Sep 3

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Sep. 3, 2019 Week: 36  Day: 246

86004:   H 84° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 25% 

Nearest wildfire:  27mi.  Nearest lightning:  19mi

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  6mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 91°[1948]   Record Low: 34°[1973]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

We cannot change anything until we accept it. 

Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Carl Jung

Random Tidbits

Word Origins

Jacuzzi

The Jacuzzi family emigrated from Italy to California in the early 1900s. They worked in the agriculture sector, improving aviation devices and water pumps. They invented the submersible pump, which was the first of its kind in the world. When a family member developed arthritis, the brothers created a portable hydrotherapy pump, which was the first type of Jacuzzi.

Nachos

Nachos are such a popular snack that the word is not even spelled with a capital N, even though it's the name, or rather the nickname rather, of a person. Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya served what was later called nachos for the very first time to American military wives at a restaurant in Mexico, close to Fort Duncan. He fried tortilla chips and put shredded cheddar cheese and sliced jalapenos on top. He warmed them up for a few minutes and voila!

Observances This Month

Happy Cat Month Link Link
Histiocytosis Awareness Month Link
Hunger Action Month  Link  Link
Intergeneration Month
International  or National Guide Dogs Month Link  Link
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month Link  
International Speak Out Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Women's Friendship Month Link
ITP Awareness Month Link
Library Card Sign-up Month
(World) Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month Link

Observances This Week

1-5

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link 

1-7

International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week Link
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
National Waffle Week 

2-6

National Payroll Week 

3-4

Shetland Wool Week Link

3-7

Play Days 

Observances for Today

Another Look Unlimited Day 
National Day of Prayer for Victims: Hurricane Harvey Link
National Welsh Rarebit Day

National Baby Back Ribs Day

Skyscraper Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Having a very nice Labor Day. Nice walk early this morning.

I am reminded today of the reason for Labor Day. The Labor movement helped build this great country. I made decent money in my HS/college days thanks to Labor Unions. As President of the BIA Teacher’s Union our team was able to get staff 5 days of leave for personal business. Prior to that the leave had to be for ‘emergencies’ which were very limited. We all need to remember that employers want to make the most money possible for themselves and/or the shareholders. That is fine, but it needs to balance with the needs of the employees. Without labor unions, the balance is seldom there. Just look at non-union Walmart or Amazon. They make huge profits, they pay little or no taxes, and in the Walmart case, many of their employees receive food stamps or other government aid. Many companies offer benefits to only the full-time employees, so they cut hours for most of their staff so they have the fewest number of full-time employees. Now many businesses are cutting employees with automated checkout, automated help lines, automated ordering, and the list goes on. Machines don’t need sick leave, breaks from work, 8-hour work days, overtime pay, vacations, paychecks with taxes paid by the employer, etc.

Labor Day is the last hurrah of summer with lots of cookouts, family gatherings, etc. All good times. Just take a few minutes to understand why we are celebrating and do whatever you can to help the laborers who continue to build this great country.

Florida and others continue to prepare for Dorian’s arrival. The ‘we’ll just stick it out’ might work this time, but it also could cost lives. During our recent fire scare I get the feeling that one does not want to evacuate, but I trust the officials enough to know that when they say leave, I leave.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

What word in the English language does the following:

the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

This is hard because it gets you thinking about gender and the ways they’re different. You have to think of one word that holds the others. It’s easy when you think about it!

Historical Events

1189 - Richard The Lion-Hearted was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

1192 - King Richard settled a peace with Muslim general Saladin, allowing Christian pilgrims and merchants access to Muslim-held Jerusalem.

1752 - September 3-13 never happened for many, thanks to Great Britain adopting the Gregorian colander. People rioted, believing that the government had stolen 11 days of their lives

1777 - At Cooch's Bridge, in Newark Delaware, an early skirmish of American Revolutionary war took place, where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.

1783 - The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War.

1813 - Uncle Sam was seen for the first time, in Troy, New York.

1833 - The first issue of the New York Sun, New York's first penny paper, was published.

1838 - Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery.

1928 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and last career hit.

1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1944 - Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and arrived three days later.

1950 - The Beetle Bailey, the comic strip, debuted.

1951 - Search for Tomorrow premiered on CBS.

1955 - #1 Hit: Mitch Miller - The Yellow Rose of Texas

1966 - #1 Hit: Donovan - Sunshine Superman

1976 - The American Viking 2 spacecraft landed at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

1978 - John Paul I was elected as the 264th Pope. He died 33 days later.

1983 - #1 Hit: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

1992 - Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos was cancelled 34 minutes into the program. Just about everyone involved was fired.

1995 - eBay was founded.

1996 - Viking II landed on Mars.

2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis ended on its third day with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of whom are children.

2008 - Sons of Anarchy premiered on FX

2012 New Zealand announces withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan

2013 Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion

2015 Kentucky clerk in Rowan County jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples

2015 Chris the sheep breaks the world record for biggest shorn fleece 40kg (88lb) near Canberra, Australia

2017 Governor of California Jerry Brown issues state of emergency due to La Tuna brush fire near Los Angeles

2017 1.4 ton WWII bomb defused in Frankfurt, Germany with 60,000 people evacuated, the largest postwar

2018 Heatwave made summer hottest ever in England, joint hottest for UK according to UK Met Office

2018 First public canning and conviction of lesbian couple attempting to have sex, by Sharia High Court in Terengganu state, Malaysia

Birthdays Today

Kitty Carlisle, stage/screen actor, TV: To Tell the Truth

(d. 2007 @96)

Mort Walker, comic strip writer [Beatle Bailey, Hi & Lois]

(d. 2018 @94)

Valerie Perrine, actor, model (76)

James Duff, TV writer [The Closer, Major Crimes] (64)

Charlie (Carlos Irwin Estévez) Sheen, actor (54)

Alan Ladd, actor

(d. 1964 @50 OD)

Nichole Hiltz, TV actor (41)

Shaun White, Olympic Snowboarder (33)

Puzzle answer:

Heroine