Sat Nov 27

This is Week 47 of 2010►Day 331 with 34 days remaining

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TODAY’S QUOTE—Vince Lombardi
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Black Friday has become Electronics Friday. I am well set up with TVs, radios, mp3 player, computer stuff, cameras,… I did go out about 9am to see what was out there. I found Home Depot to be the best stop. I got LED lights, a poinsettia and a few new decorations for amazing prices. While there I stopped at World Market and found some more bargains. The mall and the attached strip mall had fairly full parking lots, but the stores had plenty of service people and shopping was not the hassle I had expected. The good news for them is that people were buying. Everyone was buying the loss leaders—the items that were being sold very cheaply—but every cart seemed to have other stuff too and that is why the stores do the loss leaders. I didn’t go to Best Buy, but they too looked pretty busy. All the Christmas stuff and music did put me into the Christmas mood, so sometime this weekend I will be putting away all the Fall decorations and turning the inside and outside into my own little winter wonderland. I can’t forget last Christmas, when all my outdoor lights stayed outside until almost May, due to the snow piles. I refused to dig through the ice to take the lights off the bushes or stand a ladder on the ice to remove the lights on the porch. Maybe this year will be a little easier.

Obama got elbowed during a basketball scrimmage this morning. He ended up getting 12 stitches in his lip. I’m waiting for Faux news to say something outrageous. Most all of the news commentators are on a break and by Monday it will probably not be news. I’m sure someone will see this common basketball injury as additional proof that his financial policies will fail. Heal quickly Mr. President.

Thankfully the N/S Korea mess has not led to any more gunfire. I did see on middle aged Korean man who was moving off the island after his house was destroyed by the bombing earlier this week. He told the American news reporter in Korean, “All you reporters are welcome to stay here as long as you like. I’m protecting my family and leaving. Maybe they won’t bomb you.” Such a tough time for those living there. The US and our allies are moving forward with our ‘war games’ nearby. I have to wonder what would happen if Iran or China or N Korea decided to have ‘war games’ a few hundred miles from Hawaii or Guam? Would we see that as a threat? If the other side said they were not planning any attack, but just checking to see if their ships could sail in the water near Hawaii, would we trust or believe them?

HOLY MACKEREL: 1945 C.A.R.E. (Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere) was founded

JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990 9-LETTER WORDS
It can mean to ponder on a subject or to purchase with the expectation of profit
A public officer who keeps the peace, or a British policeman of the lowest order
Semantics is the study of a word's meaning, this is the study of a word's history
The name of this children's game can serve as a verb meaning “to leap from place to place”
In ancient Greece, a politician who championed the masses; now it's one who plays on people's emotions

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—
The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass.
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In Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie," mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
SPARTANBURG, SC (AP) -- Some people lay flowers or notes at gravesites. A woman in South Carolina left a handgun.
Police in the northwestern county of Spartanburg say a 28-year-old woman who hadn't been feeling well consulted a spiritual adviser, who told her she needed to return something that was given to her to cleanse her soul.
So the woman left a .45-caliber handgun in a box at a man's grave at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens. She told police the man had given her the weapon about 12 years ago and she hoped by returning it that she would feel better.
After police discovered the gun, the woman told them she wanted it destroyed.
Police are storing the gun at the sheriff's office. No charges have been filed.

A LITTLE LAUGH
I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
For those who see Bruce Lee is a cardboard movie icon, check this out. He would be 70 today

UP CLOSE PICTURE
This is a close up of what object?
CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
Pins And Needles Day
National Native American Heritage Day
International Aura Awareness Day
National Day of Listening
Yawm Arafat: Islamic Festival—day 9 of Hajj at the plain of Arafat, near Mecca, to remember others in prayer
Burma: National Day
Cuba: Martyrs' Day
India, Sri Lanka: Maaveerar Day—Hero’s Day to the Tamil People
Israel: Weizmann Day—birthday of Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first President
♫ One Hit Wonders—1960’s ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
♦Today’s Births♦
╥ THE ARTS
1942 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze Along the Watchtower )
1912 David Merrick, Broadway producer (Hello Dolly)
1944 Eddie Rabbitt, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night)
Gail Henion Sheehy, 73, author (Passages)
1917 "Buffalo" Bob Smith, TV host (Howdy Doody) Smith on What's My Line
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Robin Givens, 46, actress (“Head of the Class,” A Rage in Harlem)
1940 Bruce Lee (Lee Jun Fan), actor: martial arts cult star
Jaleel White, 34, actor (Steve Urkel : “Family Matters”)
╥ ATHLETICS
Jimmy Rollins, 32, baseball (Phillies)
Nick Van Exel, 39, basketball (Lakers, Nuggets, Mavericks, Warriors, Blazers, Spurs)
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1874 Charles A Beard, American historian (American Continentalism)
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, 53, JFK's daughter
╥ POLITICS
1874 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (1st President)
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1857 Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, 1932 Nobel Laureate in Medicine & Physiology; coined "neuron" and "synapse"
♦Today’s Obituaries♦
John Carradine, actor, @ 82 in 1988
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Latin poet & satirist, @ 57 in 8BCE
Baby Face Nelson (Lester Joseph Gillis), bank robber, murderer, shot by FBI agents @ 25 in 1934
Eugene O'Neill, playwright, alcoholism / Parkinson’s @ 65 in 1953
♦Today’s Events♦
╥ THE ARTS
1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
╥ ATHLETICS
1870 NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1779 The College of Pennsylvania became the University of Pennsylvania and the first legally recognized university in America.
1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
╥ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1817 US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1915 Private Albert Mountain Horse is buried in Fort Macleod, Alberta. He is the only Blood Indian to go to the front lines in World War One. He dies due to exposure to poison gas on the battlefield.
╥ POLITICS (US)
1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
╥ POLITICS (International)
1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
1951 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
It can mean to ponder on a subject or to purchase with the expectation of profit
What is speculate?
A public officer who keeps the peace, or a British policeman of the lowest order
What is a constable?
Semantics is the study of a word's meaning, this is the study of a word's history
What is etymology?
The name of this children's game can serve as a verb meaning “to leap from place to place”
What is hopscotch?
In ancient Greece, a politician who championed the masses; now it's one who plays on people's emotions
What is a demagouge?
∞ PICTURE
An ink jet printer cartridge
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Fri Nov 26

