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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 13/ Day: 84 Today: H 52°…L 16°
Averages: H
52° L 25°
Records: H 70°(1956)…L 0°(1904)
Wind: ave: 9mph; Gusts: 25mph Ave. humidity: 27%
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights
1st demonstration of pancake making (Dept store
in NYC) ►1882
1st Easter, according to calendar-maker
Dionysius Exiguus►31
1st horse race in America takes place►1668
Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens
(NYC) starring Ed Wynn►1913
Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state
capitol in Montgomery►1965
Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying
Nicolosi, killing 20,000►1669
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the
University of Oxford for his publication
of the pamphlet The Necessity of
Atheism►1811
Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing
of yarmulkes►1986
US Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's
poem "Howl" as obscene►1955
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts
A very chilly night last night…wasn’t really expecting that cold a temp. The day turned out OK after it finally warmed up.A really great discussion group last night. Norm, a new member, has had extensive contact with Persians and Iranians during his college teaching. He provided us with some great insights in the issues facing the US and Iran. It is still so hard for me to understand the political mess over there…mostly based on religion. If God loves all his/her children, why does he allow this to continue? The Christians certainly have their share of violence in the name of God. Those of Islam also have a history of violence against non-believers. I still don’t understand most of what is going on over there. Current politics seems to have both sides drawing a line in the sand, letting the other side walk up to that line, then making a finer line in the sand. So much of this goes partially back to the days of colonization. Conquering countries drew boundaries that divided historical groups, put historical enemies in the same country, tried to turn time into believing in their religion, their government form, and their culture. It reminds me of a lesson I thought we learned when the ‘boat people’ came to America after the Viet Nam War. In California schools the newly arrived were put into ESL classes. No one could understand why there was so much violence from the teenagers and the growth of gangs, until they found out that many of the ‘boat people’ had been historical enemies and were being put into the same ESL classes. The schools saw a bunch of Asians who didn’t speak English, but the students saw that they were being put into classes with their historical enemies. When the groups were put in separate ESL classes the violence dropped substantially. The same is true with the political boundaries in the Middle East.
Game
Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
When you behead a word, you remove the first
letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words,
longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. To be required to pay -> Married 2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement 3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time 4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something 5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time 6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region 7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment 8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance
***Hint, if needed
The shorter words start with these letters:
1. W
2. P
3. V
4. R
5. L
6. Z
7. M
8. R
1. W
2. P
3. V
4. R
5. L
6. Z
7. M
8. R
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
from Cracked.com
Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can
Do
You Can Blow Up Anything At Will With Hacking Hacking Will Let You Steal Any Damned Thing You WantYour Personal and Social Life Can Be Permanently Dismantled By People Who Know Stuff About ComputersA Computer Might Become Self-Aware At Any MomentComputers Can Talk to Any UFOs
Harper’s IndexPercentage increase in Chicago homicides lat year: 18Amount n health-care spending on shooting victims that local officials hope to recoup through a new firearms tax: $600,000+
Picture of the Day: Dine’ Land [Navajo]
Unusual Fact of the Day
Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel SilversteinJoke-of-the-day
A man lying on his deathbed called to him, his lawyer, his doctor, and his pastor. "I am going to die tonight," and I want to prove that when you go to heaven you can take it all with you. So to my three most trusted friends, you three of course, I am leaving 50,000 dollars in these envelopes. When I die you must come to my funeral and put the envelopes in my coffin with me." The man handed the three men identical envelopes.A day later they each received news that, that night the old man had died . So each knew they must go to his funeral and fulfill his death wish.Standing over the coffin one week later the pastor confessed, " I can't hide what I've done. I took 10,000 dollars from the envelope because the church needed to be painted."Then as he did so the doctor also started to fidget then finally confessed “I took 30,000 dollars from my envelope because the hospital needed a new wing."Ten the lawyer said plainly “You bunch of crooks! I wrote him a check for the full amount!"
