»Week 23 of 2010: 161 days this year…204 days remain:
Day 52 of the BP oil spill≈
» Something To Think About
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less repossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
--Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) American reformer
» Random Fact
The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.
¤ Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1980 ►Nelson Mandela the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC) makes public a statement from a letter written by Nelson Mandela and smuggled out of prison "UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!"
» Free Ramblings
Flagstaff has serious financial problems. The local School Board has been working for months to decide which schools to close, how to realign the school structure to save bucks and still offer an appropriate AZ education to the students. The newest high school building is closing. They graduated their first class in 1992. Now they are no more. South Beaver Elem is also closing. It was one of the first schools in the city. Another elem. school is closing as is a middle school. Students will now attend K-5, then a 6-8 school, then a 9-12 school. I grew up in a K-6, 7-9, 10-12 system and it worked. The bureau has a K-8, 9-12 system and that works too. I’m sure this one will work too. There are several disturbing things about this realignment. First, the board and the central office administration is so uninformed that they tried to do this back in February, but found out that the state has laws about closing schools. Duh. Secondly, kids are home and won’t find out for sure what school they will attend until ‘late summer.’ Hopefully the older kids will know before summer athletic activities get started. Student Government has already been elected, cheerleaders have been selected. The ‘new’ kids will be left out in the cold. Also, those students elected to serve the closing schools are out too. Very poor planning. Thirdly, the jobs are also an issue. Teachers, aides, administrators, nurses, janitors, and kitchen staff won’t know where they are working, or even if they are working until later in the summer. Seniority will play its role, but since our town pays low salaries this adds to the problem. As a university town, with many education majors, there is always a big pool of ‘locals’ to fill positions. It is well known around town that a teacher’s salary doesn’t provide adequate income to raise a family—not uncommon in tourist towns or university towns with a school of education. I know several people who live in Flagstaff and work in schools on the reservation or the nearest town, Winslow. Finally the closing of these schools is only a bandage to the real problem in Flagstaff—finding the best teachers to teach the students from a good curriculum. Flagstaff will lose some good hard working educators and support staff by this move. They have not even talked about what this decision will do for the education of students—only that it will save money.
BP continues to lie. The National Guard and the state of LA are now using low tech vacuums to suck up the oil at the shore and in the wetlands. They work. The amount of oil leaking has gone from BP’s estimate of 1000 barrels (42,000 gallons) a day to now somewhere around 25,000 barrels (2 million gallons) per day. BP continues to say there are no plumes, yet numerous scientists say the plumes are everywhere. BP’s website continues to say on its website that their cut and paste response talks about how they will protect the walrus. Walrus do not live in the Gulf, they live in the North Sea. I say it is time to take the Tony Hayward—the CEO—commercials OFF THE AIR. They are nothing but lies. Every piece of information delivered to news agencies and the US Congress are delivered by lawyers. CNN has had a gallon counter on its channel for about two weeks. They removed it today, because they admit they now realize that it is not accurate. Not accurate because it is high, but not accurate because is low. BP also refuses to be interviewed on CNN.
Flagstaff had a great weather day. We were a bit breezy, but the 82° was quite nice. It is nice to be able to enjoy the great weather.
» Puzzle 1
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» A Quick Smile…
When my boss returned to the office, he was told that everyone had been looking for him. That set him off on a speech about how indispensable he was to the company.
"Actually," interrupted his assistant, "you left with the key to the stationery closet."
» Side Show Stories
SYDNEY - The owner of a Sydney restaurant said he set a world record by making a 210-pound hamburger from 178 pounds of beef and 120 eggs. Joe El-Ajouz, owner of Ambrosia On The Spot, said it took 24 hours to create the burger, including 12 hours just to cook the patty, and it required four men to flip, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported Monday. "I've always wanted to break a world record and this is a bit of fun and a marketing tool to get people in here and get them talking," El-Ajouz said.
