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Almanac: Day: 295
/ Week: 43
October
Averages: 63° \ 31°
Holiday Observances
Today:
Caps Locks Day
International
Stuttering Awareness Day
Make A Difference Day
Medical Assistants
Recognition Day
National Nut Day
Smart is Cool Day
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
362 - The temple of
Apollo at Daphne is destroyed in a mysterious fire
1721 - Czar Peter
the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
1746 - Princeton
University (NJ) received its charter
1804
- Lewis & Clark visit a Sioux war
party
1836 - Sam
Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas
1861 - 1st
telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed
1875 –1st
telegraphic connection in Argentina
1877 - Blantyre
mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners
1881 - Boston
Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert
1883 - Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC)
grand opening (Faust)
1897 - World's
first car dealer opens in London
1907 - Ringling
Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey circus
1924 - Toastmasters
International is founded
1928 - Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the
University of Puerto Rico
1936 - 1st
commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1949 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m
(29:21.2)
1962 - JFK addresses
TV on Russian missile bases in Cuba-imposes naval blockade
1964
- French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1969 - Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1983 - 2
correctional officers killed in IL-inspired the Supermax model of prisons.
2006 - Panama
Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National
referendum held in Panama
2012 - Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western
Caribbean Sea
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another great day…able to keep door and windows open most of the day…is
it really Fall?
Amazingly, finished up my laundry today…four loads…+ folding and
putting away. WOW!
And headed to the mall for a quick haircut. Got there right as she
opened and this time got to be the first one. In and out in about 25 minutes…not
bad.
I am a registered Democrat in a very Republican/Independent state.
I’m getting about 2 phone calls a day regarding ‘polls’ as to whom I will be
voting for. I was talking to a registered Independent, he is getting about 4 of
those calls a day. In addition, there are few ‘open’ or ‘undeveloped’ areas
around town that are not filled with campaign signs. [Thanks to our HOA, political
signage is not permitted in our area]. I
keep hearing about how ‘big money’ is being poured into the various campaigns
around AZ. I am concerned about that, but I must say, a lot of that money must
be giving jobs to ‘telephone pollsters’ and local sign makers. Wouldn’t it be
better to stop the ‘big money’ and thus stop bothering us with daily phone
calls and cluttering our beautiful town with all those signs. Nov. 4th
can’t come any too soon for me.
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Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Golden
treasures I contain,
Guarded by hundreds and thousands.
Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks,
Yet men come often to seize my gold.
By smoke I am overcome and robbed,
Then left to build my treasure anew.
What am I?
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Brain
Facts…
-Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
-The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13
percent larger than that of the average of modern man
-Starfish don't have brains.
Dinosaur
Facts…
-The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space
around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
-There is a museum in Spain that shows 2 T. Rex skeletons having
sex.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
75 years
ago
Carl Osborne passed the FCC exam and has received his permit to
operate his own amateur shortwave radio station radio for sending and
receiving. He went on the air Sunday with the call letters W6RXP. Carl is a
junior at Flagstaff High and built his transmitter last summer.
Harper’s
Index…
Number of US states that have capital punishment: 32
Number of US states that have never used lethal injection: 11
Number of states with lethal injection that shield the identities of
their lethal-injection drug suppliers: 9
Halloween
Facts…
-Stephen Clarke holds the record for the world’s fastest pumpkin
carving time: 24.03 seconds, smashing his previous record of 54.72 seconds. The
rules of the competition state that the pumpkin must weigh less than 24 pounds
and be carved in a traditional way, which requires at least eyes, nose, ears,
and a mouth.
-Trick-or-treating evolved from the ancient Celtic tradition of
putting out treats and food to placate spirits who roamed the streets at
Samhain, a sacred festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year.
-“Souling” is a medieval Christian precursor to modern-day
trick-or-treating. On Hallowmas (November 1), the poor would go door-to-door
offering prayers for the dead in exchange for soul cakes.
Law
Facts…
-In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against
the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender
discrimination.
-The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure
is North Korea.
-Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
Rules of
Thumb…
REPOTTING
AFRICAN VIOLETS
African violets need
small pots. As a rule, the pot should be one-third the width of the plant. A
6-inch plant, for instance, needs a 2-inch pot.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The
Cockroach can live up to two weeks without a head because its "brain"
(or control center) is spread throughout its body.
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Joke-of-the-day
An old county doctor went way out to the
boondocks to deliver a baby. It was so far out that there was no electricity.
