Mar 30, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 13/ Day: 89    Today: H 63°…L 26°

Averages: H  ° L ° Records: H °()…L °()

Wind: ave:   9mph; Gusts:  15mph  Ave. humidity:  36%

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet►240BC

US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly)►1867

Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in NYC►1943

Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III►1981

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts   

A decent day with too many clouds for my taste…but still good enough for a walk.

So the N. Korea government continues to rattle their swords. I have a lot to learn about N. Korea. I checked the CIA website and some others and found some interesting stuff, but will have to search a little harder as N. Korea doesn’t really share a lot of information.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

But That’s a Boy’s Name

Which of these names doesn't quite fit the list?

Alan
Alex
Andre
Carl
Dan
Eric
Paul
Pete
Robert

*****

Hint: Refer to the title.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Norah Jones-Sunrise

Celine Dion-That's the Way It Is

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

Number of Steak ‘N Shake restaurants scheduled to open in the next 5 years in the UAE: 40

Picture of the Day: Dine’ Land [Navajo]

Unusual Fact of the Day

The arcade game Space Invaders was so popular in Japan that it actually created a coin shortage.

Joke-of-the-day

From a passenger ship one can see a bearded man on a small island who is shouting and desperately waving is hands.
"Who is it?" a passenger asks the captain.
"I've no idea. Every year when we pass, he goes mad."
Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

Top of Form

CHOOSING A WATERMELON

A watermelon is ripe when you hear "punk" rather than "pank" or "pink" when you tap it with your finger.

Yeah, It Really Happened

 Returns tomorrow

Somewhat Useless Information   

In the 19th century, ladies who attended Easter services at St. Patrick's Cathedral strolled up Fifth Avenue to show off their new Easter bonnets in what later became known as the Easter Parade.

Each year, candy manufacturers produce more than 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies for Easter. Meanwhile, research shows that solid chocolate bunnies are the most popular -- followed by hollow chocolate bunnies, and marshmallow chocolate bunnies.

While Easter remains a moveable feast, the official observance of National Jelly Bean Day takes place every year on April 22nd.

The Easter egg toss dates back to the medieval church where a hard-boiled egg was thrown from one choir boy to the next. When the priest called "time up" whoever held it got to keep the egg.

Hares and rabbits have long been symbols of fertility. The inclusion of the hare into Easter customs appears to have originated in Germany, where tales were told of an "Easter hare" who laid eggs for children to find. German immigrants to America -- particularly Pennsylvania -- brought the tradition with them and spread it to a wider public.

According to the Venerable Bede, Easter derives its name from Eostre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A month corresponding to April had been named "Eostremonat," or Eostre's month, leading to "Easter" becoming applied to the Christian holiday that usually took place within it.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

24-30 

Tsunami Awareness Week
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Termite Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      

Doctors Day  
Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day
Pencil Day
 

Today’s Events through History  

Mastercard and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million compromised credit card numbers►2012 

Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)►1842

Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)►1858

15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race►1870

John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)►1889

Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens►1909

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

John Astin, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family) is 83

Richard Dysart, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law) is 84

Peter Marshall, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares) is 87

In their 70’s

Warren Beatty, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy) is 76

In their 60’s

Eric Clapton, singer/guitarist (Tears in Heaven) is 68

In their 50’s

M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], rapper (Hammer Time) is 51

In their 40’s

Celine Dion, singer is 45

Ian Ziering, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210) is 49

In their 30’s

Norah Jones, American singer and pianist is 34

Remembered for being born today

Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace) [1917-1994]

McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser (JFK) [1919-1996]

Vincent van Gogh, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises) [1853-1890]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom►2002►at 101

George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy syphilis►1840►at 62  

James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy)►1986►at 86

Answer: Brain Teasers

Pete The rest of the names, can have an 'A' tossed onto the end, to form common, widely accepted female names.

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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