6-10-13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 24/ Day: 161   Today: H 88°…L 48°

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  27mph  Ave. humidity:  21%

*Red Flag Warning

Ave low	Ave high	Record low
40°	78°	28° (1998)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

“Spirit” Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission…2003

1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)…1639

1st US mint opens in Boston by John Hull…1652

Chicago Tribune begins publishing…1847

Girl Scouts founded…1915

IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail…1981

Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help…1967

Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel…1719

Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint Saint Rafqas…2001

Saab produces its first automobile…1947

Washington replaced Philadelphia as US capital…1793

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Today would have been my parent’s 74^th wedding anniversary. They had over 55 years together and are now together again. Still miss both of them.

 

Picked up my new glasses today…nice to be able to see more clearly. Also spent some time rearranging and cleaning the bedroom. Change is always something I enjoy.

 

So the NSA whistleblower has identified himself. Now he ways he will never be able to return to his homeland. Right now he is in Hong Kong and may try to get asylum in Iceland. He claims that his intent was to make the American public aware of the issues of NSA collecting and keeping so much data. Interesting perspective…and turns out a very dangerous one, that he was well aware of then he did it.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Died - Ante 2. Laze - Fibre 3. Clock - Lose 4. Font - Heard 5. Snaked – Tripped

^^^

Hint

1. Consumed food 2. Burn 3. Secure 4. First 5. Bare

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) trailer

• Scarlet and Mammy

• Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow

Hmmmm

You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

Average price for an ounce of human breast milk at a US hospital: $4

Picture of the Day: Getting Ready for Summer!

Unusual Fact of the Day

Antarctica gets very little snow, so why is there snow on the ground? Because the snow that does fall on the continent never melts.

Joke-of-the-day

An independent voter was exploring the candidates and their parties. He asked a campaigner of a party, "who represents your candidate?" The campaigner answered, "Donkey". The voter asked a campaigner of another party the same question. The campaigner answered, "Elephant". The voter then asked his wife, "who should I vote for - Donkey or Elephant?" The wife suggested, "either one; both are same - animals."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

WINDSHIELD WIPERS & HEADLIGHTS

 If it's raining hard enough for you to turn on your windshield wipers, then you should turn on your headlights for safety, too.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

DULUTH, Minn. - A Minnesota woman says she didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor while running a marathon. Trish Staine, 33, was on mile 9 of the Duluth, Minn., annual Grandma's Half-Marathon Monday when she gave birth to a baby girl, KBJR-TV, Duluth, reported. Staine's husband, John, said there was no indication his wife was pregnant. She didn't gain weight or show any other symptoms of pregnancy. The couple named their daughter Mira -- short for miracle. Mira weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes.

• There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.

• There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.

• There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.

• There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.

• There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.

• There are approximately 50 Bibles sold each minute across the world.

• You need approximately 2,000 berries to make one pound of coffee.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

3-10

(World) Dystonia Awareness Week
8-16

Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Men's Health Week

National Automotive Service Professionals Week
National Flag Week

Worldwide Knit (and crotchet) in Public Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Alcoholics Anonymous (Founders) Day

·        Ball Point Pen Day

·        Iced Tea Day

·        National Yo-Yo Day

^^

·        Portugal: Day of Portugal (commemorates the death of national literary 

       icon Luís de Camões on 10 June 1580)

Today’s Events through History  

1st public zoo opens in Paris…1793

Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II…1977

FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime …1943

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, 

     Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena…1925

NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine…1760

Patent for window envelope granted toH F Callahan…1902

Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster…1540

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 70’s

F Lee Bailey, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case) is 79

Jeff Greenfield, NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline) is 70

In their 60’s

Dan Fouts, NFL QB (San Diego Chargers) is 62

In their 40’s

Elizabeth Hurley, model, actress is 48

In their 30’s

Tara Lipinski, figure skater (1997 World Champ) is 31

Remembered for being born today

Saul Bellow, author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976) [1915-2005]

Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], actress/singer (Wizard of Oz) [1922-1969]

Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity) [1889-1973]

Hattie McDaniel, 1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Gone With The 

     Wind) [1895-1952]

Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), [1928-2012]

James Short, Scottish mathematician [1710- 1768]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Alexander the Great, Macedonian king…fever or excessive wine…323BC…at 32,

Ray Charles, Grammy winning crooner…hepatitis…2004…at 73

Marcus Garvey, US black leader (Back to Africa Movement)…stroke…1941…at 52

Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion…car accident…1946…at 68

Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition….1839…at 59

Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary….2003…at 84

Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still)… aneurysm…1971…at 61

Answer: Brain Teasers

1. Dined - Ate 2. Blaze - Fire 3. Lock - Close 4. Front - Head 5. Naked - Stripped

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  §