June 21

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1633: Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & 

           detest" his Copernican heliocentric views

1749: Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded

1898: Guam becomes a territory of US

1963: Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII

1968: Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns

1975: "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens

1982: John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted 

           assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity

2004: SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded 

           spaceplane to achieve space flight

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I got a very surprising phone call today. It seems my dearly departed Mom had an annuity that was not in her records anywhere. Somehow they tracked me down 4 years after her passing and are sending paperwork to get a $12K annuity. Nice, as my brother said “She just keeps on giving.”

As summer continues to beat down on Flagstaff, we need some moisture, badly. My place was 90° today. This is drying out everything. Our fear of forest fire increases every day. Idiots continue to found daily, in the forest, with campfires. I don’t understand why they are set free with a warning, by claiming they don’t live in Flagstaff and were unaware of the ban of fires. Are they being air dropped into the forest? Signs are everywhere.

Our new conservative city council was sworn in yesterday and their first order of business was to stop the rate hike planned on property taxes. The tax would have cost average homeowners a whopping additional $10/year. Now the budget is not balanced and cuts are ahead. Hold on for big changes here in our little town.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Going Down to R-I-O

Every answer is a seven-letter word or name that contains the consecutive letters, R-I-O, somewhere in it. For example, if the clue is "inquisitive," the answer is "curious."

1.     A lover of one’s country:

2.     Toronto’s province:

3.     Not joking around:

4.     Baseball team that plays at Camden Yards:

5.     Screamingly funny: hilarious,

6.     A man experienced in battle:

7.     Very angry:

8.     Vehicle in Ben Hur:

9.     A light French roll:

10.  Highly caustic criticism:

11.  Diverse or assorted:

12.  An ancient trumpet or its shrill sound:

13.  Richard, Mayor of LA:

14.  Deductive, as in reasoning (2 words):

15.  Informal British good bye:

What is the answer?

What do the following words have in common?
WORK HOBBY WAR SEA RACE

4X4 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.

1.     a three-handed card game
2.     money, or a hardy cabbage
3.     Ladd, or an obsolete term for "wolfhound"
4.     serve

Lifestyle  Substance     

One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

• Sea of Love, Phil Phillips, 1958

• The Battle Of Kookamonga,Homer and Jethro, 1959

• Only You, Frank Purcel, 1959

• Here Comes Summer, Jerry Keller, 1959

Harper’s Index         

Estimated amount of money Hezbollah laundered through US used-car dealers between 2007 nad 2011: $329,552,000

Found on You Tube 

Interesting Facts About Planets Uranus, Neptune & Pluto, And Their Moons

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

A young child walked up to her mother and stared at her hair. As mother scrubbed on the dishes, the girl cleared her throat and sweetly asked; "Why do you have some grey strands in your hair?"

 The mother paused and looked at her daughter. "Every time you disobey, I get one strand of grey hair. If you want me to stay pretty, you better obey."

The mother quickly returned to her task of washing dishes. The little girl stood there thinking. She cleared her throat again. "Mother?" She sweetly asked again.

 "Yes?" Her Mother replied. "Why is Grandma's hair all grey?"

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

When you order Chinese food, order one entree less than the number of people in the group to avoid unwanted leftovers.

Yeah, It Really Happened

Riverside, CA: Ana Lee Spray, 23, said she was awakened Saturday morning by the sound of her three Chihuahuas barking at the top of their tiny lungs at the opening of her garage.
Spray said she looked out her daughter's window to investigate the ruckus and was shocked to see her gang of 3-pound dogs had cornered an angry-looking cougar in the garage.
The homeowner said the Chihuahuas’ barking kept the animal, which appeared to be foaming at the mouth, at bay for 45 minutes until Riverside County Sheriff's deputies arrived.
"When they saw the dogs they said 'These little things?' When they saw the mountain lion their jaws dropped," Spray said. "They radioed, 'This is a full-size mountain lion and it is not happy to see us.'"
Spray said the cougar made a run for it after officers from the Department of Fish and Game shot it with tranquilizers and she did not see the eventual capture.                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

• In the United States, there is little difference between the terms “college” and “university.” However, the term “college” in other countries, such as Canada, refers to a junior college or trade college, where as a “university” is larger, more research focused, and usually contains multiple colleges.

