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Today’s Historical
Highlights
- 1839 - 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
- 1893 - 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
- 1903 - Pres T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black
- 1910 - 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley CA)
- 1919 - Anti-British uprising in Ireland
- 1966 - 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
- 1985 - Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
♫Happy Birthday To: ♫
Free Rambling
Thoughts
My goodness…shampooed
all the downstairs carpet—den, hall, and living room. Clean carpet is a great
way to start the New Year. Hardest part is moving the furniture. Not warm
enough today to open the doors and windows so carpet drying time was a little
longer. Now that it is done, I’m a happy camper. All that is left is the
upstairs—bedroom, office, travel exhibition room. But that’s for another day,
or week, or month…
2012 is starting off
well. Should get the downstairs toilet fixed tomorrow. It has not been a big
hassle, but has been a little one. Again, thank goodness I didn’t hurt myself.
I just realized that
every election year is a leap year…giving our candidates one extra day to
campaign…there must be a conspiracy in that somewhere.
Game Center
(answers
at the end of post)
NEW—Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every
answer is a familiar word with two B's in a row somewhere inside it. You are
given an anagram of the other letters in the word. For example, given
"oat," the answer would be "abbot."
1.
Air:
2.
Loge:
3.
Hays:
4.
Line:
5.
Lead:
6.
Inge:
7.
Noir:
8.
Rita:
9.
Hasta:
10. Lutes:
11. Cagier:
12. Slicer:
13. Mulled:
Wuzzles What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
AZ Centennial is in
days: Did you know?…
Arizona history is rich
in legends of America's Old West. It was here that the great Indian chiefs
Geronimo and Cochise led their people against the frontiersmen. Tombstone,
Ariz., was the site of the West's most famous shoot-out—the gunfight at the
O.K. Corral. Today, Arizona has one of the largest U.S. Indian populations; 21
Recognized tribes represented on 20 reservations.
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Location: 58 miles south of Phoenix on
Highway 347
Population (2000 Census): 742
Enrolled Tribal Members: 645
Land Area: 34.1 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino,
located in Maricopa)
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Location: 95 Miles north of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 743
Enrolled Tribal Members: 1,550
Land Area: 1.02 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Cliff Castle Casino,
located in Camp Verde)
Navajo Nation
Location: 260 miles northeast of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 104,565
(Arizona)
Enrolled Tribal Members: 255,543
(Total)
Land Area: 18,119.2 square miles
(Arizona)
Gaming: Yes
Cocopah Indian
Reservation
Location: 13 miles south of Yuma on
Highway 95
Population (2000 Census): 1,025
Enrolled Tribal Members: 880
Land Area: 9.4 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Cocopah Indian Casino,
located in Somerton)
Colorado River Indian
Tribes
Location: 189 miles west of Phoenix on
Highway 95
Population (2000 Census): 7,466
Enrolled Tribal Members: 3,389
Land Area (Arizona): 353 square miles
Land Area (California): 66.7 square
miles
Gaming: Yes (Blue Water Resort and
Casino, located in Parker)
White Mountain Apache
Tribe[back to map]
Location: 194 miles northeast of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census):
12,429Enrolled Tribal Members: 12,634
Land Area: 2600.7 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Hon-Dah Resort/Casino,
located in McNary)
Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation
Location: 23 miles east of Phoenix on
Highway 87
Population (2000 Census): 824
Enrolled Tribal Members: 907
Land Area: 38.6 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Fort McDowell Gaming
Center, located in Fountain Hills)
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
Location: 236 miles northwest of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 773
Enrolled Tribal Members: 1,066
Land Area (Arizona): 37 square miles
Land Area (Nevada): 8.7 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Spirit Mountain Casino,
located in Mojave Valley, AZ and Avi Casino, located in Laughlin, NV)
Gila River Indian
Community
Location: 40 miles south of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 11,257
Enrolled Tribal Members: 19,266
Land Area: 581.1 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Vee Quiva and Wild Hores
Pass, both located in Chandler)
Havasupai Indian
Reservation
Location: 310 miles northwest of
Phoenix at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park
Population (2000 Census): 503
Enrolled Tribal Members: 667
Land Area: 293.8 square miles
Gaming: No
Hopi Tribe
Location: 250 miles northeast of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 6,946
Enrolled Tribal Members: 12,008 Hopis;
10590 enrolled
Land Area:2,438.6 square miles
Gaming: No
Hualapai Tribe
Location: 250 miles northwest of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 1,353
Enrolled Tribal Members: 2,156
Land Area: 1,550.2 square miles
Gaming: No
