August 25


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 34 / Day: 238   Today: High   68°Low 49°
Records: High   91°(1985)Low 30°(1968)
Averages: High   78°…Low 49°
Wind:   9mph;  Gusts: 18mph
Today’s humidity:  90%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
1997 - Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a 
            shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy
1988 - Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1981 - Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1960 - 17th summer Olympics opens in Rome
1943 - Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1940 - 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940 - 1st parachute wedding
1916 - Dept of Interior forms National Park Service
1910 - Yellow Cab is founded
1886 - 1st international polo meet (US vs England)
1862 - Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1829 - Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana
1689 - Montreal taken by Iroquois

   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s Birthdays
 Returns tomorrow
Free Rambling Thoughts…   
I had a great lunch with John, a former colleague. He had lots of good stories about his last daughter’s wedding, a traditional one, held at their home out in Doney Park. He’s still busy with his Comfort Keeper’s Job and his wife is busy teaching K at TCBS. I shared some stories about my latest Safari.

I really wish I was still in Education…NOT. A front page story, and a little more from John at lunch, lets me know that a former CEO of Intel has convinced AZ and 46 other states how to finally fix education once and for all. As strange as it sounds, some of the teachers and educators in AZ and across the US are looking at this with a skeptical eye. From the little I learned, it means new curriculum and new testing, and new teacher evaluation. I can’t imagine why educators are looking at this with such a critical eye. Here we go again.

My photos arrived in Denver…the Priority Mail the PO promised wasn’t exactly right—they said Wednesday, I told Ellie Thursday and she got them today. NBD—No big deal. They are there and she is happy with them. I can’t wait to find out which are selected by the travelers.

I was saddened today when Lance Armstrong said he would no longer pursue his lifelong suspension from Cycling for doping. He never admitted guilt. Always sad to see a great athlete fall.

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)
hamburger (6,5)
Rebus…
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read Carefully!!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Caruncula
Historic Flagstaff, AZ—…

60’s music…:

Harper’s Index…         
Percentage change in the past 25 years in the net worth of Americans 65 and older: +42Of Americans 35 and younger: -68
Unusal Fact of the Day…
Many artificial color additives are prohibited by law, so farmers add marigold petals to their chicken feed as a natural color enhancer to give their egg yolks that sunny, yellow hue.
Found on You Tube… 
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
Joke-of-the-day…While getting a checkup, a man tells his doctor that he thinks his wife is losing her hearing. The doctor says, "You should do a simple test. Stand about 15 feet behind your wife and say 'honey?’ Move 3 feet closer and do it again. Keep moving 3 feet closer until she finally responds." Remember how close you were when she gives you an answer. That will help me know how bad her hearing loss is. About a month later the same guy is at the doctor again and the doctor asks, "Well, did you do that experiment with your wife's hearing?” The man says "yes". "How close did you get before she answered?" "Well, by the time I got about 3 feet away she just turned around and said "For the FIFTH TIME... WHAT???"
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLANNING A CLASS PARTY If you teach in an elementary school and you are going to have a class party, you should a) have it on a day when there is no school the next day, b) have it during the last period of the day, and c) NEVER have it last more than one hour.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
BATAVIA, N.Y. -- A western New York woman has been convicted of punching a 70-year-old Walmart cashier during a dispute over a receipt on Christmas Eve.Jacquetta Simmons was found guilty of felony assault by a Genesee (jehn-eh-SEE') County Court jury Friday.The 27-year-old faces from 2 1/3 to seven years in prison under New York's Granny Law, which makes it a felony to intentionally injure someone 65 or older if the defendant is at least 10 years younger than the victim.Prosecutors say Simmons knocked Grace Suozzi down with a blow to the face while Suozzi was checking her receipt. Simmons' lawyer argued she swung her arm but didn't intend to hit Suozzi.Sentencing is set for Nov. 14 in Batavia.Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says employee safety is a "top priority" and its focus is on supporting Suozzi.
Somewhat Useless Information…   
  • The world's smallest flowering plant is the Wolffia globosa. Found in tropical climates (including California, Florida, and Hawaii), the blossom is so tiny that a "bouquet" of 12 of them could fit on the head of a pin.
  • The flowers of mature Venus flytrap plants bloom on a tall stalk far above the carnivorous leaves. They have to; otherwise, the plant would "eat" insects trying to pollinate the flower.
  • The white and black varieties of the "bat plant," members of the genus Tacca, exhibit beautiful flowers with long "whiskers" that may be green or even purple.
  • The Raffelesia arnoldii is famous not only as the plant with the world's largest bloom (three feet across) but also one that reeks of rotting flesh. This odor attracts flies that help pollinate the blossom.
  • By contrast, the yellow flowers of the box-leaf azara tree have a decidely better odor: that of vanilla and/or chocolate.
  • Native to South Africa, the Ceropegia ampliata is one of the most visually striking plants when it blooms in "inflated, balloon-like flowers of white and yellow pinstripes, topped with emerald green birdcages."

