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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 156  / Week: 23 
June Averages: 78° \ 42°
Today: Average Sky Cover: 40%
    H 81° L 43° Ave. humidity: 14%
    Wind: ave:   6mph; Gusts:  28mph  
    Average High: 76° Record High:  87° (2006)
    Average Low: 38° Record Low:  25° (1943)
         
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights

1661 - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
1794 - US Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1882 - Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
1947 - Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"

  Today’s Birthdays:   

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

Keeping appointments seems to be a thing of the past. My landlord called last Friday to tell me that someone would be here Wednesday to fix my window and to install my security door. He had no idea what time…not even the cable company is that vague. At 11am this morning the landlord calls to say that the guy is ‘running behind’ and won’t be there until tomorrow. I told him to have the guy call me as I have plans for tomorrow. We’ll see what happens.

I have some questions that the internet machine has not been able to answer. John McCain was a POW, was tortured, and was finally released. Wasn’t there a prisoner exchange when he was released? I don’t recall him being released by some super-secret SEAL team, nor was it at the end of the war. So there must have been some kind of exchange. If there was an exchange, who got exchanged? And if there was an exchange, why is McCain now becoming so outraged that another soldier was released in a similar manner? Now the town that Bowe is from has cancelled a celebration of his return saying that the small town is concerned about ‘public safety’ with the media coverage. I’m sure all the mess will eventually become more clear, but there are certainly a lot of questions.

Another issue: immigration. While our governor and state has been more than vocal about what to do with ‘them’, I must say I am a little concerned about recent stories on all the Phoenix channels—it seems that DHS has been putting illegals on buses in Texas and sending them to the Phoenix bus station, with no one there to greet them. They are just left to fend for themselves. The story is that there are lo many illegals crossing the border in Texas, DHS doesn’t have the facilities to deal with them, so they ship them to AZ where illegal border crossings are at an all-time low. Hmmm.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

The following clues give definitions for world capitals. These definitions describe what the capitals (just the city) sound like they would mean.
1) This capital is a recently opened store for cooked meats.
2) This capital is plant-covered bovine.
3) This capital is a tool used for fighting.
4) This capital is a royal weight.
5) This capital is a cheer for a body of water.
6) This capital is the legendary vehicle graveyard.
7) This capital is something that annoys a religious figure.
8) This capital is a basic digit.
9) This capital is something you get from the sun.
10) This capital is a score for a ringer.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today





OK Then…
Harper’s Index 

Percentage of the average ‘knowledge worker’s’ time that is spent reading and wring emails: 28

Unusual Fact of the Day

In car design circles, a hood ornament is properly called a "mascot." The first American automobile to sport a mascot was the 1912 Cadillac.

Heard by Flight Attendants…

We no longer have pillows in the economy cabin. A passenger asked me for a pillow and I told him they were discontinued. He asked “were people choking on them?”

Presidential Fun Facts…

John Adams: Graduated Harvard College (1755). Adams was the great-great-grandson of John and Priscilla Alden, pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. In 1800 the U.S. capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Adams and Jefferson were the only presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, and they both died on its 50th anniversary, July 4, 1826. Vice-President under Washington. Older than any other president at his death, he lived 90 years, 247 days.

Common misused words...

Discreet and discrete
Discreet means careful, cautious, showing good judgment; "We made discreet inquiries to determine whether the founder was interested in selling her company."

Discrete means individual, separate, or distinct; "We analyzed data from a number of discrete market segments to determine overall pricing levels." And if you get confused, remember you don't use "discreetion" to work through sensitive issues; you exercise discretion.

Things you might not know about games…

They worry about the afterlife
Do virtual pets become angels when they pass on? Yes, unless the virtual death took place in Japan. Bandai’s Tamagotchi, launched in Japan in 1996 and unleashed on the rest of the world a year later, requires owners to keep their cute, egg-shaped digital pet alien alive by feeding it, cleaning it and caring for its every need. In the original Japanese version, the pet’s demise is marked with the spirit of the pet next to a gravestone and a cross, but in the English version, the pet sprouts wings and returns to its home planet in a UFO, presumably to ease the grieving process for bereaved owners.

