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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 193 / Week: 28
July Averages: 81° \ 51°Today: Average Sky Cover: 75%
H 79°… L 55°… Ave. humidity: 61%
Wind: ave: 2mph; Gusts: 17mph
Average High: 83° Record High: 94° (2002)
Average Low: 50° Record Low: 39° (1952)
Quote of the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1580 - Ostrog
Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published
1775 - NH
allocates $500 to Dartmouth College dedicated to education of Indian youth1817 - 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1882 - 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC
1902 - Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage
1909 - 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1912 - 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC
1933 - Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1970 - Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1984 - Geraldine Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
1996 - Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
So impressed with FB. Every so often, someone from my past pops up
with a message. I met a San Carlos friend when I was in graduate school. He was
just starting his Masters, I was finishing up mine. He had been a teacher at
Phx Indian School, married and had two little kids. We were both going to
summer school every summer and always seemed to spend time together. He went
off on his way, me on mine. A few years later he returned to NAU for his
doctorate. He called me and for two years I was able to stay at his apartment
on campus on weekends, as every weekend he and his sons went back to San Carlos
to his wife. A few years after his doctorate he lost a son in a tragic accident.
I went to San Carlos for the wake and funeral. Another time I went down there
for a bow hunt. I had heard that he retired from his superintendent position
but couldn’t find him anywhere. A couple of days ago he posted on my FB page.
He uses a different name on FB due to his position. Anyway we chatted for a
little while and told him to call me sometime. He called last night and we
caught up…took about 90 minutes. Very cool.
We have a lot of clouds, but no rain yesterday or today…but it
looks like when it cools off a little, the rain will fall again. Really enjoy
the monsoon.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
There
once was a truck....when you go out, and I come in, what will become of the
truck?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Percentage
of Egyptians who say it is necessary to beliee in God to be a moral person: 95
Percentage
of Americans who say so: 53
Of
Chinese: 14
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Oddly enough, the word "mafia" is never mentioned in the
film version of The Godfather.
Trivia
about AZ…
The Hopi Indians of Arizona are noted for growing their
multicolored corn.
Barry Goldwater, a famous public official, senator, and
presidential candidate was born in Phoenix.
In 1939 architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, Taliesin West, was
built near Phoenix.
Interesting
facts about Islam…
Terrorism, unjustified violence and the killing of innocent people
are absolutely forbidden in Islam. Islam is a way of life that is meant to
bring peace to a society, whether its people are Muslim or not. The extreme
actions of those who claim to be Muslim may be, among other things, a result of
their ignorance or uncontrolled anger. Tyrant rulers and those who commit acts
of terrorism in the name of Islam are simply not following Islam. These people
are individuals with their own views and political agendas. Fanatical Muslims
are no more representative of the true Islamic teachings than Timothy McVeigh
or David Koresh are of Christianity. Extremism and fanaticism is a problem that
is common to all religious groups. Anyone who thinks that all Muslims are
terrorists should remember that the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most
celebrated person of our era, is a practicing Muslim.
Weather
Facts…
Oak trees are struck by lightning
more than any other tree.
Moist air holds heat better than
dry air.
People
Facts…
According to a study, women ages 22 to 30 with no children and no
spouse earned a higher median income than comparable men in 39 of the 50
largest U.S. cities in 2008.
Historical
Facts…
Ancient Greeks believed that
redheads turned into vampires after they died.
Mahatma Gandhi used to travel
with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
**NEW**Retro
Native Humor…
Fairly old joke from the Rez
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project,
they did some astronaut training on a Navajo Indian reservation. One day, a
Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The
old man, who only spoke Navajo, asked a question, which the son translated:
"What are the guys in the big suits doing?" A member of the crew said
they were practicing for their trip to the moon.
The old man got really excited and asked if he
could send a message to the moon with the astronauts. Recognizing a promotional
opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA folks found a tape recorder. After
the old man recorded his message, they asked the son to translate. He refused.
So the NASA reps brought the tape to the reservation, where the rest of the
tribe listened and laughed, but refused to translate the elder's message to the
moon.Finally, NASA called in an official government translator. He reported that the moon message said: "Watch out for these guys; they've come to steal your land."
