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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 220 / Week: 32 
August Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
    Average Sky Cover: 35%
    H 82° L 52° Ave. humidity: 50%
    Wind: ave:   5mph; Gusts:  18mph 
    Average High: 81° Record High:  90° (1980)
    Average Low: 50° Record Low:  39° (1950)
       
Quote of the Day
Historical Highlights for Today
1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1647 - The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1699 - The Tohome Indians live along the Gulf Coast in Alabama and Mississippi. In Biloxi, they formally establish peaceful relations with the French.
1786 - US Congress adopts silver dollar & decimal system of money
1843 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
1844 - Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
1854 - Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges
1864 - Red Cross forms in Geneva
1876 - Thomas Edison patents mimeograph
1900 - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis
1945 - President Harry Truman signs the UN Charter
1945 - USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
1945 - USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea
1953 - US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
1960 - "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1
1963 - Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene
1974 - US President Richard Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9
1984 - Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in LA Olympics
  Birthdays Today:   
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below
My Rambling Thoughts   
OK, this gout/pseudo-gout whatever is a real pain in the foot. Woke up about 3:30a for the usual reason and found that my foot was a little swollen and that walking on it was difficult. Still had a couple of pain pills left from the last attack, so took 2 about 7a and another one about 11a. Bearable but certainly still there. Called the Dr. at 9a and was told by the receptionist that she would let him know. I was asking for pain relief. At 3:45 I called back and still no answer from the Dr. I get that he is a PCP and likes to look at the whole picture rather than deal with any unique things. However, the Urgent care people said that future similar problems with my foot need to be taken care of by my PCP. The receptionist says she will be in at 8:00 tomorrow morning and will meet with him. I can make it through tomorrow with the pills I have, but he doesn’t know that. Pain in the ass and pain in the foot.
I did make it to lunch with Cheryl and it was interesting to see her reaction to my disability. She would walk in front of me, and keep turning around to see if the crippled guy was still coming. She even made sure I got back into my house when she brought me home. Tiny steps with a limp certainly has people looking/staring at you. Two workers at the restaurant even asked how my day was as I slowly limped to the table. Oh well, good lunch, good conversation, and my only pain is when I try to walk. Sitting and prone position don’t seem to be a problem…standing up and walking are the issue. This too will pass.
Today was the first day of school for the neighborhood children, so things were very quiet around here. No skateboard down the sidewalk, no push scooters either. School is out now, but kids are coming home and heading inside. Not sure if it is homework or tired from the 1st day. This morning’s paper published the AIMS scores for all the schools in the county. Overall, Flag still got a ‘C’. Spin time as the new superintendent pointed out that last year we were 40 some points from a B, whereas this year we were only 2 points away. While the district has some very dedicated teachers who are doing very well, our great state is ranked 43 on spending in the schools. Our great legislature has pulled money set for schools out of that fund and put them somewhere else. When we voted a decade + ago for a state lottery, most of the money was to go to schools. Of course that didn’t happen. The politicians seem to be saying ‘We want great schools, better test scores, better accountability, and an educated population, we just don’t want to pay for it.’ It seems that so many in our legislature see early childhood and elementary education little more than expensive babysitting.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
There was a man who went to the mall and he bought 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks. Another man who already bought 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks came back to return his 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks. They are both blind. As they were walking they bumped into each other. All the socks scattered around the floor, but each pair remained held together by a rubber band. Nobody helped them pick it up except each other, but in 3 minutes they both put them back altogether. Each man ended up with the same colors of socks he started with: six red and six white. How is that possible if they are blind?
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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Common Sayings from the Bible…
Time to be born and a time to die
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- 2* A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
This is also quoted in the film Blade Runner
Computer Facts…
45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
Earth Facts…
Earths main tectonic plates: African plate, Antarctic plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, and the Pacific Plate.
Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO
There were seven lightning-caused “spot fires” this week. Fire Control Officer Jack Prevey says the danger is still high and the Beaver Creek watershed remains extreme, with entry allowed only with a special permit.
Harper’s Index
Email accounts a company specializing in spying on unfaithful partners was hacked before being shut down by the FBI last year: 5,921 
Language Facts…
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
Superstitions…
Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
Rules of Thumb:   
POLITICAL PLANNING
People moving into a new tract development are politically inert for five years.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
Although oil is known as "black gold," it isn't black to begin with. When it spurts from the ground, the crude stuff is most often dark green.