*NEW* The World as 100 people…

Gender: 50 male; 50 female

Age: 0-14 yrs: 26; 15-64: 66; 65+: 8

Joke-of-the-day

Two bats are hanging in their cave. One turns to the other and says, "Oh, I'm really thirsty for some fresh blood."
The other bat is amazed and says, "Well, it’s a bit late. Daylight is almost here, and we can't be exposed to any light - you know we'll die." "Yeah, I know," says the first bat, "but I'm really starving for it."
So he flies out of the cave and returns five minutes later with blood dripping from his mouth.
"You lucky thing. Where'd you find blood that quick?" asked the second bat.
"You see that tree over there in the distance?" mumbled the bat, his mouth full of blood.
"Yeah, I think I do!"
"Well, I didn't." 

Rules of Thumb:   

WORKING WITH A HEADHUNTER
If a headhunter mentions the names of other people he's placing, drop him immediately. The next time it could be your name he drops in a conversation - perhaps to your boss.

Yeah, It Really Happened

Tensions erupted in a Florida courtroom when a judge challenged an assistant public defender to "go out back and I'll just beat your ass." Public Defender Blaise Trettis said Judge John Murphy grabbed Assistant Public Defender Andrew Weinstock and punched him in the head.
In the video, Murphy and Weinstock exchange words about a case after Weinstock refuses to waive one clients' right to a speedy trial. After heated words the judge says, "I said sit down. If you want to fight lets go out back and I'll just beat your ass."
"The lawyer said as soon as he got in the hallway the judge grabbed him by the collar and began punching him in the head," Trettis said. Trettis said Weinstock tried to stop the blows, and courtroom bailiffs came into the hallway and pulled the two apart.

Somewhat Useless Information   

The ancient Romans dyed their hair with bird droppings.

When she died in 1603, Queen Elizabeth I owned 3,000 dresses. When Empress Elizabeth of Russia died in 1762, she owned 15,000 dresses.

Bozo the Clown wore size 83 AAA shoes.

Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath crown to hide the fact that he was balding.

The first person to wear silk stockings: England's Queen Elizabeth I. They were a gift.

In 1797 James Hetherington invented the top hat and wore it in public. He was arrested for disturbing the peace.

Calendar Information        

This Week’s Observances:

1-7
Black Single Parents Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week
National Business Etiquette Week
National Headache Awareness Week
National Sun Safety Week
National Tire Safety Week

Pet Appreciation Week
Rip Current Awareness Week

Today Is  

Apple II Day
Festival of Popular Delusions Day 
Hot Air Balloon Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
National Moonshine Day 
National Running Day
World Environment Day

UN World Environment Day
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Constitution Day (Denmark-1849)
Day of the Rice God (Japan-
 Annual rice-transplanting festival observed )
                                                     
Today’s Events through History  

1933 - Gold standard abolished
1984 - Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Bill D Moyers, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal) is 80
Ken Follett, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle) is 65
Suze Orman, financial advisor, writer, and television personality is 63
Mark Wahlberg, rap singer (Marky Mark) \ actor is 42
Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy) is 35

Remembered for being born today

1718-1779 - Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized)
1723-1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
1819-1892 - John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)
1878-1923 - [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1895-1972 - William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Gov-CA\radio, film actor, 2004. @93
Ray Bradbury, American author, 2012, @91 
Mel Tormé, singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, actor, stroke, 1999, @77
Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), in surgery, 1993, @59
O. Henry(William Sydney Porter), author, cirrhosis, 1910, @47
Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), poor health, 1900, @28

Brain Teasers                                         

1) New Delhi (New Deli), India
2) Moscow (Moss Cow), Russia
3) Warsaw (War Saw), Poland
4) Kingston (King's Ton), Jamaica
5) Beirut (Bay Root), Lebanon
6) Khartoum (Car Tomb), Sudan
7) Budapest (Buddha Pest), Hungary
8) Quito (Key Toe), Ecuador
9) Bern (Burn), Switzerland
10) Belgrade (Bell Grade), Serbia and Montenegro

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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