8-23-15

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Almanac: Week: 35 \ Day: 235
August Averages: 78°\50°
86004 Today: H 84° \ L 54° Average Sky Cover: 15% 
Wind ave:   9mph\Gusts:  23mph
Ave. High: 79° Record High: 90°[1985] Ave. Low: 48° Record Low: 24°[1968]
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Observances Today:                                       Observances This Week:
Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade            18-24
Its Abolition                                                                 Minority Enterprise Development Week
Go Topless Day Link                                                       19-23
Valentino Day                                                                   National Massage Therapy Week
Ride the Wind Day                                                           23-29
                                                                                          National Return To Work Week

                                                                                          National Safe at Home Week

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1784 - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it
1838 - Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
1850 - 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
1869 - 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston
1904 - Automobile tire chain patented
1919 - "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
1989 - Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
1996 - Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
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World Historical Highlights for Today
79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire.
1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.
1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his 3rd voyage to Canada
1555 - Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
1617
 - 1st one-way streets open (London)

1821 - Mexico declares independence
1839 - British capture Hong Kong from China
1933 - 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian jail following another hunger strike
1942 - World War II: The last cavalry charge in history takes place at Izbushensky
1948 - World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1958 - Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
1960 - World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
1972 - 4 civilians and 1 British soldier are injured in separate overnight shooting incidents in North Ireland
2013 - UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a chemical massacre
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
An interesting experience yesterday. My PCP wanted a blood draw—fasting and no drinking water before draw. I usually load up on water before a blood draw so it goes quickly. So I head to the clinic at 7:15a since it opens at 7a. The fasting part isn’t that hard but not drinking any liquids is a pain. I check in at 7:25. The lady says I can’t draw your blood for one of the tests until 8a. I explain my situation and she says I’m sorry, but this one test has to be drawn 8a-10a. So I sit and watch lots of people come and go. Finally at exactly 8a I get called. I tell the tech that I’m sorry but this may be a difficult draw because the doctor told me not to drink any water before the draw. She smiles and says it’s OK. Turns out it was…a quick draw and I’m out by 8:10. Never heard of a blood draw that can only be made between 8a-10a, but you learn something new every day.
Our monsoon was supposed to start up again yesterday, but if didn’t and it hasn’t started yet today. Hoping for tonight. Things are getting dry again.
Everybody has heard about the Gold Mine mess near Durango where the EPA geniuses dumped 3+ million gallons of toxic waste into a river that eventually feeds into Lake Powell. Not everyone has heard about EPA mess on the Navajo Rez. Farmers use that water for irrigation, ranchers use it for livestock and several communities use the water for drinking water. So the Navajo Nation President declared an emergency and told people not to use the water for anything. EPA steps up and says we’ll send good water to the farmers and ranchers for their crops and cattle. It took almost a week but the water finally arrived for irrigation and cattle. One small problem, it was in tanks that had previously used for petroleum so the water was oily and smelled like gas/oil. The Navajo refused the water and sent it back. So until the river water has passed the tests, by the Navajo Nation, the crops are drying out and the livestock are really thirsty. Many Navajo still haul water for their residences—drinking, cooking, bathing, etc.—as they have done for decades. Now they are trying to haul water for their livestock too. This will take decades to rebuild any trust in the EPA.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What is this phrase?


King Garfield and Queen Felix
King Scooby and Queen Lassie

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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**NEW**…Amazing Facts…
Zeus, a Great Dane, was crowned the world's tallest dog in 2012. Measuring a whopping 1.11 meters (3'8") from shoulder to foot, he stood at an amazing 2.2 meters (7'3") in height on his hind legs.

Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
John Priser of the U. S. Naval Observatory is asking anyone who saw a bright burning object streak across the sky shortly after 9 p.m Monday night to please report the sighting to the Observatory or to call the Daily Sun to aid in their knowing the direction of flight, the burn and the fall.

The Southwest Sawmill workers walked out here in Flagstaff and in three other towns. The mill is in the tedious process of putting the plant to bed. Pickets from Local 2772 are at the gate. The strike is over wages and contract terms.
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…Harper’s Index…
0 - percentage change in the rate of global carbon emissions in 2014

0 - number of previous hears on record in which the global economy grew and the carbon-emission rate did not
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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

Natgeo Photo @pedromcbride // Two curious Kea parrots of New Zealand, the only alpine parrot in the world, come to investigate the camera. Mt. Cook looms in the distance.
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…Foreigners Find These American Customs Offensive…
6. Being fashionably late
Americans often make appointments for "around x" or "x-ish." Being a few minutes late, or as we even call it "fashionably" late, is standard to Americans, but unacceptable in many other countries (like Germany), where leaving people waiting is taken as you thinking your time more valuable than everyone else's.
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…USA Facts…
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Signs such as those that state “Not Responsible for Your Car or Its Contents” carry no weight in court; they are posted simply to discourage people from pursuing any legal action.
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2 jokes for the day
Q: What does a stamp say to an envelope?

A: Stick with me and we'll go places.

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A young ensign had nearly completed his first overseas tour of sea duty when he was given an opportunity to display his ability at getting the ship under way. With a stream of crisp commands, he had the decks buzzing with men. The ship steamed out of the channel and soon the port was far behind.


The ensign's efficiency has been remarkable. In fact, the deck was abuzz with talk that he had set a new record for getting a destroyer under way. The ensign glowed at his accomplishment and was not all surprised when another seaman approached him with a message from the captain.



He was, however, a bit surprised to find that it was a radio message, and he was even more surprised when he read, "My personal congratulations upon completing your underway preparation exercise according to the book and with amazing speed. In your haste, however, you have overlooked one of the unwritten rules -- Make Sure The Captain Is Aboard Before Getting Under Way."

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Yep, It Really Happened
STANFORD, Ky. - Authorities in Kentucky said they arrested a man accused of drunkenly trying to dig up his father's grave to help the nearly-40-year-dead man get to heaven. Michael May, 44, whose father, Odell, died in 1978, was arrested Monday night on charges of violating a grave, possession of marijuana, and public intoxication. May, who had allegedly been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana Monday evening, was discovered digging up a plot at the Pilot Baptist Church in rural Lincoln County by a constable whose suspicions were piqued when he saw May's car. "I went back and hollered for him to step back in the light and he told me to step back to the dark. That's when I went and got my flashlight. He started hollering out [Bible] verses at me," Constable Delbert Mitchell told WLEX-TV. "He told me he was trying to dig his dad up, so his dad could go to heaven." May told police he does not believe he was doing anything wrong by trying to dig up his father's grave. "I see the truth… he needs to be on the ground. Not under it," May said. Police asked May if he planned to make a second attempt to exhume his father's remains. "It's a possibility. If the truth doesn't come out and nobody sees the truth, yeah I'll do it again," he said.   
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(87) - Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1928) d.1999
  86 - Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)
  84 - Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
  83 - Mark Russell, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
  75 - Richard Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actor (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
(68) - Tex Williams, American singer d. 1985
  66 - Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl, Ricki & the Flash)
  66 - Shelley Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
  64 - Queen Noor, of Jordan
(62) - Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier], French naturalist and zoologist d.1832
  37 - Kobe Bryant, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
(34) - Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy") d.1819
(32) - Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy) d.1978
(23) - River Phoenix, Madras Oregon, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me) d.1993
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Historical Obits Today
Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator-2006@79
Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, cancer-1960@65
William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded-1305@35
Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, yellow fever on 34th birthday-1819
Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), peritonitis-1926@31
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Brain Teasers Answers
Raining (reigning) cats and dogs!
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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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