Ø TODAY’s “Geez”:
· 1863 - 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
· 1905 - 127°F (53°C), Parker AZ (state record)
· 1923 - University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
· 1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped"
· 1980 - Institution of sharia in Iran
Ø Free Rambling Thoughts…
We did our weekly lunch early as Cheryl came in today to pick up her grandkids from her ex and is coming back tomorrow for a car check up with the grandkids. WE had a great lunch and good conversation. We are all heading out next week—Mary to Oregon, Cheryl to Michigan and me to the Colorado River. We are still wondering how we all planned our trips at the same time, since none of us consulted about them.
There are quite a few people planning to go to Tanzania next year for the Great Migration. Ellie just called and they now have 36 people. That is a really large group, so they are splitting us in half. Sort of. My group will be only 12 people. That sounds great to me. I won’t be with Ellie or Theo, but will still have a great time. She is checking to make sure that there will be a balloon ride for group 2. Group 1 is also going on to Victoria Falls. I have done Victoria Falls and enjoyed it a lot, but didn’t want that as an add on. If I can’t do the balloon ride in group 2 then I will rethink Victoria Falls. It’s a year away so I have plenty of time to think.
Phoenix sure had a wind/dust/sandstorm last night. Amazing to see the photos and videos that were posted. I know we had similar storms on the Rez, especially at Kayenta. I never saw the wall of sand like Phoenix, but we had those high winds and zero visibility. I’m sure the conservative senator Pearce who pushed 1070 was really freaked out when all the stations and the weather service were calling it a ‘haboob’ which is an Arabic word for ‘wind’. These kinds of storms are quite common in the Sahara, but not so common in AZ. The Phoenix wall of sand was almost a mile high and about 60 miles wide, which covered almost all of Phoenix Metro area. Lots of very dirty swimming pools today; lots of broken branches as winds hit 81mph in some areas. Most of Phoenix had winds around 50mph during the storm. Guess I shouldn’t complain about the winds of Flag.
Ø Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Which city is called Kapstad in Afrikaans?
2. Which language apart from English is an official language of Canada?
3. Okinawa is a volcano in which country?
4. In which country is an Afghani a unit of currency?
5. Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surrounded by which country?
6. Madagascar is off which coast of Africa?
7. Antigua and Barbuda lie in which Sea?
8. Ottawa is which country's capital?
9. The Chinese city of Beijing was previously known as what?
10. Argentina's east coast lies on which ocean?
11. Which South American Canal joins the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans?
12. What is the largest country in South America?
Ø Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Ø Hmmmmm…
· Number of the world’s ten largest banks that were Chinese owned in 2000 and 2010: 0,4
Ø Somewhat Useless Information…
· Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous advertising slogan "finger lickin' good" was translated in Chinese as "eat your fingers off."
· In ancient Rome, Romans did not build rooms called vomitoria in which to purge themselves after a meal. Vomitoria were the entranceways through which crowds entered and exited a stadium.
Ø Yeah, It Really Happened…
MT. CLEMENS, Mich. - A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to bank robbery filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder alleging a jail's pornography ban is cruel and unusual punishment. Kyle Richards, 21, of Fraser, who has been in the Macomb County Jail since his bank robbery arrest in January and pleaded guilty to the crime Thursday, filed a five-page handwritten lawsuit June 10 in U.S. District Court in Detroit asking a judge to rule for jail inmates to be allowed to possess pornography as well as TVs, radios and video games,
The Detroit News reported Monday. "Such living conditions have been used as a method of 'psychological warfare' against prisoners, in order to both destroy the morale of inmates and break the spirit of individuals," Richards wrote in the suit. John Cordell said state prisons allow inmates to possess pornographic materials including Playboy and Penthouse magazines. The pornography ban at the Macomb County Jail is a county policy, officials said. Richards has filed several lawsuits in federal court since last year, including at least three tossed by judges who called them frivolous.
Ø Guffaw…or at least smile…
The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer, who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket, went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Gomer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11" he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but he's right. What two days of the week start with the letter 'T'?"
"Today and tomorrow."
The sheriff was again surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don't know."
"Well, why don't you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Gomer wandered over to the barbershop where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview.
Gomer was exultant. "It went great! First day on the job and I'm already working on a murder case!"
Ø Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Che Guevara interview Ireland 1964
Ø Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
· 1-4 International Chicken Wing Week
· 1-7 National Unassisted Homebirth Week
· 3-9 Be Nice To New Jersey Week
· 4-10 Freedom Week
Nude Recreation Weekend
Ø TODAY IS
· Chocolate Day
· Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
· Global Forgiveness Day
· National Strawberry Sundae Day
· Tell The Truth Day
· Japan: Tanabata/Star Festival (‘Evening of the seventh’)
· Solomon Islands: Independence Day (1978 from Britain)
· Spain: Running of the Bulls
· Tanzania: Saba Saba Day (forming of first political party in 1954: means ‘seven-seven’)
Ø Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1802 - 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published
1956 - Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres
… IN ATHLETICS
1973 - 1st all-US women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert
… IN BUSINESS
1550 - Chocolate introduced
1891 - Travelers checks patented
1987 - Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
… IN EDUCATION
1753 - British Museum founded by an Act of Parliament (opens in 1759)
1754 - Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1862 - Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1540 - Coronado attacks the Zuni village of Hawikuh in what becomes New Mexico
1598 - Oñate’s expedition is at the village of the San Domingo Pueblos. According to their journals, leaders from seven different Pueblo groups meet in a council with Oñate. The journals also says the tribal leaders pledge allegiance to Spain.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1534 - European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick
1953 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador
2005 - Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700
… IN RELIGION
1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
… IN SCIENCE
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… IN US POLITICS
1898 - US annexes Hawaii
1958 - Pres Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood
1972 - 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1907 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein, US, sci-fi author (4 Hugos, Red Planet)
…ATHLETES
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back
1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player
Michelle Kwan, ice skater turns 31
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Billy Campbell, actor turns 52
1932 - Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family)
Shelley Duvall, actor turns 62
1924 - Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space)
1911 - Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
Doc Severinson, [Carl], Arlington Oregon, bandleader/trumpeter on the Tonight Show turns 84
Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Beatle drummer/actor turns 71
Cree Summer, actor turns 42
1906 - Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show)
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic
…POLITICIANS
▬…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1851 - Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist, found gerontology clinic
Ø Today’s Obits:
1981 - Keefe Brasselle, actor (Be Our Guest), dies of liver disease at 58
1799 - William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53
1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 71
1771 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54
1973 - Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (Ramrod), dies of hepatitus at 58
1890 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. dies at 76
Ø ANSWERS:
Ø Trivia Quiz
1. Which city is called Kapstad in Afrikaans?
a. Cape Town
2. Which language apart from English is an official language of Canada?
a. French
3. Okinawa is a volcano in which country?
a. Japan
4. In which country is an Afghani a unit of currency?
a. Afghanistan
5. Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surrounded by which country?
a. South Africa
6. Madagascar is off which coast of Africa?
a. East
7. Antigua and Barbuda lie in which Sea?
a. Caribbean
8. Ottawa is which country's capital?
a. Canada
9. The Chinese city of Beijing was previously known as what?
a. Peking
10. Argentina's east coast lies on which ocean?
a. Atlantic
11. Which South American Canal joins the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans?
a. Panama
12. What is the largest country in South America?
a. Brazil
Close Up Picture
Ø …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
