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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 145 / Week: 22
May Averages: 68° \ 34°Today: Average Sky Cover: smoky
H 57°… L 37°… Ave. humidity: 37%
Wind: ave: 3mph; Gusts: 22mph
Average High: 71° Record High: 84° (1951)
Average Low: 36° Record Low: 18° (1980)
Quote of the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1521 - Edict of Worms outlaws
Martin Luther & his followers
1776 - US Congress resolves it be "highly expedient" if
they can engage Indians to fight on their side of the Revolutionary War.1787 - Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
1825 - American Unitarian Association founded
1878 - Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president
1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
1935 - Track and field athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in 45 minutes
1961 - JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1977 - Original "Star Wars" movie released
1986 - 30,000,000 people watch "Live Aid", a benefit concert for the Ethiopian famine
1989 - Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
2009 - North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device.
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Today’s Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
So the fire keeps burning and increasing in size. Now about 11,000
acres and 15% contained. The smoke disappears at night then returns in the
afternoons. I got a little bit of rain…about 20 minutes of light rain…around
noon, but seems to be scattered isolated showers throughout the area. Not
helping with the fire suppression. As the fire grows, it is out on open plains
and is not threatening any new structures. It has remained overcast and it is
hard to tell the cloud cover from the smoke in the area.
Woke up this morning to yet another story of mass shooting by a
crazy person. When I checked the news some 10 hours later a lot of information
was out that this man was very disturbed, his parents knew it, many had sought help
for him. He left a very long life story that is being reviewed on TV. One
father gave a passionate speech that the NRA was to blame. I have known my
share of mentally imbalanced people through my work. It is almost impossible to
get these people help, especially if the person doesn’t want help. One mother
held a knife to her son’s throat, was finally arrested, spent 30 days ‘getting
help’ and returned to the family. An employee went home early and found his
wife in bed with another man. He was convicted of her murder and spent 15 years
in jail. After killing his wife, he returned to work at the school and wasn’t
arrested for several days. An aide left
school, went to the local KFC and sat in her car with a gun to her head,
threating suicide, with one of her own children in the vehicle. She was finally
arrested, spent a month in ‘a facility’, and returned to work after her
release. We are always giving people another chance. Sometimes it works, other
times it doesn’t. No one wants to
believe that someone they know is capable of such horrific acts, until it is
too late.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
What
is this common phrase?
Thought:
"One, two, three, four..."
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Factor
by which the amount Britons owe in mortgage debt has increased since 1999: 2.6
Unusual
Fact of the Day
In 1835, John Wilkes Booth’s father
Junius threatened to kill President Andrew Jackson.
*NEW*Strange
Things That Washed Up On Beaches…
5 A
Japanese Fishing Boat
A small fishing boat washing up on the beach would be nothing
remarkable under normal circumstances. But in this case, the boat in question
was from Japan and the beach in question was in California! In April of 2013,
the tiny, open boat was found on a beach in northern CA, having spent over two
years adrift on the Pacific Ocean following the tsunami that ravaged Japan in
March of 2011.
*NEW* Presidential
Fun Facts…
BARACK OBAMA is our 44th president, but there actually have only
been 43 presidents: Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is
counted twice, as our 22nd and 24th president.
**
EIGHT PRESIDENTS were born British subjects: Washington, J. Adams,
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, and W. Harrison.
Top 5
Most Educated Movie Stars in Hollywood…
#2 Mayim
Bialik
Anyone who watched the 1990s TV series "Blossom," the
movie "Beaches" or is a fan of the current TV series "The Big
Bang Theory" is familiar with Mayim Bialik. What's less known is that the
actress is a real-life scientist with a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Her doctoral
dissertation focused on obsessive compulsive disorders among people with
Prader-Willi syndrome and how their overactive hypothalamus affects their
behavior. Bialik has also written a book about parenting, "Beyond the
Sling," based on her studies about hormones, and designed a middle school
curriculum for teaching children about neuroscience.
Travel
Destination Info…
10)
Austria - $20.5 billion
Austria rounds out the list with some $20.5 billion dollars being
spent by international tourists in 2009. People go to Austria to visit the
beautiful resort towns and hotels located in the gorgeous Alps Mountains as
well as to see the beautiful city of Vienna with its Cathedral and Belvedere
Palace.
