Aug 20

 

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Aug 20, 2020  Week: 34  Day: 233                 Local:   H 93° \ L 56° \ Average Sky Cover: 60%

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  14mph                        Nearest lightning:  5mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire                                        Visibility:  10mi

Record High: 90°[2009]   Record Low: 35°[1979]    Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

-Henry Ford

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Random Tidbits

 I read somewhere that Americans waste, on average, a pound of food a day. Somebody must be wasting most of my share, because I can't remember the last time I threw out a leftover. But even still, that is a lot of waste. Wouldn't it be easier if food just lasted forever, like Twinkies?

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A little humor

Do you know what you get when you play a country tune backward? You get your job back, your house back, your wife back, your dog back …

Kinky Friedman, an entertainer and former Texas gubernatorial candidate, explains how to speak Texanese: “Y’all is singular. All y’all is plural. All y’all’s is plural possessive.”

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State Name Origins

The name Missouri originates from the Native American Sioux of the state called the Missouris. Missouri means "town of the large canoe." Other meanings for "Missouri" include "those who have dugout canoes," "wooden canoe people," or "he of the big canoe."

The name "Montana" is based on the Spanish word for mountain, montaña, though it is not known who first used the name for the territory. The name "Montana" was proposed in 1864 when the area was separated from the Nebraska Territory.

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Observations This Week

Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico  Aug10-20, 1680

National Aviation Week: 15-21  
National Chef's Appreciation Week: 16-22  Link   
Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24

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Observations for Today

Islamic New Year
National ‘ Bacon Lovers ‘ Day

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

National Radio Day  Link
World Mosquito Day Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

It sure looks like we are going to get some moisture. Dark clouds up there. Humidity is still low (7%) so maybe not. It was hot enough for me by 8am. Seems like every day I turn on the cooler earlier and earlier. There is thunder in the distance so maybe moisture.

The Dem convention goes on. Biden selected. President Nez’s speech in the opening was decent but wished he had more of a platform.

My friend Faith and Andy stopped by with a cute little Native design hand sanitizer holder that can clip on to a belt loop or purse strap. I really liked it and ordered 4 more for friends. They will be ready tomorrow.

The finalized itinerary for the fall foliage tour in Sept. 2021 is now on the Focus Travel site. Looks like a great trip.

I have several Facebook friends who have kids or grandkids doing school on line. They are posting pictures and videos of the youngsters zooming a class. First issue is having a fantastic connection, otherwise it becomes jumpy video. Second issue is keeping the child engaged since much of the time, the connection comes and goes. Third issue is simply logging on. Then I was reading about NAU and it’s online classes. They require a zoom connection with the student camera turned on during class, or no credit for attending. If it is a poor connection, and cuts off, the student logs in again but may be considered absent. Lots of tech stuff for schools to work out.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

If it’s information you seek, come and see me.

If it’s pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.

Who am I?

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Historical Events

1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen.

1858 – Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London

1882 – Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuted in Moscow, Russia.

1910 – The Great Fire of 1910 burned 3 Million acres in Washinton, Idaho, and Montana.

1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK “Detroit News Radiophone” (now WWJ), began operations in Detroit, Michigan.

1926 – Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) was established.

1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood until

1968 During the night 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring

2013 years when it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.

1975 – NASA launched the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

1977 – NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft towards the outer solar system.

1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.

2014 – 72 people were killed in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture by a series of landslides that were caused by a (typical) month’s worth of rain that fell in a single day.

2018 Measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO

2018 Pope Francis releases letter to all Catholics condemning sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups "We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them"

2019 Computer systems in 22 small Texas towns hacked and held to ransom in coordinated attack prompts FBI investigation

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Birthdays Today

89 – Don King, American boxing promoter

85 – Ron Paul, American politician, and physician

74 – Connie Chung, American journalist

72 – Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter

@67 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President  (d. 1901; pneumonia)

66 – Al Roker, American news anchor, and television personality

@65 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008; stroke)

@48 – H.P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, novelist (d. 1937; cancer)

@40 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964; plane crash)

28 – Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress

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Puzzle Answer

A bookkeeper

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