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Flagstaff
Almanac…
Week: 34 / Day: 238 Today: High 68°…Low 49°
Records: High 91°(1985) …Low 30°(1968)
Averages: High 78°…Low 49°
Wind: 9mph; Gusts: 18mph
Today’s humidity: 90%
Quote of the Day…
Today’s Historical
Highlights…
1997 - Egon
Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a
shoot-to-kill Berlin
Wall policy
1988
- Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1981
- Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1960 - 17th
summer Olympics opens in Rome
1943
- Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1940 - 1st
(British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940
- 1st parachute wedding
1916 - Dept
of Interior forms National Park Service
1910
- Yellow Cab is founded
1886 - 1st
international polo meet (US vs England)
1862 - Secretary
of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1829 - Pres
Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1718 - Hundreds
of French colonists arrive in Louisiana
1689
- Montreal taken by Iroquois
♪ Happy Birthday To: ♪..
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s
Birthdays
Returns tomorrow
Free Rambling
Thoughts…
I had a
great lunch with John, a former colleague. He had lots of good stories about
his last daughter’s wedding, a traditional one, held at their home out in Doney
Park. He’s still busy with his Comfort Keeper’s Job and his wife is busy
teaching K at TCBS. I shared some stories about my latest Safari.
I really
wish I was still in Education…NOT. A front page story, and a little more from
John at lunch, lets me know that a former CEO of Intel has convinced AZ and 46
other states how to finally fix education once and for all. As strange as it
sounds, some of the teachers and educators in AZ and across the US are looking
at this with a skeptical eye. From the little I learned, it means new
curriculum and new testing, and new teacher evaluation. I can’t imagine why
educators are looking at this with such a critical eye. Here we go again.
My photos
arrived in Denver…the Priority Mail the PO promised wasn’t exactly right—they said
Wednesday, I told Ellie Thursday and she got them today. NBD—No big deal. They
are there and she is happy with them. I can’t wait to find out which are
selected by the travelers.
I was
saddened today when Lance Armstrong said he would no longer pursue his lifelong
suspension from Cycling for doping. He never admitted guilt. Always sad to see
a great athlete fall.
Game Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer
the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If
only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g.
voodoo)
hamburger (6,5)
Rebus…
Can you figure
out what this means?
Lifestyle Substance…
Do you remember
this?
Read Carefully!!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Do you know what
this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Caruncula
Historic
Flagstaff, AZ—…
60’s music…:
Harper’s Index…
Percentage change in the past 25 years in the net worth of Americans 65 and older: +42Of Americans 35 and younger: -68
Unusal Fact of
the Day…
Many artificial color additives are prohibited by law, so farmers add marigold petals to their chicken feed as a natural color enhancer to give their egg yolks that sunny, yellow hue.
Found on You
Tube…
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
Joke-of-the-day…While getting a checkup, a man tells his doctor that he thinks his wife is losing her hearing. The doctor says, "You should do a simple test. Stand about 15 feet behind your wife and say 'honey?’ Move 3 feet closer and do it again. Keep moving 3 feet closer until she finally responds." Remember how close you were when she gives you an answer. That will help me know how bad her hearing loss is. About a month later the same guy is at the doctor again and the doctor asks, "Well, did you do that experiment with your wife's hearing?” The man says "yes". "How close did you get before she answered?" "Well, by the time I got about 3 feet away she just turned around and said "For the FIFTH TIME... WHAT???"
Rules of Thumb…
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLANNING A CLASS PARTY If you teach in an elementary school and you are going to have a class party, you should a) have it on a day when there is no school the next day, b) have it during the last period of the day, and c) NEVER have it last more than one hour.
Yeah, It Really
Happened…
BATAVIA, N.Y. -- A western New York woman has been convicted of punching a 70-year-old Walmart cashier during a dispute over a receipt on Christmas Eve.Jacquetta Simmons was found guilty of felony assault by a Genesee (jehn-eh-SEE') County Court jury Friday.The 27-year-old faces from 2 1/3 to seven years in prison under New York's Granny Law, which makes it a felony to intentionally injure someone 65 or older if the defendant is at least 10 years younger than the victim.Prosecutors say Simmons knocked Grace Suozzi down with a blow to the face while Suozzi was checking her receipt. Simmons' lawyer argued she swung her arm but didn't intend to hit Suozzi.Sentencing is set for Nov. 14 in Batavia.Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says employee safety is a "top priority" and its focus is on supporting Suozzi.
Somewhat Useless
Information…
- The world's smallest flowering plant is the Wolffia globosa. Found in tropical climates (including California, Florida, and Hawaii), the blossom is so tiny that a "bouquet" of 12 of them could fit on the head of a pin.
