5-13-14


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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 133  / Week: 20 
May Averages: 68° \ 34°
Today: Average Sky Cover: 5%
    H 55° L 30° Ave. humidity: 38%
    Wind: ave:   6mph; Gusts:  29mph  
    Average High: 67° Record High:  82° (1984)
    Average Low: 35° Record Low:  18° (1953)
   
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights

1110 - Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1637 - Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1846 - US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins
1888 - DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
1913 - 1st four engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky, Russia)
1916 - 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1917 - 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1918 - 1st US airmail stamps issued (24 cents)
1947 - US Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
1966 - Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1969 - Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, occur in Kuala Lumpur
1981 - Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded 
1992 - 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
2012 - 49 dismembered bodies found on a Mexican highway--Mexican drug war

  Today’s Birthdays:   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
My Free Rambling Thoughts   

A bit windy for my taste today, still a nice day. I keep hoping the security door will arrive soon.

I am getting a little tired of the news cycle on the Clippers owner. Both CNN and Barbara Walters are claiming ‘exclusive’ interviews with the crazy old guy. He is doing himself no favors by being interviewed. The guy is only digging himself deeper into a hole he created. I still have a problem with the way the tapes were released to the public…somebody made big bucks. Had the tapes never surfaced, he would not be in the media frenzy and in the NBA crosshairs. Seems to me that the NBA should do a whole lot more vetting before they allow new owners…or is the NBA an organization that just wants money? I did learn that the LA Clippers started out as the Buffalo (NY) Braves back in the 70’s. They were owned by the movie mogul Irv Levin, who sold the team to the current owner. I’m only a basketball fan during the playoffs so some new knowledge is probably common knowledge to true basketball fanatics.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers
Be enjoying the singles' life most shall
We are more solitary than social

Of my body is constructed my home
A place where "guests" do not casually roam

After I am done giving it a spin
Danger is lurking for venturers in

The way I prey is a bit like fishin'
With two legs up on the competition

What am I?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today






OK Then…
Harper’s Index 

Percentage change in the past five years in the portion of Republicans who believe in evolution: -26

Unusual Fact of the Day

Cruise control and automatic transmissions were invented by a blind engineer named Ralph Teetor.

Largest Animals in the world…

The Largest Rodent in the World: The Capybara
The largest living rodent is the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), native to most of the tropical and temperate parts of South America east of the Andes, always near water. Full-grown capybaras can reach 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long and 0.9 m (3.0 ft) tall at the shoulder and a maximum weight of 105.4 kg (232 lb). It is a highly social species and can be found in groups as large as 100 individuals, but usually live in groups of 10–20 individuals.

Oldest Trees in the World…

Llangernyw Yew
This incredible yew resides in a small churchyard of St. Dygain's Church in Llangernyw village, north Wales. About 4,000 years old, the Llangernyw Yew was planted sometime in the prehistoric Bronze Age — and it's still growing! In 2002, in celebration of the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the tree was designated as one of 50 Great British trees by the Tree Council.

Travel Destination Info… #3 China

Tourism expenditure in 2010: $54.9 billion
Percent Change (from 2009) +25.6%
Market Share: 6.0%
Per Capita Expenditure:  $41

Joke-of-the-day

Now that we are into renaming things like Mount Diablo, President Obama wants to rename the San Andreas Fault. His suggestion, Bush's Fault. 

Rules of Thumb:   

RECOGNIZING THE OBVIOUS
As a rule, clients will recognize the obvious much sooner than professionals.

Yeah, It Really Happened

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — Wildlife officials in New Hampshire believe a bear is to blame for a series of recent car break-ins. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says several cars have been broken into over the last few weeks in the same North Conway neighborhood. Officials say the likely culprit is a bear looking for food.

Somewhat Useless Information   

"Mothering Sunday" dates back to the 16th century and is considered a precursor to the modern Mother's Day. It was observed on the fourth Sunday of Lent in Europe when people returned to their "mother church" and it evolved to include secular observances honoring mothers.

Anna Jarvis is considered the found of Mother's Day in the United States when she sought in 1908 to honor her mother, who had died three years prior and who had organized "Mothers' Friendship Day" in 1868 to promote reconciliation following the end of the Civil War.

President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation making Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914.

Jarvis was not a life-long supporter of the holiday because she disliked the commercialization that surrounded it. Around 1920 she starting urging people to stop buying flowers and cards for their mothers. Jarvis was even arrested protesting Mother's Day and said that she regretted creating the holiday. She eventually tried to have Mother's Day abolished.

People spend $1.9 billion annually on flowers for Mother's Day and 69% of all gifts given are flowers.

133 million cards are exchanged annually, according to Hallmark, making it the third-largest card-sending holiday in the U.S.

Calendar Information        

This Week’s Observances:

11-17
Universal Family Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week 
National Hospital Week 
National Nursing Home Week
National Police Week 
National Return To Work Week 
National Transportation Week 
National Women's Health Week 

Reading is Fun Week
Salute to Moms 35+ Week


12-18
American Craft Beer Week 
Children's Book Week
National Bike to Work Week

National Dog Bite Prevention Week  

National Etiquette Week

Work At Home Moms Week

13-17
Neuropathy Awareness Week

13-19
Salvation Army Week 13-1 
Neuropathy Awareness Week

National Stuttering Awareness Week


Today Is  

Blame Someone Else Day
Frog Jumping Day
Leprechaun Day
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Republic of Ecuador (founded-1830)
                                         
Today’s Events through History  

1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1614 - Viceroy of Mexico finds Spanish Explorer Juan de Oñate guilty of atrocities against the Indians of New Mexico
1882 - Toba indians (S. America) killed 20 members of French expedition
1923 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
1942 - Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs) is 75
Stevie Wonder, Saginaw, singer-songwriter is 64
Dennis Rodman, NBA forward (Bulls) \traveler is 53
Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor is 50
Robert Pattinson, London, actor (Harry Potter, Twilight) is 28

Remembered for being born today

1729-1785 - Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
1842-1900 - Arthur Seymour Sullivan, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1883-1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek, inventor of the Pap smear
1914-1981 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion
1926-2009 - Beatrice Arthur [Frankel], actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
1927-2008 - Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
1928-2007 - Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy  
1931-1978 - Jim Jones, Leader of Peoples Temple cult, (Jonestown Massacre)  
1943-1992 - Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, 2013, @ 85
John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), 1835, @83
Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize Physics, 1938, @77
Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian, heart attack, 1993, @ 71
Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), pneumonia, 1975, @70
Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), cancer, 1985, @64
Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winner (High Noon), cancer, 1961, @60
Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, rheumatic fever, 1962, @51
Dan Blocker, American actor (Hoss-Bonanza), blood clot, 1972, @43

Brain Teasers

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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 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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