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December 20, 2015
Week: 52 \ Day: 354
December Averages:
44°\17°
86004 Today: H ° \ L ° Average
Sky Cover: %
Wind ave: mph\Gusts:
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Ave. High: 43° Record High: 61°[1917]
Ave. Low: 16° Record Low: -14°[1924]
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Observances
Today:
International Human Solidarity Day
Games Day Link
Mudd Day
National Sangria Day Link
Poet Laureat Day
World Day of Prayer and
Action for Children Link
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Observances
This Week:
14-1/5
Christmas
Bird Count Week Link
14-28
Halcyon
Days
16-24
Posadas
17-23
Saturnalia
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1606 - Virginia Company settlers leave London to
establish Jamestown, Virginia
1669 - 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson
condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
1790 - 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn
(Pawtucket, RI)
1803 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark
formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
1820 - Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on
unmarried men between 21 & 50
1850
- Hawaiian post office established
1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union (US
Civil War)
1892
- Pneumatic automobile tire patented,
Syracuse, NY
1893 - 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in
Georgia
1920
- Bob Hope becomes an American citizen
1928 - 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot,
Maine for Montreal, Quebec
1945 - Rationing of auto tires ends in US
1967 - "The Graduate"
starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft premieres
1981 - Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical
"Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
2005 - New York City transit strike: New York
City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New
York City Subway and Bus services.
2012 - Apple is denied a patent for mobile
pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1192 - Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches the
river Esk
1812 - "Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Jacob and Wilhelm
Grimm is published
1955 - Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of
Wales
1974 - Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
1988 - Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's
dept store, London
1999 - Portugal returns Macau to China
2007 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes
the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who
lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
After more calls to the bank, Sams etc. I have reached my limit. I
did learn that without telling customers, ALL banks have made their chipped
Debit cards ‘pinless’ with an unknown price point and how one uses their
chipped Debit card at time of purchase. Most of the time the machine doesn’t
ask for a pin if you are purchasing under $50 or under $100. My bank says $50,
but weren’t sure if that was correct. The other ‘pinless’ purchase is if you
put your card into the machine after the clerk gives you the total of your
purchase. Either way, we all have ‘pinless’ cards now, if you have the chip. As
my final call to my local bank told me, I agree with your concerns but with the
‘new’ technology, things are changing on a daily basis and no banker can keep
up with the latest things.
Our retirement group had a great lunch at Little America
yesterday. Always a nice place with good atmosphere…especially at Christmas. I
gave candles, a Flagstaff Friends of the Library calendar, and a decoration.
They were appreciated. I got some glove warmers for my upcoming trip to
Chicago, or when I have to be outside here when it is really cold. Mary will
give me my present later as she forgot our lunch time and came directly from
her massage. She felt bad, but I told her not to worry about it.
The lunch lasted longer than expected and used that as an excuse
not to this blog yesterday.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Teaser Shopping
Series teasers are where
you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
Professor
C. D. Rock ran out of teasers, so he went to Teaserville to buy some more.
After arriving there he went to 6 different stores. He first went to the
"Theater" to buy some teasers about movies. He then went to the
"ER Hospital" to buy teasers about health, and the human body. Then
he went to, in order, the "Art Center," the "Supermarket,"
and the "Energy Plantation." He then went to one last store. It was
one of the following:
A. Library
B. High School
C. Dance Arena
D. Saloon
E. Dog Pound
F. Railroad Station
G. Petting Zoo
H. Carnival
Can you figure out which place Professor C. D. Rock visited lastly?
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…Bet
You Didn’t Know…
“The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening’s parents
are called Homer and Margaret.
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…Crazy
Law…
Ohio
Giving fish alcohol is prohibited here. So
wait, your goldfish is just expected to enjoy Akron sober?
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…Harper’s
Index…
5.188 Number
of Twitter users who follow @ISILCats, an Islamic State propaganda account
featuring pictures of kittens
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
raydaw2Happy Friday! Enjoy your day! A former student’s
picture of Flagstaff’s Main Drag, on the west side of town.
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2
jokes for the day
Off
To Work -
A guy shows up late for work.
The boss yells, ‘You should’ve been here at
8.30!’
He replies. ‘Why? What happened at 8.30?’
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Interview
With The Candidate -
During an Interview the Employer asked the
Candidate
Employer : 'How long did u work during your
last job?
Candidate : 30 years.
Employer : What's your age?
Candidate : 20 years.
The Employer was surprised and asked the
candidate that how it is possible that you are 20 and have a experience of 30
years.
Candidate : Overtime.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
SAN
DIEGO - San Diego police arrested pair of package thieves and found a
car full of stolen items along with an incriminating to-do list. Kristina
Green, 19, and Gary Withers, 38, were arrested when an Amazon delivery driver
called 911 after witnessing the theft of two packages from Encinitas, Calif.
homes. When police searched the car they discovered a to-do list featuring
errands including "shop lift" and "Kiss mom n tell her she's
loved." Police also found mail, including junk mail and bills, belonging
to as many as 13 local residents. Victims Mike Garret and his wife Mary told
NBC San Diego that were thankful to have their mail returned and commended the
delivery driver for alerting authorities. "He did his Job," he said.
"He should get extra credit. He could have said, 'Eh' and kept going, you
know?" Green and Withers, who were already on probation for drug and
weapons violations, were charged with mail theft and possession of stolen
property.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
In
French cuisine, an "entree" is a dish served before the main course,
in other words, an appetizer.
In French, "le plat principal" is the main (or principal) course.
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In
French:
"un aperitif" is a pre-dinner cocktail.
"un digestif" is your after-dinner drink.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(74) - David
Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d.
1992)
(69) - Harvey Firestone, Columbiana Ohio, Industrialist and founder of
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company ("where the rubber meets the
road"), (d. 1938)
69 - Uri
Geller, Tel Aviv, Israel, psychic (bends forks)
69 - Dick Wolf, New York, American television series creator
(Miami Vice, Law & Order)
(49) - Samuel
A Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth (d.1883)
32 - Jonah Hill, American actor (Superbad, Moneyball, The Wolf of Wall
Street), born in LA, CA
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Historical
Obits Today
@95-1982 - Artur
Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years)
@74-2010 - Steve
Landesberg, American actor and comedian cancer
@66-1968 - John
Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize 1940, 1962), heart failure
@57-1961 - Moss
Hart, American dramatist (You can't take it with you), heart attack
@49-1988 - Max
Robinson, 1st African American network (ABC) TV anchor, AIDS
@37-1973 - Bobby
Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), heart failure
@24-1812 - Sacagawea,
Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, ‘official date and age’-oral
tradition and recent study concludes she died in 1884@96
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Brain
Teasers Answers
F. Railroad Station
The first letter of each place he went to spells out the word
"teaser."
Theater
Er Hospital
Art Center
Supermarket
Energy Plantation
Railroad Station
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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 contains mistakes and sadly
once 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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