Aug 29

 

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Aug 29, 2020  Week: 35  Day: 242                 Local:   H 85° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 60%

Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  9mph                            Nearest lightning:  16mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire                                        Visibility:  10mi

Record: 91°[1948]   Record: 37°[1956]                 Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"The question isn't who is going to let me;

it's who is going to stop me."

-Ayn Rand

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Random Tidbits

 The rise of fast food and the decline of cooking has undermined family dinners and increased obesity rates.

Consumers in America spend more money on food in restaurants than they do on food they can cook at home.

A chef's hat is officially called a toque, which is Arabic for hat.

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A little humor

"Disorder in the Court" True statements from court records

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years.

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State Name Origins

The origin of the world "Mexico" is from the Aztec word meaning "place of Mexitli," which is an Aztec god. Other possible origins include a combination of metztli ("moon"), xictli ("center") and the suffix -co ("place") and means "place at the center of the moon." The Spanish named the lands north of the Rio Grande "Nuevo Mexico," or New Mexico. The name was anglicized after the area was turned over to the U.S. by Mexico after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848.

The Empire State was named after the Duke of York and Albany, the brother of King Charles II, in 1664. There had been a settlement called York in England since before the Romans invaded England. The word York comes from the Latin word for city.

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Observations This Week

World Water Week: 23-29  Link
Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
Minimally Invasive Surgery Week: 26-29  Link (Moved from Sept.)
Chuckwagon Races: 29-9/6 
International Bat Night: 29-30 
Tour de France: 29-9/20  Link  Moved from June due to COVID-19

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Observations for Today

According to Hoyle Day
Individual Rights Day Link
International Bat Night 
International Bacon Day

International Day Against Nuclear Tests
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
National Chop Suey Day

National Sarcoidosis Day: Link  
National Whiskey Sour Day

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My Rambling Thoughts

A nice monsoon yesterday afternoon…loud and hard, temperature dropped from 88 to 73 in minutes. Then about 6pm a nice female rain that lasted about 2+ hours. Very much appreciated.

Arizona is sending 150 National Guard members to Kenosa, Wisconsin after their governor asked for them. A tough assignment anytime, made harder by Covid.

Flagstaff is moving toward Phase 3 of reopening the city offices. This will provide citizens with access to most of the city offices. Most have been closed since mid-March. I sure hope it works out.

I read an interesting perspective this morning. Still not sure how I feel about it:

Blue lives don’t exist. Stop drawing an equivalence between racial identity and a job. This country is so divided and so into quick slogans. Sad.

The Federal Election Commission is made up of six members, 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Their responsibility is to oversee all elections for possible legal violations. During this election cycle, the Commission only has 3 members. Without at least a 4^th member, they cannot rule on anything as a simple majority is needed for all action. Wanna guess who appoints members of the FEC? Right, the US President.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What do many boats, shovels, laundries, whistles, and hot showers have in common?

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Historical Events

1758 – The first American Indian reservation was established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.

1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, opening the door to electric generators.

1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

1896 – Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-Chang’s chef is credited with inventing Chop Suey.

1898 – The Goodyear tire company was founded.

1922 – The first radio advertisement (for an apartment complex) was broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.

1949 – The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

1958 – United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1966 – The Beatles performed their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ended all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

2005 (Hurricane) Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people.

2012 Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction

2016 Italian coastguard says 6,500 migrants rescued at sea in 40 separate incidents in 1 day off coast of Sabratha, Libya

2017 US President Donald Trump visits flood affected Texas

2018 John McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capital rotunda in Phoenix

2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces new retirement ages, 60 for women, 65 for men in TV address, amid protests

2019 Discovery of world's largest child sacrifice site announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from Chimú culture in Huanchaco, Peru

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Birthdays Today

@90 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, and director (d. 2014)

@86 – Richard Blackwell, American fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)

82 – Elliott Gould, American actor

@81 – John McCain, American soldier, and politician (d. 2018)

80 – Joel Schumacher, American director, and producer (d. 2020)

77 – Robin Leach, English journalist; television host (died in 2018)

73 – Temple Grandin, autistic biologist

@72 – John Locke, English physician, and philosopher (d. 1704; asthma)

@67 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982; breast cancer)

@61 – Otis Boykin, American inventor-pacemakers (d. 1982)

@50 – Michael Jackson, singer (d. 2009; cardiac arrest)

@34 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist, and composer (d. 1955; cirrhosis)

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Puzzle Answer

Steam

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