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Today’s Historical
Highlights
- 1803 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy LA
- 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree
- 1935 - Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
- 1949 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
- 1972 - East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
- 1998 - AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
♫Happy Birthday To: ♫
Free Rambling
Thoughts
What an amazing weekend
in Merida…I’ll have a write up on it in a few days on my other blog site. For
now…stupendous. A weekend with the most creative people I have met. I had met a
few of them over the years in short exchanges at a coffee shop or mall or short
conversations at a party. Now I really know them, after four days at the
hacienda and traveling to a Mayan pyramid. A weekend I will never forget and in
a very good way!!!
A quick linguist story:
On the shuttle from Phx to Flg there were two students coming to our local
university for the first time. The first was a Brazilian coming to study
mechanical engineering. The second was an Arab from Qatar coming for one year
of intensive EFL. I usually have real friendly drivers who keep up informed.
The kid we had said nothing unless asked. If asked he answered with one or two
words. He obviously was having a ‘quiet day’. Anyway, the kid from Qatar spoke
very little survival English. As we stopped for a stretch break, the driver
asked him if he knew which stop he wanted to get off at. He said ‘Flagstaff’. I
found out he was from Qatar when I used my limited Espanol, his answer was ‘from Qatar’. My Arabic Hello
was understood but that was all I knew. When we got to the first stop at NAU I
asked if he had papers. He said yes. Then he showed me a cell phone with the
address of a nearby motel. I asked the Brazilian where he was getting off, and
he said NAU was meeting him at the train station. Success. I know the lady who works
directly with the International Studies program students. When the van stopped,
a girl was there to pick up the Brazilian. I went over and asked if she knew
Nancy. She did—her boss. I told about the Qatar guy and she said she could
handle it. Great. I was not surprised that none of the other students or adults
on the bus offered any help. I was surprised the driver was non-helpful. A great
ending to the trip.
Game Center
(answers
at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
You
are given three clues. The answer is a word that can follow each of the clues
to complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given "batting,
grade-point and below," the answer would be "average." In
addition, each answer has seven letters.
1.
Shooting,
peanut, rogue:
2.
Drivers,
liquor, poetic:
3.
Adding,
time, pinball:
4.
Electric,
horse, wet:
5.
Motion
,mental, class:
6.
Train,
filling, radio:
7.
Vacuum,
dry, pipe:
8.
Spring,
fried, rubber:
9.
Trial,
lead, hot air:
10. English, television water:
11. Animal, gram, ritz:
12. Political, computer, rocket:
13. Straight, trouble, six:
Wuzzles What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
AZ Centennial is in 34 days: Did you know?…
- When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
- Bisbee, located in Tombstone Canyon, is known as the Queen of the Copper Mines. During its mining history the town was the largest city between Saint Louis and San Francisco.
- In 1926, the Southern Pacific Railroad connected Arizona with the eastern states.
- The Castilian and Burgundian flags of Spain, the Mexican flag, the Confederate flag, and the flag of the United States have all flown over the land area that has become Arizona.
- In Arizona, it is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
Found on You Tube
Harper’s Index
- Portion of debt-ceiling elevations since1960 that have been signed into law by Republican presidents: 2/3
Joke-of-the-day
These bear hunters were
sitting around the cabin the night before the hunt bragging about their past
hunts.
The cabin boy was
listening and went over and said "you guys make it seem pretty hard on
capturing a bear".
They all laughed and
said "it is hard; do you think you could bag one"?
"I can go out and
bag you 2 if you will skin them, and I will bet each of you $100.00.
They agreed and off he
went out into the night.
Soon he spotted a big
grizzly; he waved his arm and started hollering the big bear started after him
and he started running for the shack. When he got close to the shack he started
yelling. "Open the door he yelled".
They looked out and saw
the bear chasing the boy. Just as he got to the door they opened it and he
stepped aside and the bear went in. He slammed the door and locked it and
shouted. "OK skin him I'll go and get the other one".
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- Warm hands indicate relaxation. Cool hands indicate tension. Place your hands on your neck, which is always warm; if they feel cool, concentrate on relaxing.
Somewhat Useless
Information
- An average person has about 6 quarts of blood running through their body.
- If you've got a normal head of hair, you have about 100,000 hairs on it.
- If your sense of smell isn't working, you can't taste an onion.
