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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 213
/ Week: 31
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 90%
H 75°… L 57°… Ave. humidity: 75%
Wind: ave:
2mph;
Gusts: 17mph
Average High: 82° Record High: 93° (1902)
Average Low: 51°
Record Low: 24° (1968)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1619 - 1st African Americans (20) land at
Jamestown, Virginia
1793 - France becomes 1st country to use the metric
system
1831 - London Bridge opens to traffic
1869 - 1st voyage down Colorado River
1873 - SF's 1st cable car begins service
1893 - Henry Perky & William Ford patent
shredded wheat
1936 - Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games
in Berlin
1941 - The first Jeep is produced
1944 - Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later
she is arrested
1946 - US President Harry
Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1957 - 1st commercial building heated by Sun
(Albuquerque NM)
1957 - US & Canada create North American Air
Defense Command (NORAD)
1960 - Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1976 - 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
1981 - MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
1982 - Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score
700 (752.67) in 11 dives
1998 - Gay & Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
What a day…last night the weather guy said maybe some light
showers today. HaHaHa. Went to lunch with Cheryl at a local Mexican Place. She
had a hassle getting into town and changed our meeting time 3 different times.
She got stuck in traffic on I-40, turned off to take old 66 and had to deal
with a road grader. We had a good lunch and all was good when we left, except
there was a sudden downpour about 2 minutes before we walked out. I got home
and found no electricity. Turns out most of East Flag was out. It went off
sometime before 12:30 and didn’t come back on until 4:15p. No place to go on
this side of town because it looked like nobody anywhere nearby had any power.
My cell worked so I could play on it, take a nap, play some more on the phone.
Not a whole lot to do, when the power is off. I am so spoiled.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
There
are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a
line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the
door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it.
The clues read:
The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom.
The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door.
The purple door: This door is not next to the door to freedom.
The green door: This door is left of the blue door.
The orange door: This door is not next to the red or blue doors.
Which door leads to freedom?
The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom.
The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door.
The purple door: This door is not next to the door to freedom.
The green door: This door is left of the blue door.
The orange door: This door is not next to the red or blue doors.
Which door leads to freedom?
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Common
Sayings from the Bible…
A man after his own heart
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart 1 Samuel 13:14
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart 1 Samuel 13:14
Common
Phrase Origins…
Saved by
the Bell
Meaning: Rescued
from an unwanted situation
History: As
scary as it sounds, being buried alive was once a common occurrence. People who
feared succumbing to such a fate were buried in special coffins that connected
to a bell above ground. At night, guards listened for any bells in case they
had to dig up a living person and save them “by the bell.”
Earth
Facts…
The Diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889: Wash
Henry is the proud owner of a fine trotting horse 15 1/2 hands high and 1,000
pounds who trots one mile in 3 minutes.
Harper’s
Index
Ounces of marijuana left so far this year in ‘amnesty boxes’ at
the Colorado Springs airport: 1.4
Historical
Facts…
During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear
weapon on the moon.
Language
Facts…
The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32
different languages fluently.
People
Facts…
You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are
31 years old.
Rules of
Thumb…
SHOOTING AT HELICOPTERS
North Vietnamese ground troops used their thumbs to determine
whether they could reach enemy aircraft with hand-held weapons. If an airplane
or helicopter was bigger than a thumb held at arm's length, they could bring it
down with ground fire. Unusual
Fact of
the Day…
Gerald
Ford's son Steven had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless.
He also appeared on Baywatch.
World
Heritage Sites…
From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the
Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer
von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of outstanding examples of
decorative art. Together with its gardens, the site of the world’s first zoo in
1752, it is a remarkable Baroque ensemble and a perfect example of Gesamtkunstwerk
Joke-of-the-day
Job Application:
Two young
engineers applied for a single position at a computer company. They both had
the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the
applicants were asked to take a test by the department manager.
Upon completion
of the test, both men had each missed only one of the questions. The manager
went to the first applicant and said, ‘‘thank you for your interest, but we've
decided to give the job to the other applicant.''
"And why
would you be doing that? We both got nine questions correct," asked the
rejected applicant.
"We have
based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you
missed," said the department manager.
"And just
how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?" the rejected
applicants inquired.
''Simple,'' said
the department manager, ''Your fellow applicant put down on question 5, 'I
don't know.' You put down, 'Neither do I.'''
Yeah, It
Really Happened
Wales: It is not the kind of thing you would normally phone the
emergency services for, but for one man 999 was where he turned when he got a
fly in his ear.
Another caller wanted to know if green potatoes were poisonous to
eat.
They were among more than 31,000 non-urgent calls made to the
Welsh Ambulance service in 2013/14, and only three resulted in hospital
treatment.
