3-28-15

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Almanac: Week: 13 \ Day: 087 
March Averages: 50°\23°
86004 Today: H 71°\L 28° Average Sky Cover: 5% 
Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  21mph
Ave. High: 53° Record High:  68° (1971) Ave. Low: 24° Record Low:  -7° (1975)
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Observances Today:
Barnum & Bailey Day
Be Mad Day
Earth Hour
Endometriosis Day
International Sister Cities Day
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
Something On A Stick Day
Something on a Stick Day
USA Memory Championship
Virtual Advocacy Day
Weed Appreciation Day
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Observances This Week:
      22-28
…Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
…Consider Christianity Week
…International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week

…Meat Free Week
…National Cleaning Week
National LGBT Health Awareness Week

…National Youth Violence Prevention Week
…Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
…Root Canal Awareness Week
...Tsunami Awareness Week
      26-28

…American Crossword Puzzle Days
…International Listening Weekend
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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1799 - NY State abolished slavery
1804 - Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks
1834 - Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
1881 - "Greatest Show On Earth" was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
1922 - 1st microfilm device introduced
1935 - Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1978 - Daryl Gates becomes the 49th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
1982 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1990 - President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
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Today’s World Events through History
   845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok,
who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving
1794 - Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1845 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1866 - 1st ambulance goes into service
1885 - US Salvation Army officially organized
1910 - 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1930 - Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government
  & installs Panchen Lama
1960 - Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow, Scotland)
2013 - Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the
 Maundy Thursday service
2014 - Russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice Friday…record setting temps, clear blue sky…our little mountain town is a great place to live. My first day of Teva sandals all day!!!!
I got 3 more tax related forms in the mail today…honestly, these companies should not be able to wait so long to send them. The tax people are very busy and need ALL the stuff before they start. My accountant just smiled when I delivered them today.
Went to Sprouts for some real food and ran into my former school counselor and his brother. We spent about an hour catching up.  NICE.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend and lots of time outside. I’m ready to plant spring flowers but the local nursery says it is way too early. They are probably right but sure would like some more color around. Daffodils are looking good, but tulips are still not ready to bloom.
Saturday is Earth Hour and since our little mountain town was the 1st Dark Skies City in the world, many will be observing one hour of no lights on Saturday night. Sure hope others turn off their lights too and look up at the sky.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
As I get closer, my tail grows longer;
As I leave, my tail leads the way.

What am I?

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Education Facts…
-- Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
--According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO--1915
The Flagstaff Street Department is employing extra men to clear the streets of
ice and snow. Wagons are being used for haul it away, otherwise it melts during the day then freezes at night. The drainage is poor at best, so the problem is hard to overcome.
With all the snow falling in the mountains, filling our new reservoir is no
longer speculative. Abundant water for next year is assured.
Oak Creek is on a rampage and the children are unable to cross to get to school.
Why not build a bridge?

…Harper’s Index…
80
Minimum number of times since 1996 that lawyers in capital cases have accidntallly missed the final appeal deadline.

…Memory Facts…
 Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation
to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of
traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.

…Strange State Laws…
In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that
do not match.
In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep
with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
On Scooby Doo, Shaggy's real name is Norville Rogers.
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2 jokes for the day
Knock, Knock 

Who's there? 

Ketchup. 

Ketchup who? 

Ketchup to me if you can, I have your wallet.

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Yep, It Really Happened
When they say that job opportunities for young people are drying up, they are almost never talking about the adult entertainment industry. Particularly prostitution. While prostitution is only legal in a very small part of the U.S., in other parts of the world it is much more widely accepted and main stream. Germany, for example, where legalized prostitution is such an industry, brothels are now advertising for quality control testers to check the standards of their services.
That's right; professional 'johns'. 
The brothel in the German capital Berlin is looking for both men and women to check quality, cleanliness, and safe sex practices - and to see that their brothels offer value for money.
According to the advertisement the job is for an international company with more than 120 workers in Germany, China and Spain. The ad claims to want people with a university degree, preferably a degree in business, experience with brothels, and a full health certificate. 
The ad says: "Practical experience with many years of brothel visits necessary. You should enjoy having fun with people and you should not be afraid of contact."
So suddenly that week you spent in Amsterdam doesn't seem like such a life mistake. So what do you think; would you work as a hooker tester?           

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Somewhat Useless Information
Plastic bags are easier to recycle and require less energy to produce than
paper bags.

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television

for three hours.
***
Cigarette butts and filters take 12 years to biodegrade. An aluminum can
takes between 200 to 500 years to biodegrade. Plastic diapers and sanitary pads take between 500-800 years. Styrofoam takes more than 5,000 years. And it would take a glass bottle 1 million years to degrade.
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Birthday’s Today
72 - Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Susan-LA Law)
60 - Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
49 – Salt (Cheryl James), rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
45 - Vince Vaughn, actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers)
34 - Julia Stiles, actress (Bourne series, Save the Last Dance)
29 - Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta], singer/songwriter (Bad Romance)
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Remembered for being born today
Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist 1793-1864@71 
- Albert Buehman, AZ photographer 1886-1967@80
August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate\baseball executive 1899-1989@90
Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) 1905-1986@81 
Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980) 1914-1996@81
Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime) 1914-1962@50s
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Historical Obits Today
Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], author (To Lighthouse), suicide-1941@59
Jim Thorpe, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), heart failure-1953@64
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President\WWII general, heart failure-1969@78
Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy)-1979@80
Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), lung cancer-1980@66
Albert Goldman, US rock biographer (John Lennon, Elvis), heart failure-1994@66
Art James, American game show host-2004@64
Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense-2006@88
Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician-2012@88
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Brain Teasers Answers
The tail of a comet is caused by the sun's solar radiation pressure and solar wind. These force dust particles and ions to flow out from the comet, away from the sun. As a comet gets closer to the sun, the radiation pressure and wind get stronger, and the tail grows longer. The tail always extends away from the sun, so as the comet moves away from the sun, the tail is ahead of the comet's general direction of movement (although not directly ahead, just farther away from the sun than the comet's head).
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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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