5-21-14


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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 141 / Week: 21 
May Averages: 68° \ 34° Red Flag
Today: Average Sky Cover: 3%
    H 66° L 37° Ave. humidity: 16%
    Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  38mph  
    Average High: 69° Record High:  81° (1920)
    Average Low: 35° Record Low:  21° (1974)
        
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights

1602 - Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1819 - 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
1832 - 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
1881 - American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
1914 - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1921 - Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1922 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
1927 - Lindburgh lands in Paris after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1991 - Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
1996 - Blackout in many areas of Queens NY
1998 - Suharto, the Indonesian dictator who had ruled for 32 years, resigns.

  Today’s Birthdays:   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below


My Free Rambling Thoughts   

An interesting series of phone calls today. I called the company that I had 2 stale dated checks again. It had been a week and nobody had gotten back to me. I tried to decide if I should be the good guy or the pissed off guy when I called. I chose the good guy. She apologized for not getting back to me and said she would go check with the supervisor right now to see if they can reissue the checks quickly. She called me back about 20 minutes later to say the checks would be reissued on Friday. I thanked her and said I would be looking forward to the $500 next week. Then about 2 hours later she called back to say that in checking my account she had found an error. I remained calm and let her talk. It seems that the company had thought they mailed me a check in 2010 for $7000 but it was never cashed either. I know I never received the check or I would have cashed it. She apologized and said that my new check would be for the full amount and she wanted to let me know ahead of time so I wouldn’t think it was a mistake. How cool is that? Very cool from my point of view. I have to say that had I now tried to cash the two old checks I might never have known about the really big check. This wonderful lady sure knows how to make customers happy.

Tomorrow I get to get my new permanent crown. A good deal as the temporary crown remained in my mouth without having to be put back in. Several of my previous temporary ones popped out, causing an extra trip to the dentist. One even came out twice.

Senator Barry Sanders gave an interesting speech in the senate recently. It just showed up on my FB page. He was warning the American people that we should no longer be concerned about the Republicans and Democrats but that we are heading very quickly for an oligarchy run by the few really wealthy people who choose our legislators. He mentioned several South American countries that have been run by oligarchy and how that led to their government downfall. So hard for the legislature to change this pattern, since they are all beholding to big money for their seats.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

What phrase is illustrated here?

Injection 1: Rumor Shot
Patient: "That tickles."

Injection 2: Hearsay Shot
Patient: "Didn't feel it."

Injection 3: Fact Shot
Patient: "Ouch!"

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



Fatts Waller-Ain't Misbehaving

Mary Robinson on running for President


OK Then…
Harper’s Index 

Percentage of Syrian child refugees who are not attending school: 68

Unusual Fact of the Day

Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover's Vice President, was a Kaw Indian. As of today, he achieved the highest elected office of any Native American.

Top Reasons Poverty is on the Rise…

2. Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistical improvements in the number of unemployed Americans reflect a limited number of conditions within the job market. Unemployment claims, for example, furnish one metric for comparing joblessness over time, but even these numbers only account for a particular portion of the jobless sector. Underemployed parties and those whose benefits have expired are not included in the sample when claims are used to determine employment levels. As a result, today’s workforce may be in worse shape than some of the numbers indicate. During economic downturns, workers also take jobs outside their fields, often at levels below those they’d achieve in their primary professions. When these and other unique considerations are factored in, American unemployment and underemployment point to higher poverty levels across society.

Travel Destination Info… 

6) Germany - $34.7 billion
Tourists spent $34.7 billion dollars in Germany in 2009. Popular tourist attraction in Germany include the Black Forest, the Rhine River, Bavaria, castles, Cologne Cathedral, the Reichstag, Europa-Park and of course Oktoberfest.

Top Countries to get Dual Citizenship

Brazil
Brazil opens its arms to anyone who wants to become a citizen. Adopting a child from Brazil automatically makes you Brazilian, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice shares that you can get a “common naturalization” if you’re really interested in becoming a Brazilian citizen. Simply living in Brazil for at least 15 years can get you effortless naturalization.

