July 28


FYI: Click on any blue text for a link to more information!

Flagstaff Almanac
Week: 30 Day:  210
Today: High   77°Low 57° Averages: High   80°Low 52°
Records: High   93°(1947)Low 36°(1913)
Wind:  10 mphGusts: 16mph
Big Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity:  40%

Quote of the Day

Today’s  Historical  Highlights
2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed
            campaign in Northern Ireland
1994 - Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1984 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles…and I was there!
1977 - 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
1965 - LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1933 - 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC
1931 - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem
1928 - 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
1914 - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
1868 - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves
1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
1858 - 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification
1858 - Nadar takes 1st airborne photo (in a balloon)

Happy Birthday To:  
                   
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
The day started out a little cloudy, then about 1pm raindrops started falling. By 1:15 we had a full blown lightning, loud crackling thunder, and rainstorm that lasted about 2 hours. So good for the forest, so nice for Flagstaff. There might have been some street flooding, but that was about it. I’m glad I took my walk in the cloudy morning…otherwise it wouldn’t have gotten done.

I’m all set to watch the opening ceremonies on TV tonight. I probably should have looked for a live feed somewhere on my computer or my phone, but I decided I wanted to watch them after dark. Should be a good show, no matter what Romney says. The march in is always enjoyable, as each country’s athletes carry their flag. After they are all in, the show and lighting of the torch is always exciting. Let the games begin.

I worked on my photos again today…good news, I’m almost ready to make the movies…bad news, I have to find a way to divide them up…right now, at 4 seconds/photo the movie is over 20 minutes. That is way too long for one sitting. So I’m looking at doing a four-parter, which will be better for viewing. The question remains, how to divide it. Since I saw so many animals and have so many shots, I really don’t want to put all the elephant shots together, or all the lion shots together as we saw them at so many different locations. I am also amazed at how patient we all were on the day drives. We might sit in an area for twenty or thirty minutes to see what was going to happen. This led to more shots of animals, especially the cats, who slowly moved and gave some very interesting pictures. Probably will post the animal shots tomorrow.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
What do the following words have in common?TO  BACK  OFF  SQUARE  SAIL
5X5 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 5 letters.
1.      fumble
2.      of the moon
3.      all-American Sam
4.      lie descriptor
5.      released
Hint:  upper left to lower right letters are F-U-C-S-D
Lifestyle  Substance     
Do you remember this?

Do you know what this word means?
               Tittle
My Latest Adventure—

Folk Rock of the 1960’s
  • The Byrds:
  • "Mr. Tambourine Man." The mid-1965 #1 hit single that truly made folk-rock a phenomenon, socially, artistically, and commercially. The ideal combination of the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
  • Bob Dylan:
  • "Like a Rolling Stone" The biggest and hardest-rocking hit by folk-rock's most noted (and covered) songwriter.
  • The Byrds:
  • "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Another #1 single by the Byrds. A cover of a Pete Seeger song that was the ideal marriage of rock with a progressive social conscience. The song that, as the critical phrase went, rocked the Bible and got away with it.
  • Simon & Garfunkel:
  • "The Sound of Silence" Not just Paul Simon's first great song, but the most canny realization of how a good acoustic folk song could be made over into an electric folk-rock hit, in this case through the literal overdubbing of electric instruments onto an acoustic recording.

