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Sep 28, 2020 Week: 40 Day: 272 Local: H 79° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 9mph\Gusts: 13mph
Nearest
lightning: 824mi.; active fire: 59mi.
EXTREME Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi
Record: 83°[2000] Record: 21°[1900] Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
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Today’s Quote
"Dreaming,
after all, is a form of planning."
-Gloria Steinem
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Random
Tidbits
Over 240 million calls are made to 911 in the
U.S. each year. Most of us take this service for granted. In fact, 15-20
percent of incoming 911 calls are not even emergencies. But we didn't always
have this luxury to waste.
The
world's oldest emergency phone number is the U.K's 999 number that was
introduced on June 30, 1937. It was implemented after a call to the fire
brigade was held in a queue with the telephone company. The delay cost five
women their lives in the fire.
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A little
humor
What is the dentist’s favorite movie?
Plaque to the Future.
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True Things
The world's largest robot - a giant Gundam that towers
60 feet above Japan's Port of Yokohama - has been under construction since
January. Now, the beastly bot is finally ready to stretch its legs. Inspired by
the fictional Japanese robot of the same name - this Gundam features a
staggering 24 degrees of freedom. That means the robot can pick up its legs to
walk, bend its knees, turn its head, and contort its fingers to mime hand
signals. People in Japan have caught and shared a few glimpses of the engineering
marvel. Considering the Gundam weighs about 25 tons, it's pretty insane to
watch it raise both arms in the air and pick itself back up after kneeling.
Those efficiencies are thanks to precise engineering and design work, as
outlined in a series of YouTube videos. In one installment, the engineers give
a tour of where they designed, built, and assembled the Gundam. The videos are
a great way to really contextualize the size of this monster; from the metal
fingertip to where the wrist will connect, for example, the hand is about 6.5
feet wide.
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Observations
This Week
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International Sand Sculpting Championships : 25-10/4 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
National
Keep Kids Creative Week: 27-10/3 |
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Banned
Books Week: 27-10/3 |
Remember:
Register to Vote Wk: 27-10/3 |
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International
Week of the Deaf: 27-10/3 |
Sea Otter
Awareness Week: 27-10/3 Link |
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National
Chimney Safety Week: 27-10/3 |
World
Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 27-10/3 |
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National
Fall Foliage Week: 27-10/3 Link |
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Observations
for Today
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National
Drink a Beer Day Link |
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Family Day |
National Good Neighbor Day |
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Fish Tank Floorshow Night |
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Internat’l Day for Universal Access To Information |
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International
Right To Know Day Link |
World Rabies Day |
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Nice Sunday with blue sky, warm temps, a great day for a walk
around the neighborhood.
I got a call from my brother in Mexico. Things are going well for
them. Lots of construction at the hacienda. They learned a few of the piles of
rocks were actually the remains of the ‘offices’ of the hacienda, back in the
day. They are turning them into ‘guest’ rooms. Very cool. At the same time,
they are building some walls which will eventually be used as an enclosed dog
run for their 12 rescue dogs + Micho, their chihuahua. Laura just got a new
decorating job for a place in NYC. She wants to visit the site, but due to
Covid, probably won’t. Several of their international friends have had
difficulty getting home after visiting the US. [One Australian couple had an
economy flight to Australia, then just before the flight got a call that the
flight was full, but they could buy the much more expensive Business Class
tickets.] Which also brought up Christmas. Since my brother and I have
spent every Christmas together…the question is will Covid mess that up? They
are staying in Mexico, so I must find a way to get there and back. I’ll start
checking flights, and then hope they are not cancelled.
Amy Coney Barrett is the Trump nominee for the Supreme Court. I am
not happy that Republicans would not allow Obama to have hearings on his
February nominee but do allow Trump to make a nominee in late September before
an election. As with most of Trump’s actions, I will just let it play out and
hope.
Cards are not doing that well against the Lions…I can’t believe it
with 2 Card wins this season, and the Lions none. I’m only getting internet
machine scores on the Denver/Tampa Bay game.
Broncos need help but it is only halftime.
Odd: 200+ retired high-ranking military officers have signed a
letter supporting Biden. It is not usual for retired Military officers to speak
about politics, let alone endorse a candidate.
Carnival, the Rio tradition just before Lent has been ‘delayed’
due to Corona. Last year the event brought 2.1million visitors and $725million
in revenue.
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Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Dan, Emilie Marciano and Christina are all wearing sold-colored
shirts. The colors of their four shirts are red, yellow, green, and blue. Only
the person wearing blue tells the truth, while the other three only lie.
They make the following statements:
Dan: Marciano is wearing red.
Emily: Dan is not wearing yellow.
Marciano: Emily is wearing blue.
Christina: I’m going to wear blue tomorrow.
Can you determine each person’s shirt color and whether we can
expect to Christina in blue tomorrow.
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Historical
Events
1779 American Revolution:
Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding
John Jay
1850 – Flogging (whipping) in the Navy and Merchant Marines was
abolished by the US.
1889 – The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)
defined the length of a ‘meter’ (‘metre’) as the distance between two lines on
a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at
the melting point of ice. Since 1983, it has been defined as “the length of the
path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a
second,” about 39.370 inches.
1920 – Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing
the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox scandal.”
1928 US acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek
1939 German-Soviet Frontier Treaty is signed by Joachim von
Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov; redraws German and Soviet spheres of
influence in central Europe and transfers most of Lithuania to the USSR
1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt,
is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for directing troops at Utah Beach
during the D-Day landings
1951 – The science-fiction classic film, The Day the Earth Stood
Still, was released.
1955 – First MLB World Series color TV was broadcast on NBC.
Yankees beat the Dodgers.
1967 – Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of
Columbia (DC).
1980 – Carl Sagan’s 13-part Cosmos premiered on PBS.
1984 – Miami Vice premiered on NBC
1995 Yitzhak Rabin and
Yasser Arafat sign accord to transfer West Bank to the PLO
2006 – The City Council of Reykjavik and neighboring
municipalities agreed to turn off all the city lights in the capital area for
half an hour, while a renowned astronomer talked about the stars and the
constellations on national radio.
2008 SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon
1 into orbit.
2015 NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on
Mars
2019 Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to
travel to Mars and the solar system and land back on earth
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Birthdays
Today
86 – Brigitte
Bardot, French actress
@73 – Ed
Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974; cancer)
@72 – Confucius,
Chinese teacher, and philosopher (d. 479 BC)
@70 – Al Capp,
American author, and illustrator (d. 1979; emphysema)
52 – Naomi Watts,
English-Australian actress
33 – Hilary Duff,
American actress, Lizzie McGuire
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Puzzle
Answer
Dan is wearing yellow, Emily is in red, Marciano
is in green, and Christina is in blue and will be wearing it again tomorrow.
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