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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 13/ Day: 85 Today: H 59°…L 18°
Averages: H
52° L 25°
Records: H 72°(1988)…L 1°(1913)
Wind: ave: 6mph; Gusts: 7mph Ave. humidity: 37 %
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights
"Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes
the #1 record►1955
1st cremation in England►1886
500th nuclear explosion announced by the US
since 1945►1970
Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New
York►1830
Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent
polio[myelitis]►1953
Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas Venezuela;
about 20,000 die►1812
US forbid immigration to criminals,
anarchists, paupers & the sick►1910
William Caxton printed his translation of
Aesop's Fables►1484
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts
A really nice day in Flag…not much wind, warm-er temperatures…Nice.Got up and finished my reservations for my cruise. On-line check in required for ship. Lots of questions to answer, asked everything but blood type. They will not let you on the ship unless you check in on-line and print your boarding pass. They even needed my flight information…guess they want to be sure I will be there on time. Now they know more about me than many of my friends. Oh well. I also made my reservations for the flight to Denver, which was a joy…the flight…round trip is only $180 and as of now there are lots of empty seats on both flights. Cool. While doing all this, my clothes arrived that I ordered with my brother’s gift card…nice. I had also closed a bank account in Denver last week and the check arrived today…cool. It came certified mail with $2.55 postage due…really…they only paid 1/2 of the postage…with an automated machine. Not cool. I’ll be calling them tomorrow. Since it is exactly 1/2 the postage, I figure it ‘bank policy’ when closing an account. So hard to believe that the bank is holding my money and charges me to get my money. I’m an old-er guy who remembers when banks and savings and loans gave free gifts to open an account, didn’t charge for services except bounced checks and usually knew your name when you came into the bank. Now you are little more than a dollar sign when you walk in, and they want to get as much from you as possible. I’m waiting for the banks to have locked doors that require your pin number to open the door, for a charge of a couple of bucks.Michelle Bachmann…back in the news…I’m still wondering how she ever got elected…or even reelected. Now her campaign ethics are in question. She has given a lot of speeches, sprinkled with truth, and ‘liberally’ filled with made up facts. Her speech on Benghazi wandered off to lies about Obama’s dog walker. When I see her name, I usually just scroll past it, but this ethics thing might finally shut her up.I am so glad I am an avid 60 minutes viewer. Last night when Anderson Cooper went diving with crocs in Botswana…I was very impressed. Lot of good information…but his underwater shots were amazing. I’ve seen crocs in the water and out of the water on the Nile, and a couple of other rivers. I’ve seen swimming alongside our boat, I’ve seen them on the shore about 15’ away. These are not an animal I would want to be anywhere near in the water. Sure the guy he was visiting admitted that he only does it when the water is ‘cold-er’ and they are more sedate…they are cold blooded. Yet, the idea was to go deep quickly and get into a cave where the crocs rest. Amazing for sure.Today in History Dr. Jonas Salk announced a polio vaccine. He did not patent it, and never made any money from its sale or use. What a guy!
Game
Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote down "You force heaven to be empty." Can you guess what his password is?
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
from Cracked.com
Insane Things You Can Buy on the Internet
A Celebrity:If you have obscene amounts of disposable income, and a propensity for mistaking your peers' disdain for admiration, the Millionare's Concierge will rent you celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio for your private events.
The Ability to Walk on Water:
Developed by the aptly named company Water Walking Ball, the water walking ball allows you to walk on water... in a ball. For $500.
Someone to Stand in Line for You
A Jetpack
Uranium:
the heavy radioactive isotope that turned Hiroshima and Nagasaki into craters and poisoned subsequent generations of their people, can be yours for about $200, which you may notice is less than the cost of an Xbox 360 and at least twice as bad for you.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
- Estimated value of marijuana plants fourd growing on a single lot in Chicago’s South Side last October: $5,443,000
- Percentage by which the drug and alcohol-test failure rates of Amtrak workers are higher than the industry average: 51
Picture of the Day: Dine’ Land [Navajo]
Unusual Fact of the Day
Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical. J.K. Rowling said no.
Joke-of-the-day
An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then-four-year-old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it. Be still, my heart, thought my friend, gee, my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps and be a doctor!Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
CUTTING YOUR HAIR
People who wear their hair short will generally need a haircut within a week after their hair looks perfect.
