10/26/13

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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 43/ Day: 299   

Today: L 28°…H 61°… Ave. humidity: 41%

Wind: ave:   3mph; Gusts:  9mph  

Average Low: 28° Record Low:  14° (1972)

Average High: 59° Record High:  75° (1959)

 

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers…1970

"Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution…1787

1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published…1955

1st section of NY subway opens…1900

Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine…1954

Lead pencils 1st used…1492

Minute Men organized in colonies…1774

Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India…1950
Pony Express ends…1861

US passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law…2001

Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC…1954

WHO announces eradication of smallpox…1977

Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Clanton involved in gunfight at OK Corral, Tombstone, AZ…1881

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Quiet Friday…a few clouds and even a short sprinkle…only enough to dampen the sidewalk.

 

So the American government spies on our allies. The media line is that it’s OK ‘cause they spy on us. All them thar spy novels have had it right for decades. Guess nothing is private anywhere anymore. How times have changed. When Obama was first elected, there was a big controversy over whether or not he could keep his Blackberry, since the Secret Service said it wasn’t secure enough. He kept it, but now we find out at what cost…since the US is spying on our allies personal cell phones. Scary.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

In this teaser your job is to try and discover a shorter word within the given word that relates to the theme. The word must be an extension of the 'theme' word. The letters of the hidden word are NOT jumbled.
Example: Theme: NIGHT______
Sneaky = SKY (NIGHT SKY)

Theme: DAY _______ 1. Jacob = ? (DAY _______) 2. Clapboard = ? (DAY _______) 3. Champagne = ? (DAY _______) 4. Orange = ? (DAY _______)

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• The Devil - Hoyt Axton

• MAHALIA JACKSON Precious Lord, Take My Hand

• Keith Urban - Long Hot Summer

• Pat Conroy interview
 

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias
If you have an irrational fear of... Hell
You're suffering from... Hadephobia Greek hades ‘hell’

If you have an irrational fear of... Hereditary disease
You're suffering from... Patroiophobia 

OK Then…

Harper’s Index 

Percentage of all private US assets woned by white or Asian Americans: 98

Amazing Facts About The Human Body

Eyes: The eyes receive approximately 90 percent of all our information, making us basically visual creatures.

Unusual Fact of the Day

The first TV show to use “open captions,” or captioning for the hearing-impaired available on all television sets, was The French Chef on PBS.

Joke-of-the-day

Rabbit resuscitation... A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road and got out to see what had become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so awful he began to cry. A woman driving down the highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explained. "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it."

The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to the car trunk and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto the rabbit. Miraculously, the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 meters away the rabbit stopped, turned around, waved at the two again, hopped down the road another 50 meters, turned, waved, and hopped another 50 meters. The man was astonished.

He couldn't figure out what substance could be in the woman's spray can! He ran over to the woman and demanded, " What was in your spray can? What did you spray onto that rabbit?"

The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It said: " 'Hare Spray' Restores Life to Dead Hare. Adds Permanent Wave."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

GETTING RID OF BACK PAIN

If your back hurts more when you walk down stairs, down a hill, or sit down in a chair, you need to do flexion exercises.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

NYKOPING, Sweden - Police in Sweden said they are investigating a man's allegations a woman stole from his apartment and slapped him with a fish while he was sleeping. Investigators said the Nykoping man, who is in his 60s, called authorities to report he was awakened from a nap by a slap across the face from a woman wielding a mackerel, The Local.se reported Monday. The man also alleged the woman stole $310 from him and took food from his refrigerator. The woman, who is also in her 60s, is known to the man, police said. "They might live together sometimes," Mikael Larsson of the Nykoping police told the Sodermanlands Nyheter newspaper. The incident is being investigated as an assault, police said. 

Somewhat Useless Information   

Hugh Jackman had to go on extreme measures to look like a starving prisoner in the movie ”Les Miserables”. The Australian actor had to go without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

20-26

Freedom of Speech Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week  
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Forest Products Week
National Friends of Libraries Week 
National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week  
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 
National Massage Therapy Week
National Respiratory Care Week
National Save For Retirement Week
Pastoral Care Week
Red Ribbon Week 
Ally Week
Kids Care Week
24-11/11

World Origami Days
25-31

International Magic Week
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Make A Difference Day Mule Day Honors the importation of the first Spanish Jacks to the US which were a gift from King Charles III of Spain delivered October 26, 1785 in Boston

·         National Forgiveness Day

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·        Austria: National Day (1955: Independent and sovereign nation)

Today’s Events through History  

1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)…1869

Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)…1916

President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal…1973

US savings bonds go on sale…1941

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Pat Conroy, American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides) is 68

Jaclyn Smith, actress (Charlie's Angels, The Bourne Identity) is 68

Pat Sajak, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show) is 67

Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady, Senator (New York), Secretary of State is 66

Dylan McDermott, actor (The Practice, American Horror Story) is 52

Keith Urban, country music musician, songwriter is 46

Sasha Cohen, U.S. figure skater is 29

Remembered for being born today

Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman, lost on Titanic [1865-1912]

C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (Post Cereals) [1854-1914]

Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands) [1911-1972]

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, last Shah of Iran [1919-1980]

Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family) [1914-1984]

Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) [1929-2000]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder…1972…@83

William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts…1675…@66

Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio)…1890…@63

Park Chung-hee, South Korean President…assassinated…1979…@61

Hoyt Axton, actor and country music singer-songwriter…heart attack…1999…@61

Brain Teasers

1. Jacob = JOB (DAY JOB) 2. Clapboard = LABOR (DAY LABOR) 3. Champagne = CAMP (DAY CAMP) 4. Orange = ONE (DAY ONE)

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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