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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 51/ Day: 353
Today: H 30°…L 16°
Averages: H 42° L 16°
Records: H
63°(1958)…L -18°(1971)
Wind: ave: 12mph; Gusts: 16mph Today’s ave. humidity: 92%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
Anti-WTO
protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong—2005
Astrodome opens,
1st event is Judy Garland & Supremes concertv—1965
Aztec
calendar stone discovered in Mexico City—1790
Kentucky
abolishes debtors prisons—1821
Longest-running
American sitcom The Simpsons had its debut—1989
Niteroi
Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die—1961
OPEC
raises oil prices 18%—1978
Pope
Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition—1526
Republic
of Lakotah asserts independence from the United States—2007
USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of
extraterrestrial—1969
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
Sun shine, snow melting, getting ready for the next storm on Wednesday. Busy week ahead with lots of lunches and then a plane trip to Chicago. Amazing how quickly time flies when Christmas gets close.Very moving service today with our President in Newtown.What do you know…both the Broncos and the Cardinals won today…amazing!
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
Duplicate Letter Puzzles
Find
common words with certain letters duplicated in the given
positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a
duplicated consonant, L stands for any duplicated letter, and _
stands for any letter
_ V C C V V C
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
LICK
INTO SHAPE
In the Middle Ages people thought that bear cubs were born shapeless and their mother literally licked them into shape.
Ok, then?
Movie Theme Songs you may remember:
Toy Story ''You've Got a Friend in Me''
Read This Headline Carefully!!
On
the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR
Winter-ish cartoons:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
According to recent studies, the Maya were producing rubber products 3,000 years before Charles Goodyear received his patent for rubber vulcanization in 1843.
Harper’s Index:
Minimum gigabytes of data stored in a typical gram of human feces: 10.000.000
Unusual Fact of the Day:
The 1980 movie Chariots of Fire was the first movie in nearly fifty years to win an Oscar for Best Picture without winning any of the five other "major" awards (Best Actor, Actress, Director, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress).Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:
One day, a cowboy rode into a Wild, Wild West town. The people in the town love to play jokes on visitors. After tying his horse to the pole outside a bar, the cowboy went in. "A cup of milk please." he said to the bartender. After drinking, he went out, only to find his horse missing. Knowing that the villagers did it, he went back into the bar and said to everybody," I am going to have another drink and when I finish it, I want to see my horse outside! Or else, I will have to do what I did in Texas - HERE!"The people were very frightened. When he finished his drink, he went outside and saw his horse. The villagers had put it back. Curious, the bartender asked the cowboy,” What did you do in Texas?"The Cowboy replied," Well, I had to walk home
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
HOW TO WRITE WELL
Don't make changes based on reader feedback until you've heard the same comment from three different people.
Yeah, It Really Happened
DONCASTER, England- A spectator was removed from the crowd at a darts tournament in Britain when his resemblance to Jesus caused the crowd to chant toward him. "Stand up if you love Jesus," the crowd chanted. The Professional Darts Corporate ion said Nathan Grindal, 33, was escorted to another part of the venue to watch the match between Phil "The Power" Taylor and Belgian opponent Kim Huybrechts when members of the 4,500-strong crowd at the Cash Converters Players Championship in Doncaster, England, began their chant, The Mirror reported Thursday. Grindal said he did not find the incident amusing. "It was distressing. I was emotionally distraught. The crowd were bullying me and picking on me. It would have been OK if security hadn't made a fuss getting me out," he said. "In his post-match interview, Phil Taylor said something like, 'If I ever see Jesus again, I'll crucify him myself.' Now that's just hurtful." Kim Huybrechts, who lost the match, signed Grindal's program after the incident. "To Jesus. Hard luck mate," he wrote. A spokesman for the Professional Darts Corporation said officials worried the chants would be distracting to the players.
Somewhat Useless Information
- 3 medium size bananas weigh approximately 1 pound.
- A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
- As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. Therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.
- Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.
- Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber.
- Bananas are America's #1 fruit.
- Bananas are available all year-round. They are harvested every day of the year.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
14-18>
Halcyon Days
16-1/5>
Christmas Bird Count Week
16-24>
Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas
17-23>
Saturnalia—ancient Roman festival in honor of the deity Saturn
Today Is
Free Shipping Day
National Maple Syrup Day
Wright Brothers Day
Today’s Events through History
1st US
diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY—1924
Bonnie
Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland—1745
Budweiser
rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) —1979
Land
cession agreement by British and the "SIX NATIONS." —1754
New Ellis
Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million—1900
NYC
traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street—1791
US Army
announces end of excluding Jap-Americans from West Coast—1944
US
successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile—1957
Ventriloquist
Edgar Bergen & dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV—1936
Today’s Birthdays
In their 60’s
Wes
Studi, actor (Last of the Mohicans) is 65
In their 50’s
Bill
Pullman, Hornell NY, actor (Independence Day) is 59
In their 40’s
Chuck
Liddell, American mixed martial artist is 43
In their 30’s
Milla
Jovovich, Kiev Ukraine, actress (Return to Blue Lagoon, Chaplin) is 37
Manny
Pacquiao, Filipino boxer is 34
Remembered for being born today
Joseph
Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism (1797-1878)
Arthur
Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) (1894-1979)
Bob
Guccione, [Robert C J Edwa], US publisher (Penthouse, Omni), (1930-2010)
Kenneth
E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (1920-2004)
George
Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show), (1935-2012)
Bob
Mathias, American decathlete and congressman (1930-cancer-2006)
William
Safire, political columnist (NY Times)/speech writer (Nixon), (1929-2009)
John
Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound) (1807-1892)
Today’s Historical Obits
Rex
Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter—heart attack—1999—at 78
Jack
Anderson, American journalist—2005—at 83
Dana
Andrews, US actor (Laura)—pneumonia—1992—at 83
Simón
Bolívar, South American revolutionary and president (Colombia)—TB—1830—at 47
Don
Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X)—1990—AIDS at 61
Jennifer
Jones, Oscar winning actress—2009—at 90
Kim
Jong-il, supreme leader of North Korea—suspected heart attack—2011—at 70
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
LESSEES
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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