Nov 16, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 46/ Day: 321   

Today: High   52°…Low 19°

Records: High   70°(1999)…Low 2°(1985)

Averages: High  51° Low 23°

Wind: average:   3mph; Gusts:  15mph

Today’s average humidity:  47%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn—1920

Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail—1939

Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians—1875

Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end 

      of the Vietnam War—2000

Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops—1950

German air force begins bombing of Madrid—1936

Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"—1955

Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin—1841

Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac—1764

Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR—1933

Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow—1965

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Overcast most of the day…not too bad…no precipitation, though it looks like it should be snowing.

 

Egos can be so boring. Now that the election is over, the finger pointing begins by Romney…he did lose because of his own inane campaign but he says he lost cause Obama gave away too much of America to the people who voted for him…really, my package hasn’t arrived yet.

 

Keeping my eye on Gaza…this is quite an escalation…somebody needs to stop.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Anagram Sentences:

What are the missing words?

The ______ was ______ on Ralph after he was supposed to run for help but ______ instead.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Unusual Uses for Everyday Things: Nail Polish

• Prevent ink from running on your labels.  Coat the labels that identify your garden plants, or the labels that distinguish your shampoo bottles with clear nail polish.
• Avoid licking that gross glue on the back of an envelope.  Just seal it with a little bit of clear nail polish
• To thread a needle, dip the end of your thread in a small amount of nail polish for easy thread-ability.
• Ever get those green rings on your fingers from wearing a costume ring?  Paint a thin coat of clear nail polish on your costume jewelry to prevent tarnishing.
•  Coat the ends of your shoe laces or rope with clear nail polish (or colored nail polish for some fun) to prevent any fraying.
• For an extra hold, coat your screws in nail polish.  After setting the screws let the polish dry. 
• Color code keys with nail polish so I can quickly figure out which key is for the front door!
• Mark levels on measuring cups or buckets.  For your cleaning bucket you can mark how much soap you need and another level for how much water you need.
• Shaving cream can creates rust rings on your bath tub; apply a thin layer of nail polish to the bottom.
• Use clear nail polish as a liquid bandaid.

Old Saying Explained:

DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH…In the past a kettle was not necessarily a device to boil water to make a cup of tea. A pot for boiling food (like fish) was also called a kettle. Unfortunately nobody really knows why we say 'a different kettle of fish'.

Ok, then?

TV Theme Songs you may remember:

Mr. Ed - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Dr. Ruth Talks about Sex with Newspaper Editors

Sacred Mountains Around the World:

Celtic Music:

THE BEST CELTIC MUSIC

Harper’s Index:         

• Portion of French President Francois Hollande’s new cabinet members who are women: ½
• Portion of US cabinet members: ¼
• Of Japanese cabinet members: 1/17

Ruminations:

Without fail, when there are two entrance doors to a store, I will pull the one that hasn’t been unlocked.

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The dots on dice and dominoes are called 'pips.'

Found on You Tube: 

• The Voices of Daws Butler

• CLARK GABLE

Joke-of-the-day:

A scratch golfer hits his ball three hundred yards straight down the fairway, and it hits a sprinkler and careens off into the woods. He finds the ball, but trees surround it. He’s pissed, says what the hell, grabs his nine-iron, and hits the ball as hard as he can. It bounces off a tree back at the golfer’s head and kills him.

He arrives in heaven, and God himself is at the Pearly Gates to greet him. Looking up his records, God sees that the guy golf’s and says, “Are you any good?”

The golfer looks at God and says, “I got here in two, didn’t I?”

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

HEATING AN AQUARIUM…To determine the wattage for an aquarium heater, allow three watts per gallon in a room of normal temperature. Use four watts per gallon for rooms that are cooler than normal.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

When a fire broke out in Dan Jensen's neighbor's house, Dan called 911 and then ran outside to assess the situation. Seeing that the fire was creeping toward his own fence 10 feet away, he grabbed his garden hose and started spraying.

The police proved faster than the fire department, and when they showed up they ordered Jensen to get back. He complied. But as the minutes trickled by and the fire engine didn't show up, Jensen became frustrated and stepped forward to grab the garden hose once again.

That's when he heard the order. "Hit 'em! Take him down! Tase him!" In moments, Jensen was on the ground.

The 42-year-old commercial fisherman is still struggling to comprehend exactly how things deteriorated so quickly. He said he doesn't understand why police shot him with a Taser as he tried to save his own house from a fire.

Police said they can sympathize with the stress Jensen was under. But they said he put himself and officers in danger when he refused to back down.

Jensen's attorney said she believes authorities are trying to deflect attention from their actions that night. She called the Taser use "excessive force."

"They can't just Taser anyone," she said. "He's an unarmed person on his private property trying to fight a fire."

