10/15/13

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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 42/ Day: 288   

Today: L 30°…H 58°… Ave. humidity: 56%

Wind: ave:   5mph; Gusts:  17mph  

Average Low: 31° Record Low:  19° (1966)

Average High: 64° Record High:  78° (1991)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV…1951

"The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary starring Charlie Chaplin released…1940

"Untouchables" premieres…1959

11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard…1860

1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)…1976

1st Presidential tour-George Washington in New England…1789

Billy Graham begins his ministry…1949

Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale…1966

Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force…1874

Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published…1937

Iceland moves int’l boundary from 50 to 200 miles…1975

LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC…1939

LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation (DOT)…1966

Nelson Mandela & South Africa president F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize…1993

Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war…1969

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

This year seems to have many more anti-Columbus Day posts on Facebook. Included in that is the posts to get the Washington Redskins to change their mascot. So unfortunate that so many American’s know so little about the history of the US, especially before 1492. Because most of the Native tribes used oral history, much has been lost. That which has survived is not ‘believed’ by so many Americans. As we become upset by the ‘terrorists’ who are attacking America and our way of life around the world, we need to remember that our ancestors back in 1492 were attacking indigenous people and their culture on the land they had lived on for centuries. Years ago Canada apologized to the First Nation people for what they had done to settle Canada. The US needs to figure out an apology for our Natives.

 

It was a nice day and I spent some time outside, enjoying the beauty of my little area of our little town.

 

Urban legend comes true. Scary. Las Vegas has admitted sending homeless mental patients to San Francisco via Greyhound bus with a map to the nearest shelter. California says as many as 1000 patients. Northern states now being investigated by Florida for the same practice.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

It prods a man's hand, and it robs him of sleep, It makes him climb mountains and travel the deep, It makes him go wander down deep in a cave, and do almost anything stupid or brave, The longer denied the greater it grows, It makes a man learn 'till he thinks that he knows.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Tribute to Friedrich Nietzsche - Quotes and Photos

• RICHARD C. MILLER PHOTO GALLERY SHOW

• Mario Puzo and F.F.Coppola talk about Godfather's script

• Laverne & Shirley: "The Diner"

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias

If you have an irrational fear of... Freedom
You're suffering from... Eleutherophobia eleuthero- 'free'

If you have an irrational fear of... Frogs (and toads)
You're suffering from... Batrachophobia Greek batracho ‘ frog’

OK Then…

Harper’s Index 

Estimated number of fingers lost to table saws annually: 4000

Amazing Facts About The Human Body

Lungs The lungs contain over 300,000 million capillaries (tiny blood vessels). If they were laid end to end, they would stretch 2400km (1500 miles).

Unusual Fact of the Day

Knoxville, Tennessee’s Body Farm isn’t a day spa; it is a forensic anthropology facility. Human cadavers are left outdoors in varying stages of undress in water, under brush, etc., so that scientists can study the decomposition process.

Joke-of-the-day

It's all in the punctuation:

An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.

The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."

The women wrote: "Woman: Without her, man is nothing."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

SHOOTING ON A PENALTY SHOT

When playing ice hockey, if you have a break away or a penalty shot, watch where the goalie plays. If s/he comes out of the net, then you should deke with the puck. If the goalie stays in the net then take your best shot before you get in too close to the net.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

 Iowa City man Daniel P. Noehl Sr., 57, was arrested Sunday after he called police to report he had not been paid in an illegal drug deal, the Press-Citizen reported.

Noehl allegedly gave a friend three prescription pill bottles -- about 230 pills total -- with the agreement that he was to be paid $1.25 per pill.

After getting grifted, Noehl called police, and then called at least three more times to find out what was taking so long, according to police.

Noehl told police he didn't know selling prescription medication was illegal, or else he would have sold them "a long time ago when I was on drugs," according to criminal complaints. The would-be drug dealer then admitted to police that he had smoked crack cocaine as recently as Wednesday and asked police if they wanted to see his crack pipe. Police say the man turned over a metal pipe with burnt residue on it.

KCRG reported that Noehl told police he intended to use the money from the illegal drug deal to buy cigarettes and groceries.

Noehl was arrested and faces charges of prohibited acts and possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.

In August, Tennessee man Morgan Tapp had a rather dopey idea when he allegedly called police to report his safe was stolen. When police found the safe, they found a half pound of marijuana inside and a bag of pills. Tapp was arrested and charged with felony possession of a Schedule VI substance.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• How long can you tread water? The greatest rainfall recorded in a day was 73.62 inches at Reunion in the Indian Ocean on March 15, 1952.

• One inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow.

• The number of bacteria in a quart of soil from your backyard garden is 30 times greater than the population of the world.

• Steamboat Geyser, located in Yellowstone National Park, is the most powerful geyser in the world, and can shoot super-hot water 300 feet in the air.

• Every year, plants make and store ten times the amount of energy that people use.

• Glass is made of sand.

• Did you know that the Empire State Building once got stuck by lightning 9 times in 20 minutes.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

10-16

Take Your Medicine Americans Week
13-19

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week
Earth Science Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
National Chestnut Week 
National Food Bank Week
Teen Read Week
YWCA Week Without Violence
14-18

National School Lunch Week
YWCA Week Without Violence 

Today Is                                                                      

·        International Day of Rural Women

·        I Love Lucy Day

·        Latino AIDS Awareness Day

·        National Cake Decorating Day

·        National Grouch Day National

·        National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

·        White Cane Safety Day

Today’s Events through History  

Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether…1846

Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court…1962

Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)…1991

Dutch dancer Mata Hari executed by firing squad for spying for Germany…1917

Legoland Florida (world's largest Legoland theme park) opens…2011

Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days…1582

Pres Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument…1924

Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit…1985

Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional…1883

Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight…1932

US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport…1983

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Barry McGuire, singer (Eve of Destruction) is 76

Linda Lavin, actress (Alice, Barney Miller) is 76

Penny Marshall, The Bronx, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley) is 70

Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], Bronx NY, actress (Charlie's Angels, Sheena) is 58

Remembered for being born today

Virgil, (Publius Vergilius Maro) Roman Republican poet (Aeneid) [70BC-19 BC]

Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet [1656-1758]

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (Beyond Good and Evil), [1844-1900]

Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos) [1829-1907]

John L Sullivan, heavyweight boxing champ [1858-1918]

C. P. Snow, British writer [1905-1980]

Mario Puzo, novelist (Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake) [1920-1999]

John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award) [1908-2006]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Richard C. Miller, photographer (Marilyn Monroe…)…2010…@101  

Edie Adams, singer and Broadway actress…2008…@81

Johnny Sheffield, actor (Tarzan)…heart attack…2010…@79

Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night)…kidney failure…1964…@73

Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal…suicide day before hanging…1946…@53

Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy…executed by firing squad…1917…@41

Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, heavy weight boxing champ…murdered…1910…@24

Brain Teasers

Curiosity

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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