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September
Averages: 74°\42°
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Average Sky Cover: 50%
Wind
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High: 77° Record High: 91°[1948]
Ave. Low: 46° Record Low: 35°[1953]
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Observances
Today:
Bison-ten Yell Day
Independence
Day (Vietnam-1945 from Japan/France)
Observances
This Week:
1-5
National Payroll Week
1-7
International Enthusiasm Week Self-University
Week Link
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1779 - General John
Sullivan, and his force of 4,500 men continue their attacks on Indians in New
York who he suspects are British Allies
1789 - US Treasury Department established by
Congress
1859 - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1864
- Union General William T.
Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners,
who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work
conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and
forcing several hundred more out of town
1900 - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
1901 - VP Theodore Roosevelt advises
"Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon", the first
science fiction film, released
1914 - The US Treasury Department establishes the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance to provide up to $5 million worth of insurance for
merchant ships and their crews
1920 - W Somerset Maugham's "East of
Suez" premieres in London
1929 - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union
& Lever Bros
1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to
US (37 hrs)
1931 - Tucson dedicated
the new Southern Pacific Hospital.
1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1963 - Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents
integration of Tuskegee HS
1963 - CBS & NBC
expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the
United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York
1987 - Donald Trump takes out a full page NY
Times ad lambasting Japan
1987 - Philips introduces CD-video
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1192 - Ottoman Sultan Saladin & King
Richard the Lion-hearted of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the
Third Crusade
1666 - Great Fire of London begins at 2am in
Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1898 - Machine gun 1st used in battle
1900 - A large demonstration by Nationalists in
Dublin's Phoenix Park demand that Ireland be free of British rule
2012 - A decades-long ban on veiled female news
presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
What a day with bureaucrats. A friend from the Rez has a son (24)
who tore his knee. He arrived on crutches at my house. The plan was to get his AHCCCS insurance straightened out today. He
did the injury in Flag on Sat and went to the local hospital who gave him
crutches and a knee brace, but couldn’t treat him anymore until he was signed
up for the AZ state insurance. A lady filled out the forms and told him to
check back today and make an appointment with Orthopedics. Phone call learned
that the lady who filled out the forms in on vacation. Referred to Winslow IHS
clinic to get more information. That lady says the AZ website was down all
weekend for maintenance. Called back to the hospital and another lady said she
would input the information today and call him with a tracking number. Still
waiting for that call 5 hours later. Pain meds are $200, which the family can’t
afford. So it’s Ibuprofin and ice packs. Tough guy is living through it. Sadly
it is a typical Rez story in trying to get medical care. All I had to do was
furnish the phone.
Then, yesterday I called my physician
for a renewal for my allergy meds. They called it in, but the pharmacy was out
until today. The pharmacy has been sending me renewal notices for one of my
thyroid meds, but the Dr. gave me a different dosage, so I ignored the renewal
and took the script to pick up today along with the allergy meds. Now they are
out of the thyroid meds. They’ll be in tomorrow. What a pain.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The
following riddle was originally printed in 1867 in "London Society".
On six feet, I am a noxious drink,
Of whose effects you shudder to think.
Change only my second foot, and then
You convert me into a horrible den
Where the culprit, who gave the noxious drink,
Awaits the fate of which you shudder to think.
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at
Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the
morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he
survived another atomic blast.
The Chief Translator for the European
Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
25 YEARS AGO-1990
City officials are moving to clamp down on unauthorized efforts to
double the size of the Topless Dance Club on South San Francisco Street by
knocking down the wall to Shakey Drake’s, which caters to the college crowd.
It’s been in trouble ever since the drinking age was raised from 18 back up to
21.
A possible city/private venture may build a 66-vehicle
underground parking garage as a joint venture at the northeast corner of
Aspen and Leroux.
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…Harper’s
Index…
5 – number of
times that Republican state attorneys general jointly filed lawsuits against
the Clinton Administration
68 – against
the Obama Administration
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhoto by @jimrichardsonng Scottish Moments: Exploring Glen
Etive today led us to Right-angle Falls, much beloved by kayakers. Rivers like
this swell and fall with the passing rains in a very short time. Still
searching the Scottish Moors
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…Foreigners
Find These American Customs Offensive…
10. Opening a present immediately
© Provided by Business InsiderIn most Asian countries, most
notably China and India, tearing into a gift in front of the gift giver is poor
form. It looks greedy.
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…USA
Facts…
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
If you want a spot on the beach in Monaco, you'd better get there
early. It has only 3.5 miles of coastline, less than any other non-landlocked
country.
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2
jokes for the day
Friendship between women: A woman doesn’t come
home one night. The next day she tells her husband that she had slept over at a
girlfriend's house. The husband calls his wife's 10 best friends. None of them
know anything about it.
Friendship between men: A man doesn’t come home one night. The next day he
tells his wife that he had slept over at a friend’s house. The wife calls her
husband's 10 best men friends. Eight of them confirm that he had slept over,
and two claim that he was still there.
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Teacher: What does your father do for a
living?
Student: He is a magician.
Teacher: what is his favorite event.
Student: He cuts people in two.
Teacher: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Student: One half-brother and one half-sister....
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Yep,
It Really Happened
A British woman was sued for biting off a man’s nose after he
tried to kiss her without consent, according to wikipedia.org. Learn here what
was the verdict!
She won and the judge ruled “When a man kisses a woman against her
will, she is fully entitled to bite his nose”.
The case was forerunner of sexual harassment cases to come and
asserted that a woman was permitted to defend her virtue, by force if
necessary.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Egyptian
art commonly depicts pharaohs as being trim and statuesque, but this was most
likely not the case. Learn here the paradox of the situation.
Many
ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their
typical depiction, according to history.com.
That
was likely due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(88) - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and
songwriter d. 2003
(80) - Allen Drury, author (Advise &
Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) d.1998
78 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics
(1984)/baseball commissioner
(70) - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded
Spaulding sports company d.1915
67 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh
Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
64 - Mark Harmon, Burbank California, actor
(NCIS)
63 - Jimmy Connors, US tennis champion (US
Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
60 - Linda Purl, Greenwich Ct, actress
(Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock)
(56) - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and
bandleader d. 1981
51 - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill &
Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
50 - Lennox Lewis, heavyweight boxer
(Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
49 - Salma Hayek, Veracruz, Mexico, actress
(Desparado)
(45) - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little
Boy Blue) d. 1895
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Historical
Obits Today
J. R. R.
Tolkien, British author (The Hobbit)-1973@81
Bob
Mathias, American athlete and congressman, cancer-2006@75
Bob
Denver, actor (Gilligan's Island), cancer-2005@70
Troy
Donahue, American actor, heart attack-2001@65
Pheidippides, Greek
hero and inspiration for the modern marathon-490BC@40?
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Brain
Teasers Answers
poison/prison
"On six feet" means a six letter word. The first two lines refer to
poison. The next two lines refer to prison. The last two refers to where
"the culprit" who gave you the poison would go -- prison.
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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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