11-2-14

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Almanac: Week: 45 \ Day: 306 
November Averages: 51° \ 22°



Holiday Observances Today:
All Soul's Day
Cookie Monster Day
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Deviled Egg Day
Dia(s) De Los Muertos
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
Look for Circles Day
National Traffic Directors Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Zero Tasking Day
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Admission Day (North Dakota-1889-39th)
Admission Day (South Dakota-1889-40th)
Day(s) of the Dead (Dia(s) De Los Muertos - 11/01-02 - Mexico)

Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1852 - Franklin Pierce elected as president of US
1880 - James A Garfield elected 20th US President
1920 - Warren G Harding elected 29th president
1976 - Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for US President
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1783 - General George Washington, bids farewell to his army
1835 - 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola
1904 - British newspaper "Daily Mirror" begins publishing
1917 - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
1924 - Sunday Express publishes first British crossword puzzle
1944 - Auschwitz begins gassing inmates
1947 - Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time
1948 - Pres Harry Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey
1953 - Pakistan becomes Islamic republic
1960 - Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act allows 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US
1972 - 500 Indians conclude the "Trail of Broken Treaties" march to D.C.. seize part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs building until the 8th.
2000 - 1st crew arrives at the International Space Station.

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



My Rambling Thoughts
Trick or treating was successful. Lots of little kids, up to about 10, very few tweens and older. Lots of Moms and Dads with toddlers. The little ones had cute costumes but really had no idea what was going on.  An enjoyable evening from about 5p-9p. I turned off my stuff then and watched TV. There hadn’t been anyone knocking since 8:30. The elementary kids really enjoyed my decorations, especially the bubbling cauldron. I always had a fog machine going in Tuba and down here for a couple of years, then it just stopped working…still looking for another cheap one. I checked out a couple of stores early this morning, hoping for ½ price sales, but didn’t find anything I wanted.
Local weatherman was right on with a forecast last night of strong winds and decreased temps. A lot cooler today and wind all day. Front walk is full of pine needles.
A quite evening planned tonight…not having to answer the door every few minutes.
The state of AZ never changes their clocks, unless one lives in the Navajo Nation. However, the day does not go by unnoticed, as many of our TV feeds are from the West Coast so everything changes twice a year. Thank goodness for DVR’s until I get used to the change.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).

1) This is the loud and wild talk of a mongrel dog.
2) This is hair from a gymnastics surface.
3) This is only frozen water.
4) This piece of lumber is made of stellar material.    

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



           
OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Brief History…
Napoleon Bonaparte was short.
This claim is one of those propaganda lies that has become fact in the mind of much of the population over the years.  Although not tall, he was actually an average size guy for his time, about 5’6” to 5’7” depending on the source.  Another possible source of this misunderstanding may have been the English inch was shorter than the French inch, resulting in the common idea of Napoleon as a squirt trying to make up for his lack of size.  He also had a personal guard of tall strapping soldiers that made him appear smaller.

Educator’s Answers…
“I pay taxes in this district, so technically you work for me.”
Sorry, we’re not your minions. That’s not how it works. Taxes support public goods and services — such as the fire department, police, parks, and yes, public schools — for the community as a whole. And by the way, teachers pay taxes too.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO
The police put in a busy weekend what with an attempt at suicide on Santa Fe Avenue. Plus a drunk with a concealed weapon carrying on and a series of minor thefts.
Buddy Young who was hunting east of the Clear Creek area brought in a near-1,000-pound elk on opening day. It was 4 feet from tip to tip of his rack.
           
Harper’s Index…
Fportion of professional journalists who were college grads in 1971: 58
Who are today: 92 

That’s Outrageous from Reader’s Digest…
419.99-the mile marker in Colorado put on Interstate 70 after the old one—420, which is linked to marijuana—kept being stolen.

Religious Facts…
-The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
-'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

Rules of Thumb…
FINDING AN ADDRESS
When you think you've gone too far, go for at least another mile or two. Ninety percent of the time the address you're looking for will be just a little bit further.
           
