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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: / Week: 33
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 80%
H 75°… L 55°… Ave. humidity: 41%
Wind: ave:
1mph;
Gusts: 9mph
Average High: 81° Record High: 89° (2002)
Average Low: 50°
Record Low: 40° (1900)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
610 - In Islam,
traditional date when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
1675 - King Charles II lays foundation
stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1680 - In New Mexico, Popé leads rebellion of
Pueblo Indians against Spaniards
1793 - Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as
The Museum Central des Arts
1833 - Chicago incorporates as a village of about
200
1846 - Congress establishes Smithsonian Institution,
now world's largest museum and research complex
1889 - Dan Rylands patents screw cap
1921 - FDR stricken with polio at summer home
on Canadian Is of Campobello
1943 - Gen Patton calls injured soldier
"cowardly"
1944
- US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1948 - Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV
debut on ABC
1974 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European
American Golf Open
1975 - David Frost purchases exclusive rights to
interview Nixon
1994 - Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there
since Sept 1841)
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
An interesting weather day. Started out clear, thunder, then
clouds, but alas no rain yet. Still hoping for some.
It was a lazy Saturday, after staying up past 2a watching TV,
sleeping in until 7:30, then just taking it easy. Pain pills are certainly
helping my foot pain, but I still have a little limp. Foot is still a little
swollen. Sure hope they figure out what this really is.
OMG, the free world will be in great peril over the next 2 weeks
as Obama goes on vacation…so say the Republicans. I was a low level bureaucrat
for the Feds. When I was an acting principal and took time off during the
summer, I still had daily conversations with the school personnel. I still had
to solve problems and set up strategies. It’s not like Obama is the wilderness
somewhere with no contact with the outside world. His office and the aides basically
travel with him, and the aides are NOT on vacation…just at a different place.
For the fact freaks out there, Obama has taken fewer vacation days than any of the
previous 5 presidents.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Find
a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in
the form "__, __, and __".
Example:
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, Label
7. Warning, Soon, Flight
Example:
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, Label
7. Warning, Soon, Flight
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
**NEW**Brief
History…
On July 24, 1814, British forces under Phineas Riall march to the
Niagara River to halt an American force from invading Canada. The War of
1812 is misunderstood by many Americans, with most Americans assuming the US
won the war, when the truth is much more like a tie at best. The British
never intended to conquer the US, as they were busy with Napoleon and bigger
issues than the US. The war was more about a punitive expedition by the
British. The final battle, after the war was over, in New Orleans was an
American victory which gives the impression we won. History is
misunderstood by many people, sometimes by the masses and sometimes even by the
people that write the school books. So here are some truths:
Rosa
Parks Was Tired and Did not Give Up Her Seat.
Parks’s actions by refusing to move to the back of the bus was not
some sort of spontaneous last straw type action because she was tired that
day. She was a civil rights activist and
the event was staged to make it a cause celebre, deliberately provoking a
federal lawsuit and national attention to racial segregation in the South.
Common
Sayings from the Bible…
Spare the rod, spoil the child
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Prov 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Prov 13:24
Computer
Facts…
Mathway.com solves all kinds of math homework problems with step
by step explanations.
Earth
Facts…
The Earth is not perfectly round, rather it is an oblate spheroid.
This is due to the planet’s equatorial bulge.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889: On
Wednesday while crossing the Santa Fe tracks in their auto J. C. Dolan, general
manager of the Flagstaff Lumber Manufacturing Co., and John Lind barely escaped
a serious accident when they collided with a freight train switching within the
yards at San Francisco Street. The car was badly damaged.
The SUN recently added a power stapling machine with many new
faces of type. Consequently, with printers who are artists in their line we
feel amply able to turn out work no one should be ashamed of.
Harper’s
Index
Years by which the life expectancy of an American with homophobic views
is shorter than that of the average American: 2.5
By which the life expectancy of a gay person living in a
homophobic community: 12
Language Facts…
The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to
me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is
Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines),
"It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew),
"Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
Rules of
Thumb…
WHERE TO STORE SPARE PARTS
Store spare parts
for an item as close as possible to the item.
Superstitions…
It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the
one used to come into it.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
In
1986, Ted Nugent made a $10 million bid to buy Muzak so he could close down the
company. His offer was rejected.
World
Heritage Sites…Hallstaff-Duchstein--Austria
Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the
Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being
exploited as early as the 2nd millennium BC. This resource formed the basis of
the area’s prosperity up to the middle of the 20th century, a prosperity that
is reflected in the fine architecture of the town of Hallstatt.
