August 20


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 34 / Day:    Today: High   80°…Low 53°
Records: High   88°(1973,1928) …Low 35°(1979)
Averages: High  78 °…Low 50°
Wind:   6mph;  Gusts: 10mph
Today’s humidity:  45%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
 1998 - U.S. embassy bombings: the United States military launches cruise missile 
             attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected 
             chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American 
             embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 
1986 - Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead
1974 - Pres Gerald Ford, assumes office after Richard Nixon's resignation
1971 - FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
1957 - USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
1913 - 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France)
1896 - Dial telephone patented
1866 - Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over

♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
Free Rambling Thoughts…   
A very nice Sunday…caught up on my weekly news shows, enjoyed the deck for a while this afternoon, waited for rain, but none came…thankfully it was not hot and just cloudy enough.

I have been waiting for several weeks for our HOA to finish its annual landscaping. It hasn’t happened yet, and soon I will have to trim some of the branches on my Blue Spruce and on my bush so I can get into my house. I’ll give them a few more days, as they have put new rocks on half the front yard, and I assume they will be finishing over near me sometime soon.

I did work on my photo contest photos, again for a while today. I’m just about ready to print time, but am hoping I can find a place that will print them from a thumb drive so I can get good quality at a cheaper price than the ink on my computer. Gotta get that done this week, as the picture party is coming up soon.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
Am I prepared? Am I prepared? Am I prepared? (5,5)
Scrambled Proverbs…
Can you unscramble the words to make an English proverb? Each puzzle has an easy version (above the black square), in which each word is scrambled individually and the spaces appear in their proper place, and a more challenging version, where the entire phrase is scrambled and spaces appear at random.
AMA TSEEWHTSAE KS (3 words)
Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read Carefully!!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Philtrum
Historic Flagstaff, AZ—…

60’s music…:

Harper’s Index…         
Number of inmates in federal prison for drug convictions per 100,000 US adults in 1987: 6.8In 2011: 38.7
Unusal Fact of the Day…
Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
Found on You Tube… 

Joke-of-the-day…
Three old timers chatting at restaurant! They sat down at a table while waiting to be served. One of them said; Hay Jake! Isn’t this your 50th anniversary?
Jake replies! Yep.
Well, the old timer asked, what are you planning on doing? Jake replies, well! I remember taking my wife to Arizona on our 25th anniversary.
The other old timer asked, Oh ya, so what are your plans for your 50th anniversary?
Jake replies, I’m going back to pick her up!!!!!!!
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PLAYING POOL - In a game of eight ball, let your opponent sink half his balls before you sink your first. That way, your balls will interfere with his shooting, but his balls won't be there to interfere with your shooting.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma auto shop owner said he has embraced the shop's Irish theme -- and beat the summer heat -- by wearing a kilt to work. David O'Brien, proprietor of O'Brien Auto Performance in Tulsa, said his shop plays Irish jig music during the work day and has a shamrock in its logo, so switching his summer garb from pants to a kilt four years ago seemed like a logical way to cool off in the summer heat, KOTV, Tulsa, Okla., reported Thursday.
"This is physically cooler than shorts," O'Brien said. He said the mode of dress comes with its own challenges. "Keep your knees down and your feet crossed, then everybody's happy and safe," he said. O'Brien said worker David Denney followed his lead and also dons a kilt at work from May to October.               
Somewhat Useless Information…   
  • The Liberty Bell sounded from the tower of Independence Hall on July 8, 1776, summoning citizens to gather for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon.
  • June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, looking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
  • The first Independence Day celebration west of the Mississippi occurred at Independence Creek and was celebrated by Lewis and Clark in 1805.
  • The origin of Uncle Sam probably began in 1812, when Samuel Wilson was a meat packer who provided meat to the US Army. The meat shipments were stamped with the initials, U.S. Someone joked that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam". This joke eventually led to the idea of Uncle Sam symbolizing the United States government.
  • In 1941, Congress declared 4th of July a federal legal holiday. It is one of the few federal holidays that have not been moved to the nearest Friday or Monday.
  • The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence did not sign at the same time, nor did they sign on July 4, 1776. The official event occurred on August 2, 1776, when 50 men signed it.

