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Oct.
3, 2019 Week: 40 Day: 276
86004: H 67° \ L 34° \ Average Sky
Cover: 5%
Nearest
active fire: 82mi. Nearest lightning: 527mi
Wind: 9mph\Gusts:
10mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 83°[1980] Record Low: 21°[1902]
Oct.
Averages: 63°\32°
( 4 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
Just because something doesn't
do what you planned it to do
doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison
Random Tidbits
Officially, the
longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly,
which lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties.
The
Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting an exhausting
38 minutes.
Observances This
Month
Celiac Disease Awareness
Month
Church Library Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Energy Management: a Family
Affair;Improve Your Home Month
Intergeneration Month
National Bullying
Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene
Month
National Field Trip Month
National Roller Skating
Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month_
Observances This
Week
1-5
National Chimney Safety Week
1-6
1-7
3-5
3-10
No Salt Week
Observances for
Today
My Rambling Thoughts
Nice, lazy fall day. Took a short walk
after it warmed up.
For the record: I do not want a moat
around the border fence, I don’t want human beings trying to cross the border
shot, or separated from their children. I do want a President who holds a joint
press conference with another world leader and talk only about their meeting, I
don’t want one leader taking over the press conference to rant.
I saw an interesting study today on the
internet machine:
AZ is the 27th richest
state, CO is the 11th richest state.
29.7% of AZ residents have a BA; 41.7%
of CO have one.
14% of AZ residents live in poverty;
9.6% of CO residents.
AZ median income: $53,244; CO median
income $71,933.
Sure hope Bernie recovers quickly
after getting 2 stents. I got one stent decades ago and I’m still good.
I’m sure many who have not work in the
Federal Government know little about the Inspector Generals. Basically they are
the top lawyer of the Agency or Department. They work with a huge staff of
other lawyers. There are Deputy IG’s, Assistant IG’s, and staff. BIA, in the Dept.
of Interior, had an IG + Deputies + staff and they reported to the Dept. of
Interior IG. Over the years I was aware of several IG issues with schools where
I worked. When the Agency calls and the IG staff will be visiting the school,
it is a very big deal. I never knew why they were coming, until they arrived. They
interviewed me, as acting principal, then interviewed whatever employees they
wished to. Then they left. Months later they sent their findings down through
the channels to the Superintendent who then shared what s/he could to the
principal. No others ever heard from management what was discovered, but could
see local school personnel changes when they occurred. With all the news about various IG’s
work, this is a really big deal.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at
the bottom of this page
This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers,
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
Historical Events
1863 - The last
Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US President Abraham
Lincoln.
1872 - The
Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, in New York
City.
1949 - WERD, the
first black-owned radio station in the United States, opened in Atlanta. WERD
was at 860 AM, and is now WAEC.
1955 - Captain Kangaroo
premiered on CBS
1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club
premiered on ABC
1957 - The
California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other
Poems was not obscene.
1960 - The Andy Griffith Show
premiered on CBS
1961 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
premiered on CBS
1985 - The Space
Shuttle Atlantis makes its first flight.
1988 - Turner
Network Television (TNT) began on cable, with Gone With The Wind
1992- Singer
Sinead O'Conner stirred up controversy when she ripped up a picture of Pope
John Paul II on Saturday Night Live
1995 - More than
150 million people tuned in for the announcement of the verdict in the O.J.
Simpson trial. The not guilty verdict was met with both praise and criticism.
So many people (100 million+) were watching/listening to the O.J. Simpson
verdict that it cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.
1998 - #1 Hit: Monica - The First Night
2004 - Desperate Housewives
premiered on ABC
2015 - #1 Hit:
The Weeknd - The Hills
Birthdays Today
Chubby Checker,
R&R singer, dancer (78)
Lindsey
Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac lead guitar (70)
Rev. Al Sharpton,
civil rights activist, S. Baptist (65)
Tommy Lee, Motley
Crue drummer (57)
Gwen Stefani, pop
singer (50)
India Arie,
R&B singer (44)
Stevie Ray Vaughn,
Blues guitarist
(d. 1990 @35; helicopter crash)
Ashlee Eddie
Cochran, singer Summertime Blues
(d. 1960 @21; car accident)
Ashlee Simpson,
singer (35)
Puzzle answer:
Time…if
you live on the Rez…Wind!
