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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1847 - John C.
Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory
1854 - Citizens from
Yreka, California, confront Shasta Indians over stolen cattle. Four
whites are killed. This helps to rekindle the Rogue River War.
1868 - Refrigerator
car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
1936 - 1st photo
finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah FL
1956 - Egyptian
pres Nasser pledges to re-conquer Palestine
♫Happy Birthday To:
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Free Rambling
Thoughts
A chilly Sunday. And a
winter storm advisory…it’ll be getting colder, but hopefully the snow will miss
Flg.
Our discussion group
picked up a new member…from International Studies. He’s from Flg but has lived
all over the world. A young guy working on his Masters. He had some really good
observations on our discussion. Sure hope us old-er people didn’t scare him
away. We certainly had a good discussion about Afghanistan with the recognition
that promoting democracy in a tribal nation is probably not a good idea. Duh…President
Bush never called any of us to ask our opinion before we entered either war.
Sure wish he had.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
You
are given two categories and must name two things in both of them. For example,
given "male singers who have No. 1 hits" and "state
capitals," the answers would be John Denver (Denver is the capital of
Colorado) and Michael Jackson (Jackson is the capital of Mississippi).
1.
Kings
of Great Britain, Beatles:
2.
Animals
in the zodiac, NFL team mascots:
3.
Holidays,
islands:
4.
Countries:
things on thanksgiving table:
Wuzzles
What concept or phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
AZ Centennial is in 29
days: Did you know?…
- The age of a saguaro cactus is determined by its height.
- Arizona, among all the states, has the largest percentage of its land set aside and designated as Indian lands.
- Oraibi is the oldest Indian settlement in the United States. The Hopis Indians founded it.
- Grand Canyon's Flaming Gorge got its name for its blazing red and orange colored, twelve-hundred-foot-high walls.
- There are 11.2 million acres of National Forest in Arizona and one fourth of the state is forested. The largest forest is comprised of Ponderosa Pine.
- It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.
Found on You Tube
Buckminster Fuller - Everything I Know
Harper’s Index
- Number of minors sent back to Mexico by US Immigration authorities in 2010: 20,438
- Percentage who were sent unaccompanied by an adult: 57
Joke-of-the-day
There are more important
things than money, but they won’t date you if you don’t have any
- BONUS
"Just to establish
some parameters," said the professor, "Mr. Nichols, what is the
opposite of joy?"
"Sadness," said the student.
"And the opposite of depression, Ms.
Biggs?"
"Elation."
"And you, sir, how about the opposite of
woe?"
"I believe that would be giddy
up..."
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
For standard residential construction with wall studs on 16-inch centers, plan on using one stud per linear foot of wall plus two per opening, and you'll be pretty close.
Somewhat Useless Information
All dogs can be traced back 40 million years ago to a weasel-like animal called the Miacis which dwelled in trees and dens. The Miacis later evolved into the Tomarctus, a direct forbear of the genus Canis, which includes the wolf and jackal as well as the dog.A dog's shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running.During the Middle Ages, Great Danes and Mastiffs were sometimes suited with armor and spiked collars to enter a battle or to defend supply caravans.The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain.A dog can locate the source of a sound in 1/600 of a second and can hear sounds four times farther away than a human can.Touch is the first sense the dog develops. The entire body, including the paws, is covered with touch-sensitive nerve endings.
Yeah, It Really Happened
SANTA CLARITA, CA -
Three suspects were arrested after allegedly stealing beer from a California
convenience store -- then returning to sloppily erase their tracks, police say.
Oscar Jimenez, 19,
Eduardo Salgado, 18, and a juvenile whose name was not reported allegedly stole
beer from Dooley's Liquor Store & Market in Santa Clarita about 10:30 p.m.
Sunday. Detectives allege they returned a half-hour later, drunk, and asked the
clerk to hand over the surveillance video.
Los Angeles County
sheriff's Lt. Tom Bryski said "a scuffle ensued," KNBC-TV, Los
Angeles, reported. One suspect allegedly brandished a knife and cut the store
clerk on the arm. The clerk needed stitches. What would have been a misdemeanor
theft charge suddenly became felony for assault with a deadly weapon. The three
escaped, but were apprehended in short order, the TV station said.
NEW!!! Planet
Earth
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
11-17
- Cuckoo Dancing Week
- National No-Tillage Week Conference
- National Soccer Coaches of America Week
- International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
15-21
- Healthy Weight Week
- International Printing Week
- National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
- Week of Christian Unity
Today Is
- Hot and Spicy Food International Day
- National Nothing Day
- Appreciate A Dragon Day
- Martin Luther King Day Nothing Day
- Robert E. Lee Day
- World Religion Day
- El Salvador: National Day of Peace
- Japan: Haru-No-Yabuiri (Employees and servants who have been working over the holidays are given a day off)
Today’s Other Events
1200’s
1219 - Floods
in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1300’s
1362 - A great
storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city
of Rungholt
1400’s
1492 - The first
grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen
Isabella
1500’s
1547 - Ivan IV
the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
1700’s
1777 - Vermont
declares independence from NY
1800’s
1831 - Mushulatubbe
("Determined to Kill") says he will step down as Chief when the
removal of the Choctaw to Indian Territory begins. He recommends that
Peter Pitchlynn replace him as Chief of the Northeastern District.
1870 - Virginia
becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
1900’s
1913 - British
House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
1919 - Prohibition
ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th
1920 - 18th
Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
1938 - 1st
jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman)
1965 - "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV
1968 - Jay Allen's
"Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in NYC
1970 - Buckminster
Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects
1985 - "Playboy"
announces end of stapling centerfolds
1986 - First meeting
of the Internet Engineering Task Force
2000’s
2002 - The UN
Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of
assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban
2003 - The
Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final
one
2006 - Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's
first female elected head of state.
Today’s Birthdays
In their 30’s
Trent Ford, actor, model
is 33
Kate Moss, model
is 38
In their 40’s
Roy Jones, Light-MW
boxer (Olympic-silver-1988) is 43
Richard T. Jones, actor
is 40
In their 60’s
Debbie Allen, actor.
dancer is 62
In their 70’s
A J Foyt, auto race
driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77) is 77
In their 80’s
Jim Berry, cartoonist
(Berry's World) is 80
William Kennedy, US Pulitzer
Prize writer is 84
Remembered for being
born on this day
1911 - Jay Hanna
"Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1870 - Wilhelm
Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
1933 - Susan
Sonntag, writer
Today’s Obits
Ma Barker, American
criminal shot by FBI at 61 in 1935
Stanley Biber, American
physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, dies at 83 in 2006
Ted Cassidy, actor
(Lurch-Addams Family), dies from surgery complications at 46 in 1979
Marshall Field, founder
of Marshall Field and Company dies of pneumonia at 71in 1906
Robert R "Bob"
Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
David Seville [Rostom
Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian], singer (Alvin & Chipmunks, Witch Doctor), dies of heart attack at 52 in 1972
Answers
Brain Game
1 and 4 are identical
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Kings
of Great Britain, Beatles: John (Lennon) George (Harrison)
2.
Animals
in the zodiac, NFL team mascots: Lions, Rams
3.
Holidays,
islands: Christmas, Easter
4.
Countries:
things on thanksgiving table: turkey, China
Wuzzle
GrazingDrove up from the SouthTopics
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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