What a mess in Afghanistan. The Taliban captured an American soldier. Now, what will happen? The Taliban knows that we have captured theirs, we have tortured theirs, we have water boarded theirs, we have imprisoned theirs for years. Just like the Taliban, our soldiers are young volunteers. Just like the Taliban, ours are fighting for what they believe is right. Now we have to watch and see what the Taliban will do. This young soldier is alone, is scared, and will say anything he’s told. The story leaked out today, from our military, that this soldier was distraught when he left his base camp unarmed. It doesn’t matter how he was captured. It doesn’t matter how he feels about the military war. He is an American. He is being held by our perceived enemy. IMHO this is not the time for the military to spread possible, but not proven scenarios. After he is released, or after he is extracted, then the military can follow its own rules to deal with this soldier. This is the time to protect Americans. This story will only get murkier in the days to come.
The thunder started early today, and continued through most of the day. The rain showers came, stopped, returned, stopped and returned again. The thunderheads came, and moved out, leaving us overcast. Quite a monsoon day her in our little mountain town. Cooler temps lasted all day. That was really nice. This has been the hottest July in years. Most people in Flagstaff don’t have air conditioning as it would only be used a few days each summer. This last two weeks have many thinking about what to do. A huge windstorm hit Gila Bend and Ajo AZ last night. It knocked out electricity for 2500 customers. It will take another 24 hours to get it back on. Both Gila Bend and Ajo passed 100 degrees today. Life is tough for both these communities most days. These days it is much worse. Dry Ice is being distributed by AZ Public Service in both towns. That will help people with freezers, but I don’t know how it will cool them off. It took APS eight hours to find a generator that could be brought to the only cooling center in Gila Bend. Many elderly and frail had to be transported to towns with electricity. Guess we in Flag can’t complain too much about the heat.
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Random Fact
60% of all US potato products originate in Idaho.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 21
National Baby Food Week
July 21—202 days so far this year…163 days remain in 2009
Legal Drinking Age Day
*Belgium: National Holiday since 1831—Inauguration of Leopold I
*Guam: Liberation Day [1944]
*Singapore: Racial Harmony Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1804
Victor Schoelcher Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
1816
Paul Julius Baron von Reuter founded Reuters news service
1899
Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)
1920
Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
1924
Don Knotts Morgantown WV, actor
1938
Janet Reno U.S. Attorney General (1993-2001)
1947
Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker (Peace Train, Father & Son)
1948
Garry Trudeau cartoonist: Doonesbury
1952
Robin Williams Chicago Ill, comedian
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1588
English fleet defeats Spanish armada
1773
Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Jesuit order of priests. The ban remains in effect until 1814, when the Jesuits are revived by Pope Pius VII.
1806
Crow Indians steal twenty-four of Lewis and Clark’s horses.
1846
Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley)
1861
1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins
1873
Jesse James, 1st train robbery
1930
US Veterans Administration established
1925
A Tennessee jury finds high school teacher John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, and he is fined $100.
1957
Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title
1970
Egypt completes the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, a major Soviet-funded project that creates Lake Nasser and provides much of the country's electrical power.
2007
The last and final Harry Potter book goes on sale " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Every answer here is a word or name starting with the syllable ‘brrr’, in any spelling
EX: pack animal
Answers: burro
1. French wine
2. Germany’s capital
3. Low comedy
4. Sack material
5. Comedienne Carol
6. Alabama city
7. Vermont city
8. Kind of shorts
9. Grow rapidly
10. Myanmar’s former name
• Bonus: Upper Volta’s modern name
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1. Burgundy
2. Berlin
3. Burlesque
4. Burlap
5. Burnett
6. Birmingham
7. Burlington
8. Bermuda
9. Burgeon
10. Burma
* Bonus: Burkina Faso
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Celts II
I spent a couple of hours at the Celtic Festival today. Southwest Skye Pipe and Drum Band played. For those of you unfamiliar with Celtic Festivals, they are a lot of fun. I’m not really into the games, but others seem to enjoy them. There are lots of Clan booths, with information about that clan’s history. Each clan has a whole bureaucracy of officers, local—national—and worldwide. There are several booths with various beers, other booths for whiskey tasting, and lots of vendors who travel the circuit of festivals selling their wares. There are also Celtic Dancers, Celtic Music that is not the bag pipes, Singers, and on and on. For me the best part is when the various bands wander the crowds playing great music. The ‘Massed Bands’ is also very impressive when all the bands and individual bagpipers join in to march through the events. They are followed by the various Clan members with banners. Amazing how everyone there is a wee bit Celt for the day.
The education world lost a great writer today when Frank McCourt passed at 78. “Angela’s Ashes” brought the Irish-American the most fame, but “Teacher Man”, about his teaching career, was my favorite. He told great stories of working in the bureaucracy of the NYC School System. He had a hard life, but kept his insight and humor throughout the book. He said he didn’t want a funeral service and said “I don't want funeral services or memorials. Let them scatter my ashes over the Shannon and pollute the river.” RIP
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You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 19
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
July 20—201 days so far this year…166 days remain in 2009
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
National Hug Your Kid Day
National Lollipop Day
*Scotland: Glasgow Fair Begins
*Columbia: Independence Day [1810 from Spain]
*Argentina: Dia del Amigo [Friendship Day]
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1591
Anne Hutchinson American religious reformer
1919
Sir Edmund Hillary one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest
1924
Thomas Berger US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
1933
Nelson Doubleday publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
1938
-Diana Rigg Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel)
-Natalie Wood [Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause)
1947
Carlos Santana Mexico, musician
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1773
Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1872
Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born
1881
Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1949
Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
1951
King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated in Jerusalem by a Palestinian nationalist.
1956
The UK and U.S.A. withdraw offers of aid for creation of the Aswan high dam in response to President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt forming closer relationships with the Soviet Union.
1969
1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
1995
Native Canadian Indians are blocking roads, threatening sit-ins and challenging government authorities , and many believe it is only a matter of time before bloodshed happens. They are angry that Government Departments are bypassing the Chiefs and going to local bands to negotiate treaty rights because they are not as strong.
1996
26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
The answer to the first clue in each pair is a word with the vowels O and A [in that order] somewhere inside. Switch the O and A to A and O and you’ll get a new word that answers he second clue.
EX: The “Rubaiyat” poet / Another name for Cupid
Answers: Omar / Amor
1. A score in soccer / Lockup in England
2. Spanish greeting / Angel’s accessory
3. Musical instrument / Gas used in florescent tubes
4. Word before ‘nova’ / Certain opera singer
5. First name in late-night talk / Body of principles
6. South Seas kingdom / Sensuous dance
7. Composition of many a South Seas island / Song
8. Dazzling pictures [2 words] / To the left, to a sailor
9. Mel Gibson to Danny Glover in “Lethal Weapon” / Kind of oil
10. Certain numerical rating / start of a play [2 words]
• Bonus: ???
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1. Goal / gaol
2. Hola / halo
3. Organ / argon
4. Bosses / basso
5. Conan / canon
6. Tonga / tango
7. Coral / carol
8. Op art / aport
9. Co-star / castor
10. Octane / act one
* Bonus: ???
