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Almanac: Flagstaff: Week: 24/ Day: 164 Today: H 86°…L 54°
Wind: ave: 1mph; Gusts: 24mph Ave. humidity: 22%
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Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave
Kirtland, Ohio...1837
1st US Nudist Colony opens…1930
2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming...1889
Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight,
Seattle to Narobi Kenya…1990
Congress creates Department of Labor...1888
FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as
head...1942
House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for
blacks)...1866
Michael Jackson acquitted of molesting 13-year-old
at his Neverland Ranch…2005
Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for
dessert to Washington...1789
Paris evacuates before German advance...1940
Post Office says children could not be sent by
parcel post...1920
Pres Johnson proclaims reconstruction
confederate states...1865
Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit
importation of slaves...1774
Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black
Supreme Court justice…1967
Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A
Lindbergh to NYC...1927
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Another very warm day here in Flag. Last night I was awakened by a loud noise. Turns out my office door had blown shut by the high winds. Of course, that was not my first thought at 3:15am.I talked to the corporate guy today about my investments. He claims to have been blindsided by my advisor’s sudden retirement. I let him know that I hoped they would have a search for a local branch manager. We’ll see if that happens. He also said that it will ‘take some time’ for the guy I’m assigned to to get the records…since they don’t just automatically release my records to one of their agents. Sounds like this will take quite a little while. Strange, since if he is my financial advisor, he will be getting any fees associated with my accounts. I have learned a little about ‘book’ which is the listings of all the clients that is usually bought and sold when one agent leaves a company. That doesn’t seem to have happened. Somebody very high up in the company made the decision to end the relationship with my former financial advisor and decided not to do it in the normal way. So the waiting game continues.Just heard about a tactic used in several wars taking place around the world…not always involving the US. It seems that many ‘enemies’ have surface to air missiles that can shoot down planes. The answer: planes land in airports Afghanistan and Mali and other places in what is called a ‘corkscrew’ manner. Sure hope I never have to fly on a plane that lands that way.Today’s headline in our local paper shows that sometimes justice prevails. Our former carpetbagger US Rep, Rick Renzi, was convicted of a bunch of charges. Many of us in District 1 knew he was a sleeze when he arrived on our local political scene and claimed Flagstaff residency when none of the locals knew him. Of course he will appeal the convictions which have been around for corruption since 2008, when he decided after being indicted not to run for a third term. Glad he was found guilty.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. You pick up a baby mouse from the pet store the day after it was born. The type of mouse you bought gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born. 12 months after it is born, the mouse will die.In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?
Hint
Remember, it's a trick. There aren't any difficult calculations in this.
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
- Factor by which Northeasterners were more likely the Southerners to support rackial integration in 1963: 2.6
- By which they were ore likely to support gay marriage today: 1.5
Picture of the Day: Getting Ready for Summer!
Unusual Fact of the Day
Most people know that "Video Killed the Radio Star" was MTV's first video, but do you know the second video to air? It was Pat Benetar's "You Better Run."Joke-of-the-day
Farmer picks up an American Indian hitch hiking. The Indian is a man of few words but eventually looks at the brown paper bag in between them and asks, "Mmm, What in bag?"The farmer says, "It's a bottle of wine that I got for my wife".Indian thinks for a second and say, "Mmm, good trade".
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
CHOOSING A BICYCLE FRAME
The crossbar on your bicycle frame should come just to your crotch when you straddle the bike with your shoes
Yeah, It Really Happened
SEATTLE - A woman living in the Seattle area who is seeking to prove humans can live without food set up cameras around her home to prove she isn't eating. Naveena Shine, 65, an England native, said she has been subsisting since May 3 on a strict diet of water and tea with just a small amount of milk, KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported Monday."Well, the intention of what I'm doing is I want to provide evidence that it is possible, should it be possible, that human beings can live and thrive and do really well without having to eat solid food," Shine said. "This will literally save the Earth." Shine said the cameras she set up in every room of her home record her actions 24 hours a day to prove she has not been eating and she takes a portable camera when she goes out. "There's got to be a point that's a shift-over point, you either go into starvation and death or you go into finding the place within and without that creates living on light," Shine said.Dr. Rich Lindquist of Swedish Hospital said Shine may be able to make it up to three months on tea and water alone. "People can live for extended periods of time, but people need food in order to live," he said. "Long term, over time, if you don't eat, you die." Shine said she will stop her experiment if she starts to believe her health is in danger.
