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Flagstaff Almanac…
Week: 35 / Day: Today: High 79°…Low 50°
Records: High 89°(1948,1944)…Low 33°(1920)
Averages: High 77°…Low 48°
Wind: 9mph; Gusts: 11mph
Today’s average humidity: 61%
Quote of the Day…
Today’s Historical
Highlights…
1990 - Saddam Hussein declares America
can't beat Iraq
1967 - Final
TV episode of "Fugitive"1966 - Beatles last public concert
(Candlestick Park, SF)
1930 - The
last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated
to other
parts of Scotland
1916
- US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
1904 - 3rd
modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
1862 - 2nd
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
1742 - Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on
the card game whist
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Happy Birthday To: ♪..
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s
Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts…
I kept
waiting for an afternoon rain, no go today. Still have some clouds, so maybe
later in the evening.
The
Republican Party has certainly changed. None of the party regulars of past
years unless they are still running. I jumping between CNN and MSNBC. Both are
asking some good questions of delegates and families of candidates. The Oak Ridge
Boys did a good a cappella version of Amazing Grace. The speakers want change.
The Speaker of the House tried to compare the Obama administration with tossing
a guy out of a bar. He failed in the analogy. At least I’m hearing where they
stand. Their tag line is ‘We Built It’…yep they built a new much more
conservative party.
Game Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer
the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If
only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g.
voodoo)
booted fish (4,3)
Rebus…
Can you figure
out what this means?
Lifestyle Substance…
Do you remember this?
Read This Headline Carefully!!
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Do you know what this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Dragées (pronounced drah-zhay)
Scottish Castles—…
60’s music…:
- The Chantays…Pipeline (1963)
The embodiment of “surf rock”, Pipeline was recorded in late December 1962, and released in 1963. The Chantays originally called Pipeline, “Liberty’s Whip” but the track was renamed after the surfing term pipeline, referring to the crest of a wave on which a surfer is riding on goes completely over his head, landing in front of him, creating the illusion of pipe made out of water. Pipeline was a huge success, reaching #4 on the Billboard Pop charts but was the only major hit for The Chantays. The songs distinctive sound comes from the bass and rhythm guitars featured as the front leading sounds and the drums, piano and Bob Spickard’s lead guitar being buried in the stereo recorded track.
- The Ventures…Walk, Don’t Run (1960)
Johnny Smith created this track back in 1955, but it became a hit single in 1960, when The Ventures recorded Walk, Don’t Run for the Blue Horizon label. Like Pipeline, Walk, Don’t Run personified the rising popularity of the surf movement and was able to carry that popularity to the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960. Interesting fact about Walk, Don’t Run; Skip Moore, the drummer on the track was offered the choice of $25 or a quarter of the money the song would make for playing on the session. Moore took the $25 and the song went on to become a huge hit. The song has been re-recorded as an updated cover, which also reached the charts, as well as covered by numerous other artists including Herb Alpert and Chet Atkins.
Harper’s Index…
- Percentage change of US women between 30 and 50 who are in the top 2.5 percent of earners: +12
- Chance that a married US couple is supported by the husband alone: 1 in 7
Unusal Fact of the Day…
The Kentucky Derby was the brainchild of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. He was the grandson of William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame).
Found on You Tube…
Champagne & Sparkling Wine Facts
Joke-of-the-day…
An elderly man, 82, just returned from the doctors only to find he didn't have long to live. So he summoned the three most important people in his life to tell them of his fate: His Doctor, His Priest, and His Lawyer. He said, "Well, today I found out I don't have long to live. So, I have summoned you three here, because you are the most important people in my life, and I need to ask a favor. Today, I am going to give each of you an envelope with $50,000 dollars inside. When I die, I would ask that all three of you throw the money into my grave." After the man passed on, the three people happened to run into each other. The doctor said, "I have to admit I kept $10,000 dollars of his money. He owed me from lots of medical bills. But, I threw the other $40,000 in like he requested. "The Priest said, "I have to admit also, I kept $25,000 dollars for the church. It’s all going to a good cause. I did, however, throw the other $25,000 in the grave." Well the Lawyer just couldn't believe what he was hearing! "I am surprised at you two for taking advantage of him like that. I wrote a check for the full amount and threw it all in!!!"
