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Jul  18, 2021 Week: 30 Day: 199

Ave. Sky Cover: 70%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:  77°\ 53° Wind: 2mph\ Gusts: 3mph

Low risk of fire Active fire: 58mi. \ Lightning: 53mi.

Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

 



 

Random Tidbits

 

And we have gotten used to having them around. There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world. About 89 million in the U.S. alone.

The smallest dog on record was a matchbox-size Yorkshire Terrier. It was 2.5" tall at the shoulder, 3.5" from nose tip to tail, and weighed only 4 ounces. Zorba, an English mastiff, is the biggest dog ever recorded. He weighed 343 pounds and measured 8' 3" from his nose to his tail.

 

True Things

 

Lost and Found

When a painting fell off the wall at their country home in Rome in 2016, the owners sent it to an art restorer for repairs. But during the cleaning and restoration process, it became clear that this wasn't just any painting: It was "The Adoration of the Magi" by Rembrandt, painted around 1632-1633 and long considered lost. Guido Talarico, president of the Italian Heritage Foundation, said the family that owns the painting has not expressed an interest in selling it, but that the work will eventually be made available to museums and galleries. [UPI, 6/24/21]

 

Idioms Origins

 

Running Amok

Amok, or running amok, is derived from the Malay word ‘mengamok’, which means to make a furious and desperate charge. Captain Cook is credited with making the first recorded ‘amok’ reference regarding the Malay tribesmen in 1770 while in the Malaysian/Indonesian area. In his 1772 book, he described it as “To run amock is to get drunk with opium… to sally forth from the house, kill the person or persons supposed to have injured the Amock, and any other person that attempts to impede his passage… indiscriminately killing and maiming villagers and animals in a frenzied attack.” Locals said it was evil spirits.

 

Weekly Observations

 

Tour de France Link

Thru 7/18

National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week Link  

15-18  

Rabbit Week

15-21

Hemp History Week Link

National Moth Week Link

17-23  

Captive Nations Week
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week Link 
National Independent Retailers Week Link  
National Zoo Keeper Week Link  

18-24  

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week

18-25

 

Today’s Observations

 


Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
Lake Superior Day
Insurance Nerd Day Link
National Caviar Day Link

National Ice Cream Day

National Sour Candy Day  Link 
Nelson Mandela International Day Link

Perfect Family Day

Women's Dive Day

World Listening Day

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Cloudy and more rain. It’s been a few years since Flag has had a ‘day of rain’. It is sure nice. On and off since 6am.

The internet social media is filled with pictures of ‘flooding in Flagstaff’. It should be noted that these videos are all from a very small area in East Flagstaff…probably about 6 blocks. They are scary for sure, but it looks like it is the entire town of 78,000 residents. It is not.

I never really understood why DACA seems to not be in the news, then suddenly it is headlines. I was reminded yesterday that DACA started as an Executive Order in 2012. The only way to solve the issue once and for all is for Congress to pass a law, like the DREAM Act. The DACA people had no say in their residence, it was parents who brought them illegally. Why should generations have to suffer? Get busy Congress, compromise, and fix this for the innocent.

The news is screaming about the rise in COVID across all 50 states. The rise is being blamed on the non-vaccinated who get it and spread it. The non-vaccinated say they ‘don’t trust the vaccine’ for various reasons. They leave out that it was developed under Trump. Crazy. Now some city governments are re-instating the mask mandate…much to the chagrin of the Non-vaccers. I spent some time yesterday searching the internet machine to find the percentage of people fully vaccinated in Flagstaff, or Coconino County, or the state of AZ. No matter how I worded the parameters of the search, I found nothing giving me a percentage or even the number of vaccines injected. It seems to me, if higher numbers of vaccinated population is the goal, this information should be available and updated daily or weekly. If Flagstaff is at 20%, I would continue to wear a mask everywhere, if it is 50% I would wear a mask in crowded area, especially indoors. It the rate was 75%+ I would feel safe in not wearing a mask. I wish I could find out why the local vaccination rates are such a secret.

July 18th is Nelson Mandela International Day. I was fortunate to visit Robben Island and the prison where Mandela was held. I even go to stand in the cell he was kept in. It was an amazing experience, thanks to Focus Travel Club and HLO Tours.

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

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Historical Events

 

1870 – The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility.

1925 – Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf.

1968 – Intel was founded in Mountain View, California.

1969 – Off of Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drove an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, died.

1976 – Nadia Comaneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1992 – A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes (a pop group parody) was taken, which became the first-ever photo posted on the World Wide Web.

2013 – The Government of Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, with approximately $20B in debt.

2019 Children's songs "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" used by City of West Palm Beach, Florida to drive away homeless people from the waterfront

 

Birthdays Today

 

@95 – Nelson Mandela, South African politician, 1st President of South Africa (d. 2013)

@95 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, politician (d. 2016)

@84 – Richard ‘Red’ Skelton, American actor, comedian (d. 1997)

80 – Martha Reeves, American singer

74 – Steve Forbes, American publisher

71 – Richard Branson, billionaire, astronaut

67 – Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter

@67 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist, author (d. 2005; suicide)

@65 – Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown, American philanthropist, activist (died in 1932)

57 – Wendy Williams, American talk show host

54 – Vin Diesel, American actor

41 – Kristen Bell, American actress

 

Puzzles Answer

 

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