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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 219 / Week: 32 
August Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
    Average Sky Cover: 30%
    H 78° L 52° Ave. humidity: 60%
    Wind: ave:   5mph; Gusts:  19mph 
    Average High: 81° Record High:  92° (1978)
    Average Low: 51° Record Low:  39° (1991)
        
Quote of the Day
Historical Highlights for Today
1606 – 1st documented performance of Macbeth performed
1750 - Slave uprising on Curacao
1760 - Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1782 - George Washington 1st creates Purple Heart medal (Badge of Military Merit)
1789 - Congress creates Department of War & Lighthouse Service
1802 - Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
1820 - 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
1909 - US issues 1st Lincoln penny
1912 - Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for Pres
1933 - Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians
1934 - US Court of Appeals strikes down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, (Sony), sells 1st transistor radios
1959 - The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design
1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st US First Lady to give birth (Patrick Kennedy) since Mrs Cleveland. He only lived 3 days 
1986 – 3 men and 1 woman begin cycling 15,266 miles from Alaska to Argentina
1990 - Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
2007 - Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below
My Rambling Thoughts   
Beautiful day here in town. For some reason my right foot is sore…not like the gout, a new and different pain. Not that bad, but a pain none the less. Growing old-er is not for the weak.
After my rant yesterday about Africa, it was nice to see that Obama wants to see increased infrastructure for that continent.
AZ is back in the news. One of my state senators, a tea party guy, was thrown from his horse on his ranch and sadly passed away. His name is on the Republican Primary ballot for later this month. It is too late to change the name. We are not the 1st state to have something like this happen. However, a new law, passed by the conservative legislature, now states that on a primary ballot, no write-ins are allowed. Since he is the only person on the ballot for that seat, he will win. Then it is up to the Republican Party precinct leaders to pick a new candidate. The problem is that the people who will pick the name are also on the primary ballot. So the current leaders can’t pick a name, it will be up to the new leaders. That will certainly not happen quickly. I am not a registered Republican so it ain’t my fight. My only problem with this is that write-ins are not allowed to be counted. In the general election, I have been known to use the write-in for a couple of offices over my many years of voting. Thought it was always a part of voting.
I only eat KFC once or twice a year…but back in the day, it was a quick stop when I was headed back to the Rez. Flag has had 2 KFC’s for decades. Today the paper says they are both closed. Nobody has said why, except that there is a new owner. Hmmm.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
I wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my
appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country
and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I
penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my
youth I am bright and fresh looking; later, my face is marred and
disfigured and I am cast aside as nothing; but when I am very old I am eagerly sought, and a safe refuge is provided for me, where I am exhibited to admiring visitors. What am I?
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
 
