Oct 13

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10.13.16 Week: 41 \ Day: 287

October Averages: 63°\31°

86004 Today: H 70° \ L 36° Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  13mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 79°[1950]   Record Low: 12°[1969]

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Quote of the Day

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

~Pablo Picasso

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Observances Today                                                  

English Language Day Link

International Day for Disaster Reduction

International African Penguin Awareness Day Link

International Day for Failure Link

International Skeptics Day

Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day Link

National Chess Day Link 

Navy Birthday

National No Bra Day

Silly Sayings Day

World Sight Day Link 

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Observances This Week

9-15	Death Penalty Focus Week
9-15	Drink Local Wine Week
9-15	Earth Science Week Link
9-15	Emergency Nurses Week
9-15	Fire Prevention Week  Link
9-15	Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
9-15	National Chestnut Week
9-15	National Metric Week
9-15	Veterinary Technicians Week Link
10-14	National School Lunch Week
10-17	Take Your Medicine Americans Week
10-16	World Rainforest Week  Link
12-20	Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link

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Today’s US Historical Highlights

Today’s World Historical Highlights

1307 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templars arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption

1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)

1724 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters

1792 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas

1843 B'nai B'rith founded (NY)

1860 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston

1862 Prussian minister presdient otto von bismark delivers his 'blood and iron' speech

1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert

1871 The Delphic Fraternity is founded as the Delphic Society at the State Normal School in Geneseo, New York.

1885 The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

1902 US President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since 12 may; this brings the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration

1923 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital

1950 "All About Eve" directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter premieres (Best Picture 1951)

1982 IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics

1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.

1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz

1994 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Kenzaburo Oe

1999 The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

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My Rambling Thoughts

Hump day brings another beautiful fall day here at 7000’. Ran around doing some weekly shopping. Caught up with some Rez friends while shopping. All good.

With 325 million Americans with somewhere around 180 million between 35 and 70, these are the two best candidates for President? Really?!? I am so sick of ‘leaked’ videos, ‘leaked’ emails, and awaiting to see how much lower this election can go. John Oliver, the comedian, did a good bit…”Look up in the sky, see those high clouds, now look higher…OK that is where the campaigns were last week.” This this week he said the same thing with a caveat…”Look up in the sky, see those high clouds, now look higher…that is where we were last week.” ENOUGH ALREADY! For the remainder of the campaign I want to hear nothing but the candidate’s position on issues. No more BS!

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

Myths and Legends

Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.

Can you pick the god from the list provided that will complete this group?

Zeus, Hephaestus, Gaea, ?

Choose from: Dionysus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon, Aphrodite

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Today’s Trivia Hive

(answers at the end of post)

Which artist has a Grammy-winning album titled 1989?

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…Harper’s Index…

3/4 – Portion of asylum applicants in Europe who are men

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2 jokes for the day

The first-time flier was very nervous as he buckled his seat belt before takeoff. He turned to the woman in the next seat and asked, "About how often do jetliners like this crash?"

She thought a moment and replied, "Usually, just once."

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I asked a friend of mine by phone what he was doing. He told me he couldn't talk because he was working on "aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum, and steel while under a dangerously constrained environment." 

I was impressed. Until the following day when I learned that meant he was "washing dishes with hot water under his upset wife's supervision."

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Yep, It Really Happened

*-- Bald Eagle Stuck in Car Grill in Florida --*

They may be regal. They may be majestic. But nobody ever said they were smart. What appeared at first to be a 3D decal on the front of a car bumper, turned out to be a live eagle. The driver who noticed the eagle stuck in the front grill of a passing car chased down the vehicle and alerted police. Clay County police and firefighters were soon on the seen, and were able to dislodge the eagle. The bird apparently became lodged in the front of the car when it flew too close in front of the oncoming vehicle. The bird was named "Matthew" after the hurricane that recently passed through Florida. Matthew will be released after being nursed back to full health.         

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Somewhat Useless Information

The British Raj, or British rule, lasted from 1858 to 1947 (although they had a strong presence in India since the 1700s). British influence is still seen in Indian architecture, education system, transportation, and politics. Many of India's worst famines are associated with British rule in India.

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Indians made significant contributions to calculus, trigonometry, and algebra. The decimal system was invented in India in 100 B.C. The concept of zero as a number is also attributed to India.

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How products got their name

Betty Crocker

We hate to be the ones to break this to you, but Betty Crocker is a made-up name, devised to get unsuspecting housewives (the only market for these products back in 1921) to trust the new brand. The name Betty was thought to be cheery and all-American. Crocker honored one William Crocker, a director of the company that launched the brand.

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

[87] Nipsey Russell, comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park), born in Atlanta, Georgia [d2005]

[87] Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1979-90), born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (d. 2013)

[80] Rudolf Virchow, German politician, anthropologist and pathologist (cell pathology), born in Schivelbein, Prussia (d. 1902)

75- Paul Simon, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony), born in Newark, New Jersey

[70ish] Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templars (d. 1314)

[70] Arna Bontemps, American poet (100 years of negro freedom), born in Alexandria, Louisiana (d. 1973)

[70] Yves Montand, France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix) [d1991]

70- Demond Wilson, Valdosta GA, actor (Sanford & Son, Baby I'm Back)

70- Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg Pa, country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes)

69- Sammy Hagar, Monterey CA, rock vocalist (Van Halen-Jump)

57- Marie Osmond, Ogden Ut, singer/actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts)

56- Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary

48- Carlos Marin, Spanish baritone (Il Divo)

45- Sacha Baron Cohen, comedian/actor (Ali G, Borat), born in London, England

45- Billy Bush, American TV host

[40] Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider], comedian, arrested on obscenity [d1966]

[37] Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer-west africa (d. 1900)

[16ish] Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days [d1533]

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Historical Obits Today

@86-1945 Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company)

@85-1987 Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956)

@74-2012 Gary Ennis Collins, American film and television actor, natural causes

@73-1974 Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), cancer

@64-2007 Tom Dawes, American rock musician and composer who wrote music for commercial jingles ("Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” for Alka-Seltzer and “7Up, the Uncola”), stroke

@62-1968 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), lung cancer

@43-1938 Elzie C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), cancer

@43-1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), in battle

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Brain Teasers Answers

Poseidon finishes the group. These Greek gods were associated with the four elements (air, fire, earth and water, respectively).

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Trivia Hive  Answers

Taylor Swift

In 1989, Michael Jordan scored his 10,000th NBA point, the USSR had its first free election, and Taylor Swift was born. The album, named after Swift's birth year definitely isn't leaving any "Blank Space" in Swift's trophy room. The album won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys this year, a Billboard Music Award, American Music Award, and an iHeartRadio Music Award. Source: The New York Times

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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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