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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 245
/ Week: 36
September
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 5%
H 79°… L 52°… Ave. humidity: 46%
Wind: ave:
5mph;
Gusts: 17mph
Average High: 77° Record High: 91° (1948)
Average Low: 47°
Record Low: 35° (1953)
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Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1644 - Robert
Devereux's infantry surrenders in Cornwall
1666 - Great
Fire of London - 80% of London is destroyed
1789 - US
Treasury Department established by Congress
1864 - Union
General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
1901 - VP Theodore
Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to
30 minutes
1969 – 1st
automatic teller machine in US is installed in New York.
2012 - A
decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State
television in Egypt
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
A beautiful Labor Day. Made it to the Mall for a haircut. They
open at 10am and I was there at 9:50. Not the first one in line, but the
second. Thankfully, they had two stylists working. In and out is less than 30
minutes. Nice.
I walked thru the mall and was amazed at the number of empty
storefronts. I seem to only go to the mall for a haircut, and a walk thru. No
wonder, ain’t that much to offer.
In a week I’ll be on an airplane, headed to Denver, then off to
Dublin for 16 days. Getting ready and getting excited. Lots to get ready before
my trip.
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Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Figure
out what the trio in each set have in common. As long as each answer is a
six-letter plural word, ending in -s. Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD:
TRACKS
1) Hunting dog
Compass
Scoreboard
2) Dungeon
Jewelry store
Sequence
3) Fish
Sheet music
Dieters
4) Municipal parking lot
Electric utility
Rhythm in verse
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Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Brain
Facts…
A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per
day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
Computer
Facts…
The four ghosts in Pac-Man are programmed to act differently: red
chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to
ambush you and orange is random.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889: Wanted:
Scraper teams to take a contract @ 12 1/2 cents per yard. Apply Walter J. Hill,
Volunteer Ranch, Bellemont immediately.
Fun
Facts…
There's a man named Raffi Stepanian who mines diamonds and gold
from New York City sidewalks, making over $600 in one week.
Harper’s
Index
Minimum percentage change in the past year in the number of reported
cases of sexual assault in the US Military: +50
Date on which the Army suspended its chief sexual assault prosecutor
for an alleged sexual assault: 2/21/2014
Language
Facts…
'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Rules of
Thumb…
RECOGNIZING THE OBVIOUS
As a rule, clients
will recognize the obvious much sooner than professionals.
Superstitions…
A single magpie is considered a sign of bad luck. A Guide to the
Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar recites an old proverb concerning the
incidence of bad weather when magpies forage alone and a possible scientific
explanation for this.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
At
6000 degrees Kelvin, the surface of the Sun is actually one of its coolest
spots. Both the Sun's interior and its corona measure in the millions of
degrees Kelvin.
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Joke-of-the-day
A pipe burst in a doctor's house. He called a
plumber. The plumber arrived, unpacked his tools, did mysterious plumber-type
things for a while, and handed the doctor a bill for $600.
The doctor exclaimed, "This is ridiculous! I don't even make that much as
a doctor!."
The plumber quietly answered, "Neither did I when I was a doctor."
Yeah, It
Really Happened
KOUROU, French Guiana (UPI) - Europe's effort to establish a GPS
satellite constellation has a problem -- its first fully operational satellites
were launched into an incorrect orbit.
According to Arianespace, which sent the satellites aloft last week aboard a
Russian-designed rocket, the two Galileo spacecraft are more than 1,700 miles
from where they should be above Earth.
"The liftoff and first part of the mission proceeded nominally, leading to
release of the satellites according to the planned timetable, and reception of
signals from the satellites," Arianespace said. "It was only a
certain time after the separation of the satellites that the ongoing analysis
of the data provided by the telemetry stations operated by the European Space
Agency and the French space agency CNES showed that the satellites were not in
the expected orbit."
The circular orbit planned for the Galileo satellites was inclined at 55
degrees, with a semi major axis of about 18,000 miles. Instead, the spacecraft
were put in an elliptical orbit with an incline off 49.8 degrees and a
semi-major axis of about 16,280 miles.
Scientists and engineers of Arianespace, ESA and other organizations believe
the miss was caused by an anomaly with the upper stage of the Soyuz rocket that
left the Arianespace launch pad in French Guiana last Friday.
Investigations into the cause of the incorrect orbit and how, if possible, the
satellites can be saved are now taking place.
"Our aim is of course to fully understand this anomaly," said
Stéphane Israël, chairman and chief executive officer of Arianespace.
"Everybody at Arianespace is totally focused on meeting this objective.
"... Arianespace, in association with ESA and the European Commission,
will designate an independent inquiry board to determine the exact causes of
this anomaly and to draw conclusions and develop corrective actions that will
allow us to resume launches of Soyuz from the Guiana Space Center in complete
safety and as quickly as possible.
"Arianespace is determined to help meet the European Union's goals for the
Galileo program without undue delay," he said.
The European Space Agency said the two satellites are being safely controlled
and operated from its operations center in Germany.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Labor
Day in Canada began in 1872 in Toronto but quickly made its way south to the
U.S. Originally it began as a significant demonstration demanding rights for
workers.
The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New
York City, planned by the Central Labor Union. The Labor Day parade of about
10,000 workers took unpaid leave and marched from City Hall past Union Square
uptown to 42nd street, and ended in Wendel's Elm Park at 92nd Street and 9th
Avenue for a concert, speeches, and a picnic.
Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day a holiday in 1887.
On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September
of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
In the late 1800s the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks
to eke out a basic living. Children as young as 5-6 years old worked in
factories and mines.
The year in which the 8-hour day was firmly established was 1916 with the
passage of the Adamson Act. This was the first federal law regulating hours of
workers in private companies.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
1-7
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week
National Payroll Week
National Waffle Week
Self-University Week
2-6
Play Days
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Today
Is
Another Look Unlimited Day
Bison-ten Yell Day
National Beheading Day
V-J Day-1945
++
Independence
Day (Vietnam-1945-from Japan/France)
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Today’s
Events through History
1898 - Machine gun 1st used in battle
1900 - A large demonstration by Nationalists in
Dublin's Phoenix Park demand that Ireland be free of British rule
1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1993 - Day of Peace in South Africa
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Birthday’s
Today
Peter Ueberroth, organized LA
Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner is 77
Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Steelers)/announcer
(CBS, FOX) is 66
Mark Harmon, actor (Dr
Caldwell-St Elsewhere) is 63
[James]
Jimmy Connors, US tennis champion is
62
Linda Purl, actress (Matlock) is
59
Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Speed)
is 50
Lennox Lewis, London England,
heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold) is 49
Salma Hayek, Veracruz, Mexico,
actress (Desparado) is 48
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Remembered
for being born today
Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last
queen of Hawaii (1838-1917)
Albert Spaulding, baseball
player/founded Spaulding sports (1850-1915)
Hugo Montenegro, American composer
and bandleader (1925-1981)
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Historical
Obits Today
Pheidippides, Greek
hero and inspiration for the modern marathon, 490BC, @40ish
J R R (John Ronald Reuel)Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), 1973,
@81
Bob Denver, actor
(Gilligan's Island), cancer, 2005, @70
Bob
Mathias, American athlete and congressman, cancer, 2006, @75
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Brain Teasers
1) Points
2) Chains
3) Scales
4) Meters
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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