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Sept 15, 2015
Almanac:
Week: 38 \ Day: 258
September
Averages: 74°\42°
86004
Today: H 74° \ L 51° Average
Sky Cover: 25%
Wind
ave: 3mph\Gusts: 21mph
Ave.
High: 74° Record High: 87°[2000]
Ave. Low: 42° Record Low: 26°[1903]
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Observances
Today:
8-Track Tape Day Link
Get Ready Day Link
Google.com Day
Greenpeace Day
International Day of Democracy
International Dot Day Link
LGBT Center Awareness Day
Battle
of Britain Day (UK)
Independence
Day (Costa Rica-1821-from Spain)
Independence
Day (El Salvador-1821-from Spain)
Independence
Day (Guatemala-1821-frm Spain)
Independence
Day (Honduras-1821-frm Spain)
Independence
Day (Nicaragua-1821-frm Spain)
Rosh Hashannah (Jewish New Year)
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Observances
This Week:
13-19
Balance
Awareness Week Link
Child
Passenger Safety Week Link
Dating
and Life Coach Recognition Week
International
Housekeepers Week Link
National
Assisted Living Week
National
Environmental Services Week Link
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link
14-18
Health
Information and Technology Week Link
Line
Dance Week
National
Love Your Files Week Link
National
Postdoc Appreciation Week Link
National
Staffing Employee Week Link
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1655 - Esopus Indians attack New Amsterdam in sixty-four
war canoes. This retaliatory raid is for the killing of an Indian woman by a
settler for stealing peaches.
1620 - Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with
102 pilgrims
1683 - Germantown, Pennsylvania, founded by 13
immigrant families
1789 - US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department
of State
1830 - First National Negro Convention begins in
Phila
1945 - A hurricane in southern Florida and the
Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson,
responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a
letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control
legislation.
1981 - US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously
approves Sandra Day O'Connor for the US Supreme Court
1982 - 1st issue of "USA Today" published
by Gannett Co Inc
1985 - Senate judiciary committee begins Robert
Bork confirmation hearings
2014
- President Obama announces the US will send 3,000 troops to
help combat spread of the Ebola virus
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1616 - The 1st non-aristocratic, free public school
in Europe opened in Frascati, Italy.
1835 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches
Galapagos Islands
1851 - Saint Joseph's University is founded in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1935 - Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of
citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1952 - UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia
1990 - France announce it will send 4,000 troops to
Persian Gulf
2000 - 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Good day but the wind woke me up last night and I had to close by
bedroom window as not only was it strong, it was chilly—the beginning of fall
in the air. Monsoon continued early evening and looks like it might be back
tonight.
As a linguist, I have been trying to wonder the lives of the
Syrian and Iraqi families that have headed for Europe. Not only is there the
very real physical challenges, but there is also a huge language barrier they
have to overcome. No VISA, No Passport and I’m sure that neither Greek nor
Hungarian nor German are taught in the schools. This mass of people is much
like the Cuban evacuation when Castro took over the industry in Cuba…the rich
and educated were fleeing first. It’s also like the Vietnam evacuation after
the fall of Saigon. Those with money and influence are getting out, while the
others are left behind. Time to step up America, just as we have done before. Our
hands are far from clean in what is happening today.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The
following sentences can be completed by adding two words that are anagrams of
one another. Each word has only four letters. Enjoy!
1. If you prick your finger while picking a ____, it may be very ____.
2. If you take a ____ at the Mad Hatter's party, you still may not get a sip of
his ____.
3. If you need some stamps, then you must ____ by the ____ office.
4. If you eat a whole ____ of a wedding cake, you may develop a spare ____
around your middle.
5. If you have a ____ with your friend, you should forgive them and focus on
the future, not on the ____.
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
Ralph, the world's largest bunny, weighs 55
pounds and eats $90 worth of food a week.
A man with locked-in syndrome, named
Jean-Dominique Bauby, wrote an entire book by blinking his left eyelid.
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…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
There have been several localized heavy thunderstorms with hail --
golf ball size in Tuba and flash flooding in some locations. Flagstaff received
only 0.2 5inches while 0.90 inches fell in Oak Creek and 10.4 inches in
Cottonwood. Paul Sorenson, Meteorologist.
President J. Lawrence Walkup reports 1,750 freshmen enrolled at
Arizona State College.
The new Salvation Army held its Grand Opening on Thursday and is
now officially open.
