9 Nov

Flagstaff Almanac

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

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

Daily Observations

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

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

Today’s Thoughts

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

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

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

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Crawfish©Provided by ALot.com

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

Random Trivia…

Fate or Random Chance?©pinterest

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

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

Historic Events

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

1872 - Thirteen people died in The Great Boston Fire.

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

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

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

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

1989 – The Berlin Wall opened.

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

Birthdays with some quotes

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

…The End for today…

  

8 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 312	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 26mi	Wind 6mph Gusts 14mph Red Flag Warning	FlagToday 63° \37°
Active fire: 36miles Risk of fire: Extreme	Nearest Lightning:1607mi (Guatemala)	Air Quality: Moderate Fair Sunshine	Nov. Avg Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 Give Wildlife A Brake! Week:3-9   Link  National Book Awards Week: 3-9 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 3-9 Link      National Radiologic Technology Week: 3-9  Link   National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9  Link

Polar Bear Week: 3-9 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8   Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13 National Donor Sabath: 8-10

Daily Observations

First Folio Day Abet and Aid Punsters Day Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day  Link Domino Day Link  Dunce Day Link HBO Day International Day of Radiology Link Intersex Day of Remembrance  Link

National Cappuccino Day National Harvey Wallbanger Day National Parents As Teachers Day National S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Day Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day World Town Planning Day Link X-Ray Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Windy day.

I headed out early to do some shopping. Found most of what I needed.

Gas was only $3.67 when I filled up. Can’t believe I can say: ONLY!

I am happy to say I know quite a few 80+-year-olds that I consider friends. All are still active and doing fairly well. That being said, I now believe Biden to too old to be the leader of the free world. He has done a lot to help out people in the country, and a decent job on Foreign Affairs; however, he has obviously slowed down a lot during this administration. If the choice is Biden or Trump, I’ll still vote for Biden.

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Caramel ©Provided by ALot.com

This is another one that's kind of divided amongst the various regions of the United States. Southerners pronounce the word with three syllables and emphasize the second syllable ('care-uh-mel'). Other areas, especially the north, pronounce it with two syllables and eradicate the second syllable that the Southerners emphasize (kar-mel).

Random Trivia…

The Perfect Mate ©Getty Images

If life is getting you down at all, here's a fact specifically designed to cheer you up: Seahorses are monogamous life-mates that travel in pairs while holding each other’s tails.

Historic Events

1519 – Cortez and his troops took Montezuma, the Aztek Emporer, hostage, effectively taking over the nation.

1889 – Montana was admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

1933 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.

1966 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League (NFL) to merge with the American Football League (AFL).

1971 - HBO launched with the broadcast of the  movie Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.

Birthdays with some quotes

@85 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
@84 – Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
@78 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001; asthma attack)
@78 – Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998; diabeitis)
@74 – Milton Bradley, American businessman (founded the Milton Bradley Company, d. 1911)
74 – Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist (gun rights)
74 – Bonnie Raitt, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
“We can live in fear or act out of hope.”
73 – Mary Hart, American journalist, and actress
69 – Rickie Lee Jones, American Singer/Songwriter, and producer
@64 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist, and critic (created Count Dracula, d. 1912; syphilis)
“Nothing is too small. I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success!”
62 – Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality
57 – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and TV host /personality
“Chefs are nutters. They’re all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls, and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.”
56 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
53 – Tom Anderson, American businessman (co-founded Myspace)
52 – Tech N9ne (Aaron Dontez Yates), American musician, record producer, and actor
51 – Gretchen Mol, American model, and actress
50 – David Muir, Journalist
@49 – Joe Flynn, American actor (McHale’s Navy) (d. 1974; heart attack)
@49 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949’ hit by car)
“Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.”
49 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author, and illustrator (created Naruto)
48 – Tara Reid, American actress
@37 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst (d. 1922; peritonitis)
@37 – Minnie Riperton, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 1979)

…The End for today…

 

7 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day  311	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 30mi	Wind 8mph Gusts 12mph Wind advisory ↑35mph	FlagToday 65° \35°
Active fire: 35miles Risk of fire: Extreme	Nearest Lightning:565mi (S. ID)	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 National Fig Week: 1-7 World Communication Week: 1-7 Give Wildlife A Brake! Week:3-9   Link  National Book Awards Week: 3-9 Nat’l Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 3-9  Link

National Radiologic Technology Week: 3-9  Link   National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9  Link Polar Bear Week: 3-9 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8   Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13

Daily Observations

Cyber Bullying Hug a Bear Day Little League Girls Day InterNat’l Day Against Violence Bullying at School InterNat’l Day of Medical Physics Link InterNat’l Merlot Day  Link Nat’l Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Nat’l Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day, since 2015 Nat’l Men Make Dinner Day Link

Nat’l Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Link Nat’l Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day Link Nat’l Cash Back Day Link  Notary Public Day Link Stout Day  Link  Retinol Day  Link “You Go, Girl” Day

Today’s Thoughts

A little too much wind so far, with higher wind gusts expected.

Cards defeated badly by Browns.
I’m tired of the Trump case current News coverage. Way too much explaining. Just the highlights please.

Exercises really help my leg issues. I discovered that Blue Cross no longer covers Silver Sneakers, at least in AZ; I have to figure out another way that is covered by insurance.

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Oil©Provided by ALot.com

For Southerners, oil is a simple one-syllable word pronounced the way you'd expect. For most Northerners, the word oil turns into a two-syllable word and sounds like 'oiyul.'

Random Trivia…

Eat Your Vegetables!©Moeoko

During WWII, British intelligence spread the rumor that the Royal Air Force pilots enjoyed superior night vision because they ate copious amounts of carrots. The real purpose of the rumor was to keep German intelligence from discovering the Brits’ advanced use of radar. Of course, there's just one little problem.

The fact is, while the vitamin A in carrots is good for eye health, it probably won’t help you detect enemy forces in the dark from an airplane.

Historic Events

1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest ongoing publication (UK), was first published.

1811 – The Battle of Tippecanoe took place in the Indiana territory.

1874 - Thomas Nast used The Elephant for the first time as the Republican symbol in Harper’s Weekly magazine

1917 – The Bolshevik Revolution began in Petrograd, Russia.

1962 – Richard M. Nixon, at a press conference, said “You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”

1989 – Douglas Wilder became the elected African-American governor in the US

Birthdays with some quotes

@99 – Billy Graham, American minister and author (d. 2018)
@66– Marie Curie, Polish chemist, and physicist (Nobel Prize laureate, d. 1934; aplastic anemia)
“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”
@60 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist, and politician (founded the Red Army, d. 1940; assassination)
81 – Johnny Rivers (John Henry Ramistella), American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and producer
80 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
@76 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1999; liver failure)
71 – Lawrence O’Donnell, American journalist and talk show host
66 – Christopher Knight, American actor (Brady Bunch)
56 – David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter
“I can make everything I do come from my laptop.”
53 – Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter
@52 – Dee Clark, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 1990; heart attack)
51 – Jermey London, American actor
@46 – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist (Nobel Prize laureate d. 1960; auto accident)
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
44 – Amy Purdy, American actress, model, and snowboarder
@34 – Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999; OD)
27 – Lorde, New Zealand Singer/Songwriter

…The End for today…