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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1776 - Washington
receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
1868 - An
Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
1930 - Ras
Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1952 - Dutch
Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress
1958 - Fidel
Castro's rebels attacked Havana
1973 - The first
portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States
1975 - Bobby
Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Another less than nice
weather day…clouds, very cool strong wind,
no moisture. Ah, spring in Flagstaff is always something.
The tour guide we had in
Ethiopia chatted with me today on Facebook. Nice. He is young, like 27. The
government gave in some land in Northern Addis and he is busy building a home.
He plans to get married when the house is finished. Tourism is not the best right
now, following a couple of serious incidents with foreigners recently. These
incidents occurred nowhere near where we visited. I had sent him the Amharic tongue
twister I posted the other day. He said it was a good one and that his girlfriend
really liked it. Cool.
Getting up to the second
news on the internet and TV certainly has its drawbacks. The teenager killed in
Florida is a good example of not enough, too fast. Everyday there is a new ‘discovery’.
The cops had all this information and appear to have handled the case poorly,
at best. However, with each new ‘discovery’, all the ‘experts’ are re-interviewed
about the ‘new’ discovery. It seems to me, that after all this, even the guy
who did the killing would want a day in court. It he was within the law, he
should be in court to prove it.
The Supreme Court has
ruled that ‘strip searches’ are acceptable when someone is being placed in a
jail. Justice Kennedy wrote that since 13million people are jailed every year,
the jailers need to protect themselves and those in jail from danger. He also
said that a strip search decision relates to close visual inspection of a
person’s body without touching. Hmmm…sounds a little excessive
to me.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A
close up picture of what?
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every answer is a familiar
two-word phrase that contains the consecutive letters "E-L-M."
Specifically, the first word will end in "E-L," and the second word
will start with "M." For example, given "publication that a
person with wanderlust might read," the answer would be "travel
magazine."
1.
Sort of plant where Pittsburg worker might work:
2.
A person who runs a Hyatt or 4 Seasons:
3.
Food giant that is best known for its canned fruit:
4.
Amplifier that clips onto one’s clothing:
5.
A cooper:
6.
Discoloration left on a floor by the back of a shoe:
7.
Old time actor/singer who starred in ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and ‘Gypsy’:
8.
Former NY Senator succeeded by Hilary Clinton:
9.
What Areatha Franklin sings in church:
Riddle of the day
A woman proves in court
that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the
sister cannot be punished. Why?
Anagram:
unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s
Index
Minimum amount the US government overpaid for federal services in 2010: $26,000,000,000
Found on You
Tube
His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
The Teacher had asked the
class to write an essay about an unusual event that happened during the past
week.
Little Johnny got up to
read his. It began, "My daddy fell in well last week."
"Good Lord!" the
teacher exclaimed. "Is he OK?"
"He must be,"
said Little Johnny. "He stopped calling for help yesterday."
Rules of
Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
If the interviewer talked more than you did, then the interview went well.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
KANSAS CITY, Kansas — A
Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery
tickets, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to
be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot.
Stampede!
Bill Isles, 48, bought
three tickets in the record $656 million lottery Thursday at a Wichita, Kan.,
grocery store.
On the way to his car,
Isles said he commented to a friend: "I've got a better chance of getting
struck by lightning" than winning the lottery.
Later at about 9:30 p.m.,
Isles was standing in the back yard of his Wichita duplex, when he saw a flash
and heard a boom -- lightning.
"It threw me to the
ground quivering," Isles said in a telephone interview on Saturday.
"It kind of scrambled my brain and gave me an irregular heartbeat."
Isles, a volunteer weather
spotter for the National Weather Service, had his portable ham radio with him
because he was checking the skies for storm activity. He crawled on the ground
to get the radio, which had been thrown from his hand.
Isles had been talking to
other spotters on the radio and called in about the lightning strike. One of
the spotters, a local television station intern, called 911. Isles was taken by
ambulance to a hospital and kept overnight for observation.
Isles said he had someone
buy him 10 more tickets to the Mega Millions lottery on Friday night. While one
of the three winning tickets was sold in Kansas, Isles was not a winner.
Officials of the Mega
Millions lottery, which had the largest prize in U.S. history, said that the
odds of winning lottery were about 176 million to one. Americans have a much
higher chance of being struck by lightning, at 775,000 to one over the course
of a year, depending on the part of the country and the season, according to
the National Weather Service.
Isles, who is out of work
after being laid off last June by a furniture store, said he did once win
$2,000 in the lottery and will keep playing.
"The next time I will
use the radio while sitting in the car," he said.
Somewhat Useless
Information
The map of Virginia City,
Nevada that burned during the opening credits of Bonanza was turned sideways so
that East was at the top instead of North.
Michael Landon was the
only main male cast member who had a full head of hair, but his locks had
actually gone prematurely grey by the time he was 20 years old. The chestnut
brown color he sported on Bonanza was thanks to Clairol Ash Brown.