Yeah, It Really Happened
In April 2010, McNeely got into a fight after an arm wrestling match and was stabbed five times. So far a pretty typical Saturday night in Canada.Doctors at the local accident and emergency room stitched him up but never took an x-ray. Seeking subsequent treatment for the lingering discomfort, he was told he had suffered nerve damage.But this week, McNeely was scratching his back when his fingernail caught on something. His girlfriend took a look."I told Billy: 'There's a knife sticking out of your back.' I was scared. I was ready to pull it out with tweezers."Upon going to the hospital a doctors removed 3 inches of knife blade from McNeely's back."I've done some jail time in the past," McNeely said. "The guards rub over you with a metal wand detector, and every time it hit my back... it went off."McNeely is considering whether to file a lawsuit against the local health department.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Helium is the second lightest element and next to hydrogen, it is the second most abundant in the universe. In fact, all natural gas contains some traceable quantity of helium.
- In 1965, helium use in the United States was more than eight times the peak wartime consumption.
- Helium is a very light, inert, colorless gas and has the lowest melting point of any element. No matter how low the temperature, helium is the only liquid that cannot be solidified and remains a liquid to absolute zero.
- Helium is often mixed with oxygen for deep sea diving to help reduce the effects of narcosis. The mixture is called cold heliox.
- Helium is named for the Greek God of the Sun, Helios. It was first detected as an unknown yellow spectral line signature in sunlight during a solar eclipse in 1868 by French astronomer Jules Janssen.
- Helium can be transported in small supplies in heavy steel cylinders. Larger amounts are shipped in insulated containers in liquid form.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
21-27
Week of Solidarity with People's
Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
24-30
24-30
Tsunami Awareness Week
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Termite Awareness Week
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Termite Awareness Week
Today Is
American Diabetes Association Alert
Day
Legal Assistants Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
National Cherry Blossom Festival
Bangladesh: Independence Day (1971 from Pakistan)
Today’s Events through History
1st lip-reading tournament held in America►1926
Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies
(38.99 sec) ►1994
Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires
2-year residency►1790
Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial
motion picture film►1885
Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam
Veterans Memorial►1982
La Salle first meets the NATCHEZ-first
recorded meeting with Europeans►1682
Native American mass will be held in New York
City at Saint John the Divine
Cathedral. Almost 4,000 people will attend►1973
UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball
title►1973
US Army launched America's third successful
satellite, "Explorer III"►1958
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Leonard Nimoy, actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission
Impossible) is 82
Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman Supreme Court
Justice is 82
In their 70’s
Alan Arkin, actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon,
Wait Until Dark) is 79
James Caan, American actor (Misery,
Godfather) is 73
Robert Woodward, investigative reporter
(Watergate, CIA crimes) is 70
In their 60’s
Johnny Crawford, LA California, actor
(Mark-The Rifleman) is 67
Vicki Lawrence, actress (Carol Burnette, Mama's
Family) is 64
Diana Ross, [Earle], singer (Supremes, Lady
Sings Blues, Mahogany) is 69
Martin Short, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos)
is 63
Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist
(Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun) is 65
In their 50’s
Marcus Allen, NFL running back (LA Raiders, KC
Chiefs, Heisman 1981) is 53
Leeza Gibbons, TV host (Entertainment Tonight,
Leeza) is 56
Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty
Dancing) is 53
John Stockton, NBA guard (Utah Jazz,
Olympics-gold-96) is 51
Under 30
Keira Knightley, actress (Bend It Like
Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean) is 28
Remembered
for being born today
Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out
of Kentucky Kitchens) [1880-1959]
Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US
writer (Egg & I) [1908-1958]
George Smith, London England, assyriologist
(cuneiform (script)) [1840-1876]
William Westmoreland, army general (Vietnam
era) [1914-2005]
Tennessee Williams, playwright (Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof) [1911-1983]
Today’s Historical Obits
1657 - Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind
flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69
1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German
composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
1892 - Walt Whitman, poet, dies in
Camden, NJ at 72
1962 - Marjorie Colton, inventor of
wax paper, dies at 64
1973 - Noel Coward, English playwright
(Private Letters), dies at 73
2004 - Jan Berry, American musician
(Jan and Dean)seizure 2004 at62
2011 - Geraldine Ferraro,
Congresswoman and VP nomineecancer 2011 at 75
Answer: Brain Teasers
U472BMT: Try pronouncing the answer "U Four Seven Two B M T".
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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