Oct 23, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 43/ Day: 297   Today: High   59°…Low 43°

Records: High   76°(2003)…Low 9°(1906)
Averages: High 60° Low 30°

Wind: average:   14mph; Gusts:  23mph
Today’s average humidity:  59%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical  Highlights:

1st plastic surgery is performed (England) —1814
25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote—1915
CBS raises LP prices to $8.98—1978
NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN—1947 Soviet army invades Hungary—1944
Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature—1958
Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time—1964 Burma railway opens—1941

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Got my flu shot today, so now have a sore arm. Hopefully that is all. After a few days of sinus problems I knew I didn’t want to get the flu this year. Ready for winter. And it sure felt like it was coming. Today’s breeze and lower temps made for a good fall day.

Ready for the final debate. Actually ready for the election. The ads are getting vicious. They say that the close races have the worst attack ads. Must be a lot of close races here in AZ. Haven’t heard on ad that talks about what a candidate will do, only what the other candidate has done wrong. Such a waste of time and outside money.

I was sorry to hear that Russell Means [Oyate Wacinyapin: Lakota—works for the people] passed away last night at 72. I was surprised that it didn’t make any of the major news sites I watch. No matter what one thinks of his political activism, he made a mark on our nation’s history.

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)

Web site still down

Anagram Sentences:

What are the missing words? 4 letter anagrams

In Vegas, Carly ____ ____ of money on the ____ machines.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Guinness World Records:

Rev Dr David R. Adamovich (The Great Throwdini, USA) threw 102 14'' throwing knives around his partner, Target Girl Tina Nagy (USA) in 1 minute, in Freeport, New York, USA, on 26 December 2007.

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Brylcreem

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Meeting on Open Meetings is Closed

Do you know what this word means?

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

 crux

Campaign Buttons:

Flash Mobs:

Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp

Harper’s Index:         

Estimated length in seconds of the sentence Pakistani prime minister Yousal Raza Gillani served for contempt in April: 37

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Air Force One can only be called "Air Force One" when the President of the United States is on it. Hence, the controller announcing, "We are now Air Force One" when the President boards. When the President is not there, it's just a really expensive plane.

Found on You Tube: 

• The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

• Robert Merrill - Star Spangled Banner

Joke-of-the-day:

A lady was walking down the street to work and she saw a parrot on a perch in front of a pet store.

The parrot said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly." Well, the lady is furious!

She stormed past the store to her work.

On the way home she saw the same parrot and it said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly." She was incredibly ticked now.

The next day the same parrot again said to her, "Hey lady, you are really ugly."

The lady was so ticked that she went into the store and warned she would sue the store and kill the bird. The store manager replied profusely and promised he would make sure the parrot didn't say it again.

When the lady walked past the store that day after work the parrot called to her, "Hey lady."

She paused and said,"Yes?"

The bird said, "You know."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PEOPLE PAY A PREMIUM FOR GREEN…People will pay on average a 20-25% premium for products that are eco-friendly.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

The manager of Paddy Murphy's, an Orlando eatery, called police after he "was notified by several patrons that a couple was having sex on a table in view of minor children," according to an Orlando Police Department report.

Tom Murphy told officers that he approached the couple and told them to stop. But the man, identified by cops as Jeremie Calo, responded, "She can't get up at this time." Calo, 32, was referring to his companion Tiffani Lynn Barganier.

But Calo and Barganier dodged charges related to their alleged public lewdness on Paddy Murphy's patio. "The parents of the young children that observed Calo and Barganier having sex declined to write statements regarding their observations," noted police. The report does not further detail why the witnesses opted not to provide statements.

Well, it's an unspoken rule; you never complain about the entertainment when it's free.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Approximately one fifth of all the publications from Japan are comic books.

• There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year. A leap year has 31,622,400 seconds. 

• The construction on the Parisian Notre Dame Cathedral began in 1015 A.D and took over 400 years to complete.

• You can give change for a dollar in 293 different coin variations.

• Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster.

• Did you know the first bullet proof vest and windshield wiper blades were both invented by women?

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

17-24

Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week

21-27

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week
Kids Care Week
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Forest Products Week
National Friends of Libraries Week
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week National Massage Therapy Week
National Respiratory Care Week  National Save For Retirement Week
National School Bus Safety Week Pastoral Care Week
Red Ribbon Week
YWCA Week without Violence 2

Today Is                                                                      

• iPod Day [2001]

• National Mole Day: commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 10^23), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry

• Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day

• TV Talk Show Host Day

• ~Cambodia: Peace Treaty Day (1991)

Today’s Events through History  

1st Jewish prayer books printed in US—1760

1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast—1956

A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 

     people and injuring thousands—2011

According to Cherokee records, Creek Chief William McIntosh, representing 

     United States Indian commissioners, will attempt to bribe Cherokee leaders—1823

Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight—1910

Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice—1991

Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop 

     James Ussher—4004BC

Miami sign a treaty. The Americans were represented by Lewis Cass, James 

     Ray and John Tipton—1826

Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in NYC—1963

Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641—1641

Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by US Senate—1988

Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut—1983

Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing 

     the then wooden London Bridge—1091 

United Nations "Rotterdam Rules" convention regulating international maritime 

     carriage of goods is ratified with its twentieth signature—2009

Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released—1943 

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

Ryan Reynolds, film and television actor is 36

In their 50’s

Doug Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback (Argonauts, Generals, Bears, Pats) is 50

Ang Lee, director (Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense & Sensibility) is 58

Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], California, parody singer 

     (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) is 53

Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) is 56

In their 70’s

Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], (Player of the Century - 1281 goals 

     in 1363 games) is 72

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer is 77

Remembered for being born today

Michael Crichton, Chicago, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker), (1942-2008)

Gummo Marx, American actor (1893-1977)

Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (1960-2008)

Adlai Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (1893-97) (1835-1914)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (Caesar’s assassin)—suicide—42BC—at 43

Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)—poor health—1978—at 69

John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber)—1921—at 81

Zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border)—heart failure—1939—at 67

Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer)—heart attack—1950—at 64

Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek—

     2003—at 105

Robert Merrill, American baritone—2004—at 87

Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend)—auto accident—

     1983—at 36

Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], US gangster—murdered—1935—at 33

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

 Something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.

What is the rhyming answer?

 …

Anagram sentence

In Vegas, Carly lost lots of money on the slot machines.

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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