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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain :     
Common Sayings from the Bible…
Gentle answer turns away wrath
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 1
Computer Facts…
In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
Earth Facts…
Earth is composed of: iron (32%), oxygen (30%), silicon (15%), magnesium (14%), sulfur (3%), nickel (2%), calcium (1.5%), aluminum (1.4%) and the remainder made up of other elements.
Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO
Acting Police Chief Gene S. Clayton is cracking down on those making an illegal crossing of the railroad tracks after the gates have been lowered. A regular traffic citation is being issued to both motorists and pedestrians.
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A trio of young men peddling Colliers’ Encyclopedia door to door in the evening hours were granted 60 days incarceration for peddling without a license.
Harper’s Index
Number of fraudulent background checks the firm that vetted Edward Snowden submitted to the US government: 665,000 
Language Facts…
The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
People Facts…
Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
Rules of Thumb:   
CLAIMING YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE
If you're fully insured, you will spend two full days doing insurance paperwork to cover seven days in the hospital.
Superstitions…
In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
The idea for Godzilla came from a horrible accident when a U.S. atomic test bomb went off in the Pacific, contaminating a Japanese fishing boat’s crew and catch. The fictionalized lumbering demon was a metaphor for America.
World Heritage Sites…
This is one of the largest and best-protected rainforests in Africa, with 90% of its area left undisturbed. Almost completely surrounded by the Dja River, which forms a natural boundary, the reserve is especially noted for its biodiversity and a wide variety of primates. It contains 107 mammal species, five of which are threatened.
Joke-of-the-day
The teacher wrote on the blackboard, “I ain’t had no fun all summer.”
“Now Paul,” she said. “What shall I do to correct this?”
“Get a boyfriend.” Paul replied.
Yeah, It Really Happened
CITRONELLE, Ala. (UPI) - Vietnam War veteran Phillip McMullen likely saw some bad things during his time in the service, but what he saw when returned to his Alabama home ranks right up there. McMullen came back to his Citronelle residence after visiting some friends out of town and discovered that his home had been burglarized. The gun safe at McMullen's house had been damaged, but it wasn't broken into. The same could not be said for the plastic box which held his deceased wife's ashes. "They even took my wife's ashes off my headboard, strewed them around, looked like they tried to smoke some of them or something," McMullen told FOX10 News. "I bet that was a nasty taste when they (did) that." McMullen and his wife were married for 22 years and he says the violation makes him "want to fight again." If the Mobile County Sheriff's Office is able to catch the crook, it's possible they will be charged with desecration of a grave. "It's hard to put in words, it makes me want to fight again, and I don't like to fight," McMullen said. "I don't know if God will forgive them for what they've done or not."
Somewhat Useless Information   
Since 1995 more than 3 billion items have been sold on eBay, one of the world’s largest garage sale. Which are the priceless ones?
One of Albert Einstein’s handwritten letters, sold for $3,000,100.
The original “Hollywood” sign, sold for $450,400.
A chunk of Mars, sold for $450,000.
A new species of sea urchin, sold for $138.00.
The Tuscan Village of Pratariccia, sold for $3.1 Million.
The Town of Bridgeville, sold twice.
The meaning of life, sold for $3.26.
Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
1-7
International Tree Climbing Days  
International Clown Week 
Simplify Your Life Week 
World Breastfeeding Week 
3-9
Assistance Dog Week   
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week

National Farmers' Market Week 
National Fraud Awareness Week 
Old Fiddler's Week
Single Working Women's Week
Stop on Red Week 

4-8
Exhibitor Appreciation Week
Rock for Life Week 
National Bargain Hunting Week 
Psychic Week 
 
Sturgis Rally
Today Is  
Lighthouse Day 
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day-1782
Sisters' Day
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National Day (Cote D'Ivoire (formerly-Ivory Coast-1960 from France)
                                                          
Today’s Events through History  
1670Apache or Navajos attack the ancient Zuni Pueblo of Hawikuh.
1904 - Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colo during a flash flood, kills 96
1970 - 1st computer chess tournament
Birthday’s Today                                                        
Stan Freberg, satirist/ad executive  is 88
B J Thomas, singer (Raindrops) is 73
Garrison Keillor, PBS radio personality (Prairie Home Companion) is 73
John Glover, Kingston NY, actor (52 Pick-Up) is 70
Alberto Salazar, marathoner (NYC Marathon Winner) is 56
David Duchovny, NYC, actor (Fox Mulder-X Files) is 54
Charlize Theron, South Africa, actress (The Cider House Rules) is 39
Remembered for being born today
Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography (1779-1859)
Mata HariMata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) (1876-1914)
Billie Burke, actress (The Wizard of Oz) (1884-1970)
Louis Leakey, Kenya, anthropologist  (1903-1972)
Ralph Bunche, founder/diplomat (UN) (Nobel 1950), (1903-1971)
Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains Ga, 1st sister/evangelist (1929-1983)
Historical Obits Today                                                           
Paul Neal Red Adair, American oil field firefighter, 2004, @89 
Louis E. Saavedra, Mayor of Albuquerque, NM, cancer, 2009, @76
Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor, cancer, 2005, @ 67
Esther Phillips, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), liver failed, 1984, @48
E.H. Dunning, 1st pilot to land aircraft on moving ship, 1917, @25
Brain Teasers                                         
A Postage Stamp--In 1940 - Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 1856 British Guiana)
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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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.