6-12-14


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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 163 / Week: 24 
June Averages: 78° \ 42°
Today: Average Sky Cover: 2%
    H 77° L 46° Ave. humidity: 24%
    Wind: ave:   9mph; Gusts:  31mph  
    Average High: 78° Record High:  91° (1918)
    Average Low: 40° Record Low:  27° (1976)
      
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights

1665 - New Amsterdam renamed New York by English after Dutch pull out
1830 - Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria
1859 - Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1903 - Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1908 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1935 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15½ hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
1942 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies
1981 - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres
2009 -  All television broadcasts in the US switch from analog to digital

  Today’s Birthdays:   

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

Well, the low humidity and the wind have put us on Fire Watch Alert until Friday night. I hope that everyone pays attention and some idiot doesn’t start a devastating fire in our area.

While I find it a little concerning that a Tea Party candidate unseated the Republican majority leader in the House, I don’t think the world will be ending anytime soon. This is historic, but it is one district in VA. So Canter wanted to talk about immigration reform. His opponent hit hard on that, and I guess that one district had voters who agreed that this is not the time for immigration reform. VA is not a border state, VA is not having illegal children sent to a warehouse, like AZ. I think the real reason is that he did not listen to the voters in his district…nothing more, nothing less. And like many elections, especially a primary, only 13% voted.

I am at the time of year when my windows are open 24/7. It is very nice, except last night there was a lot of wind and I was awakened several times by the gusts of wind flowing through my bedroom. I was never cold, but the blowing woke me.  

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Which letter comes next in the following sequence?
S, N, E, P, O, H, C, _

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today






OK Then…
Harper’s Index 

Percentage of US residents over 25 who have a postgraduate degree: 17

Of Nigerian immigrants over 25 who do: 27

Unusual Fact of the Day

In 2009, Josh Muszynski used his Visa to buy cigarettes. Due to a Visa "glitch," he was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars. To be exact: $23,148,855,308,184,500

Presidential Fun Facts…

William Henry Harrison: Attended Hampden-Sydney College. Harrison gave the longest inaugural address - one hour 45 minutes. Only president who studied to become a doctor. His immediate job before becoming president was clerk of Hamilton County (Ohio) court. First president to die in office. Inaugurated on March 4, 1841, contracted pneumonia in late March, died in the White House on April 4. Served 30 days.

Ben Franklin on Character…

Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.

Common misused words...

Principal and principle
A principle is a fundamental; "We've created a culture where we all share certain principles." Principal means primary or of first importance; "Our startup's principal is located in NYC." (Sometimes you'll also see the plural, "principals," used to refer to executives or (relatively) co-equals at the top of a particular food chain.)
Principal can also refer to the most important item in a particular set; "Our principal account makes up 60 percent of our gross revenues."
Principal can also refer to money, normally the original sum that was borrowed, but can be extended to refer to the amount you owe--hence principal and interest.
If you're referring to laws, rules, guidelines, ethics, etc., use principle. If you're referring to the CEO or the president (or the individual in charge of the high school), use principal.

Pen Names of famous authors…

Louisa May Alcott--Pen name: A.M. Barnard
Best known for her novel Little Women – published under her real name – Louisa May Alcott has also written fiction under a pseudonym. Historian Leona Rostenberg first discovered this incognito pen name while researching at Harvard’s Houghton Library. Rostenberg found a collection of letters written to Alcott from a group of Boston publishers. These letters, written in 1865 and 1866, revealed the pseudonym, along with the name of the periodical in which Barnard's works were published and the titles of three of Alcott’s sensational narratives. Rostenberg and her fellow historian and rare books dealer Madeleine B. Stern, who also researched Alcott, brought the discovery to light in the 1970s when they published some of the author’s little-known works.

The World as 100 people…

POVERTY: 48 live on less than $2USD/day; 52 live on more than $2USD/day

Joke-of-the-day

A doctor broke the bad news to a man, that his wife would have to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital. “I’m afraid her mind’s completely gone,” he said.
“Makes sense,” mumbled the man. “She’s been giving me a piece of it every day for the last 15 years.” 

Rules of Thumb:   

LOOKING LIKE A WINNER
Avoid groups of four or more people of the same sex that you meet in a bar. Losers generally travel in packs. Winners know this and won't travel in groups of more than three if they're seriously looking for winners.

Yeah, It Really Happened

BREMERTON, Wash. (UPI) - A Washington man may have to cancel some of his tee times after he was arrested for allegedly stealing $9,200 worth of clubs and other gear. The "golf addict" is accused of taking more than 50 clubs from the pro shop at Gold Mountain Golf Course. According to the Bremerton Police Department, the man tried to sell some of the stolen gear online, leading to his arrest. The 26-year-old's apartment allegedly contained "golf paraphernalia, photos of himself playing golf and a hat reading "Born to Golf, Forced to Work" in addition to some of the stolen equipment. He was booked into Kitsap County Jail for investigation of trafficking in stolen property and burglary. "Burglaries are often the result of addictions -- drugs, alcohol or gambling," Bremerton Police Chief Steve Strachan said in a press release. "I think this is the first one we have seen that looks like a golf addiction." The unemployed suspect has played golf at Gold Mountain at least eight times in the past year.

Somewhat Useless Information   

Have you ever wondered why are there mirrors in the elevators? There are three reasons related to both safety and psychology.

Firstly, people usually get bored while being in an elevator. Mirrors abstract people’s attention so they do not complain about the time they spend in it.

Moreover, many people suffer from claustrophobia, which means fear of being in small or closed spaces from which they feel they cannot escape. Mirrors make them feel that they are in a broader space.

Finally, mirrors help people see their image while getting into it, so accidents are avoided.

Calendar Information        

This Week’s Observances:

8-14
International Clothesline Week
National Body Piercing Week
National Flag Week
Jim Thorpe Native American Games

Men's Health Week
National Automotive Service Professionals Week


12-19
Nursing Assistants Week

12-15
Superman Days
US Open Golf Championship
Duct Tape Days


Today Is  

Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day
Career Nurse Assistants Day   
Crowded Nest Awareness Day
Loving Day

Machine Day
National Jerky Day
National Peanut Butter Cookie Day 
Race Unity Day
Superman Day 
World Day Against Child Labor 
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Independence Day (Philippines-1898-from Spain)
Independence Day (Russia-end of Soviet Block-1991)

Today’s Events through History  

1917 - Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is originally released
1955 - "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

George H. W. Bush, 43rd  US Vice President\41st  US President is 90
Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], singer (Street Where You Live) is 86
Jim Nabors, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle) is 84
Marv Albert, NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter is 73

Remembered for being born today

1802-1876 - Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist
1829-1901 - Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1929-1945 - Anne Frank, Dutch Jewish Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host, 2007, @89
Gregory Peck, American actor, 2003, @87
Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), heart failure, 1980, @75
James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, 1957, @53

Brain Teasers                                         

E.
Why? Each group of four consecutive letters, when read in reverse, form a word: 

SNEP - pens
NEPO - open
EPOH - hope
POHC - chop
OHCE - echo

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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