10-22-14

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Almanac: Day: 295 / Week: 43 
October Averages: 63° \ 31°



Holiday Observances Today:
Caps Locks Day
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Make A Difference Day
Medical Assistants Recognition Day
National Nut Day
Smart is Cool Day
           
Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
   362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne is destroyed in a mysterious fire
1721 - Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
1746 - Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
1804 - Lewis & Clark visit a Sioux war party
1836 - Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas
1861 - 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed
1875 –1st telegraphic connection in Argentina
1877 - Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners 
1881 - Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert
1883 - Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)
1897 - World's first car dealer opens in London
1907 - Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey circus
1924 - Toastmasters International is founded
1928 - Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico
1936 - 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1949 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
1962 - JFK addresses TV on Russian missile bases in Cuba-imposes naval blockade 
1964 - French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1969 - Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1983 - 2 correctional officers killed in IL-inspired the Supermax model of prisons.
2006 - Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama
2012 - Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today



My Rambling Thoughts
Another great day…able to keep door and windows open most of the day…is it really Fall?
Amazingly, finished up my laundry today…four loads…+ folding and putting away. WOW!
And headed to the mall for a quick haircut. Got there right as she opened and this time got to be the first one. In and out in about 25 minutes…not bad.
I am a registered Democrat in a very Republican/Independent state. I’m getting about 2 phone calls a day regarding ‘polls’ as to whom I will be voting for. I was talking to a registered Independent, he is getting about 4 of those calls a day. In addition, there are few ‘open’ or ‘undeveloped’ areas around town that are not filled with campaign signs. [Thanks to our HOA, political signage is not permitted in  our area]. I keep hearing about how ‘big money’ is being poured into the various campaigns around AZ. I am concerned about that, but I must say, a lot of that money must be giving jobs to ‘telephone pollsters’ and local sign makers. Wouldn’t it be better to stop the ‘big money’ and thus stop bothering us with daily phone calls and cluttering our beautiful town with all those signs. Nov. 4th can’t come any too soon for me.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Golden treasures I contain,
Guarded by hundreds and thousands. 
Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks,
Yet men come often to seize my gold. 
By smoke I am overcome and robbed, 
Then left to build my treasure anew. 

What am I?   

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today





OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Brain Facts…
-Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
-The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
-Starfish don't have brains.
           
Dinosaur Facts…
-The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
-There is a museum in Spain that shows 2 T. Rex skeletons having sex.
           
Flagstaff, AZ History…
75 years ago
Carl Osborne passed the FCC exam and has received his permit to operate his own amateur shortwave radio station radio for sending and receiving. He went on the air Sunday with the call letters W6RXP. Carl is a junior at Flagstaff High and built his transmitter last summer.
           
Harper’s Index…
Number of US states that have capital punishment: 32
Number of US states that have never used lethal injection: 11
Number of states with lethal injection that shield the identities of their lethal-injection drug suppliers: 9 
           
Halloween Facts…
-Stephen Clarke holds the record for the world’s fastest pumpkin carving time: 24.03 seconds, smashing his previous record of 54.72 seconds. The rules of the competition state that the pumpkin must weigh less than 24 pounds and be carved in a traditional way, which requires at least eyes, nose, ears, and a mouth.
-Trick-or-treating evolved from the ancient Celtic tradition of putting out treats and food to placate spirits who roamed the streets at Samhain, a sacred festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year.
-“Souling” is a medieval Christian precursor to modern-day trick-or-treating. On Hallowmas (November 1), the poor would go door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for soul cakes.

Law Facts…
-In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.
-The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea.
-Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
           
Rules of Thumb…
REPOTTING AFRICAN VIOLETS
African violets need small pots. As a rule, the pot should be one-third the width of the plant. A 6-inch plant, for instance, needs a 2-inch pot.     

Unusual Fact of the Day…
The Cockroach can live up to two weeks without a head because its "brain" (or control center) is spread throughout its body.
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Joke-of-the-day
An old county doctor went way out to the boondocks to deliver a baby. It was so far out that there was no electricity. When the doctor arrived, no one was home except for the laboring mother and her 5 year old child. The doctor instructed the child to hold a lantern high so he could see while he helped the woman deliver the baby. 
The child did so, the mother pushed, and after a little while, the doctor lifted the new born baby by the feet and spanked him on the bottom to get him to take his first breath. 
"Hit him again," the child said. "He shouldn't have crawled up there in the first place!!"           

Yep, It Really Happened
New York Times
"Selfie fever" has begun to sully the sacred Islamic pilgrimages to Mecca, according to scholars who complained to Arab News in September. What for centuries has been a hallowed journey intended to renew the spirit of Islam (that all Muslims are called upon to experience at least once) has come, for some in the so-called "Facebook era," to resemble a trip to Disneyland, with visitors to the Sacred Mosque texting friends the "evidence" of their piety. (Another scholar complained in a New York Times opinion piece in October that Mecca is often experienced more as a tour packaged by marketers and centered around Mecca's upscale shopping malls rather than religious structures.)

Somewhat Useless Information
Sharon Stone, is known not only for her career in acting, film producing and fashion, but also for her high IQ.
For many years it was claimed that she was a member of Mensa, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world, having an IQ of 148.
However, in 2002, she refused to have ever been a member of that society. 
“It’s delightful to finally see Ms. Stone admit that she’s not and never has been a member of our society. My gut feeling is that she would definitely qualify. But that’s just based on what we’ve been told by other individuals”, Jim Blackmore of Mensa said.
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Luckily, scientific and medical development have led to the decreasing or even disappearance of several diseases.
A very typical, as well as important example is the eradication of smallpox, where vaccinations played a major role.
Smallpox is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated and it now only exists in high security labs in Russia and the US.
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Unlike the question of chicken and egg we know the answer to the similar question of orange the fruit and orange the color.
The name “orange” to the color was given after the fruit, as the first instance of the word in Anglo manuscript, “pume orange,” dates back to the 13th century, whereas the first use of the word to describe the color is first noted in the 16th century.
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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
1812 - Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos, Spain
1875 - Sons of American Revolution organizes
1922 - Lucerne Street in Bronx named
1972 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1978 - Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope
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Birthday’s Today
Christopher Lloyd, actor (Back to the Future) is77
Lynette Fromme, attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford is 67
Jeff Goldblum, actor (Jurassic Park) is 63
Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian is 48
Sofia Vassilieva, American actress is 23

Remembered for being born today
Franz Liszt, romantic composer/ pianist (Faust Symphony) (1811-1886)
Sarah Bernhardt, France, actress (Camille) (1844-1923)
Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, actress (Gunga Din) (1917-2013)
Timothy Leary, Harvard prof (LSD taker) (1920-1996)
Dory Previn [Dorothy Veronica Langan], singer-songwriter (1925-2012)
Annette Funicello, actress (Mickey Mouse Club) (1942-2013)
Bobby Fuller, rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four) (1944-1966)
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Historical Obits Today
Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, 1973, @96
Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, 1975, @86
Rollo May, founder (Humanistic Psychology Movement), 1994, @85
Soupy Sales (Milton Supman), comedian\television personality, 2009, @83 
Mary Wickes, actress (Sister Act), kidney failure, 1995, @79
Russell Means, Native American activist, cancer, 2012, @72
Paul Cézanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, pneumonia, 1906, @67
Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist, 1883, @65
Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot by FBI, 1934, @30
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Brain Teasers Answers
A beehive.    
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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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