Sep 21

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9.21.16 Week: 38 \ Day: 265

September Averages: 74°\42°

86004 Today: H 70° \ L 52° Average Sky Cover: 100% 

Wind ave:   2mph\Gusts:  10mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 84°[1943]   Record Low: 23°[1955]

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Quote of the Day

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ~Marcus Aurelius

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Observances Today                                                  

International Peace Day

Miniature Golf Day

National Rehabilitation Day

School Backpack Awareness Day  Link

World's Alzheimer's Day Link

World Gratitude Day

Independence Day-- (Armenia-1991-from former USSR) (Belize-1981-from UK) (Malta-1964-from UK)

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Observances This Week

18-24	Build A Better Image Week
18-24 Link	Child Passenger Safety Week
18-24	National Security Officer Appreciation Week
18-24 Link	Pollution Prevention Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
18-24	National Clean Hands Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
18-24)  Link  Link and  Link	National Dog Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
18-24	National Keep Kids Creative Week
18-24	Remember to Register to Vote Week
18-24 Link	Sea Otter Awareness Week
18-24	Tolkien Week
18-24	World Reflexology Week
18-25 Link	Deaf Dog Awareness Week
18-24	International Interpreters and Translators Week
19-25  Link	International Week of the Deaf
19-25	International Women's E-Commerce Days
19-23 Link	National Love Your Files Week

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Today’s US Historical Highlights

Today’s World Historical Highlights

1621 King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonization of Nova Scotia

1776 5 days after British take New York, a quarter of the city burns down

1776 Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested

1780 Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point

1784 1st daily newspaper in America (Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser)

1827 According to Joseph Smith Jr., the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which Joseph translated into The Book of Mormon

1837 Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores

1897 NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus" editorial

1922 US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut

1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander

1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' is published by George Allen and Unwin in London

1938 The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

1957 "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV

1965 Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations.

1968 Police drama "Adam-12" debuts on NBC in the US

1970 "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21

1979 Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin publish influential paper (cited more than 4,000 times) "The Spandrels of San Marco and the panglossian paradigm", introducing idea of "spandrels" into evolutionary biology

1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice

1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion

1990 Reports that US refinery problems will lead to a loss in capacity and aggressive remarks by Saddam Hussein send crude prices to new highs

1995 The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths.

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My Rambling Thoughts

So I go in for teeth cleaning. All goes well. Then they x-ray and find that the ‘shadow’ on the last x-ray was an early cavity under a crown….and another older filling needs replacing. So 2 appointments set up and start ‘saving’ for the new crown. This getting older crap is no fun.

Overcast and raining all day. Nice, it kept the temps warm-er last night, we need the moisture, and who doesn’t like driving through puddles? Weather guy says it will continue to rain until Thursday. Nice!

Today, in 2008, my mom passed at 89. She dedicated her life to her family, first her mom and dad, then to my dad, then to her 2 sons. She was a stay at home mom and worked out of the house doing alterations for many wealthy women. She did amazing things with needle, thread, and a sewing machine. She taught us so much about the importance of doing the best you can. Our home was spotless yet very livable. And somehow, through all of this, she always had a very happy life. No matter what obstacles came her way, she dealt with them, seldom complained, and always learned to be happy through it all. She is still greatly missed.

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

Curtail N

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.

Example: Begin -> Heavenly body

Answer: The words are Start and Star.

1. Fragmented; torn -> Lacking funds

2. Place of shelter; a refuge -> Possess; own

3. Community; village -> Pull behind

4. Paradise -> Throw with effort

5. Grass -> Set of rules imposed by an authority

6. Chess piece -> Clawed animal foot

7. Bedding, tablecloth -> A mark longer than it is wide

8. Baker's number -> Sleep lightly

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Today’s Trivia Hive

(answers at the end of post)

On which part of the boat is the stern?

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…Harper’s Index…

$500 – Amount awarded to each member of a class-action suit alleging that Subsay’s Footlong sandwiches were too short.

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2 jokes for the day

That Wake Up Feeling

Some people wake up feeling like a million bucks...

Me? 

I wake up feeling more like "Insufficient Funds".

