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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 215
/ Week: 32
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°Today:
Average Sky Cover: 70%
H 73°… L 54°… Ave. humidity: 71%
Wind: ave: 4mph; Gusts: 19mph
Average High: 81° Record High: 91° (1994)
Average Low: 51° Record Low: 37° (1956)
Quote of the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
881 - Battle at
Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings
1492 - All Jews are expelled from Spain 1492 - Columbus sails for the "New World" from Palos, Spain.
1527 – 1st known letter was sent from North America--Newfoundland.
1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded
1914 - 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
1921 - 1st aerial crop dusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1923 - VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US President upon death of Harding
1934 - Hitler merges the offices of chancellor and president, is 'Führer ' (leader)
1944 - Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies
1952 - 15th Olympic Games close in Helsinki Finland
1967 - 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
1975 - Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
1980 - 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another monsoon shower this afternoon. Kept things cool. Looks
like another one is on the way. Strangely, a very cool breeze came through my
bedroom about 3a and I had to pull up a comforter that was beside the bed.
Haven’t had to use one for a couple of month.
Today was ‘fix-it’ day. I cleaned up the deck and got rid of all
the pine needles and small branches that have fallen on the deck in the past
week. Then I repaired my front window screen. Then I finally found a way to
attach the outside temperature monitor so I will know the outside temperature
without having to walk to the back room. I attached it to the front window and
await the HOA to tell me I have to take it down. They can be so picky.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
In
each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same
three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you
can figure out the missing letters in each sentence.
Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.)
1. Now that I can fly a kite, I don't m___ the w___.
2. Children in Alabama could be called the Deep So___ yo___.
3. That bully must ce___ to te___ his fellow students.
4. By his 18th birthday, the prince had gr___ into his cr___.
Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.)
1. Now that I can fly a kite, I don't m___ the w___.
2. Children in Alabama could be called the Deep So___ yo___.
3. That bully must ce___ to te___ his fellow students.
4. By his 18th birthday, the prince had gr___ into his cr___.
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
The Freedom of Evil in America.- Solzhenitsyn
The Spielberg Jewish Film Archive - Leon Uris
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Common
Sayings from the Bible…
Powers that Be
The powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisted power resist the ordinances of God. Romans 13:2
The powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisted power resist the ordinances of God. Romans 13:2
Common
Phrase Origins…
Sleep
Tight
Meaning: Sleep
wellHistory: During Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. In order to make the bed firmer, one had to pull the ropes to tighten the mattress.
Earth
Facts…
Earth has only one satellite, the Moon. The Moon is the second
brightest object in the sky from Earth.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 YEARS
AGO
Housekeepers, don’t waste your time on a hot day. Light cooking
can be done electrically with an El Perco at $7.50, or an American Toaster at
$4 or a 6-inch Hot Plate for $5.50 All three can be had together for a mere $12
on an easy payment plan with Flagstaff Electric Co.**
Motorists, take note: A new stock of Columbia Dry Cells are just
in. Replace those old, worn-out batteries in your car. You will find them at
the Flagstaff Electric Light Co.
**
Railroad Avenue East is being put in fine shape by Road
Superintendent Moritz.
Harper’s
Index
Percentage change since 2000 in the average cost of food
worldwide: +123
Historical
Facts…
There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was
opened in 900AD.
Language
Facts…
The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means
"a tribe of hairy women".
People
Facts…
Valentine Tapley, a Missouri Democrat, promised to never shave
again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a
12-foot-long beard.
Rules of
Thumb:
SWARMING
BEES
Honeybees will start to congregate in a horseshoe-shaped pattern on the front of the hive three days before they start to swarm.
Honeybees will start to congregate in a horseshoe-shaped pattern on the front of the hive three days before they start to swarm.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Trees do not grow
higher than 130m (426-1/2 feet) as it is physically impossible for the water to
rise higher.
World
Heritage Sites…
The three main prehistoric sites of the Brú na Bóinne Complex,
Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, are situated on the north bank of the River Boyne
50 km north of Dublin. This is Europe's largest and most important
concentration of prehistoric megalithic art. The monuments there had social,
economic, religious and funerary functions.
Joke-of-the-day
An elderly woman
called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car had been broken in to.
She is hysterical
as she explains her situation to the dispatcher: "They've stolen the
stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she
cried.The dispatcher said, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way."