When the doctor arrived, no one was home except for the laboring mother and her
5 year old child. The doctor instructed the child to hold a lantern high so he
could see while he helped the woman deliver the baby.
The child did so, the mother pushed, and after a little while, the doctor
lifted the new born baby by the feet and spanked him on the bottom to get him
to take his first breath.
"Hit him again," the child said. "He shouldn't have crawled up
there in the first place!!"
Yep, It
Really Happened
New York
Times
"Selfie fever" has begun to sully the sacred Islamic
pilgrimages to Mecca, according to scholars who complained to Arab News in
September. What for centuries has been a hallowed journey intended to renew the
spirit of Islam (that all Muslims are called upon to experience at least once)
has come, for some in the so-called "Facebook era," to resemble a
trip to Disneyland, with visitors to the Sacred Mosque texting friends the
"evidence" of their piety. (Another scholar complained in a New York
Times opinion piece in October that Mecca is often experienced more as a tour
packaged by marketers and centered around Mecca's upscale shopping malls rather
than religious structures.)
Somewhat
Useless Information
Sharon
Stone, is known not only for her career in acting, film producing and fashion,
but also for her high IQ.
For
many years it was claimed that she was a member of Mensa, the largest and
oldest high IQ society in the world, having an IQ of 148.
However,
in 2002, she refused to have ever been a member of that society.
“It’s
delightful to finally see Ms. Stone admit that she’s not and never has been a
member of our society. My gut feeling is that she would definitely qualify. But
that’s just based on what we’ve been told by other individuals”, Jim Blackmore
of Mensa said.
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Luckily,
scientific and medical development have led to the decreasing or even
disappearance of several diseases.
A
very typical, as well as important example is the eradication of smallpox,
where vaccinations played a major role.
Smallpox
is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated and it now only
exists in high security labs in Russia and the US.
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Unlike
the question of chicken and egg we know the answer to the similar question of
orange the fruit and orange the color.
The
name “orange” to the color was given after the fruit, as the first instance of
the word in Anglo manuscript, “pume orange,” dates back to the 13th century,
whereas the first use of the word to describe the color is first noted in
the 16th century.
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
--- 17-24
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week
--- 19-25
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week
Freedom From Bullies Week
International Infection Prevention Week
Mediation Week
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
National Forest Products Week
National Friends of Libraries Week
National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
National Massage Therapy Week
National Respiratory Care Week
National Save For Retirement Week
Pastoral Care Week
Red Ribbon Week
Ally Week
--- 20-26
Freedom of Speech Week
Medical Assistants Recognition Week
National Health Education Week
National Nuclear Science Week
National School Bus Safety Week
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Today’s
Events through History
1812 - Duke
of Wellington seizes Burgos, Spain
1875 - Sons
of American Revolution organizes
1922 - Lucerne
Street in Bronx named
1972 - Betsy
Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1978 - Grete Weitz runs female world record
marathon (2:32:29.8)
1978 - Pope John
Paul II is inaugurated as Pope
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Birthday’s
Today
Christopher
Lloyd, actor (Back to the Future) is77
Lynette
Fromme, attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford is 67
Jeff
Goldblum, actor (Jurassic Park) is 63
Carlos
Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian is 48
Sofia
Vassilieva, American actress is 23
Remembered
for being born today
Franz
Liszt, romantic composer/ pianist (Faust Symphony) (1811-1886)
Sarah
Bernhardt, France, actress (Camille) (1844-1923)
Joan
Fontaine, Tokyo, actress (Gunga Din) (1917-2013)
Timothy
Leary, Harvard prof (LSD taker) (1920-1996)
Dory
Previn [Dorothy Veronica Langan], singer-songwriter (1925-2012)
Annette
Funicello, actress (Mickey Mouse Club) (1942-2013)
Bobby
Fuller, rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four) (1944-1966)
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Historical
Obits Today
Pablo
Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, 1973, @96
Arnold
Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, 1975, @86
Rollo May, founder
(Humanistic Psychology Movement), 1994, @85
Soupy
Sales (Milton Supman), comedian\television personality, 2009, @83
Mary
Wickes, actress (Sister Act), kidney failure, 1995, @79
Russell
Means, Native American activist, cancer, 2012, @72
Paul
Cézanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, pneumonia, 1906, @67
Thomas
Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist, 1883, @65
Charles "Pretty
Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot by FBI, 1934, @30
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Brain Teasers Answers
A beehive.
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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.
§…And That Is All for Now…§
