4-27-15

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Almanac: Week: 18 \ Day: 117
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 47°\L 33° Average Sky Cover: 95% 
Wind ave:   3mph\Gusts:  27mph
Ave. High: 62° Record High:  77° (2000) Ave. Low: 30° Record Low:  10° (1984)
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Observances Today:
Babe Ruth Day            National Prime Rib Day
Matanza Mule Day        Tell a Story Day
Morse Code Day           ^Independence Day-Togo-1960 from France
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Observances This Week:
22-27
Fiddler's Frolic     National Tattoo Week     US Film Festival
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
1805 - US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from Union
1865 - Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered
1865 - Steamboat "SS Sultana" explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up
 to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in US
 history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.
1877 - General George Crook contacts Red Cloud with a message for Crazy Horse.
 Crook promises that if Crazy Horse surrenders, he will get a reservation in
 the Powder River area. On this date, Red Cloud delivers the message to Crazy
 Horse. Crazy Horse agrees and heads to Fort Robinson, in northwestern
 Nebraska. Where he will surrender to the U.S.Army.
1898 - Arizonans enlisted in the Rough Riders for service in the
 Spanish-American War.
1903 - Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
1937 - 1st US social security payment made
1956 - Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade
  Center in NYC.
2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama, coerced by incessant false "birther"
  accusations, publicly releases a copy of his birth certificate
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Today’s World Events through History
1124 - David I becomes King of Scots.
1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
1539 - Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia)
1565 - 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
1650 - The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army.
1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1911 - Indian passive resistance is suspended when Gen. J.C. Smuts
  enters into negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi.
1916 - The British renew their assault on the Irish Volunteer position in
  Mount Street; shelling also sets the buildings on fire
1968 - The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) hold a rally
  to protest the banning of a Republican Easter parade
1977 - Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
A really wet day here. The 2” of snow didn’t materialize, but we did get a dusting that was soon gone after I got up from the rain. April showers are really appreciated here in this high desert.
Robert Kennedy Jr was plugging his book on immunizations. Interesting to learn that the number of recommended immunizations has tripled since I was a kid. Also the use of a form of mercury is what causes so many to not get immunizations. Robert Jr has some very scathing and frightening issues with the CDC and how they handle immunization suggestions. Since 1989 he says that many suggestions are just bought by the companies making the immunization and that many on the committee making the suggestions are part of the companies who make the immunizations. Much more to learn, I guess.
Tech is certainly stepping up with the disaster in Nepal. Facebook uses its location service and is identifying people who are in the quake area who have posted something recently and then notifying all of that person’s friends that they are posting. Google, who lost a senior member in the avalanche, has opened up a site that all you have to do is type in the person’s name and google will check almost everything they have access to and let you know if the person has been on line since the quake. Of course, access is very limited in Nepal always and less than very limited now, but these tech companies are doing what they can. Pretty cool!
Still smiling about one of Obama’s comments last night. He said he has been asked if his bucket list has changed since the mid-term elections. His answer: I don’t have a bucket list, but my list does rhyme with bucket.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Although much water you see,
by definition, "desert" fits me.

In the winter I double in size,
but staying away is a word for the wise.

I am very windy, that is a clue,
What am I? Good luck to you.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Cool Facts…
~ In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
~ A robotic fsh created by researchers at NYU-Poly was left to interact with normal fish. It was accepted by them and soon guided them as a leader.
~ In 1977, researchers detected a strong and unusual radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. It hasn't been detected since.

…Film Fact…
~ Japanese director made gore films so realistic, he was investigated by the police

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO-1915
Street Commissioner Moritz is busily engaged in removing some of the ice banks on the north sides of the business streets.
~  The barn belonging to A. C. Beasley caught fire in some unaccountable manner on Thursday. If it had not been for the prompt action by our hose cart men, the building would have been completely destroyed. His auto had commenced to blaze fiercely when it was hauled out.

…Harper’s Index…
43-Percentage of midterm campaign advertisements that mentioned health care
4-That have mentioned women’s rights

…Linguistic Facts…
~ Chinese has more native speakers than any other language, followed by Hindi and Urdu, which have the same linguistic origins in northern India. English comes next with 527 million native speakers. Arabic is used by nearly 100 million more native speakers than Spanish.
~ The numbers are fascinating because they reflect the fact that two-thirds of the world's population share only 12 native languages. Those numbers were recently published by the University of Düsseldorf's Ulrich Ammon, who conducted a 15-year-long study.