Ambulance chiefs urged people to think twice as genuine 999
callers were being put at risk.
It came as the service revealed the thousands of non-urgent calls
to 999 handled by the Welsh Ambulance Service between July 2013 and June 2014.
Calls included:
A man who dialed 999 because he had a fly in his ear (Milford
Haven)
A woman who asked whether the green part of a potato was poisonous
(Bangor)
A man with a ring stuck on his finger (Burry Port)
A woman whose boiler had broken and had no credit to call the gas
board (Swansea)
A woman who dropped a television remote and needed someone to pick
it up (Llandudno)
A woman who didn't have enough money to buy a train ticket
(Newport)
A mother whose daughter had drunk water from a dog bowl (Swansea)
A woman who was drunk and needed a lift home (St Asaph)
A woman who needed advice because she had fallen out with her
brother (Hereford)
A man who had discovered a bruise on his foot (Tywyn)
Richard Lee, head of clinical services at the Welsh Ambulance
Service, said: "When people misuse the service it means our precious time
is being taken away from someone who really does need our help."
The 31,219 calls to 999 classed as non-urgent accounted for 7.4%
of the total received by the Welsh Ambulance Service in 2013/14 of 423,729.
Somewhat
Useless Information
John
Green from Mental Floss deceived the story behind ten famous acronyms:
YKK
stands for Yoshida, Kogyo and Kabushikikaisha
TASER
stands for Thomas A. Swift, Electric, Rifle
M&M’s
stands for Mars and Murries
Q-tips
stands for Quality tips
BMW
stands for Bavarian Motor Works
Smart
Car stands for Swatch Mercedes Art car
ASICS
stands for Anima, Sana, In , Corpore, Sano
ATM
stands for Automated, Teller, Machine
PIN
stands for Personal Identification Number
ZIP
stands for Zone, Improvement Plan
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This MONTH:
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month
American History Essay Contest
Black Business Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Panini Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Tomboy Tools Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month
American History Essay Contest
Black Business Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Panini Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Tomboy Tools Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month
Observances
this Week:
1-7
International Tree Climbing Days
International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week
International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week
Today
Is
Respect For Parents
Rounds Resounding Day
Spider-Man Day
US Air Force Day
Tomboy Tools Day
Twins Day
World Lung Cancer Day
World Wide Web Day
World Scout Scarf Day
^^^
Rounds Resounding Day
Spider-Man Day
US Air Force Day
Tomboy Tools Day
Twins Day
World Lung Cancer Day
World Wide Web Day
World Scout Scarf Day
^^^
dmission Day (Colorado-1876-38th)
Emancipation Day (Bahamas, Trinidad, Tobago)-1834
Abolition of Slavery Day (Jamaica)
Independence Day (Benin-1960-from France)
Emancipation Day (Bahamas, Trinidad, Tobago)-1834
Abolition of Slavery Day (Jamaica)
Independence Day (Benin-1960-from France)
Youth Day (Zambia)
Today’s
Events through History
30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus)
enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
1711 - Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees
Azov
1732 - Foundations laid for Bank of England
1838 - Apprenticeship system abolished in most of
the British Empire. Former slaves no longer indentured to former owners.
1911 - Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West
Point
1927 - Earliest date for a film to be considered
for the Academy Awards
1944 - Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black
congressman from East
1966 - Charles Whitman wounds 31 & kills 16 at
University of Texas
1971 - CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives
of Henry VIII
Birthday’s
Today
Yves Saint-Laurent, Oran Algeria,
fashion designer is 72
Nancy Lopez, professional golfer
is 58
Bart Conner, US, parallel bars
gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984) is 57
Coolio [Artis Leon
Ivey Jr.], rapper (Gangsta Paradise) is 52
Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress
(Vanessa -Cosby Show) is 42
Remembered
for being born today
Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian
and religious reformer (1545-1622)
Francis Scott Key, composer
(Star-Spangled Banner) (1779-1843)
Herman Melville, author (Moby Dick,
Billy Budd), (1819-1891)
Mother Jones, American labor
organizer (1837-1930)
Meir Kahane, American founder of
the Jewish Defense League (1932- 1990)
Dom DeLuise, Brooklyn, comedian
(Cannonball Run) (1933-2009)
Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker
(Grateful Dead) (1942-1995)
Historical
Obits Today
Corazon
Aquino, Former President of the Philippines, cancer, 2009, @76
John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe),
Principal Chief of the Cherokee, 1866, @75
Paddy
Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital), cancer, 1981, @58
Francis
Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, plane crash, 1977, @47
Mark
Antony, Roman Politician, suicide, 30BC, @53
Brain
Teasers
The orange door leads to freedom.
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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