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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 240
/ Week: 35
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°Today:
Average Sky Cover: 35%
H 72°… L 49°… Ave. humidity: 78%
Wind: ave: 3mph; Gusts: 20mph
Average High: 78° Record High: 89° (1948)
Average Low: 47° Record Low: 33° (1920)
Quote of the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
476 - Western Roman
Empire formally disbands, emperor Romulus August ousted
1565 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla,
established 1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay
1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1837 - Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce
1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
1864 – 1st Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations.
1884 – 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, SD
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola"
1907 - United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington
1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1963 - 200,000 march\demonstrate in Washington, DC
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream speech"
1982 - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My Rambling Thoughts
A light afternoon rain blew through here. Sun was shining while
the rain was falling. Just a nice day all the way around. Tomorrow I get to see
the Dr about my foot issue. Can’t wait. It is all good today and I actually
took a nice walk this morning.
Yesterday was the AZ primary elections. This is a very Republican
and conservative state, but we have had lots of Dems over the years in office.
I did vote yesterday, but only on a couple of offices…City Council and Local
judge. Most of the rest of the ballot was only one candidate, or no candidate
at all. Now it will be time to learn about the actual candidates who are on the
Nov ballot. There were some real wacko conservatives on the Republican ballot
for governor, now it is just one conservative. The good side of being
registered in the minority party, not a lot of robocalls. Those will start
while I’m in Ireland and after I return. My polling place for this decade is at
the Lutheran church about a block from my house…nice.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Susan
needed to go to the store to buy some ingredients to cook with. She started
writing them down:
Butter
Milk
Eggs
Baking Soda
Cashews
Oranges
Vinegar
Lemon Juice
What was Susan making?
Butter
Milk
Eggs
Baking Soda
Cashews
Oranges
Vinegar
Lemon Juice
What was Susan making?
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
Ruth Gordon Tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIxsszLXu8
Shania Twain - You're
Still The One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZH-emehxA
The Comic Genius of
Nancy Kulp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZIjJwoz7j0
OK Then…
Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Brain
Facts…
Scientists say that a 'zombie apocalypse' is actually possible
based on the recent discovery of certain brain parasites. But as of now, these
parasites only affect bugs.
Computer
Facts…
It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person
to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
25 YEARS
AGO
The Doney government survey done 20 years ago is 170 inches off.
As many as 1,400 parcels are affected. Some fence lines are being moved by
opportunists, causing additional confusion.
**NEW**Fun
Facts…
After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the
rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no
knowledge of previous events.
Harper’s
Index
Portion of North American zoo elephants who are overweight: 3/4
Language
Facts…
Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being
useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
Rules of
Thumb…
LOADING A MUZZLE LOADER
Back in the days
when every firearm was made by hand and every firearm was a muzzle-loader, the
starting powder charge for a new firearm was determined thusly: Place the
proper sized bullet in your palm and pour just enough powder over it to cover
it completely. That amount of powder will be a safe starting charge that can be
adjusted for accuracy. Works today with modern muzzle-loaders too!
Superstitions…
Breaking a mirror is said to bring bad luck for 7 years. To
"undo" this, take the shards of glass and bury them underneath the
moonlight. In ancient times, the mirror was said to be a window to the viewer's
soul.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Why
did the FBI call Ted Kaczynski "The Unabomber"? His early mail bombs
were sent to universities (UN) & airlines (A).
Joke-of-the-day
The science
graduate asks, "Why does it work?" The engineering graduate asks,
"How does it work?" The accounting graduate asks, "How much does
it cost?" The liberal arts graduate asks, "Would you like fries with
that?"
Yeah, It
Really Happened
BOLTON, England - A man in England was fined for wasting police
time after telling his girlfriend he was kidnapped so he could stay at a party
with his friends. The unnamed man told his girlfriend he was being held in a
house in Bolton, England until he repaid £50 to the fabricated captor. The
man's understandably panicked girlfriend called the police to report the
fictional crime, launching a very costly manhunt that even led to an
unnecessary arrest. "Considerable resources and time then went into
finding this man, who it transpires made the entire thing up so he could stay
out and party," Detective Inspector Jo Clawson said in a statement.
"This is without doubt one of the most foolish and irresponsible incidents
I have been involved in ... Significant resources were taken off the front line
on a Friday night, which is without exception one of the busiest times of the
week." Over a dozen officers executed a neighborhood search, knocking on doors
and combing through CCTV footage. The "missing" man was eventually
discovered at a party around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Rather an arrest him,
the man was fined on the spot and will forever have a criminal record for
trying to have night without his girlfriend. "We feel we have wasted
enough time and resources on him already and not only has he been fined, this
matter will be recorded as a criminal conviction on his record."
