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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1809 - 1st US geology book published by William Maclure
1841 - China cedes Hong Kong to British
1930 - 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1945 - FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
1969 - U of Az reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit
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Free Rambling
Thoughts
A nice day here…I got a
lot done running errands. It was so pleasant outside this afternoon. Just can’t
beat life in Flag.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
You
are given a five-letter word and a seven-letter word. Rearrange the letters of
one of the words to get a synonym of the other word. For example, given
"alloy" and "devoted," the answer would be
"loyal." (Loyal is an anagram of "alloy" and a synonym of "devoted.)
1.
Thing;
evening:
2.
State;
cleared:
3.
March;
delight:
4.
Timer;
deserve:
5.
Irate;
grenade:
6.
Nadir;
deplete:
7.
Onset;
boulder:
8.
Awful;
inhouse:
9.
Girth;
correct:
10. Agree; itching:
Wuzzles
What concept or phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
AZ Centennial is in 30
days: Did you know?…
Navajo Community College
[now Dine’ College] in Tsaile, was the first college on an Indian reservation.
There is a possible 25
years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
Arizona is roughly the
size of Italy.
Arizona has more parks
and national monuments than any other state, more mountains than Switzerland,
and more golf courses than Scotland.
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Dine College Commercial
Harper’s Index
Percentage of millionaires who said in a recent survey that they are concerned about global unrest: 94
Joke-of-the-day
A man was walking along
a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed
it and out popped a genie. The genie said, "OK. You released me from the
lamp, blah blah blah. This is the fourth time this month and I'm getting a
little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three. You only get one
wish!"
The man sat and thought
about it for a while and said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm
scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so
I can drive over there to visit?"
The genie laughed and
said, "That's impossible. Think of the logistics of that! How would the
supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete...how
much steel!! No, think of another wish."
The man said OK and
tried to think of a really good wish. Finally, he said, "I've been married
and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don't care and that I'm
insensitive. So, I wish that I could understand women....know how they feel
inside and what they're thinking when they give me the silent treatment....know
why they're crying, know what they really want when they say 'nothing'....know
how to make them truly happy...."
The genie asked,
"Do you want that bridge two lanes or four?"
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
You lose about 2 to 3 percent of your body weight as sweat for every hour of heavy exercise, but don't confuse temporary dehydration for real weight loss. Losing more than 4 percent of your body weight as sweat can hurt your athletic performance.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) had originally been titled Alice's Adventures Underground. The original draft was published in 1886.
- Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used the pen name "Lewis Carroll" when he published the book. The book is reportedly filled with allusions to his friends (and enemies).
- Although Tweedledum, Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Jabberwock are included in film versions called "Alice in Wonderland," these characters did not appear in the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; but rather, the sequel Through the Looking Glass.
- The patient with "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" suffers from distorted space, time and body image and has feelings and/or visual hallucinations that the entire body or part of it has been altered in shape and size. The majority of patients with this syndrome have a family history of migraine headaches or has overt migraines themselves. Perhaps not coincidentally, Lewis Carroll suffered from severe migraines, also known as a Lilliputian hallucination."
- In 1931, the book was banned in Hunan, China, because animals spoke using human language.
Yeah, It Really Happened
In a story from the BBC
two prominent futurologists take some shots at what the world will be like in
100 years. Following are their 10 most likely predictions.
1.
Oceans will be extensively farmed and not just for fish.
We will need to feed 10
billion people and nature can't keep up with demand, so we will need much more
ocean farming for fish. But algae farming is also on the way for renewable
energy.
2.
We will have the ability to communicate through thought transmission.
Transmission will be
just as easy as other forms of brain augmentation. Picking up thoughts and
relaying them to another brain will not be much harder than storing them on the
net.
3.
Thanks to DNA and robotic engineering, we will have created incredibly
intelligent humans who are immortal.
It is more likely that
direct brain links using electronics will achieve this, but GM will help a lot
by increasing longevity - keeping people alive until electronic immortality
technology is freely available at reasonable cost.
4.
We will be able to control the weather.
There is already some
weather control technology for mediating tornadoes, making it rain and so on,
and thanks to climate change concerns, a huge amount of knowledge is being
gleaned on how weather works.
5.
We will all be wired to computers to make our brains work faster.
We can expect this as
soon as 2050 for many people. By 2075 most people in the developed world will
use machine augmentation of some sort for their brains and, by the end of the
century, pretty much everyone will.
