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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 206
/ Week: 30
July
Averages: 81° \ 51°
Today: Average
Sky Cover: 90%
H 81°… L 57°… Ave. humidity: 42%
Wind: ave: 5mph;
Gusts: 20mph
Average High: 82° Record High: 92° (1931)
Average Low: 51°
Record Low: 41° (1913)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
306 - Constantine I is
proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
1603 - James
VI of Scotland is crowned James I of English uniting England\Scotland
1745 - Bonnie
Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides; the last Jacobite Rebellion
1775 - Maryland
issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta
1850 - Gold
discovered in Oregon (Rogue River)
1868 - US
Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)
1898 - 1st
US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay
1941 - FDR bans
selling benzine/gasoline to Japan
1944 - US troop march into Guam
1946
- At Club 500 in Atlantic City, Dean Martin\Jerry Lewis form a comedy
team.
1978 - Bob
Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar
1978 - Louise Brown, the world's first test tube
baby is born England
1992 - 25th
Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain
2012 - The
2012 Summer Olympics begin
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Great lunch with the retirement group today. We went to a small
local restaurant that has been in town forever. Used to have a good down home
meal there quite often, but haven’t been there in years. Nothing has changed.
Diner atmosphere, black and white tile floor, amazing prices, and basically the
same menu of twenty years ago. Still even have their homemade pies. Mary is on
her way to Phoenix, then flies out in the am to Oregon until Aug 9 at their
cabin on the ocean. Cheryl is getting a new roof next week, then in a little
while, new siding on her house. It has been a busy week and tomorrow I’m having
lunch with my former superintendent. Then on Saturday, the presentation on
Israel with our discussion group. Will never understand how people who retire
say they have a hard time staying busy.
We haven’t had a monsoon rain for several days…but that ended this
afternoon. First came the lightning…very close, I might add. Followed quickly
by numerous light, short rainstorms…enough to wet the pavement and sidewalks
each time, but not enough to have any running water. Then the clouds burst open
and we had lots of rain, running down the street. Love the monsoon as it cool
things off quite quickly with a nice breeze.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
I
am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform
better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but
generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Percentage
change in US worker productivity and compensation, respectively, between 1947
and 1973: +104, +93
Between
1973 and 2003: +108, +44
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Nixon was speaking at Disney World when he famously declared,
"I am not a crook."
Popular
Native Languages…
Cherokee (Tsalagi)
Cherokee is a member of the Iroquoian language family. In 1821,
Sequoyah invented a Cherokee syllabary (a writing system where symbols
represent syllables), using letters of the Roman alphabet from English,
modified Roman letters and invented symbols. The Cherokee people have gone to
great lengths to preserve not only their spoken language but also the written
language and many resources are available online.
Common
Sayings from the Bible…
Going the extra mile
If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Matthew 5:41
Big Lies…
Hitler Studied Reservations
There are many accounts of the Nazis and Hitler studying Indian
reservations for guidance in planning encampments for the Jewish. Perhaps Lia
Mandelbaum says it best in her article found in the Jewish Journal entitled
"Hitler’s Inspiration and Guide: The Native American Holocaust."
From 1863 to 1868, the U.S.
military persecuted and imprisoned 9,500 Navajo (the Diné) and 500 Mescalero
Apache (the N’de). Living under armed
guards, in holes in the ground, with extremely scarce rations, it is no wonder
that more than 3,500 Navajo and Mescalero Apache men, women, and children died
while in the concentration camp.
During
the film I learned about something that shook me to my core that I had not
heard before. I learned that the
genocidal mentality and actions of the U.S. policy makers would find similar
expression years later when the Nazis, under Hitler, studied the plans of
Bosque Redondo to design the concentration camps for Jews.
People
Facts…
There are actually seven different types of twins: Identical,
Fraternal, Mirror-Image, Polar Body (Half Identical), Mixed Chromosome,
Superfecundation, and Superfetation.
Historical
Facts…
In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast
of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
Retro
Native Humor…
Two Indians at Plymouth Rock watch a
huge ship full of white people pulling into the harbor. The one looks at
the other and asked "Do you think they'll stay overnight?".
