7/15/13

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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 29/ Day: 196   Today: H 81°…L 55°

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  22mph  Ave. humidity:  68%

* Average Low   Average High     Record Low        Record  High

50°                83°                 38° (1905)            92° (1970)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca…1929

1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles …1904

1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem…1099

Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska; first Europeans to visit Alaska…1741

Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans…1964

Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta during Napoleon's 

     Egyptian Campaign…1799

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Monsoon brought a couple of light showers, not a lot of moisture, but still a nice day. Saved from the heat by the nice breeze off the mountain.

 

Verdict came in and CNN won’t move on. So hoping for some other news on the Sunday shows, but alas, Fareed was preempted by the now CNN endless drivel. I do find the verdict a little disheartening as the dead Trayvon wasn’t doing anything wrong, but was followed. Most teenage boys would be concerned with an older guy following him. This is a sad commentary on how that jury viewed American violence. 

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart.

1. Pleasant -> Frozen water 2. More recent -> Pitcher for water 3. Noble gas -> Indefinitely long period of time 4. Almost -> Ahead of time; at the beginning of a period of time 5. Not at any time -> At any time 6. None of two choices -> One of two choices 7. Limited width or scope -> Projectile shot from a bow 8. One, for example -> Brown, earthy colour

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• What's my Line? Celeste Holm

• Podge & Rodge Interview Brigitte Nielsen

• Linda Ronstadt - Silver Threads And Golden Needles

Hmmmm…Oxymorons

Unbiased opinion Uncrowned king United Nations Unsung hero

Ok, then?

Harper’s Index    

• Number of former prosecutors President Obama has nominated to the federal judiciary: 99

• Number of former public defenders: 33

Picture of the Day: Hybrid Animals

Unusual Fact of the Day

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, 3 fell due to earthquakes, 2 due to fires, 1 probably never even existed, and only one stands today—The Pyramid of Khufu.

Joke-of-the-day

One night a police officer was staking out a particularly rowdy bar for possible DUI violations. At closing time, he saw a fellow tumble out of the bar, trip on the curb, and try his keys in five different cars before he found his. Then he sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes. Everyone else left the bar and drove off. Finally he started his engine and began to pull away. The police officer was waiting for him. He stopped the driver, read him his rights and administered the Breathalyzer test. The results showed a reading of 0.0. The puzzled officer demanded to know how that could be. The driver replied, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy.”  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

SERVING DRINKS

When you are planning drinks for a party, figure two drinks per guest for the first half hour and one drink per hour after that.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

DETROIT - A Detroit doctor said an infant he delivered this week at the city's Henry Ford Hospital was the 8,000th baby he has helped usher into the world. Dr. Richard Smith, 61, said 8-pound Austin Brian Jones was born Monday afternoon and was the first child for Lauren Hood and Andrew Jones, but was the 8,000th infant he has delivered since becoming a doctor, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday. "Maybe I'll shoot for 10,000," Smith said Wednesday. "Because it is one of the best things you can do to help new life come into the world and work with these wonderful families." Hood said Smith was also the doctor who oversaw her own birth, which led to teasing from the nurses. "They were like, 'It's baby 8,000th. Do you know what your number was?'" Hood said. "I have no clue."  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Light travels at the rate of 186,200 miles a second.
• More than 99.9% of all the animal species that have ever lived on earth were extinct before the coming of man.
• Nearly 50% of all bank robberies take place on Friday.
• Ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.
• The anemometer is an instrument which measures the force, velocity, or pressure of the wind.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-20
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week
Sports Cliché Week
Rabbit Week
National Baby Food Week
National Ventriloquism Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Be A Dork Day Global

·        Gummi Worm Day

·        Hug Your Kid Day

·        National Get Out of the Doghouse Day

·        National Tapioca Pudding Day

·        Respect Canada Day

Today’s Events through History  

Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz)…1975

Commodore Perry arrives in Japan…1893

Fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome…1823

Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy…1869

Sioux, Sauk & Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri…1830

Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres…1968

US marines deployed in Lebanon; they stay 3 months…1958

Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world…1933

Zebulon Pike, 23 whites, 51 Osage and Pawnee begin journey to explore the 

     Southwest…1806

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 60’s

Arianna Huffington, Greek author, creator of The Huffington Post is 63

Linda Ronstadt, singer (Dif Drum)/actress (Pir of Penzance) is 67

Jan-Michael Vincent, Denver, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie) is 69

Jesse "The Body" Ventura, wrestler/actor/Gov of MN is 62

In their 50’s

Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV) is 50

Forest Whitaker, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout) is 52

In their 40’s

Brian Austin Green, actor (David-Beverly Hills 90210) is 40

Remembered for being born today

Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology) [1796-1867]

Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint [1850-1917]

Phil Carey, actor (Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live) [1925-2009]

Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader [1273-1352]

Rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch), [1606- 1669]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw)…brain tumor…1991…at 57

Michael Bruce, Scottish poet…consumption…1767…at 21  

Celeste Holm, actress…2012…at 95

Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer…killed by natives…1521…at 47

General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), famous small person (40")…stroke…1883…at 44

Answer: Brain Teasers

1. Nice -> Ice 2. Newer -> Ewer 3. Neon -> Eon 4. Nearly -> Early 5. Never -> Ever 6. Neither -> Either 7. Narrow -> Arrow 8. Number -> Umber

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  §