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9.2.16 Week: 35 \ Day: 246
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 79° \
L 51° Average Sky Cover: 50%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 91°[1948] Record Low: 35°[1953]
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Quote of the Day
What do I know of man's destiny?
I could tell you more about radishes.
~Samuel Beckett
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Observances Today
Bison-ten
Yell Day
Bring Your Manners To Work Day (First
Friday)
Calendar Adjustment Day
Cow
Chip Throwing days-thru-3 (Fri.&
Sat. of Labor Day Weekend)
Hug Your Boss Day ? Link (The date varies. But it's usually on a Friday.)
National
College Colors Day Link (First Friday)
National Lazy Mom's Day (First Friday)
National No Patrick Day Link (SpongeBob
Squarepants)
Sand Sculpting Days- thru-5 Link
V-J
Day
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Independence
Day (Vietnam-1945-from France)
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Observances This Week
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1-5 (First Week)
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National Payroll 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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US Historical Highlights for Today
1789 US
Treasury Department established by Congress
1798 First
bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821 at
Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia
1859 A
solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
1864 Union
General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during US Civil
War 1885 In
Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so
they could strike for
better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing
28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1898 Machine
gun 1st used in battle
1901 Theodore
Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1935 A
hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
1940 Great
Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1945 V-J
Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II
(Japanese date, 1st September in US)
1958
National Defense Education Act was signed
1963 Alabama
Governor George Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee High School
1963 CBS
& NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1969 The
first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville
Center, New York.
1987 Donald
Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
2015 Earth's
trees number just over 3 trillion according to study in "Nature" by
Thomas
Crowther of Yale University
2015 US President
Barak Obama becomes the first president to visit the
Arctic
Circle at Kotzebue, Alaska
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World Historical Highlights for Today
44 BC Queen Cleopatra VII
of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
44 BC The
first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He
will make 14 of them over the next several
months.
31
BC Battle
of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic.
Octavian's forces defeat
those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra">Cleopatra off the
western coast of Greece.
1192 Sultan Saladin and
King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over
Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
1666 Great
Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1920 W
Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez" premieres in London
1945 Ho
Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1960 The
first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history
of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
My Rambling Thoughts
Getting
ready for the Labor Day weekend. Time to clean up and get ready for fall and
winter. Spent some time today starting the process which will continue
throughout the weekend. Overall we had a good monsoon, even though I was traveling for much of it. A little shower yesterday and another shower this morning and another this afternoon.
This
is also county fair weekend and art show weekend so I’ll spend some time at
both.
Very
concerned about where our country is headed. Only read about such horrible
ideas from the McCarthy era. Sad that Trump picked AZ to make this statement,
worse was that he was introduced by both McCain and our current Governor. There
are no simple answers to our immigration strategy…and only the under educated
can believe that simple solutions will solve our issues. I did tutoring of
migrant workers…children and adults, when I was in college. So many challenges for them. There was no
talk back them about ‘illegal’, only that the needed help with their education.
Maybe that is the America Trump wants to go back to? Hahaha.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Palindromic Time
Math brain teasers require computations to
solve.
On
a 12-hour digital clock, what is the smallest interval between two times that
are palindromic (can be read forwards and backwards as the same number)?
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
Who
is currently the highest paid golfer?
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…Harper’s Index…
1,845 – Minimum number of Turks who have been criminally
charged for insulting President Erdogan since Aug 2014
4,000 – Number of names on Turkey’s terrorist watch list
in 2014
37,000 - Today
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2 jokes for the day
Thin
Boardwalk Models
Why
are boardwalk models so thin?
It's so the outfit will look the same when you see it on a clothing hanger at
the store.
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Confused
in Conversation
I
was checking out at the busy super market, and the cashier was having problems.
The register ran out of paper, the scanner malfunctioned, and finally the
cashier spilled a handful of coins. When she totaled my order, it came to
exactly $22.
Trying to soothe her nerves, I said, "That's a nice round figure."
Still frazzled, she glared at me and said, "You're no bean pole
yourself."
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Pennsylvania Man Feeling a Little Horse ---*
Police in Pennsylvania say a man admitted to attempting to have sex with a
small horse. Officers were dispatched to investigate an incident in West
Cocalico Township. Authorities say witnesses saw a car stop near a barn,
watched the driver go inside for a short time and then leave. They noted the
vehicle's license plate and provided the information to police. Officers traced
the plate to the home of 21-year-old Travis Wagner. Investigators say Wagner
told police he had entered the barn for the purpose of engaging in sexual
intercourse with a miniature horse that was inside. Wagner has been charged
with one count of Burglary, a Felony of the second degree and one count of
Sexual Intercourse with an Animal, which is a second degree Misdemeanor.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Not
only did the ancient Egyptians give us pyramids and flush toilets, they also
pioneered the field of deodorants. Egyptians were the first to popularize the
idea of applying scents to armpits, usually using cinnamon and other spices
that wouldn't turn rancid in the heat.
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Antiperspirants
are classified as drugs by the FDA. Technically, they affect and/or alter your
body's natural functions.
The first modern brand of antiperspirant, EverDry, hit drugstores in 1903. The
original formula was so acidic that it regularly ate through clothing.
Of course, modern antiperspirants can also ruin your clothing. Aluminum
chloride, the ingredient that blocks glandular openings and prevents sweating,
is notorious for turning T-shirts yellow. So, blame your antiperspirant for
your pit stains, not your body.
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Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
[85] Frank Laubach,
Benton Pa,
educator, taught reading through phonetics [d-1980]
[80] Allen Drury,
author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) [d-1998]
[79] Liliuokalani,
[Lydia Paki],
last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) [d-1917]
79- Peter Ueberroth,
organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner
[72] Bobby Purify
[Robert Lee Dickey],
American soul
singer (I\'m Your Puppet), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2011)
68- Terry Bradshaw,
NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
65- Mark Harmon,
actor (Dr
Caldwell-St Elsewhere), born in Burbank, California
64- Jimmy
Connors,
American tennis
champion (US Open-1978, 82, 83 Wimbledon-1974, 82), born in St. Louis, Illinois
57- Guy Laliberté,
founder of Cirque du Soleil
[56] Hugo Montenegro,
American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
52- Keanu Reeves,
Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
51- Lennox
Lewis,
heavyweight boxer
(Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ), born in London, England
50- Salma
Hayek,
Mexican/-American
actress (Desparado), born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
[37] Christa
McAuliffe,
American teacher
who died in Challenger space shuttle disaster, born in Boston, Massachusetts
(d. 1986)
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Historical Obits Today
@90-1992 Barbara
McClintock,
US, geneticist (Nobel 1983)
@81-1973 J. R. R. Tolkien,
British author (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings)
@75-2006 Bob Mathias,
American
decathlete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) and congressman, cancer
@70-2005 Bob Denver,
American actor
(Gilligan's Island), complications from treatment for cancer
@65-2001 Troy Donahue,
American actor, heart attack
@40ish-490 BC Pheidippides,
Greek hero and inspiration for the modern marathon
@3-2015 Alan Kurdi,
Syrian refugee
drowns off the coast of Turkey, his death and photograph prompt international
reaction
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Brain Teasers Answers
The
interval is two minutes, between the times of 9:59 and 10:01.
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Phil
Mickelson
Both
Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth are pretty neck-in-neck when it comes to
earnings. Mickelson earned $52.9 million this year while Spieth was just behind
at $52.8 million. However, if we add prize money to the mix, that launches
Spieth's income an extra $20.8 million! Michelson only made $2.9 million this
year in prize money. Only. Source: Forbes
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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