Common
Phrase Origins…
Let Your
Hair Down
Meaning: To
relax or be at ease
History:
Parisian nobles risked condemnation from their peers if they appeared in public
without an elaborate hairdo. Some of the more intricate styles required hours
of work, so of course it was a relaxing ritual for these aristocrats to come
home at the end of a long day and let their hair down.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 years ago
Sunday evening as he was crossing the street from the Old Opera
House to Aubineau Bros., John Garret was knocked down and passed over by an
auto driven by Miss Ruth Diamond. He was severely bruised but is now back
on the streets.
Joke-of-the-day
At a bar, one
patron to another: “Excuse me but I think you owe me a drink.”
Why?
“You’re so ugly that I dropped mine when I saw you”
Rules of
Thumb:
RUNNING A
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
For every hour
photographers are on the job shooting film, they spend four hours working in
the studio.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
BRANDON, Alberta (UPI) - A Canadian woman who attempted to
dine-and-dash was arrested after she was forced to return to the scene of the crime
because she left her purse behind. Kyla Anne MacMillan had to return to an
Alberta pub after skipping out on a $160 bar tab that she had rung up with two
female friends. After bailing on the bill, MacMillan returned to the bar
because she had left her purse containing her medication. MacMillan's hefty tab
included a pitcher of beer, chicken wings, nachos and 23 shots. According to
the tab, the ladies slugged down six shots of tequila, 10 B-52s, six Dirty
Hookers and one vodka shooter, the Star reported. She initially claimed that
she had simply stepped outside to use an ATM, but that excuse didn't fly. The
suspect pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining food and was fined $325, in
addition to being ordered to pay the bill. MacMillan is unemployed and only had
$5.35 on her during her court appearance.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Who
said that our brain is not in need of nutrients just like our heart or lungs?
Eating well is beneficial not only for our physical, but also our mental
health.
According
to studies there are certain foods, like fruits and vegetables, that can
increase our brain power.
The
‘top brain’ foods include oily fish, nuts, tomatoes, berries, and leafy green
vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and lettuce.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
18-25
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week
20-26
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week; National Parenting Gifted
Children Week; Captive Nations Week; National Independent Retailers Week; National
Zoo Keeper Week
24-27
Comic Con International
24-26
World Lumberjack Championships
25-27
Garlic Days
Today
Is
Carousel Day or Merry-Go-Round Day
Thread The Needle Day
Video Games Day
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Constitution
Day (Puerto Rico-1952)
Saint James Day (Spain)
Republic Day (Tunisia-1957)
Today’s
Events through History
1860 - 1st
US intercollegiate billiard match (Harvard vs Yales)
1963 - US, Russia & Britain sign nuclear Test
ban treaty
Birthday’s
Today
Iman, [Abdulmajid], Somalia,
model/actress (Star Trek 6) is 59
Roger Clinton, singer, President
Clinton's half-brother is 58
Matt LeBlanc, actor (Joey-Friends) is 47
Remembered
for being born today
Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of
anatomy (identified Peking Man) (1884-1934 )
Woody Strode, actor (Posse,
Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream) (1914-1994 )
Estelle Getty, actress (Golden
Girls) (1923-2008 )
Emmett Till, American lynching
victim (1941-1955)
Walter Payton, NFL running back
(Chicago Bears) (1954-1999)
Brad Renfro, American actor (1982-2008 )
Historical
Obits Today
Ben Hogan, golfer
(Masters, Brit Open, US Open-1953), 1997, @84
Walter
Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), 1974, @80
Charles
Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor, 1843, @77
Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, British poet, heart failure, 1834, @61
Big Mama
Thornton, American singer, alcohol abuse, 1984, @57
Randy
Pausch, professor "Last Lecture", cancer, 2008, @47
Montgomery
Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), heart attack, 1966, @45
Brain
Teasers
a bowling alley
The bowlers always have their bowling balls, which they deliver toward the
bowling pins, returned to them by the machine.
Bowlers who get one or more strikes (a strike being the best result) need to
deliver fewer balls in order to complete the game.
The bowling pins are the things that get knocked over.
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 has mistakes and
sadly once out 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.
§ And That Is All for
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