Oct 14, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 42/ Day: 288   Today: High   58°…Low 31°Records: High   79°(1950)…Low 12°(1969) Averages: High  63° Low 32°Wind: average:   9mph; Gusts:  22mph

Today’s average humidity:  75%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

1st black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter—1834

1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)—1968

BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed—1939

Bob Marley's last concert—1980

Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1—1957

Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment—1953

Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations—1933

Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman—1976

Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize—1968

Pres Reagan proclaims war against drugs—1982

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Got a call last night that our discussion group is meeting on Saturday. Somehow I didn’t get the email.  So we’ll be discussing the ‘cosmos’ with the group. It should be interesting since one presenter has a doctorate in astronomy and the other is working on his masters in the same subject. Can’t wait to find out what I will learn. 

I hung around the house all day. It was nice outside but a little chilly. The birds that haven’t headed south are keeping me busy filling the bird feeder.   

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)

 one who provides sustenance to one's chief (6,6)

Anagram Sentences:

What are the missing words? Each is a 3 letter word, all are anagrams

Though Gary ___ his ___ biscuits, I didn't ___ mine

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Guinness World Records:

Tillman the English Bulldog covered a 100-m stretch of level car park in a time of 19.678 seconds during X Games XV in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 30 July 2009. 

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Toys "R" Us

Read This Sign Carefully!!

In a Beauty Shop, "Dye now!"

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

Ergasiophobia

Autumn Colors:

Great Melodies:

Wipe Out / The Surfaris 1963 #2

Harper’s Index:         

 Minimum amount Georgia has lost in fruit and vegetable sales since the passage of a 2011 anit-immigration law: $75,000,000

Unusual Fact of the Day:When Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955, the 110°F temperatures melted the asphalt on Main Street and caused many high-heeled shoes to become stuck in the pavement.

Found on You Tube: 

Lillian Gish interviewed by Joan Rivers in 1983

1942 - Erwin Rommel Speech

Joke-of-the-day:

Billy really wanted $100. He prayed for it every night. He waited weeks but nothing happened.

Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush.

The President was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send Billy a $5.00 bill.

President Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.

Billy was delighted with the $5.00 and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read:

Dear God,

Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington D.C. and, as usual, those crooks deducted $95.00.

Thanks, Billy

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

FINDING ROMANCE…Finding a good romantic relationship is like finding a quarter on the sidewalk - you're as likely to find one by not looking for it as you are by looking. And you spare yourself neck problems, strained eyes, and a lot of anxiety.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

DEARBORN, Mich. - The creator of a life-sized version of the Hasbro board game "Mousetrap" said in Michigan the goal is to teach physics -- and crush a car. Mark Perez, who brought his creation to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, said his Rube Goldberg device is based on the Hasbro game, but instead of ending with a mouse in a cage it concludes by crushing a junked Hyundai, CNN reported Thursday. Perez said it took him 13 years and 50,000 pounds of objects to build his "Life Size Mousetrap" and the machine takes five days and a crew of 10 to assemble each time it is moved to a new location. "One of our major goals is to teach kids and adults about the physics that surround us," Perez said. "Give us the really unplugged vision -- you know it's not wired in. It's the real thing with counterweights and science and engineering."

Somewhat Useless Information   

• All babies are color blind when they are born.

• Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey.

• Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

• Grand Rapids, Michigan is the "SpaghettiOs Capital of the World" because per-capita consumption is highest in that city, per the Franco-American Company. Reportedly, there are more than 1,750 "O's" in a 15-ounce can of SpaghettiOs. 

• Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead. 

• Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Emergency Nurses Week
Fire Prevention Week
Great Books Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week National Metric Week
National Physicians Assistant Week
National Work From Home Week
Nuclear Medicine Week 

10-16

Take Your Medicine Americans Week

12-18 

World Rainforest Week

14-20

Ally Week

Earth Science WeekFall Astronomy Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
Freedom of Speech Week
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week National Food Bank Week
National School Lunch Week
Teen Read Week 

Today Is                                                                       

Alternative Fuel Day  Be Bald and Free Day
Clergy Appreciation Day (or Pastor Appreciation Day or Ministry Appreciation Day)
National Dessert Day

Today’s Events through History  

100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy—1979

1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC—1922

1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)—1774

1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue NYC—1922

Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England—1066

British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy—1843

British Superintendent of Indian Affairs will meet with Cherokee chiefs. They will make a

     treaty which will cede 100 square miles of Cherokee lands. The treaty will be 

     renegotiated in two years—1768

Cheyennes & Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado—1865

Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic 
     Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia—1998

First recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission
      of National Education), is formed in Poland—1773

Gen. Joseph de Montcalm, leading French and Indian warriors, captures Fort Oswego, in New
     York. Montcalm would fire upon his Indian allies when they attempted to kill the British 
     forces after they had surrendered—1756

George Eastman patented paper-strip photographic film—1834

Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth —1586

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elie Wiesel (against violence/racism)—1986

Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres—1994

Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK—1964 

Pres Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside—1975

Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court—1980

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

 Usher [Usher Raymond IV ], singer is 33

In their 50’s

 Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear, Melrose Place) is 59

In their 60’s

Harry Anderson, Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry Stone-Night Court) is 60

Charlie Joiner, Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego) is 65

In their 70’s

John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure) is 74

Ralph Lauren [Ralph Lifshitz], Bronx, New York, fashion designer (Chaps, 

     Polo Ralph Lauren) is 73.

In their 80’s

 Roger Moore, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint, 007) is 85

In their 90’s

C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) is 96

Remembered for being born today

e. e. cummings, Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips & Chimneys) b.1894 (d. 1992)

Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59) b.1882 (d, 1975)

Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres/Gen (WW 2) b.1890 (d. 1969)

Lillian Gish, American actress b.1893 (d. 1993)

Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos b.1857 (d, 1925)

William Penn, English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania b. 1644 (d. 1718)

Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician b.1687 (d. 1768)

Phillip Tobias, palaeoanthropologist and 3 x Nobel Prize nominee(hominid fossil sites)

      b.1925 (d. 2012)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist—1998—at 81

Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way—heart attack—1977—at 74

Freddy Fender, American musician—cancer—2006—at 69

Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa)—suicide—1944—at 52

Victorio [Bidu-ya], Chiricahua Apache chief—killed by Mexican army—1880—at 55

Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord—1610—at 70

[Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, US actor (Dr Strangelove)— pancreatic cancer—1986—at 70

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

fear of work  

What is the rhyming answer?

 Leader feeder

Anagram sentence

Though Gary ate his tea biscuits, I didn't eat mine

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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