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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 219
/ Week: 32
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 30%
H 78°… L 52°… Ave. humidity: 60%
Wind: ave:
5mph;
Gusts: 19mph
Average High: 81° Record High: 92° (1978)
Average Low: 51°
Record Low: 39° (1991)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1606 – 1st
documented performance of Macbeth
performed
1750 - Slave uprising on Curacao
1760 - Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee
Indians
1782 - George Washington 1st creates Purple
Heart medal (Badge of Military Merit)
1789 - Congress creates Department of War &
Lighthouse Service
1802 - Napoleon orders re-instatement of
slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
1820 - 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
1909 - US issues 1st Lincoln penny
1912 - Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
nominates Theodore Roosevelt for Pres
1933 - Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians
1934 - US Court of Appeals strikes down
government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering,
(Sony), sells 1st transistor radios
1959 - The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny
goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design
1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st US First Lady
to give birth (Patrick Kennedy) since Mrs Cleveland. He only lived 3 days
1986 – 3
men and 1 woman begin cycling 15,266 miles from Alaska to Argentina
1990 - Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to
Saudi Arabia
2007 - Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record by
hitting his 756th home run.
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Beautiful day here in town. For some reason my right foot is sore…not
like the gout, a new and different pain. Not that bad, but a pain none the
less. Growing old-er is not for the weak.
After my rant yesterday about Africa, it was nice to see that
Obama wants to see increased infrastructure for that continent.
AZ is back in the news. One of my state senators, a tea party guy,
was thrown from his horse on his ranch and sadly passed away. His name is on
the Republican Primary ballot for later this month. It is too late to change
the name. We are not the 1st state to have something like this
happen. However, a new law, passed by the conservative legislature, now states
that on a primary ballot, no write-ins are allowed. Since he is the only person
on the ballot for that seat, he will win. Then it is up to the Republican Party
precinct leaders to pick a new candidate. The problem is that the people who
will pick the name are also on the primary ballot. So the current leaders can’t
pick a name, it will be up to the new leaders. That will certainly not happen
quickly. I am not a registered Republican so it ain’t my fight. My only problem
with this is that write-ins are not allowed to be counted. In the general
election, I have been known to use the write-in for a couple of offices over my
many years of voting. Thought it was always a part of voting.
I only eat KFC once or twice a year…but back in the day, it was a
quick stop when I was headed back to the Rez. Flag has had 2 KFC’s for decades.
Today the paper says they are both closed. Nobody has said why, except that
there is a new owner. Hmmm.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
I
wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my
appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country
and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I
penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my
youth I am bright and fresh looking; later, my face is marred and
disfigured and I am cast aside as nothing; but when I am very old I am eagerly sought, and a safe refuge is provided for me, where I am exhibited to admiring visitors. What am I?
appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country
and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I
penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my
youth I am bright and fresh looking; later, my face is marred and
disfigured and I am cast aside as nothing; but when I am very old I am eagerly sought, and a safe refuge is provided for me, where I am exhibited to admiring visitors. What am I?
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Common
Sayings from the Bible…
Gentle answer turns away wrath
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 1
Computer
Facts…
In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage,
weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered
via large cargo airplanes.
Earth
Facts…
Earth is composed of: iron (32%), oxygen (30%), silicon (15%),
magnesium (14%), sulfur (3%), nickel (2%), calcium (1.5%), aluminum (1.4%) and
the remainder made up of other elements.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS
AGO
Acting Police Chief Gene S. Clayton is cracking down on those
making an illegal crossing of the railroad tracks after the gates have been
lowered. A regular traffic citation is being issued to both motorists and
pedestrians.
**
A trio of young men peddling Colliers’ Encyclopedia door to door
in the evening hours were granted 60 days incarceration for peddling without a
license.
Harper’s
Index
Number of fraudulent background checks the firm that vetted Edward
Snowden submitted to the US government: 665,000
Language
Facts…
The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the
course of the 20th century
People
Facts…
Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by
RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries,
surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the
London 2012 Olympics.
Rules of
Thumb:
CLAIMING YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE
If you're fully
insured, you will spend two full days doing insurance paperwork to cover seven
days in the hospital.
Superstitions…
In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model
number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The
idea for Godzilla came from a horrible accident when a U.S.
atomic test bomb went off in the Pacific, contaminating a Japanese fishing
boat’s crew and catch. The fictionalized lumbering demon was a metaphor for
America.