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The education world lost a great writer today when Frank McCourt passed at 78. “Angela’s Ashes” brought the Irish-American the most fame, but “Teacher Man”, about his teaching career, was my favorite. He told great stories of working in the bureaucracy of the NYC School System. He had a hard life, but kept his insight and humor throughout the book. He said he didn’t want a funeral service and said “I don't want funeral services or memorials. Let them scatter my ashes over the Shannon and pollute the river.” RIP
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Random Fact
You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 19
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
July 20—201 days so far this year…166 days remain in 2009
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
National Hug Your Kid Day
National Lollipop Day
*Scotland: Glasgow Fair Begins
*Columbia: Independence Day [1810 from Spain]
*Argentina: Dia del Amigo [Friendship Day]
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1591
Anne Hutchinson American religious reformer
1919
Sir Edmund Hillary one of 1st 2 men to scale Mt Everest
1924
Thomas Berger US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
1933
Nelson Doubleday publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
1938
-Diana Rigg Doncaster England, actress (Emma Peel)
-Natalie Wood [Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin], SF, (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause)
1947
Carlos Santana Mexico, musician
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1773
Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1872
Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born
1881
Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1949
Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
1951
King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated in Jerusalem by a Palestinian nationalist.
1956
The UK and U.S.A. withdraw offers of aid for creation of the Aswan high dam in response to President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt forming closer relationships with the Soviet Union.
1969
1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
1995
Native Canadian Indians are blocking roads, threatening sit-ins and challenging government authorities , and many believe it is only a matter of time before bloodshed happens. They are angry that Government Departments are bypassing the Chiefs and going to local bands to negotiate treaty rights because they are not as strong.
1996
26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
The answer to the first clue in each pair is a word with the vowels O and A [in that order] somewhere inside. Switch the O and A to A and O and you’ll get a new word that answers he second clue.
EX: The “Rubaiyat” poet / Another name for Cupid
Answers: Omar / Amor
1. A score in soccer / Lockup in England
2. Spanish greeting / Angel’s accessory
3. Musical instrument / Gas used in florescent tubes
4. Word before ‘nova’ / Certain opera singer
5. First name in late-night talk / Body of principles
6. South Seas kingdom / Sensuous dance
7. Composition of many a South Seas island / Song
8. Dazzling pictures [2 words] / To the left, to a sailor
9. Mel Gibson to Danny Glover in “Lethal Weapon” / Kind of oil
10. Certain numerical rating / start of a play [2 words]
• Bonus: ???
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1. Goal / gaol
2. Hola / halo
3. Organ / argon
4. Bosses / basso
5. Conan / canon
6. Tonga / tango
7. Coral / carol
8. Op art / aport
9. Co-star / castor
10. Octane / act one
* Bonus: ???
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Flagstaff has remained very hot. But we did get a nice monsoon this afternoon. It made it over 90° but I’m not sure how much over, as I wasn’t home.
I spent much of the day at the Northern AZ Celtic Festival here in Flagstaff. Lots of good piping. Lots of good drumming. Mass Bands was really great. A young Piper I know, a sophomore @ NAU, was the lead piper. Very hot, but quite a spectacle none the less. Wicked Tinkers were there and again put on a great show. If you haven’t heard of them, check them out on the net. The only thing that bothers me was the pirates who were with the massed bands and wandering around. While they dress like the old time pirates we grew up with, I can’t help thinking about today’s pirates who are real and killing innocent people. The Festival continues tomorrow, and I might find some time to get over there again.
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Random Fact
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 19
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
July 19—200 days so far this year…167 days remain in 2009
National Ice Cream Day
*Burma: Burmese Martyr’s Day
Northern AZ Celtic Festival Day 2
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1799
French troops in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone
1814
Samuel Colt inventor (colt revolver)
1834
Edgar Degas France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)
1860
Lizzie Borden murderer, gave her mother forty whacks
1896
A.J. (Archibald Joseph) Cronin author: The Citadel, Keys of the Kingdom
1922
George McGovern (Sen-D-SD), pres candidate (D-1972)
1938
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona) El Paso Tx, singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
695
Maya King Waxaklahun Ubah K’awil ascends to the throne at Copán, Honduras.
1820
The Kickapoo sign a treaty (7 Stat., 208.) at St. Louis
1848
1st women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
1909
The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball
1923
With the introduction of Insulin which is not a cure but a remedy for Diabetes –Kathryn Webster, my grandmother, was one of the first to receive it
1927
Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
1946
Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test
1961
1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1980
22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts and ends with G
EX: common greeting
Answers: good morning
1. Animal that’s the subject of experiments
2. Zero, in slang
3. Result of greenhouse gasses
4. Possible result of an oil shortage
5. It flies over public buildings in Athens
6. Old-fashioned way of making bottles
7. Service that stores often provide around Christmas
8. Miscellany
9. Where a road meets a railroad track
10. Command to a little dogie
• Bonus: Edgar Allan Poe story, with “The ___
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2. Goose egg
3. Global warming
4. Gas rationing
5. Greek Flag
6. Glass blowing
7. Gift wrapping
8. Grab bag
9. Grade crossing
10. Get along [git alone
* Bonus: “gold bug”
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I spent much of the day at the Northern AZ Celtic Festival here in Flagstaff. Lots of good piping. Lots of good drumming. Mass Bands was really great. A young Piper I know, a sophomore @ NAU, was the lead piper. Very hot, but quite a spectacle none the less. Wicked Tinkers were there and again put on a great show. If you haven’t heard of them, check them out on the net. The only thing that bothers me was the pirates who were with the massed bands and wandering around. While they dress like the old time pirates we grew up with, I can’t help thinking about today’s pirates who are real and killing innocent people. The Festival continues tomorrow, and I might find some time to get over there again.
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Random Fact
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 19
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
July 19—200 days so far this year…167 days remain in 2009
National Ice Cream Day
*Burma: Burmese Martyr’s Day
Northern AZ Celtic Festival Day 2
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1799
French troops in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone
1814
Samuel Colt inventor (colt revolver)
1834
Edgar Degas France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)
1860
Lizzie Borden murderer, gave her mother forty whacks
1896
A.J. (Archibald Joseph) Cronin author: The Citadel, Keys of the Kingdom
1922
George McGovern (Sen-D-SD), pres candidate (D-1972)
1938
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona) El Paso Tx, singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
695
Maya King Waxaklahun Ubah K’awil ascends to the throne at Copán, Honduras.
1820
The Kickapoo sign a treaty (7 Stat., 208.) at St. Louis
1848
1st women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
1909
The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball
1923
With the introduction of Insulin which is not a cure but a remedy for Diabetes –Kathryn Webster, my grandmother, was one of the first to receive it
1927
Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
1946
Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test
1961
1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1980
22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts and ends with G
EX: common greeting
Answers: good morning
1. Animal that’s the subject of experiments
2. Zero, in slang
3. Result of greenhouse gasses
4. Possible result of an oil shortage
5. It flies over public buildings in Athens
6. Old-fashioned way of making bottles
7. Service that stores often provide around Christmas
8. Miscellany
9. Where a road meets a railroad track
10. Command to a little dogie
• Bonus: Edgar Allan Poe story, with “The ___
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2. Goose egg
3. Global warming
4. Gas rationing
5. Greek Flag
6. Glass blowing
7. Gift wrapping
8. Grab bag
9. Grade crossing
10. Get along [git alone
* Bonus: “gold bug”
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HOT
The airport was only 92° today. My deck was 101°. Ah, summer in mountain country. Phoenix had an ‘extreme heat advisory’ and an ‘air quality alert’. Some areas of the Valley would probably reach 120° and people were asked to not drive cars or run any equipment that has a gas engine. If the heat won’t kill you, the pollution will. I’ll take the mountain heat, thank you very much.
Walter Cronkite passed today. I grew up with his nightly news. Back then, the print journalists were moving to TV, as were some radio journalists. Back then we got the news. Now we have so many agenda driven talking heads that one has to be very wary of anything we hear or see on the news. Journalism used to be “the collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.” So many times today journalism is the collecting and editorializing of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts. Seldom does a TV station run a piece that starts out with ‘This is an Editorial’. Yet today, hard news is sprinkled with fluff and so many times the hard news is dummy-downed with non-announced editoritals. A sad passing indeed.
