7/26/13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 30/ Day: 207 Today: H 78°…L 57°

Wind: ave:   3mph; Gusts:  8mph  Ave. humidity:  78%

* Average Low   Average High   Record Low   Record High

        51°                     82°                40° (1913)          92° (1935)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1st Esperanto book published…1887

1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii…1835

AZ Governor Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown in Short 

     Creek, AZ …1953

Department of Defense forms…1947

Egypt seizes Suez Canal…1956

James V declared by Scottish Parliament fit to govern…1524

National Security Act establishes CIA…1947

Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Batista's regime…1953

Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie 

    theater…1991

Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice…1908

President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act…1990

United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin…1775

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

I have saying how much we have been enjoying the rain. Today we got 2.25” in less than an hour. Not nice. Our main road through town was flooded in several places with lots of dirt and roots left in the highway after the rain finished. When we went to lunch downtown, it was dark but no rain. During our lunch it must have hit. A real mess throughout Flagstaff. Mary had some great pics of her kids and grandkids as they all made it to the Oregon beach house. They went sailing in a tall ship from the Columbia out to the ocean, another day salmon fishing with a nice big catch, and lots of time on the beach. Great vacation. Cheryl is getting ready for the arrival of one of her sisters next month. Good time had by all today.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Can you find the word within a word for each set of clues listed below? The dashes beside each clue tell you how many letters are in the word you are to find. (ex. A young lion...in skin diving gear = ScubA)

1. A snooze...in a hiking bag: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

2. An armed conflict...in one who lacks courage: __ __ __ __ __ __

3. A line of seats...in a king's headdress:__ __ __ __ __

4. A brooch...in a statement of belief:__ __ __ __ __ __ __

5. A math term...in a fireman's climbing apparatus:__ __ __ __ __ __

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Esperanto

• Mick Jagger - Interview Letterman

• George Catlin (1796-1872) - "Native American" Song Tribute

• Mary Wells - My Guy

Hmmmm…Dismissals - Occupational Puns

A bishop could be disgraced.A model could be deposed.A neurologist could be unnerved.An engine-driver could be distrained.

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

• Percentage change since 2001 in the number of US young adults who have credit card debt: -22

• In the number who have student loan debt: +54

Picture of the Day: Africa’s Big 5

     Lion, African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard, and Rhinoceros

Unusual Fact of the Day

The "black box" on an airplane is actually bright orange so that it can be easily found among the wreckage if the plane were to crash.

Joke-of-the-day

Two old men were sitting in the yard outside the care home one day when Tim turned to the other and said "John I'm really feeling my age today I just hurt all over, how are you feeling?

John replied "I feel just like a new born babe"

Tim looked at him startled "A New Born babe really?"

"Yep, I have no hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PLANTING TOMATOES, CABBAGE, AND LETTUCE

When daffodils bloom, sow tomatoes, cabbage, and lettuce indoors.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

WASILLA, Alaska - A man standing on a highway and wearing a Superman costume in Wasilla, Alaska, was arrested after he was found in possession of heroin, police said. A costumed Patrick Campbell, 23, of Wasilla was "waving at traffic" while standing in the middle of the Parks Highway Sunday night, a statement from the Alaska State Troopers said. Campbell was found to be in possession of an undisclosed amount of heroin, and was arrested, the Anchorage Daily News reported Monday.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

One of the more common and dangerous pollutants in the environment is cadmium, which kills human fetal sex organ cells. Its widespread presence means it is in almost everything we eat and drink.

Pollution in China alters the weather in the United States. It takes just five days for the jet stream to carry heavy air pollution from China to the U.S. Once in the atmosphere over the U.S., the pollution stops clouds from producing rain and snow--i.e., more pollution equals less precipitation.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

21-27
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
National Zoo Keeper Week
World Lumberjack Championships

26-28
Garlic Days

Today Is                                                                      

·        All Or Nothing Day

·        Lumberjack Day

·        National Talk in An Elevator Day

·        One Voice:  read the Universal Peace Covenant in one voice

·        System Administrator Appreciation Day

^^^

·        Cuba: National Day (1956; "Day of the National Rebellion")

·        Curacao: Curacao Day (1499 founding of island by Spanish)

·        Liberia Independence Day (1847 from American Colonization Society)

·        Maldives Independence Day (1965 from UK)

·        US: New York: Ratification Day (1788; 11^th to ratify US Constitution)

Today’s Events through History  

Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru…1529

Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America…1519

Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io…1983

Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride…1847

Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons…1992

North Korea is hit by Tropical Storm Khanun, killing 88 people; leaving 60,000 people

      homeless…2012

National Bar Association incorporates…1926

President Harry Truman orders desegregation of all US forces…1946

US embargo on oil-export to Japan…1941

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 90’s

Marjorie Lord [Wollenberg], actress (Make Room for Daddy) is 95

In their 70’s

Mick Jagger, rock vocalist (Rolling Stones) is 70

In their 60’s

 Susan George, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) is 63

Helen Mirren [Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff], actress (The Queen) is 68

In their 50’s

Kevin Spacey, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow) is 54

In their 40’s

Sandra Bullock, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War) is 49

Jeremy Piven, actor and producer (Entourage, Serendipity) is 48

  

Remembered for being born today

Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) [1895-1964]

George Catlin, author/painter (American Indian scenes) [1796-1872]

George Clinton, 4th VP [1739-1812]

Blake Edwards, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) [1922-2010]

Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World) [1894-1963]

Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's passenger [1940-1969]

Stanley Kubrick, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita) [1928-1999]

Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues) [1944-1990]

Jason Robards Jr, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday) [1922-2000]

George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ireland, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) [1856-1950]

Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy) [1909-1979]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial)…diabetis/fatigue…1925…at 65

Eva Peron-Duarte, Argentina's 1st lady…cancer…1952…at 33

George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls…1984…at 82

Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him)…respiratory failure…1984…at 77

Averell Harriman, statesman…1986…at 94

Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas… pneumonia…1863…at 70

George Romney, Gov-Michigan/Sec of HUD…1995…at 88

Mary Wells, soul singer (My Guy)…cancer…1992…at 49

Answer: Brain Teasers

1. KnapSACK 2. COwarD 3. CrowN 4. OpinION 5. LaddER

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  §