This is Week 47 of 2010►Day 330 with 35 days remaining
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TODAY’S QUOTE—Brian G. Jett
You can determine how confident people are by listening to what they don't say about themselves

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I had another great Thanksgiving with some great people. My cranberry sauce and pies were a big hit. The smoked turkey was my favorite. But I ate way too much regular turkey, dressing, southern mac and cheese, … The conversation was great too. Mary, a friend of Martha’s, had decorated the tree and Martha also had her amazing collection of Scottish nutcrackers displayed. A friend of Mary’s plays the Jews Harp and brought quite a collection of them to see and hear. I had heard the Jews Harp before but never seen one. It is an Asian musical instrument that has spread around the world; it is used extensively in Turkey; it has no particular connection to Jewish people or Judism. Guess I need to do some more investigation. I always thought it was like a harmonica. Turns out each Jews Harp is tuned to a specific note and in competition several are connected together with some kind of clamp to that one person can play several different notes. I always felt a little odd saying Jew’s Harp and thought it might be some colloquial semi-slur. That too is wrong. While the name was probably a mispronunciation of one of several words somewhere in the 1500’s its English name became Jew ’s harp. Whatever, it is a cool instrument and I was happy to learn about them. Martha’s Thanksgiving’s are always enjoyable, entertaining, and eclectic. Very cool.

It was a cold day and nice to be able to spend the afternoon in a warm cabin in the beautiful piñon forest.

HOLY MACKEREL: 1864 Charles L. Dodgson, whose pen name was Lewis Carroll, sent a handwritten manuscript to Alice Liddel. The manuscript was titled Alice’s Adventures Underground. It was an early Christmas present to the 12-year-old girl. Later, the manuscript was renamed Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990-PALACES
This city's Potala Palace was home to Dalai Lamas for over 300 years
This palace facing St. James Park was built for John Sheffield in 1703
A palace in Florence has a mural featuring portraits of this ruling family
Al-Nadwa Palace in Amman is home to this King
Mary, Queen of Scots, bathed in wine in a small building near this palace

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—
When threatened, the hairy frog, or 'horror frog,' intentionally breaks its own bones to produce claws that protrude from its toe pads.
If cornered, some horned lizards species can shoot their potently foul blood from their eye sockets up to six feet.

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
Reuters: A German retiree who wanted to seal off the entrance to his cellar ended up bricking himself into it, a police spokesman told Reuters Thursday.
The senior from Jena told police he only became aware of the mistake once his handiwork was complete, which police described as "pretty stupid" in a statement.
After camping out in the cellar for several days he resolved to free himself by knocking down a wall, but chose to demolish his neighbor's wall rather than the one he had just put up.
The man had been at loggerheads with his neighbors for some time and they informed the police when they heard drilling noises.
The police were waiting for the retiree when he made his great escape and have now launched an enquiry.

A LITTLE LAUGH
Having grown up just outside New York City, I barely knew a cow from an ear of corn. Until, that is, I married a smalltown Ohio girl. While I was in seminary school, I had a temporary assignment at a church in a rural community. The day of my first sermon, I tried very hard to fit in. Maybe too hard.
With my wife sitting in the first pew, I began my discourse: "I never saw a cow until I met my wife."