Dan "Hoss"
Blocker was famous for ruining takes because he'd frequently forget to remove
his Rolex wristwatch before filming a scene.
Pernell Roberts had been a
staunch supporter of civil rights since his childhood in the segregated South.
When his six-year contract with Bonanza was up, he refused to renew it because
he though the show perpetuated racist and sexist stereotypes.
The 10-gallon hat that was
Hoss's trademark was originally plopped on Dan Blocker's head as a joke when he
was first being fitted for his Bonanza wardrobe. However, the hat so suited the
6'4" actor that it soon became his trademark.
Lorne Greene as Ben
Cartwright was featured on a Canadian postage stamp in 2006 as part of a
"Canadians in Hollywood" commemorative series.
Calendar Information
…Happening This
Week:
1-7
The
APAWS Pooper Scooper Week
Golden Rule Week
Golden Rule Week
Holy
Week
International Pooper-Scooper Week
Laugh at Work Week
National Blue Ribbon Week
National Public Health Week
National Week of the Ocean
National Window Safety Week
Medication Safety Week
International Pooper-Scooper Week
Laugh at Work Week
National Blue Ribbon Week
National Public Health Week
National Week of the Ocean
National Window Safety Week
Medication Safety Week
2-7
Testicular
Cancer Awareness Week
Explore
Your Career Options
The Masters Tournament
The Masters Tournament
Today Is
Find
A Rainbow Day
Pony
Express Day
Tweed
Day
World
Party Day
Don't
Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day
Today’s Other Events
1700’s
1730 - The Cherokee
village of Nequassee, modern day Franklin, North Carolina, Sir Alexander Cuming
will oversee a ceremony making Chief Moytoy the "Emperor of the
Cherokee." This will be his final step in having the Cherokee acknowledge
the sovereignty of King George II of England.
1790 - Revenue
Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created
1800’s
1848 - Thomas
Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher
1860 - Pony
Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento CA
1861 - White settlers have
started moving onto Sioux lands, near New Ulm, Minnesota. In an effort to
improve their illegal standing, today, they petition President Lincoln for
protection against the Indians.
1882 - American Old
West: Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford
1900’s
1910 - Highest
mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
1918 - House of
Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler Page
“I believe in
the United States of America, as a government of the people, by the people, for
the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a
democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect
union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom,
equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their
lives and fortunes.
I therefore
believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to
obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies” — William Tyler Page
1922 - Stalin
appointed General Secretary of Communist Party
1948 - Harry Truman
signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1955 - The American
Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl
against obscenity charges.
1968 - N Vietnam
agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
1974 - 148
tornadoes The Super Outbreak are reported over an area covering a dozen states
occurs…death toll is 315, with
nearly 5,500 injured.
1977 - Egyptian Pres
Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
1982 - UN Security
Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
2000’s
2004 - Islamic
terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the
police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2009 - Australia
formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
In their 70’s
Jane Goodall, London
England, ethologist (studies African chimps) is 78
Wayne Newton, American
singer is 70
In their 60’s
In their 50’s
Alec Baldwin,
actor is 54
Eddie Murphy, Bkln NY,
actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw) is 51
In their 40’s
Picabo Street, skier
(Olympic-gold-94) is 41
Remembered for being
born on this day
Lyle Alzado, NFLer (LA
Raiders)/actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire) in 1949
Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb,
actor (Superman, Godfather) in 1924
John Burroughs,
writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) in 1837
Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK,
actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp) in 1904
T. Pelham Dale, Anglican
clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s in 1821
Bud Fisher, American
cartoonist (Mutt and Jeff) in 1885
Virgil Grissom, Mitchell
Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini 3) in 1926
Edward Everett Hale, US,
clergyman/author (Man without a Country) in 1822
George Jessel, toastmaster
general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) in 1898
William Macy
"Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC) in 1823
Today’s Obits
Milton A Caniff, US
cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates, Steve Canyon), dies at 81in 1988
Christ, crucified
(according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington) in 33
Bruno Hauptmann, convicted
Lindbergh baby killer, executed at 36 in 1936
Jesse James, outlaw, shot
dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford in 1882
Carl Stokes, 1st black
mayor of a major US city (Cleve), dies of cancer at 68 in 1996
Answers
Brain Game: Close
Up Picture
Riddle of the day
The sisters are Siamese
twins
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Sort of plant where Pittsburg worker might work:
a.
steel mill
2.
A person who runs a Hyatt or 4 Seasons:
a.
hotel manager
3.
Food giant that is best known for its canned fruit:
a.
Del Monte
4.
Amplifier that clips onto one’s clothing:
a.
lapel mic
5.
A cooper:
a.
barrel maker
6.
Discoloration left on a floor by the back of a shoe:
a.
heel mark
7.
Old time actor/singer who starred in ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and ‘Gypsy’:
a.
Ethel Merman
8.
Former NY Senator succeeded by Hilary Clinton:
a.
Daniel Moynihan
9.
What Areatha Franklin sings in church:
a.
gospel music
Anagrams
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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