It could be worse, according to police. Pinellas Park Capt. Sanfield Forseth said authorities could have even charged Jensen with obstruction, but decided against it.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• "Weird" Al Yankovic received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1981.  He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16.

• There are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building.

• From space, the brightest man-made place is Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Contrary to common belief, elephants are not afraid of mice.  Go to any zoo and chances are that the mice are living in the same quarters as the elephants.  The mice eat the grain and nest in the hay that is so common to elephant habitats.

• The most common invention of the 19th century was the washing machine.  Between 1804 and 1873, at least 1676 patents were issued by the United States Patent Office for various forms of this device.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

11-17 

American Education Week ►Geography Awareness Week ►National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

12-18  

National Global Entrepreneurship Week ►World Kindness Week ►National Young Reader's Week

16-22

National Farm-City Week

Today Is                                                                      

Button Day
International Day for Tolerance
National Educational Support Professionals Day
~Estonia: Day of National Rebirth (1988 Declaration of Sovereignty)
~US: Oklahoma: Admission Day (1907-46^th state)

Today’s Events through History  

1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket, MA—1676 

British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution—1776

French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever—1380

General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after 

     siege of Germany—13

LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the 

     Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland—1938

Pres Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline—1973

South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate 

     Amenities Act—1989

Tecumseh predicts a "light across the sky" tonight. It is supposed to have 

     appeared, as predicted—1811

UNESCO is founded—1945

Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during 

     Civil War—1864

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Clu Gulager, Holdenville Oklahoma, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man) is 84

In their 60’s

David Leisure, actor (Joe Isuzu, Airplane, Charley-Empty Nest) is 62

In their 40’s

Lisa Bonet, actress [Denise on Cosby] is 45

Dwight Gooden, Tampa FL, pitcher (NY Yankees, NY Mets) is 48

In their 30’s

Maggie Gyllenhaal, New York, actress (Donnie Darko, The Dark Knight)is 35

Remembered for being born today

Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) (1916-1988)

Clinton Golden, Penn, founder (United Steelworkers of America) (1888-1961)

Burgess Meredith, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), (1907-1997)

Guy Stockwell, NYC, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise) (1934-2002)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian—stroke—1603—at 62

Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio—1806—at 52 

Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate—2006—at 94

Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind)—heart attack—1960—at 59

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years— pancreatic cancer—1961—at 79

Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous—colon cancer—1950—at 70 

Answer: Anagram sentence

The bedlam was blamed on Ralph after he was supposed to run for help but ambled instead.

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.

§    And That Is All for Now  §

Nov 14, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 46/ Day:    

Today: High   55°…Low 15°

Records: High   70°(1967)…Low -5°(1985)

Averages: High  51° Low 23°

Wind: average:   3mph; Gusts:  16mph

Today’s average humidity:  48%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens—1791
1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam) —1660
1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins—1954
250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War—1969
Colonization of Africa organized at Intl conference in Berlin—1884
Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres—1956
NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a     Christian" from abjuration oath—1727
Pres Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran—1977
Research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber     addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes—1985
Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland) —1824
Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check—1939
Walt Disney Art School created—1932
Wendy's Hamburgers opens—1969

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

 Returns tomorrow

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Started off as a nice day…then clouded up in the late afternoon. We had our weekly lunch today. We were going to go to Outback, but discovered that it didn’t open until 4pm—even though the paper had a coupon for a noon lunch special. Ended up across the street at Cracker Barrel. Good homey food and some great conversation. Cheryl is getting ready for Thanksgiving in CA, Mary will be in Phx. This year Thanksgiving sure is early. I’ve noticed that a few stores have said no Christmas decorations until Black Friday…good for them. None of these stores have outlets in Flagstaff. Here is Flag, the decorations come out a week or so before Halloween.

 

World hassles never seem to end…bombing in Gaza…scary. On the more humorous side, Patraeus’ mistress’ harassing e-mailer is asking for diplomatic protection from the press that has camped out in her neighborhood. Finally today the government pulled the mistress’ ‘all access’ pass to military bases.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Anagram Sentences:

What are the missing words?

The farmer was grave and ______ after the crops of ______ and Casaba ______ were ruined by pests.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Unusual Uses for Everyday Things: BAKING SODA

• Prevent and solve stinky feet by putting some baking soda in your shoes.
• Put some baking soda on that brush and brush away to fresher breath!
• To do some clean up. baking soda is great for cutting grease from that bacon marathon
• Have some baking soda on hand to put out the grease fire you might start.
• Ants seem not to like it when you put a trail of baking soda in their path.
•  When it reacts with oil turns into soap! 

Old Saying Explained:

WHAT THE DICKENS!...This old saying does not come from the writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It is much older than him! It has been around since at least the 16th century. Originally 'Dickens' was another name for the Devil.

Ok, then?

