Sept 13

Flagstaff Almanac

Week37 Day256 Sky Cover 80%| Visibility|16mi.Flagstaff Today|71° \49° Wind3mph|Gusts4mph 
Nearest active fire: 16miles|Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning:84mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days in Sept:6days Mostly Cloudy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

8-14 Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link
International Housekeepers Week Link
National Assisted Living Week
National Security Officer Appreciation Week
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link
Suicide Prevention Week
9-14 Celebrate CommunityLink
Line Dance Week

9-15 National Neo-Natal Nurses Week  Link
9-16 INVICTUS GAMES Link 
11-15 National Championship Air Races   Link
National Guitar Flat-Picking Days  Link
11-16 Line Dance Week
11-17 Celebrate Community Link
National NeoNatal Nurses Week  Link
13-17 National Championship Air Races
National Guitar Flat-Picking Days
National Guitar Flat-Picking Days Link

Daily Observations

9x13 Day
Bald Is Beautiful Day 
Link Link
Celiac Disease Awareness Day International Chocolate Day 
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International Programmers Day 
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Defy Superstition Day
Fortune Cookie Day
Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day  
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National Celiac Awareness Day
National Peanut Day 
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Peanut Day
Positive Thinking Day
Roald Dahl Day
Scooby-Doo Day
Uncle Sam Day  
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Today’s Thoughts

It looks like the monsoon has returned. Cloudy with many dark clouds.

McCarthy has begun an impeachment inquiry. I thought ‘eye for an eye’ was wrong. He is pandering to the far right. So tired of this.

Biden is President, but I have seen things that bother me…not to the level of impeachment. 1. He is the first President since 9-11 not to speak at DC, PA, or NY. Not a good look. 2. His Vietnam speech was not great. When I was there our tour guide told us that Vietnam had dropped an A-bomb on the US, that McCain fell out of the sky and was cared for at the Hanoi Hilton to recover and that they were simply waiting for US to come and pick him up…that is what they are taught in school. A formal apology is needed. 3. The Saudi’s were given millions in trade and he welcomed them into the club. Another bad look.

The AG of NM has informed the NM Governor that his office will not assist the state in any lawsuit regarding her Order to stop concealed weapons ban. Hmmm

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

If you like the Hearst Castle, you’ll love…Iolani Palace. 

Iolani Palace

More than 750,000 people a year visit California’s Hearst Castle, with its 115-room Casa Grande, Tiffany lamps, gilded ceilings and that 345,000-gallon Neptune Pool. But Hawaii’s Iolani Palace is the only castle in the U.S. that housed actual royalty, in this case King Kalakaua, who began constructing the palace in 1879 and finished in 1882.

King Kalakaua lived at Iolani (meaning "bird of heaven") palace for nine years; his sister, Queen Liliuokalani, lived there after his death until a coup (led by U.S.-backed businessmen and sugar planters) overthrew the monarchy in 1893. You can see the impressive crimson and gold throne room, two kahili (the Hawaiian version of a scepter) topped with 22,000 albatross feathers, and the Grand Hall with its staircase of richly grained koa wood. Zita Cup Choy, palace historian, says visitors are often most impressed by “how modern the palace was,” including hot and cold running water, electric lights, and telephones. (Iolani Palace had electric lights four years before the White House.) Along with the modern technology are artifacts with centuries of tradition, including a puloulou (a traditional symbol of royalty) made from a seven-foot narwhal tusk, topped with a sphere covered in gold leaf. Monarchies in Hawaii go back for centuries; when King Kalakaua visited London for Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1887, he “sometimes outranked other royalties in terms of royal genealogy and how far back it goes,” Cup Choy says.

Random Trivia…

The Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stone as pillows. In Ancient Egypt, the head was considered to be the seat of spiritual life and had to be cared for. Therefore, when getting into bed, the Egyptians would place their heads on a stone with a curve in it.

The first known artworks date back roughly 100,000 years ago. It is believed to have begun with the Homo Sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic era. The oldest known artworks were found in a cave in what is now France.

Historic Events

  • 1790 – The US Capitol was moved to New York City from Philadelphia.
  • 1899 – Henry Bliss was the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident. Arthur Smith, the driver of the taxicab who struck Bliss, was charged but acquitted.
  • 1814 – Francis Scott Key composed his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”- which later became The Star-Spangled Banner.
  • 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC, the first commercial computer to use disk storage, was introduced.

Birthdays with some quotes

@92 – Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (d. 1996)

@88 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)

@82 – Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends’ Asylum for Colored Orphans (d. 1900)

79 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress

@74 – Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014; heart disease)

@74 – Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990; rare cancer)

“I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else,”

@73 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015; liver failure)

“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”

@73 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1999; stroke)

72 – Jean Smart, American actress

62 – Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter

“It’s not how big your pencil is; it’s how you write your name.”

59 – Tavis Smiley, American talk show host

“I don’t think I’d live anything over, even though I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I have learned how to see failure as a friend. So, I’m not one to live a life of regrets. I try to learn from my mistakes, but I’ll take my life the way it is.”

@54 – Nell Carter, American actress, and singer (d. 2003; heart failure)

54 – Tyler Perry, Producer, comedian

@51 – Walter Reed, American physician, and biologist (d. 1902; ruptured appendix)

45 – Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean), American rapper

30 – Niall Horan, Irish singer

…The End for today…

  

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