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October
, 2015 Week:
44 \ Day: 303
October Averages:
62°\32°
86004 Today: H 58° \ L 40° Average
Sky Cover: 80%
Wind ave: 10mph\Gusts:
15mph
Ave. High: 57° Record High: 70°[1999]
Ave. Low: 27° Record Low: -2°[1971]
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Observances
Today:
Checklist Day
Create A Great Funeral Day Link
Devil's Night
Haunted Refrigerator Night
International Bandanna Day Link
National Breadstix (Bread Sticks) Day
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Observances
This Week:
24-30
Disarmament
Week
Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week
World Origami Days
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link
National Massage Therapy Week Link
National Respiratory Care Week Link
Pastoral Care Week Link
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week Link
International Magic Week:
25-31
Kids
Care Week
Red Ribbon Week Link
International Dyslexia Association Reading Week
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1768 - First Methodist church in North American
colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
1763 - Pontiac will
inform Major Henry Gladwin, Commander at Fort Detroit, that he wants peace, and
to end the fighting.
1860 - Mark Aldrich,
Probate Judge of Tucson, resigned in disgust when Miller Martlett killed Willam
Beattie and no citizen entered a complaint about the felony.
1864 - Helena, Montana's capital, founded
1873 - P T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on
Earth", debuts (New York City)
1938 - A radio broadcast of H. G.
Wells "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Orson Welles,
allegedly causes a mass panic
1954 - US Defense Department announces elimination
of all racially segregated regiments
2012 - Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its
rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1534 - English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy,
making King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly
held by the Pope
1944 - Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz
to Belsen
1953
- Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George
Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
1961 - UN
unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general after the death of Dag
Hammarskjöld in a plane crash
1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a
resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square
1995 - Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of
Canada
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
A little cloudy, but still really nice fall day with a gentle rain
falling a couple times. Only thing strange…there is still thunder at the end of
October. Honestly! Had lunch with Mary
at a great little place downtown. Good conversation, good food, good times.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Find
a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in
the form "__, __, and __"
Example:
Clue = "Took, Sign, Blinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Flop, Crook, Glisten
2. Pin, Brace, Though
3. Versed, Beckoned, Heard
4. Leg, Sorrow, Wheel
5. Bawl, Park, Ransom
6. Sprawl, Tedium, Barge
7. Trap, Shackle, Top
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it
can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
Japan has the most vending machines in the
world (5.52 million) which is more than the population of New Zealand.
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…Crazy
Law…
Colorado
Since a horse is technically a vehicle, you’re
not allowed to enjoy a Dale’s Pale Ale on horseback. Or any booze, for that
matter.
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…Harper’s
Index…
+52 —percentage
change since 2002 in the birthrate among unmarried US women ages 35-39
-32 — among
unmarried US teenagers
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhoto by @stevemccurryofficial //
the relationship we observe in this picture of a father and his young son
in Colombia, reveals intimacy possible when trust and love combine. They are
both at ease and completely comfortable in each other's presence without any
self-consciousness whatsoever.
This family was not rich in material things, but very rich in relationships.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Scottish band The Bay City Rollers earned their name after
sticking a pin in a map of America, which landed on the Michigan city.
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2
jokes for the day
Miscellaneous Jokes
Q: What did the boy ghost say to the girl
ghost after he saw her all dressed up for Halloween?
A: You look boo-tiful!
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Airplane Jokes
A helicopter carrying passengers suddenly
looses engine power and the aircraft begins to decent.
The pilot safely performs an emergency landing
in water, and tells the passengers to remain seated and to keep the doors
closed, stating that in emergency situations, the aircraft is designed to stay
afloat for 30 minutes, giving rescuers time to get to them.
Just then a man gets out if his seat and runs
over to open the door.
The pilots screams at him, "Didn't you
hear what I said, the aircraft is designed to stay afloat as long as the doors
remain closed?!".
"Of course I heard you", the man
replied, "but it's also designed to fly, and look how good that one worked
out!!"
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Yep,
It Really Happened
LOS
ANGELES - An organ donation organization confirmed a human leg was stolen
from one of its tissue transport vans while it was parked outside a Los Angeles
restaurant. OneLegacy, a nonprofit that provides organ transportation for the
Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, confirmed the cooler
containing the leg was stolen from the unmarked van about 5 a.m. Monday while
employees of the organization dined at the Original Pantry Cafe.
"OneLegacy regrets the loss of the opportunity to fulfill the donor
family's wish to heal and save lives with this donation," OneLegacy Chief
Executive Tom Mone said in a statement provided to CBS Los Angeles. "[OneLegacy]
is reviewing its security procedures to identify ways in which we can prevent
such occurrences in the future." CBS Los Angeles said the leg was wrapped
up and the thieves may not have known they were taking a human body part. The
Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said it is
investigating the theft. Mark Fajardo, the county's chief medical
examiner-coroner, said he is looking into the possibility that information
about the theft was leaked to the public by someone in his office. "As it
stands today, we do not know who 'leaked' the information, but it appears at
face value to be one of my employees," Fajardo said in a letter to the
county Board of Supervisors. Fajardo said the probe is ongoing. "Whether
the leg turns up, I do not know," he told the Los Angeles Times.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Yoga
can improve orgasms. When a person has an orgasm, the pelvic floor muscles that
run between the legs rapidly contract. In yoga, the pelvic floor muscles are
known as moola bandha. Yoga strengthens them, providing benefits similar to
Kegel exercises.
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Research
has found that women prefer masculine-looking men when they are ovulating, but
at other times of the month they seek men with softer features, associated with
more social and caring behavior.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(90) - John Adams,
2nd US President (d.1826)
(87) - Ezra
Loomis Pound,
Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos), (d. 1972)
84 - Dick Gautier,
actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific)
82 - Ken Berry,
actor (Sam-Mayberry RFD, Vinton-Mama's Family)
(80) - Charles Atlas,
[Angelo Siciliano], US, bodybuilder (d.1972)
76 - Grace Slick,
rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit)
70 - Henry Winkler,
actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift)
64 - Harry Hamlin,
Pasadena California, actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law)
50 - Gavin Rossdale,
English heavy metal vocalist and actor (Bush)
(49) - Elizabeth Madox
Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
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Historical
Obits Today
Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author
of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer)-1956@83
Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the
Forest)-1968@78
Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer,
heart attack-2000@76
Robert Goulet, American entertainer, Greg Lenihan
disease-2007@73
Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author-1842@57
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1. Stop, Look, and Listen
2. Win, Place, and Show
3. First, Second, and Third
4. Beg, Borrow, and Steal
5. Tall, Dark, and Handsome
6. Small, Medium, and Large
7. Snap, Crackle, and Pop
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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 contains mistakes and sadly
once 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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