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Only 6% of the autographs in circulation from members of the Beatles are estimated to be real.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 18
Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week
July 18—199 days so far this year…168 days remain in 2009
Cow Appreciation Day
Toss away the ‘could haves’ and ‘should haves’ Day
*Uruguay: Constitution Day [1951]
*Spain: Labor Day
Northern AZ Celtic Festival Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1720
Gilbert White "father of British naturalists"
1796
Feargus O'Connor County Cork, leader of the English Chartists
1811
William Makepeace Thackeray England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1890
Charles Wilson Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1906
S.I. Hayakawa (Sen-R-CA) educator (Language in Action)
1909
Andrei Gromyko USSR, diplomat/USSR President
1909
Harriet Nelson (Peggy Lou Snyder)Des Moines, actress (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
1910
Red (Richard) Skelton comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader)
1911
Hume Cronyn London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1918
Nelson Mandela Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC)
1921
John H Glenn Jr Cambridge Ohio, Col USMC astronaut
1940
James Brolin (Bruderlin) LA Calif, actor
1941
Martha Reeves Detroit Mich, singer (& the Vandellas-Dancing in St)
1954
Ricky Skaggs singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
64
Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero fiddles)
1872
Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1925
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf
1936
Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising
1959
1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) @ Wellshire Golf Course, Denver.
1966
Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1969
A car driven by Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy plunged off a narrow wooden bridge
1976
The first perfect 10 ever recorded in Olympic gymnastics was achieved up by Romania's 4-foot-11, 88-pound Nadia Comaneci on the women's uneven parallel bars.
1978
Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
The answer to the first clue in each pair below is a compound word or two word phrase that ends in UP. Change the UP to DOWN and you’ll have a new compound word or a common two-word phrase that answers the second clue.
EX: Playboy feature / To find specifically
Answers: pin-up / pin down
1. To improve slightly / Football score
2. Event on a cattle range / Be conservative in estimating
3. Appear, as in an event / Final battle
4. Start to laugh hard / Police action against criminals
5. Robbery / To have, as a job
6. Kind of comedian / To quit, as during a confrontation
7. Thorough change in management / Extortion as by blackmail
8. Put on fancy clothes / To sharply criticize
9. Divorce / Reason to call or a tow truck
10. Certain exercise / Kind of strike
• Bonus: Prankster / Fell, as a tree
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2. Roundup / round down
3. Show up / showdown
4. Crack up / crack down
5. Holdup / hold down
6. Stand-up / stand down
7. Shakeup / shakedown
8. Dress up / dress down
9. Breakup / breakdown
10. Sit-up / sit-down
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Walter Cronkite passed today. I grew up with his nightly news. Back then, the print journalists were moving to TV, as were some radio journalists. Back then we got the news. Now we have so many agenda driven talking heads that one has to be very wary of anything we hear or see on the news. Journalism used to be “the collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.” So many times today journalism is the collecting and editorializing of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts. Seldom does a TV station run a piece that starts out with ‘This is an Editorial’. Yet today, hard news is sprinkled with fluff and so many times the hard news is dummy-downed with non-announced editoritals. A sad passing indeed.
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Random Fact
Only 6% of the autographs in circulation from members of the Beatles are estimated to be real.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 18
Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week
July 18—199 days so far this year…168 days remain in 2009
Cow Appreciation Day
Toss away the ‘could haves’ and ‘should haves’ Day
*Uruguay: Constitution Day [1951]
*Spain: Labor Day
Northern AZ Celtic Festival Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1720
Gilbert White "father of British naturalists"
1796
Feargus O'Connor County Cork, leader of the English Chartists
1811
William Makepeace Thackeray England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1890
Charles Wilson Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1906
S.I. Hayakawa (Sen-R-CA) educator (Language in Action)
1909
Andrei Gromyko USSR, diplomat/USSR President
1909
Harriet Nelson (Peggy Lou Snyder)Des Moines, actress (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
1910
Red (Richard) Skelton comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader)
1911
Hume Cronyn London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1918
Nelson Mandela Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC)
1921
John H Glenn Jr Cambridge Ohio, Col USMC astronaut
1940
James Brolin (Bruderlin) LA Calif, actor
1941
Martha Reeves Detroit Mich, singer (& the Vandellas-Dancing in St)
1954
Ricky Skaggs singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
64
Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero fiddles)
1872
Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1925
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf
1936
Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising
1959
1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) @ Wellshire Golf Course, Denver.
1966
Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1969
A car driven by Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy plunged off a narrow wooden bridge
1976
The first perfect 10 ever recorded in Olympic gymnastics was achieved up by Romania's 4-foot-11, 88-pound Nadia Comaneci on the women's uneven parallel bars.
1978
Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
The answer to the first clue in each pair below is a compound word or two word phrase that ends in UP. Change the UP to DOWN and you’ll have a new compound word or a common two-word phrase that answers the second clue.
EX: Playboy feature / To find specifically
Answers: pin-up / pin down
1. To improve slightly / Football score
2. Event on a cattle range / Be conservative in estimating
3. Appear, as in an event / Final battle
4. Start to laugh hard / Police action against criminals
5. Robbery / To have, as a job
6. Kind of comedian / To quit, as during a confrontation
7. Thorough change in management / Extortion as by blackmail
8. Put on fancy clothes / To sharply criticize
9. Divorce / Reason to call or a tow truck
10. Certain exercise / Kind of strike
• Bonus: Prankster / Fell, as a tree
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2. Roundup / round down
3. Show up / showdown
4. Crack up / crack down
5. Holdup / hold down
6. Stand-up / stand down
7. Shakeup / shakedown
8. Dress up / dress down
9. Breakup / breakdown
10. Sit-up / sit-down
* Bonus: Cutup/ cut down
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AZ News
It doesn’t happen very often. Arizona was the lead story on several nightly news programs. Our Jr. Senator—Jon Kyl—made a statement about the failures of the stimulus package and said that funding should stop now. The Federal Departments of Transportation, Education & Housing sent a letter to our non-elected governor outlining the funding that would stop in the state if the stimulus money were stopped. “If you prefer to forfeit the stimulus money, let us know.” Then both McCain and Brewer decried this as a threat and the letter was not appreciated. McCain went so far as to say he supported Kyl and did not appreciate the threat. The national news had nothing good to say about non-elected Governor Brewer. As we in Arizona are learning almost daily, Jan is incompetent, over her head, and unable to lead. It is a sad state of affairs here in Arizona. As if that isn’t enough, the AIMS test—written specifically for AZ students, based on a very detailed curriculum—just released the spring scores. Flagstaff test scores dropped in reading, math, and writing. I know that each year the ‘passing’ score rises, and that makes it harder for students to pass. That is not what happened in Flagstaff. The actual scores dropped. This is not good. Everyone is spinning the story, and some in Phoenix are suggesting that we change the test—read dummy down the test. What a sad state for our youth.
We have all heard stories, and some of us have friends who accidently taped over some important family event with the VCR. Well, now it seems NASA did the same thing—with the landing on the moon. The original scene was taped over in the 1980’s when money for new magnetic tape was scarce. This will probably give the conspiracy clans new ammo to say it never happened. I doubt I would have ever watched the actual original tape, but to find out they are gone seems like we lost part of the history of mankind. Not the first time and certainly not the last time.
My deck made it to 92° today, and there were few clouds and no rain. Sunset will cool us off, I hope.
