6-23-13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 26/ Day: 174   Today: H 76°…L 42°

Wind: ave:   22mph; Gusts:  27mph  Ave. humidity:  26%

·        Red Flag Warning

Ave low	Ave high	Record low	Record high
44°	81°	31° (1948)	93° (1974)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV…1970

-117°F; All time low at South Pole…1982

Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"…1868

Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress…1776

Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president…1888

Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly 

     lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales…194

International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative 

     of Baron Pierre de Coubertin…1894

Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)…1967

Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium…1938

Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports…1972

Warren E Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice…1969

World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established…930

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

A great lazy Saturday. Caught up on some DVR shows and read the articles on Threat Assessment. Some very interesting thought provoking ideas. Their view is that the number one threat for us is a pandemic and that terrorism is low on the list. High on the list is global economic collapse. Low on the list is China/US relations. Even though the US owes China a lot of money, it is a symbiotic relationship, much like the old cold war US/USSR relation, when both sides holding off the other with nuclear weapons. Today it is holding off with economics. Iran is seen as a greater threat than N. Korea. Looking forward to a good discussion tonight.

 

As I keep posting that Flagstaff and most of N. AZ is under a fire watch, we have been luck, compared to NM and CO and UT. The fire in CO that is on the brink of destroying South Fork and a ski area is well known to me…I drove that road many a time from the Rez to Denver to visit family. Seems like every year there is less snow, earlier heat and wind, and more fires. Call it whatever you want, it is devastating to so many who live in the West.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

H I J K L M N O  What object does this represent?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• June Carter Cash - Will the Circle Be Unbroken

• Point Counterpoint from January 1 1978

• Maureen O'Sullivan talks about Tarzan

• Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing

Hmmmm

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

Projected minimum percentage increase by 2050 in the number of children worldwide with type 2 diabetes: 49

Picture of the Day: Pow Wow Season

Unusual Fact of the Day

The peacock is actually the name of the male peafowl. The female is called a peahen.

Joke-of-the-day

A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doc., every time I drink coffee, I get terrible pains in my eye." The doctor says, "Try taking the spoon out first."

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

SOUTH-FACING WINDOWS

One square foot of a south-facing window that is insulated at night will provide about 100,000 BTUs of heat per winter.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An alleged shoplifter in an Anchorage, Alaska, Walmart attempted to escape by shooting at a locked door and removing his pants, police said. When employees confronted the man early Wednesday, he ran to a locked door, fired his gun at it, then ran outside to remove his shoes and pants before running home, Anchorage police allege. Wesley Weinburger, 22, was tracked to his Anchorage home by a police dog, where police arrested him on charges of robbery, criminal mischief and theft, police spokeswoman Dani Myren said. "When they [police] contacted the suspect he was wearing a shirt and some boxer shorts," Myren said. An assistant manager and another employee confronted Weinburger in the store when he was observed to hide a pair of windshield wiper blades in his clothing, the Anchorage Daily News reported.  

• Somewhat Useless Information   

• The Apollo 11 plaque left on the Moon says, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. / WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND."

• The first American satellite in orbit, Explorer I, was launched February 1, 1958.

• The first man-made object to circle the earth was Sputnik I, launched in 1957.

• The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.

• The three most recently discovered planets were Uranus in 1781, Neptune in 1846, and Pluto in 1930.

• Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

23-30

Carpenter Ant Awareness Week

Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week

National Mosquito Control Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        America's Kids Day

·        Baby Boomer's Recognition Day

·        Let It Go Day

·        National Pink Day

·        Pink Flamingo Day for all the lawn ornaments 

·        Public Service Day

·        Ryan Moran Day Through his organization, he created and set into operation the
first template for a worldwide government as it successfully broke
away from control of the nation states. 

^^

·        Estonia: Victory Day (1919 win over Germans)

Today’s Events through History  

"Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV…1960

Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's 

     record with one team (Cleveland)…1932

Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansas)…1951

Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"…1979

South Africa reclaims its seat in UN…1994

Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released…1955

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 60’s

Ted Shackelford, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing) is 67

In their 40’s

Selma Blair, actress (Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde) is 41

Remembered for being born today

June Carter Cash, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) [1929-2003]

Bert Convy, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw) [1933-1991]

Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India [1894-1972]

Bob Fosse, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees) [1927-1987]

Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report) [1894-1956]

Art Modell, owner (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores), [1925-2012]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Shana Alexander, American columnist (60 Minutes)…cancer…2005…at 79

Peter Falk, actor (Columbo)…2011…at 83

Ed McMahon, TV personality…2009…at 83

Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress…1998…at 87

Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine)…heart failure…1995…at 80

Aaron Spelling, TV producer (Mod Squad, Charlie’s Angels)…2006…at 83

Answer: Brain Teasers

Water. H2O (H to O)

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  §