Feb 26, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 09/ Day: 57   

Today: H   41°…L 10° Averages: H  46° L 21° Records: H   70°(1986)…L -10°(1919)

Wind: ave:   44mph; Gusts:  26mph  Ave. humidity:  %

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park—1891

1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) —1870

1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) —1930

2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die—1993

Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P) —1919

Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park—1929

Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona—1919

Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England—1885

Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US—1979

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks—1983

New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health—1866

Marx & Engels publish "Communist Manifesto"—1848

US lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending restrictions after for 23 years—2004

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A nice day in Flag-town. Snow is mostly melted, good day all around.

 

When I got back from Uganda my TV was different. When I watched an HD channel, any printing on the left side or right side was only partially showing. This had happened once before. When I called the cable company way back then, they came out and put some kind of device on the cable box and fixed it. Problem was they charged my $40. Since I hadn’t done anything different the first time, hadn’t changed and settings, I fought the charge, and they dropped it to $20. I still thought that was crazy since I hadn’t done anything. This time I have been putting up with it since I got back and decided on this Monday I would call and see what I might be able to do. The guy was very nice, talked me through how to fix it. His story was that somehow my TV had changed its own settings, by itself, possibly due to a power surge. Whatever caused it, it is now fixed and I now have new knowledge I didn’t want about how to reset it. It is very nice to be able to read everything again. Technology is so nice, until it doesn’t work correctly. Thankfully there are still a few places that offer free help though tech support to keep their customers.

 

Fear has taken over our political system. I for one am sick and tired of it. Today, Homeland Security warns that if that sequester things happens, cuts to border security could begin as soon as Friday. That is just what the crazies in AZ need to hear. No government agency works on that tight a budget. It will take months before the necessary furlough notices, schedule changes, etc. will be in place. Yet, to use fear has been a tactic of both sides in this congressionally/administratively created crisis they manufactured.  I’m sure that our fearful leaders will simply pass something on Thursday to extend the budget cuts. Simply immature and no longer acceptable.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

Indivi ( _ _ _ _ ) ity Din ( _ _ _ ) ve Can ( _ _ _ ) lar Bru ( _ _ _ ) ly L ( _ _ _ ) litude

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today:

• Michael Bolton

• Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In The Sky (Live At Montreux)
 

Ok, then?

Read This Carefully!!

Bridge Helps People Cross River

Picture of the Day: Deserts of the world

Harper’s Index:         

Rank of preventable medical errors among the leading causes of death in the US: 3

Unusual Fact of the Day:

In 1939, Hitler’s nephew wrote an article called “Why I Hate My Uncle.” He came to the U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.

Ancient Things:

Ancient Cambodia

The city of Ankgor Wat is one of the worlds great cultural archeological sites and was once the pinnacle of the great Khmer Empire.

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Joke-of-the-day:

This guy pulls into a crowded parking lot and rolled down the car windows to make sure his dog had fresh air. The dog was stretched out in the back seat, and the guy wanted to impress upon he that he must remain there. The guy walked to the curb backward, pointing his finger at the car and saying emphatically, “Now you stay. Do you hear me? Stay!”

The driver of a nearby car gave the guy a startled look “I don’t know about you, man,” he said incredulously. “But I usually just put my car in park.”  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

BUYING GROCERIES

Groceries cost about $20 per bag. That's paper, not plastic.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

WAYNESVILLE, Ohio - An Ohio man once named his city's Citizen of the Year is accused of spanking a 29-year-old tenant during a dispute about overdue rent. Ron Kronenberger, 53, owner of the Hometown Marketplace in Waynesville and Waynesville's Citizen of the Year in 2006, was charged with assault for allegedly exposing the 29-year-old man's bare buttocks in his office at the store and striking him four times with a belt Jan. 22, the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News reported Thursday.

"If you're going to act like a child, I'm going to treat you like one," Kronenberger allegedly said prior to the attack. The alleged victim told Police Chief Gary Copeland "he was scared and just wanted to get it over with," the police report said.

"At this point, chief left to attempt to make contact with Ron Kronenberger about the incident, in which Ron admits whipping [the victim] due to late rent payment in the amount of $2,800," the report said. Kronenberger was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The tomato is in the same family as the potato, pepper, eggplant, and petunia. 

• The French used to refer to the tomato as the "apple of love."

• Scientists at Cornell University have identified two cancer-fighting substances in the tomato: P-courmaric and chlorogenic acids. 

• Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins A and C. 

• A versatile vegetable for cooking, tomatoes can be prepared stuffed, baked, boiled, stewed, pickled, and fried, and are the base for many sauces. 

• Florida is the number one producer of fresh market tomatoes.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

24-3/2
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Telecommuter Appreciation Week 
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
Peace Corps Week

Today Is                                                                      

For Pete's Sake Day

International Sword Swallowers Day

Levi Strauss Day

National Personal Chef's Day

National Pistachio Day

Open That Bottle Night

Spay Day USA

Today’s Events through History  

15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states—1869

1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia—1732

Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb—1952

Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (California) —1941

Hosni Mubarak orders the constitution changed; allow multi-candidate presidential elections—2005

Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion—1992

New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated—1914

Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial—1998

Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"—1984

Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo—1616

US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation—1962

USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight—1949

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune) is 86

In their 60’s

Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About) is 60

In their 40’s

Mark Dacascos, actor and martial artist is 49

Remembered for being born today

Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season) (1919-2005)

Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming) (1932-2003)

William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes (1846-1917)

Herbert Henry Dow, (Dow Chemical) (1866-1930)

William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons) (1887-1966)

Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) (1802-1885)

Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth) (1921-2007)

Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple) (1920-2004)

Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (1829-1902)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy)—shot in car—1990—at 53

Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco— following unspecified surgery—1961—at 51

Answer: Brain Teasers

individual - duality Dinner - nerve Cancel - cellar Brutal - tally Lamp - amplitude

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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