Sep 1

 

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Sep , 2020  Week: 36  Day:                              Local:   H 78° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 20%

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  19mph                           Nearest lightning:  13mi.; active fire:  379mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire                                        Visibility:  10mi

Record: 91°[1948]   Record: 33°[1962]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Random Tidbits

At various times in history, left-handedness has been seen as many things: a nasty habit, a mark of the devil, a sign of neurosis, rebellion, criminality, and homosexuality. It has also been seen as a trait indicating creativity and musical abilities.

Between 10-12 percent of people on earth are "lefties." Women are more likely to be right-handed than men by about 4 percentage points.

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A little humor

"Disorder in the Court" True statements from court records

  

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: He's 20, very close to your IQ.

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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you (expletive deleted) me?

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State Name Origins

There are several Native American name possibilities for Ohio. One suggests that the name "Ohio" originates from the Iroquois word for "good river." Other origins claim "Ohio" might have come from the Wyandot people's word meaning "large/great" or "the great one" or it was derived from the Seneca word "ohi-yo'" meaning "large creek".

The Sooner State's name comes from the Choctaw people's words "okla humma," which roughly means "red people" or "red persons."

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True Things

A California man attempting to defend his home from a wildfire said he turned to an unusual source of help when his water was shut off: several cases of Bud Lite beer.

Chad Little said he decided to stay behind when his family evacuated their Vacaville home last week as the LNU Lightning Complex Fires approached their neighborhood.

Little said he had hoses set up around the house to provide a consistent source of water to keep the flames away from the house, but he started worrying when the water to the area was shut off.

The homeowner, whose house previously burned down five years ago in a fire sparked by an attic fan, said he grabbed one of his 30-packs of Bud Lite cans.

"That was the only thing I had that I had a lot of, and it was wet," he told The Vacaville Reporter. "Luckily, I had a bunch of cases of Bud Light and I was able to get it out."

Little pulled away some sheet metal from the wall of his workshop and used an exposed nail to pop holes in the cans.

"When I ripped up the sheet metal, it had a nail, so I was just shaking it up, popping it just and spraying them, popping it out and grabbing another one," Little told local news. "My buddies all tease me about drinking water beer, and I say, 'Hey, saved my shop.'"

He said firefighters eventually arrived in the neighborhood and helped keep the flames away from his home.

Little said his carport burned to the ground, but his home was untouched by the flames.

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Observations This Month

AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month   Link
All American Breakfast Month 
Link
Attendance Awareness Month 
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Baby Safety Month 
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Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month 
Link
Bourbon Heritage Month 
Link

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Observations This Week

Chuckwagon Races: Thru 9/6 
National Sweet Corn Week: Thru 9/5
US Open Tennis Championships: Thru 9/13

International Enthusiasm Week: 1-7
National Nutrition Week: 1-7 
(UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week: 1-7 
Link

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Observations for Today

Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day 
Calendar Adjustment Day
Chicken Boy's Day
Emma Nutt Day
International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji 
Link
International Toy Testing Day
National Cherry Popover Day

National Gyro Day

No Rhyme or Reason Day

Random Acts of Kindness Day or Be Kind Day  Link  
Save Japan's Dolphins Day 
Link 
World Letter Writing Day 
Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

A nice Monday with hopes of monsoon this afternoon. Weather guy says ‘scattered’ showers. Sure hope I am in the scattered part.

Since my office TV’s cable box isn’t working, I’m going old school and listening to NPR. Guess I will survive and become more educated at the same time.

The sale of the TicTok app just got more interesting. China has changed the law so that any sale of Tech knowledge or apps must be approved by the central government. There sure is a lot of hoopla over an app used mostly by pre-teens to early 20-year olds.

Trump has added a new member to the Covid Task Force. It is Dr. Scot Atlas, a well-known neuroradiologist and not an expert in public health or infectious diseases. Oh, and he has said disparaging things about Fauci and Brix. Great!

NAU in-person start today. They have 7000 students in the dorms. The 7 students who tested positive have been isolated in a dorm. They will not release numbers of employees testing positive, due to laws regarding patient confidentiality. Seriously, that is their line.  

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

The eight of us go forth, not back, to protect our king from a foe’s attack.

What are we?

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Historical Events

1661 – In the first official well-known Yacht Race, England’s King Charles lost to his brother, James.

1752 – “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” The Liberty Bell was officially placed in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.

1799 – The Bank of Manhattan Company (now Chase Manhattan) opened in New York City.

1859 – The Carrington Event, a large solar flare (a coronal mass ejection – CME, solar superstorm) affected many of the (relatively few) electronics and telegraph lines on Earth.

1872 – Linda Ann Judson Richards graduated from the Training School of the New England Hospital for Women and Children and became America’s first Nurse.

1894 – Juno, one of the four largest asteroids in the Main Belt, was discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1902 – A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, was released in France.

1939 – Adolf Hitler signed an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

1939 – World War II began with Germany’s invasion of Poland.

1948 – The United Nation’s World Health Organization was founded.

1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, was first published.

1968 – Irvin Feld opened the Clown College, in Venice, Florida.

1969 – Muammar el-Qaddafi overthrew King Idris, and founded the Libyan Arab Republic.

1972 – Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky of the USSR. He was the first American to compete in the tournament.

1972 – Mark Spitz won his 4th and 5th Olympic Medals (he won 7 in total in the ’72 Olympics)

1979 – An LA Court ordered Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask. The copyright owners did not want any association with him, although he used his fame as the Television face as the Lone Ranger as a positive example of what the Ranger (and Tonto) represented. He began wearing wrap-around shades instead.

1979 – Pioneer 2 flew past Saturn discovering an eleventh moon and two new rings.

1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command was founded.

1983 – Korean Airlines Boeing 747, flight 007 was shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace.

1985 – The remains of the Titanic, sunk by an iceberg in 1912, were discovered in the North Atlantic.

2004 – Chechen terrorists took over 1,000 schoolchildren and others hostage, in Beslan, Russia.

2008 Spring Temple Buddha statue of Vairocana Buddha, then the world's tallest statue at 128 meters (420 ft), completed in Zhaocun township, Henan, China

2015 Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have had an abortion, in a letter released by the Vatican

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Birthdays Today

82 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer, and author

81 – Lily Tomlin, comedian

@74 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950; heart attack)

70 – ‘Doctor Phil’ McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host

63 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter

@59 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

@52 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)

@45 – Rocky Marciano [Rocco Francis Marchegiano], American boxer (d. 1969; private plane crash)

23 – Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, American actress

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Puzzle Answer

Pawns in the game of Chess

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