July 30

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Flagstaff Almanac

Week: 31 Day:  212

Today: High   75°…Low 58° Averages: High   80°…Low 52°

Records: High   92°(2002)…Low 37°(1913)

Wind:   3mph;  Gusts: 47mph

Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity:  77%

Quote of the Day

Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1990 - The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line

1956 - US motto "In God We Trust" authorized

1948 - Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont)

1942 - FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)

1932 - 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles

1928 - George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (US)

1916 - German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ

1898 - Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes

1866 - New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated 

            Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150

1792 - 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time

1626 - Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

An amazing rain this afternoon. Lots of lightning and thunder, then a nice steady rain. A friend was driving into town and saw lightning hit a tree and start it on fire. She called 911 and turned around went back to her cabin, in case of more fires. All was well, except for that one tree. Our Flag Scanner says the Fire Dept got there quickly. Then my phone sent out its alert tone to tell me that flash floods are expected. We really like the monsoons, but are not so happy about the lightning and the real heavy rains that just run off and don’t really soak in.

I finally finished my three videos and they are posted on You Tube. Check out the ‘Found on You Tube section for the link.  There are three videos of animal pictures…each about 6 minutes. I hope everyone enjoys them.  The trip was great, and making the videos was a lot of fun.

During all my computer work, I also watched some more great Olympic competition. Watching the swimming sure brings back memories of my youth and our local swimming pool. I saw every morning at 7a, went back at 1p and spent the afternoon. I wasn’t a fast swimmer but was on the team and was used during practice as an example of very good form. The pool was owned by a group of teachers for extra money during the summer. My brother and I sure have good memories of those days.

As noted in yesterday’s deaths, Vincent Van Gogh died over a century ago Sunday. 60 Minutes did a great story tonight, with lots of his pictures. Check it out on the internet machine if you missed it.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the answer?

Rearrange the following letters to give the title of a 1979 movie.OWN COSY APPEAL

5X5 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 5 letters.

1.      declare by oath
2.      product of inefficiency
3.      obstruct
4.      redeem oneself
5.      drive away
Hint: upper left to lower right letters are: S-A-T-N-L

Lifestyle  Substance     

Do you remember this?

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?Crepuscular Rays

My Latest Adventure—

Folk Rock of the 1960’s

• The Beatles,"Norwegian Wood." Undoubtedly the Beatles' greatest lyrical triumph during their folk-rock phase.

• Judy Collins,"Both Sides Now." The most graceful mass folk-rock smash of the late 1960s, an example par excellence of an original early 1960s folkie growing into the folk-rock revolution with maturity, and the track that first enabled a Joni Mitchell song to reach most ears.

• The Youngbloods,"Get Together." Many artists covered Dino Valenti's classic ode to love and brotherhood, including the We Five, the Jefferson Airplane, and (in live performance) Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. The Youngbloods were not the first to do it, but they were the ones to have the biggest hit with the song, and deservedly so, as their slow arrangement and Jesse Colin Young's vocals brought out the most rousing, soulful qualities of the tune.

• Country Joe & the Fish,"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag." The funniest, and most vicious, anti-Vietnam War protest song. Not always thought of as a folk-rock song, but it should be noted that -- in addition to boasting a psychedelic jug band flavor -- it was first recorded as an acoustic jug band folk tune on a 1965 EP, prior to the release of the famous rock version two years later on the group's second album.

Harper’s Index         

Estimated minimum net worth of Mitt Romney: $190,000,000

Estimated inflation adjusted net worth of George  Wahsington: $525,000,000

Found on You Tube 

Enjoy all three of my Kenya Tanzania Animal videos!        

Joke-of-the-day

A man found a magic genie who would grant him one wish. The man said to the genie,” I wish that I had a non-stop bridge from here to Hawaii."
The genie said,” I’m sorry, but that's going to be very hard. Do you have another wish?"
The man answered, "Of course! I want the power to understand all women."
The genie thought for a minute. He replied, "How many platforms did you want on that bridge?"

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

Spring moves north about 13 miles a day.

