8-11-14

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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 223 / Week: 33 
August Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
    Average Sky Cover: 50%
    H 81° L 55° Ave. humidity: 44%
    Wind: ave:   5mph; Gusts:  20mph 
    Average High: 80° Record High:  91° (1980)
    Average Low: 50° Record Low:  36° (1900)
        
Quote of the Day
Historical Highlights for Today
3114 BC - The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins. Ended Dec. 12, 2012
1802 - Tecumseh has predicted an earthquake: the "New Madrid Earthquake."
1860 - US's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1885 - $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
1948 - Summer Olympics opens in London
1951 - 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in KS, OK, MO and IL
1965 - 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1984 - Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olympic track Golds
1988 - Al-Qaeda formed
  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below

 
My Rambling Thoughts   
A nice Sunday, but didn’t take a much needed walk, even the pain pills don’t remove the pain. Doing better but still a ways to go.
I watched my Sunday morning news programs and caught up on some DVRed programs. Did some cleaning, enjoyed my deck, and stayed lazy most of the day.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
It was Louis Ixolite's bedtime and as usual he wanted a bedtime story.
He was a bright young man and had managed to communicate in Rebuses before he could speak.
Daddy asked Louis which story he would like to hear and Louis scribbled down the following Rebus in crayon.

Soybeans "blah blah blah"
Jack "blah blah blah"
Kidneybeans "blah blah blah"

What story did Louis want to hear?
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain :     
Brief History…
Cavemen Were Stupid Brutes.
They may have been brutes, but hardly stupid.  Neanderthal man had a brain larger than modern humans.  Back in those days, the gene pool could not be watered down by substandard intellect persons surviving and reproducing.  In modern times, people with physical and mental deficiencies are protected by society and often produce more children than people of the highest intellect, creating a slow, general decline in the average intelligence in the gene pool.  Do not confuse more knowledge with greater brainpower.  Cavemen were plenty smart.  They survived under incredibly harsh conditions.
Common Sayings from the Bible…
A leopard cannot change its spots
Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil Jeremiah 13:23
Computer Facts…
Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
Earth Facts…
The magnetic poles of the Earth gradually flip flop about every 200,000 to 300,000 years.
Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO
Mr. G. W. Harris, Chief Engineer, and Mr. G. E. Mellet, Assistant Chief of the Santa Fe, were here on Monday for an inspection tour of the new city reservoir that is now under construction. They seem to have been well-pleased with the manner in which the work is being done. The project is being rushed forward by the men in charge.
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At the latest report, there are 1,272 voters registered in Flagstaff. This is more than all the votes cast in the last election.
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Mr. Thomas is hauling apples in from his Oak Creek Ranch. It is a splendid crop from his famous old ranch.
Harper’s Index
Factor by which a Briton is more likely to die prematurely of loneliness than of obesity: 2 
Language Facts…
Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
Rules of Thumb…   
FALLING ASLEEP TO MUSIC
If you want to fall asleep with the stereo on, turn the volume down to a level that would be too quiet when you are awake. In less than five minutes, that level will feel comfortable, but if you're still awake in 15 minutes you may have to turn it down again.
Superstitions…
If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
PETA once asked the Pet Shop Boys to consider changing their name to Rescue Shelter Boys.
World Heritage Sites…
Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed as a group, an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia. Built between the 11th and 17th centuries, they showcase the Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles of architecture. They are highly significant tokens of the winning of civil liberties. While Italian, German and English towns mainly opted to build town halls, in part of north-western Europe, greater emphasis was placed on building belfries. Compared with the keep (symbol of the seigneurs) and the bell-tower (symbol of the Church), the belfry, the third tower in the urban landscape, symbolizes the power of the aldermen. Over the centuries, they came to represent the influence and wealth of the towns.
 
