4-25-15

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Almanac: Week: 18 \ Day: 118
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 63°\L 28° Average Sky Cover: 25% 
Wind ave:   5mph\Gusts:  29mph
Ave. High: 62° Record High:  80° (1992) Ave. Low: 30° Record Low:  13° (1970)
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Observances Today:
Biological Clock Day              Kiss Your Mate Day
Great Poetry Reading Day       Workers Memorial Day
International Astronomy Day    World Day for Safety and Health at Work  
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Observances This Week:
24-30
Interstate Mullet Toss       National Dance Week
National Dream Hotline    National Scoop The Poop Week

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1635 - Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
1788 - Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
1855 - 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
1876- Cornerstone of the Territorial Prison in Yuma laid;
 first prisoners received in June.
1922 - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1931 - Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
1934 - FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
1937 - 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1937 - 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
1942 - "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1944 - Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal
  after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats
1965 - Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1985 - Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
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Today’s World Events through History
1611 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,
  The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university
  in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world.
1789 - Fletcher Christian leads mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain Wm Bligh
1892 - 1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval"
1902 - Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar
 preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of
 January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montreal
1969 - Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill resigns and is
  replaced later by James Chichester-Clark.
1986 - Soviet TV news program Vremya annouces a nuclear accident at
  Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event
1989 - Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1994 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
2003 - Andre Agassi recaptures the world no. 1 ranking to become the oldest
  top-ranked male in the history of the ATP rankings (33 years, 13 days)
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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 day here. Ran some errands, enjoyed out being outside.
So sad to watch Baltimore. CNN has interviewed some of the people on the street. It appears locals are against the riot but outsiders are angry, violent, and running the show. More interesting is listening to the political leaders who are not on site, showing their concern. They seem so removed from the problem…and that seems to be part of the problem.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Find the words that fit in the spaces below, and make two new words.

Example: Air PORT Wine

1. Swimming _ _ _ _ Table

2. Free _ _ _ Ward

3. Wisdom _ _ _ _ _ Ache

4. Bear _ _ _ _ Up

5. Watch _ _ _ _ _ Gang

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Cool Facts…
~ License plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.
~ In Finland, you are given a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD diploma.
~ Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.

…Film Fact…
~ After being in captivity for 23 years, the orca from Free Willy, Keiko, was set free in 2002. Weeks later, he appeared at a Norwegian fjord apparently seeking human contact and even gave rides to children on his back.

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO-1915
City Manager Farrish was removed from office by the unanimous vote of the city council and Robert A. Craig appointed to fill the position. Farrish remained entrenched in the office and has refused to turn it over. The City Attorney has appealed for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court.
A warm blaze in F. O. Allen’s barn and chicken house was put out by our volunteer firemen last Saturday night. It had a good start and pretty much all the interior was blazing when the hose cart arrived. About 100, 2-week-old chicks were killed. The damage altogether will amount to about $300, partly covered by insurance. While brooders were in use during the daytime hours they were not left on at night.

…Harper’s Index…
31--Number of states that have enacted new restrictions on abortion since the last midterm elections

…Linguistic Facts…
These are some of the languages with the most native speakers
New numbers are surprising, compared with the ones featured in the CIA's Factbook. According to the CIA, Spanish is spoken by 4.85 percent of the world's population and its use is even more widespread than English, which is spoken by 4.83 percent. However, the CIA numbers include only first native languages. Many people are bilingual, and whereas Spanish might be their first native language, English could be their second one. Ammon counts both first and second native language speakers.
The number for Portuguese is smaller than other sources suggest because not all Brazilians are native speakers. Some might also be surprised that Korean or Punjabi do not show up on the list: Indeed, both are nearly as widely spoken as Italian.

…Murphy’s Real Laws…
24.    Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world population.

25. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Arthur Miller's original title for Death of a Salesman was The Inside of His Head.
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2 jokes for the day
A guy is passing a Mental Hospital surrounded by a wall and he hears the chanting inside, Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen! Curious to see what’s going on he finds a small hole in the wall, so he bends and peeks inside. Someone inside pokes him hard in the eye and everyone starts inside chanting, Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!
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A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. 
Finally he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him. "Pardon me," she said, "I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you look just like my son, who just died recently." "I'm very sorry," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?" "Yes," she said, "As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good bye, Mother'? It would make me feel so much better." "Sure," answered the young man. 
As the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, Mother!" As he stepped up to the checkout counter, he saw that his total was $127.50. "How can that be?" He asked, "I only purchased a few things!" "Your mother said that you would pay for her," said the clerk.           

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Yep, It Really Happened
WIMAUMA, Fla. (UPI) - A Florida man is recovering from a cottonmouth snake bite to his lip after he allegedly tried to smooch the serpent on the mouth. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said Austin Hatfield, 18, captured the 4-foot cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin, while swimming last week and kept it in a pillowcase at his girlfriend's house, where he was bitten on the lip. Friends told investigators Hatfield was trying to kiss the snake when it struck him. Hatfield was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but his status was upgraded to good condition and officials said he is expected to make a full recovery. Investigators said Hatfield did not possess the proper permits required by the state to catch and keep cottonmouth snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it is investigating the incident.       
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Somewhat Useless Information
The interesting thing is that the same man invented heroin and aspirin, according to opioids.com.
To be more specific, a hundred years ago Heinrich Dreser made a fortune from the discovery of heroin and aspirin – but he may have ended his days as an addict.
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Birthday’s Today
89 - Harper Lee, Monroeville Alabama, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
85 - James Baker, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State
74 - Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)
65 - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
49 - John Daly, golfer (1991 PGA Championship, 1995 Open Championship)
41 - Penélope Cruz, Madrid, Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky)
34 - Jessica Alba, American actress ("Sin City")
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Remembered for being born today
Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare) 1878-1954@76 
James Monroe, Monroe Hall Virginia, 5th US President 1758-1831@73 
Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea) 1927-2002@74 
Sidney Toler, actor (Madame X, Charlie Chan) 1874-1947@72
Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], Al-Awja, President of Iraq 1937-2006@69 
Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist 1928-1997@69
Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman of Schindler's List 1908-1974@66
Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar 1819-1884@64 
Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist 1922-1987@64
Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family) 1929-1983@53
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Historical Obits Today
Dabbs Greer, American actor-2007@90
Rory Calhoun, American actor. Emphysema-1999@76 
Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy, shot by communist partisans-1945@61
Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), cancer-1993@47
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. POOL
2. WAY
3. TOOTH
4. HOLD
5. CHAIN

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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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