Calendar Information…        
Happening This Week:
17-26
Little League Baseball World Series
19-25
Minority Enterprise Development Week
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
National Safe at Home Week

Today Is…                                                                      
International Bat Night
Kiss and Make Up Day
National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
Uruguay: Independence Day (1825 from Empire of Brazil) 

Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
2003 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First 
             Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called 
             Behchoko).
1900’s
1991 - Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds
1990 - UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1989 - After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of 
            Neptune & its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
1983 - US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
1970 - Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
1960 - Demonstrations against Premier Lumumba, Congo
1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
1940 - Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1919 - 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
1915 - Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
1800’s
1898 - 700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion, 
            Greece
1868 - Acting Governor Hall of Colorado telegraphs to the military that 200 Indians 
            are "devastating southern Colorado." The military also receives a report of 
            Indians killing an animal herder near Fort Dodge, in southwestern Kansas.
1804 - Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1700’s
1737 - A agreement ise signed by Thomas Penn and Munsee Chiefs Manawkyhickon
            and Nutimus. Teeshacomin and Lappawinzoe also sign. The agreement 
            recognizes an old deed made in 1686. The agreement calls for Indian lands to 
            be sold along the Delaware River for the distance that a man can walk in a day
            and a half. This is called the "Walking Purchase" and is performed on 
            September 19, 1737.
1600’s
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1500’s
1540 - Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River

1200’s
1212 - Children's crusaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa

Before 1000CE
325 - Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing 
          the doctrine of the Holy Trinity

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
Under 30
Blake Lively, actress (Gossip Girl) is 25
In their 40’s
Claudia Schiffer, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)is 42
Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident) is 48
In their 50’s
Tim Burton, Burbank California, American film director (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands) is 54
Elvis Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], Lon, rock vocalist (Allison) is 58
Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) is 51
In their 60’s
Anne Archer, actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games) is 65
Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981) is 66
John Savage, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers) is 63
Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) is 63
In their 70’s
David Canary, Elwood Ind, actor (Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza) is 74
Regis Philbin, host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee) is 79
Tom Skerritt, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama) is 79
In their 80’s
Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond) is 82
In their 90’s
Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal) is 91

Remembered for being born today
Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) b. 1917
Mel Ferrer, Elberon New Jersey, American actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive,
        5th Floor) b. 1917
Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event b. 1927
Richard Greene, Plymouth England, actor (Adv of Robin Hood) b. 1918
Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], 1st tsar of Russia b. 1530
Van Johnson, Newport RI, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks b. 1916
Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency b. 1819
Michael Rennie, Engld, actor (Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still) b. 1909
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; 
        Nobel Prize laureate b. 1916
George Stubbs, England, animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion) b. 1724
George C Wallace, Clio Ala, (gov-D-Ala)/pres candidate b. 1919

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer in 1984 at 59
David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian dies of cancer in 1776 at 65
Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies in 1227 at 65
Alfred C Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), 
      dies of  heart ailment and pneumonia in 1956 at 62  
Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies of stroke in 
     1900 at 55
2009 - Edward M. Kennedy, Senator MA, dies of brain cancer in 2009 at 77
Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The small pink protuberance in the corner of the eye. It contains glands which produce sweat and tears. These tears are then secreted onto the surface of the conjunctiva. These glands are known as Ciaccio's glands, named after Italian anatomist Giuseppe Vincenzo Ciaccio, who first described their function in 1874.
What is the answer?
Ground round
Rebus
For instance (four-in-stance)

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.
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