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Week: 35 \ Day: 235
August
Averages: 78°\50°
86004
Today: H 84° \ L 54°
Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind
ave: 9mph\Gusts: 23mph
Ave.
High: 79° Record High: 90°[1985]
Ave. Low: 48° Record Low: 24°[1968]
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Observances
Today: Observances
This Week:
Day
For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade 18-24
Its Abolition Minority
Enterprise Development Week
Go
Topless Day Link 19-23
Valentino
Day National
Massage Therapy Week
Ride
the Wind Day 23-29
National
Return To Work Week
National
Safe at Home Week
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1784 - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their
area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental
Congress rejects it
1838 - Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley,
Mass) 1st graduating class
1850 - 1st national women's rights convention
convenes in Worcester Mass
1869 - 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes)
arrives in SF, from Boston
1904 - Automobile tire chain patented
1919 - "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip
premieres in Chicago Tribune
1989 - Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record
4x200 m (1:19.38)
1996 - Osama bin Laden issues message entitled
'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy
places.'
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day
of Vulcan, Roman god of fire.
1305 - William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is
executed for high treason by Edward I of England.
1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands
near Quebec City in his 3rd voyage to Canada
1555 - Calvinists are granted rights in the
Netherlands.
1617
- 1st one-way streets open (London)
1821 - Mexico declares independence
1839 - British capture Hong Kong from China
1933 - 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton &
Laurie Raiteri in London
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian
jail following another hunger strike
1942 - World War II: The last cavalry charge in
history takes place at Izbushensky
1948 - World Council
of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1958 - Marie Ashton completes playing piano a
female record 133 hours
1960 - World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught
(Equatorial Guinea)
1972 - 4 civilians and 1 British soldier are
injured in separate overnight shooting incidents in North Ireland
2013 - UN inspectors
are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site of a
chemical massacre
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
An interesting experience yesterday. My PCP wanted a blood draw—fasting
and no drinking water before draw. I usually load up on water before a blood
draw so it goes quickly. So I head to the clinic at 7:15a since it opens at 7a.
The fasting part isn’t that hard but not drinking any liquids is a pain. I
check in at 7:25. The lady says I can’t draw your blood for one of the tests
until 8a. I explain my situation and she says I’m sorry, but this one test has
to be drawn 8a-10a. So I sit and watch lots of people come and go. Finally at
exactly 8a I get called. I tell the tech that I’m sorry but this may be a
difficult draw because the doctor told me not to drink any water before the
draw. She smiles and says it’s OK. Turns out it was…a quick draw and I’m out by
8:10. Never heard of a blood draw that can only be made between 8a-10a, but you
learn something new every day.
Our monsoon was supposed to start up again yesterday, but if didn’t
and it hasn’t started yet today. Hoping for tonight. Things are getting dry
again.
Everybody has heard about the Gold Mine mess near Durango where
the EPA geniuses dumped 3+ million gallons of toxic waste into a river that
eventually feeds into Lake Powell. Not everyone has heard about EPA mess on the
Navajo Rez. Farmers use that water for irrigation, ranchers use it for
livestock and several communities use the water for drinking water. So the
Navajo Nation President declared an emergency and told people not to use the
water for anything. EPA steps up and says we’ll send good water to the farmers
and ranchers for their crops and cattle. It took almost a week but the water
finally arrived for irrigation and cattle. One small problem, it was in tanks
that had previously used for petroleum so the water was oily and smelled like
gas/oil. The Navajo refused the water and sent it back. So until the river
water has passed the tests, by the Navajo Nation, the crops are drying out and
the livestock are really thirsty. Many Navajo still haul water for their
residences—drinking, cooking, bathing, etc.—as they have done for decades. Now
they are trying to haul water for their livestock too. This will take decades
to rebuild any trust in the EPA.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What
is this phrase?
King Garfield and Queen Felix
King Scooby and Queen Lassie
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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**NEW**…Amazing
Facts…
Zeus, a Great Dane, was crowned the world's
tallest dog in 2012. Measuring a whopping 1.11 meters (3'8") from shoulder
to foot, he stood at an amazing 2.2 meters (7'3") in height on his hind
legs.
Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the
tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3
times the height of Mount Everest.
