Oct 12

Flagstaff Almanac

Week41 Day 285 Sky Cover 5%| Visibility|21mi.Flagstaff Today|62° \33° Wind6mph|Gusts14mph 
Nearest active fire: 50miles|Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:251mi
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine
Oct Averages: Temps: 63° \ 32° Moisture 4 Days  

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

National Physicians Assistant Week: 6-12
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 7-15  
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Death Penalty Focus Week: 8-14 
National Metric Week:  8-14
National Women's Motorcycle Week: 8-14  
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OCD Awareness Week: 8-14
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Drink Local Wine Week:  8-14
Earth Science Week:  8-14  
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Emergency Nurses Week: 8-14

Fire Prevention Week: 8-14  Link 
National Chestnut Week: 8-14  
Teen Read Week: 8-14 
World Rainforest Week: 9-14 
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Choose To Be G.R.E.A.T. Week: 9-14 
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National School Lunch Week: 9-13   
Take Your Medicine Americans Week: 10-17
Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 
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Daily Observations

Day of the Six Billion Link
Drink Local Wine Day
Fossil Day (for cephalopods)  
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Free Thought Day
Harry Potter Book Day  
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International Day Against DRM 
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International Moment of Frustration Scream Day  Link
National Farmer's Day  
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National Savings Day
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Stem Cell Awareness Day 
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World Arthritis Day 
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World Sight Day 
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Today’s Thoughts

A nice day. I went grocery shopping and only using my cane as a backup. Slowly getting better.

Oops. We have all been warned about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is now even more important to be aware. Amazon’s Alexa messed up big time. It told users that the 2020 election was “stolen by a massive amount of voter fraud.” Amazon claims that the problem has been fixed. Really? Yes really.

War in Ukraine, War in Israel. The House won’t vote on Speaker today, so the US could help both wars. Craziness exemplified.

Enjoy


Beliefs of 60 years ago… 1960

ATMs Were Believed To Be Ineffective

In the present day, it is difficult to envision our lives without the convenience offered by ATMs. However, during their initial introduction, people harbored doubts about their importance and consequently refrained from utilizing them.

Random Trivia…

The saying “fly off the handle” originates from the 1800s. It’s a saying that refers to cheap axe heads flying off their handles when swung backward before a chop.

110. 4% of the Normandy beaches are made up of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings. More than 5,000 tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on the Axis powers as part of the prelude to the Normandy landings. Scientists who have studied the sand on the beaches of Normandy and they’ve found microscopic bits of smoothed-down shrapnel from the landings.

 A Japanese fighter pilot once dropped wreaths over the ocean to commemorate the dead from both sides during WWII. During a sea battle in the Pacific Ocean in December 1940, two Royal Navy ships, the HMS Prince of Wales, and the HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese fighters. The following day, Japanese Flight Lieutenant Haruki Iki flew to the location of the battle and dropped two wreaths over the seas.

Historic Events

1279 – The Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism was founded in Japan.

1492 – Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ The Bahamas.

1773 – Eastern State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first in America, opened.

1999 – As of this day, 6 billion people were alive on Earth. #thedayofthesixbillion

Birthdays with some quotes

@88 – Lester Dent, American journalist and author (d. 1959)
@87 – Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
88 – Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter, of Sam & Dave
@72 – Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
“It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people’s business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.”
@71 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007; pancreatic cancer)
“People think I’m disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.”
74 – Carlos the Jackal (Illich Ramirez Sanchez), Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
@25 – Lane Frost, World Champion bull rider (d. 1989; by bull @ Cheyenne Frontier Days)
55 – Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, and singer
“In life, you don’t regret the things you do, you regret the things you don’t do.”
@54 – Art Clokey (Arthur C. Farrington), American animator, created Gumby (d. 2010)
53 – Kirk Cameron, American actor
37 – Tyler Blackburn, American actor

…The End for today…

  

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