Rules of Thumb…
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
USING A HEAT GUN If you place your palm in front of a heat gun and it feels like a hairdryer, it's about 200 degrees F. If it's so hot you have to yank your hand away, then it's about 300 degree F.Yeah, It Really Happened…
(Williamsport Sun-Gazette: )After a two-car crash in Williamsport, Pa., injured one driver, the other sped from the scene. Before he’d gone a block, his car broke down, so he fled on foot. Investigating Patrolman Dustin Reeder found the car and discovered a wallet in the center console with a driver’s license belonging to Scott Lee Applegate, 50. Just then, Applegate returned to retrieve a case of beer he’d forgotten. Reeder spotted him with the beer and, after a brief chase, detained him. Drunk driving was one of several charges filed.
Somewhat Useless Information…
- All Champagnes are sparkling wines, but not all sparkling wines are Champagnes. For something to be a true Champagne, it must come from a certain area of France, the mere 70,000 acres called Champagne.
- Champagne is more sensitive to temperature and light than most other wines. For that reason, it is typically bottled in a light-resistant, dark green glass. Champagne should be stored between 40 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit and may be kept upright or horizontally.
Calendar Information…
Happening This Week:
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
National Safe at Home Week
National Safe at Home Week
29-9/9
XIV Paralympics Games
Today Is…
According to Hoyle Day
International Day Against Nuclear
Tests
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
Today’s Events Through History…
2000’s
2005 - Hurricane
Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to
the Florida
Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in
damage
2003 - Ayatollah
Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is
assassinated
in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they
leave a
mosque in Najaf
1900’s
1995 - NATO
launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces
1978 - The Area Director, Minneapolis Area Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, has
authorized an election for amendments to the Constitution and
By-Laws of the
Lac Courte Oreilles
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
The
election will be held on December 15, 1978
1968
- Democrats nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago)
1949 - USSR
performs first nuclear test 1964 - Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins"
released
1945 - British
liberate Hong Kong from Japan; Gen MacArthur named Supreme
Commander of Allied
Powers in Japan
1944 - 15,000
American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1943 - Denmark
scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1929 - German
airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1916 - Congress
creates US Naval reserve
1914
- Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1910 - Japan
changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general
to rule its new
colony
1800’s
1898 - The
Goodyear tire company is founded
1896 - Chop
suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1864 - William
Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1862
- US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
1854 - Self-governing
windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1844 - 1st
white-Indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
1700’s
1758 - New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation; It
is primarily for the Lenni Lenape
1708 - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1500’s
1541 - The
Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom
1533 - Francisco
Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
Before 1000CE
708 - Copper
coins are minted in Japan for the first time
Today’s Birthdays…
In their 70’s
James Brady,
press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt) is 72
Elliott
Gould, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice) is 74
William
Friedkin, Chic, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection) is 77
Robin Leach,
London England, TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous) is 71
John
McCain, (Rep-R-Arizona, 1983-86) is 76
In their 80’s
Richard
Attenborough, England, actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston) is 89
Remembered for
being born today
Mr.
Blackwell (Richard Sylvan Selzer), American fashion critic b.1922
Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) b.1809
Michael
Jackson, Gary Indiana, recording artist and King of Pop (Thriller, Bad) b.1958
Charles F
Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) b.1876
John
Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance b.1632
George
Montgomery, Brady MT, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination) b.1916
Charlie
"Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist b.1920
Isabel
Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) b.1917
Barry
Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man) b.1912
Dinah
Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes) b.1924
Marion
Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) b.1927
Today’s Historical Obits…
David
Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder dies in 1931 at 64
Ingrid
Bergman, Swedish actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies of breast cancer
in 1982 on
67th birthday
Edmond
Hoyle, games expert, dies in 1769 at about 96
Anissa
Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs in 1976 at 18
Lee
Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies of heart attack in 1987 at 63
Pius VI,
[Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies in 1799 at 71
Edmund
Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and
Presentation
Brothers in 1844 at 82
William
Archibald Spooner, English writer (Spoonerisms) dies in 1930 at 86
Lowell Thomas,
newscaster (High Adventure), dies in 1981 at 89
Brigham
Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies of peritonitis in 1877 at 76
Answers…
Do you know what
this word means?
Shod cod
What is the answer?
Those little silver balls to be found on birthday cakes. They're smaller than a cultured pearl, made of sugar and adorned with a metallic coating to resemble a ball bearing. Generally, they are as tough to crunch through as a real ball bearing. Available in gold and copper finishes. Sugared almonds are also called dragées.
Rebus
Too funny for words (two funny four words)
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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