Death Valley temperatures soar near record levels and other headlines
The all-time record temperature at Death Valley is 134 degrees. It didn't get quite that hot on Sunday, but it did get close to 130 degrees. At that level of heat, the human body can sweat out a gallon of fluid per hour. I read today that deaths from hot weather exceed all other types of deaths caused by weather.
Jim Kelly has died over the weekend. He was 67. He became famous after co-starring with Bruce Lee and John Saxon in 1973's "Enter the Dragon" He was a last minute replacement for an actor who left just before production started. Kelly went on to star in a number of "blaxploitation" films. He later became a professional tennis player on the senior circuit. His last film appearance was in the direct-to-video "Afro Ninja."
In a related story, US Airways had to cancel flights on Saturday because the temperature in Phoenix went about the 118 degree level. Aircraft are not certified for take-off at higher temperatures.
Oh and tonight's "low" in Furnace Valley (where the Death Valley Visitor Center is) is predicted to be a chilly 96 degrees.
While "Monster's University" held on to the top spot in the box office wars this weekend with $46.1 million, "The Heat" generated a lot of heat in soaring past projections at $40 million to land a solid #2 spot. "World War Z" dropped only one spot to #3 with $28.9 million as the other big film opening this weekend, "White House Down" could only manage $25.7 million and the #4 spot. "Man of Steel" rounded out the top five at $20.2 million as it nears the quarter-billion dollar mark.
Eric Garcetti won't be the only new face around Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow. There will be a new city attorney (Mike Feuer), a new controller (Ron Galperin) and six new City Council members.
As Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition in a Pretoria hospital, his family is fighting over the grave site of his three deceased children. The issue involves Mandela's desire to be buried with his children upon his passing.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a petition by the proponents of Prop 8 to stop same-sex marriages in California, on procedural grounds. The group can take their petition to another Supreme Court Justice but for now the weddings will continue.
On the season premiere of TNT's lawyer dramedy "Franklin and Bash", they took a page from the "L.A. Law" playbook by having two women share a kiss. Heather Locklear and Jane Seymore smooched in the episode.
In more than a dozen towns in Connecticut, there are more guns than there are people.
Also in Connecticut, in the town of Stratford, one resident is flying a Nazi flag as his "form of protest against President Obama."
The Preuss School is a charter high school on the campus of the University of California at San Diego. This year, 100% of its graduates were accepted to a four-year university.
A man who spent 30 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of rape says the hardest thing to adjust to on the outside is all the choices he has. "...inside you don't have the freedom to choose you got to get what ever they give you."
If the Miami Heat can win a third NBA championship next season, one of the people who will profit handsomely is team president Pat Riley. Not from any bonus in his contract, but because long ago he trademarked the phrase "three-peat". He has earned nearly $1 million from that phrase since he filed and received the trademark.
Jim Kelly has died over the weekend. He was 67. He became famous after co-starring with Bruce Lee and John Saxon in 1973's "Enter the Dragon" He was a last minute replacement for an actor who left just before production started. Kelly went on to star in a number of "blaxploitation" films. He later became a professional tennis player on the senior circuit. His last film appearance was in the direct-to-video "Afro Ninja."
In a related story, US Airways had to cancel flights on Saturday because the temperature in Phoenix went about the 118 degree level. Aircraft are not certified for take-off at higher temperatures.
Oh and tonight's "low" in Furnace Valley (where the Death Valley Visitor Center is) is predicted to be a chilly 96 degrees.
While "Monster's University" held on to the top spot in the box office wars this weekend with $46.1 million, "The Heat" generated a lot of heat in soaring past projections at $40 million to land a solid #2 spot. "World War Z" dropped only one spot to #3 with $28.9 million as the other big film opening this weekend, "White House Down" could only manage $25.7 million and the #4 spot. "Man of Steel" rounded out the top five at $20.2 million as it nears the quarter-billion dollar mark.
Eric Garcetti won't be the only new face around Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow. There will be a new city attorney (Mike Feuer), a new controller (Ron Galperin) and six new City Council members.
As Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition in a Pretoria hospital, his family is fighting over the grave site of his three deceased children. The issue involves Mandela's desire to be buried with his children upon his passing.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a petition by the proponents of Prop 8 to stop same-sex marriages in California, on procedural grounds. The group can take their petition to another Supreme Court Justice but for now the weddings will continue.
On the season premiere of TNT's lawyer dramedy "Franklin and Bash", they took a page from the "L.A. Law" playbook by having two women share a kiss. Heather Locklear and Jane Seymore smooched in the episode.
In more than a dozen towns in Connecticut, there are more guns than there are people.
Also in Connecticut, in the town of Stratford, one resident is flying a Nazi flag as his "form of protest against President Obama."
The Preuss School is a charter high school on the campus of the University of California at San Diego. This year, 100% of its graduates were accepted to a four-year university.
A man who spent 30 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of rape says the hardest thing to adjust to on the outside is all the choices he has. "...inside you don't have the freedom to choose you got to get what ever they give you."
If the Miami Heat can win a third NBA championship next season, one of the people who will profit handsomely is team president Pat Riley. Not from any bonus in his contract, but because long ago he trademarked the phrase "three-peat". He has earned nearly $1 million from that phrase since he filed and received the trademark.
posted by me at 6:03 PM
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