Harper’s Index         
Percentage of Black Americans who believe in God: 80Percentage of Jewish Americans: 27
Found on You Tube 
Survival (London Olympics 2012 official song)      
Joke-of-the-day
When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat resembled Einstein in looks & manner) that he was tired of speechmaking.
"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this speech so many times. I'll bet I could give it for you." Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's do it!" When they arrive at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.
Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about anti-matter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool. Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, "Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
If you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.
Yeah, It Really Happened
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - A Fort Wayne, Ind., father pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, with four young children strapped to the hood of his car. Aaron Stefanski, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of neglect of a dependent and one charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reported. A storeowner called 911 earlier this year after seeing Stefanski and Jessica Clark secure their kids to the hood of his car using yellow tow straps. The responding officers caught Stefanski driving with his 4- and 5-year-old sons, his 6-year-old daughter and Clark's 7-year-old daughter strapped to the hood. When they stopped him, officers smelled alcohol on his breath. When asked why he strapped the children to the hood, court documents show Stefanski told officers: "I was only going to drive around the corner. I thought they would like it." Stefanski's blood alcohol content was 0.17, more than twice the legal limit. Clark has been charged with neglect of a dependent and her trial date is scheduled for next month. Stefanski's children were released into the custody of their mother. He will have supervised visitation and will be required to attend parenting classes.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • In September 2006, Chris Carr became "the fastest man on two wheels" when he pushed a specially equipped motorcycle to a record speed of 350.884 mph at the wide-open Bonneville Speedway.
  • In 1921, Leslie "Red" Parkhurst steered a Harley-Davidson racing motorcycle to victory in several races, breaking several speed records along the way. He carried the team mascot - a pig - around the track on victory laps, a stunt that led to Harleys being commonly referred to as "Hogs."
  • The first working airplane engine wasn't an airplane engine at all but a motorcycle engine. The Flyer I, piloted by the Wright Brothers in their famous 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was powered by a 12-horsepower, chain-driven bike motor.
  • Accounts vary greatly as to the cause of (and severity of) Bob Dylan's famous motorcycle accident on July 29, 1966, but the event undoubtedly had a profound effect on his songwriting and his playing. Some music historians believe that he used the occurrence as an excuse to take a much-needed break from his grueling schedule.
  • Though their vulnerability makes them nearly useless today, armed forces made good use of motorcycles during the first half of the twentieth century. Harley-Davidson, Indian, and Triumph combined to produce more than 150,000 cycles for Allied military use during World War II, while BMW and other makers produced a smaller number of bikes for the Axis.
  • A national group known as ABATE, American Bikers Aimed Toward Education, have long held the stance that helmet laws should not be made mandatory. Their slogan is: "Let those who ride decide."

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
27-29 
Garlic Days
World Lumberjack Championships
Single Working Women's Week

Today Is                                                                      
Buffalo Soldiers Day
National Chili Dog Day
National Dance Day
National Day of the Cowboy
National Milk Chocolate Day
Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day (the ball of the thighbone in the hip doesn't get enough blood, causing the bone to die)
World Hepatitis Day
Peru: Independence Day (1821-from Spain)  

Today’s Events Through History  
2000’s
2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, 
            causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people
2002 - Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County,
            Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground
1900’s
1996 - NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1973 - Skylab 3's astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched
1951 - Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released
1933 - Spain recognizes the USSR 1945 - US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2
1915 - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings
1915 - US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1800’s
1896 - City of Miami incorporated
1883 - Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 
            houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000
1872 - Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and twelve officers and 272 enlisted men begin
            an extended patrol of the area surrounding the Texas Panhandle. They include
            twenty Tonkawa scouts. They are looking for renegade Indians.
1862 - Fort Bowie is established in the Apache Pass, in southeastern Arizona, by 
            members of Brigadier General James Charlatan's California volunteers
1851 - Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph

1500’s
1588 - Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1540 - English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife

1100’s
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 60’s
Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971) is 63
Bill Bradley, Crystal City Ms, Basketball (NY Knicks), US Senator (1979-1997) is 69
Georgia Engel, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show) will be 64
Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day) is 66
Sally Struthers, actress (Gloria-All in the Family) is 64
In their 70’s
Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater) is 72
In their 80’s
Darryl Hickman, actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy, Dobie Gillis) is 81

Remembered for being born today
Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher - 1165
Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour) - 1891
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, NY, 1st lady (1961-63) - 1929
Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit) - 1866
Earl S Tupper, inventor (Tupperware) - 1907
Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time) - 1901
Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies of stroke and 
           pneumonia in 1750 at 65
Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity dies in 2010 at 104
Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed in 1540 at 55
Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies of tertiary syphilis in 1655 at 36
Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies in 1872 at 64
William J Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies  of stomach cancer
           in 1939 at 78
Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies in 1968 at 70
Maximilien Robespierre, Fr revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined in 1794 at 36
Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies in 1655 at 76
Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning, in 1985 at 53

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
A tittle is the dot of the lower case ‘I’ or ‘j’
What is the answer?
Each can be preceded by SET to make a new word or phraseSET TO,  SETBACK,  SET OFF,  SET SQUARE,  SET SAIL
5X5 boxes
FLUFF
LUNAR
UNCLE
FALSE
FREED
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 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Followers

Total Pageviews

Blog Archive

About Me

My photo
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.