Top 5
Poorest Countries…
2 -
Liberia
Nearly two-thirds of Liberians live on less than $1 a day. This
civil-war-ridden country, about the size of Tennessee, has a per capita GDP of
$490. Located along the Atlantic coast of Africa, Liberia has an ideal climate
for agriculture—its primary industry—and rice, its number one crop. Timber
harvesting and diamond mining represent prime opportunities for Liberia to
capitalize on its natural resources.
A man found a
magic genie who would grant him one wish. The man said to the genie,” I wish
that I had a non-stop bridge from here to Hawaii." The genie said,” I’m
sorry, but that's going to be very hard. Do you have another wish?" The man
answered, "Of course! I want the power to understand all women." The
genie thought for a minute. He replied, "How many platforms did you want
on that bridge?"
Rules of
Thumb:
GETTING ORGANIZED
After you attend a
funeral, expect to go into a cleaning and organizational frenzy when you get
home.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
PRESTWICH, England (UPI) - A "cheating" husband in
England is the target of a negative poster campaign that is being carried out
by his wife. The alleged adulterer's wife is putting posters all over town in
Prestwich that show her cheating husband's face and list his name, date of
birth and phone number. "Local lying cheating scumbag. Married, father of
2," the poster reads. "Ran out on family + left a note to inform
them." "I work in Prestwich and I'd spotted a couple pinned up on
walls just up the road earlier in the day but hadn't really stopped to read it
until I was getting my bus home," Maria Jansen told the Manchester Evening
News. "Good on her I say, if he's done that he wants naming and shaming
and I hope he's suitably embarrassed." The posters have been put up at bus
stops and place on lampposts and many people have seen them. "I think it's
hilarious. It serves him right if he's left his wife like that, he shouldn't
just be allowed to get away with it," said local resident Carla Moore.
"I doubt he'll be happy about it, but so what? It's the perfect
revenge."
Somewhat
Useless Information
The
ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras taught the number 12 had
divine, mystical meanings, and he might have been right, because we are
practically drowning in examples of use of the number 12.
The
United States of America is divided into 12 Federal Reserve Districts (Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis,
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco).
Additionally,
typically 12 people are appointed to sit on a jury for felony trials, twelve
men have walked on the moon and Alcoholics Anonymous has 12 steps, 12
traditions, and 12 concepts for world service.
The
number 12 is highly symbolic in the Bible. It is mentioned 189 times.
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The Tree of Life inside the City of Heaven yields 12 different kinds of fruit.
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The City of Heaven is described as having three gates in each corner, making 12
in all. - The first recorded words of Jesus occurred when he was 12 years old.
- Jesus had 12 apostles, which represented the 12 tribes of Israel.
Calendar
Information
This
Week’s Observances:
19-26
National Backyard Games
WeekNational Educational Bosses' Week
National Medical Transcription Week
International Coaching Week
Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
22-25
Mudbug Madness Week National Polka Weekend
Old-Time Player Piano Weekend
25-31
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Black Single Parents Week
Today
Is
Cookie Monster's Birthday
Indianapolis 500
National Missing Children's Day
National Tap Dance Day
National Missing Children's DayIndianapolis 500
National Missing Children's Day
National Tap Dance Day
National Senior Health and Fitness Day
Nerd Pride Day or Geek Pride Day
Towel Day
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Poetry Day (Fla)
African Freedom Day (since 1958- Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Cameroon.)
Independence Day (Jordan-1946-from British Mandate)
Today’s Events through History
1962 - Isley
Brothers release "Twist & Shout"
1968 - Rolling
Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash" 1968 - Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1969 - "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1983 - 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
Today’s
Birthdays
Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
is 75
Leslie Uggams, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots)
is 71Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer is 71
Frank Oz, Muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show) is 70
Karen Valentine, actress (Love American Style, Room 222) is 67
Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II) is 59
Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) is 51
Anne Heche, actress (Donnie Brasco) is 45
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor is 38
Remembered
for being born today
1803-1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US,
essayist/philosopher
1878-1949 - Bill
"Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather) 1898-1971 - Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) (What's My Line)
1898-1978 - Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1921-2012 - Hal David, lyricist (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head)
1926-1994 - Claude Akins, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
1929-2007 - Beverly Sills, [Belle Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn, Opera soprano
1939-2010 - Dixie Carter, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
Today’s
Historical Obits
Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (La Familia Burron),
2010, @95
Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), heart attack, 1990, @60 Buck, dog (Married with Children), 1996, @13
Brain
Teasers
It's the thought that counts.
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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