Oct 12, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 41/ Day: 286   Today: High   63°…Low 34° Records: High   80°(’65. ‘50)…Low 19°(1920) Averages: High  64°…Low 33°Wind: average:   5mph;  Gusts:  28mphToday’s average humidity:  70%  Rain on and off all day

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

2002 - Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and 

             injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists

1969 - 1st time 5 people in space

1964 - 1st time 3 people in space1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at 

            UN General Assembly session

1952 - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison 

1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves, with 

            dual nationalities

1810 - First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to 

            join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to 

           Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen

1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs) 

1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published 

1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire London

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

The clouds came in…then some rain…then some clearing…and more rain. A little chilly with the rain, but still nice to have it. Now the weatherman is saying that there might be tornado activity tonight. Glad I live close to a mountain…I think. 

A former colleague from Tuba is coming into town, so our lunch group is meeting tomorrow so we can all catch up.  Should be a nice time. So I’ll be watching the debate in a little while, so hope that someone comes up with zingers…my bet is on Biden for the best ones. Ah…Marlarkey…one of my dad’s common retorts!

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)

 one who assists one involved in mercantilism (6,5)

Rebus:

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Dedication: Guinness World Records:

The most push-ups using the backs of the hands in one hour is 1,940 and was set by Paddy Doyle (UK) at Stamina's Boxing Self Defence Gym in Erin Go Bragh Sports Centre, Birmingham, UK, on 8 November 2007

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Kit Kat Bar

Read This warning Carefully!!

 On a desk in a reception room, "We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left."

Do you know what this word means?

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

 Coulrophobia

Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:

Washington Square / The Village Stompers 1963

Harper’s Index:         

Number of dolphins found dead in the Gulf of Mexico since BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill: 496

Factor by which the rate of dolphin death during this periods exceeds the average: 4

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Any month that begins on a Sunday will include a Friday the 13^th.

           Found on You Tube: 

• The Statler Brothers: Flowers On The Wall

• Class of '57 Statler Brothers

• The Gospel Music of the Statler Brothers

          Joke-of-the-day:

The Captain called the Sergeant in. "Sarge, I just got a telegram. Private Jones' mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me." So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops.

"Listen up, men," says the Sergeant. "Johnson, report to the mess hall for KP. Smith, report to Personnel to sign some papers. The rest of you men report to the Motor Pool for maintenance. Oh by the way, Jones, your mother died, report to the commander."

Later that day the Captain called the Sergeant into his office. "Hey, Sarge, that was a pretty cold way to inform Jones his mother died. Couldn't you be a bit more tactful, next time?"

"Yes, sir," answered the Sarge.

A few months later, the Captain called the Sergeant in again with, "Sarge, I just got a telegram. Private McGrath's mother died. You'd better go tell him and send him in to see me. This time be more tactful."

So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation. "Ok, men, fall in and listen up. Everybody with a mother, take two steps forward -- NOT SO FAST, McGRATH!"

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

DETERMINING YOUR RATE OF EXERCISE…If you can talk, you are exercising at the correct level.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

CHESTERTON, Ind. - Firefighters in Indiana said a juggler using lit torches accidentally set fire to his props at a public park. The Chesterton Fire Department said Aaron Rossetti, 36, was practicing his juggling Saturday night at Thomas Centennial Park when the burning portion of a lit torch broke off and landed on the table where he was keeping his props -- which included an open can of camping fuel, The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana, Merrillville, Ind., reported Tuesday. Rossetti told police the can of fuel caused his props -- which were mostly made of plastic -- to ignite, so he threw them to the ground, where the fire spread to the rest of his props. He said the plastic melted into the park's paving stones. Firefighters responded and extinguished the flames.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• John Herbert Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903, in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis.

• Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born October 1, 1910, in Rowena, Texas. Clyde "Champion" Chestnut Barrow was born on March 24, 1909, in Ellis County, Texas.

• Kate 'Ma' Barker, birth name Arizona Clark was born in 1871 and died on January 16, 1935. Her children were undoubtedly criminals and were in the Barker-Karpis Gang.

• September, 1933, until July, 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding 7 others, robbing banks and police arsenals, and staging 3 jail breaks -- killing a sheriff during one and wounding 2 guards in another. 

• Other members of the Barrow gang known or thought to have murdered are Raymond Hamilton, W.D. Jones, Buck Barrow, Joe Palmer, and Henry Methvin. 

• Many, including Karpis, have suggested that the myth of Ma Barker being the mastermind behind the Karpis-Barker gang was encouraged by J. Edgar Hoover and his fledgling FBI to justify his agency's killing of an old lady. She was shot dead when the FBI raided the cottage she was renting with her son Fred. It was Fred, who was also killed in the raid that had been the Bureau's main target.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Emergency Nurses Week
Fire Prevention Week
Great Books Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week National Metric Week
National Physicians Assistant Week
National Work From Home Week
Nuclear Medicine Week 

8-12

Kids' Goal Setting Week
National Chestnut Week 

10-16

Take Your Medicine Americans Week

11-13 

Great American Beer Festival

12-18 

World Rainforest Week

         Today Is                                                                      

Columbus Day (Traditional) Taino tribe were the first Native Americans to greet him
Day of the Six Billion 1999 when world population reached that number  Emergency Nurses Day
Free Thought DayInternational Moment Of Frustration Scream Day
International Top Spinning Day
National Bring Teddy Bear to Work Day
World Egg Day 

~Bahamas: Discovery Day (1492)
~Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day (1968 from Spain)
~Mexico: Dia De La Raza (Day of the Race)
~Spain: Hispanity Day (celebration of Columbus)
~UN International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction

Today’s Events through History  

2000’s

 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi 

             Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit

1900’s

1991 - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN

1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die

1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame

1960 - JFK & Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate

1957 - 1st coml flight between California & Antarctica 

1918 - 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)

1915 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile

1800’s

1892 - Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools

1871 - Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan

1700’s

1792 - Columbus Day is 1st celebrated n the USA

1775 - US Navy forms

1773 - America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered 

            Minds' in Virginia

1600’s

 1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials

1200’s

1216 - King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near 

           Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

Marion Jones, track and field athlete/drug cheat (5 forfeited Olympic medals) is 37

Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer is 35

In their 40’s

Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains) is 42

Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer (X-men, Real Steel) is 44

Adam Rich, NYC, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy) is 44

In their 60’s

Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever) is 62

Chris Wallace, Chic Ill, newscaster (NBC Weekend News) is 65

In their 70’s

Sam Moore, Miami Fl, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister) is 77

In their 80’s

Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician (Bahamian Diet) is 80

Remembered for being born today

Lane Frost, American professional bull rider b. 1963

Luciano Pavarotti, Modena Italy, operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors) b. 1935

Elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass) b. 1860

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player—heart failure—1999—at 63

John Denver, country star (Country Boy)—plane crash—1997—at 53

Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36)— leukemia—1969—at 57

Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army—stroke—1870—at 63

Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold)—car crash—1940—at 60

Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right)—1985—at 75

Matthew Shepard, American hate crime victim—1998—at 21

Willie Shoemaker, American jockey—2003—at 72 

Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64)—1864—at 87

Jay Ward, American cartoonist (Rocky & His Friends)—kidney cancer—1989—at 69

Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's)—AIDS—1985—at 32

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

Exaggerated fear of clowns

What is the rhyming answer?

 Trader aider             

Rebus

 Up to no good

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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