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A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 16
National Ventriloquism Week
July 17—198 days so far this year…167 days remain in 2009
Wrong Way Corrigan Day
World Day of International Justice
*South Korea: Constitution Day [1948]
*Japan: Gion Matsuri [Festival of purification to appease gods thought to cause fire, floods and earthquakes] since 869
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1487
Esma'il I shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1674
Isaac Watts England, writer/preacher/hymnist
1763
John Jacob Astor fur tycoon: American Fur Company
1888
Shmuel Agnon Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889
Erle Stanley Gardner author (created Perry Mason)
1900
James Cagney actor
1912
Art Linkletter (Arthur Gordon Kelly) Saskatchwan Canada, TV host
1917
Phyllis Diller Lima Ohio, comedienne
1934
Donald Sutherland Canada, actor
1935
Diahann Carroll Bronx, actress
1939
Spencer Davis Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin)
1952
David Hasselhoff Baltimore—actor; America’s Got Talent
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1453
The Hundred Years' War between England and France ends with the English defeat at the Battle of Castillon in France.
1850
Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
1861
Congress authorizes paper money
1862
National cemeteries were authorized by the U.S. government on this day
1867
1st permanent university dental school in US, Harvard
1879
1st railroad opens in Hawaii
1917
British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
1938
Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
1945
Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the beginning of the Potsdam Conference
1954
"Operation Wetback" is launched by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to remove about four million illegal immigrants from the southwestern United States
1955
Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County
1962
Senate rejects Medicare for the aged
1976
21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Unscramble the following words, each of which contains two consecutive F’s somewhere inside it.
EX: ORE + FF
Answers: OFFER
1. SIN + FF
2. AGE + FF
3. ROAD + FF
4. ABLE + FF
5. RITA + FF
6. TUBE + FF
7. TORE + FF
8. LURE + FF
9. ARIA + FF
10. INSET + FF
• Bonus: LEMUR + FF
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1. Sniff
2. Gaffe
3. Afford
4. Baffle
5. Tariff
6. Buffet
7. Effort
8. Ruffle
9. Affair
10. Stiffen
* Bonus: Muffler
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We have all heard stories, and some of us have friends who accidently taped over some important family event with the VCR. Well, now it seems NASA did the same thing—with the landing on the moon. The original scene was taped over in the 1980’s when money for new magnetic tape was scarce. This will probably give the conspiracy clans new ammo to say it never happened. I doubt I would have ever watched the actual original tape, but to find out they are gone seems like we lost part of the history of mankind. Not the first time and certainly not the last time.
My deck made it to 92° today, and there were few clouds and no rain. Sunset will cool us off, I hope.
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A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 16
National Ventriloquism Week
July 17—198 days so far this year…167 days remain in 2009
Wrong Way Corrigan Day
World Day of International Justice
*South Korea: Constitution Day [1948]
*Japan: Gion Matsuri [Festival of purification to appease gods thought to cause fire, floods and earthquakes] since 869
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1487
Esma'il I shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1674
Isaac Watts England, writer/preacher/hymnist
1763
John Jacob Astor fur tycoon: American Fur Company
1888
Shmuel Agnon Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889
Erle Stanley Gardner author (created Perry Mason)
1900
James Cagney actor
1912
Art Linkletter (Arthur Gordon Kelly) Saskatchwan Canada, TV host
1917
Phyllis Diller Lima Ohio, comedienne
1934
Donald Sutherland Canada, actor
1935
Diahann Carroll Bronx, actress
1939
Spencer Davis Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin)
1952
David Hasselhoff Baltimore—actor; America’s Got Talent
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1453
The Hundred Years' War between England and France ends with the English defeat at the Battle of Castillon in France.
1850
Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
1861
Congress authorizes paper money
1862
National cemeteries were authorized by the U.S. government on this day
1867
1st permanent university dental school in US, Harvard
1879
1st railroad opens in Hawaii
1917
British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
1938
Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
1945
Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the beginning of the Potsdam Conference
1954
"Operation Wetback" is launched by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to remove about four million illegal immigrants from the southwestern United States
1955
Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County
1962
Senate rejects Medicare for the aged
1976
21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Unscramble the following words, each of which contains two consecutive F’s somewhere inside it.
EX: ORE + FF
Answers: OFFER
1. SIN + FF
2. AGE + FF
3. ROAD + FF
4. ABLE + FF
5. RITA + FF
6. TUBE + FF
7. TORE + FF
8. LURE + FF
9. ARIA + FF
10. INSET + FF
• Bonus: LEMUR + FF
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2. Gaffe
3. Afford
4. Baffle
5. Tariff
6. Buffet
7. Effort
8. Ruffle
9. Affair
10. Stiffen
* Bonus: Muffler
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As I’m sure everyone knows, Flagstaff is a small town. Two of my former bosses live here in town. One I see every so often at Home Depot or Sam’s. The other, I never see. He and his wife have had a house here for 30+ years. They have moved at least three times in the last 10 years. They have the phone company answering machine on their phone. I’ve heard from others that Ray keeps running into people and asking how I am. I’ve been calling his number for at least a month, every few days. Always I get the message ‘answering machine is full.’ Well today, while wandering around Wal-Mart I ran into him. Turns out he lives just a little ways from where I live. He wasn’t avoiding me, but said they only answer the phone when they are home, and they are seldom home. And they never listen to the messages anyway. I gave him my address, my phone number and he gave me his cell number, so maybe, just maybe we will have lunch one of these days. It was good to see him. Like all of us, he has gotten a little older. He had some kind of blood infection a year ago, but has recovered quite well, considering he was in a coma for 2 weeks. Otherwise he is enjoying his retirement, and his wife has also retired, so they keep busy going to Cameron—her home, and Forest Lakes—his home area. Both of them really like garage sales, so that takes up much of their weekend.
I am always amazed at how you don’t see someone for a couple of years, and when you meet, it is back to those famous days of yesteryear. Most of my work related encounters are positive…I was never a bridge-burner. Those few who insisted on burning some bridges just get a friendly ‘hi’ and little, if anything else. I have never seen a reason to carry a work-related grudge. Actually I carry very few grudges of any kind. They just seem to eat on me, and certainly don’t have any positive change for me or them. It may not work well for others, but it seems to be working just fine for me.
It was a cooler day today…we only made it to 85°…and the cooler ran for a few hours, just to keep the house below 80°. It was cloudy, but we didn’t get any rain. Hope for some monsoons again tomorrow or maybe tonight.
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John Kerry's hometown newspaper, the Lowell Sun, endorsed George W. Bush for president. Bush's hometown newspaper, the Lone Star Iconoclast, endorsed John Kerry for president.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 16National Ventriloquism Week
July 16—197 days so far this year…168 days remain in 2009
Get To Know Your Customers Day
Hot Dog Night
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1704
John Kay England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
1821
Mary Baker Eddy founded Christian Science (Science & Health) 1862 Ida B Wells famous African
1872
Roald Amundsen Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole
1907
-Barbara Stanwyck Brooklyn, actress
-Orville Redenbacher popcorn king
1911
Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], Independence Mo, dancer/actress
1924
Bess Myerson NYC, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), business woman
1958
Michael Flatley dancer, performer: Lord of the Dance
1968
Will Ferrell comedian, actor
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
622
Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)
1439
Kissing is banned in England
1548
La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1769
Franciscan Father Junipero Serra founds the Mission San Diego de Alcala in what becomes San Diego, California
1790
Congress establishes District of Columbia
1798
US Public Health Service established & US Marine Hospital authorized
1917
A short-lived uprising led by the Bolsheviks against the Russian government begins. Its failure leads to the arrest of Leon Trotsky and the temporary exile of Vladimir Lenin.
1918
The Bolsheviks, who took power in Russia the previous fall, execute former tsar Nicholas II along with his family.
1926
The first underwater color photographs appeared in National Geographic magazine. The pictures were taken near the Florida Keys.
