Apr 30

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 18 Day: 120  Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 70° \35° 
Wind: 11mph \ Gusts: 18mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 12mi \ nearest Lightning: 497mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3- 5/1 Ramadan

21-5/2 Festival of Ridvan: Baha'i community

22-30    International Dark Sky Week Link

23-30  International Wildlife Film Week Link

24-30  Administrative Professionals Week National Dance Week  Link  National Infertility Awareness Week Link Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Link National Crime Victims Rights Week Link National Pediatric Transplant Week  National Scoop The Poop Week Sky Awareness Week                                                                          World Immunization Week Fibroid Awareness Week   National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link

24-5/1  Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries) Stewardship Week

27-30   American Quilters Society Week Link

28-30  Gathering of the Nations Powwow: Link

29-5/1   Interstate Mullet Toss  National Dream Hotline  National & Global Youth Service Days

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice sunny day so I took a long walk in the forest. Very nice!

The Tunnel fire near Flagstaff is no 90% contained. Hopefully this good news will continue.

When Dr. Fauci said ‘not a pandemic phase’ simply meant that we are in a phase of COVID that is not pandemic. That does not mean that the pandemic is over, just that it is not pandemic currently. Things can change.

Putin fired missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine yesterday. This is while the Secretary-General of the UN was in Kyiv. Many are seeing this as a middle finger to diplomacy by Russia. In another part of Ukraine, a retired Marine was killed after going to Ukraine to help the citizens.

I was in Beijing before the Pandemic. Now, Beijing is starting to lockdown the city with 22 million people. After seeing pictures of the barriers put up, I am concerned about the tour guides and drivers we showed us that amazing city. 

Favorite Memes

 

Myths that are not true

Sitting too close to the television damages your eyes

Sitting too close to the television is not known to harm eyesight. The myth most likely comes from the color TV-sets in the 1960s that emitted unsafe amounts of radiation.

If you make a silly face, it will freeze like that

Your facial muscles are elastic and will always return to their normal state.

Dogs see in black and white

Dogs can see color, just not to the same extent as humans.

Country Names

Japan

The English word for Japan actually comes from the Chinese name for the country, "Cipangu." The country's name apparently means "Land of the Rising Sun."

Malaysia

Malaysia's name perhaps comes from the Tamil words "malali" and "ur," meaning "mountain" and "city." Together: mountain city.

England

Land of the angels? No, England actually means "land of the Angles," referring to the Old English "Engla land."

Historical Events

Ø    1789 – In New York City, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States.

Ø    1803 – The Louisiana Purchase from France, for 15 million dollars, also included much (if not all of) of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Ø    1812 – The Territory of Orleans became the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.

Ø    1894 – Antarctic iceberg fragment was sighted at a latitude 26.50 degrees south, approximately parallel to to Rio de Janeiro, the nearest to the equator that an Antarctic iceberg that has been seen.

Ø    1900 – Casey Jones died in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.

Ø    1900 – Hawaii became a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

Ø    1938 – The cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuted in movie theaters, introducing ‘Happy Rabbit’ (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).

Ø    1939 – The 1939/1940 New York World’s Fair opened.

Ø    1939 – Franklin Roosevelt became the first US President to appear on Television, while appearing at the New York World’s Fair.

Ø    1947 – Nevada’s Boulder Dam was renamed the Hoover Dam.

Ø    1948 – The Land Rover, a British-made all-terrain vehicle, debuted at an auto show in Amsterdam.

Ø    1992- A Time Capsule was put in the ground in front of the Nickelodeon Building. However, on the same exact day 13 years later, Nickelodeon’s studios closed. It’s now underneath the entrance to the Nickelodeon Resort. It will be opened April 30th, 2042.

Ø  1993  Tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed by Gunter Parchein Hamburg, Germany.

Birthdays Today

@94 – Cloris Leachman, American actress (d. 2021)

@89 – Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (died in 1967)

@82 – Eve Arden, American character actress (d. 1990)

@74 – Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)

@73 – Bobby Vee [Robert Thomas Velline], singer-songwriter (d. 2016; dementia)

@66 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010; leukemia)

47 – Johnny Galecki, American actor

41 – Kunal Nayyar, TV Actor

40 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress

37 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model

31 – Travis Scott, American rapper and producer