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Oct
30, 2020 Week: 44 Day: 304 |
Local:
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59°\ L 26°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 10mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1224mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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high Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 72°[1934] Record: -2°[1971] |
Oct
Averages: 63°\32° (4
days with moisture) |
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Today’s Quote
Develop an attitude of
gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that
every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than
your current situation.
Brian Tracy
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Random Tidbits
Studies show that breast-fed
babies have lower levels of cholesterol as adults. Additionally, breast milk is
rich in healthy cholesterol and fats, which help prevent adult heart and
central nervous system diseases.
A little humor
Why did the dentist make a poor date for the
manicurist?
They fought tooth and nail!
True Things
The Weirdo-American Community
An unnamed
28-year-old man in search of a voluntary castration found himself drawn to a
website offering such services, which led him to travel from Virginia to a
cabin in the woods of Poteau, Okla. There, on Oct. 12, Bob Lee Allen, 53, and
Thomas Evans Gates, 42, allegedly relieved the victim of his testicles during a
two-hour surgery, The
Oklahoman reported. Allen told the victim that he has "a
freezer of body parts" and that "he was going to consume the parts
and laughed and said that he was a cannibal," an affidavit said. The day
following the operation, Allen took the victim to the hospital because he was
bleeding badly, but cautioned him to say "he done it to himself." The
hospital contacted police, and investigators searched the property, finding
suspected body parts in a deep freeze. Allen and Gates were charged with
multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including conspiracy to commit unlicensed
surgery and failure to bury the body parts.
Observations This Week
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Red Ribbon Week:
23-31 Link |
Kids Care Week: 25-31 |
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Disarmament Week: 24-30 |
National Lead Poisoning Prevention
Week: 25-31 Link |
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Prescription Errors Education &
Awareness Week: 24-31 |
National Massage Therapy Week: 25-31 Link |
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World Origami Days: 24-11/11 |
National Respiratory Care Week:
25-31 Link |
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Pastoral Care Week: 25-31 Link |
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International Magic Week: 25-31 |
Pro Bono Week: 25-31 Link |
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Give Wildlife a Brake! Week:
25-31 Link |
Sherlock Holmes Weekend: 30-11/1 LINK October event is
cancelled. |
Observations for Today
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Checklist Day |
Nat’l Bread Sticks Day |
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Create A Great Funeral Day Link |
Nat’l Candy Corn Day Link |
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Devil's Night or Mischief Night |
Nat’l Pharmacy Buyer Day Link |
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National Publicist Day Link |
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Haunted Refrigerator Night |
Rabi'-al-Awwal Link |
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Internat’l Bandanna Day Link |
Speak Up For Service Day Link |
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World Audio Drama Day |
My Rambling Thoughts
Warming
up but a chilly wind remains.
Pence
will be coming to Flag Airport for a rally tomorrow. I won’t be going.
Gallaudet
University is world famous as a premier school for the deaf. It is a private
University and gets 2/3 of its funding from the US Gov’t. I worked with several
grads as they worked for the AZ school for the Deaf and Blind, which is where
Navajo students needing their service attended. Now former employees of the
University have filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination in hiring and promoting
at the school. Sad.
The
census ended early and now the lawsuits begin. Advocacy groups are now charging
that many census takers filed false data, at their supervisor’s order, so that
there would be a 99.9% count. I minority neighborhoods, workers would knock and
if no answer, they would ‘guess’ how many were living in the residence and
guess the answers of all the questions. What a disgrace to the citizens of our
country.
Sen.
McSally is an appointed Senator, not an elected one. Our governor appointed her
to fulfill McCain’s seat. She had lost the election for the other seat just
before here appointment. She has basically been a lap dog for Trump. She is in
a tight battle against John Kelly, husband of the wounded Rep. from Tucson. So when
in Tucson, Trump made fun of McSally while calling her to the podium to support
him. Insane for sure.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What gets broken without being held?
Historical Events
1629 King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath
1868 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American
elected to US Congress
1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on
Earth", debuts (New York City)
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed
a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color barrier.
1938 (fiction) an alien spacecraft landed in Grover’s
Mill, New Jersey, War of the Worlds, Radio Broadcast
1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),
later becoming the World Trade Organization (WTO), was founded.
1952 Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas
1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George Marshall win
Nobel Peace Prize
1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a
resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square as part of
de-Stalinization efforts
1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is
completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for
the first time
1974 –
The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and champion George
Foreman took place in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali won by knockout, knocking Foreman
down just before the end of the eighth round.
1987 –
NEC released the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC
Engine, in Japan. It was later sold around the world under the name
TurboGrafx-16.
2017 President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul
Manafort and associate Rick Gates are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George
Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
2018 WWF conservation group says "exploding human
consumption" has caused a 60% decline in all wildlife between 1970 and 2014
2019 Twitter head Jack Dorsey announces it will no longer
take political ads
Birthdays Today
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@90
– John Adams, American lawyer politician, 2nd President (d. 1826) |
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75 – Henry
Winkler, American actor |
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39 – Ivanka Trump, American model, and businesswoman |
Puzzle Answer
A promise.
