August 15


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Flagstaff Almanac
Week: 33 / Day: 228   Today: High   85°Low 54°
Records: High   89°(2002)Low 33°(1976)
Averages: High  79 °…Low 51°
Wind:   4mph;  Gusts: 24mph
Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity:  21%

Quote of the Day

Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1994 - Terrorist Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan
1991 - 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1971 - Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
1969 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
1950 - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
1939 - "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1914 - Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1911 - Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
1891 - San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, 
            is officially inaugurated and blessed
1870 - Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
1635 - 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
1620 - Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims

   Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
It clouded up late this morning and I had to wonder if we would ever get rain…but about 4pm it came with a big gust of wind..and quite a hard storm for about 15 minutes. Then the sky cleared and it was much cooler and much nicer.

I was busy this morning getting the ballots ready for the Best of Pictures from our last HLO/Focus trip. Some people sent some great shots, others didn’t participate. That’s fine, I’m sure that everyone will enjoy voting at the photo party next month.

Another day, another outage of our cable system. The Sunday one was due to a lightning strike…but we had to wait until Tuesday to find out in the local paper. We will know in a couple of days why we had a 3 hour+ shortage today.  Their ‘customer support’ is worthless…all they type is ‘our technicians are working on it. We apologize for the inconvenience.’ That’s from the chat line…the phone lines are constantly busy during outages. They have an exclusive contract with the city for service. It looks like they have a friend with the local paper, as the article talked about the lighting strike, then talked about how there are lots of free services for the customers…like watching replays of the closing ceremony. They don’t mention that the On Demand thing is a whole lot of short quips…most less than three minutes. With all the modern technology they have, it’s surprising to me that can’t post any messages or email everyone when an outage occurs. I certainly understand how a lightning strike can cut off service…just disappointed they don’t tell the customers in a timely manner.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
one who taunts a Dickensian miser (8,6)
Scrambled Proverbs
Can you unscramble the words to make an English proverb? Each puzzle has an easy version (above the black square), in which each word is scrambled individually and the spaces appear in their proper place, and a more challenging version, where the entire phrase is scrambled and spaces appear at random.
UE S WHTHHEKNEMASE AI LINHSY (6 words)
Lifestyle  Substance     
Do you remember this?

Read Carefully!!
Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Peen
London 2012—

Bebop music:

Harper’s Index         
Date by which Iran plans to send a monkey into space, according to state-run media: 8/31/2012
Unusal Fact of the Day
The first U.S. dog guide was a German Shepherd named “Buddy.”
He was presented to Morris Frank in 1927.
Found on You Tube 
Sinking of the Lusitania 1918 Animation        
Joke-of-the-day
A man was walking down the street when he came across a body lying on the sidewalk. He ran to a phone and called 911. The operator asked him where he was and the man replied, “I’m on Sycamore Drive.” “How do you spell that?” the operator asked. “S-i-c-k…” the man began. “No, s-i-c-a…..” no, s-i-k-a…. oh heck, let me drag him over to Lake street and I’ll call you back.”
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
STALKING DEER
When you are stalking deer (or "still-hunting" as the experts call it), patience and an extremely slow pace are essential. If you travel more than a quarter of a mile in an hour, you are traveling too fast.
Yeah, It Really Happened
NEW YORK - Almost two-thirds of Americans said President Obama can better deal with an alien invasion from space than presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, a poll found. The "Aliens Among Us" survey -- released Wednesday by the National Geographic Channel as part of its promotion for a new series on UFOs -- found more than 80 million Americans [36 percent] are sure UFOs exist and 11 percent are pretty sure they've seen one. Sixty-five percent said if there is an invasion from outer space, Obama would be better suited than Romney to deal with it, with 68 percent of women vs. 61 percent of men agreeing with the proposition. Seventy-one percent said they think it is more likely aliens exist than it is that there are superheroes, vampires and zombies. But if there are such things as real superheroes, 21 percent said they would want the Hulk to deal with an ET invasion, while 12 percent would put their fate in Batman's hands and just 8 percent would call Spider-Man. Tech Supervisor Erin Ryder and UFOlogist James Fox -- who worked on the National Geographic Channel series "Chasing FOs" -- said the survey results reflect what they have learned in their research for the show, NGC said in a release. The eight-part series is scheduled to premiere Friday. Kelton Research conducted the survey of a random nationwide sample of 1,114 people May 21-29, using e-mail invitations and online surveys. The margin of sampling error is 2.9 percentage points.               
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Adding sugar to coffee is believed to have started in 1715, in the court of King Louis XIV, the French monarch.
  • Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
  • After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.
  • In 1727, as a result of seedlings smuggled from Paris, coffee plants first were cultivated in Brazil. Brazil is presently by far the world's largest producer of coffee.
  • The coffee filter was invented in 1908 by a German homemaker, Melitta Benz, when she lined a tin cup with blotter paper to filter the coffee grinds.
  • The heavy tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773, which caused the "Boston Tea Party," resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. Drinking coffee was an expression of freedom.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
10-18
Elvis Week
11-15
National Scrabble Week
12-18
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week
Weird Contest Week
15-21
National Aviation Week

Today Is                                                                      
Best Friends Day
Chauvin Day: named for Norman Chauvin; 
                                   blind loyalty to Napoleon; chauvinism  
National Failures Day
National Medical Dosimetrist Day
National Relaxation Day
Congo: National Day (1960 from France)
Equatorial Guinea: Constitution Day 
          (1982; revision of 1968 constitution)
India: Independence Day (1947 from UK)
Korea: Liberation Day
(1945 from Japan)
Liechtenstein: National Day
(2004)  

Today’s Events Through History  
2000’s
2007 - An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and 
           various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
1900’s
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
1989 - US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
1979 - Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
1960 - UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
1945 - US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
1940 - Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
1931 - Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
1918 - 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1914 - A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living 
            quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people
            and burns the living quarters to the ground
1800’s
1876 - US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
1858 - Regular mail to Pacific coast begins
1848 - M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
1700’s
1749 - Maliseet chiefs ratify and agree to the treaty of December 15, 1725
1748 - United Lutheran Church of US organized

1500’s
1549 - Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima Japan
1534 - Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits
1519 - Panama City founded
1514 - Spanish Bishop Bartoleme de las Casas releases the Indians he holds 
            as serfs in Hispaniola

1000’s
1040 - King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. 
            The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Under 30
Joe Jonas, Disney Musician (Jonas Brothers) is 23

In their 40’s
Ben Affleck (Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt), actor (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) is 40
Debra Messing, actor (Will & Grace) will be 44

In their 60’s
Linda Ellerbee, Bryan Texas, newscaster (Weekend, NBC Overnight) is 68
Jimmy Webb, Elk City Oklahoma, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away) is 66
In their 70’s
Abby Dalton, Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show) is 77
In their 80’s
Mike Connors, [Krekor Ohanian], Fresno, California, actor (Mannix) is 87
Rose Marie, actress/comedienne (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) is 89

Remembered for being born today
Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) b. 1879
Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsica, resident of Elba (emperor of France) b. 1769
Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's mom b. 1898
Julia Child, Pasadena California, chef (French Chef) b. 1912
Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) b. 1771
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) b. 1875

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan in 1057  at about 52
Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska in 1935 at 36
Will Rogers, humorist, killed in plane crash in Alaska in 1935 at 55
Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues" dies 
       in 2008 at 91

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The side opposite the hammer's striking side.
What is the answer?
Ebenezer teaser
Scrambled Proverbs
Make hay while the sun shines
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 

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