10-25-14

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Almanac: Day: 298 / Week: 43 
October Averages: 63° \ 31°



Holiday Observances Today:
Chucky, The Notorious Killer Doll Day
International Artists Day
Islamic New Year- The Hijri
Make a Difference Day
National Forgiveness Day
Pit Bull Awareness Day
Punk For A Day Day
Sourest Day-a day to grumpy, irritable and sour about the world & everything in it
World Pasta Day
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Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
           
Quote of the Day



Historical Highlights for Today
1854 - Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War), 409 die
1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange created
1870 - Postcards first used in USA
1875 – 1st performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky in Boston
1900 - Great Britain annexes the former Boer South African Republic, renaming it the Transvaal Colony
1923 - Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal
1924 - "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
1932 - Benito Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years
1946 - 1st trial against Nazi war criminals (Nuremberg)
1950 - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
1955 - Tappan sells 1st microwave oven
1962 - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
1963 - Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas
1981 - 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missile
1984 - Hepatitis virus is discovered
1986 - International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
2004 - Fidel Castro announces transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by 11- 8
2012 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage
2013 - 74 Boko Harem members killed in a coordinated assault in Nigeria
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


My Rambling Thoughts
Ahh, no controlled burn today. Blue sky, more blue sky, and more blue sky.
This weekend is NAU’s homecoming. Lots of visitors around town. Lots of alumni too. Lots of traditions abound around the town.
I got a great map a few years ago. It is a world map where a traveler can scratch off the countries that have been visited. With all my rearranging, I finally had a place, in the staircase, to put it, thanks to those Command picture holders. Pretty cool. While I certainly have done a great deal of travel in my lifetime, much of the world is left to still uncover. In time, I guess, in time. I am only uncovering countries where I have spent more than two days…touchdowns and plane changes don’t count on my map as I didn’t meet any of the people.
So sad to hear there was another school shooting. I must say, it is a sad commentary, from my point of view, that they are identifying the shooter as ‘Native American’. Our country’s citizens will never learn about the various tribes unless the tribes are identified, even in a sad situation like this.
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Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What phrase is represented below?

EILN PU        
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today



           
OK Then…


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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:     
Flagstaff, AZ History…
25 years ago
On Sunday the re-inauguration of the Grand Canyon Railroad occurred with a steam engine pulling 1923 vintage Harriman coaches over the 64 miles of curving tracks with some grades of 3 percent carrying a full load of celebrators.
           
Harper’s Index…
Portion of all US copyright-infringement lawsuits filed in the past year that were filed be erotica website x-Art.com: 1/3 
Estimated portion of sex crimes in the US jails and prisons that are committed by correctional officers: 1/2
           
Halloween Facts…
-Halloween has variously been called All Hallows’ Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, Snap-Apple Night, Samhaim, and Summer’s End.
-Halloween was influenced by the ancient Roman festival Pomona, which celebrated the harvest goddess of the same name. Many Halloween customs and games that feature apples (such as bobbing for apples) and nuts date from this time. In fact, in the past, Halloween has been called San-Apple Night and Nutcrack Night.
-Scottish girls believed they could see images of their future husband if they hung wet sheets in front of the fire on Halloween. Other girls believed they would see their boyfriend’s faces if they looked into mirrors while walking downstairs at midnight on Halloween.

Law Facts…
-Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
-In 2011, Mortal Kombat was banned in Australia.
           
Rules of Thumb…
PLAYING SCRABBLE
As a rule, I can beat anyone at Scrabble who does crossword puzzles better than me.   

Unusual Fact of the Day…
Before aspirin was produced, ailing patients chewed the bark of the white willow tree (from which aspirin is derived) to help alleviate fever and pain.
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Joke-of-the-day
There was a hysterical call at the fire department, and it went like this: Help me, please help me; there is a cat meowing and yowling with frequency and urgency. It is going to hurt me, it's going to kill me; can you please help me, and send the fire squad right away? Take it easy, cats don’t hurt us, just relax wait until he leaves.
You don’t understand it is going to bite me, it is going to kill me; it is going to be fatal!
Cats aren’t like snakes or spiders that are poisonous, by the way who is calling?
I’m Josephine’s parrot you jerk! Help me please, please help!

