8-31-15

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Almanac: Week: 36 \ Day: 243
August Averages: 78°\50°
86004 Today: H 80° \ L 51° Average Sky Cover: 75% 
Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  21mph
Ave. High: 78° Record High: 89°[1950] Ave. Low: 46° Record Low: 35°[1957]
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Observances Today:                          Observances This Week:
International Overdose Awareness Day Link          25-31
Love Litigating Lawyers Day                                Be Kind To Humankind Week

28-30
National Chuck Wagon Races
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Freedom Day (Malaysia)
Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)
Independence Day (Trinidad,Tobago-1962-from UK)
La Tomatina (Spain)
National Language Day (Moldova)

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1142 - Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League - with the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah
1897 - Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
1905 - 25th U.S. Men's National Championship: Beals Wright beats Holcombe Ward (6-2, 6-1, 11-9)
1935 - 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
1935 - FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1954 - US Census Bureau forms
1960 - Agricultural Hall of Fame forms
1965 - Department of Housing & Urban Development established
1988 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
2012 - "Argo" premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2013)
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1535 - Pope Paul II excommunicates King Henry VIII of England
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland
1772 - Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1920 - Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands celebrates golden jubilee
1951 - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
1987 - South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1994 - Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
1994 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel, Paris
1998 - North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
2006 - Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" is recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. 
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Restfull Sunday.
So glad I went to the Rez for the funeral of my friend’s son. I picked up a friend in Tuba and we had a nice reminiscent trip up past Shonto. While the directions on FB gave what I call the ‘White-man directions’, we decided to go the way we knew from Shonto Boarding School, down through the canyon, past the old carving in the road that still says ‘long ago, no good road’. For those wondering, it is still a ‘no good road’ but brought back lots of memories. Got to the church, got to talk to the grieving parents before the service, saw about 10 others who still remembered me from back in the early 1970s. The service was long, but very nice. My friends are in a mixed marriage…the wife is Hopi, the husband is Navajo. Two relatives of the mom gave a prayer in Hopi and sang a Christian song in Hopi…first time I had ever heard Hopi in a church. The Navajo side did their talks in Navajo and then English. They also had a great slide show of the son’s life from birth to recently. Very moving. The family asked that everyone eat after leaving the church and let the immediate family do the burial about a mile away. The meal was a combination of Hopi and Navajo food. While eating several people came up, introduced themselves and reminded me that I was their teacher or that we had worked together at Shonto. Such beautiful country, such kind and generous people. I even talked my first classroom aide. Then another long drive back to Tuba, with more stories of our days out there. I got back to Flag about 6pm, just in time to go to our discussion group meeting.
The topic was privacy and very interesting. We discussed ‘government privacy’, ‘corporation privacy’, and ‘personal privacy’. After defining each, the discussion moved to how they intertwine. Not sure how we solved the issue, but certainly have a better understanding of the tangled mess we are currently in.  
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
In each sentence the name of a tree is hidden. The willow is hiding in the first sentence. Can you find the others? 

1. I will owe you a favor if you drive me to the airport.
2. I am afraid of going up in elevators.
3. Drinking cocoa keeps me warm on long winter nights.
4. I hope the map leads us to buried treasure.
5. "Eat another bonbon," said our charming hostess.
6. Nepal may be the most interesting place I have ever visited.
7. Remember to fold the map, please.
8. I feel many lumps in this mattress.
9. Word processing is not as useful as pens and paper for creative brainstorming.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing Facts…
The LifeStraw is a simple and compact, yet powerful water filtration system which may be the solution to the world's water emergency.

Let's Pizza is the world's first pizza vending machine. Just select your topping, insert coins, and watch your pizza bake!
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
There were seven meteor reports from the Mount Elden Drive-In before it disappeared in the mist on the mountain.
This past Thursday, 12 nurses graduated from Arizona State College at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Hall Auditorium, each with an Associate in Science Degree. They are each now eligible to take the State Nurses Examination.
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…Harper’s Index…
10 – factor by which the number of full-time minimum-wage workers exceeds that of securities-industry workers

2 – by which the total amount of securities-industry bonuses exceeded the cumulative earnings of which minimum-wage works in 2014
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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

Navajo Times: Miss To'Hajiilee Erica Nelson smiles to the crowd at the 23rd annual Ramah Navajo Fair parade on Saturday in Pine Hill, N.M. A former colleague teaches at To’Hajiilee School. And this photo reminds all of us that Fair season on the Rez has begun again. Tuba will have its 54th Fair in October.
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…Foreigners Find These American Customs Offensive…
13. Showing the soles of your feet
In many Arab, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist countries, showing the soles of your feet is a sign of disrespect, as they're considered the lowest, and dirtiest part of the body, since they touch the dirty ground. Men should cross their legs with caution.
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…USA Facts…
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the US and Canada!

Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
The 1984 film Red Dawn was the first to garner a PG-13 rating.
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2 jokes for the day
A tornado hit a farmhouse just before dawn. It lifted the roof off, picked up the beds on which the farmer and his wife slept, and set them down gently in the next county. The wife began to cry.
“Don’t be scared, Susan,” her husband said. “We are not hurt.”
Susan continued to cry. “I’m not scared,” she said between sobs. “I’m happy ‘cause this is the first time in 15 years we’ve been out together.

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The Real Meaning of Hotel slogans -
Old world charm ................................. No bath
Options galore ................................... Nothing is included in the itinerary
No extra fees ..................................... No extras
Nominal fee ....................................... Outrageous charge
Standard ........................................... Sub-standard
Deluxe .............................................. Standard
Superior ............................................ One free shower cap
Cozy ................................................. Small
All the amenities ................................ Two free shower caps
Plush ................................................ Top and bottom sheets

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Yep, It Really Happened
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio group supporting marijuana legalization is under fire from critics who say the group's new superhero mascot appeals to children. ResponsibleOhio, a group supporting the state's Proposal 3 to legalize marijuana for adults over the age of 21, recently unveiled the superhero mascot, dubbed Buddie, with pictures on Facebook. Buddie features a green marijuana bud for a head and a superhero suit complete with a cape, six-pack abs, and a "B" logo over a picture of a marijuana leaf. Nick Lashutka, president of the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, accused the group of marketing marijuana to children. "I have four kids and if any of them were to see this, they would draw a conclusion that it's OK," Lashutka told Cleveland.com. Jen Detwiler, spokeswoman for rival group Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies, said Buddie was a poor choice of mascot. "ResponsibleOhio has placed a lot of emphasis on the 21 and over piece of their amendment but then comes out with a mascot styled after a superhero?" Detwiler said. "It's a pretty shameless attempt to entice young people." ResponsibleOhio spokeswoman Faith Oltman said Buddie will only visit college campuses as part of the group's "Green Rush Bus Tour" to promote "Buddie's 21 and Up Club," a social media campaign aiming to "engage millennial voters in the process in a new, creative and exciting way."      
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(93) - Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) d.2010
  84 - Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
(81) - Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) d. 1952
(79) - Arthur Godfrey, radio/TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout) d.1983
(78) - Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (Music Man) d.2003
(77) - Frederic March [Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel], American actor d.1975
(74) - James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven) d.2002
(70) - Richard Basehart, Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea) d.1984
  70 - Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys)
(67) - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) d.1986
  66 - Richard Gere, Phila Pa, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman)
(62) - Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican d.1998
  45 - Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
  44 - Chris Tucker, American actor\comedian
  32 - Larry Fitzgerald, American football player (Cardinals)
(28) - Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor d. 41 AD
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Historical Obits Today
John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach)-1973@78
Ike Pappas, American news correspondent, heart failure-2008@75
David Frost, British broadcaster, heart attack-2013@74
Jacob Hamblin, Mormon missionary, scout and explorer; colonization along the Little Colorado River and served as a guide to Major John Wesley Powell-1886@66
John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress)-1688@59
Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, plane crash-1969@45
Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, car crash-1997@36
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Brain Teasers Answers
In each sentence the name of a tree is hidden. The willow is hiding in the first sentence. Can you find the others? 


1. I will owe you a favor if you drive me to the airport.
2. I am afraid of going up in elevators.
3. Drinking cocoa keeps me warm on long winter nights.
4. I hope the map leads us to buried treasure.
5. "Eat another bonbon," said our charming hostess.
6. Nepal may be the most interesting place I have ever visited.
7. Remember to fold the map, please.
8. I feel many lumps in this mattress.
9. Word processing is not as useful as pens and paper for creative brainstorming.

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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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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.