12/11/13


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Flagstaff Almanac:
Week: 50 / Day: 345   
Today: L -10°…H 35°… Ave. humidity: 63%
Wind: ave:   4mph; Gusts:  9mph  
Average Low: 17° Record Low:  -11° (1961)
Average High: 44° Record High:  68° (1950)

Quote of the Day
 
Today’s Historical Highlights
"Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered…1913
103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock…1620
1st dental use of nitrous oxide…1844
700 CHOCTAWs, reach their destination at Fort Towson, in eastern Indian Territory…1833
Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel…1961
Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi 
     scheme…2008
British physicist, Stephen Hawking, wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, 
     the most lucrative academic prize in the world…2012
Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover…1928
Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City…1964
KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station…1953
People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization…2001
South Africa censors press…1986

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
My Free Rambling Thoughts   
Still not warming up…so the snowfall is just sitting there getting dirty. At least there wasn’t very much wind. It’s still too chilly to spend very much time outside.
 
My brother is closing his business in NYC…too many hassles with the guy who was backing the company. Tough time for him, but he certainly got some great resume stuff from the collection. The guy was only interested in HIS bottom line and felt that it wasn’t there for him. My brother kinda knew the day was coming. He and his wife have plans for Miami and the hacienda in Mexico. It certainly takes a whole lot of stress out of their life. I know things will work out, in time.
 
Amazing to see Obama at the Mandela services today. The Right is freaking out that our US President shook hands with the President of Cuba while on the stage. What was he supposed to do?  Ignore him while they were both there to honor a man who believed in reconciliation? From my point of view Obama did the statesman like thing. The two men may not agree on any issues, but they are both human beings. As one who tries to see the good in people, I hope this will help thaw the relations between the two countries.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once for each time it appears in the list. Punctuation is not an issue in this teaser in the initial placement of words. Only names are capitalized to start with.
Hint: Try looking at it backwards...
DAD, LET, LETS, LEW, MARGE, MISSES, NO, NORAH, ORDERED, ROSES, SEE, SHARON'S, SIMON, TELEGRAM, TELL, WE'LL, 
What are the sentences and what do they have in common?

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Very Strange Laws…Ohio
  • Breast feeding is not allowed in public. (Revised 2005)
  • In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.
  • It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
  • It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
  • It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
  • It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
  • No civil arrests may be made on Sunday or on the Fourth of July
  • Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
  • The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
  • Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
  • Akron--
    • Skateboarding in the city limits after dark is prohibited. \ Posting signs at swimming pools is illegal.  
  • Bay Village--
    • It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
  • Bexley--
    • Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.
  • Canton--
    • It is a misdemeanor to play any game in a public park without the superintendent’s permission.
  • Cleveland--
    • It’s illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
  • Lima--
    • Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
  • North Canton--
    • It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
  • Strongsville--
    • Catch 22 is banned.
  • Toledo--
    • Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
  • Youngstown--You may not run out of gas. \ Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.

OK Then…

 

Harper’s Index 
Percentage change since 2011 in the number of people who die of heroin overdoses in Maine each year: +300
Unusual Fact of the Day
In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called “Growing Up Skipper.” Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

Joke-of-the-day
A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible and then busied himself with desk work. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he took the desk stapler and stapled the tie to his chest. He had no trouble with discipline that term.  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
SETTING YOUR RATES
Freelance artists and graphic designers should determine their hourly rate by dividing their annual income requirements by 1,000.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
Sometimes an owner's manual is not enough. Oregon State Police say that's what a 58-year-old man learned when he tried to drive a 50-ton battle tank up a steep grade near the coastal town of Gold Beach.
The Oregonian reports that the 1969 Chieftain had been purchased by a local resident, but a truck driver transporting the tank was unable to climb the grade. So he unloaded it at a turnout along U.S. Highway 101.
The owner's caretaker, Jeffrey Glossop of Pistol River, decided he could get the tank up the hill.
State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings notes that Glossop had the operator's manual.
But Hastings says the tank slipped out of gear and rolled back down across the busy highway, crashing through a guardrail.
Glossop gave it another try, and the tank it rolled backward again through another guardrail and down an embankment.
Glossop was cited for reckless driving and first-degree criminal mischief.
Hastings says the tank is fine.
Somewhat Useless Information   
Ohio columnist & author Miss Regina Brett Written By Regina Brett, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. Here are 10. 
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.  2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.  3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.  4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.  5. Pay off your credit cards every month.  6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.  7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.  8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.  9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.  10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
10-17: Human Rights Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        International Mountain Day
·        National Noodle Ring Day
·        UNICEF Birthday 1946
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·        US: Indiana: Admission Day (1816—19th state)

Today’s Events through History  
1st black US governor took office-La…1872
1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)…1983
Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC…1909
Italy withdraws from League of Nations…1937
Spain suspended from UN…1946
Libertarian Party of the United States is formed….1971
People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established…1967
US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo…1906

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores Alverío], Puerto Rico, singer, dancer and 
     actress (West Side Story) is 82
Tom Hayden, 60's activist/Mr Jane Fonda is 74
Donna Mills, actress (Knots Landing, Incident) is 73
John Kerry, Aurora, CO, Sec of State and 2004 presidential nominee…is 70
Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], singer (I'm Sorry) is 69
Lynda Day George, actress (Casey-Mission Impossible) is 69
Teri Garr, actress (Mr. Mom, Young Frankenstein) is 69
Rider Strong, actor, writer and director (Boy Meets World) is 34

Remembered for being born today
Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) [1843-1910]
Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954) [1882-1970]
Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) [1926-1984]
Carlo Ponti, Italian producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago) [1912-2007]
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Kislovodsk, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970) [1918-2008]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Ravi Shankar, Indian musician…2012…@92
Dick Hoerner, football player (Rams)…2010…@88
Bettie Page, American model…2008…@85 
Robert Q Lewis, US comic/TV panel member…emphysema…1991…@70
Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer…1971…@69
Sam Cooke, rock vocalist…shot…1964…@33

Brain Teasers
1: MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON'S TELEGRAM. 2: WE'LL LET DAD TELL LEW. 3: NO MISSES ORDERED ROSES, SIMON. 
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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