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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 233
/ Week: 34
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 60%
H 70°… L 52°… Ave. humidity: 87%
Wind: ave:
2mph;
Gusts: 23mph
Average High: 78° Record High: 90° (2009)
Average Low: 49°
Record Low: 33° (1979)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1321 - 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
1680 - Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé
from Spanish
1831 - Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton
County, Virginia)
1852 - Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon
Territory
1858 - 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1878 - American Bar Association organizes at
Sarasota, NY
1929 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football
team to train out of town
1943 - Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
1968 - Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia to
end Prague Spring
1975 - US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1985 - Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record
4:16.71
1987 - Clayton Lonetree, 1st US marine
court-martialed for spying, convicted
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Yesterday’s rain bought a really nice day to our little mountain
town. A little cooler than I like, and a little humid, but still a nice day.
Ireland is just a little cooler and a whole lot wetter. Getting excited.
So the Attorney General went to MO to meet with locals. I sure
hope this calms things down. No city or town in this country should have to
live so long under these circumstances. The local police certainly have a lot
to learn. They seem to find new ways to intimidate local Blacks, even entering
a ‘safe haven’ church to look for weapons and to shine bright lights into the
church at night.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Use
synonyms of the following phrases to decode popular movie titles.
1.) Arachnid Boy
2.) Melody and Words
3.) Parade of the Flightless Birds
4.) Has to Like Canines
5.) Male of the 12 Months
6.) Swashbucklers of the Tropical Sea
1.) Arachnid Boy
2.) Melody and Words
3.) Parade of the Flightless Birds
4.) Has to Like Canines
5.) Male of the 12 Months
6.) Swashbucklers of the Tropical Sea
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Africa
Facts…
The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which
still exists today.
Brain
Facts…
Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
Computer
Facts…
You can't block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889: Not
fewer than four head of cattle were killed this week by freight trains coming
down the grade from Old Town. This matter should be looked into. People cannot
afford to lose their stock by the needless speeding of the A. & P.
Railroad.
Harper’s
Index
Amount in royalties the band Skinny Puppy is seeking for the use
of its music during US Military interrogations: $666,000
Language
Facts…
The word "listen" contains the same letters as
"silent."
Rules of
Thumb…
A MATTER OF BALANCE
Always let an
attractive woman know that you think she's smart and let a smart woman know
that you think she's attractive.
Superstitions…
When you speak of bad luck, it is said that one should always
knock on wood. Also knocking when speaking of good luck apparently helps with
having good luck. This is an old Celtic tradition related to belief of wood
spirits.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The
fortune cookie was invented in the early 20th century by Makato Hagiwara, who
designed the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. He
intended the cookie to be a snack for people walking through the garden.
Joke-of-the-day
A little boy
knocks at the door and tells the owner that something of his had found its way
into her garage, and he wanted it back. The homeowner opened the garage and
noticed two additions; a baseball and broken window sporting a baseball-sized
hole.
“How do you suppose this ball got in here?” she asked the child. Taking one look at the ball, one look at the window, and one look at the homeowner, the little boy exclaimed, “Wow lady! I must have thrown it right through that hole!”
“How do you suppose this ball got in here?” she asked the child. Taking one look at the ball, one look at the window, and one look at the homeowner, the little boy exclaimed, “Wow lady! I must have thrown it right through that hole!”
Yeah, It
Really Happened
STAMFORD, Conn. (UPI) - An English woman who was expecting to be
on her honeymoon is instead enjoying an impromptu American vacation after her
former fiance attempted to fake his own suicide to get out of marrying her.
"'I'm a terrible, awful person," Tucker Blandford, the 23-year-old
former groom to be, admitted to the Daily Mail. Blandford met his former
fiancee, Alex Lanchester, also 23, in 2012 when Lanchester was studying abroad
as a film student visiting the University of Connecticut. The two quickly
became close and started dating. "Tucker was such a gentleman and was
always buying me dinner and beautiful vintage jewelry," Lanchester
recalled. "I'd never been in love like that before. Every Sunday he would
take me out for pancakes, it was so sweet." When Lenchester's time in the
U.S. ended, Blandford proposed to her. As Lenchester planned for their wedding,
set for August 15, Blandford grew increasingly uncomfortable with the
long-distance relationship. Unable to face the pressure of committing to
Lenchester or breaking up with her, Blandford concocted a plan to fake his own
suicide. Pretending to be his father, Blandford called Lenchester and delivered
the news that he suffered from depression and had jumped into the path of a
moving car. The grim ruse quickly unraveled when Lenchester phoned Blandford's
mother to offer her condolences. "He has shattered my trust and I'm not
sure I'll ever be in a relationship again," Lanchester said. "All I
ever did was love him ... I've cried until I felt numb but now I'm just really
angry. I'll be spending our would-be wedding day making new memories without
him. He's a liar and a coward."
Somewhat
Useless Information
For
a product to be labeled "Made in the USA" the Federal Trace
Commission requires that at least 70 % of the parts and labor come from the
United States.
The FBI's fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new fingerprint cards a day.
On its first night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages. It now handles that number in 30 seconds.
On June 19th, 1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates.
In the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.
The tuna's ultra efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.
The FBI's fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new fingerprint cards a day.
On its first night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages. It now handles that number in 30 seconds.
On June 19th, 1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates.
In the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.
The tuna's ultra efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
14-24
Little League Baseball World Series
15-21
National Aviation Week
18-24
Today
Is
++
Admission
Day (Hawaii-1959-50th)
Today’s
Events through History
1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend
Harris, arrives in Shimoda
1897 - Oldsmobile begins operation as a General
Motors Corp division
1945 - US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease
program
1968 - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice
of America radio
Birthday’s
Today
Robert Stone, US writer (Who'll
Stop the Rain, WUSA) is 77
Kenny Rogers, Singer is 76,
Kenny Rogers
Clarence Williams III, actor (Mod Squad)
is 75
Jackie DeShannon, singer (What the
World Needs Now) is 70
Harry Smith, TV co-anchor (CBS
Morning Show) is 63
Kim Cattrall, actress (Mannequin,
Star Trek VI) is 58
Jim McMahon, NFL QB (Bears, Chargers,
Eagles) is 55
Brody Jenner, American actor
is 31
Usain Bolt, Trelawny Jamaica,
sprinter (6xOlympic Gold) is 28
Remembered
for being born today
Blossom Rock, actress,
(Grandmamma-Addams Family) (1895-1978)
[William] Count Basie, jazz musician (Blazing
Saddles) (1904-1984)
Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein],
actor (4 Seasons, Rad) (1924-1996)
Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Legend (LA
Laker, 5 time MVP) (1936-1999)
Historical
Obits Today
Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), 1992, @74
Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor, 1814, @61
Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, assassinated, 1940, @60
William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier, killed by
Jaboites, 1689, @28
Brain Teasers
1.) Spider Man
2.) Music and Lyrics
3.) March of the Penguins
4.) Must Love Dogs
5.) Man of the Year
6.) Pirates of the Caribbean
2.) Music and Lyrics
3.) March of the Penguins
4.) Must Love Dogs
5.) Man of the Year
6.) Pirates of the Caribbean
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
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