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Almanac: Flagstaff: Week: 23/ Day: 154 Today: H 80°…L 45°
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Quote of the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
"Casey at the Bat" published (SF
Examiner)…1888
1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers
wear straw hat, white shirt &
blue long trousers..1851
1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)…1946
1st Crusade seize Antioch Turkey…1098
1st US Air Force Academy graduation…1959
Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches
#1…1967
Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles
chart by Will Glahe…1939
Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy
students in Beijing…1989
Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin,
is knighted…1934
Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya…1979
Hernando de Soto formally claims Florida for
the King of Spain…1539
JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna…1961
Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC
(Turnabout Intruder)…1969
National Defense Act establishes ROTC…1916
Notre-Dame-des-Anges construction begins at
Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada--oldest stone church in French North America …1620
US presented with oldest known copy of Magna
Carta…1976
World's largest environmental summit opens
(Rio De Janeiro Brazil)…1992
Zoot Suit Riots begin when mob of 60 from the
Los Angeles Naval Reserve
Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic…1943
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Another beautiful summer day.A friend from Tuba stopped by—nice visit. He had just come from his newest grandson’s Hopi naming in Tuba…and picking up more food for the feasts that follow. Caught on some Tuba happenings and being glad I’m retired. Tuba staff is still in workshops, then a one week break, then more workshops. Summer has basically disappeared for those teachers. They do get good pay, so it’s not all bad. I’m just glad it isn’t me.I watched my Sunday news programs. So many troubles in the world. While I have wanted to visit Turkey, guess this isn’t the time. The people over there are really suffering under another horrific regime. It is so hard to imagine why these governments ever came to power. All the crazies over here that are worried about tyranny in America need to travel and see what real tyranny is.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
"Welcome back to the show. Before the break, Mr Ixolite here made it to our grand finale! How do you feel Mr.Ix?""Nervous.""Okay, now to win the star prize of one million pounds all you have to do is answer the following question in 90 seconds.""Okay, I'm ready.""Right. In 90 seconds name 100 words that do NOT contain the letter 'A'. Start the clock!"Can you help?
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Hint
I'm counting on your help.
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
- Estimated cost of maintaining Afghanistan’s national security forces in the year after the US troops leave: $4,100,000,000
- Annual budget of the Afghan government: #3,3300,000,000
Picture of the Day: Recent Canadian Cruise
Unusual Fact of the Day
Used during the Vietnam War, Agent Orange wasn't orange. Only the strip on the canister containing the herbicide was orange.
Joke-of-the-dayThere were 3 friends stranded in an island. Exploring the island, the 3 men found a bottle so they opened it. A genie came out, and she said that she would grant them 3 wishes.The first man said, "I wish I was with my family" then poof he was with his family.The second guy said "I wish I was in a bar with my friends" then poof he was gone.The third guy was feeling bad and the genie asked, "What's wrong?"The man said, I'm lonely I wish my friends were here. Poof, his two friends were back in the island.
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLANTING A SPRING BULB
Plant spring flowering bulbs so the top of the bulb is at a depth three times the bulb's diameter.
Yeah, It Really Happened
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Staying in a Kansas City, Mo., hotel, Tyler Schaefer, 10, opened a drawer in his hotel room and found $10,000, he said. "He looks for stuff at random. He's very observant," his father, Cody Schaefer, said. After the two checked into the room Saturday, Tyler methodically began opening drawers and found the neatly stacked cash."We need to call the cops," the father told the son. They found two off-duty police officers, working at the hotel, who summoned Sgt. Randy Francis, a property and evidence supervisor, who stored the cash at a police facility, the Kansas City Star, reported Friday.Missouri law says lost money can revert to the finder after about seven months. Cody Schaefer lives in South Dakota and meets his ex-wife annually in Kansas City, a central meeting point between their homes, to provide their three children a summer vacation, the newspaper said. He said he told several friends and relatives about his son's find, and most agreed his son did the right thing. "I didn't come there with $10,000 and I didn't leave with $10,000, so it was a wash," he said.
