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Weekend of Sept. 2-4, 2016

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"Play is the exultation of the possible."

--- Martin Buber

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Inspiration
Don't embarrass me!
By Dr. Erica Brown

Humiliation and prayers, elucidated

Reality Check
Obama's greatest achievement
By Caroline B. Glick

And he's oh-so-proud

Coupling
Is your marriage dying? Bring it back to life with these 10 life-lessons from nature
By Alex Phippen

Vibrant relationships are central to a happy life; and no one has a greater understanding of life than Mother Nature

Wellnesss
That thing you heard about needing exactly eight glasses of water a day? False
By Ellie Krieger

Which hydration claims hold water?

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Jim Shahin

A barbecue Don Quixote and an authentic Shenandoah Valley bbq Chicken recipe complte with Virginia secrets

Wealth Strategies
4 Psychological Blind Spots That Affect Your Portfolio
By Curt D. Knotick

Learn how to avoid having your emotions derail your financial plans

[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]

• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• John Deering

• Steve Kelley

• Jerry Holbert

• Jimmy Margulies

• Rick McKee

• Michael Ramirez

Marilyn Penn: Cui Bono

Neil Steinberg: Is Anthony Weiner an addict or just a jerk?

[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1666, the Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings

• 1752, the United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe

• 1789, the United States Department of the Treasury is founded

• 1792, during what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers

• 1858, the first special cigar bands were distributed at a dinner in New York City. The bands paid homage to Cyrus W. Field for his work in the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable

• 1864, during the American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city

• 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan --- Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner

• 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair

• 1930, the first nonstop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed in 37 hours as Captain Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, N.Y., aboard their Breguet 19 biplane, which bore a large question mark, instead of a name, on each side

• 1935, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423

• 1945, during WW II: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry S Truman proclaimed this day as Victory-over-Japan Day (V-J Day or Victory Day) ALSO: Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

• 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act, which provided aid to public and private education to promote learning in such fields as math and science

• 1969, the first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York

• 1987, the trial of Mathias Rust, the 19-year-old pilot who flew his Cessna plane into Red Square in May 1987, begins in Moscow. Rust had become an international celebrity following his daring intrusion into Soviet airspace and landing in the center of Moscow, but the Soviet government condemned his actions

• 1998, a United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced. Because mass killings had occurred in several countries since the law went into effect, the UN received heavy criticism for waiting 50 years before finally enforcing it

• 1999, it was announced that President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, had signed a contract to purchase a $1.7 million house in Chappaqua, N.Y., ending a monthslong guessing game over where the couple would live after leaving the White House

• 2005, the Labor Department reported the August unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, a four-year low

• 2006, Afghan and NATO forces launched Operation Medusa, aimed at flushing out Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan

• 2007, following two days of talks in Geneva, the chief U.S. envoy said North Korea had agreed to account for and disable its atomic programs by the end of the year; the head of the North Korean delegation said his country's willingness to cooperate was clear, but he did not cite any date

• 2009, Pfizer agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion

• 2010, Israeli and Arab leaders pledged in a first round of renewed peace talks in Washington to keep meeting at regular intervals

• 2014, Islamic State group terrorists released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, and warned President Barack Obama against further U.S. airstrikes on the savages. ALSO: A judge in North Carolina ordered the release of Henry Lee McCollum, 50, and Leon Brown, 46, half-brothers who were declared innocent after spending decades in prison for their convictions in the murder of an 11-year-old girl. DNA evidence implicated another suspect, a man who was imprisoned in a different case

• 2015, President Barack Obama and the Dems put the West -- and particularly Israel -- at risk after after the Iran nuclear agreement survived in Congress. (Please see Caroline Glick's column above for details)

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