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Today’s Historical Highlights
1792: Toilet that flushes itself at regular
intervals is patented
1870: Manitoba becomes a
province of Canada
1928: Benito Mussolini ends
woman's rights in Italy
1930: Pulitzer prize awarded
to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
1932: Body of kidnapped son of
Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1942: 1,500 Jews gassed in
Auschwitz
1978: Commerce Dept says hurricane names will
no longer be only female
1984: S African prisoner
Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
Free Rambling
Thoughts
It was a great day to be
outside. I started looking for some color for my planters in the front…I know
it’s a little too early, but it is so nice outside.
I believe that those who
don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Today I was shocked and saddened
that a business in Page, AZ (a town only 3 miles from the Rez border) didn’t
learn a lesson a few years ago. Back then a local restaurant told its employees
that they could not speak Navajo while on the job, unless the customer only
understood Navajo. The owner said he spoke English and that was all he wanted
to hear. The fairly long court fight had the employees win and get back wages.
Now a new manager came into the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Page and he announced
that employees couldn’t speak Navajo in the store. That is headed for court
too. The company headquarters wouldn’t comment to the media. I watch this play
out along with so many other issues that I thought were settled decades ago.
The conservatives seem to believe, ‘it’s my way or the highway’. Women’s issues
are included in this…abortion, birth control, women’s health issues, equal pay…And
Romney brushing off his alleged bullying in high school. Why do we have to
relive all this?
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up
picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
Nowadays, the letters IT
stand for information technology. But they're also the initials of some other
familiar two-word phrases and names. You name them from the clues.
1.
Cause of pain at the end of the foot:
2.
Two children developed from the same egg:
3.
The IRS collects it:
4.
Cold summer drink:
5.
Stanford Benet is the most common:
6.
Fraud that may involve your SS number:
7.
12 time NBA star who went on to coach Pacers:
8.
It slants to the right:
9.
Court game often played in winter under artificial light:
10.
It might end or else:
Riddle of the day
There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry.
Anagram: unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s Index
Chances an American thinks it is at least ‘partly true’ that secret government planes release chemicals in the air: 1 in 7
Found on You Tube
Ten Commandments - by George Carlin
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.
Welcome to Flight Number 293, non-stop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax - OH, MY G-D!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier; but, while I was talking, the flight attendant brought me a cup of coffee and spilled the hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!"
A passenger in Coach said, "That's nothing. He should see the back of mine!"
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
Aircraft carriers get six inches to the gallon.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
MIAMI (AP) -- The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with computers and apes, letting its six orangutans use an iPad to communicate and as part of a mental stimulus program. Linda Jacobs, who oversees the program, hopes the devices will eventually help bridge the gap between humans and the endangered apes.The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest."Our young ones pick up on it. They understand it. It's like, `Oh I get this,'" Jacobs said. "Our two older ones, they just are not interested. I think they just figure, `I've gotten along just fine in this world without this communication-skill here and the iPad, and I don't need a computer.'"Jacobs said she began letting the orangutans use iPads last summer, based on the suggestion of someone who had used the devices with dolphins. The software was originally designed for humans with autism and the screen displays pictures of various objects. A trainer then names one of the objects, and the ape presses the corresponding button.Richard Zimmerman, executive director of Orangutan Outreach, said he's building an "Apps For Apes" program with old, donated iPads at facilities throughout North America, though Jungle Island isn't part of that group. Orangutan Outreach started working with the Milwaukee County Zoo and then expanded to zoos in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Houston and elsewhere. They're hoping to use a video-conferencing program to reconnect orangutans with friends and family members who have been transferred to other zoos, he said.
Somewhat Useless
Information
- A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
- Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.
- Bittersweet chocolate is what is usually called for in baking. It contains more chocolate liquor (at least 35%) and less sugar than sweet chocolate. Semisweet chocolate contains 15% - 35% chocolate liquor.
- Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
- Chocolate was introduced into the United States in 1765 when cocoa beans were brought from the West Indies to Dorchester, Massachusetts.
- The melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature -- which is why it literally melts in your mouth.
