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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 159
/ Week: 24
June Averages: 78° \ 42°Today: Average Sky Cover: 5%
H 81°… L 46°… Ave. humidity: 13%
Wind: ave: 10mph; Gusts: 22mph
Average High: 77° Record High: 89° (1985)
Average Low: 39° Record Low: 24° (1950)
Quote of the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
452 - Italy invaded by Attila
the Hun
1786 - Commercially
made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC) 1789 - James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in House
1861 - Tennessee votes to secede from the Union.
1936 - 1st parking meters are invented
1949 - Siam changes name to Thailand
1953 - Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1968 - James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured
1984 - Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Today’s Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
Very warm day and great for a nice walk around the neighborhood.
Lots of summer traffic on 89—heading in and out of Flagstaff.
Heard some interesting things about the difference between the
Taliban and Al Qaeda and the role of Qatar. Neither group is good. Both are
terrorists. Al Qaeda is a worldwide group that began with the Russian invasion
of Afghanistan. It has called for a global jihad. They have attacked military
and civilian targets throughout the world. The Taliban is also from Afghanistan
and was the central government of Afghanistan when the US invaded and toppled
their government. While they are supported by Pakistan and others, their
attacks have all been in Afghanistan. Their attacks have been against their own
people and the US invaders. Both believe
in Sharia law. Qatar is one of the Arab Emirates. The US military strategic
base for the Arab Gulf is in Qatar. They are the world’s largest holder of
Natural Gas. They are a constitutional monarchy and their law is based on civil
law and Sharia law. As of 2013 Qatar had the world’s highest GDP and about 14%
of the citizens are millionaires. I wish that some of the loud conservatives
would better explain their position on all of this.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Below
are two clues for words that are homophones of each other. For example,
"Number after one...Also" would result in "Two...Too". Can
you get all of the words?
1.
Tiny Spider...Not sure if I will or not
2.
Made the gun more accurate...Quoted3. Container...Light
4. Head organ...Yes
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
When I saw this on FB, I assumed it was from AZ friend...wrong...OK has it's problems too.
Harper’s
Index
Portion
of the global expenditure on social welfare programs that is spent on
Europeans: 1/2
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Montana is the only U.S. state that
borders three different Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and
Saskatchewan).
Heard by
Flight Attendants…
“When did you guys start wearing uniforms?”
Presidential
Fun Facts…
James Monroe: Graduated College of William and Mary (1776)
Secretary of State under Madison. Secretary of Was under Madison. Convention of
1818 fixed the boundary between the U.S. and British North America. In 1819
purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of $ 5 million in debts. On December
2, 1923 proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, warning European powers not to
interfere in U.S. affairs. First president to ride on a steamboat. First U.S.
Senator to become president. First inaugural to be held outdoors. His daughter
was the first to be married in the White House. The U.S. Marine ban played at
his second inaugural and every inauguration since.
Ben
Franklin on Character…
In 1726, at the age of 20, Benjamin Franklin created a system to
develop his character. In his autobiography, Franklin listed his thirteen
virtues as:
1. Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink
not to elevation.
Common
misused words...
Imply and
infer
The speaker or writer implies. The listener or reader infers.
Imply means to suggest, while infer means to deduce (whether correctly or not.)
So, I might imply you're going to receive a raise. You might infer that a pay
increase is imminent. (But not eminent unless the raise will be prominent and
distinguished.)
Pen Names
of famous authors…
Charles Dickens Pen name:
Boz
During his early career in the 1830s, English author Charles
Dickens wrote a series of journalistic pieces and drawings that were
collectively published under the title "Sketches by Boz." The name
Boz, according to numerous accounts, is a reference to Dickens's younger
brother Augustus, whom he had nicknamed "Moses." When spoken with a
stuffy nose, "Moses" became "Boses," which, in turn, became
"Boz," a name Dickens used for several years, causing great mystery
among his readers.
