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10.21.16 Week: 42 \ Day: 295
October Averages: 63°\31°
86004 Today: H 60° \
L 39° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 16mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 75°[2003] Record Low: 5°[1949]
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Quote of the Day
Keep love in your heart. A life
without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
~Oscar Wilde
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Observances Today
Celebration
of The Mind Day Link
Global
Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Prevention Day
Mammography Day
National Pharmacy Buyer Day
Reptile
Awareness Day Link
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Observances This Week
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16-21
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Mediation Week Link
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16-22
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Bullying Bystanders Unite Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
International Infection Prevention Week Link
National Business Women's Week Link
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Link
National Food Bank Week
National Forest Products Week
National Friends of Libraries Week
National Nuclear Science Week
National Pharmacy Week Link
National Save For Retirement Week Link
National Teen Drivers Safety Week Link
Pastoral Care Week Link
Teen Read Week Link
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17-21
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Choose To Be G.R.E.A.T. Week Link
National Health Education Week Link
National School Bus Safety Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week Link
YWCA Week Without Violence Link
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17-22
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Asexuality Week
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17-24
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Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week
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17-23
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Freedom of Speech Week Link
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
♦Today’s
World Historical Highlights
♦ 1520 Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and
his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the
Pacific Ocean
1774 First
display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in
Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial
America.
♦ 1805 Battle of
Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French
and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle.
♦ 1816 The Penang Free
School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is
the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.
♦ 1824 Joseph Aspdin
patents Portland cement (Yorkshire, England)
♦
1854 Florence
Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War
♦ 1858 In Paris, the
Can-Can is 1st performed
1871 1st
US amateur outdoor athletic games (NY)
♦1895 The
Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
1902 In
the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
1917 1st
Americans to see action on front lines of WW I: US troops enter front lines at
Sommervillier under French command
♦ 1923 1st planetarium
opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich
♦ 1948 UN rejects
Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
♦
1949 Author
of 'Brave New World' Aldous
Huxley writes to congratulate George Orwell on
his new novel '1984'
♦ 1958 1st women in
British House of Lords
1959 Guggenheim
Museum, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright, opens (NYC)
1964 Film
version of "My Fair Lady" directed by George Cukor and starring Rex
Harrison andAudrey
Hepburn premieres in New York (Best Picture 1965)
1967 Thousands
opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon
♦ 1971 Nobel prize for
literature awarded to Pablo
Neruda
♦ 1975 Mexico City's 1st
major subway accident takes 26 lives
1976 Nobel
prize for literature awarded to American Saul Bellow
1979 10th
NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:42
♦ 1988 Philippine former
first couple Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering
charges
1989 Betram
Lee & Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65m - 1st African
American owners of a major sports team
♦ 1993 Gary Kasparov
defeats Nigel Short for chess championship
2001 "United
We Stand" benefit concert for September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
victims, held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Event organized and headlined
by Michael
Jackson, also featuring pop stars Aerosmith, Mariah Carey,
The Backstreet Boys, and others.
♦ 2013 The Parliament of
Canada confers Honorary Canadian citizenship on women's rights and education
activist Malala
Yousafzai
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My Rambling Thoughts
OK…so
I watched the debate. Whatever.
Nice
lunch with Cheryl, as Mary is in Vegas celebrating a friend’s 70th.
My brother is celebrating his 65th in Mexico. Having a great time.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Anagram Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a
question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a
requirement.
Three
5-letter words,
Anagrams of each other.
One is a cloth,
The second a spot,
The third is at home with the Father.
What are the three words?
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
Where
can you find a museum that claims to have actual hair from a yeti?
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…Harper’s Index…
1 – Minimum average number of dams built globally
each day over the past 60 years
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2 jokes for the day
Why
are bananas bad getaway drivers?
They are in such a hurry to split and they peel out.
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After
a young couple brought their new baby home, the wife suggested that her husband
should try his hand at changing diapers.
"I'm busy," he said, "I'll do the next one."
The next time came around and she asked again. The husband looked puzzled.
"Oh! I didn't mean the next diaper. I meant the next baby."
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Yep, It Really Happened
*--
At Least a Soda Bottle Doesn't Talk Back --*
A Honduran man was rushed to a hospital after his private parts were stuck
inside a soda bottle for several days, doctors said. The 50-year-old man, who
was not identified, told doctors that he occasionally used a soda bottle to
pleasure himself as he was unable to get it on with women. However last week,
after the 50-year-old man forced his private parts into the soda bottle, he was
unable to remove it. He was very embarrassed, and refrained from seeking help.
After four days, his private parts turned black and began to decay as a result
of necrosis. He checked himself into a hospital, where doctors had no choice
but to remove his private parts. The man can no longer have sex, but he is
still able to urinate.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The
word "toast," meaning a wish of good health, started in ancient Rome,
where a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine.
***
During
Prohibition, temperance activists hired a scholar to rewrite the Bible by
removing all references to alcohol beverages.
***
Bourbon
takes its name from Bourbon County in Kentucky, where it was first produced in
1789 by a Baptist minister.
***
The
alcohol in drinks of either low alcohol content (below 15%) or high alcohol content
(over 30%) tend to be absorbed into the body more slowly.
***
The
early Church declared that alcohol was an inherently good gift of God to be
used and enjoyed. While individuals might choose not to drink, to despise
alcohol was heresy.
***
Distillation
was developed during the Middle Ages. The resulting alcohol was called aqua
vitae or "water of life."
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Usually Mis-learned in School
Betsy
Ross designed and sewed the first American flag
We
all know the story about how Betsy Ross is the embodiment of womanly patriotic
vigor. She sewed the very first flag of the United States, right? Wrong.
The
story began circulating in 1870, nearly one hundred years after Ross supposedly
created the flag. Her last living grandson put the story forward, and it was
quickly accepted as a historical truth. The exact truth will probably never be
known, but it is known that Betsy Ross did sew flags for the Revolutionary
cause and was the niece of an influential officer in the Continental Army. So
the story is remotely possible, but not likely.
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Birthdays Today
“♦” indicates age
at death
76- Manfred
Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
[75] Dizzy
Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz [d1993]
74- Judith
Sheindlin, Jurist and Television personality (Judge Judy),
born in Brooklyn, New York
67- Benjamin
Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
[63] Alfred
Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite & Peace Prizes, born in
Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1896)
[61] Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, English poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), born in
Ottery St Mary, Devon (d. 1834)
60- Carrie
Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars)
36- Kim
[KImberly] Kardashian, American TV personality (Keeping Up with the
Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
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Historical Obits Today
@90-2012 George
McGovern, US Politician,
@79-2015 Marty
Ingels, American comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster), stroke
@70-1992 Jim
Garrison, American attorney
@70-1970 John
T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925)
@47-1969 Jack
Kerouac, American (Doctor Sax, On the Road), cirrhosis
@47-1805 Admiral Horatio Nelson, in Battle of Trafalgar
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Brain Teasers Answers
Satin
- a silky fabric
Stain - a discoloration or spot
Saint - a spirit in Heaven
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Portland,
ME
The
International Cryptozoology Museum has been running in Portland since 2003.
Visitors can learn about mysterious and legendary animals, including lake
monsters and ape-like creatures such as Bigfoot. Over the years, the museum has
attracted celebrities, including musician David Byrne and comedian Wyatt Cenac.
Source: Official museum website cryptozoologymuseum.com
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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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