Bonus Little Laugh:
"A group of economists unveiled a new plan to reduce the deficit by $6 trillion in the next 10 years. The first step of the plan is to look at all our spending over the past five years, determine what's unnecessary...and then ask China for $6 trillion." -Jimmy Fallon

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’
UP CLOSE PICTURE
This is a close up of what object?
CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
Lebanon (اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة): Independence Day (from France--1941)
Mongolia: Independence Day (from China—1921)
US: Black Friday—the day that kicks off the Holiday shopping season and move many stores from the red to the black on their balance sheets.
♫ One Hit Wonders—1960’s ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
♦Today’s Births♦
╥ THE ARTS
1933 Robert Goulet, singer/actor (Camelot, Naked Gun 2)
Richard (Rich) Caruthers Little, 72, impressionist
1912 Eric Sevareid, newscaster
1922 Charles M Schulz, cartoonist (Peanuts)
Tina Turner, 72, singer, born Anna Mae Bullock
╥ ATHLETICS
Shannon Dunn, 38, Olympic snowboarder
Shawn Kemp, 41, basketball (Sonics, Cavaliers, Trail Blazers, Magic)
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1876 Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment
1607 John Harvard, English clergyman/scholar, major benefactor to Harvard University (library & half his estate)
╥ POLITICS
1792 Sarah Moore Grimk‚ American antislavery, women's rights advocate
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1894 Norbert Wiener, US, mathematician/defined cybernetics
1937 Boris Yegorov cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
♦Today’s Obituaries♦
Robert Coote, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe), @ 73 in 1982
Benjamin Sherman Scatman Crothers, actor (Louie-Chico & the Man), cancer @ 76 in 1986
Albert DiSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed in prison @ 42 in 1973
Tommy Dorsey, Swing bandleader, choked in sleep @ 51 in 1956
James Naismith, Basketball inventor, brain hemorrhage @ 78 in 1939
Sojourner Truth, abolitionist, women's rights advocate @ 86 in 1883
♦Today’s Events♦
╥ THE ARTS
1922 “Toll of the Sea” debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (“The Gulf Between” was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
╥ ATHLETICS
1917 The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators,Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1716 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)
1832 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12cent fare--$2.55 in 2010 $)
1867 The refrigerated railroad car was patented by J.B. Sutherland of Detroit, Michigan
1991 Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
╥ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
 411 Maya King Siyaj Chan K'awill II (Stormy Sky) ascends the Tikal throne in Guatemala.
1835 Charley Emathla is killed. Emathla signs the agreement at Fort Gibson in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) committing the Seminoles to their removal from Florida. He is in favor of the removal. He is killed by Seminoles who are against the treaty or leaving Florida. Many believe that he is killed by Chief Osceola.
╥ POLITICS (US)
1789 1st national thanksgiving—in 1863 Lincoln declared it a Nat’l Holiday
1973 Rose Mary Woods, U.S. President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, told a federal court she had accidentally erased over eighteen minutes of a ‘Watergate tape’
1975 Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, Manson-family devotee, was found guilty by a federal jury of trying to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
╥ POLITICS (International)
1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1885 1st meteor photograph
1922 The tomb of the Boy King, Tutankhamen, was discovered in Egypt by Lord Carnarvon of England and Howard Carter of the United States.

ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
This city's Potala Palace was home to Dalai Lamas for over 300 years
What is Lhasa?
This palace facing St. James Park was built for John Sheffield in 1703
What is Buckingham Palace?
A palace in Florence has a mural featuring portraits of this ruling family
Who are the Medici Family?
Al-Nadwa Palace in Amman is home to this King
Who is King Hussein?
Mary, Queen of Scots, bathed in wine in a small building near this palace
What is Holyrood?
∞ PICTURE
SpongeBob, or at least a guy in a SpongeBob costume
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Thanksgiving 2010


This is Week 47 of 2010►Day 329 with 36 days remaining
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TODAY’S QUOTE—Unknown
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
It looks like Flag is having a cold, white Thanksgiving. If not, it is probably too late to thaw a turkey. I sure hope everyone is ready for Thanksgiving. For 35 years I went to Thanksgiving dinner on the Rez. We had a great meal with turkey and all the fixins. I always brought a huge fruit salad with coconut, whipped cream—the real stuff, and a whole bunch of Maraschino cherries on top. My Montana Aunt had made it frequently on the ranch. I tried to use fresh fruit, but that isn’t always possible at the end of November. When I retired, I started going to Thanksgiving with some friends in Flagstaff. Thanks to the Pillsbury Dough Boy, I found that I could bake a pie which doesn’t require making the crust. I have tried to make pie crust, but I am missing the pie crust genes. I’m sure it takes at least a few genes, since I am probably missing some other ones and seem to do quite well with my life. Today I made a blueberry pie and a pumpkin one. After sticking them in the oven, I always wonder why I don’t do this more often. Laying out the already rolled out crust is simple. Making the fresh pie filling is simple. Pouring the filling into the piecrust is easy. Even putting another premade crust on top of the blueberry filling and doing something called crimping is not all that hard. Changing the heat on the oven isn’t even hard. Then timing the pies baking time is fairly easy. Then the timer rings and the blueberry pie is perfect. The pumpkin pie is still very soupy. Now I remember why I don’t make pumpkin pies. Set the timer for 10 minutes more and check it. Then 7 more minutes and check it. Then 5 more minutes and check it. Then 5 more minutes and it is almost done. Five more minutes and it is ready. All that time I have to stay near the oven, just to check to be sure it isn’t done. I am much to ADD to stay in one place for that long and much too paranoid to leave the kitchen. We have dryers for our clothes that automatically know when the clothes are dry and cools down to prevent wrinkles or something and then shuts off. Why hasn’t someone invented an oven that knows when the pie is done and just shuts off and cools down the pie? I’m sure it would be a big seller for working people. Throw the unbaked pie in the oven, push a few buttons, go to work and come home to find a nicely baked pie in the oven ready to eat. If they can make an oven that cleans itself—through very high heat, they should be able to make one with a blower that cools everything down slowly. Maybe they will have one next Christmas.

