Oct 8

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10.8.16 Week: 40 \ Day: 282

October Averages: 63°\31°

86004 Today: H 62° \ L 29° Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Wind ave:   10mph\Gusts:  20mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 80°[1980]   Record Low: 21°[1900]

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Quote of the Day

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~Vince Lombardi

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Observances Today                                                  

Alvin C. York Day American Touch Tag Day

Fall Astronomy Day Link

National Motorcycle Ride DayLink

National Pierogy Day

Universal Music Day

World Octopus DayLink

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Observances This Week

1-10	Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
2-8	4-H Week Link
2-8	Great Books Week
2-8	International Post Card Week Link
2-8	Mental Illness Awareness Week
2-8	Mystery Series Week
2-8	National Carry A Tune Week
2-8	National Chimney Safety Week
2-8	National Midwifery Week Link
2-8	National Work From Home Week
2-8	Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
3-7	Customer Service Week Link
3-7	Drive Safely Work Week Link
3-7	National Heimlich Heroes Week
3-9	Financial Planning Week
3-7	Kids' Goal Setting Week
3-9	National Health Care Food Service Week Link
3-9	No Salt Week
3-9	Spinning & Weaving Week Link
4-9	World Dairy Expo
4-10	World Space Week Link
6-8	Great American Beer Festival Link
6-12	National Physicians Assistant Week
7-8	Old-time Fiddler Days
7-9	National Storytelling Weekend

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Today’s US Historical Highlights

Today’s World Historical Highlights

1480 Great standing on the Ugra river, standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, Tataro-Mongols retreat, leds to eventual disintegration of the Horde

1604 Supernova "Kepler's nova" first sighted

1633 Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government

1769 Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand (Poverty Bay) 1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve

1818 Two English boxers are first to use padded gloves

1821 The government of General José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy

1873 First women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute

1917 Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control

1918 American soldier Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans

1932 The Indian Air Force is established.

1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Charles Lindbergh's son

1942 Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show

1945 Microwave oven patented

1953 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles

1962 Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason.

1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"

1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

1980 After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital

1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs

2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2012 Hugo Chávez is re-elected as president of Venezuela for a fourth term 

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My Rambling Thoughts

It has been a busy few days. On Wed. I met with H&R Block about the crazy tax bill from California. Not a great meeting…they wanted me to write a letter to CA…nope, that’s what I pay you for. They wrote the letter and I sent it priority mail to the POBox. It should be there this afternoon. Then I asked how long I should wait for a reply. The guy said I’d keep calling every week until you hear from them.  Crazy. Every time I call there is a 3 hr waiting time, and when you punch call me back the message says we will call you back in more than 3hours. Of course they never call. The scary part is that it says if I don’t pay the full bill by Oct 30, they will start collection procedures including taking my wages and turning it over to a credit collection agency. Hmmm. I know it is all a threat that they won’t do, but it is nerve wracking.

Yesterday we had our weekly luncheon group to catch up on ‘stuff’. It was a good lunch that actually lasted a couple of hours. Heard some great stories and told some of my own. I led to me getting home in the late afternoon and I was too lazy to sit at the computer.

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

I Bring Serenity

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

It's true I bring serenity,

And hang around the stars,

But yet I live in misery,

You'll find me behind bars.

With thieves and villains I consort,

In prison I'll be found,

But I would never go to court,

Unless there's more than one.

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Today’s Trivia Hive

(answers at the end of post)

Which actor in "Grease" also had a sibling in the movie?

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…Harper’s Index…

56 – Percentage of registered Democrats who have a favorable view of socialism

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2 jokes for the day

Life After Death

"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees.

"Yes, sir," the clerk replied.

"That's good," the boss said. "After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you."

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My Grades Are Wet 

A high-school student came home from school seeming rather depressed.

“What’s the matter son?” asked his mother.

“Aw, gee,” said the boy, “it’s my marks. They’re all wet.”

“What do you mean, 'all wet'?” she asks.

“I mean,” he replied, “well below C-level.”

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Yep, It Really Happened

* British man solves 'world's smallest Rubik's cube' with tweezers *

IPSWITCH, England - A British puzzle enthusiast shared video of his successful attempt to solve what he bills as the "world's smallest Rubik's cube." Tony Fisher, who holds the Guinness World Record for largest Rubik's cube after building a puzzle measuring more than 5 feet tall, created a Rubik's cube measuring only .22 inches on each side. Fisher said he couldn't get a 3D printer to make the puzzle small enough, so he filed down a cube that started at .24 inches on each side. The video shows Fisher solving the puzzle using tweezers and a magnifying glass. 

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Somewhat Useless Information

The Bayer Aspirin Company trademarked the brand name Heroin in 1898.

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Bowing to pressure from anti-smoking groups, Hasbro took away Mr. Potato Head's pipe in 1987.

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Prior to 1953 the slogan of L&M cigarettes was "just what the doctor ordered."

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Denny's restaurants used to be known as Danny's restaurants.

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The original name for the Bank of America: the Bank of Italy.

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At one time, tulip bulbs were traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

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How products got their name

Fanta

During a trade embargo between the United States and Nazi Germany, Coca-Cola Deutschland factory director Max Keith challenged his team to use their "imagination" ("fantasie" in German) and find a way to sell their product domestically. One German salesman instantly expressed his enthusiasm for the idea: "Fanta!"

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

[82] Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I) [d1973]

80- Rona Barrett, gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show), born in NYC, New York

[79] Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), born in Buenos Aires (d. 1974)

77- Paul Hogan, Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack)

75- Jesse Jackson, Greenville SC, clergyman/presidential candidate

73- Chevy Chase, comedian/actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack), born in NYC, New York

73- R. L. Stine, children's book writer (Goosebumps), born in Columbus, Ohio

67- Sigourney Weaver [Susan Alexandra], American actress (Alien, Working Girl), born in Manhattan, New York

60- Stephanie Zimbalist, actress (Remington Steele, Centennial), born in NYC, New York

46- Matt Damon, American actor (Good Will Hunting, Ocean's trilogy, Bourne trilogy), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts

36- Nick Cannon, American actor and rapper (Love Don't Cost a Thing), born in San Diego, California

31- Bruno Mars [Peter Gene Hernandez], American singer ("Just the Way You Are", "Grenade"), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

23- Angus T. Jones, American actor (Two and a Half Men)

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Historical Obits Today

@82-2011 Al Davis, American football executive

@78-1992 Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), cancer

@64-1869 Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), cirrhosis

@56-1793 John Hancock, US merchant/statesman (Declaration of Independence), long illness

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Brain Teasers Answers

The letter S

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Trivia Hive  Answers

John Travolta

You would probably recognize Ellen Travolta best from "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" where she played Louisa Arcola, Chachi Arcola's mother. However, she did have one on-screen appearance in the movie "Grease" with her younger brother, John. In it, Ellen plays a diner waitress with one line saying, "Oh, there's Danny and Sandy," while watching the couple dance on TV. We think that's just a-doo-wop-da-doo-bee-dorable! Source: The New York Daily News

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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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