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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 08/ Day:
Today: H 43°…L 19° Averages: H 45° L 20° Records: H 66°(1981)…L -6°(1942)
Wind: ave: 16mph; Gusts: 36mph Ave. humidity: 49%
**WINTER STORM ADVISORY**
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
"African Queen" opens at Capitol
Theater in NYC—1952
10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH
for £100 a scalp bounty—1725
1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa
Monica—1937
1st recorded wine auction held (London)
—1673
American Samoa organizes as territory of US—1929
Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in
newspapers—1944
Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of
Inverness—1746
Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake;
5,000 die—1835
Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays
his first gig—1960
John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth
(Friendship 7) —1962
Maj General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself
president of Uganda—1971
Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to
Scotland, due to a dowry payment—1472
Supreme Court rules federal government power
greater than any state—1809
US postal service created, postage 6 cents -
12 cents depending on distance—1792
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
The storm hasn’t arrived but the wind sure makes it feel like it is just around the corner. We still have some blue sky, but clouds are pouring in. Expecting about a foot by tomorrow night. The wind has blown away or dried up any remnants of the previous storm.I called my new friend ‘Margaret’ last Friday. She is the tax bureaucrat in CO who keeps telling me it takes time to fix the error in my taxes. She called me back about noon today to tell me that SHE had talked to the person in charge of reviewing my account and had TOLD her to review it immediately. According to ‘my friend’, the review was positive for me, and she believes I will be getting a letter from the person who reviewed the forms telling me that everything is cleared up. Time will tell if that is correct. What an unbelievable hassle that never should have taken this long.Over the past few days there have been several internet news sources with articles about President’s Day. Now there are rumors that several presidents had some Black relatives in their lineage. Hmmm.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
If a cork is put into a glass of water, the cork will almost always drift to the side of the glass. There is one simple way, however, to get the cork to float in the center of the glass (the horizontal center, not the vertical). What is it? Water, the glass, and the cork are all that is required.
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today:
- Idi Amin
I do not agree with this man and lots of longer videos are available at the site. They are longer than this one.
Ok, then?
Read This Carefully!!
Hospitals Resort to Hiring Doctors
Picture of the Day: Native American Art
Harper’s Index:
Projected percentage increase in the 2012 US GDP attributed to the sales of the iPhone5: 0.33
Unusual Fact of the Day:
Television lost about 20 percent of its advertising revenue immediately after tobacco ads were banned in 1971.Joke-of-the-day:
Teacher: Why do we sometimes call the Middle Ages the Dark Ages? Peter: Because they had so many knights.
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
DESIGNING BILLBOARDS
People are exposed to outdoor advertisements for only a few seconds. A good billboard should have no more than seven words and two things to look at.
Yeah, It Really HappenedAn antique mirror managed to scare up $155 U.S. in a recent eBay auction despite -- or perhaps because of -- claims that it might be haunted.The two sellers -- Joseph Birch, 20, and Sotiris Charalambous, 43 -- claim they acquired the allegedly haunted mirror when their landlord put it in a dumpster outside their London home about five months ago.Since then, the duo claim they've suffered a streak of bad luck, including financial problems and illness according to the Daily Mail.The duo claim that since they took possession of the mirror, they've woken up "screaming in pain," felt "a sense of impending doom," and spotted "flickering shadows" reflected in it, MSNnow.com reported, adding that the final straw was when one of the owners woke up "covered in deep red scratches."The two recently decided to get rid of the bad luck mirror by auctioning it off on eBay, but making sure to fully disclose its paranormal properties.It's a good thing there was no profit motive reflected in the eBay posting, but there was only one bid for the item and it was for the original price posted by the two men.
Somewhat Useless Information
- George Washington's teeth weren't wooden. Contrary to popular belief, the country's first president had dentures made of gold, ivory, lead, and animal teeth.
- Thomas Jefferson founded the university in 1819 on land that once belonged to eventual President James Monroe. Jefferson is the only president to have ever founded an institution of higher learning.
- After finishing his undergraduate degree in 2 years, James Madison stayed at the university for an additional year, making him the Ivy League institution's first graduate student.
- Andrew Jackson taught his parrot to curse. The parrot had to be removed from President Jackson's funeral because it wouldn't stop swearing.
- Not only was Chester A. Arthur a very sharp dresser (he owned over 80 pairs of pants) but he often took late night strolls around D.C. with friends, not returning home until 3 or 4 in the morning.
- Herbert Hoover moved his family to China before becoming President, and he and his wife learned to speak Mandarin Chinese fluently. They would speak the language around the White House to prevent others from understanding them.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
15-24
National Date (fruit) Week
National Entrepreneurship Week
National FFA Week
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week
National Date (fruit) Week
National Entrepreneurship Week
National FFA Week
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week
Today Is
Love Your Pet Day
Northern
Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
UN World Day for Social Justice
Today’s Events through History
Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer
store in Salt Lake City—1987
Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort
Augustus, Scotland—1745
Congressional Act modifies the White
Mountain-San Carlos-Camp Apache
Reserve, in western Arizona Territory—1893
Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US
poetry reading tour—1950
Kagohami talks of a 120-year-old man to Lewis
and Clark—1805
Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's
first World War II flying ace—1942
Luther Crowell patents a machine that
manufactures paper bags—1872
Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick
manufacturing machine—1872
Tenn Gov W C Brownlow declares martial law in
Ku Klux Klan crisis—1869
US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion
for year (51 days) —1998
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin
in the Sun) is 86
Gloria Vanderbilt, designer is 89
In their 70’s
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now
That the Buffalo Are Gone) is 72
Nancy Wilson, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making
Love) is 76
In their 60’s
Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor
(Rich Man Poor Man) is 66
Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald
Trump (1st Wives Club) is 64
In their 50’s
Charles Barkley, NBA forward (Phoenix,
Rockets, Oly-gold-96) is 50
Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Fraiser
Crane-Cheers/Fraiser) is 58
In their 40’s
Cindy Crawford, super model (Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit) is 47
Under 30
Rihanna,
Barbadian recording artist, actress is 25
Remembered for being born today
Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
(1902-1984)
Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress
(Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke) (1921-1989)
Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband
of Courtney Love (1967-1994)
Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright
(Life with Father) (1893-1966)
John Charles Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV
game show host
(What's My Line) (1914-1991)
Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer
Pyle, Hogan's Heroes) (1936-2003)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder
(Pan Am Airways) (1899-1992)
Today’s Historical Obits
Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster—2006—at 86
Rosemary DeCamp, American actress—2001—at 90
Sandra Dee, American actress—kidney
disease—2005—at 62
Frederick Douglass, escaped slave,
anti-slavery leader—stroke—1895—at 77
Alexander Haig, American soldier and
politician—2010—at 85
Joseph Hume, social reformer—1855—at 78
Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II)—1966—at 80
Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole,
6/4/1909)—1920—at 63
Gene Siskel, American film critic—surgery
complications—1999—at 53
Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and
author—suicide—2005—at 67
Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love
& Hisses)—prostate cancer—1972—at 74
Answer: Brain Teasers
The reason that a cork drifts to the side of a glass is that it floats to the highest point. Since water "clings" to the glass, the highest point is around the edge of the water. To get the cork to float in the middle of the glass, all you have to do is fill the glass as much as possible. The water will form a convex shape above the glass, with the highest point at its center. This is where the cork will settle.
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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