7/13/13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 28/ Day: 194   Today: H 75°…L 53°

Wind: ave:   11mph; Gusts:  20mph  Ave. humidity:  77%

* Average Low Average High Record Low Record High

       50°                   83°                   35° (1904)     94° (1972)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die…1863

Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion 

     led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon…1854

Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)…1787

Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer…1568

Frank Sinatra made his recording debut…1939

Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. 

    It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after 

    renovation in 1949…1923

Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"…1865

Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as governor of Louisiana…1868

Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace…1837

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Lots of clouds and finally a nice long shower at my place, but looking around, it looks like other areas go at least some rain. That’s good.

 

So the jury is finally deliberating in the Zimmerman trial. Over the years I have worked with a few ‘security’ people who were little more than wanna be cops. Since the first release of information, that is the picture I have had of Zimmerman. He didn’t need to ‘follow’ the kid, just call 911 and sit tight. If he is found guilty, it will send a message to lots of wanna bes to be much less vigilant in their pursuit of crime. If he is found not guilty it will send a message that one does not need to listen to 911 trained operators and just go after any perceived ‘perp’. Scary times may be ahead. Interesting and nice that the Zimmerman family issued a joint statement of their belief in the justice system and asking for peace no matter what the verdict is.

 

Having spent much of my career looking at Language in a variety of ways I have to share this.: Animal Sounds in Different Languages

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Given the word STANDARD, take away two letters and add three digits to make a logical sequence.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• What's my Line? Red Buttons

• Cheech Marin "Relatives Are Whoever Sleeps Over"

• Turn Turn Turn - full version

Hmmmm…Oxymorons

Forgotten memories Found missing Free love

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

• Estimated percentage change since 2007 in the number of US vets committing suicide each day: +22

• Portion of active-duty US service people who committed suicide in 2011 who had never been deployed: 1/2

Picture of the Day: Street Markets

Unusual Fact of the Day

A trip around the bases on a baseball diamond is 20 yards longer than a goal-line-to-goal line run on a football field.

Joke-of-the-day

Three men were discussing at a bar about coincidences. The first man said, " my wife was reading a "tale of two cities" and she gave birth to twins"

"That’s funny", the second man remarked, "my wife was reading 'the three musketeers' and she gave birth to triplets"

The third man shouted, "Good God, I have to rush home!"

When asked what the problem was, he exclaimed, " When I left the house, my wife was reading Ali baba and the forty Thieves"!!!

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

STUNT FLYING

 To avoid hitting the ground if your engine quits while performing a roll on takeoff, accelerate the aircraft to twice the rotation speed of a normal takeoff before beginning the roll.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

A Tennessee homeowner was distracted by a naked woman swimming in his backyard pool.

The 54-year-old man told police that a man and woman who lived nearby approached his home to talk to him. During the conversation the man excused himself to go back home and retrieve cigarettes.

Alone with the victim, the woman asked him about his pool, and if she could take a swim. He told the woman it would be OK and led her to the rear of his house where the pool is located.

The woman then asked if it would bother him if she swam in the nude, and he replied that it would not. She proceeded to take off her clothes and jumped into the pool, swimming for about 20 minutes. The home owner retrieved a towel from inside his home, the woman dried off, dressed and left.

It was at that point he re-entered his home to discover that he had been robbed of a handgun, jewelry and medication. The loss was placed at $1,195.

While the two suspects have been identified, they have not been found by police for questioning.  

• Somewhat Useless Information   

• The most common type of shark attack is the so-called "hit and run" assault. The shark bites and then quickly releases the person and disappears. These attacks usually involve injuries to the leg below the knee and are not usually fatal. Humans are usually considered too bony to be a good meal for a shark.

• Seen from below, swimmers or surfboarders are often mistaken for seals or sea lions, whose fatty bodies are a favorite treat for sharks. Human splashing creates irregular ripples in the water below, which to a shark may indicate an injured seal or fish.

• In the U.S., your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack.

• Shiny jewelry that gleams like fish scales, multi-color swimsuits, and irregular tanning, especially on the bottom of the feet, could also confuse a shark into thinking a person was an animal.

• Most shark attacks occur on the inshore side of a sandbar or between sandbars because fish congregate there and because sharks can become trapped at low tide. 

• When attacks are reported, it is often difficult to determine what type of shark was involved since even experts can have trouble distinguishing them when in the water.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

7-13  
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend

Today Is                                                                      

·        Bald Is In Day

·        Carver Day

·        Embrace Your Geekness Day

·        Fool's Paradise Day

·        Grange Day

·        Gruntled Workers Day: "Gruntled" means "angry" or "complaining" 

       -- related to the word "grunt". "Disgruntled" meant "VERY gruntled."

·        National French Fries Day

^^

·        Japan: Buddhist: Feast of Lanterns (memory of the dead)

·        US: Wayne, NB: Wayne Chicken Day clucking contest

Today’s Events through History  

Bannock War: First Cavalry, Twenty-First Infantry and Fourth Artillery soldiers, under 

     Captain Evan Miles, fight a group of Indians at Umatilla Agency, Oregon…1878

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and 

    injuring 130…2011

NYC experiences 25 hr black-out…1977

Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist Catholics…1949

Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)…1832

US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate…1960

William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces 

     loyal to Henry II of England…1174

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 70’s

Harrison Ford, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic) is 71

Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) is 71

In their 60’s

Cheech Marin, comedian, actor and writer is 67

Remembered for being born today

Julius Caesar, Rome, Roman military and political leader, [100BC-44 BC)

Bob Crane, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed) [1928-1978]

Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing [ 1935-2008]

Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter [1859-1947]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt), comedian…2006…at 87

Johnny Ringo, Gunfighter…suicide (?)…1882…at 32

George Steinbrenner, businessman; owner New York Yankees…heart attack…2010…at 80

Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans…1760…at 63

Richard Darryl Zanuck, Academy Award winning film producer…heart attack…2012…at 77

Answer: Brain Teasers

Take away the A's to leave ST ND RD.

Then add 1, 2, and 3: 1ST 2ND 3RD

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  §