Holy crap. What a mess in Korea. Who is the leader of North Korea—the father or the son? Why did the decide to send missiles into S. Korea? Why is S. Korea so understanding when the N. Koreans haven’t apologized? Sumthin big is a brewing over there. There is more here than what the US Media is reporting. There sure is a lot of posturing on both sides. The really scary part is that the western world is siding with S. Korea and making their own line in the sand. Of course, China hasn’t stepped in yet. I keep being haunted by the Chinese Internet business man that said America talks and talks and does nothing, China just does it. He was talking about business and financial issues, but he could have just as easily been talking about global politics. S Korea provides our big box stores with lots of merchandise. N. Korea provides us with little information and lots of headaches. I sure hope that somebody, from somewhere, will be able to sit down with involved parties and work out a sensible dialogue with real solutions. Maybe that person will find out who is leading N Korea and that the leader is not really crazy. LOL--just heard a clip of a radio show where Sara Palin was talking about our North Korean Allies. She did change to South Korea a couple of sentences later, but never said her slip happened. My guess, her handleres were holding up signs with the word SOUTH.

The Media loses again. For the last few weeks there have been many too many stories about National Opt Out Day. Well, today was the day, and less than 1% of those flying joined in. I do not want to be patted down but more importantly I don’t want to be blown up when I am on a plane. I did hear that some were suggesting that the Opt Out leadership should be charged with terrorism. Had their plan worked, I might have agreed. Completely or almost completely closing down an airport so they could do pat downs would have led to way too much chaos. Stressed passengers are not a happy lot to begin with. Airport officials seemed to have several back up plans if the thing had panned out…now that is good security. My brother and his wife flew to Miami yesterday, with their cat. All went well, no long lines, no hassle at security. Everyone I know who has already flown say they were just fine with security. I need to keep remembering that we don’t have to live in fear.

HOLY MACKEREL: 1894 A group of nineteen Hopi "hostiles" are placed under arrest by the army for interfering with "friendly" Hopi Indian activities on their Arizona reservation. The nineteen prisoners will be held in Alcatraz prison in California from January 3, 1895 to August 7, 1895

JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990 AMERICAN REVOLUTION
During the winter of 1777, Washington reorganized his army at this site
At the end of the Revolution currency was so worthless, "not worth" 1 of these became a common phrase
The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred on this hill
This brother of explorer William Clark used his own money to feed & pay his soldiers
The Americans took nearly 6,000 prisoners at this N.Y. State battle, called a turning point in the war

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—
Fred and Wilma Flintstone, on the animated cartoon series The Flintstones (1960-1966), were the first couple to be seen together sharing a bed on prime time TV.
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The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981. ***
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
FAYETTEVILLE, NC — A North Carolina man faced criminal charges after police say he posed as a health professional and got involved with patients at a hospital emergency room.
Daniel Ray Stewart, 24, was charged with three misdemeanor counts of impersonating a doctor, multiple media organizations reported Wednesday.
Stewart posed as a visiting medical resident seeking training and camped out in the emergency room of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Stewart said he was at it for two weeks in October before a physician assistant noticed he was not wearing a badge in the emergency department.
"There was no direct patient care involved," Stewart said. "If something was wrong, (the hospital) should've let me know ... instead of going to the police."
The hospital said Stewart was shadowing doctors and nurses and was never alone with a patient. Stewart is "a troubled young man with a history of impersonation, or similar activity," hospital spokesman Vince Benbenek said in a statement.
Stewart said he has a medical degree from the University of Tennessee, but the school has no record of him being enrolled, the Fayetteville Observer reported.
"My job is to observe and be a helping hand if needed and to further medical assessment," Stewart told WTVD-TV.
Police spokesman Lt. Chris Davis declined to discuss the case.
The hospital has launched an internal investigation to determine how many patients Stewart may have come in contact with.

A LITTLE LAUGH
Sitting in the first row of coach class during a lengthy flight, my wife and I were able to hear a flight attendant as he pushed a wine cart down the aisle in the first-class section. "Would you care for chardonnay or burgundy?" he asked the high-paying passengers.
A few minutes later the attendant opened the curtain between the two sections, offered wine to one final first-class patron, then wheeled the same cart forward to our aisle.
"Excuse me," he said, looking down at us, "would you care for a glass of wine? We have white and red."

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’—Just for Thanksgiving!