Joke-of-the-day
An elderly man, 82, just returned from the doctors only to find he didn't have long to live. So he summoned the three most important people in his life to tell them of his fate:
1. His Doctor
2. His Priest
3. His Lawyer.
He said, "Well, today I found out I don't have long to live. So, I have summoned you three here, because you are the most important people in my life, and I need to ask a favor. Today, I am going to give each of you an envelope with $50,000 dollars inside. When I die, I would ask that all three of you throw the money into my grave." After the man passed on, the three people happened to run into each other. The doctor said, "I have to admit I kept $10,000 dollars of his money. He owed me from lots of medical bills. But, I threw the other $40,000 in like he requested. "The Priest said, "I have to admit also, I kept $25,000 dollars for the church. It’s all going to a good cause. I did, however, throw the other $25,000 in the grave." Well the Lawyer just couldn't believe what he was hearing! "I am surprised at you two for taking advantage of him like that. I wrote a check for the full amount and threw it all in!!!" 
Yeah, It Really Happened
BOCA RATON, Fla. (UPI) - A Florida man may not have been looking for a cheap date, but he was apparently hoping to make a few bucks by going on one. Boca Raton police responded after a woman called and reported that a man came up and snatched her purse while she was making out with a friend on the beach. Neither of the kissers were identified, but the woman told officers that the individual who had dropped her and her date off at the beach, Daniel Eisemann, was the man who took her purse. She had never met Eisemann before he arrived with her date to pick her up. After the 27-year-old snatched the purse, which contained her cell phone and $500 cash, the woman's date took off after him, the Sun Sentinel reported. When he didn't come back, the woman sought assistance and called police. The woman's date, Eisemann and another man were found at a nearby Red Roof Inn. The purse, minus the cash, was recovered. Eisemann was charged with grand theft.
Somewhat Useless Information   
U.S. President Harry S. Truman, discouraged by the Japanese response to the Potsdam Conference's demand for unconditional surrender, made the decision to use the atom bomb to end the war in order to prevent what he predicted would be a much greater loss of life were the United States to invade the Japanese mainland.
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Atomic bombs get their explosive energy from the splitting of atoms in materials like uranium or plutonium, which takes place automatically. On the other hand, hydrogen bombs, which are also known as thermonuclear bombs, depend upon the fusing together of atoms, as is taking place in our sun, to release much vaster quantities of energy than atomic bombs. Since the fusing requires very high temperatures, atomic bombs are generally used as triggers for hydrogen bombs. Hence, every atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb, but every nuclear bomb is not an atomic bomb.
Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
8-11
National Hobo Week 
9-16
Gay Games
National Scrabble Week
10-16
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week  
National Resurrect Romance Week 
Elvis Week  
Weird Contest Week 
Today Is  
Ingersoll Day
Presidential Joke Day
Son and Daughter Day
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Independence Day (Chad-1960-from France)
Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)
                                                 
Today’s Events through History  
1924 - 1st newsreel pictures of US presidential candidates were taken
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI
2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
Birthday’s Today                                                        
Arlene Dahl, actress/TV panelist (Ambush) is 89
Steve Wozniak, co-founder (Apple Computers) is 64
Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], WWF heavyweight champion is 61
Viola Davis, American actress is 49
Joe Rogan, American television host\comeidan is 47
Remembered for being born today
Christiaan Eijkman, physician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1929), (1858- 1930)
Enid Blyton, children's writer and 5th most popular author in world (1897-1968)
Alex Haley, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), (1921-1992)
Mike Douglas, Chicago Ill, talk show host (1920-2006)
Jerry Falwell, US, TV evangelist (Moral Majority) (1933-2007)
Historical Obits Today                                                           
Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host, 2006, on 88th birthday
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder Special Olympics, 2009, @88
Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, 1919, @83
Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr Who), 1994, @81
Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dropsy, 1868, @76
Edith Wharton [-Jones], Pulitzer prize-winning author, cancer, 1937, @75
Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), cancer, 1988, @59
Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, auto accident, 1956, @44
Brain Teasers                                         
Jack and the Beanstalk. (Jack and the beans talk)

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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