Jul 10

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 29 Day 191 \ Ave. Sky Cover 60% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 85° \58° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 7mph  Air Quality Fair
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 95mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)

 

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Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

1-24 Tour de France  Link

4-10 Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week Nude Recreation Weekend

7-14 Running of The Bulls (Spain)

7-17  Tug-of-War Days

10-16   Family Golf Week: Link National Vodka Week Link    National Theraputic Recreation Week Link   National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week  Link   Operation Safe Driver Week  Link

10-17  Sports Cliché Week: Link

Daily Observations

Clerihew Day
Don’t Step on a Bee Day
Global Energy Independence Day
Kitten Day
National Kitten Day
National Piña Colada Day
Nikola Tesla Day
Oils & Concentrates Day 
Piña Colada Day
Pick Blueberries Day
Teddy Bears' Picnic Day
U.S. Energy Independence Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another hot day. It looks like some monsoon later today. Sure hope so to cool us off and help the forest.

I had a very successful and quick phlebotomy yesterday afternoon. My doctor had said to think about having a port put in, so I don’t have to do all the steps for a phlebotomy. I talked to the nurse that does the phlebotomy and the nurse that puts in the needle. Both gave me the pros and cons.  I still have veins that give good blood, they are just ‘deep’. I’ve decided to hold off on the port until it becomes more necessary. All good.

It is always difficult to form an opinion until one has the basic trueful facts of the situation. It turns out that none of us has those facts when discussing background checks to buy a gun. The idea sounds great until you read the FBI record of background checks. The law gives the FBI 3 days to conduct a background check. If the FBI does not notify the seller within those 3 days, the sale can continue. In the 2021 calendar year, the FBI did not meet that deadline on 1100+ purchases that should have been denied. Therefore, it is up to the FBI to track down the purchaser and take the gun away. In addition, the FBI has only 88 days to fully complete a background check. Many times, numerous agencies are involved and many of those agencies do not respond in that timeframe. If the background check reaches the 89^th day and is not complete, the entire data collected must be deleted from the FBI database. In the last year, 700,000 checks were not completed and had to be deleted. Wake up Congress, this is not what you hoped for, and it is your job to fix it…NOW!

Favorite Memes

Popular International Destinations

15. New Delhi, India

New Delhi is all at once chaotic and calm, a complicated city where cows often wander the shanty-lined streets. The 17th century Red Fort is a mass of domes and turrets, while Chandni Chowk is an exercise in friendly haggling.

14. Corsica, France

Corsica is a laid-back French island, with a breezy vibe that’s part European weekend and part tropical honeymoon. The port city of Bastia flings its arms wide open to weary travelers disembarking from a long ferry trip

13. Tenerife, Canary Islands

Tribal Terenife still shows influence from the aboriginal Gaunches people. Visitors clamber to conquer Mount Teide (Spain’s tallest peak) and to stretch out on the sands of Los Gigantes. Squawk hello to the playful parrots of Loro Park

Trivia

Avocados

Summer is avocado season. Avocados are incredibly popular around the world as a food all by itself, but also as an ingredient. In fact, Brazilians like to add avocados to not only sandwiches and salads, but also to ice cream, while Indonesians love to eat avocados with chocolate syrup.

In 1989, U.S. avocado consumption was around 1.1 pounds per person each year. Now Americans devour over seven pounds per person each year.

Contrary to common belief, avocados are berries, not vegetables.   

Historical Events

·           1890 –The 44th US state, Wyoming, joined the union.
·           1892 – The first concrete-paved street was built, on Court Avenue, around the Logan County Court House, in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
·           1913 – Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
·           1921 – (Sunday) Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people were killed; 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
·           1925 – In Dayton, Tennessee, the Monkey Trial began with John T. Scopes, a high school science teacher accused of teaching the theory of evolution in violation of the Butler Act. The law was repealed on May 17, 1967.
·           1938 – Howard Hughes set a record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
·           1962 – The patent (#3,043,625) was issued to Nils Bohlen, for the 3-point car seat-belt.
·           1962 – Telstar was launched
·           1991 – Boris Yeltsin took office as the first elected President of Russia.

Birthdays Today

@95 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer, actor (died in 2017)
@93 – Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron of the arts (d.1975)
@93 – David Dinkins, American politician, 106th Mayor of NYC (d. 2020)
@86 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist, engineer (d.1943)
@82 – David Brinkley, American journalist (d.2003)
@88 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
@80 – Jean Kerr, American author, playwright (d. 2003)
@74 – Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913; dropsy)
@71 – Ron Glass, American actor (d. 2016; respiratory failure)
75 – Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter
@66 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993; cancer)
50 – Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress,model
@49 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player, journalist (d, 1993; AIDS)
42 – James Rolfe, American actor, director, producer
42 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress