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10..16 Week: 40 \ Day: 277
October Averages: 63°\31°
86004 Today: H 68° \
L 41° Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 23mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 83°[1980] Record Low: 21°[1902]
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Quote of the Day
The most wasted of all days is
one without laughter.
~e. e. cummings
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Observances Today
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Child Health Day
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Day of Unity Link
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World Day of Architecture Link
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World Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day
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World Habitat Day
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Observances This Week
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1-5
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Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB
Awareness Week Link
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1-7
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National Walk Your Dog Week Link
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1-7
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Universal Children's Week
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1-10
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
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2-8
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4-H Week Link
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2-8
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Great Books Week
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2-8
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International Post Card Week Link
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2-8
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Mental Illness Awareness Week
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2-8
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Mystery Series Week
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2-8
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National Carry A Tune Week
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2-8
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National Chimney Safety Week
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2-8
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National Midwifery Week Link
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2-8
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National Work From Home Week
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2-8
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
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3-7
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Customer Service Week Link
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3-7
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Drive Safely Work Week Link
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3-9
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Financial Planning Week
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3-7
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Kids' Goal Setting Week
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3-9
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National Health Care Food Service Week Link
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3-7
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National Heimlich Heroes Week
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3-10
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No Salt Week
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3-9
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Spinning & Weaving Week Link
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
Today’s World Historical Highlights
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1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd,
Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered
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1691 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick
Ireland
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1849 American
author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore,
Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in
public before his death.
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1908 Pravda
newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and
other Russian exiles in Vienna
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1913 Federal
income tax signed into law (at 1%)
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1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is
"broken" & would "never rise again"
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1941 "The
Maltese Falcon" directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary
Astor premieres in New York City
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1947 1st
telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
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1948 NFL
becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week
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1949 WERD,
1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
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1950 1st
black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
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1955 "Captain
Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!
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1955 "Mickey
Mouse Club" premieres
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1957 Allen
Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
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1971 Billie
Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
1974 Pele retires
as soccer player
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1992 Sinead
O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on
"Saturday Night Live"
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1994 Gary
Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon
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1995 OJ
Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
in Los Angeles, California
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2003 Roy Horn
of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, canceling the
show for good.
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2008 The $700
billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George
W. Bush
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My Rambling Thoughts
A
sunny day with no rain…amazing.
Stayed
up to watch SNL and glad I did…good political satire. But that means today is a
lazy day. Watched some DVR’d weekly programs, read the Sunday paper. Our local
paper was printed on pink paper today…Breast Cancer thing. Good for them.
Cards
play today…on my TV, Broncos play today…not on my TV. Guess I’ll have to keep
up with the game on the internet machine.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Delete a Letter 32
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Each
pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word
with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word
in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to
obtain the second word.
1) a person of small stature (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a track worn
by a wheel
2) unmistakably evident(5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) having a strong
unpleasant smell
3) of or relating to the universe (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) causing
laughter or amusement
4) animal skin that is prepared for use (7 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a
foam formed when soap is agitated in water
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
are The Teletubbies names?
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…Harper’s Index…
3/5 –Portion of calls to the IRS help line that went
unanswered during last year’s tax-filing season
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2 jokes for the day
As
You Wish
I
told my kids I never want to
live in a vegetative state, dependent on some
machine and fluids from
a bottle.
So they unplugged my
computer and threw out my wine.
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Key
of L
The
boss over heard an employee singing during work and it sounded awful. He asked,
"Is that in the key of L?"
Puzzled, the employee says, "Key of L? I'm not really sure?"
The boss replies, "Well it sure sounds like L to me!"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*-- Seattle man asks police to help find briefcase full of cocaine --*
SEATTLE - A man in Seattle, Wash., was arrested after attempting to claim a
misplaced briefcase filled with cocaine. According to the Seattle police
department blotter, a man brought the briefcase to officer Doug Jorgenson
saying another man left the briefcase behind after walking his dog. Jorgenson
opened the briefcase in hopes of identifying the owner and found four large
bags and 27 smaller ones filled with cocaine. In addition, the briefcase
contained a scale, 50 diazepam pills, and a small amount of marijuana as well
as a 19-year-old man's ID card and cellphone. The 19-year-old later approached
officers outside of a Seattle Seahawks game inquiring about the missing
briefcase. "It contained some important work paperwork and he really
needed it back," he said, according to officers. Police said the man was
later arrested for possession of narcotics with intent to distribute.
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How products got their name
Coca-Cola
Confederate
Colonel John Pemberton became addicted to morphine during the Civil War, and
his initial formula for what would become Coca-Cola, which included wine and
cocaine, was intended to be a substitute for the dangerous opiate. By 1903,
both alcohol and cocaine had been removed from the elixir. The name referred to
the coca leaves and kola nuts that contributed to the soft drink's flavor.
(Pemberton changed the 'K' in "Kola" to a 'C' because it looked
better).
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Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
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[90] George
Bancroft,
American historian (History of the United States), born in Worcester
Massachusetts
(d. 1891)
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[86] Gore
Vidal,
West Point NY, author (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln),
(d. 2012)
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[78] James
Herriot [Alfred Wight],
English veterinarian and novelist (All Creatures Great and Small),
born in Sunderland, County Durham
(d. 1995)
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78- Roy
Horn,
German-American Las Vegas entertainer (Siegfried & Roy)
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[77] Patrick
Manson,
"Father of tropical medicine"
[d1922]
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75- Chubby
Checker [Ernest Evans],
American singer-songwriter (The Twist, Limbo Rock), born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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62- Al
Sharpton [Alfred Charles],
minister and civil rights activist (Keepin' It Real), born in
Brooklyn, New York
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54- Tommy
Lee,
American musician (Mötley Crüe)
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47- Gwen
Stefani,
American singer-songwriter (No Doubt), born in Fullerton, California
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43- Neve
Campbell,
Canadian actress (Party of 5, Scream), born in Guelph Ontario
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[37] Thomas
Wolfe,
American novelist (Look Homeward Angel), born in Asheville, North
Carolina
(d.1938)
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[35] Stevie Ray Vaughan,
guitarist (Sky is Crying, Texas Flood), born in Dallas, Texas
[d1990]
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34- Erik
von Detten,
American actor
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[21] Eddie
Cochran,
rock vocalist/guitarist (C'Mon Everybody), born in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
[d1960]
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Historical Obits Today
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@77-2004 Janet
Leigh,
American actress, heart attack
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@72-1656 Myles
Standish,
Plymouth Colony leader, strangury [kidney problems]
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@71ish-1838 Black
Hawk (chief),
Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe, short illness
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@70-1998 Roddy
McDowall,
English actor, lung cancer
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@66-1936 John
Heisman,
American football coach, pneumonia
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@55-1967 Woody
Guthrie,
rocker, Huntington's Chorea
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Brain Teasers Answers
1)
runt & rut
2) frank & rank
3) cosmic & comic
4) leather & lather
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Po,
Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Tinky Winky
Good
news, everyone! The Teletubbies are back in the U.S.! Yes, Po, Dipsy, Laa-Laa,
and Tinky Winky have returned to television after a decade-long hiatus.
However, this time they are on Nick Jr. instead of PBS. Not much has changed in
their little green world except now their television tummies are touch screen.
Obviously, it is the 21st century! Source: The Los Angeles 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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