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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 51/ Day: 354 Winter Weather Advisory
Today: H 34°…L 30°
Wind chill drops temps about 12°
Averages: H
42° L 16°
Records: H
65°(1901)…L -14°(1908)
Wind: ave: 20mph; Gusts: 31mph Today’s ave. humidity: 87%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
American
Meteorological Society found—1919
British
Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas—1932
Georgia
passes 1st US state birth registration law—1823
Lewinsky
scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards
articles I and III
of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate—1998
Rayon 1st
commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn—1910
Tibet's
Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion—1950
Troops
occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam—1788
UK signs
agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997—1984
Washington
settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter—1777
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♪ Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
A nice drive over to Williams for a great lunch, some downtown shops, and gift exchange with our retirement group. Cheryl made a great broccoli and cheese soup, outstanding cranberry salad and perfect pumpkin nut mini muffins. A great way to spend a cloudy afternoon. We all were reminded of our own teaching days and are glad we aren’t in education now, and wondered how much more education will be changing in the next decade. We all saw changes in our 30+ years, and some changes involved more violence in the schools and in the classrooms, but never to this degree. We are still expecting about 6” of snow tonight. A little has started falling but it isn’t sticking yet.This is certainly hot tub weather…Mary reminded us today that she and Mike head for their’s every evening before dinner. Sure sounds good.With all the talk about changes, one obviously is in the care of mental health patients. In order to help the mentally ill, most of our ‘institutions’ have closed. Sadly, the mentally ill have very few options in our society. One is drugs…medications…that have many side effects. We are learning now that many parents can’t get help until the individual is charged and goes through the court system. Then it appears they get minimal in patient services and are either released or sent to jails or prisons. We in Flagstaff have a real problem with ‘street’ people. Many are dependent on alcohol or illegal drugs. Shelter space is very limited, and basically nothing for women. Several people die each year on the street by freezing temperatures or violence against them. Some very caring people work at the shelter but few are trained to deal with mental health issues or alcohol issues. Some clients end up in the ER for the night, and then they are back on the streets. One person who recently died of hypothermia was well known to the police with over 40 contacts in the past few years. I sure hope the communities come together and find some answers.
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 L _ L
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
LOCK,
STOCK AND BARREL
This phrase comes because guns used to have 3 parts, the lock (the firing mechanism), the stock (the wooden butt of the gun) and the barrel.
Ok, then?
Movie Theme Songs you may remember:
The Breakfast Club ''Don't You (Forget About Me)''
Read This Headline Carefully!!
Hotel,
Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID
Winter-ish cartoons:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
It wasn’t until the 3rd Century that Dec. 25 became the traditional day for the birth of Christ.
Harper’s Index:
Number of plastic spoons Northern Ireland stockpiled as part of a recently declassified plan to prepare for nuclear war: 58, 292
Unusual Fact of the Day:
Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympics — while running the marathon barefoot! He repeated the feat four years later, this time wearing shoes.Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:
A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.. 'The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining.. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?'After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said,'Wedding Cake.'
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
TURN WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS
When driving an all-wheel-drive vehicle, brake before the corner and keep your foot lightly on the gas through the entire corner. This keeps the AWD engaged and provides better traction than braking than the more normal brake halfway/accelerate out technique.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with approximately 3 pounds of cocaine concealed in her breast implants.The Interior Ministry said that border police noticed fresh scars and blood-stained gauze on her chest as well as pale patches beneath her skin.The woman said she had recently had breast implant surgery. The statement said police were suspicious and sent her to a local hospital where the implants were removed and found to contain cocaine.The woman arrived in Spain from Bogota, Colombia. European authorities routinely submit passengers arriving from Latin America to stringent checks to combat drug smuggling.
Somewhat Useless Information
- In 2011, use of marijuana by teenagers hit a 30-year peak, with one out of every 15 high school students reporting they smoke most days, and for the first time U.S. teens reported smoking more pot than cigarettes. But: teenagers don't smoke any more pot in states where medical marijuana is legal than in ones where it's not. Legalization advocates argue that the best way to reduce use by minors is to legalize and regulate pot.
- It's true that marijuana smoke, like tobacco smoke, contains carcinogens. But even hardcore pot smokers typically consume much less pot than tobacco smokers do cigarettes, probably not enough to cause cancer. A 2006 UCLA study concluded that even heavy marijuana use does not lead to lung cancer. "We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," said the study's lead author. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect." This and other studies suggest that pot can actually inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
16-1/5> Christmas Bird Count Week16-24> Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas17-23> Saturnalia
Today Is
Day for South-South Cooperation—between South American countrie
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Today’s Events through History
1st Negro
Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore—1891
Benjamin
Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication
of "Poor
Richard's Almanack"—1732
Charles
Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England—1843
Combined
force of Indians warriors and British soldiers will attack, and
capture Fort
Niagara, in New York. The American defenders will sustain
60 fatalities and 350
will be captured. Later, the victorious Indians would
also capture nearby
Lewiston—1823
John Paul
Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice—1975
Nelson A
Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st VP—1974
Robert
Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (NY Globe) —1918
Stanley
Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres—1971
Thomas
Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he
wrote,
"These are the times that try men's souls"—1776
Williamsburg
suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan—1903
Today’s Birthdays
In their 90’s
Little
Jimmy Dickens, American country singer is 92
In their 70’s
Cicely
Tyson, Harlem NYC, actress (Roots, Miss Jane Pittman) is 79
In their 60’s
Tim Reid,
Norfolk VA, American actor and comedian (Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place) is
68
In their 50’s
Kevin
McHale, NBA forward (Boston Celtics) is 55
In their 40’s
Criss
Angel, Illusionist, Actor, Musician is 45
Jennifer
Beals , actress (Flashdance, Bride) is 49
Alyssa
Milano, actress [Phoebe Halliwell-Charmed] is 40
In their 30’s
Jake
Gyllenhaal, actor (Donnie Darko, Jarhead) is 32
Jake
Plummer, quarterback (Arizona Cardinals) is 38
Remembered for being born today
Mary
Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader (1920-1905)
Leonid I
Brezhnev, Ukraine, 1st Secretary of USSR (1906-1982)
Phil
Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over) (1940-suicide-1976)
Ralph
Richardson, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, actor (Anna Karenina, Dr Zhivago), (1902-1983)
Robert
Sherman, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), (d. 2012)
David
Susskind, NYC, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show) (1920-1987)
Robert
Urich, actor (SWAT, Spenser for Hire, Vega$) (1946-cancer-2002)
Today’s Historical Obits
Alvis
Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease)— rheumatic fever—1915—at
51
Emily
Jane Bronte, English novelist—TB—1848—at 30
Hope
Lange, American actress—infection—2003—at 70
Desmond
Llewelyn, Welsh actor—1999—at 85
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
OPPOSES
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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