FYI September 03, 2020

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On This Day

1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
John Kinport “Sal” Brallier (December 12, 1876 – September 17, 1960) was one of the first professional American football players. He was nationally acknowledged as the first openly paid professional football player when he was given $10 to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association for a game against the Jeanette Athletic Association in 1895.

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Born On This Day

1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920 – January 3, 1966) was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents.[1] She had a long career with the New York Herald Tribune (1942–1963), and later, as a syndicated columnist for Newsday (1963–1965). She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence awarded in 1951 for her coverage of the Korean War. In Phil Pisani’s book “Maggies Wars” the main character is based on the life of Marguerite Higgins.

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FYI

The Associated Press, CBS News: Pulsing signal raises hope for survivor almost a month on from Beirut port explosion “Even if there is less than 1 percent hope, we should keep on looking,” said Youssef Malah, a civil defense worker.
 
 
 
 
Space Flight Now: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
 
 
 
 
By Cara Giaimo, The New York Times: How a Praying Mantis Says ‘Boo!’ A study of startle displays hints at why provoked creatures have such a wide range of reactions.
 
 
 
 
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business: Taco Bell is eliminating five more menu items
 
 
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: Google Introduces 6-Month Career Certificates, Threatening to Disrupt Higher Education with “the Equivalent of a Four-Year Degree”

 
 
 
 

STORIES OF NORTHERN CANADA AND ALASKA: Whitehorse The Rapids
 
 
 
 
By Amelia Mularz, Taste of Home: The Best Cheese Shop in Every State
 
 
 
 
Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings: Midweek pick-me-up: Life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers
 
 
 
 

Sad. Shows how little they respected their coach.

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Ideas

By skuiper: Firefly Forest

 
 
By Idealab: Cardboard Tube Critters
 
 

Recipes

Little House Big Alaska: Cast-Iron Skillet Jalapeño Cornbread Recipe
 
 
By gravitino: Dagwood Sandwiches
 
 
By Susan Land: The Witch Sandwich (for Picky and Unenthusiastic Eaters!)
 
 
By In The Kitchen With Matt: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
 
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By Jesse Szewczyk, The Kitchn: I’ve Made Hundreds of Batches of Cookies — But I Always Come Back to This One