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10.14.16 Week: 41 \ Day: 288
October Averages: 63°\31°
86004 Today: H 69° \
L 34° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 78°[1991] Record Low: 18°[1975]
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Quote of the Day
Nothing is impossible, the word
itself says 'I'm possible'!
~Audrey Hepburn
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Observances Today
National Costume Swap Day Link
National Family Bowling Day (or
Kids Bowl Free Day) Link
Spider-Man Day Link
World Egg Day Link
World Standards Day Link
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Observances This Week
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9-15
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Death Penalty Focus Week
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9-15
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Drink Local Wine Week
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9-15
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Earth Science Week Link
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9-15
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Emergency Nurses Week
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9-15
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Fire Prevention Week Link
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9-15
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Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
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9-15
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National Chestnut Week
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9-15
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National Metric Week
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9-15
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Veterinary Technicians Week Link
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10-14
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National School Lunch Week
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10-17
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Take Your Medicine Americans Week
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10-16
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World Rainforest Week Link
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12-20
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Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
Today’s World Historical Highlights
1322 Robert
the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing
Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1773 The
first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish
for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.
1834 First black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
1834 In Philadelphia, Whigs and Democrats stage a gun, stone
and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election, resulting in
one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of buildings.
1865 Cheyennes & Arapahos sign "peace treaty"
then chased out Colorado
1882 University
of the Punjab is founded in present day Pakistan.
1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in
Milwaukee
1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue NYC
1926 AA
Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" released
1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1952 UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters
in New York
1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches
#1
1957 Queen Elizabeth
II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada
with the Speech from the Throne. 1960 Peace
Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1961 "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St
NYC for 1415 performances
1964 Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize
1966 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1968 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1975 US President Gerald Ford escapes injury when
his limousine is struck broadside
1976 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
1979 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy
1979 1st Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on Washington,
D.C. by over 100,000 people
1980 Presidential
nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1982 6,000
Unification church couples wed in Korea
1982 President Reagan proclaims a war on drugs
1986 Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel, for his efforts to
ensure the Holocaust was remembered 1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung
San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon
Peres
2014 World
Health Organization announce Ebola virus death toll at 4,447, and the fatality
rate has reached 70%
2014 Utah
State University receives terrorist threats pertaining to Anita Sarkeesian's
planned lecture the following day
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My Rambling Thoughts
Went
to the dentist. I hate not having an early morning appointment. My appointment
was at 10a, at 10:20 I sat in the chair, at 10:30 dentist apologized for his
lateness. 11:45 out of the chair. Then it takes 25 minutes to pay. And no one
was in line ahead of me. Either the insurance people are inept or the clerk is
incompetent. She pushed buttons and pushed buttons and gave me a crazy quote. I
reminded her that they had just given me a much cheaper quote less than a week
ago. More buttons, then she gets out her phone to use the calculator. Finally
she gives me a figure that works for me…I was paying ½. Then she gives me a
copy of the bill and the figures don’t match…she says ‘don’t worry, I’ll work
it out next time. Huh? Enough complaining, so I won’t talk about my numb mouth.
I
am now using the mute button whenever the news story is not about issues. I won’t
listen to anymore gutter talk from either side. If someone doesn’t know these
two candidates by now, it is a waste of time to tell them over and over.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Anagram Dictionary 8
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You
need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
You
are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed
into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign
each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)
Words: coriander, editorial, marsupial, tributary, wolverine
Definitions:
a person who enjoys a fermented beverage
a restaurant for killer whales
a true moron
cougar dens
red, as related to gemstones
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
astronomical light show known as Aurora Borealis becomes most visible after the
fall equinox in the northern hemisphere?
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…Harper’s Index…
3.5 – Number of Mississippi children in the state’s
custody for each home in its foster-care system
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2 jokes for the day
“That’s
a nice plant,” said a woman at the florist’s shop, pointing to the flower I was
buying.
“Yeah, my wife and I had an argument,” I admitted. “I was going to buy her a
dozen roses, but I don’t think she’s that mad at me.”
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My
family was playing a trivia board game one night. When it was my
brother-in-law's turn, he rolled the dice and landed on "Science &
Nature."
His question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can
you hear it?"
He thought for a moment and then asked, "Is it on or off?"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*--
Man Nearly Kills Dogs With Pressure Washer --*
Did I say eagles are stupid? Eagles are freaking geniuses compared to this
genetic misfire. A man was arrested on a charge of animal cruelty after being
seen cleaning his dogs with a pressure washer, according to police in Oklahoma.
