8-23-14


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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 235 / Week: 34 
August Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
    Average Sky Cover: 25%
    H 66° L 48° Ave. humidity: 69%
    Wind: ave:   12mph; Gusts:  19mph 
    Average High: 79° Record High:  90° (1985)
    Average Low: 48° Record Low:  24° (1968)
        
Quote of the Day
Historical Highlights for Today

    79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason
1617 - 1st one-way streets open (London)
1799 - Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power
1839 - British capture Hong Kong from China
1850 - 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
1869 - 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston
1919 - "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
1924 - Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century
1942 - World War II: The last cavalry charge in history takes place at Izbushensky
1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
1960 - World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
1962 - 1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar)
1979 - Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
1987 - 15-year old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
1996 - Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'

  Birthdays Today:   

How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below
My Rambling Thoughts   

Started out as a rainy day, but in the late afternoon, it cleared up a lot and was quite nice outside. Windows and doors didn’t open until 2pm. I did a lot of laundry today. Not my favorite task, but one that has to be done now and then. Clothes, towels and bedding are all clean so I’m ready for whatever happens this weekend.
The wounds in St. Louis just keep getting deeper and deeper. Such a sad time for all those people. Here the DOD is giving equipment to towns that have no way to train people on how to and more importantly, WHEN to use military equipment. A few years ago there was a SWAT vehicle on the street next to mine. Some guy was inside one of the houses and refused to come out and had weapons. The SWAT vehicle and the SWAT team here in Flag was enough for me. I sure don’t want to see an armed tank on one of our streets.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

When Question Mark unlocked the door, he thought that he would see his wallet straight away. But Skid Mark (Question's brother) decided to put the wallet in a safe. The combination is three 2-digit numbers which can be expressed like this:
xx-xx-xx

You are given the following clues to work out the combination:
The total of the three numbers is 39.
The second number is half of the third number.
The first number is the third number minus 1.
Can you find Question's wallet in time? It's all up to you.

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today


Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFSKvpzatV4

Mark Russell: The Line of Death Bar & Grill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZczL-P_5Ps

To Kill a Mockingbird Movie CLIP-Brock Peters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44TG_H_oY2E

 

OK Then…

 

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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain :     

Africa Facts…

The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.

Brain Facts…

Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.

Computer Facts…

A bag of marijuana was the first thing ever bought and sold over the internet.

Flagstaff, AZ History…

100 YEARS AGO

Wanted: Neat attractive girl to operate the popcorn machine. Apply at the Orpheum.

O. N. Croswell, state inspector, reports that northern Arizona is in the most prosperous condition it been in the past 10 years. There’s been more rain than for several years past. The lumber mills are all on full time and the hotels have many reservations. There’s no reason for us not to rival Colorado Springs as a summer resort.

Harper’s Index

Portion of American Catholics who believe that the Church show ordain women: 2/3   

Language Facts…

The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

Rules of Thumb…   

OVERCOME JETLAG

On average, it will take one day per hour difference to get over your jetlag

Superstitions…

It is bad luck to put new shoes on a bed (or a table) (comes from the tradition of dressing a corpse in new clothes and shoes and laying them out so everyone can give their respects) - (UK)

Unusual Fact of the Day…

While the crew of Apollo 13 didn't get to make their scheduled Moon landing, they did set a record that still stands: they're the humans who traveled the furthest distance from the Earth (nearly 250,000 miles).

 

Joke-of-the-day

Tom was invited to his friend’s house for dinner. He found that his buddy called his wife every cute name in the book: honey, darling, sweetheart, pumpkin, and baby.
When she was in the kitchen, he leaned over to his friend and said, “I think it’s nice you still call your wife all those pet names.” “To tell you the truth,” his friend said, “I forgot her name about three years ago.”

Yeah, It Really Happened

MADISON, Wis. (UPI) - A 24-year-old woman who "loves giraffes" was kicked in the face after she entered the giraffe enclosure at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison. Amanda Hall climbed into the exhibit so she could get up close and personal with a 2-year-old giraffe named Wally. The 12-foot-tall animal first licked Hall and then he booted her in the face. Hall sustained non-life threatening injuries and Wally was not harmed. "Imagine if that animal came into your house, how would you feel about that? You would probably be nervous and excited, so an animal is going to have a similar experience, have a similar response. Be a little nervous and excited and that is probably what happened in this case," zoo curator Jeff Stafford told 27 News. Hall was cited for harassment of zoo animals, an offense that carries a fine of $686. Things could have been much worse for Hall because giraffes are capable of delivering blows that can kill lions.

Somewhat Useless Information   

The world's oldest emergency phone number is the U.K's 999 number that was introduced on June 30, 1937. It was implemented after a call to the fire brigade was held in a queue with the telephone company. The delay cost five women their lives in the fire.
The first-ever 911 call in the United States happened on February 16, 1968, in Haleyville, Alabama. It wasn't until 1999 that Congress directed the FCC to make 911 the universal emergency number for the United States for all telephone services.
Known as the "The City Where 911 Began," Haleyville, Alabama, holds a 911 festival every year that honors all police, fire, and emergency personnel.

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In 2006, 5-year-old Robert Turner called 911 when his mother collapsed from heart problems. The call taker thought he was making a prank call and told the little boy that she would send help and hung up. The boy waited three hours and, with his mother still unconscious, called 911 again. This time, a different call taker told the boy that he would get in trouble if he kept playing around. Scared, the boy hung up. His mom died.

 

Check Your Calendar

Observances This Week:

14-24

Little League Baseball World Series
18-24

Minority Enterprise Development Week
23-31

National Chuck Wagon Races

 

Today Is  

Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition
Ride the Wind Day

Valentino Day

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Independence Day-Armenia-1990-from USSR

                                                            

            Today’s Events through History  

1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City

1555 - Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.

1796 - African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated

1904 - Automobile tire chain patented

1948 - World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries

 

Birthday’s Today                                                        

Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho) is 84

Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie) is 83

Mark Russell, political satirist/pianist (Real People) is 82

Rex Allen Jr, country singer (Nashville on the Road) is 67

Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl) is 65

Shelley Long, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit) is 65

Queen Noor, of Jordan is 63

Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian is 44

Kobe Bryant, NBA guard (LA Lakers) is 36

 

Remembered for being born today

Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1754-1793)

Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (1852-1883)

Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist (Spoon River Anthology) (1868-1950)

Gene Kelly, dancer/actor (An American in Paris) (1912-1996)

Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy) (1946-1978)

River Phoenix, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me) (1970-1993)

 

Historical Obits Today                                                           

Brock Peters, actor (TKAMB), cancer, 2005, @78

Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, cancer, 1960, @65

Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer), farm accident, 1939, @48

William Wallace, Scottish patriot, beheaded, 1305, @35

Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), peritonitis, 1926, @31

 

Brain Teasers                                         

The combination is 15-08-16. Thank you for helping Question get his wallet back.

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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