9-11-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

• 1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
• 1792 - The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels
• 1875 - 1st newspaper cartoon strip
• 1906 - Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa
• 1940 - Buckingham Palace in London destroyed by German bombs
• 1946 - 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation

Free Rambling Thoughts…

It looked like rain all day. It still looks like rain. Looks are deceiving—no rain today.

My CU Buffaloes played today. A good OT game, but in the end, they just didn’t have it. They were playing in Boulder, so lots of nice pix around town and in the mountains. Good memories.

I headed for the Flagstaff tribute to the 9-11 tomorrow morning. Looks like a good program. City Hall will have a flag for each person who died that horrific day. I talked to my brother today, who is in Manhattan. Even though the press is talking about all the increased security, he said it is not that bad, and they are not hiding in their apartment. Good for them. Mary’s daughter and grandson are flying back to Chicago on the 11^th. A former colleague was scheduled to be in DC Monday, but cancelled so she wouldn’t be flying on the 11^th. Everyone has their own way of dealing with the day.

I did get one closet cleaned out today. Amazing how much stuff one accumulates and just sticks in a closet.  I have two big bags for Savers and decided to ‘repurpose’ some other stuff that has been sitting in the closet since I moved in. I was able to redo the extra bedroom with different bed coverings. Looks nice. Three closets to go and then the kitchen cabinet that holds all the stuff I seldom or never use. Maybe tomorrow afternoon.

Hope you didn't sleep through 9-10-11 at 12:13.14am!!! 

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      Who was the voice of Choo Choo in Top Cat?

2.      Which series was shown in Norway as "Salaiset Kansiot?

3.      In which series did Ed Asner play grumpy news editor Lou Grant?

4.      Which series about a private eye was a spin-off from Cannon?

5.      Hogan's Heroes was set during which conflict?

6.      In The Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Bingo?

7.      Which star of The Creature From The Black Lagoon trained dolphins for the series Flipper?

8.      What was the first US sitcom exported to Britain?

9.      What was the name of the law firm in LA Law?

10.  In what year did Star Trek's voyages begin on screen?

11.  Who led The A Team?

12.  Which was the first network to broadcast all its programs in color?

13.  Who made the cartoon versions of Laverne & Shirley?

14.  What were the names of the two main police officers in the first series of Adam 12?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

                                                          

Hmmmmm…

• Percentage of US household whose head is nearing retirement age that have a 401K: 60
• Chances that such a household has adequate savings to maintain its standard of living in retirement: 1 in 10

Somewhat Useless Information…

• Omar Rivera and Michael Hingson were saved by their seeing eye dogs who led them down 70 flights of Tower One.
• 250-350 dogs were used at WTC and the Pentagon to find survivors
• Four planes crashed on 9-11…2 in NYC, one at the Pentagon, one in PA--Not ONE of the EIGHT black boxes - two per plane - survived!
• On May 8, 2001, President Bush placed Mr. Cheney in charge of  '[A]ll federal programs dealing with weapons of mass destruction, consequence management within the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies'.

 Yeah, It Really Happened…

Brea, Calif. - A California pet health insurance company said finalists for the strangest claim of the year award include a dog that swallowed 100 rocks.

Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. of Brea said finalists for the VPI Hambone Award, given each year for the most unusual pet health-insurance claim, include Harley, a pug that ate 100 rocks while boarding at a veterinarian's office, and Chico, a Chihuahua that sustained injuries when it was lifted off the ground by a great horned owl. Other finalists include a cat named Eddy that landed on a hot wood stove while chasing a fly and a toy poodle named Howie that needed more than 15 visits to the veterinarian to remove an acorn from its windpipe. VPI said all of the animals made full recoveries and visitors to VPIHamboneAward.com can vote on the finalists through Sept. 20.

The company, which insures more than 485,000 pets in the United States, said the award was named after Hambone, a dog that ate an entire Thanksgiving ham while trapped in a refrigerator.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Two drunken men were driving home. The first started screaming: - Jim, watch out for the wall, watch out for the waaaaall! Baaaaam! They hit the wall.

The next day in the hospital the first man asked his friend: - You good for nothing, I've been screaming for you to watch out, why didn't you?

Jim answered him: - IT WAS YOU DRIVING!!!

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

9-11

Popeye Week

11-17 

Balance Awareness Week 

National Assisted Living Week

TODAY IS

Remembrance Day-- Anniversary - World Trade Center/Pentagon Attacks

Libraries Remember Day

Patriot Day

No News Is Good News Day

National Grandparent's Day

National Hug Your Hound Day

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Ethiopia: New Year's Day  

Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1850 - "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st US concert

1950 - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts

1954 - 1st Miss America TV broadcast

IN ATHLETICS

1839 - 1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)

1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes

1960 - 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy

IN BUSINESS

1910 - 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)

IN EDUCATION

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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

693 - As part of a series of attacks on neighboring cities in Guatemala, Mayawarriors from Naranjo attack Tuub'al.

