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Almanac: Week: 37 \ Day: 252
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 77° \ L 49° Average Sky Cover: 35% 
Wind ave:   2mph\Gusts:  16mph
Ave. High: 76° Record High: 87°[1977] Ave. Low: 44° Record Low: 31°[2001]
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Observances Today:                         
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day Link
Wonderful Weirdoes Day
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Admission Day (California-1850-31st)
Chrysanthemum Day (Japan)
Independence Day (Tajikistan-1991-from USSR)
Independence Day (Uganda-1967-from Great Britain)
  
Observances This Week:
6-12
National Waffle Week                                          
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week                    
Suicide Prevention Week

Play Days
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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1675 - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag Indians
1776 - Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)
1830
 - Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ

1861 - Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only woman officer) by the Confederate US Army
1904 - Mounted police 1st used in NYC
1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes
1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log
1956 - Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time
1956 - Grunewald-Adams Jewelers celebrated its 60th anniversary in Tucson.
1957 - "Diana" by Paul Anka reaches #1
1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law
1971 - 1,000 convicts riot & seize Attica, NY prison
1985 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling
1993 - PLO recognizes state of Israel
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Overall it was a good Labor Day weekend. Rain dampened some plans but not all.
While shopping, after getting a haircut, I ran into a Tuba friend. We had lunch and caught up…nice!
Still just SMH as I listen to the KY story about gay marriage licenses. Today, two GOP candidates showed up at the jail and spewed their own beliefs in support of a woman who is breaking the law.  I really don’t care who believes in or doesn’t believe in same sex marriage. I do not appreciate elected officials who believe their religious beliefs include forcing others to live by those same beliefs. Freedom of Religion is exactly that and not Freedom for all to be forced to live by my religion.
Strange visitor last night. This young kid shows up at the door with a laminated sheet of paper and an ice chest. He reads his speech and wants my help by buying his goods. He says he is from Scotsdale and is in a group that is teaching him business skills and keeping him out of trouble. He is raising money to go to Oak Creek and swim and play, since there are no lakes or ponds in Scottsdale. Huh? I tried not to laugh out loud. His group drove right by Oak Creek to get to my place. It is something like $5 parking for any sized vehicle. The Creek is free. And there are lakes and ponds within 5 miles of central Scottsdale for everyone. He had the necessary permit to be selling in our town, so I bought some of his cookies. Strange way to teach business practices by having high school kids make up sad stories to sell stuff.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Find the synonymous word for each word in the following pair. For each pair, the words you find should rhyme with each other, the first word being an adjective and the second a noun. Some of these are easy, others are more challenging. Good luck!
For example: angry father= mad dad

sneaky insect
humorous rabbit
happy boy
muscular tune
close fright

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing Facts…
A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million.

In 2005, a fortune cookie company correctly foretold lottery numbers, resulting in 110 winners and an investigation.
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
25 YEARS AGO-1990
The Arizona State Highway Department is seeking to improve the north/southbound traffic flow, contending that the 12,000 vehicles per day traffic flow requires 2 full lanes in both directions. This may well require a complete relocation of the highway.

The old building at the southwest corner of Birch and San Francisco has been spray cleaned with a toxic chemical spray to make it ready for new paint. Given the passersby complaints, the Coconino County Board of Health has issued a cease and desist order.
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…Harper’s Index…
-16 – percentage chane in US smoking rate since 2004

+36 – in revenue from US cigarette sales
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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

Earthpix Hornstrandir, the northernmost peninsula of Iceland 
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…Foreigners Find These American Customs Offensive…
16. Men showing some skin
It's rare to see topless men in South Korea, where men even keep their shirts on at the beach.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
The USA PATRIOT Act is an acronym that stands for "Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism."
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2 jokes for the day
Poor old Bob sent his photograph off to a Lonely Hearts Club.
They sent it back saying they weren’t that lonely
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A Cub Scout troop was half an hour late to its den meeting. The den mother asked them severely, “Why are you so late?”
“Oh,” said one boy, “we were helping an old man cross the street.”
“That’s a nice thing for scouts to do,” said the mother. She paused. “But it shouldn’t make you half an hour late.”
“Well, you see,” said another boy, “he didn’t want to go.”      

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Yep, It Really Happened
Munich, Germany – a court ordered a dentist (identified only as “K”) to pay the equivalent of about $21,000 to patient “Alex S” for pulling all of his teeth (19) over four weeks of treatments—as the remedy for his schizophrenia and erectile dysfunction. The dentists had testified that Alex had too much bone inflammation for ordinary fillings. K made his own claim for the equivalent of about $54,000 for the damage to his professional reputation that the trial had caused, but the court rejected it.     
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Somewhat Useless Information
Peter McGuire is considered the Father of the Labor Day holiday. An Irish-American cabinet maker and pioneer unionist, McGuire proposed a day dedicated to all who labor at a meeting of the Central Labor Union on May 18,1882 where he stated, "Let us have, a festive day during which a parade through the streets of the city would permit public tribute to American Industry." He is described as a red-headed, fiery, eloquent leader of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
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There are an estimated 15.8 million labor union members nationwide. About 13 percent of wage and salary workers belong to unions, with New York having among the highest rates of any state--25 percent. North Carolina has one of the lowest rates, 3 percent.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(100) - Alf (Alfred) Landon, (R-Ks) Presidential candidate (1932, 1936). d.1987
(90) - Harland Sanders, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken), d. 1980
(88) - Cliff Robertson, actor (Charly) and spokesman for AT&T d.2011
(82) - Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich], Russian novelist (War and Peace) d.1910
(76) - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1) d.1996
66 - Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster
64 - Tom Wopat, actor and singer (The Dukes of Hazzard, One Life to Live)
63 - Angela Cartwright, England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)
55 - Hugh Grant, London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral, 9 Months)
49 - Adam Sandler, Brooklyn, actor/comedian (Billy Madison,)
40 - Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor
(26) - Otis Redding, Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay) d.1967
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Historical Obits Today
Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros)-1978@86
Mao Zedong, revolutionary & Chairman of the Communist Party of China-1976@82
Denny Miller, actor (Wagon Train)-2014@80
Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer-1915@66
John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show), heart attack-1975@61
Catfish Hunter, American baseball player, ALS-1999@53
American Horse (Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke), Sioux chief, in battle-1876@46
James IV, King of Scots (1488-1513), in battle-1513@40
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Brain Teasers Answers
sneaky insect= sly fly
humorous rabbit= funny bunny
happy boy= glad lad
muscular tune= strong song
close fright= near fear

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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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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.