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
6-12
Anxiety & Depression Awareness
Week
Be Kind To Animals Week
Dystonia Awareness Week
Children's Mental Health Week
Choose Privacy Week
Drinking Water Week
Flexible Work Arrangement Week
Goodwill Industries Week
International Wildlife Film Week
Kids Win Week
NAOSH Week
National Alcohol & Drug Related
Birth Defects Awareness Week National
National Family Week
National Hug Holiday Week
National Nurses Day and Week
National Occupational Safety &
Health Day
National Pet Week
National Raisin Week
National Wildflower Week
North American Occupational Safety
& Health Week
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
7-13
Children's Book Week
Dating and Life Coach Recognition
Week
National Correctional Officer's Week
National Stuttering Awareness Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
Work At Home Moms Week
10-16
Universal Family Week
12-19
National Tourism Week
National Nursing Home Week
Reading is Fun Week
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
National Return To Work Week
National Women's Health Week
American Craft Beer Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Etiquette Week
National Hospital Week
Today Is
Birthmother's Day
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Awareness Day
Hug Your Cat Day
International Migratory Bird Day
International Nurses Day
Letter Carrier's Food Drive Day [20th
year]
Limerick Day
a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century.
A flea and a fly in a flue,
Were trapped and knew not what to do,
'Let us flee', said the fly,
'Let us fly', said the flea,
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Mother Ocean Day
National Babysitters Day
National Miniature Golf Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
National Train Day
National Windmill Day
National Windmill Day
Odometer Day
Stay Up All Night
World Belly Dance Day
World Fair Trade Day
Today’s Other Events
1500’s
1588: Catholic League under
duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
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1700’s
1777: 1st ice cream
advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
1800’s
1860: A battle in the Paiute
War takes place in Nevada at Big Bend in the valley of the Truckee River. Major
William Ormsby’s Nevada militia are attacked by Paiutes under war Chief Numaga.
1871: Segregated street cars
integrated in Louisville, Ky
1900’s
1908: Wireless Radio
Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
1928: Opium laws enforced
1937: Coronation of King
George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey
1951: 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
1955: Chicago Cub Sam Jones is
1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
1963: Bob Dylan walks out of the
"Ed Sullivan Show"
1965: Israel & West
Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1982: In Fatima Portugal, a
Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope
John Paul II
1999: David Steel becomes the
first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament
2000’s
2002: Former US
President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro
becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit
the island since Castro's 1959 revolution
2008: 2008 Wenchuan
earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing
over 69,000 people
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Lawrence "Yogi"
Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets) is 87
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In their 60’s
Gabriel Byrne, Dublin Ireland, actor
(Hello Again, Cool World) is 62
In their 50’s
Emilio Estevez, NYC,
actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks) is 50
Ving Rhames, American
actor is 53
In their 40’s
Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast,
Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects) is 46
In their 30’s
Jason Biggs, actor is 34
Remembered for being born on this day
Mary Kay Ash, American
businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1915
George Carlin, Bronx,
comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash) in 1937
Leslie Charteris,
English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint) in 1907
Otto Frank, father of
Anne Frank in 1889
Edward Lear, England, landscape
painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)in 1812
Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S.
statesman in 1850
Florence Nightingale,
Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) in 1820
Julius Rosenberg, Soviet
spy in 1918
Today’s Obits
Comanche Chief Iron
Jacket (Po-hebitsquash) is killed in a fight with Texas Rangers on the Canadian
River in 1858 in his late 60’s.
Thomas Lowndes, English
astronomer dies in 1748 at about 56
J E B Stuart, Confederate
General, dies in 1864 at Battle of Yellow Tavern at 31
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up
Picture
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Riddle of the day
The man in the coffin stayed dry, the bearers got wet.
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Cause of pain at the end of the foot: ingrown toenail
2.
Two children developed from the same egg: identical twins
3.
The IRS collects it: income tax
4.
Cold summer drink: iced tea
5.
Stanford Benet is the most common: Intelligence Test
6.
Fraud that may involve your SS number: identity theft
7.
12 time NBA star who went on to coach Pacers: Isaiah Thomas
8.
It slants to the right: italic type
9.
Court game often played in winter under artificial light: indoor tennis
10.
It might end or else: idle threat
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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