A few minutes later, the officer radios in. "Disregard." He says. "She got in the back-seat by mistake."
Yeah, It
Really Happened
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- A Thomson Airways flight from Tunisia to
Edinburgh was diverted to London after a drunken passenger allegedly attacked
crew members with her prosthetic leg. The woman told the flight crew that she
wanted "cigarettes and a parachute." When they asked her to hush up,
she allegedly slapped a little girl and then started swinging with her leg.
"We were coming back from Tunisia when this lady kicked off. She was off
her face on drink," said witness John Smith. "She slapped a young
girl and then assaulted the cabin crew with her prosthetic leg. They took it
off her, but she started kicking them with her good leg." The 48-year-old
was subdued and the pilot made an emergency landing in London. The woman was
removed by police for questioning. "It sounds funny, but it was not a
laughing matter at the time. It was serious. She was totally drunk. It was
pretty shocking," Smith said.
Somewhat
Useless Information
You'll
hear the term "The Dog Days of summer" very often, but the real
"dog days" refers to the weeks between July 3 and August 11. They are
named after the Dog Star (Sirius) in the constellation of Canis Major.
France's Eiffel Tower grows by more than six inches in summer due to the expansion of the iron on hot days.
The frequency of a cricket's chirps fluctuates with the temperature, so if you count a cricket's chirps for 15 seconds and add 37, you will have the approximate outdoor temperature (in Fahrenheit).
The first day of summer is called the summer solstice. The term solstice is Latin for sun stand still. The sun is higher in the sky throughout the day, and its rays beam on the Earth at a more direct angle, causing the hotter temperatures we associate with summer.
Frisbees were invented by accident. This toy was first created in the 1870s as a pie plate. Students started throwing them around in the 1940s, changing their use to a form of entertainment.
An educator named Horace Mann invented summer vacation. In 1837, he was elected as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Mann used this platform to reform the school system from adding a break and developing uniform training for teachers.
France's Eiffel Tower grows by more than six inches in summer due to the expansion of the iron on hot days.
The frequency of a cricket's chirps fluctuates with the temperature, so if you count a cricket's chirps for 15 seconds and add 37, you will have the approximate outdoor temperature (in Fahrenheit).
The first day of summer is called the summer solstice. The term solstice is Latin for sun stand still. The sun is higher in the sky throughout the day, and its rays beam on the Earth at a more direct angle, causing the hotter temperatures we associate with summer.
Frisbees were invented by accident. This toy was first created in the 1870s as a pie plate. Students started throwing them around in the 1940s, changing their use to a form of entertainment.
An educator named Horace Mann invented summer vacation. In 1837, he was elected as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Mann used this platform to reform the school system from adding a break and developing uniform training for teachers.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
1-7
International Tree Climbing Days International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week
3-9
Assistance Dog Week
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week
National Fraud Awareness Week
Old Fiddler's Week
Single Working Women's Week
Stop on Red Week
Today
Is
Friendship Day
International Forgiveness Day National Doll Day
National Kids' Day
National Watermelon Day
Sisters Day
Stop on Red Week
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Independence Day (Niger-1960-from France)
Today’s Events through History
1676 - Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration
of People of Virginia"
1860 - American Canoe Association founded at Lake
George NY1958 - The Billboard Hot 100 is founded
1963 - Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
Birthday’s Today
Tony
Bennett, singer (Left a body part in SF) is 88
Richard D
Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo) is 79Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St) is 74
Martha Stewart, business magnate and TV personality, is 73
Jay North, actor (Dennis the Menace) is 63
Tom Brady, Patriots football player is 37
Remembered
for being born today
Joseph
Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) (1801-1865)
Ernie
Pyle, England, correspondent during WW II (1900-1945)Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers) (1905-1995)
Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia) (1908-1983)
Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II) (1923-1974)
Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry) (1924-2003)
Gordon Scott, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers) (1927-2007)
Historical Obits Today
Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, 2008, @89
Ida
Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), cancer, 1995, @77Charles ‘Bubba’ Smith, American football player and actor, heart disease, 2011, @66
Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), heart attack, 1924, @66
Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), cancer, 1983, @53
Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), lupus, 1964, @39
King James II of Scotland, exploding cannon he was testing, 1460, @29
Brain
Teasers
1. mind wind
2. south youth
3. cease tease
4. grown crown
2. south youth
3. cease tease
4. grown crown
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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