Unusual Fact of the Day…
There is a Librarian of Congress. James Hadley Billington is the 13th, sworn in in 1987.
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Joke-of-the-day
Two judges from a small county happen to be stopped for speeding on the same day. They agree that there's no point in calling the state Supreme Court for a visiting judge; they'll just go ahead and hear each other's case. 
The next morning, one judge takes the bench, the other sits at counsel table. The first judge admits he's guilty, and the second judge suspends the fine and court costs for him. 
They then switch places, the second judge pleads guilty as well, but the other judge fines him $200 plus all court costs.
The second judge is exceedingly upset: "I suspended your fine and costs and you go and give me the maximum!"
The first judge responds: "Well, look at the increase we've just had for this crime. SOMEBODY has to do something about it!"
           

Yep, It Really Happened
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (UPI)
Police in Pennsylvania said a man who dressed as the yellow Teletubbie and broke into a friend's home for leftover Chinese food has been charged with burglary. Bethlehem police said Lehigh University student Terez Owens Jr., 20, was dressed as Laa-Laa, the yellow Teletubbie, when he allegedly broke into a friend's house about 2 a.m. Sunday and filled his "man purse" with leftover Chinese food from the refrigerator. The door to the residence was damaged during the break-in, police said. Officers caught up to Owens, who police said was dressed up for a nearby Halloween party, shortly after the incident, but he was released when the victim initially declined to press charges. "I guess the victims thought about it and the landlord got involved with the damage," Bethlehem police Chief Mark DiLuzio said. Owens has now been charged with burglary, police said. The chief said the case was unusual for the department. "Not that many Teletubbies get arrested," he said. "You can't make it up."
           
Somewhat Useless Information
Ten actors who passed away during the filming of a movie
Being an actor is not only a matter of glam and success, but also of dangerous moments, as well as… fatal. Below there is a list with ten actors and actresses, who died during the shooting of films.
Jon – Erik Hexum  («Cover Up» )
Vic Morrow (Twilight Zone: The Movie)
John Ritter (8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter)
Tyrone Power (Solomon και Sheba)
Redd Foxx (The Royal Family)
Brandon Lee (The Crow)
Martha Mansfield (The Warrens of Virginia)
Steve Irwin (Ocean’s Deadliest)
Paul Mantz (Flight of the Phoenix)
Roy Kinnear (The Return of the Musketeers)
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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
National Fig Week: 1-7
National Patient Accessibility Week: 1-7
World Communication Week: 1-7 
National Radiologic Technology Week: 2-8 

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week: 2-9 
           
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Today’s Events through History
1675 - A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War
1903 - Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC
1903 - New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St NYC
1936 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established
1955 - David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1974 - 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down
1983 - President Reagan signs bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ
1993 - Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of NYC
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Birthday’s Today
Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956) is 80
Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans) is 76
Dave Stockton, golfer and two-time PGA Champion (1970, 1976) is 73
Stefanie Powers, Hollywood Ca, actress (Hart to Hart) is 72
K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Canadian country singer is 53
Nelly (Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr), American rapper is 40

Remembered for being born today
Conrad Weiser, PA ambassador to the Native Americans (1696-1760)
Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer (1734-1820)
Marie Antoinette, Vienna, Queen of France, "let them eat cake" (1755- 1793)
James Knox Polk, NC, 11th American President (D) (1795-1849)
Warren Gamaliel Harding, Ohio, (R) 29th pres (1865-1923)
Burt Lancaster, NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry) (1913-1994)
Ann Rutherford, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, actress, (1917-2012)
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Historical Obits Today
Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), 1992 @100
George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), 1950, @94
Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), heart attack, 1991, @75
Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, cancer, 1970, @75
Toni Stone, first woman professional baseball in a men's league, 1996, @75
Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, 1887, @67
Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered, 1963, @62
David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, AIDS. 1994, @37  
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Brain Teasers Answers
 1) cur + rant = currant
2) mat + tress = mattress
3) just + ice = justice
4) star + board = starboard           

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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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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