1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko

1855 - A treaty is signed between the United States and the Mohuache Band of Utah Indians.

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1297 - Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English

1649 - Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred

1758 - Battle of Saint Cast France repels British invasion during the Seven Year's War

1973 - Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup

1997 - After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom

IN RELIGION

1857 - Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah

1893 - First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held

IN SCIENCE

1961 - Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund

IN US POLITICS

1789 - Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury

1814 - Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British

1919 - US marines invade Honduras

1936 - FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam

1959 - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans

2001 - Terrorists hijack two passenger planes crashing them into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both & death of 2,752 people and another into  the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people and a fouth plane in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people onboard.

ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

Brian De Palma, director turns 71

1885 - David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover)

1862 - O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer

ATHLETES

1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide)

1924 - Tom Landry, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)

Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7)) turns 62

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Harry Connick Jr, singer (We Are in Love) turns 44

Lola Falana, singer, dancer, actor turns 68

Earl Holliman, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic) turns 83

Kristy McNichol actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest) turns 49

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

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POLITICIANS

1800 - Daniel S. Dickinson, New York senator

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1798 - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist

Today’s Obits:

1896 - Francis James Child, American ballad collector dies in a carriage accident at 71

1972 - Max Fleischer, American animator [Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye] dies at 89

1987 - Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies of prostate cancer at 72

2002 - Kim Hunter, American actress dies at 80

1971 - Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77

2003 - John Ritter, American actor dies of undiagnosed congenital heart defect at 54

1994 - Jessica Tandy, actress (Driving Miss Daisy), dies of cancer at 85

1988 - Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43

2002 - Johnny Unitas, American football player dies of heart attack at 69

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      Who was the voice of Choo Choo in Top Cat?

a.      Marvin Kaplan, Henry from the TV show Alice

2.      Which series was shown in Norway as "Salaiset Kansiot”: Secret Folders?

a.      The X Files

3.      In which series did Ed Asner play grumpy TV news editor Lou  Grant?

a.      The Mary Tyler Moore Show

4.      Which series about a private eye was a spin-off from Cannon?

a.      Barnaby Jones

5.      Hogan's Heroes was set during which conflict?

a.      WWII

6.      In The Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Bingo?

a.      Gorilla

7.      Which star of The Creature From The Black Lagoon trained dolphins for the series Flipper?

a.      Ricou Browning

8.      What was the first US sitcom exported to Britain?

a.      Amos 'N' Andy

9.      What was the name of the law firm in LA Law?

a.      McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak

10.  In what year did Star Trek's voyages begin on screen?

a.      1966

11.  Who led The A Team?

a.      Hannibal Smith

12.  Which was the first network to broadcast all its programs in color?

a.      NBC

13.  Who made the cartoon versions of Laverne & Shirley?

a.      Hanna & Barbera

14.  What were the names of the two main police officers in the first series of Adam 12?

a.      Reed & Malloy

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9-10-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”

1972 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)

1990 - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open

1940 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb

Free Rambling Thoughts…

A rainy day with lots of thunder and lightning. Fall is certainly in the air here. My downstairs windows are all closed, the upstairs windows are open about an inch. Not time for the furnace quite yet.

When I retired, I bought a cheap clock radio for my workroom. That way I could listen to NPR while on the computer without wasting bandwidth and slowing down my computer. Well yesterday, the light on the digital clock died. I thought there might be a brightness control, but alas, no such luck. I have a CD player/radio that I moved from the downstairs and am back in business. To make it even better, this one has a remote, so I can program stations and not have to use that silly old dial to find the station.

The weatherman sez it’s going to be wet here all weekend. I’m ready. I’ve got a lot to do inside…mostly in the various closets. So much stuff I never use but haven’t shared with others. Think it’s about time to help out Big Brothers and Big Sisters. This is the first place I have ever lived that doesn’t have a linen closet. So all my bedding is taking up bedroom closet space and they aren’t any too big. There must be a better way to store that stuff.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?

2.      What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?

3.      Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?

4.      In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?

5.      In Mork and Mindy, what was Mindy's last name?

6.      Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?

7.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?

8.      What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?

9.      How many Monkees were there?

10.  Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?

11.  In Fantasy Island what was Mr. Roarke's first assistant called?

12.  In Baywatch, what was Mitch Bucannon's son called?

13.  Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?

Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Hmmmmm…

Percentage of white American who own stocks, bonds, and mutual funds: 49

Of Black Americans: 23; of Hispanic Americans: 16

Somewhat Useless Information…

In 1941, General Mills introduced Cheerioats as "The breakfast food you've always wanted." Four years later, the name was changed to Cheerios.

Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Q. Crunch. The character was invented in 1963, before the cereal was created. Cap'n Crunch was made in response to a survey of kids who said they hated soggy cereal.

