

Week: 37 / Day: Today: High   67°…Low 48°

Records: High   88°(2000, 1948)…Low 29°(1988,1925)

Averages: High  74°…Low 33°

Wind: average:   10mph;  Gusts:  00mph

Today’s average humidity:  49%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…

2004 - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players 

            union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office. 

1982 - 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc

1973 - Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles

1971 - 1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV

1959 - Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit

1952 - UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia

1942 - US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal

1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1857 - Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine

1620 - Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims

♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

 Returns Tomorrow

Free Rambling Thoughts…   

The days are certainly not as warm as a few weeks ago. I guess Fall is just around the corner. Time to start preparing for it.

Tomorrow is our discussion group meeting, which I will be moderating. We are talking about Native Americans and my time working on the Rez. Should be interesting. I’ve got a handout ready and a common list of differences between mainstream culture and Natives. I hope I am able to open some eyes to the differences and shy there is conflict between the two groups. For anyone who has successfully worked on a Rez, they would see this as Culture 101.

Thirty countries are now protesting the US. The issues are old, the solutions are not easy to figure out. One of the key issues seems to be that average age of many countries...yesterday I noted that 75 African countries have a median age of 20 or younger. Of course the leadership of those countries are much much older. It is almost always the youth of a country that bring about change. High unemployment rates and low literacy rates play a role in all this. There are many more problems that deal with culture, expectations, and history. Some idiot made news today saying that none of this would have happened if Romney was President. Just ignorant and immature.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the rhyming answer?

Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)

silence a migratory songbird (4,6)

Rebus…

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     

Do you remember this?

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Deaf Mute Gets New Hearing in Killing

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

 Rowel

Whitewater Fun…

Great Scenes in Musical Movie History…:

Rich Man’s Frug…Sweet Charity (1969)

Harper’s Index…         

Number of countries in which births are unnaturally male-biased: 23

Unusal Fact of the Day…

In 1939, Hitler’s nephew wrote an article called “Why I Hate My Uncle.” He came to the U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.

Found on You Tube… 

Nipsey Russell comedy

Joke-of-the-day…

A biology teacher wished to demonstrate to his students the harmful effects of alcohol on living organisms. For his experiment, he showed them a beaker with pond water in which there was a thriving civilization of worms. When he added some alcohol into the beaker the worms doubled-up and died. "Now," he said,” what do you learn from this?" An eager student gave his answer.
"Well the answer is obvious," he said " if you drink alcohol, you'll never have worms."

Rules of Thumb…   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

BUILDING WALLS OF ADOBE…The height of an adobe wall should be less than ten times its thickness unless it is stiffened by buttresses or intersecting partitions.    

Yeah, It Really Happened…

Boston--When two men entering a family grocery store in New Bedford, Mass., showed the clerk a gun and reached for cash from the register, the owner’s 80-year-old mother-in-law grabbed a box of mangoes and lobbed at least five of them at the men before one of them hit her in the head with the gun. The men fled with cash, but owner Manuel Nogueira gave chase and captured one of them. Police caught the other one.

Somewhat Useless Information…   

• In the United States, pepperoni is the overwhelming favorite addition to a cheese pizza. In Japan, seafood (eel and squid) is a popular choice, while green peas are added to the mix in Brazil. In Costa Rica, pizza pies are often topped with coconut.

• The Pizza Hut restaurant chain got its name when the first location opened in Wichita in 1957. The sign only had space for three more letters besides "Pizza," and because the restaurant building resembled a hut, the choice was a natural one.

• Modern pizza (also known as pizza margherita) is made with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil - though to represent the three colors (red, white, and green) of the flag of Italy.

• Benjamin Salisbury, who found success as son Brighton Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny, played a Domino's delivery person on a series of TV commercials in 2006, promoting the chain's short-lived Fudgem brownies.

• It's not delivery; it's DiGiornio (introduced nationally in 1996) that stormed onto the scene to become the top-selling frozen pizza in the United States. Its "rising crust" has helped the brand rise to claim nearly 20 percent of the market. Perennial favorites Red Baron and Tombstone are the next biggest brand names.