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CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
National Parfait Day
International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
Shopping Reminder Day
Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day
Indonesia: Teacher's Day or Hari Guru
Surinam: Independence Day (1975 from Neterlands)
Thailand: Vajiravudh Day (Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua was sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death in 1925: known for efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism)
UK: University of Oxford: OXmas (Christmas in Oxford. As the Oxford academic term finishes around the first of December, the OXmas season is approximately a month earlier than Christmas, but shares all the same festivities and traditions.)
US: Thanksgiving Day
US: Turkey-free Thanksgiving
♫ One Hit Wonders—19__’s ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
♦Today’s Births♦
╥ THE ARTS
Amy Grant, 50, Christian singer
Percy Sledge, 70, singer: When a Man Loves a Woman…

Christina Applegate, 39, actress (Anchorman, “Samantha Who?,” “Married … with Children”)
Jill Hennessy, 41, actress (“Crossing Jordan,” “Law & Order”)
1925 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage)
John Larroquette, 63, actor (Emmy for “Night Court”)
1920 Ricardo Montalban, actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)
╥ ATHLETICS
Cris Carter, 45, football (Eagles, Vikings, Dolphins)
Bucky Dent, 59, baseball player and manager, born Russell Earl O’Dey (White Sox, Yankees, Royals, Rangers)
1914 Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak)
Joe Jackson Gibbs, 70, Hall of Fame football coach, sportscaster, 3 super bowl wins
Bernie Joseph Kosar Jr, 47, football (Browns, Cowboys, Dolphins)
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1835 Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist/library builder
1960 John F Kennedy Jr, lawyer, son of JFK
1893 Robert Ripley, illustrator (Believe it or Not)
╥ POLITICS
1846 Carrie Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers
Ben Stein, 66, actor, journalist, former speechwriter
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1881 Pope John XXIII [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)
♦Today’s Obituaries♦
Jack Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), @ 74 in 1981
Robert Coote, character actor, heart attack @ 73 in 1982
Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, in his sleep @ 66, 8 months after taking office in 1885
U Thant, UN Secretary-General (1961-72), cancer @ 65, in 1974
♦Today’s Events♦
╥ THE ARTS
1949 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared on the music charts and became THE musical hit of the Christmas season. Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold.
╥ ATHLETICS
1961 NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1715 This was a big day for one Thomas Masters, who became the first American to be granted an English patent. Tom was the first to master the fine art of cleaning and curing Indian corn.
1834 Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12 cents
1837 William Crompton of Taunton, MA patented the silk, power loom.
1884 Swiss-born scientist John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis, MO came up with a nifty idea that earned him a patent this day: evaporated milk—a necessary ingredient for Pumpkin Pie
1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates
╥ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1712 The Commander in Chief of the Carolinas' militia, Colonel Pollock meets with Chief Tom Blunt. The Chief did not participate in the original attacks of the Tuscarora War.
╥ POLITICS (US)
1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
1957 President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
╥ POLITICS (International)
1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election
1999 Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was found clinging to an inner tube off the coast near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1766 Pope Clement XIII warns On the dangers of anti-Christian writings
1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1984 William Schroeder became the second recipient of an artificial heart, undergoing surgery at Louisville’s Humana Hospital.

ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
During the winter of 1777, Washington reorganized his army at this site
What is Valley Forge?
At the end of the Revolution currency was so worthless, "not worth" 1 of these became a common phrase
What is ‘not worth a Continental’?
The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred on this hill
What is Breed’s Hill?
This brother of explorer William Clark used his own money to feed & pay his soldiers
Who was George Rogers Clark?
The Americans took nearly 6,000 prisoners at this N.Y. State battle, called a turning point in the war
What is Battle of Saratoga?
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Lava Rock
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Wed Nov 24

This is Week 47 of 2010►Day 328 with 37 days remaining

Flagstaff Weather:

TODAY’S QUOTE—Booker T. Washington
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
I yield. It was very cold last night and didn’t warm up much during the day. Our weather guy says this is only the beginning of cold. My brother texted that they had just landed in Miami this afternoon to a pleasant 80°. I’m not sure I would enjoy a Thanksgiving at 80° but I know that Flags cold weather is not what I want either. So hard to please an old-er guy.

I ran some errands and ran into another retired teacher from my early days. Joanne was teaching Social Studies at Shonto when I got there. She divorced her husband after some inappropriate affair with a co-worker. She came to Tuba and taught at GreyHills and the boarding school. She is very happy, doing some subbing here in Flag and working seasonally for H&R Block. She was also a top Amway person in Tuba. When I met them, they were from West Virginia and kinda fit the hillbilly image—growing up poor, going to college and moving away. Nothing against any hillbilly out there, but they certainly had different goals than I had. Anyway, she was saying how she hates the recent snow and is thinking of moving to Tucson, to be near her daughter. I mentioned how much I liked the winter here in Flag—just not 12 feet of snow. She said that she had grown up in cold weather in Virginia and was ready for warmer winters. Hmmm. I didn’t question her about her home as we were only two people who worked in the same building and I never really ‘hung out’ with her crowd, nor did she hang out with my crowd.

While running the errands I was able to get all the stuff I needed for Thanksgiving—and without the crowds. So tomorrow will be a day of pie making and cranberry sauce with cinnamon. I also broke down this afternoon and finally moved my living room furniture. It accomplishes two things: a different look to greet me each day and I will now have a place to put the Christmas tree in about a week. The movement also allows me a great view of my electric fireplace when I turn it on. It gives off great heat and is nice to watch on a cold winter day or night. It is also semi-portable so I can move it around. I bought it a couple of years ago and it has served me well. I had looked around for a whole year to find one that I liked to look at and that I could afford. The one I got was usually $350 but I got it on Black Friday for get this--$90. Not a bad deal.

