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9.7.16 Week: 36
\ Day: 251
September Averages:
74°\42°
86004 Today: H 75° \ L 42°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts:
18mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 89°[1977]
Record Low: 35°[1970]
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Quote of the Day
I can’t change the
direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my
destination. Jimmy Dean
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Observances
Today
Google Commemoration (Founded) Day
Grandma Moses Day
National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day Link
Salami Day Link
Independence
Day (Brazil-1822-from United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves)
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Observances This
Week
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1-7
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International Enthusiasm Week
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1-7 (UNICEF-India) Link
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National Nutrition Week
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1-7 Link
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Self-University Week
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4-10 (First Week)
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National Waffle Week
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5-11 (First Full Week)
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Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
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5-11 (Always has 10th in it)
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Suicide Prevention Week
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6-10 (Tues.thru Sat. after Labor Day)
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Play Days
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1630 The
city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1813 "Uncle
Sam" 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York
1888 Edith
Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State
Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island,
New York
1903 Federation
of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1915 Johnny
Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll
(US Patent D47789)
1916 Workmen's
Compensation Act passed by Congress
1921 In
Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant,
a
two-day event, is held.
1936 Boulder
Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1948 1st
use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1954 Integration
begins in Wash DC & Balt MD public schools
1963 American
Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week
on Saturday
1977 US
President Jimmy Carter & Gen Herrera sign Panama Canal
treaties
1986 Dan
Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass,
the
fastest QB in NFL history to do so
1996 Rap
artist Tupac Shahur shot multiple times in drive by
shooting in Las
Vegas, dies 6 days later
2008 The
US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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World Historical
Highlights for Today
1251 BC A solar
eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles
at Thebes, Greece.
1191 Third
Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at
Arsuf.
1695
Penal Laws are passed which restrict the rights of Catholics to have an education,
to bear arms, or to possess a horse worth more than five pounds
1901 Peace
of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 In
Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills
livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on
10 September
1986 Desmond
Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
2015 British
archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under 3ft of earth at Durrington
Walls
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My Rambling
Thoughts
I took my little chip from my CPAP machine into their office to see if
this damn thing is working. It is. Everything working well and now I am the
first patient/customer that will try the internet connection so I don’t have to
drive over there, the next time it is time to check. Cool I guess. This is
required for Insurance to pay for the machine.
They know how much I use it each night and how well it is controlling my
Sleep apnea.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Happy Words
Language brain teasers are those that involve the
English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
I have listed the following as Happy Words. What is it about these words
that suggests that they are "Happy"?
Semicircle
Mesdemoiselles
Postmillennial
Assimilate
Snowmobile
Superfamilies
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Today’s Trivia
Hive
(answers at the end of post)
How are Skipper and Barbie related?
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…Harper’s Index…
$24,100,000 – Estimated amount
that US individuals and organizations paid in ransom to hackers in 2015
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2 jokes for the
day
It's Bean Soup
When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup of
the day, the Englishman was a bit dismayed. "Good heavens," he said,
"what is this?"
"It's bean soup," she replied.
"I don't care what it's been," he replied. "I want to know what
it is now?"
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During a 50th anniversary wedding celebration, the father of the bride
was asked to give a brief account of the benefits achieved from being married
for so long.
He stood up, thought for a long moment, then said, "Well, I've learned
that marriage is the best teacher of all. It teaches you loyalty, meekness,
forbearance, self-restraint, forgiveness, and...." he paused.
"And?" someone cried out from the back of the room.
"... and a great many other qualities you wouldn't have needed if you'd
stayed single!"
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Yep, It Really
Happened
*--------------- Poetic Justice ---------------*
A man ended up destroying his own home by cutting down his neighbor's tree
because it was ruining his car, according to police in Pennsylvania. Luzerne
County police said that they have arrested 51-year-old Raymond Mazzarella, for
beating his neighbor with a baseball bat after cutting down his neighbor's
tree, which ended up falling on his own home. According to the police
investigation, Mazzarella took a chainsaw and cut a tree in his neighbor's
yard. Mazzarella complained that the tree's branches were over his car, and
ruined it. When he cut the tree, it fell on a part of his own apartment
building. Mazzarella was taken to a hospital. After he was released, he
confronted a neighbor and punched him. The neighbor pulled a stun gun to
protect himself. In response, Mazzarella hit him with a baseball bat.
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Somewhat Useless
Information
There are nearly 160 distinctive breeds and types of horses around the
world, but the Arabian horse is unique in that it is the purest of all of the
breeds.
After horses became domesticated around 4000 B.C., many Indo-European cultures
regarded horses as a supreme sacrifice to their gods and often ritually
entombed horses.
Famous owner/horse partnerships that helped change world history include
Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus ("ox head"), El Cid and
Babieca ("stupid"), and Napoleon and Marengo (named after a battle)
who after its death, had its skeleton displayed in London.
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Birthdays Today
“[ ]” indicates age at death
[101] Grandma Moses [Anna
Maria],
American primitive
painter (Old Oaken
Bucket), born in Greenwich, New York (d. 1961)
[99] Michael
E DeBakey,
artificial heart pioneer [d-2008]
[91] James
Van Allen,
US physicist (discovered
Van Allen radiation belts) [d-2006]
[84] "Janet"
Taylor Caldwell,
English novelist
(Melissa) [d-1985]
[79] Ed Warren [Edward
Warren Miney],
American paranormal
investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [d-2006]
75- Garrison
Keillor,
humorist (Prairie Home
Companion)
[69] Elizabeth I,
Queen of England and
Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn, born in
Greenwich, London (d. 1603)
[67] Samuel
Wilberforce,
English bishop and one
of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to
Darwin's theory of evolution), born in London (d. 1873)
67- Gloria
Gaynor,
disco singer (I Will
Survive), born in Newark, New Jersey
66- Peggy
Noonan,
author (What I Saw at
the Revolution)
65- Harry
Sinclair Lewis,
US, writer (Babbitt,
Nobel 1930) [d-1951
62- Corbin
Bernsen,
North actor (Arnie
Becker-LA Law), born in Hollywood
[61] Peter
Lawford,
actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin
Man), born in London, England [d-1984]
[22] Buddy Holly [Charles
Holley],
American musician (Peggy
Sue, That'll Be the Day), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1959)
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Historical Obits
Today
@84-1971 Spring Byington,
actress (Lily
Ruskin-December Bride)
@77-2010 Barbara Holland,
American writer, lung
cancer
@73-1969 Everett McKinley
Dirksen,
(Sen-R), cardiopulmonary arrest
@71-1994 Godfrey Quigley,
actor (Barry Lyndon,
Educating Rita), Alzheimer's disease
@53ish-1925 John Wesley Work Jr.,
1st African-American
collector of folk songs and spirituals
@31-1978 Keith Moon,
rock drummer (Who), drug
overdose
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Brain Teasers
Answers
The words all contain the letters S-M-I-L-E in order. They all have a smile, so
they must be happy!
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Trivia Hive Answers
They are sisters
Skipper is one of Barbie's seven siblings. The other ones are Stacie,
Chelsea, Krissy, Kelly, Tutti and Todd. While the rest have stayed pretty true
to the blonde-haired, blue-eyed perfection that is the Roberts clan, Skipper
sometimes goes brunette. Today, her hair is black and purple and she's rockin'
the same teen attitude as she did when she first appeared in 1964. Source:
Mattel
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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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