1935
1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok
1945
1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1951
Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published
1956
Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
1969
Apollo 11 astronauts were launched into space on a Saturn 5 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 9:32 a.m. hoping to be the first men to land on the moon.
1999
John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts), killing him, his wife and his sister-in-law.
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Another OOPS…yesterday clue number 3 should have read ‘sty’ which then makes the answer ‘pigpen’ understandable.
Every answer below is a familiar tow-word phrase with the initials M-E
EX: slender tropical fish
Answers: moray eel
1. World’s tallest peak
2. Where Israel and Lebanon are located
3. TV’s talking horse
4. Person who performs autopsies
5. Person who runs a magazine
6. Expert on motors
7. Canadian baseball player
8. Geological period when the dinosaurs reigned
9. Something orangeish to mail documents in
10. What follows preliminary contests, as in boxing
• Bonus: Conflicted feelings
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1. Mount Everest
2. Middle East
3. Mister Ed
4. Medical Examiner
5. Managing Editor
6. Mechanical engineer
7. Montreal Expos
8. Mesozoic Era
9. Manila envelope
10. Main Event
* Bonus: Mixed Emotions
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I am always amazed at how you don’t see someone for a couple of years, and when you meet, it is back to those famous days of yesteryear. Most of my work related encounters are positive…I was never a bridge-burner. Those few who insisted on burning some bridges just get a friendly ‘hi’ and little, if anything else. I have never seen a reason to carry a work-related grudge. Actually I carry very few grudges of any kind. They just seem to eat on me, and certainly don’t have any positive change for me or them. It may not work well for others, but it seems to be working just fine for me.
It was a cooler day today…we only made it to 85°…and the cooler ran for a few hours, just to keep the house below 80°. It was cloudy, but we didn’t get any rain. Hope for some monsoons again tomorrow or maybe tonight.
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Random Fact
John Kerry's hometown newspaper, the Lowell Sun, endorsed George W. Bush for president. Bush's hometown newspaper, the Lone Star Iconoclast, endorsed John Kerry for president.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 16National Ventriloquism Week
July 16—197 days so far this year…168 days remain in 2009
Get To Know Your Customers Day
Hot Dog Night
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1704
John Kay England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
1821
Mary Baker Eddy founded Christian Science (Science & Health) 1862 Ida B Wells famous African
1872
Roald Amundsen Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole
1907
-Barbara Stanwyck Brooklyn, actress
-Orville Redenbacher popcorn king
1911
Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], Independence Mo, dancer/actress
1924
Bess Myerson NYC, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), business woman
1958
Michael Flatley dancer, performer: Lord of the Dance
1968
Will Ferrell comedian, actor
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
622
Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)
1439
Kissing is banned in England
1548
La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1769
Franciscan Father Junipero Serra founds the Mission San Diego de Alcala in what becomes San Diego, California
1790
Congress establishes District of Columbia
1798
US Public Health Service established & US Marine Hospital authorized
1917
A short-lived uprising led by the Bolsheviks against the Russian government begins. Its failure leads to the arrest of Leon Trotsky and the temporary exile of Vladimir Lenin.
1918
The Bolsheviks, who took power in Russia the previous fall, execute former tsar Nicholas II along with his family.
1926
The first underwater color photographs appeared in National Geographic magazine. The pictures were taken near the Florida Keys.
1935
1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok
1945
1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1951
Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published
1956
Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
1969
Apollo 11 astronauts were launched into space on a Saturn 5 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 9:32 a.m. hoping to be the first men to land on the moon.
1999
John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts), killing him, his wife and his sister-in-law.
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Another OOPS…yesterday clue number 3 should have read ‘sty’ which then makes the answer ‘pigpen’ understandable.
Every answer below is a familiar tow-word phrase with the initials M-E
EX: slender tropical fish
Answers: moray eel
1. World’s tallest peak
2. Where Israel and Lebanon are located
3. TV’s talking horse
4. Person who performs autopsies
5. Person who runs a magazine
6. Expert on motors
7. Canadian baseball player
8. Geological period when the dinosaurs reigned
9. Something orangeish to mail documents in
10. What follows preliminary contests, as in boxing
• Bonus: Conflicted feelings
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2. Middle East
3. Mister Ed
4. Medical Examiner
5. Managing Editor
6. Mechanical engineer
7. Montreal Expos
8. Mesozoic Era
9. Manila envelope
10. Main Event
* Bonus: Mixed Emotions
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As the circus continues, Sotomayor is holding her own very well. Listening to some of the senators, on both side of the aisle, ramble on and on is disturbing. The three or four paragraphs that lead up to a question is hardly necessary. Sotomayer is actually trying to take notes during some of these diatribes, partially to keep awake, I’m sure. A couple of times today, I’m sure she was simply writing ‘blah, blah, blah, get to the point.’ All in all she is giving fairly direct answers and should be good for the highest court in the land.
Some senator has introduced a bill in congress to make it illegal to develop human-animal hybrids. Twenty senators are co-sponsoring the bill—including AZ Senator John McCain. Thank goodness. The economy still in the dumpster, two wars are continuing to kill Americans—a Flagstaff native was killed Sunday in Afghanistan, and climate change and energy issues continue to hit our pocketbooks. Now congress may pass a law that prevents mermaids and werewolves from having full rights. This will certainly make our nation safer and a better place to live.
When I moved to Flagstaff, I bought a small portable swamp cooler. I only need to use it a couple of days a year, but it sure helps when it gets hot. I got spoiled in TC with a cooler that hooked up to my waterline outside. I never had to worry about filling it with water. That cooler kept the 100+ heat of Tuba out of my home. This portable model does have to be filled every couple of days. Not a big deal. I ran it for a couple of hours last night and for a couple of hours today. Today it ran as the temp rose, the clouds came in, and the humidity made my house a little too warm. The monsoon came through and gave us a nice little shower. We went from 85° to a nice 76°. The humidity is at 34% so it is still warm. A small cooler sure makes these days and nights bearable. I do know that swamp coolers raise humidity, but it quickly dissipates when the cooler is off.
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John Kerry's hometown newspaper, the Lowell Sun, endorsed George W. Bush for president. Bush's hometown newspaper, the Lone Star Iconoclast, endorsed John Kerry for president.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 15
Rabbit Week
July 14—196 days so far this year…169 days remain in 2009
Gummi Worm Day
St. Swithin’s Day [Sometime in the late 800s-900s, there lived a man named Swithun or Swithin. He was the Bishop of Winchester in Old England. For some unknown reason - since Bishop Swithin was not particularly famous - his remains were transferred to Winchester Cathedral on this day in 971. It so happened that there was a heavy rainfall on this same day. Some say Bishop Swithin was angry about the move and caused the downpour. From then on, according to an old English adage, if it should rain on July 15th, it will rain for forty days thereafter.]
* Ancient Rome: Festival of Castor & Pollux
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1573
Inigo Jones London, architect; restored St Paul's cathedral
1606
Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)
1779
Clement Clarke Moore US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)
1850
St Frances Xavier Cabrini [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint
1919
Iris Murdoch Ireland, novelist (Severed Head)
1935
Ken Kercheval Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas)
1944
Jan-Michael Vincent Denver, actor
1946
Linda Ronstadt Tucson Az, singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1149
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1888
Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1904
1st Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles
1912
Jim Thorpe won the decathlon in the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden.
1922
1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo
1941
Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)
1964
Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans—Remember AuH2O?
1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death on the steps of his mansion in Miami Beach, Florida.
