Nov 9, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 45/ Day:    

Today: High   59°…Low 28°

Records: High   74°(1973)…Low 7°(2011)

Averages: High 53° Low 25°

Wind: average:   5mph; Gusts:  25mph

Today’s average humidity:  48%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes—19041st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama—1930
Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day—1938
Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka—1994
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran—1980
Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron)—1939
Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize—1944
T Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico & Panama) —1906
UN disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics—1955
UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa—1976

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

The storm is on its way. A little windy today, then rain came in the afternoon. Now it’s just overcast, and they say we will get a couple of inches in the next few days. I’m ready for snow.  Checked on air fare to Chicago for Christmas…holy crap…$900. Think I will just fly from Phx and pray there isn’t too much snow on the highway between Flag and Phoenix. I have always flown from Flag for Christmas, so I don’t have to worry about I-17 being closed and missing my flight…but at those prices, I will take the risk. Mary is flying to Chicago around Dec 9 and its costing her $245. Something is wrong here.

 

Hamdy messed up and sent my ticket to Uganda to my roommate and vice versa. I don’t see it as a big deal since we are meeting at the airport in Houston to travel, but both Hamdy and Andre are freaking out. So glad I don’t let the little stuff bother me. It will all work out in the end.

 

My brother is living through the latest NYC storm…still has electricity, can still get to work, so all is good for him. So scary for those living in this storm area.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Anagram Sentences: 5 letter anagramsWhat are the missing words?

Cavemen could sing the right ____ , but they could not produce the right _____ by banging on a _____ .

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Unusual Uses for Everyday Things: OLD TOOTHBRUSH

• Brush that dirt out from under your fingernails.  Just put a little soap and water on the brush and you're good to go.  It feels nice on your nails too!

• When dirt and mud gets stuck in the soles of your shoes, loosen it up with your toothbrush.

• Use non-gel whitening toothpaste to remove stains from the floors and counter tops.

• Combine 1 part Borax, 2 parts Baking Soda, and 2 parts water to clear out that funky grime between tiles. 

• Toasters.  Microwaves.  Coffee Machines.  Use a toothbrush to clean off crumbs and stains that fall in those hard to reach spaces.

• Lift the hair out of your hair brush by pulling it up with your toothbrush.  

Old Saying Explained:

A BROKEN REED…This phrase is from Isaiah 36: 6. When the Assyrians laid siege to Jerusalem one of them stood outside the walls and asked if they hoped for help from Egypt. He described Egypt as a 'broken reed'.

Ok, then?

TV Theme Songs you may remember:

Welcome Back Kotter - John Sebastian

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Iraqi Head Seeks Arms

People of Africa:

Flute Music from Around the World:

On the Lanai - Manu Josiah on traditional Hawaiian flute music

Harper’s Index:         

Factor by which the number of American babies born addicted to opiates has increased since 2000: 3  

Ruminations:

I understand welcome mats, but why aren’t there ‘get out of my house’ mats. Doors work both ways

Unusual Fact of the Day:

There are molecules called Sonic hedgehog and Robotnikinin, both named after the popular Sega characters.

Found on You Tube: 

• Whats my line? - Art Carney

• Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot

Joke-of-the-day:

Visiting the modern art museum, a lady turned to an attendant standing nearby. “This,” she said, “I suppose, is one of those hideous representations you call modern art?”
“No, madam,” replied the attendant. “That one’s called a mirror.”

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

TRAINING VOLUNTEERS…You generally need three volunteers to make training them worthwhile. If you have to train one volunteer, you will save time if you skip the training and do the work yourself.  

Yeah, It Really Happened

KENDALL, N.Y. - A nun, accused of stealing $128,000 from two New York State churches, was treated for a gambling addiction, a leader of her religious order said. Sister Mary Anne Rapp, 67, of Lewiston, N.Y., has "maintained her recovery" after completing a nine-month stay at a gambling treatment facility, Sister Edith Wyss, provincial minister for the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, said. Rapp was arraigned in Kendall, N.Y., Town Court Monday on a felony count of second-degree grand larceny, charged with stealing from two churches where she worked, in the Town of Kendall and the Village of Holley, the Buffalo, N.Y., News reported Tuesday. Attorney James P. Harrington entered a not guilty plea on her behalf, court records said. Sister Rapp allegedly stole money donated by church members to finance trips to a nearby casino and horse racing track, the newspaper said. "She agreed at our order's behest to seek treatment for her gambling addiction," said Wyss. "We continue to pray for Sister Mary Anne and help her deal with her addiction, which is sadly prevalent in our society."

Somewhat Useless Information   

Q: Who is the only U.S. President to be present at a Shuttle Launch?
A: President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton watched John Glenn's return to Space on STS-95 on Oct 29, 1998 from the Kennedy Space Center.

Q: How many Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Systems (TDRSS) satellites are on-orbit today?
A: The TDRSS space segment consists of seven on-orbit satellites.

Q: Only one Gemini capsule was given a name; which one.
A: The first capsule was called Molly Brown by Astronaut Gus Grissom.

Q: How fast was the Galileo spacecraft going when it enters Jupiter's atmosphere?
A: The probe was traveling 108,000 miles per hour or 30 miles per second.

Q: How many of the original Mercury 7 astronauts walked on the moon?
A: Although three of the Mercury 7 flew in the Apollo program, only one, Alan Shepard, walked on the moon.

Q: Who was the first African-American to perform spacewalk?
A: On Feb. 9, 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris became the first African-American to walk in space.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

4-10 

Health Information and Technology Week ►International Fraud Awareness Week ►National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week ►National Nurse Practioner's Week►National Rad Tech Week

5-9 

Give Wildlife A Break Week

7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week ►Pursuit of Happiness Week

Today Is                                                                      

Chaos Never Dies Day
Domino Day
Kristallnacht- Night of Broken Glass-1938
~Cambodia Independence Day (1953 from France)

Today’s Events through History  

1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia—1821
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder,      is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences—1998
Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed—1872
Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion—1681
Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France—1799
Northeast Blackout--several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by      a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the—1965
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are ordered to go to the reservation—1875Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced      to slavery—694
Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched      from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan—2005
Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed—1984

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

Nick Lachey, singer, songwriter, actor is 39  

In their 60’s

Lou Ferrigno, body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk) is 61

Remembered for being born today

Spiro Theodore Agnew, (R) 39th VP (1968-75) (1918-1996)

Dorothy Dandridge, Cleveland OH, actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess) (1922-1965)

[Albert] Edward VII, king of England (1841-1910)

Tom Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (1941-1990)

Hedy Lamarr, Vienna Austria, actress (Ecstacy, Samson & Delilah) (1913-2000)

Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist (1802-1937)

Carl Sagan, Bkln, astronomer/author/professor (Cosmos, Broca's Brain) (1934-1996)

Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp (1915-2011)

Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], Phila Pa, comedian (Ed Wynn Show) (1886-1966)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Ed Bradley, journalist—leukemia—2006—at 65

Art Carney, American actor—2003—at 85

Charles de Gaulle, President of France—ruptured blood vessel—1970—at 79

Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well—1881—at 61

Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator—stroke—1924—at 74

Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix)—heart attack—1991—at 70

Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade)— pneumonia—1953—at 39

Joel J. Tyler, judge who pronounced 'Deep Throat' obscene— heart attack—2011—at 90

Answer: Anagram sentence

Cavemen could sing the right notes , but they could not produce the right tones by banging on a stone .

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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