Feb 12, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 07/ Day: 42 

Today: H   28°…L -2° Averages: H  44° L 19° Records: H   62°(1971)…L -12°(1908)

Wind: ave:   9mph; Gusts:  11mph  Ave. humidity:  87%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC) —1879

1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves—1793

1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine—1973

5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel—1989

Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC—1915

Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism—1502

San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples—2004

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

 Returns tomorrow

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Started off with no snow, but that didn’t last. It’s been snowing on and off most of the day. Still not a lot of accumulation. Getting real tired of not seeing the sun.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Hidden Word

Hidden in each of the sentences below are the numbers 1 to 10 in words.

The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today:

• Sal Mineo Tribute

• Sidney Toler is Charlie Chan

 Ok, then?

Read This Carefully!!

Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck:

"Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"

Picture of the Day: Uganda

Our 'taxi' when we broke down

Harper’s Index:         

Percentage of college students in Iran who are female: 56

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Up until the early 1970s, funeral homes in rural areas offered their hearses for use as ambulances to transport patients to hospitals.

Joke-of-the-day:

Glen, why do you always get so dirty? Asked the teacher.
Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are. He replied

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PANNING A SCENE

You should scan, or "pan," a scene with a moving camera no faster than one frame-width per five seconds. In other words, you need to allow at least five seconds for an object entering one side of the screen to pass out the other side.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

Real college classes:

Fat studies
Professor Jacqueline Johnson's course Fat Studies at George Washington University is just one of many that are popping up on college campuses across the nation. The class teaches students to think of body size critically and politically, and it aims to promote weight awareness and acceptance among people of all shapes and sizes.
Simpsons and Philosophy
The University of California at Berkeley's two-unit course Simpsons and Philosophy is described as a "fairly rigorous" philosophical course that asks weighty questions like "Can Nietzsche's rejection of traditional morality justify Bart's bad behavior?"
Professor Jacqueline Johnson's course Fat Studies at George Washington University is just one of many that are popping up on college campuses across the nation. The class teaches students to think of body size critically and politically, and it aims to promote weight awareness and acceptance among people of all shapes and sizes.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The name chocolate comes from the Aztec word xocalati meaning bitter water.

• Research suggests that chocolate was originally used more than 2,500 years ago, beginning in Central America. 

• The name 'Cacao' is a Maya word meaning 'god food' which after being introduced to Europe in the 16th century, formed the basis of the Latin name for the Cacao tree 'Theobrama Cacao' meaning 'food for the gods'. It is thought that the word 'cocoa' has come about through a misspelling of 'cacao.'

• Although not scientifically proven, chocolate is believed by many, to be an aphrodisiac. The theory is supported by the fact that chocolate does contain among many chemicals the stimulants: caffeine, theobromine, and phenyethylamine.

• Cocoa butter is a by-product produced from the crushing of roasted cacao beans, and although used in the chocolate making process, it is also used in a number of cosmetic products including massage oils and skin cosmetics.

• A cocoa pod contains an average of about 42 beans. It takes up to 270 cocoa beans to make a pound of chocolate.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

7-14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week
Risk Awareness Week
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week

10-16
Celebration of Love Week
Children of Alcoholics Week
Jell-O Week
Love a Mench Week
National Pancake Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week
International Flirting Week
National Green Week

12-14
World AG Expo: 12-14

Today Is                                                                      

Extraterrestrial Culture Day

Extraterrestrial Visitor Day

Darwin Day

Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday  or Fastnacht Day) 

Mardi Gras

Lincoln's Birthday

NAACP Day since 1909

National Plum Pudding Day

Oglethorpe Day

Paul Bunyan Day (Born Feb. 12, 1834 in Bangor, ME) 

Safety Pup Day

Today’s Events through History  

17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway—1994

Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop—1876

Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia—1962

Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land 

     in Georgia to the government & migrate west by Sept 1, 1826—1825

McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks—1955

President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate—199 

President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech—1924

Santiago, Chile founded—1541 

Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees—1950

Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India—1502

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show) is 87

Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant is 87

In their 70’s

 Joe Don Baker, actor is 77

Bill Russell, Monroe La, NBAer (Boston Celtics, Oly-gold-56) is 79

In their 60’s

Maud Adams, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo) is 68

Joanna Kerns, [de Varona], SF California, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains) is 60

In their 50’s

Arsenio Hall, comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America) is 58

In their 40’s

Josh Brolin, actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders) is 45

Chynna Phillips, singer is 45

Remembered for being born today

Lorne Greene, Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica) (1915-1987)

 [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) (1898-1979)

Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th US President (1809-1865)

Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour) (1904-1976)

Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority (1663-1728)

Arlen Specter, Sen-R-PA (1930-2012)

Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail) (1919-1986)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded—1554—at 17

George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist—1624—at 61

Tom Landry, American football coach—2000—at 75

Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)—stabbed—1976—at 37

Oliver, American pop singer—cancer—2000—at 54

James Cash Penney, US founder (J C Penney)—1971—at 95

Charles M Schulz, American cartoonist—cancer-heart attack—2000—at 77

Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi)—cancer—1947—at 72

Answer: Hidden Word

The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozeN IN Each baker's delivery box.

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.

§    And That Is All for Now  §