- The first jigsaw puzzle was invented to teach geography. In, 1767, John Spilsbury, a teacher in England and formerly the apprentice to the Royal Geographer, made the first jigsaw.
- In 1939, Charles Magnant, along with Joe Biviano, Abe Goldman, and Gen von Hallberg were the first to play accordions within the hallowed walls of Carnegie Hall. Their first selection was Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, between 1980 and 2000, the number of twins births increased 74%. Triplet births have increased fivefold.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
CLARKSVILLE, TN - The
owner of a Tennessee home that has been vacant for more than a year said he was
shocked to discover a 10-foot-by-12-foot wooden deck had been stolen. Jadranko
Beslic, who moved with his family to Atlanta when he retired from the Army more
than a year ago, said a friend asked if she could rent the Clarksville home and
when she arrived at the house she discovered the wooden deck was missing from
the back yard, The (Clarksville) Leaf-Chronicle reported Tuesday.
"That was on
Wednesday, and Saturday was the first day I had off and I could go up there and
actually look at it," Beslic said. "So we did, and sure enough, the
deck was gone. There was nothing there." Beslic said he filed a police
report about the theft. "It was really nice. I'm just baffled -- out of
all the things to steal, a deck?" he said.
Calendar Information
…Happening
This Week:
8-14
Universal Letter Writing
Week
Home Office Safety and
Security Week
National Vocation Awareness
Week
10-13
International Consumers
Electronics Show
11-17
Cuckoo Dancing
Week:
National
No-Tillage Week Conference
National Soccer
Coaches of America Week
International
Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
Today
Is
Cigarettes
Are Hazardous To Your Health Day
National
Step in a Puddle
Splash
Your Friend Day
Today’s
Other Events
1500’s
1569 - 1st
recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1600’s
1693 - Mt Etna
erupts, Sicily
1698 - Four French
missionaries have been staying with the Quapaw Indians, on the Mississippi
River. They travel downstream, and reach a Tunica Indian village today.
Missionary Davion will decide to stay with the Tunica to preach to them.
1700’s
1759 - 1st
American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1800’s
1813 - 1st
pineapples planted in Hawaii
1861 - Alabama
becomes 4th state to secede
1805 - Michigan
Territory organizes
1879 - Zulu
war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1886: The 1st
infantry has engaged Apaches in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. For
his actions today against "hostiles" under Geronimo and Natchez,
First Lt. Marion Maus will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1900’s
1913 - 1st
sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
1922 - Insulin
1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
1957 - The
African Convention is founded in Dakar
1973 - American
League adopts designated hitter rule
1976 - Dorothy
Hamill wins her 3rd consec nat’l figure skating champions
1991 - Congress
empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
Today’s
Birthdays
In their 40’s
Mary Jane Blige, New
York, American R&B singer-songwriter is 41
In their 60’s
[Frederick] Dennis
Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon) is 63
Naomi Judd, [Diana
Ellen], KY singer (Judds-Why Not Me) is 66
In their 80’s
Grant Tinker,
broadcasting executive (NBC-TV) is 87
Remembered for being
born on this day
Domenico Ghirlandajo,
Italian renaissance painter: 1449
Alexander Hamilton,
Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury:
1755
Charles Yelverton
O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer: 1843
Alice Paul, ERA
advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) in 1885
Today’s
Obits
Thomas Hardy, novelist
(Maddening Crowd), dies at 87: 1928
Sir Edmund Hillary, New
Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mt Everest in 1953 at 89: 2008
Carl Karcher, founded
the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain dies at 91: 2008
Sheldon Leonard,
producer/director (Dick Van Dyke), dies at 89: 1997
Jack Soo, actor (Nick
Yemana-Barney Miller), dies of esophageal cancer at 63: 1979
Answers
Brain Game
- First equation is 32-1= 26+5
- Second equation is 52=6+48-2
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Shooting,
peanut, rogue: gallery
2.
Drivers,
liquor, poetic: License
3.
Adding,
time, pinball: machine
4.
Electric,
horse, wet: blanket
5.
Motion
,mental, class: picture
6.
Train,
filling, radio: station
7.
Vacuum,
dry, pipe: cleaner
8.
Spring,
fried, rubber: chicken
9.
Trial,
lead, hot air: balloon
10. English, television water: channel
11. Animal, gram, ritz: cracker
12. Political, computer, rocket: science
13. Straight, trouble, six: shooter
Wuzzle
- Backward countries
- Mid-term exam
- Sunny-side up
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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