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Sep 23, 2020 Week: 39 Day: 267 Local: H 80° \ L 40° \ Average Sky Cover: 60%
Wind: 5mph\Gusts:
10mph Nearest
lightning: 6mi.; active fire: 59mi.
high Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi
Record: 86°[1944] Record: 25°[1970]
Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
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Today’s Quote
"If
you're offered a seat on a rocket ship,
don't
ask what seat! Just get on."
-Sheryl Sandberg
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Random
Tidbits
Give
the cold shoulder
Surprisingly,
this doesn’t just refer to coldly turning your back on someone. Etymologists
think the phrase originated from medieval etiquette. After a feast, hosts in
England would subtly signal that the meal was over (and it was time for guests
to leave) by serving a cold slice of pork, mutton, or beef shoulder.
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A little
humor
From Actual Medical Records
The bugs that grew out of her
urine were cultured in the Casualty and are not available. I WILL FIND THEM!!!
The patient left the hospital
feeling much better except for her original complaints.
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True Things
A
Minnesota man who collected more than $167,000 in welfare benefits while he had
more than $3 million in the bank was sentenced to 21 months in prison. The
court heard Colin Chisholm, 63, and his wife, Andrea, 54, collected more than
$167,000 in medical and food assistance claims in the seven years leading up to
March 2012 and investigators later discovered the couple had more than $3
million in the bank and lived in a $1.6 million mansion in Deephaven. The
couple, who once claimed to be Scottish nobility and went by the titles
"Lord and Lady Chisholm," were also found to own a luxury yacht worth
millions on Lake Minnetonka. Judge Lois Conroy handed down a 21-month prison
sentence despite state sentencing guidelines calling for probation. Conroy
agreed with prosecutors that prison time was called for due to the severity of
the welfare fraud. Chisholm was also ordered to pay $167,420 in restitution
following the completion of his prison sentence.
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Observations
This Week
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Constitution
Week: 17-23 |
National
Singles Week: 20-26 |
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National
Ballroom Dance Week: 18-27 Link |
National
Rehabilitation Awareness Week: 20-26 |
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Farm
Animal Awareness Week: 19-25 |
National
Indoor Plant Week: 20-26 |
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Build A
Better Image Week: 20-26 |
Nat’l
Historically Black Colleges/Univ.Week: 20-26 |
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Child
Passenger Safety Week: 20-26 Link |
National
Farm & Ranch Safety/Health Week: 20-26 |
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Deaf
Dog Awareness Week: 20-26 Link |
Prostate
Cancer Awareness Week: 20-26 |
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International
Clean Hands Week: 20-26 |
Tolkien
Week: 20-26 |
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Internat’l
Interpreters and Translators Week: 20-26 |
World
Reflexology Week: 20-26 |
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International
Women's E-Commerce Days: 20-26 |
National
Bike to Work Week: 21-27 Link Moved from
May due to COVID-19 |
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National
Love Your Files Week: 21-25 Link |
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National
Employ Older Workers Week: 20-26 Link |
Pollution
Prevention Week: 21-27 Link |
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Observations
for Today
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Celebrate Bi-sexuality Day |
National Snack Stick
Day Link |
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Checkers Day; Dogs in Politics
Day Link |
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Innergize Day |
Restless Legs Awareness
Day |
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International Day of Sign Languages |
Teal Talk Day Link |
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Nat’l Great
American Pot Pie Day Link |
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Za'atar Day Link |
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My
Rambling Thoughts
First day of Fall may bring some moisture…the clouds are very dark
grey. Dug around and found my fall decoration for the front door. I’m ready! So
excited, a nice rain just started. Cooled things off to a nice 70 degrees.
Excited to see the new Cosmos season with Neil de Grasse Tyson
tonight. He always does a great job.
While watching the football games on Sunday, I wondered why some
coaches were not wearing masks. Guess I was right to wonder. The Bronco’s, 49er’s,
and Seahawk’s teams were each fined for it…a whopping $350,000 per team.
There are some new neighbors moving into the next building. Each
day since Sunday they have arrived with a U-Haul truck to unload. I guess they
used to live nearby. I’m not stalking them; their truck is noisy when it drives
past my place…every morning about 8:00am.
Here is some interesting data: Colorado is third on the list of
the most highly educated population in the United States, securing the first
place in the states with the highest percentage of associate degree holders or
college-experienced adults. It also has the second highest percentage of
bachelor’s degree holders and quality of education.
Colorado is among the states with the highest education level and
highest income, according to WalletHub. The state celebrated this win when The
Denver Post proudly said “Colorado Wields Most Brain Power West of Mississippi,
Ranking says” in their headline.
The high level of cultural diversity in Arizona makes it more
difficult for its citizens to get a high-quality education. USA Today says only
79.4% of children in Arizona are raised with parents who speak English
fluently. It is one of the smallest percentages all over the nation. Arizona’s
unique landscape contributes to this difficulty as well, experts say.
This results in the state’s notoriously low graduation rates. To
fare better next year, the state needs to focus on educational reforms and
better cater to students who don’t speak English as their first language.
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Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Two men find an old gold coin and want to
have a coin toss with it to decide who gets to keep it. The only problem is the
coin is heavier on one side so it comes up heads more than tails.
What is a fair way for the men to toss the
coin and decide who gets to keep it?
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Historical
Events
1642 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had its 1st
graduating class.
1846 – German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the
planet Neptune.
1913 – Mark Sennet presented the first Keystone Cops film,
although some say it was Hoffmeyer’s Legacy, in 1912.
1932 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
merges the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1938 – A time capsule, to be opened in 6939, was buried at World’s
Fair in NYC.
1950 Nobel peace prize
awarded to Ralph Bunche for mediation in Israel - 1st African American winner
1952 Richard Nixon makes
his "Checker's" speech
1955 – When James Dean first met Alec Guinness (Ben Kenobi) he
asked him to take a look at his brand new Porsche Spyder. Guinness told Dean:
“If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.”
This encounter took place on September 23, seven days before Dean’s death.
1957 White mob forces 9
black students enrolled at Little Rock's Central High School in Arkansas to
withdraw
1957 – The first movie (1953) to become a TV series was How to
Marry a Millionaire. It was syndicated and not on a regular network.
1962- The Jetsons cartoon debuted on ABC – ABC’s first full-color
program.
1986 – The U.S. Congress voted the rose the official flower of the
US.
1988 – Jose Canseco became baseball’s first player to steal 40
bases & hit 40 Home Runs in a season. He later admitted to using steroids.
2007 – During the 2007 baseball season, the Los Angeles Dodgers
added an infielder named Chin-Lung Hu. After Hu singled in his third at-bat in
a game on September 23, Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said, “Shades of Abbott
and Costello, I can finally say, ‘Hu is on first base.'”
2018 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches
"Modicare", free healthcare for 500 million, world's biggest healthcare
program
2019 Climate activist Greta Thunberg scolds world leaders
"How Dare You" for not addressing climate change at the UN Climate
Action Summit in New York
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Birthdays
Today
1897 – Walter
Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor, and singer (died in 1984)
@93 – Mickey
Rooney, American actor, and singer (d. 2014)
@40 – John
Coltrane, American saxophonist, composer (d. 1967; liver cancer)
@73 – Ray
Charles, singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004; liver failure)
77 – Julio
Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
71 – Bruce
Springsteen, American singer-songwriter
61 – Jason
Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
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Puzzle
Answer
They toss the coin twice. Each man picks heads or tails on the first
coin toss and on the second coin toss they switch. So, if you picked heads on the first coin
toss you would have tails for the second coin toss. In this way no one has an advantage over the
other.
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