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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 183 / Week: 27
June Averages: 78° \ 42°
Today: Average
Sky Cover: 95%
H 79°… L 57°… Ave. humidity: 33%
Wind:
ave: 9mph; Gusts:
26mph
Average High: 82° Record
High: 92° (1969)
Average Low: 47°
Record Low: 34° (1997)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1561 - Menas,
Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
1613 – 1st
English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia
1679 - Europeans
first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi
1787 - De
Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
1808 - Simon
Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, BC,
1823 - Bahia
Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil
1862 - Lincoln
signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
1865 - William
Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation)
1867 - 1st
US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1881 - President
James Garfield shot by disappointed office-seeker
1890 - Congress
passes Sherman Antitrust Act
1916 - Lenin
says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
1937 - Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
1937 - Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
1976 - Formal reunification of North & South
Vietnam
1979 - Susan
B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
2000 - Vicente
Fox Quesada is elected 1st President from an opposition party
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Windy day. Clouds in and out. Heavy Thunderstorm warning. Still no
rain at my place, but looks like there is rain just about everywhere else
around town.
Ortho guy was of little help. Want my PCP to do a gout panel…whatever
that is.
Had a good lunch with my financial advisor. Signed some papers.
All is good.
Tried to follow the soccer game, but not real successful at the
Ortho office. Sorry to hear to that USA is out, but we done good.
Interesting report on NPR’s Code Switching…many of the Guatemalan
children coming across the border to do not speak Spanish, but rather their
Mayan language…one of 6 major Mayan languages there. This is adding to the translation
problems at the various detention centers…turns out there are not that many
Mayan translators available.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
Which
one of the following does not belong with the others?
Binoculars,
eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Number
of people fatally shot near the Mexican border since 2010 for throwing rocks at
US Border Patarol agents: 10
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Contrary to popular belief, there are no wild tigers in Africa.
Trivia
about AZ…
Arizona's most abundant mineral is copper.
Bisbee, located in Tombstone Canyon, is known as the Queen of the
Copper Mines. During its mining history the town was the largest city between
Saint Louis and San Francisco.
Interesting
facts about Islam…
Muslims believe that God has revealed 99 of His names (or
attributes) in the Holy Qur'an. It is through these names that one can come to
know the Creator. A few of these names are: the All-Merciful, the All-Knower,
the Protector, the Provider, the Near, the First, the Last, the Hidden, and the
Source of Peace.
Weather
Facts…
Most people notice a distinctive smell in the air after it rains.
That smell after rain is caused by bacteria called 'actinomycetes'.
People
Facts…
Worrying too much is
scientifically associated with higher intelligence. People who over-think tend
to have higher IQs.
Historical
Facts…
In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth,
similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and
was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all
other methods of communication.
Joke-of-the-day
There was this
old eccentric man who constantly chased children off his property, never said
hello to anyone he met and because of his negative character, was described as
"A man of means!”
Rules of
Thumb:
PAYING FOR GROCERIES
Figure $3.00 per
item to estimate the cost of your groceries at the check-out counter. Inflation
is not a factor; as prices rise, packages shrink.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) - In a major medical breakthrough, a
paralyzed Ohio man was able to move his fingers and hand using only his
thoughts using a device called Neurobridge.
The innovative machine -- a collaboration between researchers at
Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and the Battelle Memorial
Institute -- was able to reconnect Ian Burkhart's brain to his muscles,
bypassing his unresponsive spinal cord.
Burkhart, a 23-year-old quadriplegic and native of Dublin, Ohio,
is the first of of a potential five participants in a clinical study testing
the effectiveness of the new Neurobridge.
"It's much like a heart bypass, but instead of bypassing
blood, we're actually bypassing electrical signals," explained Chad
Bouton, a research leader at Battelle. "We're taking those signals from
the brain, going around the injury, and actually going directly to the
muscles."