Calendar Information…        
Happening This Week:
15-21
National Aviation Week
17-26
Little League Baseball World Series
19-25
Minority Enterprise Development Week

Today Is…                                                                      
Cupcake Day
International Homeless Animals Day
National Radio Day  
Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
2002 - A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over 
            the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing their hostages and
            surrendering
1900’s
1993 - Mother Teresa hospitalized with malaria
1988 - "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
1980 - UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that 
             all of Jerusalem is its capital
1974 - Nelson Rockefeller becomes VP
1964 - LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1960 - USSR recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space
1930 - Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)
1922 - 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1920 - 1st US commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit begins daily broadcasting
1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory 
            schooling
1800’s
1882 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow
1865 - Pres Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx
1864 - 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3900 casualties)
1700’s
1789 - Juan de Ugalde is Commanding General of all Spanish forces in Coahuila, 
            Nuevo León, Nuevo Santander, and Texas. He starts a major expedition against 
            the Apache.
1789 - An "Act Providing for the Expences Which May Attend Negotiations or Treaties 
            with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of Commissioners for Managing
            the Same" is approved by the United States.
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1600’s
1619 - 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia

1100’s
1191 - Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko
1000’s
1000 - The foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary 
n state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary
Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
Under 30
Demi Lovato, Disney actress is 20

In their 50’s
Peter Horton, actor (30 something) and director is 59
Al Roker, weatherman (NBC, Today)is 58
Simon Shepherd, British Actor is 56
In their 60’s
Connie Chung, TV news anchor (NBC, CBS) is 66
Robert Plant, West Bromwich England, rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love) 
      is 64

In their 80’s
Don King, boxing promoter and unusual hairstyles is 81

Remembered for being born today
Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres b. 1833
Isaac Hayes, Covington TN, composer (Shaft) b. 1942
H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) b. 1890
Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) b. 1525
Salvatore Quasimodo, Naples Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959) b. 1901
Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim) b. 1924
Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls) b. 1918

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition dies in 1804 at 22
Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies in 1980 at 91
Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor dies in 2007 at 87
Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher. Killed by Indians in 1643 at 52

Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips.
What is the answer?
Scout doubt
Scrambled Proverbs
Haste makes waste 
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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August 19


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 34 / Day:    Today: High   80°…Low 58°
Records: High   87°(2002,1992.1948) …Low 36°(1975)
Averages: High   78°…Low 50°
Wind:   10mph;  Gusts: 10mph
Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity: 78%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, the last US brigade combat crossing 
            the border to Kuwait
1993 - Mattel & Fisher Price toys merge
1984 - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan
1979 - Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth record 
            175 days 
1960 - Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
1950 - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
1944 - Last Japanese troops driven out of India
1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio
1849 - NY Herald reports gold discovery in California
1787 - W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
1692 - 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass

♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
Free Rambling Thoughts…   
Sunshine, warm weather, a nice afternoon shower…that’s Flagstaff during the monsoon.

I enjoyed the football game last night…good friends, and the Cards looked so much better than they have this pre-season. Guess I better watch more; maybe I’m the one who helped them win. LOL.