- Somewhat Useless Information
- Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is a medication prescribed for individuals (usually children) who have an abnormally high level of activity or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 3 to 5 percent of the general population has the disorder, which is characterized by agitated behavior and an inability to focus on tasks. Methylphenidate also is occasionally prescribed for treating narcolepsy. Methylphenidate is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. It has effects similar to, but more potent than, caffeine and less potent than amphetamines. It has a notably calming effect on hyperactive children and a "focusing" effect on those with ADHD.
- More than 100 years ago, the felt hat makers of England used mercury to stabilize wool. Most of them eventually became poisoned by the fumes, as demonstrated by the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Breathing mercury's fumes over a long period of time will cause erethism, a disorder characterized by nervousness, irritability, and strange personality changes.
- Ricin is a protein produced by the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, which is highly toxic (the minimal lethal dose is around 1 µg / kg body weight, that means 1/15th of a milligram could kill a 150 lb. person). Ricin can be a dangerous contaminant, making the production of castor oil a precisely controlled process.
- 'Soldiers disease' is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
- The anti-malarial drug quinine is taken from the bark of the Andean cinchona tree.
- The average cup of coffee contains more than 1000 different chemical components, none of which is tasted in isolation but only as part of the overall flavor.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
1-8
Black Single
Parents Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week
International
Clothesline Week
National Business
Etiquette Week
National Headache Awareness Week
National Headache Awareness Week
National Sun
Safety Week
National Tire Safety Week
National Tire Safety Week
Today Is
·
Chimborazo
Day celebrates the mountain which represents the highest point on Earth.
Technically, Chimborazo is higher than Mt. Everest, as it resides closer
to the equator where the Earth ‘bulges’, making it relatively taller even
though it’s smaller overall!
·
National Leave the Office Early Day
·
Repeat
Day
^^^
·
Bahamas: Labor
Day
·
US: KY,
LA, TN: Confederate Memorial Day
Today’s Events through History
24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda…1886
Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his
private possession…1906
Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight
(Stafford & Cernan)…1966
Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain,
1st European to do so…1540
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded
in CA…1770
Secretary of War Lewis Cass gives orders
directly to the United States Marshal's
office to remove white settlers, and
trespassers, from CREEK
lands
in Alabama…1833
Sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak,
Colorado…1921
Supreme Court rules child labor laws
unconstitutional..1918
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Chuck Barris, TV game show producer/host (Gong
Show) is 84
Raúl Castro, Cuban President is 82
In their 50’s
Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne
Barr/actor (True Lies, Stupids) is 54
Ibrahim Hussein, Kenyan marathoner, (Boston
Marathon-1988, 91, 92) is 55
Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My
Demon Lover) is 55
In their 40’s
Anderson Cooper, CNN newscaster is 46
Remembered
for being born today
Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz], Bronx, NY,
actor (Some Like It Hot) [1925-2010]
Charles R Drew, pioneer of blood plasma
research [1904-1950]
Colleen Dewhurst, Montreal Canada, actress
(Maggie-Blue & Grey) [1924-1991]
Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor
(Maurice-Bewitched) [1901-1989]
Allen Ginsberg, Newark, New Jersey, American
beat poet (Howl) [1927-1997]
James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
[1726-1797]
Curtis Mayfield, rock vocalist (Freddie's
Dead, Superfly) [1942-1999]
Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist
(Yakety Sax) [1927-2007]
Today’s Historical Obits
James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke)…2011…at 88
Georges Bizet, French composer (Carmen))…heart
attack…1875…at 36
David Carradine, actor (Kung Fu)/martial
artist… "accidental
asphyxiation"…2009…at 72
Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant",
senator (Lincoln Debates)…typhoid fever…1861…at 48
Dennis James, television personality…lung
cancer…1997…at 79
Rue McClanahan, actress (Golden Girls)…stroke…2010…at
76
Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80
Days)…1992….at 84
Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie &
Harriet)…liver cancer…1975…at 69
John XXIII [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli], [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63)…1963…at
81
Will Sampson, Creek actor (From Here to
Eternity, Yellow Rose)…kidney failure…
1987…at 53
Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer
(Waltz King)… pneumonia…1899,,,at 73
Answer: Brain
Teasers
One, Two, Three, Four, Five......One Hundred! I just counted from 1 to 100 in ninety seconds (it is possible).
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet
sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned
that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there,
many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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