The World
as 100 people…
College: 7 have a
college degree; 93 do not
Joke-of-the-day
Smart man + Smart
Woman = Romance
Smart Man + Dumb
Woman = PregnancyDumb Man + Smart Woman = Affair
Dumb Man + Dumb Woman = Marriage
Rules of
Thumb:
BRUSHING YOUR TEETH
Get a new toothbrush
as soon as your old one gets frayed. If you're not going through four
toothbrushes a year, you're not brushing your teeth enough.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
LUFKIN, Texas (UPI) - Texas police are still investigating to see
if they can hook anyone with charges after an alleged fish-slapping incident
over the weekend. During the incident in Lufkin, a woman supposedly slapped her
sister-in-law in the face with a dead catfish. Officers from the Lufkin Police
Department responded after receiving a call about a domestic disturbance early
Sunday morning. "The argument allegedly started because a female put a catfish
in her sister-in-law's face," Sgt. Mike Shurley said, according to KTRE.
"An argument then ensued between the woman and her brother, which turned
physical. According to the brother, his sister slapped his wife in the face
with the fish, and he told her to leave, and eventually she did." All
three people who were involved gave statements to police. According to Shurley,
the woman told police that her brother had been beating his wife, a claim that
he denied. The man at the scene was arrested on an outstanding warrant, KETK
reported. No other arrests were made and no charges have been filed involving
the catfish at this time. "Due to lack of independent witnesses and
conflicting stories, the case has been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation
Department for further investigation," Shurley said.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Horses
that seem wild today (such as Mustangs) are actually feral horses, usually
descendants of horses that were imported to America from Spain in the sixteenth
century. The only true wild horse is the Asian Wild Horse.
**There are nearly 160 distinctive breeds and types of horses around the world, but the Arabian horse is unique in that it is the purest of all of the breeds.
**
After horses became domesticated around 4000 B.C., many Indo-European cultures regarded horses as a supreme sacrifice to their gods and often ritually entombed horses.
Famous owner/horse partnerships that helped change world history include Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus ("ox head"), El Cid and Babieca ("stupid"), and Napoleon and Marengo (named after a battle) who after its death, had its skeleton displayed in London.
Calendar
Information
This
Week’s Observances:
6-8
Great American Brass Band Week 8-14
International Clothesline Week
National Body Piercing Week
National Flag Week
Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Men's Health Week
National Automotive Service Professionals Week
Today
Is
Children's Sunday
Horseradish Days National Lemonade Days
Name Your Poison Day
Multicultural American Child Day
National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Positive Power of Humor and Creativity Days
Race Unity Day
Upsy Daisy Day
World Oceans Day
Today’s
Events through History
1889 - Cable
Cars begin service in LA
1918 - Nova
Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1944 - General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully
1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
Today’s
Birthdays
Barbara
Pierce Bush, US First Lady is 89
Jerry
Stiller, Brooklyn, comedian (Frank Constanza-Seinfeld) is 87Joan Rivers, [Molinsky], Bkln, comedienne is 81
Nancy Sinatra, singer (Boots are Made for Walkin') is 74
William Calley, American war criminal is 71
Boz Scaggs, [William Royce], rocker (Steve Miller Band) is 70
Scott Raymond Adams, cartoonist (Dilbert) is 57
Keenan Ivory Wayans, comedian (In Living Color) is 56
Julianna Margulies, actress (Carol Hathaway-ER) is 48
Kanye West, rapper and record producer is 37
Remembered
for being born today
1625-1712 - Giovanni
D Cassini, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)
1847-1907 - Ida
Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901) 1867-1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright, master builder (Guggenheim)
1912-1987 - Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist
1917-2002 - Byron R Whizzer White, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
1918-1987 - Robert Preston, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter)
1924-1995 - George Kirby, comedian (ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show)
Today’s
Historical Obits
Frank
Cady, actor (Sam-Green Acres), 2012. @96
[Leroy]
Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, heart attack, 1982, @75 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), 1809, @72
Cochise (K'uu-ch'ish "oak";), Apache leader, cancer, 1874, @70ish
Mohammed, prophet (Koran), dies (according to tradition), 632, @62ish
Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), lung cancer, 1969, @57
Brain
Teasers
1. Mite...Might
2. Sighted...Cited3. Pail...Pale
4. Eye...Aye
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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