One of the guides I had in South Africa is selling his photos with a Christmas sale. He is a great photographer and I plan on getting a few for gifts. I emailed him to find out how to pay and how to get them to the US. I’m hoping I can just get the file and make my own print, but that may not be possible as he doesn’t want them being copied for free. The only problem I see with getting his prints is that they are using metric sizes and they don’t seem to be the same as our sizes. That may not be a problem, since he is using international standard sizes and the sizes he printed may just be close approximations of the US system. We’ll figure out something I’m sure.

I am certainly getting the Holiday mood. The snow has helped. The cold weather has helped. All the talk about sales has helped. It is a great time of year.

HOLY MACKEREL: 1947 The first Postmaster General of the United States, to be promoted from the rank and file, was named. J.M. Donaldson had moved through the post office beginning as a letter carrier in 1908.

JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990 REFERENCE BOOKS
According to the World Almanac, his "Baby and Child Care" is the all-time best selling paperback book
Published in 1985, the 2nd edition of this dictionary costs $2500
U.S. historian Allan Nevins is known for his multi-volume works on this war
Her "Boston Cooking-School Cookbook", first published in 1896, is still sold today
"The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" ends in 1453 with the fall of this city

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—Flirting Part 2
In the Victorian era, fans were the ultimate playful props that could communicate all sorts of messages. A fan placed near the heart meant “You have won my love.” A half-opened fan pressed to the lips was an invitation, saying, “You may kiss me.” Hiding the eyes behind an open fan meant “I love you,” while opening and closing the fan several times was a chastisement, implying, “You are cruel.”
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According to the Social Issues Research Centre, the most common mistake people make when flirting is maintaining too much eye contact.
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Flirting is universal. A woman in New York City and one in rural Cambodia may not have much in common, but when it comes to attracting a little attention, they both employ the very same move: smiling, arching their eyebrows, then averting their gaze and giggling.

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
NEW YORK — Police in New York City say thieves held up the owners of a pizzeria and then fled with a bag full of dough — the kind that crusts are made of.
Police say Salvatore LaRosa was charged with robbery after surrendering to police.
According to court papers, LaRosa and an accomplice followed the owners of Brothers Pizzeria on Staten Island. After donning masks, the papers say, they pointed guns and demanded the men turn over a bag they believed held the day's proceeds.
But instead, the bag was full of pizza dough.
LaRosa was released on $1 million bail on Monday. His attorney, James Froccaro, declined to comment.

A LITTLE LAUGH
Since my purchases came to $19.06, I handed the cashier a twenty.
"Do you have six cents?" she asked.
"Sorry," I said after fishing around my pockets, "I have no cents."
"Finally," she muttered, "a man who can admit it."

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This is a close up of what object?
Returns tomorrow
CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
D.B. Cooper Day 1971
Evolution Day
Tie One On Day
Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
Turkey: Teacher's Day or Öğretmenler Günü
Zaire : New Regime Anniversary 1964
♫ One Hit Wonders—1950’s ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
♦Today’s Births♦
╥ THE ARTS
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of children's book (My Secret Garden)
1868 Scott Joplin, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)
1632 Benedict de "Baruch" Spinoza, rationalist philosopher
1713 Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (At the Moulin Rouge)

1917 Howard Duff, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
1911 Kirby Grant, actor (Sky King)
Katherine Heigl, 32, actress (“Grey’s Anatomy,” 27 Dresses, Knocked Up)
Stanley Livingston, 60, actor (“My Three Sons”)
╥ ATHLETICS
Oscar Palmer Robertson, 72, Hall of Fame basketball player (Bucks)
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1925 William F Buckley Jr right-wing curmudgeon (Firing Line)
1888 Dale Carnegie author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
1853 Bat Masterson, gambler, saloon keeper, lawman, journalist
╥ POLITICS
1877 Alben Barkley, 35th Vice President of the U.S. [1949-1953]
Marlin Fitzwater, 68, press secretary (George Bush)
1921 John V. Lindsay, politician: two-term mayor of New York City [1966-1973]
1784 Zachary Taylor (Whig) 12th President (Mar 5,1849-July 9,1850)
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
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♦Today’s Obituaries♦
Dr Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), @ 71 in 1959
James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), @ 60 in 1962
John Knox, Scottish preacher @ 62 in 1572
Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator shot dead by Jack Ruby, @ 24 in 1963
George Raft, actor, @ 85 in 1980
♦Today’s Events♦
╥ THE ARTS
1947 John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl" published
╥ ATHLETICS
1906 The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
1874 Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
1903 Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
1998 America Online, the largest Internet access service, announced plans to acquire Netscape Communications in a deal valued at $4.2 billion.
╥ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1713 Father Junipero Serra is born. During his lifetime he establishes many of the missions in California.
1812 As a young boy, Spemicalawba (called Captain Logan or High Horn), is captured by General James Logan. General Logan raises him until he is returned to the Shawneeduring a prisoner exchange. Tecumseh's nephew, he tries to temper Tecumseh's feelings toward the Europeans. Spemicalawba scouts for the Americans during the war of 1812. He is killed on this date during a scouting expedition. Buried with military honors, Logansport, Indiana is named after him.
╥ POLITICS (US)
1896 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
╥ POLITICS (International)
1906 The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
1949 Britain nationalizes its steel & iron industry
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occurred (only 2, record event)
1642 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
According to the World Almanac, his "Baby and Child Care" is the all-time best selling paperback book
Who is Dr. Benjamin Spock?
Published in 1985, the 2nd edition of this dictionary costs $2500
What is the Oxford English Dictionary?
U.S. historian Allan Nevins is known for his multi-volume works on this war
What is the American Civil War?
Her "Boston Cooking-School Cookbook", first published in 1896, is still sold today
Who is Fannie Farmer?
"The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" ends in 1453 with the fall of this city
What is Constantinople?
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Tues Nov 23

