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Flagstaff Almanac…
Week: 38 /
Day 261: Today: High
76°…Low 39°
Records: High
88°(2000)…Low 28°(1971,1906)
Averages: High
73°…Low 42°
Wind: average: 3mph; Gusts: 23mph
Today’s average
humidity:
49%
Quote of the Day…
Today’s Historical
Highlights…
2011 - Occupy
Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City
2004 - Tamil
is declared the first classical language in India
1988 - 24th
Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
1978
- Begin, Sadat & Carter sign Camp David accord
1975 - Rollout
of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise
1953 - 1st
successful separation of Siamese twins
1947
- US Dept of Defense forms
1940 - Nazis
deprive Jews of possessions
1916
- World War I: Manfred von Richthofen [The Red Baron], a flying ace of
the
German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France
1819 - 1st
whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
1778 - 1st
treaty between the US & and Indians (The Delaware) signed (Fort Pitt)
1683 - Antonie
van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria
♪
Happy Birthday To: ♪..
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts…
My presentation went very well last night. By the time I got home,
it was too late for a blog. While waiting for everyone to arrive, we had an
interesting discussion about the Middle East. Nancy, who lived in Syria for
several years, made an interesting and valuable point. Most of these countries
were run for decades by dictators that controlled most aspects of life in their
country. Also the US government, has for decades, supported these dictators
with money. The youth of these countries only know life under governmental
control until the ‘Arab Spring’ began. So when a film is made in the US that is
so anti-Muslim, it is almost impossible for them to believe that the US
government is not, at least placidly in agreement with its content. No film
would ever be made in their country that the government didn’t approve of. It
is all they know.
My presentation was appreciated and we had good discussion that
exemplified many of my cultural differences between Mass Culture in the US and
traditional Native American beliefs about learning, ‘wealth’, environment, and
other areas. It was a good time.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the rhyming 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)
a wonderful thing is a caterpillar (6,6)
Rebus…
Can you figure
out what this means?
Lifestyle Substance…
Do you remember this?
Read This Headline Carefully!!
large lizard's goblet (6,6)
Do you know what this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Tines
Gorilla:
Great Scenes in Musical Movie
History…:
Summer Nights…Grease (1978)
Harper’s Index…
Amount of a USAID grant to create a Pakistani version of Sesame Street: $10,000,001
Unusal Fact of the Day…
Despite their proximity to the equator, Mount Cotopaxi in South America and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa are both snow-capped year-round.Found on You Tube…
What's My Line? - Anne Bancroft
Joke-of-the-day…
Heaven is a place where the police are English; the chefs are Italian; the car mechanics are German; the lovers are French and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is a place where the police are German; the chefs are English; the car mechanics are French; the lovers are Swiss and it's all organized by the Italians.
Rules of Thumb…
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLAYING POKER--Don't enter a poker game unless you have 40 times the betting limit in your pocket. If you plan to play poker for a living, start with a bankroll at least 200 times the maximum bet.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
AUSTIN, Texas - Thousands of registered voters in Texas are getting letters from elections officials, asking for verification they are not dead. Nearly 77,000 letters, referred to as notices of examination, were sent to comply with a 2011 state law requiring the Texas Secretary of State's office to cross-reference voter rolls with the massive Social Security Administration's death master file to determine whether an eligible voter is deceased, the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman reported Thursday. Use of the federal death file and its 89 million entries has resulted in a large number of letters mailed, said Tina Morton, Travis County tax assessor-collector and voter registrar. The letters were sent out two months before the presidential election because of delays caused by redistricting issues, said Rich Parsons, the Secretary of State office's director of communications. "The primary was delayed, as were several deadlines related to the primary election. This was the first window of opportunity we have had to do this," he said. Still-living voters have 30 days to complete and return forms accompanying the letters, but county clerks are encouraging voters
Somewhat Useless Information…
Returns tomorrow
Calendar Information…
Happening This Week:
15-22: National Singles Week / Pollution
Prevention Week / Build A Better Image Week / Deaf Awareness Week / National Clean Hands Week / National
Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week / Prostate Cancer Awareness Week / Substitute
Teacher Appreciation Week / Tolkien Week / Turn Off Week / Balance
Awareness Week / Constitution Week / National Love Your Files Week
Today Is…
Boys' and Girls' Club Day for Kids
Citizenship Day
Constitution Day
Eat an Apple Day
International Coastal Cleanup International
National Apple Dumpling Day
Time's Up Day
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
Angola: Day of the National Hero (birthday of the
national hero Agostinho Neto-- first President)
Today’s Events Through History…
2000’s
2007 - AOL, once the largest ISP in
the U.S., officially announces plans to
refocus the company as an advertising
business and to relocate its
corporate headquarters
1900’s
1986
- US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
1972 - "M*A*S*H,"
premieres on NBC TV
1967 - "Mission
Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1964 - "Bewitched"
premieres on ABC TV
1962
- US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
1956
- Television is first broadcast in Australia
1952 - "I
am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed
"Citizenship Day"
1947 - Jackie
Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
1931 - 1st
LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed
1902 - US
protests anti-semitism in Romania
1800’s
1873 - 19
students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1872 - Phillip
W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires
1868: In
Colorado, Brevet Colonel G.A. Forsyth (Ninth Cavalry), and fifty scouts are
following the trail of Indians who have been marauding near Sheridan City. As
they approach the "Arickaree" Fork of the Republican River, they are
attacked by
700 Indians. The soldiers move to an island which is 125 yards long
by fifty
yards wide. The army claims killing thirty-five Indians, while losing
only six,
including Lieutenant F.H. Beecher and Surgeon Moore. Forsyth, and his
men live
on horseflesh until the 25th, when a relief column of "buffalo
soldiers" arrives.
Roman Nose dies in the fighting. This is called the
"Battle of Beecher's Island" by
the soldiers.
1700’s
1789 - William
Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1600’s
1691 - Colony
Massachusetts Bay gets new charter
Before 1000CE
642 - Arabs conquer
Alexandria, library destroyed
Today’s Birthdays…
In their 50’s
Dustin Nguyen, actor (Harry-21
Jump Street) is 50
Remembered for
being born today
Anne Bancroft ,actress
(Graduate, Miracle Worker) b.1931
Warren E
Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86) b.1907
Ken Kesey,
author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) b.1935
Roddy
McDowall, London England, actor (Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck) b.1928
John
Ritter, Burbank California, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire) b.1948
John
Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States b.1739
Hank
Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin') b.1923
Today’s Historical Obits…
Richard
Basehart, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea-TV)--several strokes—
1984--at
70
Dred
Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court)—1858—62 or 63
Charles
Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist—1899—at 58
William
Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer—1877--at 77
Roman Nose
(Wiquini), Cheyenne leader, killed—1868—at 45
Answers…
Do you know what
this word means?
The prongs on a fork. In the cutlery triumvirate of knife, fork and spoon, the knife came first, developed from implements of sharp-edged flint. As late as the 16th century, forks were thought to be an affectation, and people who dropped food while trying to use a fork for eating were ridiculed.
What is the answer?
dragon flagon
Rebus
Unfinished Symphony
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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