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Almanac: Day: 277
/ Week: 40
October
Averages: 63° \ 31°
Holiday Observances Today:
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Day
Blessing of The Animals Day
Cephalopod Awareness Day
Fall Astronomy Day
Improve Your Office Day
Inter-American Water Day
International Frugal Fun Day
Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Roll Day)
National Golf Day
National Frappe Day
National Ship in A Bottle Day
National Taco Day
Ten-Four Day Vodka Day
World Card Making Day
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St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day (Catholic)
Independence Day (Lesotho—1966--UK)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1537 - The
first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed
1636 - In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st
law drafted
1824 - Mexico
becomes a republic
1854 - Abraham
Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair
1864 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily
newspaper, forms
1880 - University
of California founded in Los Angeles
1883 - Orient
Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1883 - First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in
Glasgow, Scotland
1904 - 1st
day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks
1911 - 1st
public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station)
1915 - Dinosaur
National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established
1926 - Dahlia
is officially designated as SF city flower
1931 - Dick
Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1933 - Esquire
magazine is 1st published
1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes
1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1968 - A
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) delegation meet with the
Derry March organizers and try to have the march cancelled; eventually it was
decided to go ahead with the march
1976 - Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death
penalty for convicted murderers
1984 - US
government closes down due to budget problems
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another
beautiful day…at least after I destroyed my WaterPik this morning. New one is
smaller, quieter. The old one must have been at least 10 years old.
Lazy
Friday. Got up about 6a, did some shopping about 8a, took a short nap at 11a,
and am still tired. Guess it is those late night movies.
I have to
wonder when authorities are going to recognize the reality that this is
multi-language nation. Regarding the Ebola patient in Dallas, I have heard
several news stories where the reporters are saying they are not sure those
involved understand what is going on. Most 2nd language learners are
very careful about ‘practicing’ the new language in a public setting for fear
of making a mistake. I heard the Liberian relative who lived with the patient.
She has limited oral English skills. Then when she and her kids didn’t stay
inside the house there was an uproar. I wonder if anyone talked to the woman in
her Native language. Then a local reporter interviewed bilingual parents who
were keeping their kids home from the school out of fear, even after the
district sent a letter home to say everything was OK. The reporter said that it
appeared to her that many parents didn’t understand the letter. Well, duh! They
should have sent bilingual speakers to the homes to explain what was happening.
Very few 2nd language learners are going to tell someone in
authority that they don’t understand. Sadly they feel it makes them look dumb.
In a crisis like this, the first priority should be to get information out to
those who need it and do everything possible to be sure they understand what
the information is.
A final
rant about Dallas. The locals left the bedding and towels of the patient in the
house. Their claim was that couldn’t find anyone to remove them. I’ll bet if
that house was in an upscale neighborhood it would have been taken care of
immediately. After days, the CDC stepped in and disinfected the apartment that
the family had been told to stay in. I am fairly well educated and keep up with
things, and I have to say, I wouldn’t know the precautions of what to do with
the linens and towels either.
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Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
What does this rebus
represent?
gloomy turquoise
temperamental cyan
sullen aquamarine
despondent azure
morose cerulean
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Age
Facts…
You will
experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.
Brain
Facts…
Quick
naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making,
creativity and sensory perception.
Computer
Facts…
On an
average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
Returns
soon.
Fun
Facts…
In 2011,
a 200 ft circular anomaly in the Baltic Sea that has unusual characteristics
and almost perfectly etched curvatures was discovered. To this day, its origin
remains unknown.
Harper’s
Index…
Percentage
of hererosexual male British student athletes who say the have ‘cuddled’ with
another male: 92
Rules of Thumb…
FOLLOWING
A RIVER
Under normal conditions, the distance that a river
will run straight is never greater than ten times its width.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The very first TV
commercial was for Bulova watches in 1941, and it aired in the middle of a pro
baseball game between the Dodgers and Phillies. The spot cost nine dollars.
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Joke-of-the-day
A
small 1 SEATER plane crashed into a cemetery. Police have recovered 102 bodies
so far and will continue to dig throughout the night.
