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Almanac: Flagstaff: Week: 28/ Day: 191 Today: H 86°…L 59°
Wind: ave: 1mph; Gusts: 11mph Ave. humidity: 50%
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Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st practical rectangular TV tube
announced-Toledo…1949
1st sitting US president to visit South
America, FDR in Colombia…1934
American Episcopal Church becomes the first to
approve a rite for blessing gay
marriages…2012
Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie
Joe"…1967
Bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to
Isle of Skye…1746
British tabloid News of the World publishes
its last edition after 168 years…phone
hacking scandal…2011
Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling
old formula Coke…1985
Death Valley, CA hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), highest
temperature US recorded ….1913
Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force
her husband to lower taxes…1040
Most severe of several early fires of London
burns most of the city to the ground…1212
Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications
satellite, launched…1962
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
A very warm day with little breeze, so the old cooler had to come on for a little while this afternoon. I started my letter to the HOA today, but still needs some punching up, maybe be finished tomorrow. So sad that people see blooming flowers at my place and a couple of Adirondack chairs at another place to be ‘unsightly’. Also reread the letter and my door wreath is also in violation. My family has always had a wreath on the door of our houses since I was a toddler. I expect the next violation to be me hanging the American Flag in my front area on Federal holidays…another thing our family has always done.Turned on the TV about 11am this morning and all the Phoenix channels were giving full, uninterrupted coverage of the memorial service for the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. It was very well executed with so many people involved. Vice President Biden is a very good speaker. One of his lines, ‘they were heroes before we knew their names’ will stick with me for a long time. In total the service reminded me that the fireman have really dangerous jobs and do it anyway. Not sure I could have had that kind of dedication to my career. Every time the bell goes off, the firemen realize they might not come back. As so many pointed out, we don’t even know what hot shots really do, or who they are. Unless it is our property or our loved ones involved in an incident, we don’t stop and realize what they did. This was the greatest loss of fire fighters since 9/11. Thousands from around America made it to the service to honor these men who gave all to save the forest, save other’s lives, and property. Sad. Very glad I spent the 2+ hours watching the event.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What does this represent?
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag CIRRUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag CUMULUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag STRATUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm…Oxymorons
Paid volunteer Paperless ofice Passive aggression
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
Percentage change in the amount of money awarded to winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 2011: -20
Picture of the Day: Street Markets
Unusual Fact of the Day
A Mercurian day is longer than its year.Joke-of-the-day
A guy drove to the beach and parked his car close to the water's edge - not realizing it was Low Tide - then he went for a long hike up into the mountains. During his excursion, High Tide came and then receded - completely submersing his car for a period of time in the process. When he finally returned to his car - he became very concerned when he found out that he had Tuna in his Mercury!
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
INSPECTING SPECTACLES
When trying on glasses put them on and look at your feet. If they start to slip off your face, they are too loose.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Decades after a mysterious swastika formation was discovered in a German forest, questions remain over the origins of such patterns rumored to have been planted across the country.The swastika symbol in the German forest near Brandenburg was first noticed by accident. The Nazi formation -- created from a patch of about 140 larch trees -- was discovered in 1992 by a landscaping company intern who was examining aerial photographs for irrigation lines, according to German site Der Spiegel.The ingenious, albeit offensive, pattern was revealed in autumn as the larch trees were beginning to change color, contrasting starkly with the surrounding pines trees, which remained a lush green.Throughout the years many people have attempted to unravel the mystery of this and other forest swastikas, but Der Spiegel notes that concrete answers remain elusive.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published March 20, 1852. It was the first American novel to sell one million copies.
- John Milton used 8,000 different words in his poem, "Paradise Lost."
- Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind between 1926 and 1929. In her early drafts, the main character was named "Pansy O'Hara" and the O'Hara plantation we know as Tara was called "Fountenoy Hall."
- Of the 2200 persons quoted in the current edition of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," only 164 are women.
Calendar Information
4-10
Freedom Week: 4-10
7-13
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend
7-13
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend
Today Is
·
Clerihew
Day: a whimsical, four-line
biographical poem
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Don't Step On A Bee Day
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Hot Dog Night
·
Piña Colada Day
·
Teddy Bears' Picnic Day
^^
·
Bahamas: Independence
Day (1973 from UK)
·
US: Wyoming:
Admission Day (1890-44th state)
Today’s Events through History
"Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC
(later CBS) TV…1950
1st concrete-paved street built
(Bellefountaine, Ohio)…1892
According to Indian Agent, 200 Sacs and Foxes, are attacked by a force of 1500
Comanches, Kiowas, Osage, and Apaches near
Smoky Hill, 100 miles west of
Fort Riley, Kansas…1854
City of Dublin is founded on the banks of the
river Liffey…988
Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million
to nine former altar boys sexually
abused by former priest …1998
Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for
France…1810
Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of US
(replacing Taylor)…1850
Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of
the Innocents is sold for £49.5million
(US$76.2 million) …2002
Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I
Can't Get No Satisfaction"…1965
US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency…1929
Today’s Birthdays
In their 90’s
Jake LaMotta, middleweight boxing champ (Raging
Bull) is 91
In their 60’s
Ron Glass, actor (Harris-Barney Miller,
Frank's Place) is 68
Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City
of New Orleans) is 66
In their 40’s
Sofia Vergara, Spanish language TV star
is 41
In their 30’s
Jessica Simpson, singer and popstar ("I
Wanna Love You Forever") is 33
Remembered
for being born today
Nick Adams, Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny
Yuma-Rebel) [1931-1968]
Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975
Wimbledon) [1943-1993]
Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr
Samler's Planet) [1915-2005]
David Brinkley, NBC news anchor
(Huntley-Brinkley) [1920-2003]
Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer [1839-1913]
John Calvin, Protestant religious
reformer/theologian [1509-1564]
Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker
and astronomer [1832-1897]
Owen Chamberlain, physicist/co-discoverer
(antiproton, Nobel-1959) [1920-2006]
Jack "Legs" Diamond, American
bootlegger [1897-1931]
Fred Gwynne, actor (Car 54 Where Are You,
Munsters) [1926-1993]
Reg Smyth, English cartoonist (Andy Capp)
[1917-1998]
George "Slim" Summerville, actor
(Keystone Cops) [1892-1946]
Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, engineer. inventor,
developed alternating
current [1856-1943]
James A McNeill Whistler, US/British painter
(Whistler's Mother) [1834-1903]
Today’s Historical Obits
Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros
cartoons)…1989…at 81
Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops)…1979…at
84
Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before
Xmas)…1963…at 83
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton,
pioneer jazz pianist…respiratory problems…1941…at 50
George Stubbs, British painter of horses…1806…at
81
William I "the Silent", [William of
Orange], earl of Nassau…assassinated…1584…at 51
Answer: Brain
Teasers
Every cloud has a silver lining.
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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