This is Week 47 of 2010►Day 327 with 38 days remaining
Flagstaff Weather:
TODAY’S QUOTE—Confucius
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Have you seen this full moon? It seems there is a fairly lively debate as to whether or not this is a blue moon. I’ve always heard the phrase “once in a blue moon” most of my life. Many, many years ago I learned that a blue moon has nothing to do with the color of the moon. I have always wanted to see a moon that was the color blue. But then, I like sci-fi. A blue moon is so called when there are two full moons in a calendar month. It doesn’t happen very often, but does occur. Now for the debate part...you may have already looked at your calendar and said hey, this is the first full moon in November. You would be right. However, there is another definition of a blue moon. That one says there are three full moons in each season—based on all that equinox and solstice stuff. If there are more than three moons in a given season, the moon just before the last moon of the season is called a blue moon. The last moon of a season is always called the last moon of the season. Confused? Me too. There will be a full moon in December 2010 that will be full for about 2 hours before the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. By the second definition, we are now experiencing a blue moon. Now you know and can look up in the sky and enjoy a blue moon that many don’t even know is occurring.

Our wind was pretty strong this morning, but thankfully died down early this afternoon. I took off about 9:30 to get a haircut and buy my Turkey day items. I got right in for my haircut, after all, who in their right mind get a haircut at 10am on a Monday morning. Two people did come in while I was there, but I was the first. Teri, the haircut lady, told me the salon will be opening at 6am on Black Friday. The salon is in the mall and all stores have to open a 6am or pay a hefty fine. This seems a little crazy, unless they are offering $5 haircuts or something like that. Those shoppers who are out to get the early bird specials are not going to make a hair salon their first stop. I have done the early thing—never before 7am. I have yet to see anyone arriving to have a haircut. I have seen lots of women wearing a scarf to hide something. Teri said that maybe some husbands will come in, just to get away from the chaos. Maybe. I went directly home after the haircut as the parking lots were all very icy, the wind made being outside miserable, and I figured it would get better later in the day. I was right. I went to the grocery about 2pm and it was cool, the parking lots were just wet, and there were very few people at the store. I got everything I needed but the aluminum pie plates.

Not a bad Monday. There is, of course, snow scheduled until Wednesday. There was a couple of inches of the white stuff on my car this morning, but the sidewalks had less than an inch with ice underneath. We didn’t get any snow during the day and that wind dried up any on the ground. I am so glad that the temperatures are really quite nice for snow. We don’t get too cold at night and when there is no wind it is nice to be outside.

HOLY MACKEREL: 1935 Ethel Leginska became the first woman to write an opera -- and conduct it. Her original work, titled Gale, opened at the Chicago City Opera Company.

JEOPARDY PUZZLE—(SuperJeopardy Answers) from 1990 SIGNS & SYMBOLS
The geometric ratio 3.14159265 is symbolized by this, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
This hockey team's logo features a fluke & a "W"
The value of this answer ($1500) in Roman numerals
This month's birthstone is turquoise (or blue topaz), & its flower, the holly
Among the symbols in its major arcana are the sun, a hanged man & a fool

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION—Marijuana
A 2005 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health indicates that 46 percent of U.S. residents 12 years of age and older have tried marijuana one or more times.
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Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested on marijuana charges, a greater number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Soldiers accused of breaking into a Colorado medical marijuana dispensary and then accidentally locking themselves inside told police they planned to destroy the marijuana — not smoke or sell it.
The Gazette in Colorado Springs reports a police affidavit says two of the three Fort Carson soldiers told officers they were trying to steal the marijuana so they could get rid of it.
Police say the three were arrested Saturday on second-degree burglary charges after they accidentally locked themselves in the Colorado Springs dispensary during a burglary attempt.
Officers say they were on an unrelated call at a nearby business around 2 a.m. when they heard someone banging on glass inside the dispensary.
The soldiers are 23-year-old Pfc. Darius Thomas, 22-year-old Pvt. Cory Young and 22-year-old Pfc. Ramone Hollins. It was unknown Thursday if any of them had an attorney.