Yep, It
Really Happened
An
amateur treasure hunter found the biggest ever haul of 4th century Roman coins
in East Devon, England. Over 20,000.
Laurence Egerton, a semiretired builder, took up metal detecting seven years
ago. But last November he turned up two unusual coins the size of a thumbnail
close to the previously excavated site of a Roman villa.
His continued to dig after his metal detector indicated there was more iron in
the ground. That's when Mr. Egerton found his treasure.
"The next shovel was full of coins - they just spilt out over the
field," he said.
"Between finding the hoard and the archaeologists excavating the site, I
slept in my car alongside it for three nights to guard it," Egerton told
English newspaper, The Telegraph.
Although the coins represented only a few months' wages for a Roman soldier in
260 A.D., historians say they are now worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Somewhat
Useless Information
The first day of
autumn is known as the autumnal equinox. On this day, the number of hours of
daylight and darkness are equal. This is because the sun is aligned with the
center of the Earth between the north and south of the planet.
In Greek mythology, autumn was the time when Persephone, the daughter of
Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld. During this
time, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, was distraught and the ground grew
sparse and cold. When Persephone returned in the springtime, plants and life
bloomed anew because of Demeter's happiness.
Yellow, orange and variations thereof always reside in the pigmentation of tree
leaves, but they are overpowered by the abundance of green from the chlorophyll
in the leaves. Come autumn, when the sun weakens and days grow shorter, the
amount of chlorophyll in leaves diminishes, allowing the other pigments in the
leaves to show through.
Fall is a peak migration time for many species of birds. During autumn, birds
will fly to other areas seeking more hospitable climates. The Arctic tern
journeys about 11,000 miles each way for its annual migration. That is like
going all the way across the United States about three and a half times.
Autumn also signals another colorful spectacle apart from the tree leaves. The
aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, tends to be visible this
time of year. This is because geomagnetic storms are about twice as likely to
occur during the fall thanks to cool evening weather.
Evergreen trees will not lose their leaves like deciduous trees. Their leaves,
also called needles, are covered with a thick wax. This wax protects the inner
components of the needles, preventing them from freezing.
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
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National
Walk Your Dog Week
Universal Children's Week
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Great
American Beer Festival
---3-5
Fallen
Firefighters Memorial Weekend5
National
Storytelling Weekend
--- 3-11
4-H
Week
No Salt Week
--- 4-12
Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta
Fall Astronomy Week
World Space Week
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Today’s
Events through History
1910 - Portugal
becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1957 - "Leave
It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1991 - The Protocol on Environmental Protection to
the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
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Birthday’s
Today
Leroy Van
Dyke, country singer (Walk on By) is 85
Anne Rice, author
(Interview with a Vampire) is 73
Tony La
Russa, MLB manager (Chicago, Oakland, St. Louis) is 70
Susan
Sarandon, [Tomaling], actress (Bull Durham) is 68
Sherri
Turner, LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda LPGA Champ) is 58
Liev
Schreiber, actor, producer is 47
Alicia
Silverstone, actress (Clueless, Batman Forever) is 38
Remembered
for being born today
Rutherford
B. Hayes, 19th US president (1822-1893)
Frederic
Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West (1861-1908)
Brendan
Gill, writer/critic (New Yorker magazine) (1914-1998)
Jan
Murray, comedian (Treasure Hunt) (1916-2006)
Charlton
Heston, III, actor/NRA, (1923-2008)
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Historical
Obits Today
Alphonse
Chapanis, founder of ergonomics, 2002, @85
Gordon
Cooper, American astronaut, Parkinson’s, 2004, @77
Frédéric-Auguste
Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, TB, 1904, @70
Rembrandt van
Rijn, Dutch painter, 1669, @63
Catherine
Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army, 1890, @61
Graham
Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), cancer, 1989, @48
Janis
Joplin, rock singer, overdose, 1970, @27
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Brain
Teasers
The Moody
Blues
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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…§
