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Almanac: Week: 36 \ Day: 248
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 77° \ L 50° Average Sky Cover: 40% 
Wind ave:   8mph\Gusts:  21mph
Ave. High: 77° Record High: 89°[1945] Ave. Low: 45° Record Low: 31°[1961]
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Observances Today:                         
Bacon Day Link
Cow Chip Throwing days
Franchise Appreciation Day Link
International Day of Charity Link
Jury Rights Day
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days Link
National Writing Date Day

Observances This Week:
1-5 National Payroll Week

1-7 International Enthusiasm Week                 
      National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) 
Link
      Self-University Week Link
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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
1862 - Lee crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1905 -  Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Roosevelt will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator
1933 - After being closed for two years, the Rialto Theater reopened, creating jobs for 25 Tucsonans
1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, NC
1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" novel by Boris Pasternak published in US
1958 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, NC
1960 - Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal
1961 - President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1975 - First Assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Lynette Fromme in Sacramento
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1550 - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1622 - Richelieu appointed Cardinal under French King Louis XIII
1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1698 - Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1786 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1793 - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
1839 - The First Opium War begins in China
1957 - Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
2014 - World Health Organisation estimates 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice day to be out and about. Found a tri-color Mum for $10. Looks nice on my coffee table. Lots of blooms. Monsoon finally arrived about 4p and gave us a nice shower.
It’s tough to be a long time Bronco fan in AZ. Really hard last night when they fell to the Cardinals. I’ll just say the same thing Card fans have been saying after every game…’it’s pre-season and doesn’t count’. True, but still hard to watch.
Talked to Bob yesterday about the upcoming wedding of his daughter. I have a place to stay in Loveland, a ride to Nebraska and back, and a place to stay when we get back. He says I should fly in, but have decided that I will drive. The cheapest flights have horrible timing both ways and I will enjoy the drive. Even the more expensive flights aren’t that good in timing, and most have me going through SLC or LA to get from Phx to Denver with a couple hours layover. One flight took 9 hours. Crazy…it’s a 90 minute flight.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both?
EXAMPLE:
Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose
Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower.
Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name.
You're on your own for the rest!

1. Aqua - Hazel - Willow - Cherry
2. Cat - Sword - Hamster - Dog
3. Prince - Double - Queen - King
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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing Facts…
Dead Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package

If an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10 years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month until they turn 19.
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
75 YEARS AGO-1940
In the first three days of alien registration, nine different nationalities registered with Postmaster George Babbitt of the 150 applications applied for. Registrations are taking place on the second floor in room 201 of the Post Office Building between 7 and 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A Spanish speaking attendant is available at all times. Registration will close on Dec. 26, 1940. Under the law every Alien over the age of 14 years must register and be fingerprinted.

Last Saturday a heavy hail-bearing rainstorm swept around Wilson Mountain and zeroed in on the Sedona area, dropping a cloudburst that did $2,000 worth of damage to Walter Jordon’s crops, washed out several campers and left inches of mud on the road.
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…Harper’s Index…
$12,000 – average cost of a hospital stay in the US
$5,000 – in Germany
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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

Navajotimes An evening rainstorm colors the sky above a homestead in Indian Wells, Arizona Thursday. On the Navajo Nation
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…Foreigners Find These American Customs Offensive…
13. Showing the soles of your feet
In many Arab, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist countries, showing the soles of your feet is a sign of disrespect, as they're considered the lowest, and dirtiest part of the body, since they touch the dirty ground. Men should cross their legs with caution.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Lions, tigers, and pumas rarely suffer from hairballs since their diet includes a fair amount of grass, as well as the bones of their prey. The combination helps thoroughly cleanse their digestive tracts.
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2 jokes for the day
Q: Why was the math book sad
A: Because it had too many problems
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A guy gets into a taxi after a boozy night out and halfway through the journey wants to stop and buy cigarettes.
He taps the driver on the shoulder and suddenly the driver screams, swerves across the road and mounts the sidewalk stopping just short of a brick wall.
All was quiet for a few moments and then the driver turns around and says "Don't EVER tap me on the shoulder whilst I'm driving EVER again".
The guy says, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would scare you so much"
The driver replies, "It wouldn't normally but this is my first night as a taxi driver and up until yesterday, for twenty five years, I was driving a Hearse.      
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Yep, It Really Happened
New York Times – counting ONLY the pool of bonus money (not regular salaries), employees of New York securities industries in 2014 earned roughly TWICE as much as the TOTAL income paid to ALL employees in the US who worked full-time at the federal minimum wage ($7.23/hr)   
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Somewhat Useless Information
The difference between apple juice and apple cider is that apple juice is the juice of the fruit only, and apple cider is the whole apple-skins, seeds, and all- which gives it the fuller body and deeper color. The juice is pasteurized and the cider is not.

The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.

Your stomach cells secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. It can pickle steel, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps this poisonous liquid safely in the digestive system.

In 1910 Alice Wells became the 1st policewoman in the US. She was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. She was allowed to design her own uniform and was active in propagating the need for policewomen elsewhere. As a result of her efforts seventeen departments in American were employing policewomen by 1916.

Chuck Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. On October 14, 1947, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space and the first human to orbit Earth in 1961.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(98) - Stuart Freeborn, make-up artist (Star Wars: Yoda, Jabba the Hut) d.2013
   86 - Bob Newhart, Oak Park Ill, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
(85) - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) d. 2002
(85) - Jack Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Association of America) d. 2007
   83 - Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story)
   78 - William Devane, Albany NY, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October)
(77) - Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president (20th Century Fox) d.1979
   76 - George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (OHMSS-James Bond)
(76) - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), (Sun King), d. 1715
   75 - Raquel Welch, (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles)
 (68) - John Stewart, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind) d.2008
   65 - Cathy Guisewite, US cartoonist (Cathy)
   64 - Michael Keaton, Pitts Pa, actor (Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice)
   46 - Dweezil Zappa, Hollywood CA, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV)
(45) - Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], vocalist (Queen-We are Champions) d.1991
(34) - Jesse James, Missouri, outlaw, son of a clergyman, d. 1882
(24) - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems) d.1774
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Historical Obits Today
Mother Teresa, Nobel (1979), 1997@ 87
Allen Funt, American radio and television personality-1999@84
Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Cleopatra), 1996@78
D. James Kennedy, American televangelist-in sleep-2007@76
Leonard Katzman, TV producer (Route 66, Dallas), heart attack-1996@69
Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, stabbed-1877@37
Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, fever-1548@36
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Aqua does not belong as it's the only one which is not a tree. Willow does not belong as it's the only one which is not a color.

2. Sword does not belong as it's the only one which is not a family pet. Hamster does not belong as it's the only one which is not a type of fish.

3. Double does not belong as it's the only one which is not a person of royalty. Prince does not belong as it's the only one which is not a bed size.
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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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