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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
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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
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
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
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)
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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
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
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
Happiness Happens Day
International Cat Day
Kool-Aid Day: 8-10
The Date to Create
Odie Day (Garfield’s friend)
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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