10-21-14

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Almanac: Day: 294 / Week: 43 
October Averages: 63° \ 31°



Holiday Observances Today:
Babbling Day Count
Celebration of The Mind Day
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Prevention Day
National Mammography Day
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day 
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
Reptile Awareness Day
Your Buttons Day
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Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan)
           
Quote of the Day
 

Historical Highlights for Today
1763 - Pontiac ends the siege of Detroit
1774 – 1st display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in MA
1805 - Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet but shot and killed
1816 - The Penang Free School is founded in Malaysia, oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia
1854 - Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War
1858 - In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed
1917 - 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I
1923 - 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich
1957 - Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley opens
1959 - Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens (NYC)
1976 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to American Saul Bellow
1979 - Greta Weitz wins woman participation in NYC marathon (02:27:33)
1993 - Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship
1997
 - Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of wales, breaks world record, 318 million distribution 

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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today



My Rambling Thoughts
Good Monday. Talked to my brother on his birthday this morning. He is at his wife’s latest opening of her furniture designs. Having a great time.
Did some laundry… mostly linens and towels. Enough for one day. Try to do the clothes tomorrow.
After reading the Sunday ads, tried to spend some money at Target and Kohls. Not that successful, as I only spent about $30.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers
What popular TV show is represented below? 

MyForgottenChildhoodSweetheart.doc 
MyOldCollegeGirlfriend.exe 
MyDivorcedWife.bat          


Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



           
OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Brain Facts…
-On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
-An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
           
Computer Facts…
-The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
-Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
           
Dinosaur Facts…
-If Earth’s history were condensed into 24 hrs, life would’ve appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
-There's a small town called Dinosaur, Colorado (USA), population 309. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
           
Flagstaff, AZ History…
75 years ago
-The Mexican Independence Day celebration held here last Saturday drew a large crowd from Williams, Winslow and Jerome. It was a huge success with little disorder. There was a parade through downtown with decorated floats and many cars. The dances Friday and Saturday night held at the Armory were well-attended
-City firemen were called out at 6:25 a.m. on Wednesday for a blaze from a broken gasoline line of a Standard Oil tank truck at the intersection of Highway 79 and Route 66. Foam failed to put the fire out and 500 feet of hose were laid to the nearest hydrant before the flames were doused. Damage was limited to the front and cab of the truck.
           
Harper’s Index…
Estimated number of US children aged two or three being prescribed ADHD medication: 14,000
           
Halloween Facts…
-The owl is a popular Halloween image. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches, and to hear an owl's call meant someone was about to die.
-According to Irish legend, Jack O’Lanterns are named after a stingy man named Jack who, because he tricked the devil several times, was forbidden entrance into both heaven and hell. He was condemned to wander the Earth, waving his lantern to lead people away from their paths.
-The largest pumpkin ever measured was grown by Norm Craven, who broke the world record in 1993 with a 836 lb. pumpkin.

Law Facts…
-In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
-It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
           
Rules of Thumb…
DETECTING A LEAK IN YOUR SWIMMING POOL
If your swimming pool is losing one quarter inch or more of water over 24 hours, you've got a problem and it's not evaporation - it's a leak.
           
Unusual Fact of the Day…
Prior to 1938, engagement rings were often comprised of a combination of the bride and her mother’s birthstones, which meant that sapphires, rubies, and emeralds were the order of the day.
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Joke-of-the-day
Returns tomorrow 
Yep, It Really Happened
Ahhh, the sweet, sweet charms of 15-year-old girls. Is there anything more irresistible? The problem is; they tend to be so finicky, especially when it comes to 28-year-old men. 
So how do you entice them? Throw dildos at them, of course! At least that appeared to be the strategy of 28-year-old Wisconsin man, Konrad Peters. 
Peters is accused of being involved in three separate instances involving dildos. 
In one instance two girls told police that a black car would drive past the alley they were walking down and slow down as it drove by them.
At one point, the car stopped about 100 feet in front of them. The driver of the vehicle opened the driver side door and placed an unknown object on the ground. The driver then shut the door and proceeded to drive past the girls.
The two girls inspected and found it to be a "giant purple dildo" and told the police the man who put it there was sitting there staring at them from his car. 
Other reports had a similar MO. 
A search warrant revealed "33 dildos and multiple sex toys." So apparently he was going for volume. 
Peters was arrested and is accused of exposing children to harmful materials.    


Somewhat Useless Information
-The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived some 296 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period. 
-Octopuses have three hearts. Two of the hearts work exclusively to move blood beyond the animal's gills, while the third keeps circulation flowing for the organs. The organ heart actually stops beating when the octopus swims, explaining the species' penchant for crawling rather than swimming, which exhausts them.
-Octopus arms have a mind of their own. Two-thirds of an octopus' neurons reside in its arms, not its head. 
-Octopus ink doesn't just hide the animal. The ink also physically harms enemies. It contains a compound called tyrosinase, which, in humans, helps to control the production of the natural pigment melanin. But when sprayed in a predator's eyes, tyrosinase causes a blinding irritation. It also garbles creatures' sense of smell and taste. 
-Octopuses have blue blood. To survive in the deep ocean, octopuses evolved a copper rather than iron-based blood called hemocyanin, which turns its blood blue. This copper base is more efficient at transporting oxygen then hemoglobin when water temperature is very low and not much oxygen is around. 
-The species practices external fertilization. Multiple males either insert their spermatophores directly into a tubular funnel that the female uses to breathe, or else literally hand her the sperm, which she always accepts with one of her right arm (researchers do not know why). Males die shortly after; when eggs hatch, the female’s body turns on her.       

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Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
--- 17-24
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week
--- 19-25

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
International Infection Prevention Week
Mediation Week
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
National Forest Products Week
National Friends of Libraries Week
National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week   
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
National Massage Therapy Week
National Respiratory Care Week
National Save For Retirement Week
Pastoral Care Week
Red Ribbon Week
Ally Week
--- 20-26

Freedom of Speech Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week 
National Health Education Week
National Nuclear Science Week
National School Bus Safety Week

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Today’s Events through History

  335 - Roman Emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews
1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg
1553 - Volumes of Talmud are burned
1895 - The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade
1969 - Willy Brandt elected chancellor of West Germany
1971 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda
1974 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cubic Corp Golf Classic
1986 - US writer Edward A Tracy kidnap in Beirut
1987 - Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Ct nomination
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Birthday’s Today
Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees) is 86
Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker (Mighty Quinn) is 73
Judge Judy (Judith Sheindlin), Brooklyn, Jurist\TV personality is 72
Carrie Fisher, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars) is 58
Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor is 55
Will Estes, American actor is 36
Kim Kardashian, American socialite is 34

Remembered for being born today
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), (1772-1834)
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes, (1833-1896)
Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz (1917-1993)

Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (1925-2003)
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Historical Obits Today
George McGovern, US Politician, 2012, @90
Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), 1687, @81
Jim Garrison, DA (investigate JFK assassination), cancer, 1992, @70
John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), 1970, @70
Fred Berry, actor (Rerun-What’s Happening), stroke, 2003, @52
Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), cirrhosis, 1969, @ 47
Admiral Horatio Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar , 1805, @47
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Brain Teasers Answers
 "The X-Files."
The Ex(Ex-wife, girlfriends etc)-Files (files of a computer). 

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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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