Michael Phelps has shown the world he is an exceptional swimmer. He has also showed the world that he is not the brightest candle on the cake with some of his personal actions. I’ve seen several interviews, and he is unique…he is not into showing off his medals, he sometimes isn’t even into swimming. Now he is in trouble for an ad that he might have done during the Olympics…by a non-Olympic sponsor.  The Olympic committee has rules about that, and is discussing having him return some of his medals from London. They have a timeline for athletes to have ads for non-Olympic sponsors. Breaking that rule can lead to loss of the medals. He is shown advertising Louie Vuitton. He claims that he did not authorize the release of the photos. As his agent said, one can’t control when the photos will be released, and the accused company says they didn’t release he photos either. Sounds like a lot of hoopla over nothing.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
hirsute (4,5)
Scrambled Proverbs…
Can you unscramble the words to make an English proverb? Each puzzle has an easy version (above the black square), in which each word is scrambled individually and the spaces appear in their proper place, and a more challenging version, where the entire phrase is scrambled and spaces appear at random.
NTRN T CRGNOEU OTFSSHEIEAO ACIT (6 words)
Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read Carefully!!
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Petrichor
Historic Flagstaff, AZ—…

60’s music…:

Harper’s Index…         
Percentage change in the crime rate from 2005-2010 in US states whose prison populations grew by at least 10%: -17
Unusal Fact of the Day…
When he died in 1977, Elvis Presley had $1,055,173.69 in a non-interest-bearing checking account.
Found on You Tube… 
Classic Grand Ole Opry         
Joke-of-the-day…
A famous lawyer, who had been a public defender for years, dies. He finds himself standing at the back of an enormous queue outside the gates of Heaven. The queue before him is enormous. The number of people who die in a single day appalls him. He can barely see St Peter sitting up on a podium outside the gates with a large book. Every now and then St Peter glances down the queue to see how he is going. Suddenly he catches the eye of the lawyer. He looks very surprised. He jumps down from the podium and comes running along the line until slightly out of breath he arrives beside the lawyer. He embraces him. He pulls him out of the queue and motions for him to come to the front of the queue. Another person questions what is happening and another angel speaks to the person. Word is passed along the queue and the lawyer is surprised, as people start nodding and clapping. He becomes embarrassed by all the attention and asks St Peter why he is getting the special attention.St Peter stops suddenly and looks concerned."You are a lawyer aren't you?'"Yes" the lawyer replies. "Does this happen to all lawyers in heaven?""Oh, no, "Said St Peter. "It's just you are the first one to ever get here."
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
BODY HEAT A resting human gives off as much heat as a 150-watt light bulb. You can use this fact to keep the temperature in a greenhouse constant, even as you come and go. Just turn the light out whenever you go in.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
YOSHKAR-OLA, Russia - Russian authorities said a man caught trying to take gunpowder from a military test site told police he wanted to use it to fuel his stove. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday the man was caught trying to take a package of 98 explosive tubes from a military test site in the Mari El Republic, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday. The man told police he wanted to use the gunpowder as "firewood" for his stove, the ministry said. The suspect has been charged with illegal storage of explosives and could face up to three years in prison if convicted.
Somewhat Useless Information…   
  • Ryman Auditorium was long the home of the Grand Ole Opry, but the structure wasn't originally built for that purpose. When it opened in 1892, it was called the Union Gospel Tabernacle.
  • In 1950, a young man took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry and exhibited the banjo prowess that allowed him to win a national competition on the instrument. That 17-year-old was future Hee-Haw star Roy Clark.
  • The radio show known as The Grand Ole Opry began life in 1925 as the WSM Barn Dance. A couple years later, when announcer George "Judge" Hay described the show's music as "grand ole opry" in contrast to "grand opera," the name stuck.
  • Many of the most popular women ever to perform at the Grand Ole Opry aren't as recognizable by their real names. This list includes Sarah Cannon (Minnie Pearl), Christina Ciminella (Wynonna Judd), Eileen Edwards (Shania Twain), Mary Penick (Skeeter Davis), and Brenda Webb (Crystal Gayle).
  • When the show moved to the Opry House at Opryland in 1974, workers cut out a circular, 6-foot section of the original dark oak stage at Ryman Auditorium and installed it in the middle of the new stage floor so that new artists could perform on the same floor as legends from decades past.
  • Elvis Presley signed a contract to play a series of shows at the Grand Ole Opry beginning on October 2, 1954. However, management cancelled his booking after his first show because they felt his music wasn't suited for their audiences. The King never returned to the Opry stage.               