Kaibab-Pauite Tribe
Location: 350 miles north of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 196
Enrolled Tribal Members: 233
Land Area: 188.7 square miles
Gaming: No
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Location: 15 miles west of Tucson
Population (2000 Census): 3,315
Enrolled Tribal Members: 12,766
Land Area: 1.4 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Casino of the Sun and
Casino del Sol, both located in Tucson)
Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community
Location: 10 miles east of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 6,405
Enrolled Tribal Members: 6,284
Land Area: 87.2 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Casino Arizona at Salt
River, located in Scottsdale)
San Carlos Apache
Reservation
Location: 115 miles east of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 9,385
Enrolled Tribal Members: 10,834
Land Area: 2,853.1 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Apache Gold Casino,
located in San Carlos)
Tohono O'odham Nation
Location: 58 miles west of Tucson
Population (2000 Census): 10,787
Enrolled Tribal Members: 20,640
Land Area: 4,446.3 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Desert Diamond Casino,
located in Tucson
Tonto Apache Tribe
Location: 93 miles northeast of
Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 132
Enrolled Tribal Members: 111
Land Area: .13 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Mazatzal Casino, located
in Payson)
Yavapai-Prescott Indian
Tribe
Location: 102 miles north of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 182
Enrolled Tribal Members: 149
Land Area: 2.2 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Bucky's Casino and
Yavapai Gaming Center, both located in Prescott)
Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe
Location: 185 miles southwest of
Phoenix, adjacent to Yuma
Population (2000 Census): 36
Enrolled Tribal Members: 2,668 (in
Arizona and California)
Land Area: 68.1 square miles
Gaming: Yes (Paradise Casino, located
in Yuma)
San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe
Location: 200 miles north of Phoenix
Population (2000 Census): 209
Enrolled Tribal Members: 254
Land Area: N/A
Gaming: No
Found on You Tube
In case you missed it
Harper’s Index
- Number of public statues of women in the US: 394
Joke-of-the-day
A woman is walking on
the road and a voice shouts out, "Don't take a step further."
She obeys and suddenly a
ton of bricks fall on the place where she would have otherwise been. She thinks
she imagined it and keeps walking until suddenly the voice calls out again.
"Don't take a step further."
She stops and a car
skids past. Then suddenly she hears the voice saying "I am your guardian
angel, and I will warn you before something bad happens to you. Now do you have
any questions to ask me?"
“Yes!” shouts the woman,
"Just where were you on my wedding day!"
Old-er people in the
News
Myrtle Maly, a
76-year-old Wisconsin woman, was arrested this week for poisoning her
neighbor's cats after the animals came into her backyard and attacked some
birds.
Maly was charged with
two felony animal mistreatment raps. She admitted to the cops that she placed
d-Con rodent killer into a can of cat food and set the chow out for a
neighbor's two cats. Maly told investigators that she only wanted to sicken the
cats, not kill them. Though she did not appear devastated about their demise,
according to the criminal complaint.
"When I find these
little feathers, I've had it. I love animals, but he drove me to it," she
told a detective. "I have a good feeling because the birds are happy
now." The septuagenarian cat killer, who said she resorted to the poison
after getting no help from animal control authorities, faces three years in
jail if convicted in the double slaying.
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- On a bicycle with drop handlebars, the seat and handlebars are positioned properly if the handlebars block your view of the front axle.
- The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is made of Waterford Crystal. Its first descent during the last minute of the 20th century, at the Times Square 2000 Celebration.
- The Ball has been lowered every year since 1907, with the exceptions of 1942 and 1943, when its use was suspended due to the wartime "dimout" of lights in New York City.
- The New Year's Eve Ball is the property of the building owners of One Times Square.
- The Ball is a geodesic sphere, six feet in diameter, and weighs approximately 1,070 pounds. It is covered with a total of 504 Waterford crystal triangles that vary in size and range in length from 4 inches to 5 inches per side.
- All 696 lights and 90 rotating pyramid mirrors are computer controlled, enabling the Ball to produce a state-of-the-art light show of eye-dazzling color patterns and a kaleidoscope effect atop One Times Square.
- For the 2006 New Year's Eve celebration, 72 of the crystal triangles feature the new "Hope for Fellowship" design, consisting of a series of cuts suggesting the linking of arms signifying togetherness and community.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A
52-year-old woman was arrested in Sweden for keeping a decomposing body on her
couch for several months, authorities said. Neighbors believe the woman to be
mentally ill.