Yeah, It Really Happened

CHICAGO - Cussing at work may feel good in the moment but could be a career-sinking habit over the long haul, a survey by a U.S. online employment search firm indicates.
CareerBuilder.com in Chicago said in a release Wednesday that 64 percent of employers said they'd think less of an employee who habitually swears, and 57 percent said they'd be less likely to promote someone who curses in the office.
How common is swearing in the office? The survey said 51 percent of workers report they've done it -- more likely in front of co-workers than the boss, however. Men (54 percent) are a bit more likely to cuss at work than women (47 percent), the survey found. Employers aren't immune to workplace swearing, with 25 percent admitting they've cussed out employees. Workplace swearing is most common in Washington (62 percent) and Denver (60 percent), followed by Chicago (58 percent), Los Angeles and Boston (56 percent), Atlanta (54 percent), Minneapolis (50 percent), Phoenix (47 percent) and Philadelphia (44 percent). The nationwide survey of more than 2,000 hiring managers and 3,800 workers was conducted May 4-June 4. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.5 to 2 percent.                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The 50 wealthiest members of Congress saw their collective fortunes increase by 85.1 million dollars to $1.4 billion in 2009.

• In 2010, not only does the United States have a central bank, but it also runs our economy and issues all of our currency. The Federal Reserve has devalued the U.S. dollar by over 95 percent since 1913 and it has been used to create the biggest mountain of government debt in the history of the world.

Calendar Information        

Today Is                                                                      

Cheesecake Day

Father-In-Law Day

Health Care Now!  Medicare's Birthday 1965

National Support Public Education Day

Paperback Book Day

Vanuatu (New Hebrides): Independence Day (1980 from France and UK: an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean)  

Today’s Events Through History  

2000’s

2009 - A bomb explodes in Palma Nova, Mallorca, killing 2 police officers. 

            Basque separatist group ETA is believed to be responsible.

2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line

2002 - The accounting law referred to as "The Sarbanes Oxley Act" is signed into law 

             by President George W. Bush

1900’s

1975 - Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit

1971 - US Apollo 15 (Scott & Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon

1969 - Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos)

1964 - US naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam

1948 - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6)

1946 - 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM

1935 - 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution

1930 - 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio

1909 - Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army

1908 - Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris

1800’s

1863 - Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every 

            black prisoner shot

1863 - Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising 

            to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah

1844 - 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club

1836 - 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii

1825 - Malden Island-- sometimes called Independence Island, is a low, arid, 

            uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area

            --is discovered

1825 - The "Belantse-etoa or Minitaree" conclude a treaty (7 Stat., 261.) at the Lower 

             Mandan Village. Nine chiefs and sixteen warriors sign the document.

1700’s

1733 - Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston

1729 - City of Baltimore founded

1715 - Spanish gold & silver fleet disappears off St Lucie, Florida

1600’s

1619 - House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective US governing body

1609 - Samuel de Champlain, two Frenchmen, and sixty Algonquin and Huron Indians,

            attack 200 Mohawks near Ticonderoga, in New York. Champlain has some 

            firearms, and they prove devastating. The Mohawks quit the battle.

1400’s

1419 - Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall 

            in Prague & throw Catholic councilors out the windows

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 30’s

Hilary Swank, actress (Karate Kid 4) is 38

In their 40’s

Simon Baker, Australian actor and director is 43

Vivica A. Fox, actress and television producer is 48

Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor is 41

Lisa Kudrow, actress (Phoebe-Friends, Romy & Michele) is 49

In their 50’s

Delta Burke, Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women) is 56

Laurence Fishburne, Augusta GA, actor (Red Heat, School Daze, Matrix) is 51

In their 60’s

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder/actor/politician (Terminator, 

          38th Governor of California) is 65

In their 70’s

Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) is 71

Peter Bogdanovich, Kingston NY, director/producer (Last Picture Show) is 73

Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper) is 79

Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado) is 72

In their 90’s

Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block is 90

Remembered for being born today

Emily Jane Bronte, Thornton England, novelist (Wuthering Heights) - 1818

Henry Ford, Dearborn Township Michigan, industrialist and auto maker 

           (Ford- model T) - 1863

James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History" - 1855

Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune) - 1880

Cyril Northcote Parkinson, England, historian (Pursuit of Progress) - 1909

Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st) – 1890

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director dies in 2007 at 89

Claudette Colbert, actress (Happened One Night), dies of stroke in 1996 at 92

Lane Frost, American bull rider dies at Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1989 at 25

Joyce Kilmer, American poet dies in WWI battle in 1918 at 31

William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies in 1718 at 73

George Pickett, American Confederate general dies in 1875 at 50

Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) dies in 1998 at 80

Bill Walsh, 49er’s football coach dies of leukemia in 2007 at 75

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

Also known as God’s rays they are the rays of sun coming from a single point through the clouds

What is the answer?

Apocalypse Now

5X5 boxes

SWEAR

WASTE

ESTOP

ATONE

REPEL

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.

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