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
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Officials at a California aquarium said a couple of young penguins have taken a liking to a mouse-chasing iPad app designed to amuse cats. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach said penguins Jeremy and Newsom, who are still too young to get caught up in the excitement of the upcoming mating season, have found "enrichment" with the free "Game for Cats" iPad app, ABC News reported Friday. The game features a mouse running around the screen that lets out a squeak when tapped by a paw -- or in this case, a beak. "Newsom set the penguin high score of 1,600 for the game," the aquarium said on its website. A YouTube video of Newsom playing the game has been viewed more than 167,000 times.
Somewhat Useless Information
- James Buchanan was the only US president never to be married.
- Libra, the Scales, is the only inanimate symbol in the zodiac.
- Maine is the only state in the United States whose name is just one syllable.
- Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- Notables who were the only child in their families include Ansel Adams, Hans Christian Andersen, Carol Burnett, Raymond Chandler, Eric Clapton, Linda Ellerbee, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Englund, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Ted Koppel, Ivan Lendl, Barry Manilow, Maria Montessori, Jack Nicholson, Flannery O'Connor, Al Pacino, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Robert Edwin Peary, Lisa Marie Presley, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Frank Sinatra, Robin Williams, and Tiger Woods.
- Ohio is the only US state without a rectangular flag. Ohio's flag is a pennant.
- Only one foreign country--Liberia in Africa--has a capital city named after an American president. The capital is Monrovia, named after James Monroe.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
21-27
Week of Solidarity with People's
Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
24-30
24-30
Tsunami Awareness Week
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Termite Awareness Week
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Termite Awareness Week
Today Is
International Day
of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic Slave Trade
National Day of Celebration of Greek &
American Democracy
National Medal of
Honor Day
Old New Year's
Day
Pecan Day
Tolkien Reading
Day
Vaffeldagen
(Waffle Day) Swedish holiday
celebrated world wide
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~Greece: Independence Day (1821 as beginning of long war of Independence-Ottoman Empire)
~Greece: Independence Day (1821 as beginning of long war of Independence-Ottoman Empire)
~US: Maryland: Maryland
Day (1634 for landing of 1st
settlers)
Today’s Events through History
1st railway passenger service began in England►1807
Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona►1961
European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans
the export of British beef and its
by-products as a result of mad cow disease
(BSE) ►1996
Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on
radio►1943
Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece►1896
Peter Cruddas, treasurer of Britain's
Conservative Party, resigns after being caught
on film selling access to
British Prime Minister David Cameron►2012
Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while
fighting France which leads to his
death on April 6►1199
Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scots►1306
Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white
woman) arrested in Alabama►1931
Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1►1967
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
James A Lovell Jr, astronaut (Gemini 7, 12,
Apollo 8, 13) is 85
In their 70’s
Anita Bryant, homophobe/singer is 72
Aretha Franklin, Soul Sister #1/singer
(Respect) is 71
Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Starsky-Starsky
& Hutch) is 70
Gloria Steinem, US feminist/publisher (Ms
Magazine) is 79
In their 60’s
Mary Gross, actress/comedian (SNL, Club
Paradise, Feds) is 60
Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight],
England, singer is 66
In their 50’s
Brenda Strong, actress and yoga
instructor is 53
In their 30’s
Danica Patrick, race car dirver is 31
Remembered
for being born today
Hoyt Axton, actor (Black Stallion, Junkman,
Rousters) [1938-1999]
Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist
(Concerto for Orchestra) [1881-1945]
Andy Clyde, Scotland, actor (George-Real
McCoys, Cully-Lassie [1892-1967]
Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster
(Monday Night Football) [1918-1995]
Louis Moréri, French encylopedist [1643-1680]
Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald [1911-1967]
Today’s Historical Obits
John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird
in Hand)►1937►at 54
Paul Henning, TV/film producer and writer
[Beverly Hillbillies] ►2005►at 93
Ishi ("the last of his Yahi tribe")►TB►1916►at 54ish
Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator►1917►at 83
Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda) ►cancer►1992►at 69
Answer: Brain Teasers
1. Owed -> Wed 2. Open -> Pen 3. Ovary -> Vary 4. Orange -> Range 5. Olive -> Live 6. Ozone -> Zone 7. Omission -> Mission 8. Oration -> Ration
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 §
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