**NEW**Common
Phrase Origins…
Bite the
Bullet
Meaning: Accepting something difficult or unpleasantHistory: There was no time to administer anesthesia before emergency surgery during battle. The surgeon made patients bite down on a bullet in an attempt to distract them from the pain.
Joke-of-the-day
A newsboy was
standing on the corner with a stack of papers, yelling, "Read all about
it; Fifty people swindled! Fifty people swindled! ”
Curios, a man
walked over, bought a paper, and said, "Hey kid, this is an old paper,
where’s the story about the big swindle?” The newsboy ignored him and went on calling out, "read all about it; Fifty-one people swindled!”
Rules of
Thumb:
MAKING HOT FUDGE
Your hot fudge is
ready when you can write your name in the surface with a spoon without the
letters disappearing before you finish writing.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
OCONEE COUNTY, Fla. (UPI) - A Georgia man who appeared to be
"highly intoxicated" was arrested after allegedly telling an Oconee
County officer that his dog drove him to the store so that he could purchase
corn. According to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, Sgt.
Partain responded to a call about a dog in a hot car. When Partain arrived on
the scene, he encountered a canine in a locked vehicle that had a temperature
which clocked in at 123 degrees when measured with a handheld thermometer.
Partain also saw a can of gasoline inside the vehicle and said the smell was
stifling. The car's driver, Wesley Terrell, allegedly told Partain that
"the dog drove him to Bell's to buy some corn." The 60-year-old
suspect was arrested and charged with animal cruelty and driving under the
influence. Animal control took the dog into custody.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Has
it ever happened to you to enter a room and forget why you are there?
There
is a not life threatening phenomenon called, “event boundary” which is
responsible for this memory gap.According to an experiment by the scientist Gabriel Radvansky, our brains compartmentalize events and tie them to the environment, or room, in which they occurred. By moving from one room to the next, the brain effectively creates a file containing all the information about the first room, and what you did there, and tucks it away.
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In order for cab drivers in London to obtain a license, they should prepare for 34 months to complete and pass a test called “The Knowledge”.
“The Knowledge” is an analytical study of a number of pre-set London street routes and places of interest, which was initiated in 1865.
Applicants are expected to know over 25,000 roads and 50,000 points of interest to prove that they have a decent knowledge of the city!
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
6-12
Be Nice To New Jersey Week; National Farriers Week
7-14
Creative Maladjustment Week; Nude Recreation Weekend
11-13
World Future 2014
Today
Is
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Independence Day (Kiribati-1979-from UK- an island nation in central tropical Pacific)
Today’s Events through History
1290 - Jews
are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1785 - 1st
manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands 1859 - Paper bag manufacturing machine patents
1928 - 1st televised tennis match
1948 - 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1957 - 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
Birthday’s
Today
Bill Cosby, actor/comedian (I
Spy, Cosby) is 77
Richard Simmons, exercise guru
(Deal-a-Meal) is 66Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], actor\comedian (Murphy Brown) is 66
Cheryl Ladd, actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts) is 63
Topher Grace, actor (That 70’s Show) is 36
Remembered
for being born today
1730-1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, pottery
designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)
1817-1862 - Henry David Thoreau, naturalist/pacifist
(Walden Pond) 1854-1932 - George Eastman, inventor (Kodak camera)
1884-1957 - Louis B. Mayer, film producer\creator of the star system (MGM)
1895-1960 - Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist with Richard Rodgers
1895-1983 - R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor (geodesic dome)
1908-2002 - Milton Berle, comedian (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television)
1920-2000 - Beah Richards, actress (GWCTD, Cosby)
1934-2013 - Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)
Historical
Obits Today
Sherwood
Schwartz, American Television Writer, 2011, @94
Dolley
Madison, 4th First Lady. 1849, @81 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), 1976, @72
John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), cancer, 1996, @68
Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Wolfman), heart failure, 1973, @66
Tony Snow, former speechwriter for the Bush’s, cancer, 2008, @55
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, duel, 1804. @48ish
Brain Teasers
It will become a TRICK!
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 Now §
