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SEPT
10, 2015
Almanac:
Week: 37 \ Day: 253
September
Averages: 74°\42°
86004
Today: H 80° \ L 49°
Average Sky Cover: 45%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 18mph
Ave.
High: 75° Record High: 87°[1990]
Ave. Low: 44° Record Low: 28°[1912]
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Observances
Today:
(World) Suicide Prevention Day Link
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Observances
This Week:
6-12
National
Waffle Week
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
Suicide Prevention Week
Play
Days
10-12
Popcorn
Days
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1608 - John Smith elected president of
Jamestown colony council, Va
1776 - George Washington asks for a spy
volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1846 - Elias Howe patents sewing machine
1847 - 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1907 - Tucson City
Council passed an ordinance forbidding TB patients or other health seekers from
erecting tents within city limits. As a result, a city of tents springs up
outside Tucson.
1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved
coast-to-coast highway
1932 - Independent City Owned Rapid Transit
Railroad (IND) opens in NYC
1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
1972 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon
(2:12:19.8)
1978 - Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win US
Open on 3 different surfaces
2012 - Teachers in Chicago strike effecting 350,000
students
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1923 - Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1940 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
1942 - RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf
1964 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
2012 - 29 people are killed by floods and heavy
rain in Vietnam
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Early am dental cleaning. Was not sad to find out that I had a new
hygienist. The one I didn’t like has left the building, as well as left the
town. New lady is very nice and did a good job. Of course, the first time they
see you it takes a longer time, but was happy with her work. She asked the
dentist a few questions and he told her not to worry, that my mouth was just
unique. Well, duh.
Started laundry before my appointment and finished when I got
back. Now everything is clean, folded or hung and I am glad.
More Interstate shootings in Phx. No one hurt yet, but very scary.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
With
a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, can you explain the quickest
way to time a boiling egg for 15 minutes?
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
In 1961, the only surgeon in the Soviet
Antarctic Expedition, Leonid Rogozov, removed his own inflamed appendix under
local anesthesia.
About 60 million years ago, there was a
species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have
devoured a crocodile.
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…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO-1915
The Western Union is putting all their wires on San Francisco
Street underground, thus doing away with all those unsightly poles.
Arizona Wool Growers are putting up a vigorous fight in protest of
the raise in the tax to $4 from its current $3.50 per head.
While we’ve been hearing considerable complaint about our
extremely warm, up-to-88-degree weather during the past three weeks, a rescue
party from the desert near San Bernardino claims it was 138 there.
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…Harper’s
Index…
1/3 – portion
of cities in Washington State that have banned marijuana shops since the drug
we legalized there in 2012
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
Natgeo Photograph by Michael Yamashita. @yamashitaphoto. End of
Summer: Schooner Third Sea sails into the sunset off the coast of Thailand.
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…Foreigners
Find These American Customs Offensive…
17. Eating anywhere that doesn't serve food
In Rwanda and Japan, it is considered rude to eat anywhere that
isn't a restaurant, bar or hotel. Eating a banana on the bus? Ice cream
outside? All no-nos.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Holograms are images made using lasers. That said, if you make a
hologram of a magnifying glass, the resulting image would also function as a
magnifying glass.
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2
jokes for the day
A man goes to the hospital for its brain scan.
According to the results:
In his left brain no one's right.
And in his right brain nothing's left.
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Husband: Don’t put that money in your mouth.
There are germs on it.
Wife: Don’t be silly. Even a germ can’t live on the money you make.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
OLOT,
Spain - Police in a Spanish town are complaining of feeling the
"effects of smoking something illegal" as a result of smelling seized
marijuana stored at their station. USPAC, the union representing police
officers in the northeastern town of Olot, said the 2,000 marijuana plants
seized during the summer are being stored in locations including the
underground parking lot and some police offices due to lack of space and the
smell from the plants have been making officers ill. The union said the
"unbearable smell" from the plants has caused "discomfort"
and "headaches" in some officers, while others reported "feeling
the effects of smoking something illegal." "What will people who come
to report incidents think when they enter the police stations and smell such a
strong odor?" the union's complaint said. The union said police management
has failed to address complaints from officers. The complaint called for
specialized containers to be installed at the station to store the marijuana
and other objects.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
A
diamond is the hardest natural substance on earth, but if it is placed in an oven
and the temperature is raised to about 1405 degrees Fahrenheit, it will simply
vanish, without even ash remaining. Only a little carbon dioxide will have been
released.
Diamonds are formed over a period of a billion or more years deep within
earth's crust - about 90 miles deep - and is pushed to the surface by
volcanoes. Most diamonds are found in volcanic rock, called Kimberlite, or in
the sea after having been carried away by rivers when they were pushed to the
surface.
A diamond is 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on earth, corundum,
from which rubies and sapphires are formed. It was only during the 15th century
that it was discovered that the only way to cut diamonds was with other
diamonds. Yet, diamonds are brittle. If you hit one hard with a hammer, it will
shatter.
The world's largest diamond was the Cullinan, found in South Africa in 1905. It
weighed 3,106.75 carats uncut. It was cut into the Great Star of Africa,
weighing 530.2 carats, the Lesser Star of Africa, which weighs 317.40 carats,
and 104 other diamonds of nearly flawless color and clarity. They now form part
of the British crown jewels.
Not all diamonds are white. Impurities lend diamonds a shade of blue, red,
orange, yellow, green and even black. A green diamond is the rarest. It is not
the rarest gemstone, however. That title goes to a pure red ruby. Diamonds
actually are found in fair abundance; thousands are mined every year. 80% of
them are not suitable for jewelry - they are used in industry. Only diamonds of
higher clarity are sourced to the jewelry stores.
A diamond carat differs from a gold carat. The gold carat indicates purity -
pure gold being 24 carats. One diamond carat is 0.007055 oz. The word carat
derives from the carob bean. Gem dealers used to balance their scales with
carob beans because these beans all have same weight.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(91) - Robert Wise, director (Day the Earth
Stood Still, West Side Story) d.2005
86 - Arnold Daniel Palmer, Latrobe PA, PGA
golfer (1964 Masters)
(83) - Alice Brown Davis, 1st
female Seminole chief (appointed) d. 1935
82 - Karl Lagerfeld, Hamburg Germany, German
fashion designer (Chanel)
70 - Jose Feliciano, Lares, Puerto Rican
singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
67 - Margaret Trudeau, former Canadian 1st
lady
55 - Colin Firth, English actor (Bridget
Jones' Diary, The Kings Speech)
(51) - Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ (61 in
1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961) d. 1985
41 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
33 - Misty Copeland, ballerina (1st African
American Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre)
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Historical
Obits Today
Richard
Kiel, American actor-2007@90
Leo
Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid)-1961@81
Richard
Kiel, actor (Jaws in James Bond), heart attack-2014@74
Yves
Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z)-1991@70
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator-1851@63
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Start both hour glasses as the egg is dropped in the boiling
water. When the sand stops running in the 7-minute hourglass, turn it over.
When the sand stops running in the 11-minute hourglass, turn the 7-minute
hourglass over and leave the 11-minute hourglass. When the sand stops in the
7-minute hourglass, 15 minutes will have elapsed.
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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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