Life cereal hit the market in 1961. The famous "Let Mikey try it" commercial aired from 1972 through '84. It was the longest-running commercial in television history.

In 1937, Wheaties held a contest for most popular baseball announcer. Ronald Reagan won the contest and a trip to California. While there, he was asked to do a screen test for Warner Bros., which kicked off his movie career.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes were accidentally invented in 1894 by Will Keith Kellogg. A Seventh-day Adventist and a vegetarian, Kellogg was looking for a way to improve the diets of vegetarian hospital patients. He dried softened wheat and it turned into thin flakes.

In 1910, W.K. Kellogg bought a full-page ad in Ladies' Home Journal announcing the first cereal premium, a book called "The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Book."

Yeah, It Really Happened…

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The expense of replacing stolen signs popular with area vandals will not result in a name change for Stoner Avenue -- at least not immediately.

Minnesota Public Radio reports that the Bemidji City Council has put on hold plans to change the name of the street.

The situation is one that is easy to chuckle at, but the city's problem is a serious one in tight financial times. Some 15 street signs along Stoner Avenue disappear each year and city officials estimate they've probably spent close to $20,000 replacing the signs over the past decade.

Stoner, of course, is a popular term used to describe a drug-using slacker, and the culprits are probably teens who take the signs to hang in their bedrooms or garages.

At a public hearing this week Stoner Avenue residents convinced council members to table the issue, complaining that changing the name would be a hassle for the more than 40 property owners who live along the street.

Those residents would be forced to update their driver’s license and other important documents and databases.

The city agreed to explore options to make the signs less vulnerable to theft, including using different types of screws or using taller sign posts.

Some even support using video cameras to deter would-be sign thieves.

Stoner Avenue is named for Marcus Stoner, who surveyed much of the Bemidji area beginning in the late 1800s. Stoner was Bemidji's first city engineer and Beltrami County surveyor.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he’d been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened.

 “Well, Dad,” said Pete, “ I challenged Larry to a duel. And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons.”

 “Uh-huh,” said the father, “that seems fair.”

 “I know, but I never thought he’d choose his sister!”

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Classic CBS TV Show Bloopers of the 1950's

LOST NBC OUTAKES1950's CLASSIC TV SHOWS & FILMS

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

1-10 

International Enthusiasm Week 

4-10 

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:  

National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 

National Payroll Week: 

Play Days 9-11

Popeye Week

TODAY IS

• Farmers' Consumer Awareness Day
• National Lacemaking Day
• Swap Ideas Day
•  (World) Suicide Prevention Day

 Today’s Events:

IN ARTS

1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV

IN ATHLETICS

1918 - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 [$35,880 in 2010US$] each to the winners & $1,000 [$14,352 in 2010US$]  each for the losers

1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905

1972 - 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR

1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consecutive yrs

IN BUSINESS

1846 - Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan

IN EDUCATION

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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1683 - Susquehanna Chief Kekelappan sells William Penn half of his lands between the Susquehanna and the Delaware River.

IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1823 - Simon Bolivar named president of Peru

1882 - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany

1964 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms

1967 - Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish

IN RELIGION

1349 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death

IN SCIENCE

1846 - Elias Howe patents sewing machine

2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

IN US POLITICS

1608 - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va

1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers

1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway

1991 - Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination

ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

Gerry Conway, Marvel comics writer (Punisher)turns 59

Guy Ritchie, filmmaker turns 43

1914 - Robert Wise, director (Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story)

ATHLETES

1934 - Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961)

Arnold Daniel Palmer, PGA golfer (1964 Masters) turns 82

Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) turns 63

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Jose Feliciano, PR singer/songwriter ( Light My Fire) turns 66

Colin Firth, actor (The Kings Speech) turns 51

Danny Hutton, Irish rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)  turns 69

1915 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight)

Ryan Phillippe, actor turns 37

ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1934 - Charles Kuralt,  newscaster (On the Road)

POLITICIANS

1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief in OK

SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator of deaf dies of lung disease at 63

210 BC - Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China dies after taking mercury pill for immortality at 49

1997 - Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88

1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator dies at 59

2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress dies at 90

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?

a.      21049

2.      What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?

a.      Ralph Kramden

3.      Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?

a.      Sergeant Joe Friday

4.      In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?

a.      Lion

5.      In Mork and Mindy, what was Mindy's last name?

a.      McConnell

6.      Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?

a.      Joan Ganz Cooney

7.      In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?

a.      I Love Violence

8.      What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?

a.      Danger Ahead by Walter Schuman

9.      How many Monkees were there?

a.      Four: Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones

10.  Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?

a.      Narrator

11.  In Fantasy Island what was Mr. Roarke's first assistant called?

a.      Tattoo

12.  In Baywatch, what was Mitch Bucannon's son called?

a.      Hobie

13.  Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?

a.      Lorimar

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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 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] may not be totally accurate.

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