Mar 3, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 10/ Day: 62   

Today: H   60°…L 20° Averages: H  47° L 22° Records: H   66°(2009)…L -1°(1979)

Wind: ave: 3mph; Gusts:  9mph  Ave. humidity:  54%

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) ► 1791

1st tavern in Boston opens► 1634

1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed► 1842

1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted► 1863

Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences► 1863

Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness► 1746

Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) ►1966

Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal 

     to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail► 1873

Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent ►1871

Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms► 1849

Mount Rushmore dedicated► 1933

Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England► 1284

United States starts its Indian "civilization" program► 1819

US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) ► 1812

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts   

Weatherman is playing with us here in Flag. So nice today…little wind…warm temps…almost like spring. We all know this is temporary, but it sure is nice while it lasts. Easy to get very used to.

 

Sports diplomacy…with N. Korea…interesting. Makes sense to me. Not having diplomatic relations with a country makes the world a more dangerous place. I certainly understand that with diplomatic relations it assumes that one country agrees with another country’s policies. However; in this modern difficult world the idea that one country does not recognize another country seems so childish. The US has learned, at least in part, that ignoring Cuba did not make the government go away. Same was true a few decades ago with ‘Red’ China, and is still true today of North Korea. Disagreements cannot be solved by ignoring them. We don’t have to give them money, but we do need to talk.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for 2 one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight. 

Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• BEATRICE WOOD

• Rare Flamenco Guitar Video: Carlos Montoya – Farruca

Ok, then?

Getting old-er

EMBARRASSING MEDICAL EXAMS: At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall.'Big breaths,' . . . I instructed.'Yes, they used to be,' . . . replied the patient. Submitted by Dr. Richard Byrnes ,Seattle , WA

Picture of the Day: Mountains

Harper’s Index         

Percentage of British teens who day they are embarrassed to be seen reading: 17

Unusual Fact of the Day

The urine of patients with diabetes tastes sweet because the extra sugar in a diabetic's bloodstream overwhelms the kidney's ability to reabsorb it.

Ancient Things

The Origins of Halloween: The Day the Dead Return, Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico  In Mexico the dead walk with the living, and the brides of death meet their otherworldly companions to bring them treats and blessings on the night after Halloween...

Joke-of-the-day

A Texas rancher was driving through Mexico and stopped at the edge of the road to admire the scenery and a white beautiful horse caught his eye. The horse looked healthy well kept and was in a separate corral. Just for tries the Texan asked one of the workers if the horse was for sale. The worker trying to communicate said “No, no, he no look to good.”

The Texan was not satisfied with the answered because he saw that the animal looked great and insisted on buying it, after a few arguments the worker arranged for the sale and the Texan took the horse back to his ranch. He rode the horse through his ranch and galloped to the barn when suddenly the horse ran right into the barn wall. Frustrated the Texan takes the horse back to Mexico and talks to the worker that sold him the horse and explains what happened.

The worker said, “I told you he no look to good”

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PIZZA FOR A CROWD

Half a typical medium pizza per person for lunch, half a large pizza per person for supper. Use this ratio of toppings: 1/2 veggie, 1/2 plain cheese, 1 all the way, 1 pepperoni, 1 pepperoni and mushroom.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has filed three disciplinary charges against Lisa Traylor-Wolff, a senior judge serving in Pulaski and Fulton counties, for letting a client bang her gavel at a state prison.

The charges stem from an alleged "physically intimate relationship with a 26-year-old client" who Traylor-Wolff had been appointed to represent, according to a statement issued today by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Senior judges, such as Traylor-Wolff, work part-time to fill in for trial court judges and also may practice law. According to the court statement, Traylor-Wolff was representing the defendant on felony charges.

The commission alleges she began a romantic relationship with the client while representing him. The commission also alleges inappropriate conduct occurred when Traylor-Wolff and the client were in an attorney-client visitation room at the Miami Correctional Facility.

The commission also alleges Traylor-Wolff violated a section of the code of conduct which prohibits judges from engaging in activities that would appear to undermine the judge's independence, integrity, or impartiality.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• A 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories. A 1.75 oz. serving of potato chips has 230 calories.

• A recent study indicates when men crave food they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.

• American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.

• American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -- only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.

• Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.

• Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.

• Bittersweet chocolate is what is usually called for in baking. It contains more chocolate liquor (at least 35%) and less sugar than sweet chocolate. Semisweet chocolate contains 15% - 35% chocolate liquor.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7

National Cheerleading Week:
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week
2-5

American Council on Education:
2-19

Iditarod Race
3-9 

Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Celebrate Your Name Week
National Consumer Protection Week
National Procrastination Week
National Schools Social Work Week
National Sleep Awareness Week
National Words Matter Week
Professional Pet Sitters Week
Save Your Vision Week
Telecommunicator Appreciation Week
Read an E-Book Week
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Women in Construction Week
Newspaper in Education Week
National School Breakfast Week
Share A Story - Shape A Future Week

Today Is                                                                      

Daughters' and Sons' Day

International Sister Cities Day

I Want You To Be Happy Day

Namesake Day

National Anthem Day

What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day

~Bulgaria: Liberation Day (1878 from Ottoman Empire)

~UK and Ireland: World Book Day

~US: Florida: Admission Day (1845; 27^th state)

Today’s Events through History  

"Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres► 1985

1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto 1845

American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates► 1885

Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce► 1901

Congress establishes US Mint► 1791

Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9► 1837

Idaho Territory forms► 1863

Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi► 1817

Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created► 1915

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo► 2005

Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa► 1971

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 50’s

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, heptathele (Olympic-gold-88, 92) is 51

In their 40’s

Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author is 42

In their 30’s

Jessica Biel, actress, model and singer is 31

David Faustino, actor [Bud Bundy Married w/Children] is 39

Remembered for being born today

Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone) [1847-1922]

Ruby Dandridge, actress (Father of the Bride) [1900-1987]

Jean Harlow, [Harlean Carpentier], 30s' sex goddess [1911-1937]

George William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit) [1838-1914]

Beatrice Wood, potter/artist/author [1893-1998]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello)-heart attack-1959-at 52

Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase)-cancer-1992-at 54

William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy)-1992-at 79

Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist-1993-at 89

Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched)-ovarian cancer-1966-at 48

Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine)-1993-at 86

Answer: Brain Teasers

Because they were an electricity bill for one hundred dollars and a phone bill for one hundred dollars.

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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