• Carmela Bitale became an unknown hero to millions in 1983 when she patented her "package saver for pizza and cakes." It's the tiny plastic stand used by pizza take-out and delivery services that helps keep the top of the cardboard box from sticking to the pizza.

Calendar Information…        

Happening This Week:

15-22: National Singles Week / Pollution Prevention Week / Build A Better Image Week / Deaf Awareness Week / National Clean Hands Week  / National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week / Prostate Cancer Awareness Week / Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week / Tolkien Week / Turn Off Week / Balance Awareness Week / Constitution Week / National Love Your Files Week

Today Is…                                                                      

Boys'and Girls' Club Day for Kids

Big Whopper Liar Day

Felt Hat Day

Google.com Day

Greenpeace Day

International Coastal Cleanup Day

International Day of Democracy

International Dot Day

International Eat An Apple Day

Puppy Mill Awareness Day

Responsible Dog Ownership Day

~Costa Rica: Independence Day (1821 from Spain)
~El Salvador: Independence Day (1821 from Spain)
~Guatemala: Independence Day (1869 from Spain)
~Honduras: Independence Day (1821 from Spain)
~Nicaragua: Independence Day (1821 from Spain)

~UK: Battle of Britain Day (1940)

Today’s Events Through History…  

2000’s

2000 - Opening ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia

1900’s

1989 - The U.S. Congress recognizes Terry Anderson's continued captivity in Beirut

1978 - Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the 

            University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress 

            urging the enactment of gun control legislation.

1965 - "Lost in Space" premieres

1963 - 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham

1957 - "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premieres

1951 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8)

1949 - "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV

1945 - A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes 

            and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond

1940 - Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe

1935 - Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika 

            official symbol of Nazi Germany

1904 - Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1800’s

1858 - The Butterfield Overland Mail route begins operation from St. Louis, Missouri 

            and Memphis, Tennessee, through Fort Smith, Arkansas, to San Francisco, 

            California. Contrary to many movie storylines, the mail is attacked by the 

            Apaches only one time.

1853 - 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell

1700’s

 1789 - Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed Dept of State

1600’s

1655 - Esopus Indians attack New Amsterdam in sixty-four war canoes. This retaliatory

           raid is for the killing of an Indian woman by a settler for stealing peaches. It is 

           called "The Peach War" by many, and casualties are slight on both sides as the

           Dutch drive the Indians out of the settlement. Leaving New Amsterdam, the 

           Indians attack Staten Island and the Pavonia settlements in modern Jersey City, 

           New Jersey. Here the casualties are considerably higher. Fifty settlers are killed,

           and almost 100 are captured.

1616 - The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati,

            Italy

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           

Under 30

 Heidi Montag, American reality television star will be 26

In their 30’s

Tom Hardy, British actor [Star Trek: Nemesis] is 35

In their 50’s

Dan Marino, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins) is 51

In their 60’s

Tommy Lee Jones, actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive) is 66

Oliver Stone, director (Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon) is 66

In their 70’s

Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner) is 74

In their 80’s

Norm Crosby, Boston Mass, comedian/double talker (Liar's Club) is 85

Remembered for being born today

Bob Anderson, English Olympic Fencer, renowned film fight choreographer (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings) b. 1922

Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw) b. 1903

Jackie Cooper, LA California, actor/director (Hennesey, People's Choice) b. 1922

James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major US novelist (Last of Mohicans) b. 1789

Agatha Christie, Torquay, Devon, mystery writer (Murder on Orient Express) b. 1890

Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett) b. 1876

Merlin Olsen, UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy) b. 1940

Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer (Il Milione) b. 1254

Nipsey Russell, American comedian b. 1918

Penny Singleton, Phila Pa, voice (Jane Jetsons)/actress (Blondie) b. 1906

William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice b. 1857

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           

Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant--hit by a train—1885—at 24

Brett Somers, Canadian-born American actress and Match Game panelist

      —2007—at 83

Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis, daughter of Zachary Taylor

      —malaria—1885—at 21

Answers…                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

The spiked revolving wheel at the end of a cowboy's spur.

What is the answer?

Hush thrush

Rebus

Too little too late

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] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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