• The word “alumnus” is Latin meaning “a pupil” and, literally, a “foster son.”

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-21

   Nursing Assistants Week
17-23

   Universal Father's Week
   Meet A Mate Week
   Old Time Fiddlers Week
21-24 

   Watermelon Seed Spitting Week

Today Is                                                                      

Atheists Solidarity Day

Cuckoo Warning Day Hearing one today means a wet summer

Go Skateboarding Day

Midsummer (Wiccan) Recess At Work Day

World Handshake Day

World Humanist Day

Greenland: National Day  

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1500’s

1547: Great fire in Moscow

1600’s

1607: 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown

1674: Chatot Trive have a mission established for them today west of the Apalachicola River

1700’s

1734: In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand

1788: US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify

1800’s

1856: Non-hostile Indians along the lower Rogue River, and at Fort Orford, in southwestern Oregon, are put on a boat to be moved to a new reservation between the Pacific Ocean, and the Wallamet River. It will be called the Grande Ronde Reservation

1879: F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)

1900’s

1939: NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement

1942: Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)

1962: USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m

1964: 3 civil rights workers-Michael H Schwerner Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney-disappeared after release from a Mississippi jail found dead later in the day

1969: Zager & Evans release "In the Year 2525"

1983: Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery

1986: Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, singns with KC Royals

2000’s

2002: Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson

2006: Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Moslem nation (Pakistan) in 1953

Judy Holliday, NYC, comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib)

Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath in 1805

Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer in 1894

Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister in 1639

Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer (Le Mur, Nobel 1964; declined) in 1905

Maureen Stapleton, Troy NY, actress (Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite) in 1925

Carl Burton Stokes, Cleveland, (Mayor-Cleve)/TV newscaster in 1927

Jane Russell, Bemidji MN, full-figured actress (Outlaw) in 1921

Martha Washington, 1st, 1st lady in 1731

In their 80’s

Margaret Heckler, US Secretary of Health & Human Services is 81

Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Mission Impossible theme) is 80

In their 70’s

Ron Ely, actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage) is 74

Mariette Hartley, NYC, actress (Polaroid spokesperson, Marooned) is 72

Bernie Kopell, NYC, actor (Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl) is 79

In their 60’s

Meredith Baxter,  actr (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie) is 65

Michael Gross, Chicago Ill, actor (Family Ties, FBI murders) is 65

In their 50’s

Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns) is 53

In their 30’s

Chris Pratt, American actor is 33

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, London, England, son of Prince Charles & Lady Diana turns 30

Today’s Obits                                                           

Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies in 1527 at 58

Carroll O'Connor, American actor (All In the Family) of heart attack in 2001 at 76

Leland Stanford, American business tycoon and founder of Stanford University dies of heart failure in 1893 at 69

Leon Uris, American writer dies in 2003 at 79

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

Each may be followed by HORSE to make a new word

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     A lover of one’s country: patriot

2.     Toronto’s province: Ontario

3.     Not joking around: serious

4.     Baseball team that plays at Camden Yards: Orioles

5.     Screamingly funny: hilarious, riotous

6.     A man experienced in battle: warrior

7.     Very angry: furious

8.     Vehicle in Ben Hur: chariot

9.     A light French roll: brioche

10.  Highly caustic criticism: vitriol

11.  Diverse or assorted: various

12.  An ancient trumpet or its shrill sound: clarion

13.  Richard, Mayor of LA: Riordan

14.  Deductive, as in reasoning (2 words): a priori

15.  Informal British good bye: cheerio

4X4 boxes

SKAT

KALE

ALAN

TEND

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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