The patty was topped with 16 tomatoes, 120 slices of cheese, four pounds of lettuce, a pound of barbecue sauce and placed between 46 pounds of bread. The previous record holder for the world's largest burger was made in the United States and weighed 185 pounds.
» Puzzle 2: Brain Food
If you break me, / I do not stop working.
If you touch me, / I may be snared.
If you lose me, / Nothing will matter.
What am I?
» Something you might enjoy…
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» Calendar Information
¤ Today’s Number One Songs in…
For anyone interested, all these songs are available on iTunes.
"Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies." ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
1948: Nature Boy; King Cole
1958: Purple People Eater; Sheb Wooley
1968: Mrs. Robinson; Simon & Garfunkel
1978: You're the One That I Want; John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
1988: One More Try; George Michael
¤ Observance Weeks in June
6-12: National Headache Awareness Week
10-17: Superman Week and Nursing Assistants Week
¤ Today’s Observances—US/UN/World
National Yo-Yo Day
Ball Point Pen Day
Iced Tea Day
Nursing Assistants Day
¤ Today’s Observances—by country
Argentina: Affirmation of Argentina's Rights over the Malvinas
Azore: Camoes Day (1580)
Cape Verde, Maderia: National Day (1580)
French Guiana: Abolition Day
Portugal: Day of Portugal (1580)
Republic of the Congo: Reconciliation Day
¤ Today’s Births
Artists, Writers, and Composers
Saul Bellow, author (Mr Sammler's Planet), born in 1914 Lachine, Quebec
Frederick Loewe, composer/partner of Learner, born in 1904 Berlin, Germany
Maurice Sendak, 82, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in Brooklyn, NY
Athletes
Dan Fouts, 59, Pro Football Hall of Famer: Chargers quarter back, born in San Francisco , CA
Tara Lipinski, 28, figure skater, born Philadelphia, PA
Ken (Kenneth Wayne) Singleton, 63, baseball: Mets, Expos, Orioles, born in Manhattan, NYC
Entertainers
Entertainers
Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz), born in 1922 Grand Rapids, MI
Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress: Gone with the Wind [1939]: 1st African-American to win Oscar, born in 1895 Wichita, Kansas
Business, Education Persons
F. Lee Bailey, 77, lawyer, born Waltham, MA
Political Persons
John Edwards, 57, former US Senator (D, North Carolina), born Seneca, SC
Bobby Jindal, 39, Governor of Louisiana (R), born Piyush Jindal at Baton Rouge, LA
Rose Moffard, 88, former non-elected AZ Governor, born in Globe, Arizona
Prince Philip, 89, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, born Corfu, Greece
Scientists /Religious Persons
John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army, born in 1735
¤ Today’s HappeningsIn the Arts
1939►Chales S Frazier and Beryl Louise Webster began a successful 55 year marriage in Denver, CO
In Athletics
1981 ►Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies singled off of Houston pitcher Nolan Ryan to tie Stan Musial’s baseball career-hit total at 3,630
In Business or Education
1854 ►The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD graduated its first class
1902 ►Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan
1935 ►In New York City, two recovering alcoholics, found Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), a 12-step rehabilitation program that eventually helps countless people cope with alcoholism (Dr. Robert Smith & Bill Wilson)
1977 ►Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
In Politics
1610 ►1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
1639 ►1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
1924 ►1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1943 ►FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime
1977 ►James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from max security prison; recaptured three days later
In Science/ Religion
1752 ►Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning
¤ Today’s Obits
Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, car accident @ 68 in 1946
Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), heart attack @ 61 in 1971
Louis L'Amour, western writer, cancer @ 80 in 1988
» ANSWERS to Puzzle 1
Stand up comedy (stand up comma D)
» ANSWERS to Brain Food
One's heart
» PIC of the Day
I have always been fascinated with ‘sky’ pictures. While traveling I always try to take pictures of clouds, sunrise, sunset, panoramas with mostly sky. These pics are not mine, but it’s nice to learn that others are also fascinated by the sky. During the month of June I’ll be doing ‘sun rays’.
Double sun rays through an arch at Arches National Park, Utah
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