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…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
John Priser of the U. S. Naval Observatory is asking anyone who
saw a bright burning object streak across the sky shortly after 9 p.m Monday
night to please report the sighting to the Observatory or to call
the Daily Sun to aid in their knowing the direction of flight, the
burn and the fall.
The Southwest Sawmill workers walked out here in Flagstaff and
in three other towns. The mill is in the tedious process of putting the
plant to bed. Pickets from Local 2772 are at the gate. The strike is over wages
and contract terms.
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…Harper’s
Index…
0 - percentage
change in the rate of global carbon emissions in 2014
0 - number of
previous hears on record in which the global economy grew and the carbon-emission
rate did not
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
Natgeo Photo @pedromcbride // Two curious Kea parrots of New
Zealand, the only alpine parrot in the world, come to investigate the camera.
Mt. Cook looms in the distance.
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…Foreigners
Find These American Customs Offensive…
6. Being
fashionably late
Americans often make appointments for "around x" or
"x-ish." Being a few minutes late, or as we even call it
"fashionably" late, is standard to Americans, but unacceptable in
many other countries (like Germany), where leaving people waiting is taken as
you thinking your time more valuable than everyone else's.
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…USA
Facts…
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Signs such as those that state “Not Responsible for Your Car or
Its Contents” carry no weight in court; they are posted simply to discourage
people from pursuing any legal action.
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2
jokes for the day
Q: What does a stamp say to an envelope?
A: Stick with me and we'll go places.
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A young ensign had nearly completed his first
overseas tour of sea duty when he was given an opportunity to display his
ability at getting the ship under way. With a stream of crisp commands, he had
the decks buzzing with men. The ship steamed out of the channel and soon the
port was far behind.
The ensign's efficiency has been remarkable. In fact, the deck was abuzz with
talk that he had set a new record for getting a destroyer under way. The ensign
glowed at his accomplishment and was not all surprised when another seaman
approached him with a message from the captain.
He was, however, a bit surprised to find that it was a radio message, and he
was even more surprised when he read, "My personal congratulations upon
completing your underway preparation exercise according to the book and with
amazing speed. In your haste, however, you have overlooked one of the unwritten
rules -- Make Sure The Captain Is Aboard Before Getting Under Way."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
STANFORD,
Ky. - Authorities in Kentucky said they arrested a man accused of
drunkenly trying to dig up his father's grave to help the nearly-40-year-dead
man get to heaven. Michael May, 44, whose father, Odell, died in 1978, was
arrested Monday night on charges of violating a grave, possession of marijuana,
and public intoxication. May, who had allegedly been drinking alcohol and
smoking marijuana Monday evening, was discovered digging up a plot at the Pilot
Baptist Church in rural Lincoln County by a constable whose suspicions were
piqued when he saw May's car. "I went back and hollered for him to step
back in the light and he told me to step back to the dark. That's when I went
and got my flashlight. He started hollering out [Bible] verses at me,"
Constable Delbert Mitchell told WLEX-TV. "He told me he was trying to dig
his dad up, so his dad could go to heaven." May told police he does not
believe he was doing anything wrong by trying to dig up his father's grave.
"I see the truth… he needs to be on the ground. Not under it," May
said. Police asked May if he planned to make a second attempt to exhume his
father's remains. "It's a possibility. If the truth doesn't come out and
nobody sees the truth, yeah I'll do it again," he said.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(87) - Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m
sprinter (Olympic-gold-1928) d.1999
86 - Vera
Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)
84 - Barbara
Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
83 - Mark
Russell, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
75 - Richard
Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actor (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
(68) - Tex Williams, American singer d. 1985
66 - Rick
Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl, Ricki & the
Flash)
66 - Shelley
Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
64 - Queen
Noor, of Jordan
(62) - Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold
Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier], French naturalist and zoologist d.1832
37 - Kobe
Bryant, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
(34) - Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero
("We have met the enemy") d.1819
(32) - Keith Moon, English rock drummer
(Who-I'm A Boy) d.1978
(23) - River Phoenix, Madras Oregon, actor
(Little Nikta, Stand By Me) d.1993
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Historical
Obits Today
Ed Warren,
American paranormal investigator-2006@79
Oscar
Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, cancer-1960@65
William
Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded-1305@35
Oliver
Hazard Perry, naval hero, yellow fever on 34th birthday-1819
Rudolph
Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), peritonitis-1926@31
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Raining (reigning) cats and dogs!
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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 contains
mistakes and sadly once 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.
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