Sep 9

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Sep. 9, 2019 Week: 37  Day: 252

86004:   H 75° \ L 47° \ Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Nearest wildfire:  80mi.  Nearest lightning:  283mi

Wind:   22mph\Gusts:  33mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 87°[1977]   Record Low: 31°[2001]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

The winds and the waves are always

on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon

Random Tidbits

Thrust

It is what makes us go, through the air anyway. Thrust is a force created by the acceleration of matter, like air. This is an application of Newton's Second Law of Motion expressed as Force = Mass x Acceleration. There are several ways to accomplish this, some better than others, but the goal is to get us from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible.

A "pound of thrust" is equal to a force able to accelerate 1 pound of material 32 feet per second per second (32 feet per second per second happens to be equivalent to the acceleration provided by gravity). Therefore, if you have a jet engine capable of producing 1 pound of thrust, it could hold 1 pound of material suspended in the air if the jet were pointed straight down.

Observances This Week

5-9

National Environmental Services Week Link

7-15

International Air Ambulance Week Link

8-14

Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week
International Housekeepers Week  Link
National Assisted Living Week 
Suicide Prevention Week
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link

9-15

Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link
Line Dance Week

Observances for Today

Ashura
Care Bears Share Your Care Day  Link
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day Link
International Buy A Priest A Beer Day Link
National Boss/Employee Exchange Day 
National “I Love Food” Day

National Teddy Bear Day  Link 
Opposite Day Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)
Wonderful Weirdoes Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Windy night, had to close the bedroom window about 2a. Much cooler and still windy today…guess fall is coming…just not ready quite yet.

Good football in AZ. Yesterday the Colorado Buffs beat rival Nebraska in a great game with OT on AZ TV. NAU lost of UofA in Tucson…65-41 with UofA setting a high score stadium record. Then this afternoon the Cards open their season. And they aren’t having a great day. And they are playing the Lions…come on! Tomorrow the Broncos play rival Raiders and it’s on AZ TV. Yeah!

I have always believed that the US should talk (negotiate) with our enemies whenever possible. Talking can be much better than killing. In war, both sides kill a lot. However; there is a time and a place for those negotiations. I’m not upset that our president met with Kim Jung Un. But the idea that he would invite the Taliban to our soil with no deal in place is disgusting. The Taliban claims responsibility for 9/11. To make matters even worse, he invited them to our shores near the anniversary of 9/11. Very glad that he cancelled the poorly planned secret negotiations. I have to wonder what the conservatives would have said if Obama had made the same proposal. Oh, right, different time.

The new iPhone comes out soon. I’m several generations behind… I have a 6. I have been thinking about getting the 10…now I’ll wait to the new one and see if it’s worth the upgrade.

The Navajo Nation Fair ends today. I didn’t go, but friends posted lots of great pics. For many, it’s a big family reunion and for almost everyone it is a parade, daily rodeos, crowds, fun, and great food. Maybe next year!?!

Good news...Flag schools open tomorrow after 'fixing' their ransomware issue. Let's hope it works.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

How can the number four be half of five?

Highlight the black box for a hint.

You might start doing some elaborate fractions but hard riddles like this are sometimes much more about word play than crunching the numbers. Think literally and the answer may just appear right before your eyes.

Historical Events

September the 9th is the most common birthday in the United States

1543 - Mary Stuart, nine months old, was crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

1776 - The Continental Congress officially named its new union of sovereign states 'The United States.'

1789 - The Bill of Rights was approved by the United States House of Representatives.

1791 - Washington, DC (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States, was named after President George Washington.

1839 - John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph. He also named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus, among other achievements.

1850 - California became the 31st state.

1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was founded by the Radio Corporation of America

1947 - The first case of a computer bug being found... a moth lodged in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

1950 - The first American television show to incorporate a laugh track was the sitcom The Hank McCune Show, although the technique started in radio in the 1940s.

1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

1965 - The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development was established.

1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1967 - George of the Jungle cartoon debuted on ABC.

1969 - In Canada, the Official Languages Act was enacted, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.

1971 - The Attica prison riot occurred - 1200 inmates revolted, resulting in the deaths of 10 hostages and 29 inmates.

1978 - #1 Hit: A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie

1989 - #1 Hit: New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough

1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognized Israel as a legitimate state.

1995 - PlayStation released, Video Game Console

1995 - #1 Hit: Coolio featuring L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise

1999 - Sega Dreamcast released, Video Game Console

2006 - #1 Hit: Justin Timberlake - SexyBack

2010 A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983

2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria

2015 Apple unveils the iPad Pro and iPhone 6S in San Francisco

2017 Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of a 3,500-year-old tomb of a goldsmith and his family in Draa Abul-Naga, Egypt

2018 Russian police detain over 1000 people amide nationwide protests against pension reform

2018 Arirang Mass Games begins in North Korea to mark country's 70th anniversary featuring tens of thousands performing

Birthdays Today

‘Colonel’ Harlan Sanders,

fried chicken (d. 1980 @90)

Cliff Roberstson, actor

(d. 2011 @88)

Leo Tolstoy, Nobel Prize-Lit. Writer

(d. 1910 @82)

Dee Dee Sharp, singer (Mashed Potato Time) (74)

Joe Theisman, NFL Quarterback (70)

Dave Stewart, musician [Eurythmics] (67)

Hugh Grant, actor (59)

Cardinal Richelieu

[Armand Jean du Plessis], religious leader, diplomat

(d. 1642 @ 57 malaria)

Macy Gray, R&B singer (53)

Adam Sandler, comic actor (53)

Henry Thomas, actor (E.T.) (47)

Michael Buble, jazz singer (44)

Otis Redding, singer

 (d. 1967 @26 plane crash)

Puzzle answer:

IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.