Somewhat Useless Information
- In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food. In 2006, the spending rose to nearly $142 billion. It is not surprising that every month, approximately nine out of 10 American children visit a McDonald's restaurant.
- McDonald's is the largest purchaser of beef, pork, and potatoes and the second largest purchaser of chicken in the world. Its annual orders for french fries constitute 7.5 percent of America's entire potato crop.
- Due to anti-German sentiment during WWI, an alternative name for a hamburger (which was derived from the Hamburg steak sandwiches eaten on immigrant ships between Hamburg, Germany, and America in the 1800s) was "salisbury steak." It was named after Dr. Salisbury who prescribed ground beef for patients suffering from anemia, asthma, and other illnesses.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
8-16
Jim Thorpe Native
American Games
Men's Health Week
Men's Health Week
National
Automotive Service Professionals Week
National Flag Week
National Flag Week
Nursing
Assistants Week
13-16
13-16
Duct Tape Days
US Open Golf
Championship
Today Is
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Career Nurse Assistants Day
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Kitchen Klutzes
Of America Day
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National
Juggling Day
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Queen's Official Birthday
Today’s Events through History
"Bob Newhart Show," last airs on
NBC-TV…1962
1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady
NY)...1933
Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's
oldest) signed in London...0373
Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1
& stays #1 for 4 weeks…1970
Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
after 72 years …1956
Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another
strong earthquake measuring
magnitude 6.3…2011
Jim Peters runs world record marathon
(2:18:40.2) [current record: 2:03:38,
Patrick Makau; Kenya 11/25/2011 at
Berlin Marathon]...1953
KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO
(NBC) 1st broadcast…1953
Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day
standoff with FBI agents…1996
Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator...1828
Sioux nation receives $100 million in
compensation for Black Hills SD…1979
US withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty….2002
Wamsetta, a WAMPANOAG, and his younger brother, Metacomet (various spellings),
have requested "English" names from the Plymouth court. Today, their
names
will be officially be changed to Alexander and Philip Pokanoket. Philip
would
eventually be called "King Philip."...1660
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to
Dance) is 73
In their 60’s
Tim Allen, Denver CO, comedian (Tim-Home
Improvement, Jungle2Jungle) is 60
Richard Thomas, actor (John Boy-Waltons, Last
Summer, Johnny Belinda) is 62
In their 50’s
Hannah Storm, sports journalist (CNN, NBC) is
51
Under 30
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, actress twins
(Michelle-Full House) are 27
Remembered
for being born today
Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general/Governor
of Britain, conquered Wales and Northern England [40-93]
Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is
Your Life) [1913-2005]
Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping
Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears) [1903-1991]
Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched)
[1926-1982]
James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist
(electromagnetic theory, speed of light) [1831-1879]
Basil Rathbone, Johannesburg South Africa,
actor (Sherlock Holmes) [1892-1967]
Mary Wickes, character actress (Sister Act)
[1910-1995]
Today’s Historical Obits
Don Bolles, investigative journalist…blown up
in Phoenix…1976…at 47
Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of
Swing)…heart attack…1986…at 77
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly,
Scottish politician…1636…at 74
Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray)…heart
attack…1987…at 62
Tim Russert, American NBC News Meet the Press
moderator…dies suddenly…2008…at 58
Tankei, Japanese sculptor…1256…at 83
Answer: Brain
Teasers
1 mouse, because your mouse can't birth any babies by itself!
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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