Calendar Information…        
Happening This Week:
15-21
National Aviation Week
17-26
Little League Baseball World Series
19-25
Minority Enterprise Development Week

Today Is…                                                                      
Aviation Day
"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day
Eid-Al Fitr (marks the end of Ramadan)
National Aviation Day
National Men's Grooming Day
Potato Day
UN World Humanitarian Day
Afghanistan: Independence Day (1919 from Britain)  

Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
  • 2009 - A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others
  • 2005 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins
  • 2003 - A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees

1900’s
  • 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
  • 1993 - George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon
  • 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide
  • 1979 - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
  • 1976 - Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention
  • 1965 - Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
  • 1960 - Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)
  • 1958 - NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
  • 1914 - German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad
  • 1909 - Indianapolis 500 race track opens

1800’s
  • 1897 - 1st electric taxi's drive in London
  • 1888 - 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
  • 1854 - A Miniconjou Sioux, named High Forehead, kills a sickly cow near Fort Laramie, in southeastern Wyoming. The cow's owner complains to the fort's commander. A brash Brevet Second Lieutenant John L. Grattan, and thirty volunteers leave the fort to find the Sioux involved. Grattan goes to Conquering Bear's Brule Sioux camp near Ash Hollow, and demands the Indian who shot the cow. Grattan makes numerous threats to the Sioux, but they won't hand over High Forehead. During the parlay, a shot rings out, and Grattan's artillery gunners open fire on the camp. Conquering Bear tries to get both sides to stop shooting, but he is hit by an artillery round. Eventually, all but one of Grattan's men are killed in the fighting.
  • 1839 - Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris

1700’s
  • 1768 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia

1600’s
  • 1698 - Russian czar Peter the Great begins term
  • 1607 - English settlers officially found "the other" English colony on North America. Unlike Jamestown, Popham is settled by just men and boys. Popham, northeast of modern Portland, Maine, is established on the bluffs overlooking the spot where the Kennebec River flows into the ocean. The colony lasts only a little over one year. The colony’s second leader returns to England, taking the settlers with him, when he inherits a sizeable estate in England.

1500’s
  • 1561 - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France

1200’s
  • 1263 - King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing

Before 1000
  • 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul


Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
In their 40’s
  • Kevin Dillon, NY, actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon) is 47
  • Matthew Perry, actor (Sydney, Chandler-Friends) is 43
  • Kyra Sedgwick, actress (The Closer) is 47
  • John Stamos, actor (General Hospital, Full House) will be 49
  • Lee Ann Womack, country music singer and songwriter is 46
In their 50’s
  • Adam Arkin, actor (Busting Loose, Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure) is 56
In their 60’s
  • Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd US President is 66
  • Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad) is 65
In their 70’s
  • Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) is 73
  • Diana Muldaur, NYC, actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law) is 74
  • Renee Richards, [Richard Rankind], trans-sexual tennis player is 78
  • Jill St. John, actress (Diamonds are Forever) is 72

Remembered for being born today
  • Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine) b. 1919
  • John Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter b. 1860
  • Ogden Nash, Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself) b. 1902
  • Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek) b. 1921
  • Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts) b. 1931
  • Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia b. 1596
  • Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks b. 1785
  • Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) b. 1871

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
  • Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor dies in 14AD at 75
  • Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes dies in 2009 at 86
  • John Wesley Hardin, American frontier murderer and outlaw, killed in 1895 at 41 
  • Groucho Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in 1977 at 86
  • Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, dies after long health problems in 1662 at 39
  • Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies in 1994 at 93

Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The way it smells outside after rain.
What is the answer?
Very hairy
Scrambled Proverbs
There is no accounting for taste
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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