August 5

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Flagstaff Almanac

Week: 31 / Day: 218 

Today: High   79°…Low 53°

Records: High   91°(1994)…Low 35°(1956)

 Averages: High   79°…Low 52°

Wind:   1mph;  Gusts: 12mph

Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity: 33 %

Quote of the Day

Today’s  Historical  Highlights

2003 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott 

            Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150

1984 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)

1981 - Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago

1966 - Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus

1962 - 1st quasar located by radio

1962 - Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illegally leaving S Africa

1957 - "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC)

1947 - Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure

1945 - Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)

1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal

1926 - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, NY

1891 - 1st traveler’s checks issued (American Express)

1884 - Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)

1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the

            English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪  How many can you identify…answers in Today’s Birthdays

                    Returns Tomorrow

  

Free Rambling Thoughts   

Our Great Decisions discussion group meets tonight. I’m going to dinner with one of the couples before we go to the discussion. Therefore, this blog may become slightly abbreviated.

Watch the Olympics again today.  I really am enjoying the competition. This week I’ll be posting some of the pictures from the Games.  I hope everyone enjoys them.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the answer?

Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each.A---BIC    CON---N    VI---OY

6X6 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 6 letters.

1.      collision force
2.      singular disease
3.      Easter visual scheme
4.      cosmic
5.      split
6.      bank worker
Hint:  upper left to lower right letters: I-E-S-R-V-R

Lifestyle  Substance     

Do you remember this?

Read Carefully!!

TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

Arms Akimbo

London 2012—

Female Artist Folk Songs: Joni Mitchell

• "Big Yellow Taxi"

• "Woodstock"

• "The Circle Game"

Harper’s Index         

Percentage of federal benefits that went to the bottom ffith of the US households in 1979: 54Today: 36

Found on You Tube 

Immigrant Song       

Joke-of-the-day

There is a book called Disorder in the Court. These are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters - who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Some of these are excellent ... Q: What is your date of birth? A: July fifteenth. Q: What year? A: Every year. Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the accident? A: Gucci sweatshirt and Reeboks. Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? A: Yes. Q: She had three children, right? A: Yes. Q: How many were boys? A: None. Q: Were there any girls? Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. Q: By whose death was it terminated? Q: Can you describe the individual?  A: He was about medium height and had a beard. Q: Was this a male, or a female? Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to? A: Oral. Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time? A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him. Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning? A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?" Q: And why did that upset you? A: My name is Susan. Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

After your notes are prepared and your outline is written, count on one hour of writing time for every page of copy.

Yeah, It Really Happened

GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ohio - An Ohio woman said a police officer helped deliver her baby when she didn't even know she was pregnant. McKenzie Acierno said she and her husband called 911 early Sunday when she was experiencing severe stomach pains, the Ashtabula (Ohio) Star Beacon reported Wednesday.
"I told my husband that it felt almost like I was having a baby," she said. Geneva-on-the-Lake auxiliary police officer Sandy Davis arrived at the home and discovered Acierno was indeed having a baby.
"I had no idea I was pregnant," Acierno said. "I had no side effects, no morning sickness or anything. Suddenly, there was a lot of pain and then there was a baby. Two pushes and that was it."
The baby girl was born at 6 pounds, 14 ounces. She is the couple's third child.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Cheetahs, the fastest land mammals in the world, are built for speed. They can reach running speeds of up to 70 mph, and they can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in three seconds.

• Full-grown cheetahs are about 4 feet long, not including a 30-inch tail. They weigh about 75 to 145 pounds and are 2 to 3 feet tall at the shoulder.

• Their deep chests and enlarged hearts, lungs and nostrils help cheetahs take in more oxygen during intense chases. Their high-set eyes have a 210-degree field of view. Non-retractable claws help them gain traction when running on soft ground, and their tails help them balance as they make sharp, high-speed turns while chasing their prey.

• The mother cheetah hides her cubs until they're five or six weeks old; after that, the cubs follow their mom and share her kills. They wean when they're around three months old and live with their mother for about 18 months. The female cubs then head off on their own, while the males remain together for life in a coalition.

• Lions and leopards can attack a cheetah and steal its kill, so cheetahs try to avoid them by hunting in the middle of the day. Cheetahs usually eat their prey right away since they're not strong enough to hide it or fend off other predators.

• Cheetahs can breed at any time of year, but they tend to mate in the dry season. Cubs are born about three months later, at the start of the wet season. There are usually three to five cubs in a litter, and each newborn cheetah cub weighs only 5 to 10 ounces.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7 

International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
Rock for Life Week

5-11

Assistance Dog Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week

National Farmers' Market Week
National Resurrect Romance Week

Today Is                                                                      

Assistance Dog Day

Friendship Day

International Beer Day

National Doll Day

National Kids' Day

National Underwear Day

Sister's Day

Croatia: Victory &Homeland Thanksgiving Day (1995: the 

            Croatian Army took the city of Knin during Operation Storm, which brought 

            an end to the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a self-proclaimed Serb entity in 

            Croatia.)  

Today’s Events Through History  

2000’s

2011 - Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a 

            British schoolboy

1900’s

1972 - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians

1966 - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march

1964 - US begins bombing North Vietnam

1963 - US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing

1957 - Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut

1925 - Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the

            Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out

1924 - Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts

1923 - 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)

1921 - 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)

1914 - 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)

1914 - US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US

1914 - Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I

1901 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"

1800’s

1882 - Standard Oil of New Jersey is established

1861 - US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)

1812 - War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van 

            Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat

1861 - US Army abolishes flogging

1700’s

1763 - Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet 

            defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run

1600’s

1689 - 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France

1666 - English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter

1500’s

1583 - Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)

1300’s

1391 - Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain

1388 - Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the 

            English in Northern England

1100’s

1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey

Before 1000CE

910 - The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall 

           by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl 

          Aethelred

695: Forces under Maya King Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Sky Rain) defeat an army from 

         Calakmul under Maya King Yich'aak K'ak' (Fiery Claw)

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 60’s

Loni Anderson, St Paul Minn, American actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) is 66

Erika Slezak, Hollywood, California, actress is 66

In their 80’s

Neil Armstrong, Wapakoneta Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)

        is 82

Remembered for being born today

Conrad P Aiken, US, Pulitzer poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) – b. 1889

James Anderson, Scottish historian– b. 1662

Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court) – b. 1920

John Eliot, Puritan "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized– b. 1604

Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) – b. 1882

John Huston, Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown) – b. 1906

Joseph Justus Scaliger, proposed Julian dating – b. 1540

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies of cerebral hemorrhage in 1984 at 58

Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer in 1983 at 69

Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist dies in 1929 at 82

Sir Alec Guinness, British actor dies in 2000 at 86

Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies in 1959 at 77

Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD in 1962 at 36

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

It means: Hands on your hips.

What is the answer?

CER: ACERBIC, CONCERN, VICEROY

6X6 boxes

IMPACT

MEASLE

PASTEL

ASTRAV

CLEAVE

TELLER

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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