6.
We will have figured out nuclear fusion.
This is likely by
2045-2050 and almost certain by 2100. It's widely predicted that we will
achieve this. What difference it makes will depend on what other energy technologies
we have.
7.
There will only be three languages in the world - English, Spanish and
Mandarin.
This does look like a
powerful trend, other languages don't stand a lot of chance. Minor languages
are dying at a huge rate already and the other major ones are mostly in areas
where everyone educated speaks at least one of the other three.
8.
California will lead the break-up of the US.
There are some
indications already that California wants to split off and such pressures tend
to build over time. It is hard to see this waiting until the end of the
century.
9.
Space elevators will make space travel cheap and easy.
First space elevators
will certainly be around, and although "cheap" is a relative term, it
will certainly be a lot cheaper than conventional space development.
10.
Deserts will become tropical forests.
Desert greening is
progressing so this is just about possible.
NEW!!! Planet
Earth
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
15-21
Healthy Weight Week
International Printing WeekNational Fresh Squeezed Juice WeekWeek of Christian Unity
20-30
Sundance Film Festival
Today Is
Camcorder Day
International Fetish Day
National Butter crunch Day
National Disc Jockey Day
Zodiac: Aquarius Begins
Azerbaijan: Martyrs Day
Today’s Other Events
1200’s
1265 - 1st
English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
1300’s
1356 - Scottish
king Edward Baliol resigns abdicates
1500’s
1502 - The
present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored
1576 - The
Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de
Almansa
1600’s
1648 - Cornerstone
of Amsterdam town hall laid
1700’s
1778 - 1st
American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge
1800’s
1801 - John
Marshall appointed US chief justice
1805 - Lewis and
Clark repair Indian tools for food
1830: Red Jacket
(Sagoyewatha) was a Seneca Chief born around 1779. While he was often
called a coward in war, he was respected as a great speaker, and for his
refusal to adopt white ways. Following the way of many before him, he would
eventually become an alcoholic. He would die today.
1869 - Elizabeth
Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
1892 - 1st
basketball game played (MA)
1900’s
1920 - The American
Civil Liberties Union is founded
1943 - Lead
SD, temp is 52°F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16°F
1960 - Patrice
Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1961 - Robert Frost
recites "Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
1968 - US female
Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1980 - President
Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1980 - Superbowl
XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19 MVP: Terry Bradshaw
1981 - Ronald Reagan
inaugurated as president; 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
freed
1985 - Superbowl
XIX: SF 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana
1989 - Reagan
becomes 1st pres elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office
alive
2000’s
2009 - Barack
Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America,
becomes the United States' first African-American president
Today’s Birthdays
In their 40’s
Rainn Wilson, actor is 46
In their 50’s
Lorenzo Lamas, actor
is 54
Bill Maher, comedian
(Politically Incorrect, Real Time) is 56
In their 60’s
David Lynch, filmmaker,
director is 66
Ivana Trump, former wife
of Donald is 63
In their 80’s
Edwin E "Buzz"
Aldrin Jr, USAF/astronaut (Gem 12, Ap 11) is 82
Remembered for being
born on this day
George Burns, [Nathan
Birnbaum], actor/comedian (Oh God) in 1896
Charles A Ellwood, US,
sociologist/psychologist is 1873
Anson Jones, 5th and
last President of Texas in 1798
Patricia Neal, actress
(Hud, Subject Was Roses) in 1926
Today’s Obits
John Burman, Dutch
botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 in 1779
Alan Freed, DJ (Big
Beat), dies of alcoholism complications at 42 in 1965
George V, King of
Britain (1910-36), dies after lengthy illness when physician gave a fatal dose
of morphine at 70 in 1936
Bishop Henry, patron
saint of Finland, dies a martyr in 1156
Carl Switzer, actor
(Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 in 1959
Johnny Weissmuller, US
swimmer (Olympics-5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79 in 1984
Answers
Brain Game
The arrow points from the A to the Z, symbolizing that Amazon sells just about everything from A to Z
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Thing;
evening: night
2.
State;
cleared: declare
3.
March;
delight: charm
4.
Timer;
deserve: merit
5.
Irate;
grenade: enraged; angered
6.
Nadir;
deplete: drain
7.
Onset;
boulder: stone
8.
Awful;
inhouse: heinous
9.
Girth;
correct: .right
10. Agree; itching: eager
Wuzzle
ArcadesThe start of something bigTip of the iceberg
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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