Oct 18

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week42 Day 291 Sky Cover 15%| Visibility|29mi.Flagstaff Today|73° \40° Wind7mph|Gusts12mph 
Nearest active fire: 31miles|Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:161mi
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine
Oct Averages: Temps: 63° \ 32° Moisture 4 Days  

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Spiritual Care Week: 16-22 Career in Energy Week: 16-22   Freedom of Speech Week: 16-22  Link    Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 16-21 Link National Health Education Week: 16-22  Link National Nuclear Science Week: 16-20 National School Bus Safety Week: 16-20 Link  YWCA Week Without Violence: 16-20 Link  Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 16-23

Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 Link Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 15-21  Freedom From Bullies Week: 15-21 International Infection Prevention Week: 15-21 Link Mediation Week: 15-21 Link   National Business Women's Week: 15-21  Link National Character Counts Week: 15-21   National Chemistry Week: 15-21 National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week: 15-21 Link  National Food Bank Week: 15-21  National Forest Products Week: 15-21 National Friends of Libraries Week: 15-21  National Pharmacy Week: 15-21  Link   National School Bus Safety Week: 15-21 National Teen Drivers Safety Week: 15-21 Link  Rodent Awareness Week: 15-21 Veterinary Technicians Week: 15-21 Link

Daily Observations

BRA Day USA  Link  (breast reconstruction awareness)   Chocolate Cupcake Day Hard Boiled Guy/Girl Day Link Hagfish Day Link   Information and Misinformation Overload Day International Pronouns Day Link  International Legging Day Link International Necktie Day  Link Meatloaf Appreciation Day  Medical Assistants Recognition Day Link  National Chocolate Cupcake Day

National Exascale Day Link Super-computers in medicine Necktie Day Newspaper Comic Strip Appreciation Day Persons Day (in Canada) St. Luke Feast Day Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce   Thank Your Cleaner Day Link  Unity Day  Link  World Menopause Day

Today’s Thoughts

Another nice fall day.

Biden is headed to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan in attempt to release the hostages. Meanwhile a bomb killed 200 in a hospital in Gaza. Neither side is claiming the bombing. While Biden was preparing, Jordan cancelled the meeting with Jordan’s President as they believe Israel is to blame for the bombing.

Today’s second vote will be happening soon for a Speaker. Republican Jordan and Democrat Jefferies are on the ballot. With the horrific killings in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza, this is the time for the House to unite and a pick a leader. As a teacher, I rarely would cancel recess if the class was misbehaving. Probably a good time to try that.

When my mother passed, I inherited her diamond ring…it is over 100 years old and was given to my grandmother by her fiancé. My mother wore it for almost 60 years. I had it reset and added some turquoise. When in the Peru rainforest I lost one piece of the turquoise. In early August, I took it to the jewelry store that had made it to get the turquoise replaced. I was excited that their jeweler was Navajo. He has been looking for the right turquoise. Today I picked the piece to use and it will be ready in 3 weeks. Excited.

Enjoy

Beliefs of 60 years ago… 

It Was Instructed That Weight Gain Should Be Avoided by Pregnant Women

During pregnancy, doctors typically advise a weight gain of around 20 pounds. It was suggested that pregnant women to consider omitting lunch from their meals and instead opt for non-fat dairy products.

Random Trivia…

The Vikings were the first people to discover America. Half a millennium before Christopher Columbus, Viking chief Leif Eriksson of Greenland landed on the Island of Newfoundland in the year 1,000 AD. The Vikings under Leif Eriksson settled Newfoundland as well as discovering and settling Labrador further north in Canada.

 The Colosseum was originally clad entirely in marble. When you visit or see the Colosseum these days, you’ll notice how the stone exterior appears to be covered in pockmarks all across its surface. The reason for the pockmarks is, after the fall of Rome, the city was looted and pillaged by the Goths. They took all of the marble from the Colosseum and stripped it down to its bare stone setting.

Historic Events

1867 – The United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Some called it #sewardsfolly

1896 – The first newspaper comic strip, The Yellow Kid, by Richard Outcault, appeared in The New York Journal.

1972 – The US Congress passed The Water Pollution Act

1985 – Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System released, their Video Game Console

2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch took part in the first all-women spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.

Birthdays with some quotes

@90 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)
“I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn’t paint.”
@86 – Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
83 – Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster.
@82 – Dawn Wells, American model, and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 (2020)
@74 – Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)
@71 – George C. Scott, American actor, and director (d. 1999; aneursym)
71 – Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
I believe that the obsessive worship of movie, TV, and sports figures is less likely to produce spiritual gain than praying to Thor.”
@71 – Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006; cancer)
“It costs a lot of money to be rich.”67 – Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player
“Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.”
@65 – Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991; heart attack)
63 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist
@56 – Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017; cancer)
44 – Ne-Yo, American singer
39 – Lindsey Vonn, American skier
“When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.”
36 – Zac Efron, American actor
“I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it’s up to you to walk through them.”
@24 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)

…The End for today…