"Initially, it piqued my interested because I like science,
and it's pretty interesting," Burkhart said of his decision to participate
in the FDA-approved clinical trial.
Burkhart was paralyzed in a diving accident four years ago.
"I've realized, 'You know what? This is the way it is. You're
going to have to make the best out of it,'" he said. "You can sit and
complain about it, but that's not going to help you at all. So, you might as
well work hard, do what you can and keep going on with life."
Dr. Ali Rezai and Dr. Jerry Mysiwto are two of the doctors who
worked with Battelle in developing the Neurobridge. They will validate the
success of the device as they continue to monitor the progress of Burkhart and
others.
Neurobridge works with the help of a tiny computer chip that Dr.
Rezai installed on the motor cortex of Burkhart's brain earlier this year. The
surgery took three hours.
The computer chip reads brain signals and sends them to a computer
that translates them into instructions for an electrode stimulation sleeve that
then stimulates the proper muscles to enact the desired movement. The entire
process, from thought to execution, happens within a tenth of a second.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Did
you know that buttermilk derives from cow’s milk which has sour taste due to
lactic acid bacteria?
These
bacteria are the Lactococcus lactis or Lactobacillus bulgaricus.
However,
traditional buttermilk is beneficial to health as it contains probiotic
microbes and is sometimes referred to as “Grandma’s probiotic”. It is also good
for our stomach and skin.
Buttermilk
is consumed in warm climates such as Middle East, Balkans or India, as well as
in cold ones such as Finland, Germany or Netherlands.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
1-7
National Unassisted Homebirth Week
Today
Is
I Forgot Day
International Chicken Wing Day
Made In The USA Day
World UFO Day
International Chicken Wing Day
Made In The USA Day
World UFO Day
UN International Day of Cooperatives
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Palio (Italy-horserace; Siena,
Italy)
Today’s
Events through History
1850 - Benjamin
Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1940 - Hitler orders invasion of England (Operation
Sealion)
1955 - "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on
ABC
2013 - 16
people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo U
Birthday’s
Today
Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe
collector is 86
Polly Holliday, actress (Flo-Alice,
Flo-Flo) is 78
Richard Petty, auto race driver
(Daytona 500-1979,81) is 77
Vicente Fox, Former Mexican
president is 73
Larry David, Brooklyn, actor/comedian/writer
(Seinfeld) is 68
Jose Canseco, Havana, outfielder
(Oak A's, Red Sox) is 51
Johnny Weir, American figure
skater is 31
Ashley Tisdale, actress and singer
is 30
Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan, actress/ gossip fodder is 29
Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan, actress/ gossip fodder is 29
Remembered
for being born today
1489-1556 - Thomas Cranmer, England,
archbishop/reformer/martyr
1877-1962 - Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist (Steppenwolf,
Nobel 1946)
1908-1993
- Thurgood
Marshall, 1st black Supreme Court justice
1916-1991
- Ken
Curtis, [Curtis Gates], actor (, Festus-Gunsmoke)
1922-1987 - Dan Rowan, comedian (Rowan &
Martin's Laugh-in)
1927-2005 - Brock Peters, actor/singer (To Kill a
Mockingbird)
1932-2002 - Dave Thomas, founder (Wendy's
Restaurants)
Historical
Obits Today
1566 - Nostradamus,
[Michel de Nostre-Dam]; French astrologist; 1566;@62
1850 - Robert
"Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police; 1850; @62
1937 - Amelia
Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, crash?, 1937,@ 40
1961 - Ernest
Hemingway, author and Nobel laureate, suicide, 1961, @61
1973 - Betty
Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56
1993 - Fred Gwynne,
actor (Herman-Munsters), cancer, 1993, @66
1997 - Jimmy
Stewart, actor (It's a Wonderful Life), 1997, @89
2007 - Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano, cancer, 2007, @78
2007 - Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano, cancer, 2007, @78
Brain
Teasers
The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that
actually has 2 separate pieces.
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.
§ And That
Is All for Now §