…Murphy’s Real Laws…
26.    The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.

27.    Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.    Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking.

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Colonel Sanders’ finger-lickin’ formula is locked away in a bank vault in Louisville, KY. In fact, the KFC people are so serious about keeping the ingredients under wraps that two separate companies are used to blend the spices, so neither possesses the complete recipe
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2 jokes for the day
A husband, the owner of a new car, was somewhat reluctant to allow his wife to drive his prize possession...even to the Supermarket which was a few blocks from the house. After she insisted, he finally relented, cautioning her as she departed, "Remember, if you have an accident, the newspaper will print your age!"
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Two drunks were in a bar partying like fools. 
They were drinking boiler makers, buying rounds like there was no tomorrow. 
They were dancing, calling each other "professor," and generally causing quite a stir. 
When asked why such a celebration, they boasted that they just finished a jigsaw puzzle & it only took them 2 months! 
"TWO MONTHS?!" cried the bartender. "That's ridiculous. It shouldn't take that long!!" 
"Oh yeah?" says one drunk. "The box said 2-4 YEARS!"         

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Yep, It Really Happened
CHANNELVIEW, Texas (UPI) - A pregnant Texas woman said she was fired from a Popeye's eatery for refusing to repay about $400 stolen when she was robbed at gunpoint. Marissa Holcomb, a former shift manager at the Channelview eatery, said about $400 was taken in the March 31 armed robbery, which was recorded by security cameras, and the manager of the Popeye's location told her she would be fired if she didn't replace the stolen money. "I told them I'm not paying nothing," Holcomb told KHOU-TV. "I just had a gun to me. I'm not paying the money." Holcomb, who is pregnant with her fourth child, said she was fired less than 36 hours after the robbery. "I don't think it's right because now I'm struggling for my family because what I had to do to keep my life," she said. A representative from the human resources department of franchise owner Z&H Foods Inc., the third-largest franchisee in the Popeye's chain, said Holcomb was fired for violating company policy by leaving too much money in the register. The representative said the incident wasn't Holcomb's first offense. The representative said the company was not aware of Holcomb being offered the chance to keep her job by repaying the money. Holcomb said the money hadn't been deposited into the store's safe because an offer for a $1.19 2-piece chicken meal had the store busier than usual. "They got what they got because that's what we made within one hour," she said. Holcomb said she is worried she won't be able to find another job. "I mean who's gonna call me? I'm 5 months pregnant," she said. "The fact that I got robbed at gunpoint and it's like nobody cares."    
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Somewhat Useless Information
Gunpei Yokoi was the creator of the all-known Nintendo Game Boy. But have you any idea, what was his first working place in the company?
He was originally hired by Nintendo as a maintenance man.
Yokoi graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in electronics.
He was first hired by Nintendo in 1965 to maintain the assembly line machines used to manufacture its Hanafuda cards.
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Birthday’s Today
76 - Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange)
56 - Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer
54 - Grant Show, actor (Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope)
46 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ; US Senator
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Remembered for being born today
Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator) 1900-1994@94 
Jack Klugman, Phila (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy) 1922-2012@90
Herbert Spencer, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) 1820-1903@83 
Casey Kasem, radio personality (American Top 40) 1932-2014@82 
Samuel Morse, inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and painter 1791-1872@80 
- Coretta Scott King, Marion Ala, civil rights leader 1927-2006@78

Ulysses S. Grant, Ohio (R), 18th US president\Union general 1822-1885@63 
Sandy Dennis, American actress 1937-1991@54  
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Historical Obits Today
Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet (Representive Men), pneumonia-1882@78
Al Hirt, American trumpeter, liver failure-1999@76
Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), heart attack-1991@ 74
Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer, cancer, 1998@72
Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), cancer-1965@57
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer, killed by Filipino natives-1521@50
Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), in battle-1813@34
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Brain Teasers Answers
Antarctica.
Antarctica is full of snow and ice - forms of water.
It receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year, which makes it a desert.
In the winter, water freezes around it, doubling its size.
The extremely cold temperatures are deadly for humans.

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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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