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Seven Times Seven 

A college coach had recruited a top talent, but the player couldn't pass the school's entrance exam. Needing the recruit badly, the coach went to the dean and asked if the recruit could take the test orally. The dean agreed, and the following day the recruit and the coach were seated in his office.

"Okay," the dean said. "What is seven times seven?"

The recruit mulled it over for a moment, then said, "I think it's 49."

Suddenly the coach leapt to his feet. "Please, Dean," he begged, "give him another chance!"

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Somewhat Useless Information

*-- Things in Life I Learned from a Jigsaw Puzzle --*

1. Don't force a fit. If something is meant to be, it will come together naturally. 

2. When things aren't going so well, take a break. Everything will look different when you return. 

3. Be sure to look at the big picture. Getting hung up on the little pieces only leads to frustration. 

4. Perseverance pays off. Every important puzzle went together bit by bit, piece by piece. 

5. When one spot stops working, move to another. But be sure to come back later (see #4). 

6. The creator of the puzzle gave you the picture as a guidebook. 

7. Variety is the spice of life. It's the different colors and patterns that make the puzzle interesting. 

8. Working together with friends and family makes any task fun. 

9. Establish the border first. Boundaries give a sense of security and order. 

10. Don't be afraid to try different combinations. Some matches are surprising. 

11. Take time often to celebrate your successes (even little ones). 

12. Anything worth doing takes time and effort. A great puzzle can't be rushed.

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How it was discovered

Forever enshrined in scientific legend, the discovery of penicillin—a group of antibiotics used to combat a variety of bacterial infections—is really just a case of dirty dishes. Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming took an August vacation from his day-to-day work in the lab investigating staphylococci, known commonly as staph. Upon his return on Sept. 3, 1928, the perceptive scientist found a strange fungus on a culture he had left in his lab—a fungus that had killed off all surrounding bacteria in the culture. Modern medicine was never the same.

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

[95] John Kluge, American television mogul (Metromedia) and at one time the richest person in the United States, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2010)

[89] Chuck Jones, animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck) [d-2002]

82- Leonard Cohen, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man), born in Montreal, Quebec

[81] Larry Hagman, TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2012)

[79] H. G. Wells, English sci-fi author (War of the Worlds, Kipps), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 1946)

[73] Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet) [d-2009]

72- Fannie Flagg, actress/comedienne (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama

[69] Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle) [d-1989]

69- Don Felder, Gainesville Florida, American rocker (Eagles)

69- Stephen King, American sci-fi and horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo), born in Portland, Maine

66- Bill Murray, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Evanston, Illinois

57- David Coulier, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House), born in Detroit, Michigan

56- David James Elliott, actor (Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag), born in Toronto, Ontario

[55] Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905)

54- Rob Morrow, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dr Fleishman-Northern Exposure)

49- Faith Hill [Audrey Faith Perry], American country pop singer ("Breathe", "Cry"), born in Ridgeland, Mississippi

48- Ricki Lake, actress (Hairspray) /talk show host (Ricki), born in NYC, New York

46- Samantha Power, Irish American author and diplomat (US Ambassador to the UN), born in Dublin, Ireland

35 Nicole Richie, American socialite

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Historical Obits Today

@88-2007 Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (Cathedral of Tomorrow)

@84-2007 Alice Ghostley, American actress

@80-1974 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point)

@64-1904 Chief Joseph,  US chief (Nez Perces), ‘broken heart’

@61-1832 Walter Scott, Scottish attorney/poet/writer (Ivanhoe), typhus

@53-1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), cancer

@50-19 BC Virgil, Roman poet, fever

@38-1998 Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete, seizure

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Brain Teasers Answers

1. Broken -> Broke

2. Haven -> Have

3. Town -> Tow

4. Heaven -> Heave

5. Lawn -> Law

6. Pawn -> Paw

7. Linen -> Line

8. Dozen -> Doze

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Trivia Hive  Answers

The back of the boat

The stern of a ship is its rearmost point and the bow is the front. Other words used in naval (or pirate) vocabulary are starboard (the right-hand side of the ship) and port (the left). Source: Oxford English Dictionary

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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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