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10.23.16 Week: 43
\ Day: 297
October Averages:
63°\31°
86004 Today: H 71° \ L 39°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
24mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 76°[2003]
Record Low: 10°[1906]
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Quote of the Day
Nature is never finished.
~Robert Smithson
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Observances
Today
Ashura
iPod Day
Swallows Leave San Juan
Capistrano
Tv
Talk Show Host Day (Always on Johnny Carson's birthday)
Xterra World Championships
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Observances This
Week
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17-23
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Freedom of Speech Week Link
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17-24
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Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week
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23-29
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National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link
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23-29
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National Massage Therapy Week Link
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23-29
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National Respiratory Care Week Link
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23-29
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Give Wildlife a Brake! Week Link
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23-29
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Kids Care Week
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23-29
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Pro Bono Week Link
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23-31
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Red Ribbon Week Link
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23-29
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Rodent Awareness Week
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Today’s US
Historical Highlights
♦ Today’s World Historical Highlights
♦ 1641 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of
1641 - Catholic uprising in Ulster
♦
1739 War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert
Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1760 First Jewish prayer books printed in
North America
1775 Continental Congress approves resolution
barring blacks from army
1813 The Pacific Fur Company trading post in
Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur
trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the
United Kingdom).
♦ 1814 1st
plastic surgery is performed (England)
1910 Blanche Scott becomes the first woman to
fly at a public event in the US at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
♦ 1910 Ritz
Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers/100 bathtubs
1941 Walt Disney's animation "Dumbo"
released
1942 All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an
American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air
Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning
composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory",
"Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").
1956 First video recording on magnetic tape
televised coast-to-coast
♦ 1958 Soviet
novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1963 Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the
Park" premieres in NYC
1964 Time Magazine uses term "op
art" for 1st time
1981 US national debt hits $1 trillion
♦ 1990 Iraq
announces release of 330 French hostages
1991 Clarence Thomas sworn in as US Supreme
Court Justice
♦ 1998 Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian
Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
2001 Apple releases the iPod
2015 Adele releases her single
"Hello" - becomes 1st song with more than a million downloads in 1st
week (1.1m)
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My Rambling
Thoughts
Yet another beautiful day in our little mountain town…windows and doors
open, fresh breeze…couldn’t ask for anything more. Sadly, three police cars
were next door this morning. The boyfriend was arguing with the woman, mother
of 4. Police handcuffed and hauled the boyfriend away. Feel so sorry for the kids.
They are constantly exposed to alcohol abuse and loud arguing. The oldest boy
is a senior and just leaves. Younger ones are protected by grandma. During my
career I had to deal with the school aftermath of homes just like this. Turns
out it is much easier to deal with when it is at school than when it is your
neighbors.
Nice walk this morning…fall is in the air with the few deciduous trees
changing color and dropping leaves. For those that don’t know, pine trees also
drop old leaves and are assisted by any high winds. Also, pine needles are many
times harder to clean up than leaves.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
A Poem By A.A. Milne
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that
needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Can you figure out what A.A. Milne was referring to in this verse from
his "When We Were Very Young" book?
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead."
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Today’s Trivia
Hive
(answers at the end of post)
Who originated the famous line "When I'm good I'm very, very good,
but when I'm bad, I'm better."
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…Harper’s Index…
24.8 –Liters of
alcohol consumed annually by the average Iranian drinker.
12.9 – By the average
French drinker
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2 jokes for the
day
I went to pick up my car at the auto repair shop.
The mechanic said to me, "I could not repair your brakes, so I made
your horn louder."
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A guy was unfortunate enough to be hit by a truck and ended up in the
hospital. His best friend came to visit him.
The guy struggles to tell his friend, "My wife Sadie visits me three times
a day. She's so good to me. Every day, she reads to me at the bedside."
"What does she read?" the friend asks.
"My life insurance policy."
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Yep, It Really
Happened
*------ It Was Probably Junk Mail Anyway ------*
Officials of the United States Postal Service (USPS) have launched an
investigation after a worker was recorded discarding mail. The postal worker in
Decatur, Georgia, was seen dumping multiple bins of mail in the woods by
throwing them over a fence. The mail included bank statements and other
important documents. USPS sent workers to collects the dumped mail, and they
promised to deliver them as soon as possible. Kellie Campbell said that she
witnessed the incident, and watched as the postal worker dumped multiple bins
of mail in the woods for more than five minutes. So far, no charges have been
filed even though investigators found more than 12 bins of dumped mail. People
in the area complained that they haven't received their mail.
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Usually
Mis-learned in School
Ferdinand
Magellan circumnavigated the world
"First man to circumnavigate the world" is a common question
for an elementary geography test, and in school you probably got it wrong. Why?
'Cause Ferdinand Magellan, the famed Portuguese explorer, was killed in the
Philippines (after sticking his nose into other people's business) during the
expedition to circumnavigate the world. The true answer to this question is
"Juan Sebastian Elcano," the man who eventually succeeded Magellan in
command of the expedition.
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Birthdays Today
“♦” indicates age at death
♦ 84 Gummo
[Milton] Marx, American actor and comedian (Marx Brothers) (d. 1977)
81- Chi
Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson)
♦ 79 Johnny
Carson, Corning Iowa, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust) [d2005]
♦ 78- Adlai
Stevenson, (D) 23rd VP (d1914)
76- Pelé
[Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Brazilian footballer (Player of the Century -
1281 goals in 1363 games), born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais
♦ 66- John
Heisman, American pioneering football coach/trophy
namesake, born in Cleveland, Ohio[d1936]
♦ 66 Michael
Crichton, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker), born
in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
62- Ang
Lee, Taiwanese-born American filmmaker (Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi), born
in Chaochou, Pingtung
60- Dwight
Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man)
57- Weird
Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], American parody singer (Eat It,
UHF, Naked Gun), born in Downey, California
54- Doug
Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback (Argonauts, Generals, Bears, Pats)
40- Ryan
Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian (Deadpool), born in Vancouver, British
Columbia
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Historical Obits
Today
@84-2011 John
McCarthy, American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of Artificial
Intelligence, inventor of the Lisp programming language.
@81-1921 John
B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber)
@69-1978 Maybelle
Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), lengthy poor
health
@67-1939 Zane
Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), heart failure
@67-1868 Cullen Whipple, American Inventor
(pointed screw machine)
@64-1950 Al
Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), heart attack
@52-1957 Christian
Dior, French designer (New Look), heart attack
@36-1983 Jessica
Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), drowned in car accident
@33-1935 Dutch
Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], US gangster, murdered
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Brain Teasers
Answers
A daffodil
The poem is exactly how A.A. Milne wrote it for his son Christopher Robin, and
his collections of verse and stories of Winnie-the Pooh have been favorites of
children all over the world.
"When We Were Very Young" was first published on November 6th, 1924.
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Trivia Hive Answers
Mae West
Mae West was an actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and
humorist known for her witticisms and double entendres. Controversial in her
day for her libertine approach to sexuality, she had a long and fruitful career
on Broadway and in Hollywood beginning in 1911 and only retiring in 1978 at the
age of 86. SOURCE: Brainy Quote
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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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