  Returns tomorrow

TV Theme Songs you may remember:

• Bonanza - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
• Bonus: Lorne Greene sings Bonanza

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Child's Stool Great for Use in Garden

Sacred Mountains Around the World:

Celtic Music:

Celtic Irish Folk

Harper’s Index:         

Estimated percentage of jokes made by female managers that get laughs, according to a British study: 20

By male managers: 90

Ruminations:

Grocery shopping for one person involves way more flirting with expiration dates than I imagined

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The USA PATRIOT Act is an acronym that stands for "Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism."

Found on You Tube: 

• Tales From The Jungle Margaret Mead Part 1

• CW McCall Convoy

Joke-of-the-day:

A 17 year-old Antartican boy was hired to paint a white line down the middle of the highway. On the first day, he got off to a good start and he painted a white line 7 miles long. The next day, however, he painted a line only 4 miles long. On the third day, he was down to less than a mile. Finally, his friend Max asked him why he was doing less each day. The boy replied, "I guess it takes me longer and longer to get back to the bucket each day."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

CHEMICAL WASTE…Gram for gram, it costs about 10 times as much to properly dispose of laboratory chemicals than it did to buy them in the first place.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

MARLBORO, Mass. - A Massachusetts man said he discovered more than $20,000 in a dumpster while looking for magazines to turn into art projects. The Marlboro man, a Brazilian immigrant who asked for his name not to be printed, said he visits the Wellesley dump about twice a week to search for magazines to turn into art, and during a visit last month he found a book with $20,000 to $30,000 pressed between its pages, WHDH-TV, Boston, Mass., reported Tuesday. The man said he is trying to find the rightful owner of the cash and has pledged to search for six months before deciding whether to keep the money.

"This book is a lot of history there," he said. "My point of view is, I want to see because if someone maybe who separated the money to buy a house, put a down payment for the house. What if that happened to me, if it was me? I'm going to go crazy, alright?"

Somewhat Useless Information   

• There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter.

• There are about 3,000 hot dog vendors in metropolitan New York.

• The loop on a belt that holds the loose end is called a "keeper."

• The kings in a deck of cards each represent a great king from history. The king of spades is King David, the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, the king of hearts is Charlemagne, and the king of diamonds is Julius Caesar. 

• The LEGO company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund,Denmark, in 1916. Today it has over 9,000 employees worldwide. The Danish words Leg and Godt were put together to make "LEGO." Later, it was discovered that in Latin, the term "Lego" means "I put together" or "I assemble."

• "The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, is ranked the most difficult national anthem on Earth to sing.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

11-17 

American Education Week ►Geography Awareness Week ►National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

12-18  

National Global Entrepreneurship Week ►World Kindness Week ►National Young Reader's Week

Today Is                                                                      

America Recycles Day
Great American Smokeout
Guinness World Record Day
I Love to Write Day
National Bundt (Pan) Day
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
Use Less Stuff Day
~Belgium Dynasty Day (1866 celebrations in honor of the Belgian monarch.)
~Brazil Republic Day (Commemorates end of Empire of Brazil and
      proclamation of the Brazilian Republic 1889)
~Japan Shichi-Go-San (celebration of kids aged 3, 5, 7)

Today’s Events through History  

1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY—1864

American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)—1881

Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress—1777

Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between 

     Pennsylvania & Maryland—1763

Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco—1492

Creek-Indians lose all their property in US—1827

Devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 

     people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans—2007

Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev—1982

Potawatomi sign a treaty. (12 stat.1191). The treaty sets aside some lands 

     for common tribal usage and other lands are set aside for individual Indians—1861

Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album—1990

Quapaw sign a treaty (7 stat. 23) and give up their claim to land between 

     the Arkansas Post and Little Rock, extending inland to the Saline River—1824

Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington—1577

Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the 

     necessary royal concession—1854

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Ed Asner, actor is 83

Petula Clark, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love) is 80

C. W. McCall, singer [hit song "Convoy"] is 84

In their 70’s

Sam Waterston, actor [Law and Order] is 72

Remembered for being born today

Felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice (1882-1965)

Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate (1906-1990)

Marianne Moore, St Louis, poet (Pulitzer 1951, Collected Poems) (1872-1972)

Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull) (1887-1986)

William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister `Great Commoner', (1708-1778)

Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-African campaign) (1891-1944)

"Macho Man" Randy Savage, [Poffo], Sarasota FL, wrestler (1952-2011)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Baby Fae [Stephanie Fae Beauclair], who received a baboon's heart—1984—at 3 weeks

Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist— prostate cancer—1998—at 57

Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist— gallbladder—2010—at 78

Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer—1996—at 92

Johann Kepler, German astronomer—1630—at 58

Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female)— pancreatic cancer—1978—at 76

Answer: Anagram sentence

The farmer was grave and solemn after the crops of lemons and Casaba melons were ruined by pests.

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.

§    And That Is All for Now  §