7/9/13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 28/ Day: 190   Today: H 86°…L 57°

Wind: ave:   4mph; Gusts:  20mph  Ave. humidity:  60%

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Average Low	Average High	Record Low	Record High
49°	82°	34° (1926)	94° (2003)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1st natural gas well in US is discovered…1815

African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is 

     Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa…2002

Daniel Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia…1893

Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand…1956

Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel…1872

Federation of Malaysia forms…1963

Mission of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe is established for the Nacanish and 

     Nocogdoche Indians in what becomes Texas…1716

Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad…1401

Pete Sampras wins his 13th Grand Slam tennis title at Wimbledon…2000

Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe…1976

Unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets search for Dr David Livingstone

     (Scottish missionary and explorer)…1867

World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey

     2nd performance, 168 die…1944

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

An interesting afternoon. My maintenance man showed up with a letter from the HOA. It seems my flower pots and my fountain are not in compliance with Rule 12. These additions are considered by the new board to be ‘unsightly’. They claim to even have pictures of this unsightly mess. Guess my neighbor who stopped by last week was right. The maintenance guy said that one other neighbor got a violation for having a small AZ Cardinals sticker in his front window. All other residents with anything in their front area also got letters. This group seems to be ‘overstepping’ since I have had the same flower pots in the front since I moved here some 7 years ago. I’ll be writing a letter after I calm down. United we stand and we will survive.

 

Lots of rain clouds around, but none dropped here at my place. Breeze did keep it less warm though.

 

OK, I’m officially tired of watching the Zimmerman trial. Not only is it on CNN throughout the day, the evening news on all channels gives us the highlights. Not so interesting to hear all the ‘experts’ commenting on all the testimony. I chose not to go to school to be a lawyer. It all boils down to what the jury hears and votes on…all the ‘experts’ also know that ‘anything can happen.’ I’ll find another channel for ‘noise’ during the day when I am home.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Below are words or phrases grouped in pairs. There is a different word that fits in the middle of each set that can be defined by both sides. Your task is to find those words.
Example:
Flower ________ Stood
Answer: Rose

1. Enclosure for animals - __________ - Writing instrument 2. Male sheep - __________ - Collide into something 3. To shove one thing inside another - __________ - A collection of misc. items 4. Not specific or definite - __________ - Military officer of very high rank

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• William Shatner Interview Barbara Woodhouse Goes To Beverly Hills

• Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood-Summer Wine

• Ed Ames - My Cup Runneth Over

Hmmmm…Oxymorons

Normal deviation Nothing much Numb feeling

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

Percentage of ongoing deportations dismissed following Obama’s promise to ‘use discretion’ in immigration prosecutions: 4.8

Picture of the Day: Street Markets

Unusual Fact of the Day

The first known chain letter appeared in 1888 soliciting for dimes for the poor in Tennessee and promising God’s blessing in return.

Joke-of-the-day

A teacher in a political science class asked the students, "Who is the most powerful person in the US?"

A student answered, "The First Pet?"

The teacher then asked, "Why?"

The student explained, "Because, the president kneels before him, talks to him, listens to him, follows him, prefers him to office staff, looks after his well being before the voters', cancels/defers official duties in favor of him, and boards Air Force One first."

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PLANTING A SEED

 When planting seed, don't cover it deeper than three times its diameter.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

According to police, the bizarre incident occurred about 11 p.m. as the fireworks displays wound down. Township police received multiple calls from residents who reported a man was driving a military vehicle and firing an automatic weapon at crowds of people.

When officers arrived, they discovered nobody was injured and they quickly located the vehicle, which turned out to be an antique World War II-era armor-plated vehicle with a replica 50-caliber machine gun mounted. The weapon had been modified to fire compressed gas and emit a bright flash and loud realistic gunfire sounds.

One person was arrested. Charges are pending. And dozens of pairs of underwear were changed.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• PEZ candy was first introduced in 1927 in Vienna, Austria as a breath mint for adults.

• The word PEZ was created using the first, middle and last letter in the German word for peppermint PfeffErminZ.

• The first PEZ dispensers were known as regulars and did not have character heads on them. They were marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking. Original dispensers have sold for more than $100 each.

• When making a single piece of PEZ Candy it takes 3,000 pounds of pressure to compress the sugar into the familiar brick shape of a PEZ Candy.

• The first national gathering of PEZ collectors was held on Saturday June 15, 1991 in Mentor, Ohio. Since then collector conventions have popped up all over the United States.

• "Feet" is the common term used to refer to the small tabs on the dispenser base to help it stand upright. They were first added to U.S. dispensers in 1987.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

4-10

Freedom Week: 4-10 
7-13  
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend

Today Is                                                                      

·        Bald In-Bald Out

·        National Sugar Cookie Day

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·        Baha'i: Martyrdom of The Bab

·        Islam: Ramadan begins

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·        Argentina: Independence Day (1816 from Spain)

·        Morocco: Youth Day

·        US: Alaska: Flag Day (1927 when only state flag designed by child 1^st raised)

Today’s Events through History  

Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY)…1776

Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced…1957

French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada…1536

Improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo…1878

South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan…2011

Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others…1989

Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter…1979

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Ed Ames, actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone), singer is 86

Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate) is 81

In their 70’s

Brian Dennehy, actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants) is 75

Richard Roundtree, New Rochelle NY, actor (Getting Even, Shaft) is 71

In their 60’s

Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild) is 68

OJ Simpson [Orenthal James], NFL running back, prisoner is 66

In their 50’s

Tom Hanks, actor (Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Phila) is 57

Jimmy Smits, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, NYPD Blue) is 58

In their 40’s

Courtney Love, vocalist (Hole)/actress is 49

In their 30’s

Fred Savage, actor, director is 37

Remembered for being born today

Thomas Davenport, invented 1st commercial electric motor [1802-1851]

Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse) [1928-1996]

Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) [1856-1930]

Lee Hazelwood, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson) [1929-2007]

Lord Lovat, [Simon Fraser], Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser [1911-1995]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician ‘race hygiene’ theory…1967…at 93

Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password)…cancer…1981…at 61

Eric Sevareid, journalist…stomach cancer…1992…at 79

Rod Steiger, actor… pneumonia…2002…at 77

Zachary Taylor, 12th president…intestinal infection…1850 (in office)…at 65

Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer…stroke…1998…at 78

Answer: Brain Teasers

1. Enclosure for animals - Pen - Writing instrument 2. Male sheep - Ram - Collide into something 3. To shove one thing inside another - Stuff - A collection of misc. items 4. Not specific or definite - General - Military officer of very high rank

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  §