Joke-of-the-day
The Teacher had
asked the class to write an essay about an unusual event that happened during
the past week.
Little Johnny got
up to read his. It began, "My daddy fell in well last week."
"Good
Lord!" the teacher exclaimed. "Is he OK?"
"He must
be," said Little Johnny. "He stopped calling for help
yesterday."
Yeah, It
Really Happened
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (UPI) - A woman who allegedly swiped a bag of
Raisinets from a Cumberland Farms store in Florida felt that the candy caper
was justified because she is a "God." Nancy Mullis was allegedly seen
taking a $2.99 bag of Raisinets and then leaving the store. Once she was
outside, the suspect "flaunted the stolen property at the store
clerk." The 52-year-old was given a trespass warning and a court summons
for theft. The candies made their way back onto the shelves at the store. Later
on in the day, Mullis went to a Discount Family Dollar and caused a scene.
"Mullis was waving her arms wildly and cursing," TC Palm reported a
court affidavit as saying. "Mullis was stating that she was a god and
could do what she wanted." Apparently what Mullis wanted to do was flip
over a newspaper stand and knock items off of shelves at the store. The
"sacred" suspect was arrested on a disorderly conducted charge and
given another trespass warning.
Somewhat
Useless Information
In
July 1981 Japanese factory worker Kenji Uraba became "the first known
fatality caused by a robot."
Grace Hopper coined the term computer bug when a moth shorted out her computer.
The distress signal before SOS was CQD, which meant "come quick danger."
The first email was sent over the Internet in 1972.
In 1995, personal computers outsold televisions in the United States, and the number of e-mail messages exceeded stamped letters.
In 1997 about one third of American homes had computers. In 2005 the number was two thirds.
Grace Hopper coined the term computer bug when a moth shorted out her computer.
The distress signal before SOS was CQD, which meant "come quick danger."
The first email was sent over the Internet in 1972.
In 1995, personal computers outsold televisions in the United States, and the number of e-mail messages exceeded stamped letters.
In 1997 about one third of American homes had computers. In 2005 the number was two thirds.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
8-11
9-16
10-16
Weird Contest
Week
Today
Is
Kool-Aid Day: 8-10
Lazy Day
Lazy Day
National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
National S'mores Day
National S'mores Day
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Admission
Day (Missouri-1821-24th)
Independence Day (Ecuador-1809-from Spain)
Independence Day (Ecuador-1809-from Spain)
Today’s
Events through History
1500 - Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first
European to sight Madagascar
1743 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules
formulated
1835 - Mob of whites & oxen pulled black school
to a swamp out of Canaan NH
1904 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII)
becomes a priest
Birthday’s
Today
Rhonda Fleming, [Marilyn Louis], actress
(Spellbound) is 91
Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker
(Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) is 67
Rosanna Arquette, actress
(Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hour) is 55
Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn, HW boxing
champ (Olympic-silver-1988) is 47
Angie Harmon, tv actress, is 42
Remembered
for being born today
Henri Nestlé, Swiss confectioner
(1814-1890)
Herbert Hoover, 31st US President (1874-1964)
Jack Haley, actor (The Wizard
of Oz, Ford Star Revue) (1898-1979)
Leo Fender, rocker (Fender
guitars) (1909-1991)
Noah Beery Jr, actor (Rockford
Files, Quest) (1913-1994)
Jeff Corey, actor (Getting
Straight, Superman & Mole Men) (1914-2002)
Eddie Fisher, singer (Oh My Papa,
Lady of Spain) (1928-2010)
Jimmy Dean, actor/singer (Jimmy
Dean Show) (1928-2010)
Historical
Obits Today
Eydie
Gorme, American singer, 2013, @84
Isaac
Hayes, musician and actor, stroke, 2008, @65
Robert H.
Goddard, American rocket pioneer, cancer, 1945. @62
Rin Tin
Tin, German shepherd dog, WWI rescue dog, 1932, @14
Brain
Teasers
1. Stop, Drop, and Roll
2. Hop, Skip, and Jump
3. Blood, Sweat, and Tears
4. Lock, Stock, and Barrel
5. Game, Set, and Match
6. Ready, Willing, and Able
7. Morning, Noon, and Night
2. Hop, Skip, and Jump
3. Blood, Sweat, and Tears
4. Lock, Stock, and Barrel
5. Game, Set, and Match
6. Ready, Willing, and Able
7. Morning, Noon, and Night
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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