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
In this puzzle every answer consists of two three-letter words, starting with the same letter—that go together to ame a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase
EX: Vegetable holder
Answers: pea pod
1. Teeter-totter
2. Walk ver-r-r-ry slowly
3. Shy
4. It may bite you at night
5. Last part of a Casey Kasem countdown
6. Foreign correspondent
7. Baseball team assistant
8. Conceal oneself, biding one’s time
9. 1979 Mel Gibson film
10. London tourist site
• Bonus: Not seriously
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2. Tiptoe
3. Pigpen
4. Bedbug
5. Top ten
6. Pen pal
7. Bat boy
8. Lie low
9. “Mad Max”
10. Big Ben
* Bonus: For Fun
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Some senator has introduced a bill in congress to make it illegal to develop human-animal hybrids. Twenty senators are co-sponsoring the bill—including AZ Senator John McCain. Thank goodness. The economy still in the dumpster, two wars are continuing to kill Americans—a Flagstaff native was killed Sunday in Afghanistan, and climate change and energy issues continue to hit our pocketbooks. Now congress may pass a law that prevents mermaids and werewolves from having full rights. This will certainly make our nation safer and a better place to live.
When I moved to Flagstaff, I bought a small portable swamp cooler. I only need to use it a couple of days a year, but it sure helps when it gets hot. I got spoiled in TC with a cooler that hooked up to my waterline outside. I never had to worry about filling it with water. That cooler kept the 100+ heat of Tuba out of my home. This portable model does have to be filled every couple of days. Not a big deal. I ran it for a couple of hours last night and for a couple of hours today. Today it ran as the temp rose, the clouds came in, and the humidity made my house a little too warm. The monsoon came through and gave us a nice little shower. We went from 85° to a nice 76°. The humidity is at 34% so it is still warm. A small cooler sure makes these days and nights bearable. I do know that swamp coolers raise humidity, but it quickly dissipates when the cooler is off.
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Random Fact
John Kerry's hometown newspaper, the Lowell Sun, endorsed George W. Bush for president. Bush's hometown newspaper, the Lone Star Iconoclast, endorsed John Kerry for president.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 15
Rabbit Week
July 14—196 days so far this year…169 days remain in 2009
Gummi Worm Day
St. Swithin’s Day [Sometime in the late 800s-900s, there lived a man named Swithun or Swithin. He was the Bishop of Winchester in Old England. For some unknown reason - since Bishop Swithin was not particularly famous - his remains were transferred to Winchester Cathedral on this day in 971. It so happened that there was a heavy rainfall on this same day. Some say Bishop Swithin was angry about the move and caused the downpour. From then on, according to an old English adage, if it should rain on July 15th, it will rain for forty days thereafter.]
* Ancient Rome: Festival of Castor & Pollux
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1573
Inigo Jones London, architect; restored St Paul's cathedral
1606
Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)
1779
Clement Clarke Moore US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)
1850
St Frances Xavier Cabrini [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint
1919
Iris Murdoch Ireland, novelist (Severed Head)
1935
Ken Kercheval Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas)
1944
Jan-Michael Vincent Denver, actor
1946
Linda Ronstadt Tucson Az, singer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1149
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1888
Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1904
1st Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles
1912
Jim Thorpe won the decathlon in the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden.
1922
1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo
1941
Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)
1964
Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans—Remember AuH2O?
1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death on the steps of his mansion in Miami Beach, Florida.
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
In this puzzle every answer consists of two three-letter words, starting with the same letter—that go together to ame a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase
EX: Vegetable holder
Answers: pea pod
1. Teeter-totter
2. Walk ver-r-r-ry slowly
3. Shy
4. It may bite you at night
5. Last part of a Casey Kasem countdown
6. Foreign correspondent
7. Baseball team assistant
8. Conceal oneself, biding one’s time
9. 1979 Mel Gibson film
10. London tourist site
• Bonus: Not seriously
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1. Seesaw
2. Tiptoe
3. Pigpen
4. Bedbug
5. Top ten
6. Pen pal
7. Bat boy
8. Lie low
9. “Mad Max”
10. Big Ben
* Bonus: For Fun
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New Party?
Only in America. Today, Ol’ Down-home Sara told those who would listen that she is going to continue to campaign for those candidates who have her beliefs. She doesn’t care if they are Republican or Democrat. You heard it here first. Palin is planning to become the leader, or at least spokesperson, of a new third party. I’m sure it will be a down-home folksy party that sees the world in black and white, well actually in white and white. They will promise to return us to the days of old, or at least the days of old that they remember as wonderful. Palin is ready. She got the national exposure. She was very popular with at least one group in America. I must admit, I do listen to her, more as a diversion than for any leadership ability she may have. She is able to talk for a long time and not say anything of substance. With a leader like her, America would certainly change. And I fear, not for the better. One never really knows what politicians are doing…in this case I’m fairly sure she has a plan, and it has to do with a third National Party.
We made it to 89°, and alas, no rain. The clouds came in, raised the humidity to 25%--that’s high for us high desert folks. All we can do is wait for the sun to set and for things to cool off a little.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dandelions are more nutritious than broccoli or spinach, contain more cancer-fighting beta-carotene than carrots, and are a rich source of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, thiamine, riboflavin, lecithin, and dietary fiber!
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 13
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
July 14—195 days so far this year…170 days remain in 2009
International Town Criers Day
* France: Bastille Day
* Iraq: Republic Day [from 1958 coup]
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1857
Fredrick Louis Maytag invented washing machine
1858
Emmeline Pankhurst England, found (Women's Social & Political Union)
1862
Florence Bascom US, 1st American woman PhD
1869
Owen Wister US, novelist (The Virginian)
1880
Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor
1906
Tom Carvel ice cream mogul (Carvels)
1910
William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera)
1911
Terry-Thomas England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1912
Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land)
1913
Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77)
1918
Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director
1923
Dale Robertson Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days)
1927
John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
1932
Roosevelt ‘Rosie’ Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1099
In the First Crusade, a force of European Christians conquers the walled city of Jerusalem, massacring thousands of its inhabitants
1789
Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
1832
Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
1837
At Fort Clark, on the upper Missouri, Francis Chardon records the first death of a Mandan attributed to smallpox. The outbreak of this disease spreads rapidly and be extremely deadly to the people in this area.
1850
1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1953
1st nat’l monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
1955
Following on with its world-wide success of The Beetle Volkswagen introduced the Karmann Ghia coupe as a Volkswagen that could show the world that they could produce great looking cars as well as reliable cars
1987
Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law .
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts with ‘L’ and ends with ‘B’.
EX: Crustacean that spends most of its time out of water
Answers: Land craB
1. What Mary had, in the nursery rhyme
2. Certain punch of a boxer
3. Group that meets regularly for a midday meal
4. Part of a lamp
5. Angry group that seeks a Wild West sort of justice
6. Be, seem, or look, grammatically
7. Red Square attraction
8. Place in school where you might practice Spanish
9. Something a seafood eater might put on
10. Baby feline in a zoo
• Bonus: Dangerous thing to open in the mail.
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1. Little lamb
2. Left jab
3. Lunch club
4. Light bulb
5. Lynch mob
6. Linking verb
7. Lenin’s Tomb
8. Language lab
9. Lobster bib
10. Lion cub
* Bonus: Letter bomb
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We made it to 89°, and alas, no rain. The clouds came in, raised the humidity to 25%--that’s high for us high desert folks. All we can do is wait for the sun to set and for things to cool off a little.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dandelions are more nutritious than broccoli or spinach, contain more cancer-fighting beta-carotene than carrots, and are a rich source of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, thiamine, riboflavin, lecithin, and dietary fiber!
