6-15-14


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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 166 / Week: 25 
June Averages: 78° \ 42°
Today: Average Sky Cover: 0%
    H 75° L 43° Ave. humidity: 31%
    Wind: ave:   2mph; Gusts:  36mph  
    Average High: 79° Record High:  92° (1974)
    Average Low: 41° Record Low:  28° (2001)
         
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights

1215 - King John signs Magna Carta
1389 - Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs
1664 - New Jersey established
1804 - 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president
1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
1846 - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1860 - 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
1864 - US Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1876 - Tsunamis after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
1896 - Tsunami strikes Shinto festival-Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1908 - World congress for Women's rights opens in Amsterdam
1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
1956 - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time
1982 - Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1994 - Disney's "Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million
1994 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

  Today’s Birthdays:   

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

Another windy day, but still nice enough for a nice walk. Wrist is till tender, but not that bad. While I could be taking a pill every four hours I took one last night to sleep and one just a little while ago.

I have been watching FIFA on and off. Not a huge soccer fan, but was traveling with Hamdy a few years ago during FIFA and he gave me enough savvy that I can enjoy the matches.  

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

The following four (4) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck!

1. The formal activities conducted on some important public or state occasion.
2. Extremely funny.
3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol.
4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood.

Jumbled Anagrams:

Hi! Our sail
One mercy
Melons
Bare in diet

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today






OK Then…
Harper’s Index 

Percentage change since 2008 in the number of earthquakes in OK resitering magnitude 3 or higher: +5400

Unusual Fact of the Day

The genetic mutation that causes red hair also causes redheads to be more resistant to anesthesia. They can require up to 25% more than patients of other hair colors.

Presidential Fun Facts…

Zachary Taylor: No formal education. Taylor served in the regular Army for 40 years and never voted, never belonged to a political party nor took any interest in politics until he ran for president at age 62. He was elected in the first national election held on the same day in all states (November 7, 1848). He pastured his old Army horse, Whitey, on the White House lawn and visitors would take horse hairs as souvenirs. Died in office of gastroenteritis on July 9, 1850.

Ben Franklin on Character…

Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

Common misused words...

Who's and whose

"Whose password hasn't been changed in six months?" is correct. "Who is (the un-contracted version of who's) password hasn't been changed in six months?" sounds silly.

 

Pen Names of famous authors…

Jayne Anne Krentz Pen names: Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle
Romance novelist Jayne Anne Krentz has churned out books under her own name as well as two separate pen names since 1979. These names establish three separate literary worlds: Krentz for romantic suspense, Quick for historical fiction, and Castle for futuristic science fiction. But this wasn’t Krentz’s original plan. “Trust me, I did not set out to establish three pen names … The idea back at the start was that I would stick with the name that proved most successful,” she toldUSA Today. Eventually, these identities just kind of evolved until they stuck, giving the author room to develop distinct types of writing.

The World as 100 people…

SHELTER:
77 have a place to shelter; 23 have no shelter

**NEW** Facts about SPACE…

Weight
Most of the planets in the space are quite lightweight. Some researchers are of the view that there are some planets that will actually float if placed on water. The density of some of the planets is so low that we cannot even estimate their exact weight.

Joke-of-the-day

The strong young man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of one of the older workmen. After several minutes, the older worker had had enough. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is," he said.
"I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be able to wheel back."
"You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "Let's see what you got."
The old man reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, "All right. Get in." 

Rules of Thumb:   

STORING HEAT IN A GREENHOUSE
Containers of water are excellent for storing heat in a solar greenhouse. Start with 1 cubic foot of water for each square foot of greenhouse glass.

Yeah, It Really Happened

JUNEAU, Alaska (UPI) - An Alaska mom thinks her 2-year-old daughter deserves a name that’s as "Awesome" as her personality. Lisa Flores, of Juneau, Alaska, has asked a judge to change her daughter's name from Viviana Contea Flores to Viviana Awesome Flores. Flores, 36, recently told the Juneau Empire that she got the idea from her 13-year-old son, Dominic, who was 11 when he suggested that his unborn baby sister should have a creative middle name. "The big reason why I wanted to do this is because when I got pregnant, she was a surprise, and the father didn't stay in the picture for very long," Flores said. "My son was very supportive, and I thought it was a good opportunity to give her the name he chose and to recognize my son for all of the help he gave." "'My middle name is Awesome,' that's what I want her to say," Dominic said. "It's just one of those childhood things, like I always wanted my name to be Awesome." Dominic and his mother originally discussed the name Danger, but decided that "it's so much to live up to," Flores told Good Morning America. ("Danger" happens to be the middle name Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong gave his son Jakob. But when she chose the name "Contea," her son was disappointed. "He was pretty sad about it and I've been working to change it since," Flores said. The Flores family has a hearing scheduled for July 7.

Somewhat Useless Information   

Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia, while fear of Friday the 13th is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt apparently suffered from triskaidekaphobia: According to The Huffington Post, he refused to travel on the 13th day of any month and would not host a dinner party with 13 guests.

A 13th guest at a table is considered unlucky, and in Paris sometimes a quatorzieme is hired to be a professional 14th guest and balance out the luck.

There is at least one Friday the 13th in every year, and at the most there are three. Last Friday the only Friday the 13th of 2014!

The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.

The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on Apr. 11, 1970. The sum of the date's digits (4-11-70) is 13 (as in 4+1+1+7+0 = 13). And the explosion that crippled the spacecraft occurred on April 13 (not a Friday). The crew did make it back to Earth safely, however.

Calendar Information        

This Week’s Observances:

12-19
Nursing Assistants Week

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


13-20
National Hermit Week

14-22
Worldwide Knit (and crotchet) in Public Week

15-21
Animal Rights Awareness Week
Universal Father's Week
Meet A Mate Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week

Today Is  

Smile Power Day Dollars Against Diabetes Day(s)  
Family Awareness Day
Father's Day   
Global Wind Day  
Husband Caregiver Day
Magna Carta Day 
Native American Citizenship Day
Nature Photography Day 

National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers 
Strawberry Moon
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 
Worldwide Day of Giving
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Admission Day (Arkansas-1826-25th)

Today’s Events through History  

1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark. 
1775 - George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
1869 - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1955 - The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
1992 - Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Mario M Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94) is 82
Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], author (Happy Hooker) is 71
James Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places) is 60
Wade Boggs, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman is 56
Helen Hunt, actress (Jamie-Mad About You, Twister) is 51
Courteney Cox, actress (Monica Geller - Friends) is 50
Ice Cube, rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda) is 45
Leah Remini, actress (King of Queens) is 44
Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque, actor (Doogie Howser MD) is 41

Remembered for being born today

1902-1994 - Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
1914-1984 - Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1922-1998 - Mo[rris K] Udall, (Rep- -AZ)
1937-2002 - Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1949-2000 - Jim Varney, actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern)
1941-1994 - Harry Nilsson, Brooklyn, singer/guitarist

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor, 2003, @91
Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do, 2002, @83 
Ella Fitzgerald, singer, long illness, 1996, @79
John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), lung disease, 1993, @76
Francois de Vries, economist, 1958, @74
James Knox Polk, 11th US President, cholera, 1849, @53

Brain Teasers                                         

Anagrams:
Hi! Our sail - Hilarious
One mercy - Ceremony
Melons - Solemn
Bare in diet - Inebriated

Rearranged anagrams now placed next to their correct definition:

1. The formal activities conducted on some important public or state occasion - Ceremony
2. Extremely funny - Hilarious
3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol - Inebriated
4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood - Solemn

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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