A LITTLE LAUGH
Everyone knows I'm a stickler for good spelling. So, when an associate e-mailed technical documents asking me to "decifer" them, I had to set him straight.
I wrote, "Decipher is spelled with a ph, not an f. In case you've forgotten, spell checker comes free with your software."
A minute later, I got this reply, "Mine must be dephective."

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Sathya Sai Baba chants Gayatri Mantra Story and translation under the video.
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This is a close up of what object?
CALENDAR INFORMATION
♦ Weekly Observances ♦
19-25:National Farm-City Week
21-28: National Bible Week, National Family Week, National Game & Puzzle Week, National Teens Don't Text and Drive Week, Better Conversation Week, Church/State Separation Week
♦ Today’s Observances ♦
National Cashew Day—always sold shelled because the shell is very poisonous
Fibonacci Day: for math geeks, has to do with numbers found in nature
Japan : Labor Day/Thanksgiving
Maryland : Repudiation Day (1765)
Slovenia: Rudolf Maister Day (soldier, painter, poet)
Georgia—the country: St George's Day or Giorgoba Traditional Giorghoba Dance
♫ Early Folk overlooked songs ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear the original
Phil Ochs, "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" (1966 electric single version). Ochs had previously done this protest classic as a solo acoustic track. For a 1966 non-LP single, it was totally redone as a galvanizing electric number, with bursts of bagpipes at the beginning and end, and roadhouse piano runs throughout. Inexplicably only released in England, this could have been a hit if it had been promoted properly.
The Byrds, "I Knew I'd Want You" The B-side of "Mr. Tambourine Man," this is one of many gorgeously melodic, sensitively sung early Byrds songs written by Gene Clark that could have qualified for this list.
The Jefferson Airplane, "Today" Perhaps the greatest folk-rock ballad ever, and a hit single that should have been, but never got released as a 45. From their classic Surrealistic Pillow album, with Jerry Garcia contributing guitar. Note: One of my favorite Airplane songs.
Fred Neil, "The Dolphins" The greatest song by the singer-songwriter most known for "Everybody's Talkin'," mixing oceanic dolphin imagery with allusions to failed love.
Judy Collins, "Hard Lovin' Loser" Yet another hit single that should have been, from her In My Life album. A great cover of a Richard & Mimi Farina song with an ascending harpsichord riff, barrelhouse honky-tonk piano, and convincing rock'n'roll vocals that totally outdistances the original.
♦Today’s Births♦
╥ THE ARTS
1928 - Jerry Bock, composer: Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello, Mr. Wonderful
Steve Harvey, 54, comedian, actor (The Original Kings of Comedy, “The Steve Harvey Show”)

Miley Cyrus, 18, actress, singer (“Hannah Montana”), born Destiny Hope Cyrus
1887 Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt), actor (Frankenstein)
1888 Harpo [Adolph] Marx, actor/comedian (Marx brothers)
1903 Victor Jory, actor (Gone with the Wind, Papillion, Dodge City)
╥ ATHLETICS
Vincent Lemont ‘Vic’ Baker, 39, basketball (Bucks, Celtics, Supersonics, Knicks, Rockets, Clippers)
Oscar Robertson, 72, NBA guard (Bucks, Olympic-gold-1960)
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1860 Karl Branting, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
1859 Billy the Kid(William Bonney or Henry McCarty), criminal
╥ POLITICS
1804 Franklin Pierce, 14th President (1853-1857)
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
Sathya Sai Baba, 84, Indian guru and philosopher
David Britz, 30, American nano-technologist
1924 Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British anthropologist
♦Today’s Obituaries♦
Roald Dahl, British short story writer, @ 74 in 1990
Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), @ 70 in 1914
Andre Malraux, French novelist/art historian/puplic office. ("The Voices of Silence"), @ 75 in 1976
Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, aids @ 46 in 1991
♦Today’s Events♦
╥ THE ARTS
1644 John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
1903 Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
╥ ATHLETICS
1904 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
╥ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1765 People of Frederick County MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax
1835 Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine
1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1948 Lens to provide zoom effects patented-FG Back
╥ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1868 Custer and the Seventh Cavalry leave Camp Supply looking for "hostiles" in the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). There are 800 soldiers who start this march in a heavy snow storm.
1877 While authorities are attempting to arrest an Indian named Naught, who is accused of shooting two teamsters, other Indians become agitated. One of them shoots Alex Rhoden, who is walking across the street at the time, in Nalad City, Idaho. This incident leads to the Bannock War.
╥ POLITICS (US)
1903 Governor of Colorado James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.
╥ POLITICS (International)
1971 China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
╥ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1848 Female Medical Educational Society founded in Boston
1976 Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
ANSWERS
∞ JEOPARDY
The geometric ratio 3.14159265 is symbolized by this, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
What is Pi?
This hockey team's logo features a fluke & a "W"
Who are the Hartford Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes with a new logo)?
The value of this answer ($1500) in Roman numerals
What is ‘MD’?
This month's birthstone is turquoise (or Blue Topaz), & its flower, the holly
What is December?
Among the symbols in its major arcana are the sun, a hanged man & a fool
What are Tarot Cards?
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A garden hose
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