Somewhat
Useless Information
Dr.
Rene Theophile Laenne invented the first stethoscope in 1816. He felt
embarrassed if he had to listen to the heart beat of a young female patient by
placing his ear directly on her chest, so he rolled up 24 sheets of paper to
make a tube and placed one end on her chest and the other end in his ear. By
1855 a stethoscope similar to the one used during most of the 20th century
became available.
The blood pressure cuff was invented by an Austrian physician named Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch and first saw use in doctor's surgeries in the 1880's. An improved version of the cuff was unveiled by Italian physician Scipione Riva-Rocci in 1896.
Computed Tomography (CT) imaging is also known as "CAT scanning" (Computed Axial Tomography). CT was invented in 1972 by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories, England and by South Africa-born physicist Allan Cormack of Tufts University, Massachusetts. Hounsfield and Cormack were later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their contributions to medicine and science.
While studying the effects of passing an electrical current through gases at low pressure, German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen accidentally discovered X-rays. When Rontgen held a piece of lead in front of the electron-discharge tube, it blocked the rays, but he was shocked to see his own flesh glowing around his bones on the fluorescent screen behind his hand.
In 1948 George de Mestral, a Swiss mountaineer, and his dog went for a hike in the woods. When they returned both were covered with burrs. Using a microscope he examined the burrs stuck to his pants and discovered that the burrs had small hooks that clung to small loops of fabric in his clothing. This lead him to the idea of making one material with small hooks and the other material with tiny loops. He called his invention Velcro, a combination of the words velour and crochet.
English physician, Sir Thomas Allbutt (1836-1925) invented the first practical medical thermometer used for taking the temperature of a person in 1867. It was portable, 6 inches in length and able to record a patient's temperature in 5 min.
The blood pressure cuff was invented by an Austrian physician named Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch and first saw use in doctor's surgeries in the 1880's. An improved version of the cuff was unveiled by Italian physician Scipione Riva-Rocci in 1896.
Computed Tomography (CT) imaging is also known as "CAT scanning" (Computed Axial Tomography). CT was invented in 1972 by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories, England and by South Africa-born physicist Allan Cormack of Tufts University, Massachusetts. Hounsfield and Cormack were later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their contributions to medicine and science.
While studying the effects of passing an electrical current through gases at low pressure, German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen accidentally discovered X-rays. When Rontgen held a piece of lead in front of the electron-discharge tube, it blocked the rays, but he was shocked to see his own flesh glowing around his bones on the fluorescent screen behind his hand.
In 1948 George de Mestral, a Swiss mountaineer, and his dog went for a hike in the woods. When they returned both were covered with burrs. Using a microscope he examined the burrs stuck to his pants and discovered that the burrs had small hooks that clung to small loops of fabric in his clothing. This lead him to the idea of making one material with small hooks and the other material with tiny loops. He called his invention Velcro, a combination of the words velour and crochet.
English physician, Sir Thomas Allbutt (1836-1925) invented the first practical medical thermometer used for taking the temperature of a person in 1867. It was portable, 6 inches in length and able to record a patient's temperature in 5 min.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
24-30
National Chuck Wagon RacesNational Safe at Home Week
Be Kind To Humankind Week
Today
Is
Crackers Over The Keyboard Day
Dream Day Quest and JubileeRace Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
Radio Commercials Day
++
Family Day (US-Tennessee)
Today’s Events through History
1830 - 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb",
runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill
1924 - Georgian opposition stages the August
Uprising against the Soviet Union 1981 - John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt
2012 - Mitt Romney is officially nominated
Birthday’s
Today
David
Soul, [Solberg], actor (Starsky & Hutch) is 71
Emma
Samms, [Samuels], actress (Colby's) is 54Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, singer (You're Still the One) is 49
Jason Priestley, Vancouver, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210) is 45
Jack Black, Comedic actor is 45
LeAnn Rimes, country singer (Blue) is 32
Remembered
for being born today
Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust), (1749-1832)
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), (1774-1821)
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), (1774-1821)
Charles
Boyer, France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park) (1899-1978)
Jack
Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America) (1917-1994)
Nancy
Kulp, actress (Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies) (1921-1991)
Rokie
Roker, actress (Helen-Jeffersons) (1929-1995)
Ben
Gazzara, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), (1930-2012)
Historical
Obits Today
Ruth
Gordon, actress (Big Bus), 1985, @88
Alexander
Carlyle, Scottish church leader, 1805, @83
Frederick
Law Olmsted, writer\landscape architect (Central Park), 1903, @81
Charles
Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, 1967, @78
Brain Teasers
A shopping list.
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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