Joke-of-the-day

You Don't Need to Be a Weatherman...
It was two o'clock in the morning and a husband and wife were asleep, when suddenly the phone rang.
The husband picked up the phone and said, "Hello? ... How the heck do I know? What am I, the weather man?" -- and promptly slammed the phone down.
His wife rolls over and asks, "Who was that?"
The husband replies, I don’t know. Some guy who wanted to know if the coast was clear. 

Rules of Thumb:   

DETERMINING YOUR FRAME SIZE
To determine the size of your frame, wrap a dollar bill around your wrist. If the ends of the bill touch, you have a small frame. If there's a finger's width or less between them, you have a medium frame. Anything more than a finger's width and you have a large frame.

Yeah, It Really Happened

A Houston woman who says she is a stripper is being sued in small claims court by one of her customers.
Her stage name is Nomi. She says she works in a Houston strip club and admits she went out a few times with one of her customers named Robert.
"I've never heard of a customer suing a stripper," Nomi said. "I just don't understand how this person can sue me for money that he freely gave. I would never have even taken it had I known I had to pay it back."
I'm sure.
Robert wouldn't say much, but confirms he met Nomi at a strip club. He says she owes him about $3,000 worth of DVDs, a laptop and cash, and he's suing to get it back.
I didn't know strippers accepted laptops. How do you fit it in the G-string, I wonder.
Gerald Treece, attorney and law professor at South Texas College of Law, said it comes down to whether it was all gifts. "It has no really great legal value," he said. "It was 'wow' value, and it all depends on whose facts the court believes."

Somewhat Useless Information   

Have you ever wondered why the ice cubes of fizzy drinks never melt on TV or why does chicken look so appetizing?
Truth is, in adverts for fizzy drinks, the ice cubes are usually made of plastic so they won’t melt under the hot lights.
Regarding chicken, very often roast chickens on TV are painted brown and stuffed with paper towels to make them look more appetizing.
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Did you know that the Italians call Mickey Mouse “Topolino”? Topolino has, also, given its name to an Italian comic series with illustrated tales with Mickey Mouse Topolino Giornale.
Topolino Giornale has a long running history, as it first appeared in 1932 by the editor Mario Nerbini and is currently published by Disney Italia.
After Topolino Giornale, Topolino libretto #1 was released in 1949 and had 100 pages and its price was 60 lire.

Calendar Information        

This Week’s Observances:

13-19
Salvation Army Week  
Neropathy Awareness Week

National Stuttering Awareness Week


18-24
National Safe Boating Week
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week
National New Friends, Old Friends Week

World Trade Week 

19-26
National Backyard Games Week
National Educational Bosses' Week 
National Medical Transcription Week  
International Coaching Week
Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week


20-23                       
National Stationery Week

Today Is  
American Red Cross Founder's Day
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day  
 
End of the World or Rapture Party Day(Prediction)  
"I Need a Patch for That" Day

National Employee Health & Fitness Day
National Memo Day
National Waitresses/Waiters Day
Sister Maria Hummel Day
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development

                                                        
Today’s Events through History  

1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
1904 - Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris
1945 - Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed
1972 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Ara Parseghian, football player and coach (Notre Dame) is 91
Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland is 70
Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love) is 66
Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor/US Senator is 63
Mr. T, [Lawrence Tureaud], Chicago, actor (A-Team) is 62

Judge Reinhold, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 57
Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer is 57

Remembered for being born today

1688-1744 - Alexander Pope, English poet
1780-1845 - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1832-1917 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator  
1872-1957 - Henry Warren, inventor (Telechon electric clock)
1898-1990 - Armand Hammer, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
1904-1943 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer
1904-1981 - Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
1916-1997 - Harold Robbins, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers)
1917-1996 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show)
1917-1993 - Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides)
1924-1999 - Peggy Cass, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth)
1938-2008 - David Groh, actor (Joe-Rhoda)
1972-1997 - The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], rapper

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Sir John Gielgud, British actor, 2000, @96 
Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), 1935, @74
Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), stroke, 1995, @56
Hernando de Soto, fever while searching for gold, 1542, @46

Brain Teasers                                         

The truth hurts.

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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