           
Yep, It Really Happened
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't return, try to climb down its chimney and MAKE it love you! 
That might have been what one woman was thinking when she was discovered stuck in the chimney of a Southern California house and had to be rescued.
Ventura County fire Capt. Ron Oatman says firefighters responding to neighbors' reports of a woman crying had to chisel away much of the chimney and lubricate it with dish soap Sunday to free 30-year-old Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa.
She was arrested on suspicion of illegal entry and giving false information to police.
Police say Nunez-Figueroa knows the owner of the home, who wasn't there at the time. They wouldn't elaborate, but according to video the homeowner identified the woman as someone he met online and had dated. He told local news that he cut off their relationship.
She had no clear injuries but was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
"I hope she gets help, I hope she stays offline," he said.

           
Somewhat Useless Information
Did you know that “The Starry Night” (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh is among the most popular paintings in the world? Van Gogh created it while he was in the asylum of Saint Remy.
“Looking at the stars makes me dream. I wonder why we can’t reach all shiny signs in the sky, as easily as the black ones on the map of France. In the same way we get the train to go to Tarascon or Rouen, why not getting death as a vehicle to travel to a star?” he once said.
The rest of the most popular paintings in the world are “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci, “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt and “The scream” by Edvard Munch.
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It seems that Silvio Berlusconi does not like Finnish Cuisine, as in 2005 he joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”.
As expected, the Finns didn’t hesitate to give an answer to mock Berlusconi.
In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer!
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There have been several literary descriptions from The Talmud to Tolstoy of men breast-feeding. But can it be true?
Well, it can be true, but under certain circumstances. Quite recently, in 2002, “Agence France-Presse” reported that a 38-year-old man in Sri Lanka, nursed his two daughters through their infancy after his wife died during the birth of her second child.
Dana Raphael, medical anthropologist, claimed in her 1978 book “The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding”, that men could induce lactation simply by stimulating their nipples.
In any case, although it may sound weird, due to several factors such as nipples stimulation, starvation or medical disruptions involving prolactin,   men’s body can sometimes produce milk!
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Check Your Calendar
Observances This 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

--- 24-30
Disarmament Week
Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

World Origami Days
International Magic Week
Asexuality Week
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week 
Kids Care Week
National Infertility Awareness Week 

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Today’s Events through History
1492 - Christopher Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic
1780 - John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
1828 - The St Katharine Docks opened in London
1940 - Benjamin O Davis Sr. becomes 1st African American general in US Army
1952 - First Dutch edition of children's magazine "Donald Duck"
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1970 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open
1974 - US Air Force fires 1st ICBM

1975 - Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena
1978 - "Halloween", starring Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut, is released
1981 - 11th NYC Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29
1981 - 12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
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Birthday’s Today
Marion Ross, actress (Marion-Happy Days) is 86
Bobby Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984) is 74
Helen Reddy, Melbourne, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) is 73
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer is 30

Remembered for being born today
James Beattie, Scotland, poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth) (1735-1803)
Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen) (1838-1875)
John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (1864-1920)
Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (1881-1973)
Richard E Byrd, Virginia, admiral/polar explorer (1888-1957)
Leo G. Carroll, English actor (1882-1972)
Minnie Pearl, [Sarah Ophelia Colley], Tenn, (Grand Old Opry) (1912-1996)
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Historical Obits Today
Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), 1993, @82
Bobby Riggs, tennis star, prostate cancer, 1995, @77
Frank Sprague, Inventor of the 1st U.S. electric trolley system, 1934, @77
Richard Harris, Irish actor (A Man Called Horse)\singer , Hodgkin's, 2002, @72
Marcia Wallace, American actress, pneumonia, 2013, @70
Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), cancer, 1986, @67
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1892), TB, 1892, @60
Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), 1400, @56
Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), cancer, 1992, @56
Payne Stewart, American golfer, plane crash, 1999, @42
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Brain Teasers Answers
Answer
"LINE UP in alphabetical order." 
The letters were presented in their correct alphabetical order.       

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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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