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 13
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
July 14—195 days so far this year…170 days remain in 2009
International Town Criers Day
* France: Bastille Day
* Iraq: Republic Day [from 1958 coup]
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1857
Fredrick Louis Maytag invented washing machine
1858
Emmeline Pankhurst England, found (Women's Social & Political Union)
1862
Florence Bascom US, 1st American woman PhD
1869
Owen Wister US, novelist (The Virginian)
1880
Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor
1906
Tom Carvel ice cream mogul (Carvels)
1910
William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera)
1911
Terry-Thomas England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1912
Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land)
1913
Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77)
1918
Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director
1923
Dale Robertson Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days)
1927
John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
1932
Roosevelt ‘Rosie’ Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1099
In the First Crusade, a force of European Christians conquers the walled city of Jerusalem, massacring thousands of its inhabitants
1789
Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
1832
Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
1837
At Fort Clark, on the upper Missouri, Francis Chardon records the first death of a Mandan attributed to smallpox. The outbreak of this disease spreads rapidly and be extremely deadly to the people in this area.
1850
1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1953
1st nat’l monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
1955
Following on with its world-wide success of The Beetle Volkswagen introduced the Karmann Ghia coupe as a Volkswagen that could show the world that they could produce great looking cars as well as reliable cars
1987
Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law .
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts with ‘L’ and ends with ‘B’.
EX: Crustacean that spends most of its time out of water
Answers: Land craB
1. What Mary had, in the nursery rhyme
2. Certain punch of a boxer
3. Group that meets regularly for a midday meal
4. Part of a lamp
5. Angry group that seeks a Wild West sort of justice
6. Be, seem, or look, grammatically
7. Red Square attraction
8. Place in school where you might practice Spanish
9. Something a seafood eater might put on
10. Baby feline in a zoo
• Bonus: Dangerous thing to open in the mail.
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1. Little lamb
2. Left jab
3. Lunch club
4. Light bulb
5. Lynch mob
6. Linking verb
7. Lenin’s Tomb
8. Language lab
9. Lobster bib
10. Lion cub
* Bonus: Letter bomb
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The circus is about to begin. Government at its best, and Politics at its worse. Listening to those in Congress, but not on the judiciary committee, the first Latina judge will be able to make good decisions or will end democracy and the world as we know it. It is a foregone conclusion that she will be confirmed by the Senate. So for the next few days, I hope, or the next few weeks I hope not, everyone on the committee will be having a pissing contest. So…turn on the TV, find a good seat, and watch one of the Greatest Shows on Earth. What other country would do this? Live hearings on all the news channels so that any American can learn about the nominee and the committee that interviews her. Of course the downside is that seeing the committee in action does not always give one faith in the process.
Flagstaff made it to 88° before the monsoon arrived to drop the temperature a good 10° in about 15 minutes. It was a real loud thunderstorm. A hard rain fell about 30 minutes over here. Reminded me of the beauty of Flagstaff. It has been getting hot every day, and little relief until the sun goes down. I started early this morning to set up my deck. I’m really glad I got it done, as it will be great this evening.
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Random Fact
For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 13
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
July 13—194 days so far this year…171 days remain in 2009
Embrace Your Geekness Day
Gruntled Workers Day—it’s a good thing
*Japan: First Day of Bon Festival [honoring ancestors]
*Montenegro: Statehood Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1527
John Dee London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
1863
Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells)
1886
Father Edward Joseph Flanagan Catholic priest, founder of Boys Town, Omaha NE 1913
Dave Garroway Schnectady NY, TV host
1928
Bob Crane Waterbury Ct, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
1942
Harrison Ford actor
1944
Erno Rubik Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
1946
Richard "Cheech" Marin comedian
1954
Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1956 Michael Spinks International Boxing Hall of Famer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1787
Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1812
The first pawn broking ordinance was passed in New York City on this day.
1832
Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
1836
US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1863
Four days of riots against the Civil War military draft begin in New York City.
1865
--Edward Whymper, an English artist and pioneering mountaineer, becomes the first person to climb the Matterhorn, in the Alps.
--Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
1917
Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1960
Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson .
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
For each pair of clues,pjut IN in front of the word that answers the first clue to get the new word that answers the second clue.
EX: Unit of Paper / To ask
Answers: quire / inquire
1. Cost for college students / Feeling you have
2. Red Flower / Embodiment
3. Steeple / Fill with hope
4. What some people keep at their beside at night / Hires as a long-term worker.
5. Edge / Violate, as legal rights
The following answer work phonetically rather than by spelling
6. Smell, for example / What you might smell in a pagoda
7. Winter coat / derive from logic
8. Food made from beans / ran up, as expenses
9. Joke / to consume
10. Wonderful / One who isn’t properly thankful
• Bonus: said “alas!” / Part hidden from view
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1. Tuition / Intuition
2. Carnation / incarnation
3. Spire / inspire
4. Dentures / indentures
5. Fringe / infringe
6. Sense / incense
7. Fur / infer
8. Curd / incurred
9. Jest / ingest
10. Great / ingrate
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Flagstaff made it to 88° before the monsoon arrived to drop the temperature a good 10° in about 15 minutes. It was a real loud thunderstorm. A hard rain fell about 30 minutes over here. Reminded me of the beauty of Flagstaff. It has been getting hot every day, and little relief until the sun goes down. I started early this morning to set up my deck. I’m really glad I got it done, as it will be great this evening.
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Random Fact
For every 'normal' webpage, there are five porn pages.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 13
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
July 13—194 days so far this year…171 days remain in 2009
Embrace Your Geekness Day
Gruntled Workers Day—it’s a good thing
*Japan: First Day of Bon Festival [honoring ancestors]
*Montenegro: Statehood Day
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1527
John Dee London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
1863
Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells)
1886
Father Edward Joseph Flanagan Catholic priest, founder of Boys Town, Omaha NE 1913
Dave Garroway Schnectady NY, TV host
1928
Bob Crane Waterbury Ct, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
1942
Harrison Ford actor
1944
Erno Rubik Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
1946
Richard "Cheech" Marin comedian
1954
Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1956 Michael Spinks International Boxing Hall of Famer
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1787
Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1812
The first pawn broking ordinance was passed in New York City on this day.
1832
Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
1836
US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1863
Four days of riots against the Civil War military draft begin in New York City.
1865
--Edward Whymper, an English artist and pioneering mountaineer, becomes the first person to climb the Matterhorn, in the Alps.
--Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
1917
Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1960
Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson .
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
For each pair of clues,pjut IN in front of the word that answers the first clue to get the new word that answers the second clue.
EX: Unit of Paper / To ask
Answers: quire / inquire
1. Cost for college students / Feeling you have
2. Red Flower / Embodiment
3. Steeple / Fill with hope
4. What some people keep at their beside at night / Hires as a long-term worker.
5. Edge / Violate, as legal rights
The following answer work phonetically rather than by spelling
6. Smell, for example / What you might smell in a pagoda
7. Winter coat / derive from logic
8. Food made from beans / ran up, as expenses
9. Joke / to consume
10. Wonderful / One who isn’t properly thankful
• Bonus: said “alas!” / Part hidden from view
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2. Carnation / incarnation
3. Spire / inspire
4. Dentures / indentures
5. Fringe / infringe
6. Sense / incense
7. Fur / infer
8. Curd / incurred
9. Jest / ingest
10. Great / ingrate
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It was another hot one here in our little mountain town. Again, my deck went to 90°. It did spit some moisture a couple of times today. Not enough to cool us off very much. The spitting certainly raised the humidity. I can hardly complain, since Phoenix hit 115°.
I made it to the traveling Viet Nam Wall today. I must say, I didn’t know what to expect, nor was I ready for what I saw. First there was a constant flow of people in front of the memorial. People had left pictures, letters, and flowers at many of the panels. Then there were the tears. People standing at the panel, tissues and tears flowing. One guy my age was knelt in front of a panel, with a younger man patting his shoulder…both saying ‘gone too soon’ over and over. A woman, the older guy’s wife, I assume, stood in silence, tears flowing and lip quivering. There were several Native families at the wall. Standing respectfully in front of different panels. Mourning in their own privacy.