World Heritage Sites…
This site is an extensive Inca communication, trade and defense network of roads covering 30,000 km. Constructed by the Incas over several centuries and partly based on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary network through one of the world’s most extreme geographical terrains linked the snow-capped peaks of the Andes – at an altitude of more than 6,000 m – to the coast, running through hot rainforests, fertile valleys and absolute deserts. It reached its maximum expansion in the 15th century, when it spread across the length and breadth of the Andes. The Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System includes 273 component sites spread over more than 6,000 km that were selected to highlight the social, political, architectural and engineering achievements of the network, along with its associated infrastructure for trade, accommodation and storage, as well as sites of religious significance.
Joke-of-the-day
A woman is walking on the road and a voice shouts out, "Don't take a step further." She obeys and suddenly a ton of bricks fall on the place where she would have otherwise been. She thinks she imagined it and keeps walking until suddenly the voice calls out again. "Don't take a step further." She stops and a car skids past. Then suddenly she hears the voice saying "I am your guardian angel, and I will warn you before something bad happens to you. Now do you have any questions to ask me?" Yes! Shouts the woman, "Just where were you on my wedding day!"
Yeah, It Really Happened
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (UPI) - An Ohio woman who found herself in a crappy situation allegedly responded by turning it into an even bigger mess. A store manager followed Sandra Thomas into the parking lot of a South Euclid Walgreens after he allegedly saw her place items in a shopping bag and then leave without paying. When the manager asked Thomas for a receipt, the 51-year-old could not produce one for the $140.47 worth of items. The suspect started heading back to the store with the manager and police were called -- then things got a little grimy. "Thomas told him that she had to use the bathroom badly when she suddenly pulled down her pants and defecated in the front of the store," the News-Herald reported. She took off and when police tracked her down, Thomas told them she was having health problems, "again pulling her pants down." After being taken to a bathroom, Thomas was placed in a cruiser. She then allegedly told police she had bed bugs. Thomas was charged with theft and disorderly conduct.
Somewhat Useless Information   
Although the English language includes 1,009,753+ words, it is sometimes proved to be tongue-tied, as there are several words regarding cuisine, body or even fashion, which do not have a direct equivalent.
Some of these words, as they are mentioned in mentalfloss.com, are:
Zhaghzhagh (Persian)
Yuputka (Ulwa)
Slampadato (Italian)
Luftmensch (Yiddish)
Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
Cotisuelto (Caribbean Spanish)
Gumusservi (Turkish)
Vybafnout (Czech)
Mencolek (Indonesian)
Faamiti (Samoan)
Glas wen (Welsh)
Bakku-shan (Japanese)
Boketto (Japanese)
Kummerspeck (German)
Check Your Calendar
Observances This 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
8-11
National Hobo Week 
Today Is  
Dalek Day (from Dr. Who)  
Happiness Happens Day
International Cat Day  
Kool-Aid Day: 8-10  
The Date to Create
Odie Day 
(Garfield’s friend)
Worldwide Art Day
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Farmers Day (Tanzania)
                                                        
Today’s Events through History  
1911 - The millionth patent filed for a tubeless vehicle tire.
1949 - Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
1968 - Race riot in Miami, Florida
1968 - Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Richard Nixon
1991 -  Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
Birthday’s Today                                                        
Richard Anderson, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man) is 89
Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (California State, UNLV) is 85
Mel Tillis, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel) is 83
Dustin Hoffman, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer) is 78
Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach) is 77
Larry Wilcox, actor (CHiPs) is 68
Keith Carradine, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby) is 65
Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick) is 63
Don Most, Brooklyn, actor and director (Ralph Malph-Happy Days) is 62
Deborah Norville, news anchor (Today Show, Inside Edition) is 57
Roger Federer, Basel Switzerland, tennis (17 grand slams) is 34
Remembered for being born today
Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist (1814-1902)
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader (1879-1919)
Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1879-1950)
Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize) (1884-1933)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling) (1896-1953)
Paul Dirac, Bristol, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933), (1902-1984)
Dino De Laurentiis, Italy, producer (King Kong) (1919-2010)
Rory Calhoun, actor (Blue & Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol) (1922-1999)
Esther Williams, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet), (1921-2013)
Historical Obits Today                                                           
Fay Wray, American actress (King Kong), 2004, @96
Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), 1988, @85
Patricia Neal, American actress, 2010, @84
Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), 1685, @75
Karen Black, American actress, cancer, 2013, @74
Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), heart disease, 1984, @62
Shirley Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), heart failure, 1965, @45
Brain Teasers                                         
One man took all the socks and pulled the pairs apart. As he pulled them apart, he kept one sock for himself and gave the other to the other man so that each man ended up with the same colors of socks he started with: six red and six white.
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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