9 Nov

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 312	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 26mi	Wind 4mph Gusts 9mph	FlagToday 52° \27°
Active fire: 36miles Risk of fire: Low	Nearest Lightning: 1316mi	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 Give Wildlife A Brake! Week:3-9   Link  National Book Awards Week: 3-9 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 3-9 Link      National Radiologic Technology Week: 3-9  Link   National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9  Link Polar Bear Week: 3-9 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8   Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13 National Donor Sabath: 8-10 World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 9-15

Daily Observations

Carl Sagan Day  Link Go to an Art Museum Today Day Kristallnacht-10 Microtia Awareness Day  Link National Child Safety Council Day

National Louisiana Day National Scrapple Day World Adoption Day Link World Freedom Day

Today’s Thoughts

 A nice fall day. Enjoying the sunshine with little wind.

Locally here: The voters spoke with a 2-1 NO vote on the new hospital. It became very apparent to voters that the major problems with the current hospital was the working conditions of medical staff that doesn’t like the constant turnover of Drs., nurses, and technicians…due to low pay and management directives. A beautiful new building will not correct the current issues.

There has been a lot of stories on the Israel-Gaza war. In studying the war, media is now addressing the difference between Hamas and Palestinian people. There are many Palestinian people who do not support Hamas, yet many have always seen them as the same. The last election in Gaza put Hamas in charge. Since the last election…9 years ago…Hamas members has broken every cease fire, killed many Palestinian children and elderly.  Hamas has a strong hold in Gaza, and many Palestinians believe there is nothing they can do to stop Hamas. It is a very sad situation. Palestinians recognize that if they speak against Hamas, they will arrested, put in a prison, or be killed.

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Crawfish©Provided by ALot.com

You know those mini-lobsters that live in creeks and streams rather than the ocean? The majority of the south calls them crawfish, while the north kind of switches between crawdad and crayfish.

Random Trivia…

Fate or Random Chance?©pinterest

Some things just aren’t meant to be, and sometimes that's actually for the best. A New York woman decided to end it all by jumping off the Empire State Building’s 86th floor, only to be blown back safely onto the floor below by a strong wind. Let’s all hope she took advantage of this new lease on life that she was lucky enough to get! 

After all, that's the sort of freak occurrence that does tend to drive people to religion, or at the very least some kind of epiphany. 

Historic Events

1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower caught sight of land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

1872 - Thirteen people died in The Great Boston Fire.

1888 - The mutilated body of Mary Jane Kelly, believed to be the final victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered in Spitalfields, London, England.

1938 – Crystal Night (Kristallnacht) took place in Germany. 30,000 Jews were arrested and nearly 100 were killed.

1965- Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.

1965 – There was a blackout over much of the Northeastern United States, more than 30 million people were affected.

1989 – The Berlin Wall opened.

2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Birthdays with some quotes

@85 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, and inventor (d. 2000)
“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
@77 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (39th Vice President, d. 1996; leukemia)
@72 – Mary Travers, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 2009; leukemia)
72 – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder, and actor
@62 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996; cancer)
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”
“In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist’s signature 53 – Chris Jericho, American-Canadian wrestler
50 – Nick Lachey, American Singer/Songwriter, producer, and actor
45 – Sisqó, American Singer/Songwriter, producer, and actor
43 – Vanessa (née Minnillo) Lachey, Filipino-American TV host, and actress
@42 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965; OD or fat embolism)
“I can’t play a slave.”
35 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer

…The End for today…