According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to a car wash where
they found Schultz pressure washing his dogs. The two dogs were in cages in the
bed of Schultz's truck. Schultz was ordered to stop spraying his dogs and turn
off the pressure washer, but he ignored the police. Schultz told officers that
he was giving the dogs a bath because one of them threw up. The dogs were taken
to the Woodland Animal Hospital. In court, Schultz pleaded not guilty to animal
cruelty.
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Somewhat Useless Information
It's
thought that the practice of chucking one's cap to the heavens at the end of
the ceremony started in 1912 at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation. For the
first time the Navy gave the newly commissioned graduates their officers' hats
at graduation, so they no longer needed the midshipmen's caps they'd been
wearing for the previous four years. To show how pleased they were, the new
officers tossed their old headgear up in the air. When other students heard
about the practice, they followed suit.
***
The
graduation song is often known as "Pomp and Circumstance," but it's
actually a small piece of Sir Edward Elgar's 1901 composition "March No. 1
in D Major," part of his "Pomp and Circumstance Military March"
series that spanned nearly 30 years of his career.
***
Diplomas
were originally written on a sheep's skin. Early paper was pretty fragile and
difficult to make, but parchment was much more plentiful and durable.
Parchment, of course, is made from the skin of a sheep, goat, or calf, and its
durability made it ideal for a keepsake like a diploma.
***
Originally,
academic gowns served a practical purpose, not a ceremonial one. In the 12th
and 13th centuries, teachers and students wore gowns and hoods to keep warm in
cold school buildings. In 1321, the University of Coimbra in Portugal became
the first school to require that its students wear robes. Oxford University
organized the first baccalaureate ceremony in 1432, and students in attendance
wore robes and recited sermons.
***
Oxford
University debuted the first cap and gown---the graduation attire that students
still use today. Though other universities used round caps, Oxford's mortar
board-style cap is the most popular and traditional form of academic regalia.
***
Tassels
often adorn today's mortarboard graduation caps. The earliest graduation caps
used in Oxford, Cambridge, and other European universities had a tuft in the
center. Today's tassels are a modern-day interpretation of these original
tufts. It has become symbolic for a student to turn the tassel from one side to
the other after graduating to signify a passing into the next phase of life.
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How products got their name
Lego
It's
a Danish thing (the product has been made by a Denmark company since 1949,
after all). "Leg godt" means "play well." In Latin,
"lego" means "I bring together," but the company says
that's just a coincidence.
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Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
[96] C Everett Koop, surgeon
general (1981-89) [d2013]
89- Roger Moore, actor
(Alaskans, Maverick, Saint), born in London, England
78- John Dean III, former
White House counsel (Watergate figure)
[78] Dwight D. Eisenhower,
34th US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general, born in Denison, Texas [d1969]
77- Ralph Lauren, fashion
designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York 1948 Harry
Anderson, American actor
[73] William Penn,
English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania, born in London, England
(d. 1718)
[67] James Stuart, King James
VII of Scotland / James II of England (d. 1688)
[67] E.E.Cummings (Edward
Estlin), poet (Tulips & Chimneys), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts [d1962]
46- Jon Seda, Puerto Rican
actor
42- Natalie Maines,
American musician (Dixie Chicks), born in Lubbock, Texas
38- Usher, American singer (My
Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas, Texas
[34] Katherine Mansfield (Katherine
Mansfield Beauchamp Murry), New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party),
born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1923)
28 Max Thieriot, American tv
actor
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Historical Obits Today
@82-1983 Paul Fix, actor
(Rifleman-Mica)
@81-1998 Cleveland Amory,
American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917)
@77-1993 Walter Brown Newman, US
screenwriter (Cat Ballou)
@74-1977 Bing Crosby,
US singer/actor (Going My Way), heart attack
@69-2006 Freddy Fender, American
musician ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), cancer
@55-1880 Victorio, Apache
chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
@52-1944 Erwin Rommel,
German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide
@50-1959 Errol Flynn,
Australian-born US actor (Captain Blood), heart attack
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Brain Teasers Answers
coriander:
a restaurant for killer whales (orca diner)
editorial: a true moron (real idiot)
marsupial: cougar dens (puma lairs)
tributary: red, as related to gemstones (ruby trait)
wolverine: a person who enjoys a fermented beverage (wine lover)
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Trivia Hive
Answers
The
Northern Lights
Fall
has arrived! The bad news: That means that we now have shorter days and longer
nights. The good news: There is now a much higher chance that the Northern
Lights are visible. From now until the end of October, geomagnetic disturbances
are almost twice as likely to occur than during periods where there isn't an
equinox (say, winter and summer) which means a higher chance of spotting the
Northern Lights! Source: Space.com
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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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