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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 163
/ Week: 24
June Averages: 78° \ 42°Today: Average Sky Cover: 2%
H 77°… L 46°… Ave. humidity: 24%
Wind: ave: 9mph; Gusts: 31mph
Average High: 78° Record High: 91° (1918)
Average Low: 40° Record Low: 27° (1976)
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights
1665 - New
Amsterdam renamed New York by English after Dutch pull out
1830 - Beginning
of the French colonization of Algeria 1859 - Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1903 - Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1908 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1935 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15½ hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
1942 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies
1981 - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres
2009 - All television broadcasts in the US switch from analog to digital
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Today’s Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Well, the low humidity and the wind have put us on Fire Watch
Alert until Friday night. I hope that everyone pays attention and some idiot
doesn’t start a devastating fire in our area.
While I find it a little concerning that a Tea Party candidate
unseated the Republican majority leader in the House, I don’t think the world
will be ending anytime soon. This is historic, but it is one district in VA. So
Canter wanted to talk about immigration reform. His opponent hit hard on that,
and I guess that one district had voters who agreed that this is not the time
for immigration reform. VA is not a border state, VA is not having illegal
children sent to a warehouse, like AZ. I think the real reason is that he did
not listen to the voters in his district…nothing more, nothing less. And like
many elections, especially a primary, only 13% voted.
I am at the time of year when my windows are open 24/7. It is very
nice, except last night there was a lot of wind and I was awakened several
times by the gusts of wind flowing through my bedroom. I was never cold, but
the blowing woke me.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Which letter comes next in the following sequence?
S, N, E, P, O, H, C, _
S, N, E, P, O, H, C, _
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Percentage
of US residents over 25 who have a postgraduate degree: 17
Of
Nigerian immigrants over 25 who do: 27
Unusual
Fact of the Day
In 2009, Josh Muszynski used his Visa
to buy cigarettes. Due to a Visa "glitch," he was charged over 23
quadrillion dollars. To be exact: $23,148,855,308,184,500
Presidential
Fun Facts…
William Henry Harrison: Attended Hampden-Sydney College. Harrison
gave the longest inaugural address - one hour 45 minutes. Only president who
studied to become a doctor. His immediate job before becoming president was
clerk of Hamilton County (Ohio) court. First president to die in office.
Inaugurated on March 4, 1841, contracted pneumonia in late March, died in the
White House on April 4. Served 30 days.
Ben
Franklin on Character…
Frugality. Make no
expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
Common
misused words...
Principal and principle
A principle is a fundamental; "We've created a culture where
we all share certain principles." Principal means primary or of first
importance; "Our startup's principal is located in NYC." (Sometimes
you'll also see the plural, "principals," used to refer to executives
or (relatively) co-equals at the top of a particular food chain.)Principal can also refer to the most important item in a particular set; "Our principal account makes up 60 percent of our gross revenues."
Principal can also refer to money, normally the original sum that was borrowed, but can be extended to refer to the amount you owe--hence principal and interest.
If you're referring to laws, rules, guidelines, ethics, etc., use principle. If you're referring to the CEO or the president (or the individual in charge of the high school), use principal.
Pen Names
of famous authors…
Louisa
May Alcott--Pen name: A.M. Barnard
Best known for her novel Little Women – published under her real
name – Louisa May Alcott has also written fiction under a pseudonym. Historian
Leona Rostenberg first discovered this incognito pen name while researching at
Harvard’s Houghton Library. Rostenberg found a collection of letters written to
Alcott from a group of Boston publishers. These letters, written in 1865 and
1866, revealed the pseudonym, along with the name of the periodical in which
Barnard's works were published and the titles of three of Alcott’s sensational
narratives. Rostenberg and her fellow historian and rare books dealer Madeleine
B. Stern, who also researched Alcott, brought the discovery to light in the
1970s when they published some of the author’s little-known works.
The World
as 100 people…
POVERTY: 48 live
on less than $2USD/day; 52 live on more than $2USD/day
Joke-of-the-day
A doctor broke
the bad news to a man, that his wife would have to be admitted to a psychiatric
hospital. “I’m afraid her mind’s completely gone,” he said.
“Makes sense,”
mumbled the man. “She’s been giving me a piece of it every day for the last 15
years.”
Rules of
Thumb:
LOOKING LIKE A
WINNER
Avoid groups of four
or more people of the same sex that you meet in a bar. Losers generally travel
in packs. Winners know this and won't travel in groups of more than three if
they're seriously looking for winners.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
BREMERTON, Wash. (UPI) - A Washington man may have to cancel some
of his tee times after he was arrested for allegedly stealing $9,200 worth of
clubs and other gear. The "golf addict" is accused of taking more
than 50 clubs from the pro shop at Gold Mountain Golf Course. According to the
Bremerton Police Department, the man tried to sell some of the stolen gear
online, leading to his arrest. The 26-year-old's apartment allegedly contained
"golf paraphernalia, photos of himself playing golf and a hat reading
"Born to Golf, Forced to Work" in addition to some of the stolen
equipment. He was booked into Kitsap County Jail for investigation of
trafficking in stolen property and burglary. "Burglaries are often the
result of addictions -- drugs, alcohol or gambling," Bremerton Police
Chief Steve Strachan said in a press release. "I think this is the first
one we have seen that looks like a golf addiction." The unemployed suspect
has played golf at Gold Mountain at least eight times in the past year.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Have
you ever wondered why are there mirrors in the elevators? There are three
reasons related to both safety and psychology.
Firstly,
people usually get bored while being in an elevator. Mirrors abstract people’s
attention so they do not complain about the time they spend in it.
Moreover,
many people suffer from claustrophobia, which means fear of being in small or
closed spaces from which they feel they cannot escape. Mirrors make them feel
that they are in a broader space.
Finally,
mirrors help people see their image while getting into it, so accidents are
avoided.
Calendar
Information
This
Week’s Observances:
8-14
International Clothesline WeekNational Body Piercing Week
National Flag Week
Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Men's Health Week
National Automotive Service Professionals Week
12-19
Nursing Assistants Week12-15
Superman Days
US Open Golf Championship
Duct Tape Days
Today
Is
Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day
Career Nurse Assistants Day Crowded Nest Awareness Day
Loving Day
Machine Day
National Jerky Day
National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Race Unity Day
Superman Day
World Day Against Child Labor
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Independence Day (Philippines-1898-from Spain)
Independence Day (Russia-end of Soviet Block-1991)
Today’s Events through History
1917 - Secret
Service extends protection of president to his family
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the
Clock" is originally released 1955 - "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
Today’s
Birthdays
George
H. W. Bush, 43rd US Vice
President\41st US President is
90
Vic
Damone, [Vito Farinola], singer (Street Where You Live) is 86Jim Nabors, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle) is 84
Marv Albert, NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter is 73
Remembered
for being born today
1802-1876 - Harriet
Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and
life-long feminist
1829-1901 - Johanna
Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi) 1929-1945 - Anne Frank, Dutch Jewish Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)
Today’s
Historical Obits
Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host,
2007, @89
Gregory Peck, American actor, 2003, @87 Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), heart failure, 1980, @75
James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, 1957, @53
Brain
Teasers
E.
Why? Each group of four consecutive letters, when read in reverse, form a word:
SNEP - pens
NEPO - open
EPOH - hope
POHC - chop
OHCE - echo
Why? Each group of four consecutive letters, when read in reverse, form a word:
SNEP - pens
NEPO - open
EPOH - hope
POHC - chop
OHCE - echo
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
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