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…Harper’s
Index…
51 –
percentage of Afghan inmates who say they have been tortured during imprisonment
1 – number of
criminal prosecutions for torture in Afghanistan since 2000
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhotograph by @thomaspeschak A lantern fishermen paddles
across the shallows of the Danajon Bank. Once he reaches the coral reef he will
free dive into the inky water with the light from his kerosine lamps as his
only reference. With a small hand spear he seeks out small reef fish and marine
invertebrates. The shallow Danajon Bank used to be one of the most productive
marine realms in the Philippines, but decades of overfishing have taken its
toll.
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…Foreigners
Find These American Customs Offensive…
22. Refusing food
Americans often refuse food to make it easier for their hosts, but
in most Arab countries, like Lebanon, it is considered incredibly rude to
reject anything offered, especially food.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The song "Over The Rainbow" nearly didn't make it into The
Wizard Of Oz. Songwriter Harold Arlen had to beg for its inclusion in the
film.
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2
jokes for the day
Q: What do dolphins and men have in common?
A: They say that they're intelligent but no one's been able to prove that.
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Shut Up and Trouble were walking down a path.
Trouble got lost. So, Shut Up went to the police officer. The police officer
asked, "What's your name?"
He answered, "Shut Up."
He asked again "What's your name?"
"Shut Up."
The police officer asked, "Are you looking for trouble?!"
"Yeah, I lost him down a path about two miles ago."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
Los
Angeles, CA – California State University, LA researcher Mare Kubasak spent
about 2500 hours (sometimes 12 hours a day) training 40 brain-damaged rats to walk
on a treadmill, after sewing little vests to tether the critters, suspended, to
a robotic arm. His work paid off, though, according to Popular Science magazine, as doctors in Poland and University
College London used his procedures to help a man with a damaged spine. (In the
middle of the project, Kubasak developed a rodent allergy and was forced to
wear a body suit every day with a respirator.)
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Somewhat
Useless Information
When
Arthur Ashe won the first "Open" U.S. Open in 1968, he was still an
amateur and ineligible to get paid. Rather than collect the $12,000 in winner's
prize money, he was "awarded" with his $20 per diem.
In 1970, Margret Wade once won all three events held for women - singles,
doubles and mixed doubles - and earned $9,500 for her effort. Doing the same
thing today would be worth $4,020,000 or about 423 times as much.
The tiebreak came to the U.S. Open in 1970, a development which continues to
delight John McEnroe, who can't go a single match at any Grand Slam without
praising the Open for being the only major to have a fifth-set tiebreak.
Forty years ago, the Open became the first Grand Slam to play tennis under the
lights. The French Open and Wimbledon still don't, even though Wimbledon can
now play into the night thanks to its roof.
The tournament had been played on grass for its first 93 years (until 1974),
then clay for three years at Forest Hills (1975-77), before moving to what is
now the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and its hard courts in 1978. It
is the only major to have been played on three different surfaces.
The U.S. Open is the only Grand Slam to play every year since its founding. The
European events, clearly, had to stop for both World Wars and the Australian
Open made that decision as well.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(96) - Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress (King
Kong) d.2004
(95) - Penny Singleton, Phila Pa, voice (Jane
Jetsons)/actress (Blondie) d.2003
(89) - Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country
musician (Hee Haw) d.1992
(88) - Jackie Cooper, American actor and
director (Skippy, Superman) d.2011
(85) - Agatha Christie, British crime writer
(Murder on Orient Express) d. 1976
(84) - Jean Renoir, French director (Madame
Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion) d.1979
(81) - Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher
(Gannett) d.1957
(72) - William Howard Taft, 27th pres, chief
justice d.1930
(72) - Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day)
d.1980
(69) - Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer
(Il Milione) d. 1324
(69) - Merlin Olsen, NFL tackle
(Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy) d.2010
69 - Tommy Lee Jones, actor (Executioner's
Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive)
69 - Oliver Stone, director (Wall St, Good
Morning Vietnam, Platoon)
54 - Dan Marino, NFL quarterback (Miami
Dolphins)
(46) - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, US
jazz hard bop musician d.1975
31 – Prince Harry
(Henry Charles Albert David), Prince of Wales, 3rd in succession
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Historical
Obits Today
Sarah
Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis, daughter of Zakary Taylor,
malaria-1935@21
Thomas
Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), TB-1938@37
Willy
Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder-1978@80
Johnny
Ramone, lead guitarist of the punk rock-The Ramones,
cancer-2004@55
Brett
Somers, Canadian-born actress\Match Game panelist-2007@83
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1. rose, sore
2. seat, teas
3. stop, Post
4. tier, tire
5. spat, past
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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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Is All for Now…▲