"She can't really
take care of herself," one neighbor told The Local. "Sometimes she
puts on the war paint and then you know she is really bad. Then I tend to make
a call, so she gets brought in and gets help."
The dead body was that
of a 67-year-old man, reported missing in September, the newspaper said. The
woman was contacted early on in the investigation because she was an
acquaintance of the man; however she denied knowing anything about his
disappearance. When she was contacted for a second round of questioning, police
found the man's body in an advanced state of decay in the woman's living room.
She was arrested, but released after the preliminary results of an autopsy came
in. The woman is not believed to be responsible for the man's death. "This
is probably not a murder," said Lars Lundin of the South Stockholm police.
"The woman is sick and it is just very tragic."
Calendar Information
…Happening
This Week:
1-7
- Celebration of Life Week
- Diet Resolution Week
- Silent Record Week
- National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
- Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
- New Year's Resolutions Week
Today
Is
- 55-MPH Speed Limit Day (1974)
- Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
- National Buffet Day
- National Motivation and Inspiration Day
- National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
- Rose Bowl Game : Tournament of Roses Parade Day
- Run Up the Flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes It Day
- "Thank God It's Monday" Day
- Japan --Kakizome (the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year, traditionally on January 2)
Today’s
Other Events
Before 1000CE
1400’s
1492 - Spain
recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
1600’s
1602 - Battle
at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
1700’s
1776 - Austria ends
interrogation torture
1788 - Georgia
is 4th state to ratify US constitution
1791 - Big Bottom
massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War
1800’s
1814 - Lord
Byron completes "The Corsair"
1831 - Liberator,
abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
1870 - Construction
of Brooklyn Bridge begins
1882 - Because
of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
1838 -
3538 Chickasaw have arrived in eastern Indian Territory at Fort Coffee.
1881- Major George
Ilges, and a force of 300 men, and 2 pieces of artillery, encounter a group of
approximately 400 Poplar Camp Sioux from Montana on the Missouri River.
The Sioux flee
into the woods, but a few cannon rounds induces them to surrender. Ilges will
capture over 300 Sioux , 200 horses, 69 guns of various type,
and a sizable quantity of supplies. Eight Sioux
will be killed in the fighting, and 60 will escape.
1900’s
1923 - Ku Klux Klan
surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Fla, 8 killed (compensation
awarded in 1995)
1929 - US &
Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
1938 - Book
publisher Simon and Schuster founded
1947 - Mahatma
Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
1954 - Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in NYC
1959 - Cuban
dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
1960 - John Reynolds
sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
1962 - Nighttime
version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS
1965 - Martin Luther
King Jr begins a drive to register black voters
1975 - US Dept of
Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
1985 - Egyptian Pres
Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
2000’s
2004 - Stardust
successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to
Earth two years later.
Today’s
Birthdays
Under 30 years old
Kate Bosworth, actor is 29
In their 40’s
Taye Diggs, actor is 40
Tia Carrere, actor,
model is 45
Cuba Gooding Jr., actor
(Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) is 44
Edgar Martinez, baseball
1st baseman (Seattle Mariners) is 49
In their 60’s
Ricky Van Shelton, country
singer (Wild-Eyed Dream) is 60
In their 80’s
Dabney Coleman, actor (That
Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill) is 80
Remembered for being
born on this day
Isaac Asimov, Russian
scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy) in 1920
Queen Emma of Hawaii,
Consort of King Kamehameha IV in 1836
Barry Goldwater,
American politician in 1902
Robert Marshall, founder
(Wilderness Society) in 1901
Roger Miller, country
singer (King of the Road, Dang Me) in 1936
William C Mills, museum
curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) in 1860
Helen Herron Taft, 1st
lady (1909-12) in 1861
Today’s
Obits
- Anne Francis, American actress dies at 81in 2011
- Alan Hale Jr., Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71 in 1990
- Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies of lymphoma at 58 in 1963
- Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies of heart attack at 67 in 1974
- Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86 in 1994
Answers
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Air:
rabbi
2.
Loge:
gobble
3.
Hays:
shabby
4.
Line:
nibble
5.
Lead:
dabbler
6.
Inge:
ebbing
7.
Noir:
ribbon
8.
Rita:
rabbit
9.
Hasta:
Sabbath
10. Lutes: stubble
11. Cagier: cribbage
12. Slicer: scribble
13. Mulled: dumbbell
Wuzzle
- Equalize
- He’s under attack
- Having it both ways
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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That Is All for Now ☺