- The flowers of mature Venus flytrap plants bloom on a tall stalk far above the carnivorous leaves. They have to; otherwise, the plant would "eat" insects trying to pollinate the flower.
- The white and black varieties of the "bat plant," members of the genus Tacca, exhibit beautiful flowers with long "whiskers" that may be green or even purple.
- The Raffelesia arnoldii is famous not only as the plant with the world's largest bloom (three feet across) but also one that reeks of rotting flesh. This odor attracts flies that help pollinate the blossom.
- By contrast, the yellow flowers of the box-leaf azara tree have a decidely better odor: that of vanilla and/or chocolate.
- Native to South Africa, the Ceropegia ampliata is one of the most visually striking plants when it blooms in "inflated, balloon-like flowers of white and yellow pinstripes, topped with emerald green birdcages."
Calendar Information…
Happening This Week:
17-26
Little League Baseball World Series
19-25
Minority Enterprise Development Week
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
National Safe at Home Week
National Safe at Home Week
Today Is…
International Bat Night
Kiss and Make Up Day
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
Uruguay: Independence Day (1825 from Empire of Brazil)
Today’s Events
Through History…
2000’s
2003 - The
Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First
Nations and
the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called
Behchoko).
1900’s
1991
- Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds
1990
- UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1989 - After
12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of
Neptune
& its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
1983
- US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
1970 - Elton
John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1968 - Arthur
Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
1960
- Demonstrations against Premier Lumumba, Congo
1952
- Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
1940
- Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1919 - 1st
scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
1915 - Hurricane
kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
1800’s
1898 - 700
Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion,
Greece
1868 - Acting Governor Hall of Colorado telegraphs to the military
that 200 Indians
are "devastating southern Colorado." The military
also receives a report of
Indians killing an animal herder near Fort Dodge, in
southwestern Kansas.
1804 - Alice
Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1700’s
1737 - A agreement ise signed by Thomas Penn and Munsee Chiefs Manawkyhickon
and
Nutimus. Teeshacomin and Lappawinzoe also sign. The agreement
recognizes an old
deed made in 1686. The agreement calls for Indian lands to
be sold along the
Delaware River for the distance that a man can walk in a day
and a half. This
is called the "Walking Purchase" and is performed on
September 19,
1737.
1600’s
1609 - Galileo
demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1500’s
1540 - Explorer
Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
1200’s
1212 - Children's
crusaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa
Before 1000CE
325 - Council
of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing
the doctrine of
the Holy Trinity
Today’s
Birthdays…
Under 30
Blake
Lively, actress (Gossip Girl) is 25
In their 40’s
Claudia
Schiffer, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)is 42
Blair
Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident) is 48
In their 50’s
Tim Burton,
Burbank California, American film director (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands)
is 54
Elvis
Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], Lon, rock vocalist (Allison) is 58
Billy Ray
Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) is 51
In their 60’s
Anne Archer,
actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games) is 65
Rollie
Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981) is 66
John
Savage, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers) is 63
Gene
Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) is 63
In their 70’s
David
Canary, Elwood Ind, actor (Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza) is 74
Regis
Philbin, host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
is 79
Tom
Skerritt, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama) is 79
In their 80’s
Sean
Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond) is 82
In their 90’s
Monty
Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal) is 91
Remembered for
being born today
Don
Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) b.
1917
Mel
Ferrer, Elberon New Jersey, American actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive,
5th Floor)
b. 1917
Althea
Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event b. 1927
Richard
Greene, Plymouth England, actor (Adv of Robin Hood) b. 1918
Ivan IV
[Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia b. 1530
Van
Johnson, Newport RI, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks b. 1916
Allan
Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency b. 1819
Michael
Rennie, Engld, actor (Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still) b. 1909
Frederick
Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist;
Nobel Prize laureate
b. 1916
George
Stubbs, England, animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion) b. 1724
George C
Wallace, Clio Ala, (gov-D-Ala)/pres candidate b. 1919
Today’s Historical
Obits…
Truman
Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer in 1984 at 59
David
Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian dies of cancer in 1776 at 65
Ghengis
Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies in 1227 at 65
Alfred C
Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report),
dies of heart ailment and pneumonia in 1956 at
62
Friedrich
Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies of stroke in
1900 at 55
2009 - Edward M.
Kennedy, Senator MA, dies of brain cancer in 2009 at 77
Answers…
Do you know what
this word means?
The small pink protuberance in the corner of the eye. It contains glands which produce sweat and tears. These tears are then secreted onto the surface of the conjunctiva. These glands are known as Ciaccio's glands, named after Italian anatomist Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio, who first described their function in 1874.
What is the answer?
Ground round
Rebus
For instance (four-in-stance)
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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