Feb 16, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 07/ Day: 46    

Today: H   45°…L 29° Averages: H  45° L 19° Records: H   65°(’96,’77,’47)…L -10°(1942)

Wind: ave:   12mph; Gusts:  26mph  Ave. humidity:  62%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

"Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing—1883

1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes; SF, CA—1900

1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago) —1978

1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) —1659

1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid—1917

4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany—1936

Britain abolishes death penalty—1956

Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista—1959

Founding of Hezbollah—1985

Last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United 

     States Army—2006

Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS—1950

Silver dollar became US legal tender—1878

Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns—1972

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A little windy, but still a nice day. A nice way to start the long lazy weekend. Did a little cleaning; can’t believe how much a mess one person can make in the kitchen.

 

Strange that scientists have been telling us for days about a ‘near miss’ asteroid, yet gave no warning to the Russians of the meteor that landed there this morning. Just a reminder that we don’t know that much about what is happening out there. I also found it interesting that soon after it hit, a Russian news guy was saying that it was not a meteor, but a US made object that was sent over to destroy something. Guess there are nut jobs around the world that get their kicks by telling lies and making up ‘news’.

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.

Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today:

• $10,000 Pyramid - Loretta Swit & McLean Stevenson

• Smiley Burnette It's My Lazy Day

Ok, then?

Read This Carefully!!

Rally Against Apathy Draws Small Crowd

Picture of the Day: Uganda

Not ready for tail's up quite yet.

Harper’s Index:         

Amount Massachusetts has been ordered to pay for the sex-reassignment surgery of an inmate serving a life sentence: $23,000

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Barbarian tribes, particularly the Gauls and Celts, used lime to bleach their hair and to hold it in place.

Joke-of-the-day:

After dying in a car crash, three friends find themselves at an orientation to enter heaven. Each one was asked, "When you are in your casket, what would you like to hear your friends and family saying about you?"

Sean says, "I would like to hear them say I was a great doctor and a great family man."

Karl says, "I would like to hear them say I was a wonderful husband and an excellent teacher who made a difference in children's lives."

Juan says, "I would like to hear them say, 'Look! He's moving!'"  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

ADJUSTING BICYCLE HANDLEBARS

The distance from the front of your seat to the handlebar cross member should equal the length of your forearm from elbow to fingertip.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

The Montana Television Network in Great Falls says hackers broke into the Emergency Alert System of Great Falls affiliate KRTV.

KRTV says on its website the hackers broadcast that, 'dead bodies are rising from their graves' in several Montana counties.

The alert claimed the bodies were 'attacking the living' and warned people not to 'approach or apprehend these bodies as they are extremely dangerous.'

The station's engineers are investigating and the hoax alert has not generated any calls to police.

Somewhat Useless Information   

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In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans.

• In the United States, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year.

• Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.

• Our galaxy has approximately 250 billion stars.

• Sea water is approximately 3.5 percent salt.

• The Eiffel Tower is painted approximately once every 7 years and requires nearly 50 tons of paint each time.

• The Empire State Building in New York City weighs approximately 365,000 tons.

Calendar Information        

Happening This 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

13-19
World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week

14-21
National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week

15-17
Great Backyard Bird Count

15-24
National Date (fruit) Week
National Entrepreneurship Week
National FFA Week
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week

Today Is                                                                      

Do A Grouch A Favor Day

Innovation Day

Kyoto Protocol Day

~Lithuania: Independence Day (1918 from Germany)

Today’s Events through History  

1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC) —1909

Act (12 stat.l.652) states that all treaties between the United States and the 

     "Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wahpakoota Bands of Sioux 

     of Dakota are aborgated and annulled" because of the "Santee 

     Sioux uprising." —1863

DuPont Corp patents nylon 1937 

Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record) —1980

Howard Carter finds Pharaoh Tutankhamen—1923

Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions—1838

Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia—2005

Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC—1760

 O.J. Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle 

     a $33.5 million civil judgment —1999

Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct 

     response to a sneeze—600

President Taft issues several Executive Orders which allow the sale,

     use or manufacture of alcoholic beverages in former Indian Reservations 

     which have been ceded to the United States. —1911

Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile 

     manufacturer, is established—1852

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 60’s

William Katt, LA California, actor (Greatest American Hero, 1st Love) is 62

In their 50’s

LeVar Burton, (Roots, Star Trek Next Generation) is 56

Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], Newark, American rapper and actor is 55

John McEnroe, American tennis great (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84) is 54

Remembered for being born today

Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) (1909-1982)

Sonny Bono, Detroit, vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/Rep-R-Ca, (1935-1998)

Kim Chong-Il, [Yura], president of North-Korea (1941-2001)

Margaux Hemingway, Portland Or, actress (Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce) (1954-1996)

John Schlesinger, London England, director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling) (1926-2003)

Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1812-1875)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Edmund G "Pat" Brown, Gov of CA—1996—at 90

Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)—leukemia—1967—at 55

Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer—1928—at 71

MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H)—1996—heart attack—at 66

Answer: Hidden Word

 Meeting friends after work allows executives to neTWOrk effectively.

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  §