Sep 29

 

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Sep 29, 2020  Week: 40 Day: 273                   Local:   H 69° \ L 37° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   13mph\Gusts:  20mph                         Nearest lightning:  1063mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

EXTREME Risk of Fire                                      Visibility:  10mi

Record: 83°[2010]   Record: 22°[1902]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." 

-Napoleon Hill

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Random Tidbits

 The first-ever 911 call in the United States happened on February 16, 1968, in Haleyville, Alabama. It wasn't until 1999 that Congress directed the FCC to make 911 the universal emergency number for the United States for all telephone services.

Known as the "The City Where 911 Began," Haleyville, Alabama, holds a 911 festival every year that honors all police, fire, and emergency personnel.

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A little humor

Why do dentists like potatoes?
Because they are so filling.

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True Things

 BERLIN — Firefighters in the town of Werl in western Germany tackled an unusual emergency late on Monday when a tank at a local firm making liquid chocolate overflowed and poured out onto a street.

"About a ton of chocolate ran out into the yard and from there onto the street," a spokesman for the Werl fire department said in a statement.

The firefighters closed off the street and shoveled the chocolate - about 108 square feet — to one side before a specialist cleaning company cleaned the road.

"Despite this heartbreaking incident, it is unlikely that a chocolate-free Christmas is imminent in Werl," the fire department said.

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Observations This Week

Internat’l Sand Sculpting Championships 25-10/4  Link Cancelled due to COVID-19	National Keep Kids Creative Week: 27-10/3
Banned Books Week: 27-10/3	Remember: Register to Vote Wk: 27-10/3
International Week of the Deaf: 27-10/3	Sea Otter Awareness Week: 27-10/3 Link
National Chimney Safety Week: 27-10/3	World Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 27-10/3
National Fall Foliage Week: 27-10/3 Link

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Observations for Today

Confucius Day	Nat’l Attend Your Grandchild's Birth
International Coffee Day Link	National Biscotti Day
MAGS Day  Link	National Coffee Day
Michaelmas Link	National Mocha Day
Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Link	VFW Day
	World Heart Day  Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

A bit cooler today. Still nice.

Yesterday was a tough football day. Broncos lost badly; Cards lost by a late field goal to a team that hadn’t won a game. Oh well, next week.

The CA fires are in the Napa Wine area. One winery was destroyed and 64 of the 475 wineries have been evacuated. So sad.

Not surprised by the NYTimes story about Trump’s taxes. I’m sure that the Trump supporters will see it as him as cool for finding a way to avoid taxes. I have no problem paying MY FAIR SHARE, but I do not approve of all the ways the rich can hire lawyers to beat the system. Every American has had to pay more taxes because of the rich not paying their fair share. Maybe a flat tax is not such a bad idea.

I read an article about the Pandemic and Education. According to the UN, approximately 24million children will drop out worldwide due to the pandemic. Millions of those children will end up doing child labor, child sex trafficking, or digging through trash dumps for things they can sell [many times hazardous materials]. This is a setback for recent progress in child literacy, social mobility, and children’s health.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Each of these words contains the letters—in order—of another word that means almost the same thing as the original word: the u,s,e,d from accustomed form the word used.

chicken                     disappointed                      honorable

            infuriated                             investigate

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Historical Events

480 BC – Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. This was a few weeks after the famous Battle of Thermopylae (with King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans).

1829 -Scotland Yard went on patrol for the first time.

1916 American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire

1938 – The Treaty of Munich was signed by Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Daladier & Chamberlain. Contrary to some overly optimistic high hopes, it did not prevent World War II.

1957 – Kyshtym Disaster at Plutonium Production Plant, USSR

1960 – My Three Sons debuted on ABC.

1962 JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi

1963 – Rolling Stones 1st tour, opening for Bo Diddley and The Everly Brothers.

1966 – The Chevrolet Camaro [originally named Panter]was introduced.

1979 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland

1979 – Gold hit $400/ounce for the first time.

1982 – Cheers premiered on NBC.

1985 – The first of seven cyanide-laced Tylenol victims died. This event is what made manufacturers begin using tamper-proof packaging.

1990 – Millie’s Book, written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush, about the president’s dog, a best-selling non-fiction book, was released.

1992 – Magic Johnson came out of retirement to play for the Los Angeles Lakers after retiring less than a year earlier. He retired again in 1996.

1994 – The 304 jurors and alternate jurors were chosen for O.J. Simpson’s murder trial.

2008 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss by that time in history.

2018 Large demonstrations across Brazil against far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro

2019 Houthi rebels from Yemen claim they have killed 500 Saudi soldiers and captured 2,000 along with military a convoy in Najran region, Saudi Arabia

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Birthdays Today

@91 – Gene Autry, American singer, actor (d. 1998)

@90 – [Oail Andrew]Bum Phillips, football coach (d. 2013)

@86 – László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)

85 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist

77 – Lech Walesa, Polish electrician, and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

@68 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)

@57 – Madeline Kahn, American actress (d.1999; ovarian cancer)

@53 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954; cancer)

32 – Kevin Durant, NBA forward

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Puzzle Answer

 chicken                    disappointed                      honorable

            infuriated                             investigate

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