I did not know anyone who died in that war. I know families on the Rez who lost relatives, long before I arrived. At Tuba, I organized several Veterans remembrances. One year we had families bring in photos of family members who had served. We decorated a big former dorm living room in Red White and Blue, and had them put the photos on tables. Students in various classes studied the history of Veteran’s Day. They made class signs, listing their relatives who had served. People flowed though that exhibit for two days. People were very moved. Another year, on Flag Day, during summer school, we invited local military people, had the High School band playing patriotic music, staff also played some tunes, a few family members spoke, and at the end, the High School ROTC marched around the campus with the American flag, Navaho Nation Flag, AZ state flag and all the Branches of Service flags. all the staff, students, and visitors followed behind. We had a great sound system and played loud patriotic music as everyone marched around the campus. The PD even stopped traffic on Main Street as we walked down the sidewalk. Then many of the Vets went to classrooms to talk to students about their lives in and out of the military. Our school got lots of kudos and a few tears for that.
I mention the Tuba experience because of the years I spent there, and what I learned about military service from them. I arrived on the Rez one year after Kent State and campus demonstrations against the war. I was certainly in the minority on the Rez for being anti-war. I recall the day the war ended. I was teaching 4th grade when we got the news. I was very excited that killing would finally stop. When I told my class, questions were raised. Not what I expected…Does that mean my ____ [brother, uncle, cousin] is coming home? How soon will they be back? For me, this really brought the war right to my doorstep.
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Random Fact
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 12
National Farriers Week [People who make horseshoes]
Sinclair Lewis Week
July 12—193 days so far this year…172 days remain in 2009
*Kiribati: Independence Day [equatorial Pacific Island chain]
*Northern Ireland, Labrador & Newfoundland: Orangemen’s Day
*Sao Tome & Principe: Independence Day [Island off Western Equatorial Africa
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
100 –BC
Julius C‘sar Roman Emperor
1730
Josiah Wedgewood England, pottery designer/manufacturer
1817
Henry David Thoreau Concord Mass, naturalist/author/pacifist
1854
George Eastman Waterville NY, invented Kodak camera
1864
George Washington Carver studied the peanut
1895
Oscar Hammerstein II NYC, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
1895
R Buckminster Fuller architect (invented geodesic dome)
1908
Milton Berle Harlem NYC, comedian
1909
‘Curly’ Joe DeRita (Joseph Wardell) comedian: The Three Stooges
1934
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr La, pianist
1937
Bill Cosby Philadelphia, actor/comedian
1948
Richard Simmons exercise guru
1951
Cheryl Ladd Huron SD, actress
1971
Kristi Yamaguchi Olympic gold medalist
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1290
Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1690
Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland
1775
A part of a legislative bill allocates $500 to Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, to be dedicated to the education of Indian youth.
1817
1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1909
16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1914
Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
1933
Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1957
1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1960
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
For each description below, name an appropriate celebrity whose name can be found among the letters in that description. Lengths of the answers are provided.
EX: Author--4
Answers: ROTH
1. Consumer advocate—5
2. Writer/feminist—7
3. Map creator—8
4. Court justice—6
5. Tennis champion—4
6. Fashion designer—4
7. Sportscaster—6
8. Dance artist—7
9. Lovelorn advisor—7
10. Soprano--4
• Bonus: novelist--5
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1. [Ralph] NADER
2. [Gloria] STEINEM
3. [Gerhardus] MERCATOR
4. [David] SOUTER
5. [Arthur] ASHE
6. [Christian] DIOR
7. [Bob] XOSTAS
8. [Fred or Adele] ASTAIRE
9. [Ann] LANDERS
10. [Lily] PONS
* Bonus: [Ira] LEVIN or [Irving] STONE
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I did not know anyone who died in that war. I know families on the Rez who lost relatives, long before I arrived. At Tuba, I organized several Veterans remembrances. One year we had families bring in photos of family members who had served. We decorated a big former dorm living room in Red White and Blue, and had them put the photos on tables. Students in various classes studied the history of Veteran’s Day. They made class signs, listing their relatives who had served. People flowed though that exhibit for two days. People were very moved. Another year, on Flag Day, during summer school, we invited local military people, had the High School band playing patriotic music, staff also played some tunes, a few family members spoke, and at the end, the High School ROTC marched around the campus with the American flag, Navaho Nation Flag, AZ state flag and all the Branches of Service flags. all the staff, students, and visitors followed behind. We had a great sound system and played loud patriotic music as everyone marched around the campus. The PD even stopped traffic on Main Street as we walked down the sidewalk. Then many of the Vets went to classrooms to talk to students about their lives in and out of the military. Our school got lots of kudos and a few tears for that.
I mention the Tuba experience because of the years I spent there, and what I learned about military service from them. I arrived on the Rez one year after Kent State and campus demonstrations against the war. I was certainly in the minority on the Rez for being anti-war. I recall the day the war ended. I was teaching 4th grade when we got the news. I was very excited that killing would finally stop. When I told my class, questions were raised. Not what I expected…Does that mean my ____ [brother, uncle, cousin] is coming home? How soon will they be back? For me, this really brought the war right to my doorstep.
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Random Fact
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
July is…
…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 12
National Farriers Week [People who make horseshoes]
Sinclair Lewis Week
July 12—193 days so far this year…172 days remain in 2009
*Kiribati: Independence Day [equatorial Pacific Island chain]
*Northern Ireland, Labrador & Newfoundland: Orangemen’s Day
*Sao Tome & Principe: Independence Day [Island off Western Equatorial Africa
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
100 –BC
Julius C‘sar Roman Emperor
1730
Josiah Wedgewood England, pottery designer/manufacturer
1817
Henry David Thoreau Concord Mass, naturalist/author/pacifist
1854
George Eastman Waterville NY, invented Kodak camera
1864
George Washington Carver studied the peanut
1895
Oscar Hammerstein II NYC, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
1895
R Buckminster Fuller architect (invented geodesic dome)
1908
Milton Berle Harlem NYC, comedian
1909
‘Curly’ Joe DeRita (Joseph Wardell) comedian: The Three Stooges
1934
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr La, pianist
1937
Bill Cosby Philadelphia, actor/comedian
1948
Richard Simmons exercise guru
1951
Cheryl Ladd Huron SD, actress
1971
Kristi Yamaguchi Olympic gold medalist
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1290
Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1690
Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland
1775
A part of a legislative bill allocates $500 to Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, to be dedicated to the education of Indian youth.
1817
1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1909
16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1914
Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
1933
Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1957
1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1960
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale
Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987
For each description below, name an appropriate celebrity whose name can be found among the letters in that description. Lengths of the answers are provided.
EX: Author--4
Answers: ROTH
1. Consumer advocate—5
2. Writer/feminist—7
3. Map creator—8
4. Court justice—6
5. Tennis champion—4
6. Fashion designer—4
7. Sportscaster—6
8. Dance artist—7
9. Lovelorn advisor—7
10. Soprano--4
• Bonus: novelist--5
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Answers:
1. [Ralph] NADER
2. [Gloria] STEINEM
3. [Gerhardus] MERCATOR
4. [David] SOUTER
5. [Arthur] ASHE
6. [Christian] DIOR
7. [Bob] XOSTAS
8. [Fred or Adele] ASTAIRE
9. [Ann] LANDERS
10. [Lily] PONS
* Bonus: [Ira] LEVIN or [Irving] STONE
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