12/2/13

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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 49 / Day: 336   

Today: L 25°…H 40°… Ave. humidity: 88%

Wind: ave:   6mph; Gusts:  66mph  

Average Low: 18° Record Low:  -5° (1991)

Average High: 46° Record High:  62° (1946)

Quote of the Day

 

Today’s Historical Highlights

University of Leipzig "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue 

     radio network…1932

1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)…1952

1st Model A Fords sold, for $385…1927

1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)…1816

1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien…1929

Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States (NYC)…1867

Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs…1974

Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya…1979

Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…2001

Environmental Protection Agency begins…1970 

Gillette patents 1st disposable razor…1901

Manifest Destiny: US President Polk announces the US should aggressively 

     expand West…1845

President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"…1823

Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)…1763

US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring 

     Senate into dishonor & disrepute"…1954

William H Harrison elected 9th President of USA…1840

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays

 

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Note to self: Not a fan of ‘heavy frozen fog’. It sure makes thing look eerie. And makes if feel a whole lot colder. While the weather guy said the fog would be gone midday, it really wasn’t. There are still clouds down most of the mountain near my house. It is still overcast too. Not a great day to be outside.

 

My Sunday morning news programs were either on hiatus for the weekend, or were running Breaking News on the train crash in the Bronx. Certainly a horrible crash but got tired of the repeated footage. They did have a couple of people who were on the train who told their amazing story of the crash and the escape from the wreckage.  

 

Broncos game was on TV…and they won again…good day! Cards lost again.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Every dawn begins with me, At dusk I'll be the first you see, And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about. Daises grow from me, I'm told And when I come, I end all cold, But in the sun I won't be found, Yet still, each day I'll be around.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Marty Feldman - English football commentator's sketch

• Odetta Live in concert 2005, "House of the Rising Sun"

• Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

• Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

Very Strange Laws…Rhode Island

• Cap guns are illegal.

• Ropes may not be strung across a highway.

• No one may bite off another’s leg.

• Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer is against the law.

• Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal.

• Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport, play, or recreation, or causing any of the above to be done to or by your children, servants, or apprentices on the first day of the week (Sunday) results in a penalty of $5 for the first offense and $10 for the second.

• Professional sports, except ice polo and hockey, must obtain a license to play games on Sunday.

• Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.

• It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

• Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a “NoDischarge Zone”.

• One must make a loud noise before passing a car on the left.

• Newport--You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset.

• Providence--There is not an appeals process for exemption of property tax due to a disability or poverty. / It is illegal to wear transparent clothing.  / You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

• Scituate--It is illegal to drive down any street with beer in your car, even if it is unopened.

• West Warwick--It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for the sole purpose of watering plants, gardens, or lawns.

OK Then…

 

Harper’s Index 

• Portion of Americans who make $75K or more annually who report feeling lonely: 1/5

• Of those making $15K or less who do: 2/5

Unusual Fact of the Day

Though the Ford Mustang uses a mustang pony as its logo, the car was actually named after the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane from WWII.

Joke-of-the-day

Q: Did you hear about the fire in the bakery?
A: It burned 20 cakes and 30 loaves of bread, and there were plenty of hot cross buns!  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

WORKING WITH A NEW CLIENT

A job with a new client will take about 25 percent longer than the same job with an established client   

Yeah, It Really Happened

OKLAHOMA CITY - A UPS spokeswoman said the company is investigating photographs appearing to depict a sexual encounter in the back of an Oklahoma delivery truck. Susan Rosenberg, a spokeswoman for the delivery company's corporate office, said officials were investigating after an Oklahoma City-area woman who identifies herself as a "happiness consultant" named "Mary Ann" posted pictures of herself in the back of a UPS truck on her website, KXTV, Oklahoma City, reported Tuesday. The pictures depict Mary Ann with her breasts exposed while wearing an open UPS shirt. "Look at my naughty time from yesterday," a caption on the pictures reads. The pictures were brought to the company's attention by Brian Bates, who uses his JohnTV.com website to expose prostitution in Oklahoma City. "What really shocked me is that a driver would put himself in this position, no pun intended, and then allow the pictures to be posted publicly," Bates said. Bates said the post also included graphic details of Mary Ann's sexual encounter with the driver of the UPS truck. Rosenberg said UPS officials are outraged about the use of company property for the encounter. "It disrespects UPS drivers and customers. This is not behavior we would ever condone for anyone, let alone for our company. We want to assure other drivers and our customers that this will be fully investigated," Rosenberg said.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Skunks eat just about anything: eggs, insects, fruits, rodents, dead animals, and more.

• A snake bite does not kill skunks-they are immune to snake venom.

• A skunk has two anal glands that carry the spray material. These glands carry limited amount, enough to spray 5 to 8 times. Afterward, the skunk needs sometimes over a week to reload the glands. Skunks

• spray sparingly.

• A skunk can spray the yellow oily foam (sulfuric acid) from its musk a 10 to 15 feet distance.

• A skunk always warns before spraying: it turns its back to the target, hisses, and stumps its feet.

• Skunks are not aggressive toward humans. They only spray in self defense.

• Skunk spray does not hurt or damage humans or other animals. It is only a terrible smell that lasts for days and is very difficult to get rid of.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7: Clerc-Gallaudet Week~~Cookie Cutter Week~~International Coelenterate Biology Week~~National Handwashing Awareness Week~~Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week~~Tolerance Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Cyber Monday

·        International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day

·        National Fritters Day

·        National Mutt Day

·        Special Education Day

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·        Laos: National Day (Republic declared 1975)

·        United Arab Emirates: National Day (united 7 emirates from UK 1971)

Today’s Events through History  

English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam…1620

Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year…1981

Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released…1933

Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris…1804

No land grants for Indian lands in British territories now be made without the 

   Crown's approval…1761

St Paul's Cathedral opens in London…1697

University of Leipzig, German opens…1409

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Edwin Meese III, US attorney General is 82

Cathy Lee Crosby, LA, actress (Coach, That's Incredible) is 69

Dan Butler, actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier) is 59

Stone Phillips, news host (NBC Dateline) is 59

Steven Bauer, Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts) is 57

Lucy Liu, actress and model is 45

Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open 1992) is 40

Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter is 35

Britney Spears, singer and popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I did it again") is 32

Remembered for being born today

Charles Ringling, American circus owner (1863-1926)

Russell Lynes, art historian, photographer, author, managing editor of Harper's 

     Magazine (1910-1991)

Gianni Versace, Reggio Calabria, Italy, fashion designer (Versace), (1946-1997)

Alexander Haig Jr, US Sec of State \General (1924-2010)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man)…1990…@90

Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (UN)…1981…@86

Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure…1990…@82

Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY…1967…@78

Odetta, American singer…heart disease…2008…@77

Marquis de Sade, writer…1814…@74

John Ringling, American circus owner…1936…@70 

Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy)…cancer…1986…@69                         

Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons)…breast cancer…1995…@66

John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry)…hanged…1859…@59

Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein)…heart attack…1982…@49

Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary…fever…1552…@46

Sabu Dastagir, actor (Jungle Book, Drums)…heart attack…1963…39

Brain Teasers

The letter D

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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