Oct 3, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 40/ Day: 277   Today: High   78°…Low 35°

Records: High   82°(1991)…Low 18°(1971) Averages: High  67°…Low 36°
Wind: average:   9mph; Gusts:  25mphToday’s average humidity:  32%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

2008 - The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed 

            by President Bush

1995 - OJ Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman

1992 - Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL

1971 - Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000

1932 - Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations

1913 - Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)

1789 - Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

The forest service blew it today. They had a prescribed burn then the winds shifted. No problem with the fire, but the smoke came and settled in East Flagstaff. I got a text alert that this happened and that it was not a wildfire. That was good to know, but the smoke sure messed up any outside activity on this side of town. They say it will be gone tomorrow, just in time for another prescribed burn.

A sad day for AZ and the nation, when a border patrol agent was shot in Southern AZ, in a known drug corridor. It happened just after midnight when the agent went out to check the area on horseback when a movement sensor sounded that something was happening out in the desert. FBI and County Sheriff’s offices are mum saying they need time to investigate. I’ll wait to find out what really happened but hope that all involved work for more safety for the border patrol.

The debates are Wednesday…can’t wait to see how they work out.

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)

scoff at the Star Trek Vulcan (4,5)

Rebus:

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Dedication: Guinness World Records:

Ann Atkin (UK) has 2,042 gnomes and pixies, as of March 2011, all of which live in her 1.6-ha (4-acre) Gnome Reserve in West Putford, Devon, UK. 

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Oscar Mayer Wieners and Oscar Mayer Bologna

Read This Sign Carefully!!

 On a front door, "Everyone on the premises is a vegetarian except the dog."

Do you know what this word means?

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

Oenophilia

Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:

Henry Mancini: Baby Elephant Walk

Harper’s Index:         

Number of people other than the President with the name Hussein to have entered the White House since 2010: 37

With the name Barack: 1

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Uganda is the youth capital of the world. More than half the people living there are under 15 years of age.

Found on You Tube: 

THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB 1960's INTROOriginal Mouseketeers Roll CallMickey Mouse Club: "Alma Mater"
 Caergwrle Castle - Flintshire North Wales

Joke-of-the-day:

 A champion jockey is about to enter an important race on a new horse. The horse's trainer meets him before the race and says,

"All you have to remember with this horse is that every time you approach a jump, you have to shout, "ALLLLEEE OOOP!" really loudly in the horse's ear. Providing you do that, you'll be fine".

The jockey thinks the trainer is mad but promises to shout the command. The race begins and they approach the first hurdle. The jockey ignores the trainer's ridiculous advice and the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump. 

They carry on and approach the second hurdle. The jockey, somewhat embarrassed, whispers "Aleeee ooop" in the horse's ear. The same thing happens -- the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump.

At the third hurdle, the jockey thinks, "It's no good, I'll have to do it" and yells, "ALLLEEE OOOP!" really loudly. Sure enough, the horse sails over the jump with no problems. This continues for the rest of the race, but due to the earlier problems the horse only finishes third.

The trainer is fuming and asks the jockey what went wrong. The jockey replies, 

"Nothing is wrong with me -- it's this bloody horse. What is he -- deaf or something?"

The trainer replies, "Deaf?? DEAF?? He's not deaf -- he's BLIND!"

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

ADJUSTING YOUR CAR SEAT…You should check your seat adjustment with your hands at the ten and two o'clock positions on the steering wheel. You should be close enough so that you can make almost a full half-turn of the wheel without having to lean forward or having your elbows touch your body.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

Chattanooga Times Free Press - David Driver reported that 1,600 turtles made a break for it after vandals tore down or stole metal fencing at his turtle farm in Summerville, Ga. Driver, who sells the turtles he raises to pet shops and to China, where they’re eaten, said the escaped reptiles—all native species such as common snappers, Eastern paints and yellow-bellied sliders—headed for nearby ponds and creeks, costing him the bulk of four years’ worth of work.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

The oldest president inaugurated was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president; he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.

Vice presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
National Newspaper Week
Spinning & Weaving Week
Universal Children's Week
World Dairy Expo

3-10No Salt Week
World Space Week

Today Is                                                                      

Virus Appreciation Day
Balloons Around The World Day Child Health DayUN World Habitat Day~ Korea: National Foundation Day [Gaecheonjeol (Korean: 개천절)] (2333BC)

Today’s Events through History  

TV shows premiering this day

1961 - "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV

1961 - "Mr Ed" premieres

1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV

1955 - "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres

1954 - "Father Knows Best" premieres

1950 - 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)

2000’s

2003 - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, 

           canceling the show for good.

1900’s

1997 - Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph

1974 - Pele retires as soccer player

1970 - Baseball umpires call their 1st strike

1963 - Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured

1957 - Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin

1941 - Nazi's blow up 6 synagogues in Paris

1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia

1929 - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia

1908 - The Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey 

            Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.

1906 - SOS adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy

1800’s

1873 - Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.

1863 - Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day

1849 - American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, 

           Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in 

           public before his death.

1700’s

1778 - Capt Cook anchors at Alaska

1600’s

1691 - English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland

1400’s

1430 - Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia

1200’s

1264 - Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Under 30

Ashlee Simpson, singer-songwriter, actress is 28

In their 40’s

Manny Martinez, San Pedro DE, outfielder (Seattle Mariners) is 42

Clive Owen, English actor is 48

Gwen Stefani,  singer-songwriter is 43

In their 50’s

Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe) is 50

Al Sharpton [Alfred Charles], Brooklyn, New York, minister and civil rights 

     activist is 58

In their 60’s

 Roy Horn, Las Vegas entertainer (Siegfried & Roy) is 68

In their 70’s

Chubby Checker, [Ernest Evans], Phila, rock vocalist (Twist) is 71

Remembered for being born today

James Herriot [Alfred Wight], Sunderland, County Durham, veterinarian/novelist 

     (All Creatures Great and Small) b. 1916

Harvey Kurtzman, U.S. cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine b. 1924

Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" b. 1844

Charles Pedersen, UK, biochemist (Nobel 1987) b. 1904

John Ross [Guwisguwi], Chief of the Cherokee Nation b. 1790

Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist b. 1885 

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dallas TX, guitarist (Sky is Crying, Texas Flood) b. 1954

Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel) b. 1900

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles)—cancer—1985—at 68

Saint Francis of Assisi—1226—at about 45

Dafydd ap Gruffyd [ˈdavɨ̞ð ap ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð], last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales)

     —executed for treason by English King—1283—at 45

Black Hawk [Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak], (chief), Leader of the Sauk—1838—at 71

Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer—1867—at 48

Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader—1656—at 72

Roddy McDowall, English actor [Planet of the Apes]—lung cancer—1998—at 70

Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Brit composer (Coronation March)—1953—at 69

Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer/guitarist— Huntington's disease

     —1967—at 55

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

love, enjoyment, and appreciation of wine (from the Greek oinos = wine)

What is the rhyming answer?

Mock Spock

Rebus

Go up in smoke

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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