World
Heritage Sites…
This is one of the largest and best-protected rainforests in
Africa, with 90% of its area left undisturbed. Almost completely surrounded by
the Dja River, which forms a natural boundary, the reserve is especially noted
for its biodiversity and a wide variety of primates. It contains 107 mammal
species, five of which are threatened.
Joke-of-the-day
The teacher wrote
on the blackboard, “I ain’t had no fun all summer.”
“Now Paul,” she
said. “What shall I do to correct this?”
“Get a boyfriend.”
Paul replied.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
CITRONELLE, Ala. (UPI) - Vietnam War veteran Phillip McMullen
likely saw some bad things during his time in the service, but what he saw when
returned to his Alabama home ranks right up there. McMullen came back to his
Citronelle residence after visiting some friends out of town and discovered
that his home had been burglarized. The gun safe at McMullen's house had been
damaged, but it wasn't broken into. The same could not be said for the plastic
box which held his deceased wife's ashes. "They even took my wife's ashes
off my headboard, strewed them around, looked like they tried to smoke some of
them or something," McMullen told FOX10 News. "I bet that was a nasty
taste when they (did) that." McMullen and his wife were married for 22
years and he says the violation makes him "want to fight again." If
the Mobile County Sheriff's Office is able to catch the crook, it's possible
they will be charged with desecration of a grave. "It's hard to put in
words, it makes me want to fight again, and I don't like to fight,"
McMullen said. "I don't know if God will forgive them for what they've
done or not."
Somewhat
Useless Information
Since
1995 more than 3 billion items have been sold on eBay, one of the world’s
largest garage sale. Which are the priceless ones?
One
of Albert Einstein’s handwritten letters, sold for $3,000,100.
The
original “Hollywood” sign, sold for $450,400.
A
chunk of Mars, sold for $450,000.
A
new species of sea urchin, sold for $138.00.
The
Tuscan Village of Pratariccia, sold for $3.1 Million.
The
Town of Bridgeville, sold twice.
The
meaning of life, sold for $3.26.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
1-7
International Tree Climbing Days
International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week
International Clown Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week
3-9
Assistance Dog Week
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week
National Fraud Awareness Week
Old Fiddler's Week
Single Working Women's Week
Stop on Red Week
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week
National Fraud Awareness Week
Old Fiddler's Week
Single Working Women's Week
Stop on Red Week
4-8
Exhibitor Appreciation Week
Rock for Life Week
National Bargain Hunting Week
Psychic Week
Sturgis Rally
Rock for Life Week
National Bargain Hunting Week
Psychic Week
Sturgis Rally
Today
Is
Lighthouse Day
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day-1782
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day-1782
Sisters'
Day
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National
Day (Cote D'Ivoire (formerly-Ivory Coast-1960 from France)
Today’s
Events through History
1670 - Apache or Navajos attack the ancient Zuni Pueblo of Hawikuh.
1904 - Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colo during
a flash flood, kills 96
1970 - 1st computer chess tournament
Birthday’s
Today
Stan Freberg, satirist/ad
executive is 88
B J Thomas, singer (Raindrops)
is 73
Garrison Keillor, PBS radio
personality (Prairie Home Companion) is 73
John Glover, Kingston NY, actor
(52 Pick-Up) is 70
Alberto Salazar, marathoner (NYC
Marathon Winner) is 56
David Duchovny, NYC, actor (Fox
Mulder-X Files) is 54
Charlize Theron, South Africa,
actress (The Cider House Rules) is 39
Remembered
for being born today
Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern
science of geography (1779-1859)
Mata HariMata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) (1876-1914)
Mata HariMata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I) (1876-1914)
Billie Burke, actress (The Wizard
of Oz) (1884-1970)
Louis Leakey, Kenya,
anthropologist (1903-1972)
Ralph Bunche, founder/diplomat
(UN) (Nobel 1950), (1903-1971)
Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains Ga, 1st
sister/evangelist (1929-1983)
Historical
Obits Today
Paul Neal Red Adair,
American oil field firefighter, 2004, @89
Louis E.
Saavedra, Mayor of Albuquerque, NM, cancer, 2009, @76
Peter
Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor, cancer, 2005, @ 67
Esther
Phillips, singer (What a Difference
a Day Makes), liver failed, 1984, @48
E.H.
Dunning, 1st pilot to land aircraft on moving ship, 1917, @25
Brain
Teasers
A Postage Stamp--In 1940 - Largest amount paid for a stamp
($45,000 for 1 1856 British Guiana)
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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