5-17-15

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Almanac: Week: 21 \ Day: 137
May Averages: 68°\35°
86004 Today: H 58°\L 33° Average Sky Cover: 85% 
Wind ave:   9mph\Gusts:  29mph
Ave. High: 68° Record High:  82° (1970) Ave. Low: 34° Record Low:  20° (1943)
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Observances Today:
Bay to Breakers Race Oldest Footrace in America! SF,CA
Flower Moon
Hypertension Day
Morel Mushroom Day
Neighbor Day
Pack Rat Day
Constitution Day (Norway)-Syttende Mai
World Information Society Day
World Neurofibromatosis Day
World Telecommunications Day
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Observances This Week:
15-17  Art On The Square

16-22  National Safe Boating Week                   National Heritage Breeds Week     
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week          National Stationery Week 
National Dog Bite Prevention Week                  National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Medical Transcription Week  

17-25  International Coaching Week                 National Backyard Games Week 
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week                    National Educational Bosses' Week

World Trade Week
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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1673 - Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi
1733 - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum &
 molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British
 possessions
1756 - Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1775 - Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.
1804 - Lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase
1845 - Rubber band patents
1872 - Bohemian Club incorporated in San Francisco
1875 - 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st Wild West show premieres in Omaha
1884 - Alaska becomes a US territory
1890 - Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel" premieres in NYC
1901-  Arizona's Chinese residents faced much discrimination, despite their 
 many contributions to the development of the Territory.  Arizona law prohibited Chinesefrom marrying Anglos, stating "the marriage 
of a person of Caucasian blood with a Negro or Mongolian is null and void."
1932 - US Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
1938 - US Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy
1954 - US Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of
 Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy v Ferguson decision
1967 - The Butler Act, a Tennessee statue prohibiting the teaching of evolution,
 is repealed after 42 years
1975 - NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
2001 - President Bush calls for reduced regulations to encourage more oil, gas,
 and nuclear production
2004 - Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
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Today’s World Events through History
1536 - Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed
1590 - Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland
1620 - 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey)
1902 - Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera
 mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer
1904 - Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade" premieres in Paris
1916
 - British Summer Time (Daylight Savings) introduced

1928 - 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
1949 - British government recognizes Republic of Ireland (previously
 Irish Free State)
1972 - The Irish Republican Army (IRA) fires on workers leaving the Mackies
 engineering works in west Belfast (Although the factory was sited in a
 Catholic area it had an almost entirely Protestant workforce)
1974 - The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) explode four bombs in the Republic of
 Ireland, killing 33 civilians and wounded a further 300(This is the
 highest number of casualties in a single incident during "The Troubles")
1989 - Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
1990 - World Health Organization takes Homosexuality off its list of
 mental illnesses
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Another rainy and windy day…but no snow. This has been a very wet May, and we certainly have needed the moisture. Living at 7000’ we take moisture anyway it comes---even snow in the middle of May.
A lazy day. Didn’t feel like playing in the rain so turned on Netflix and binge watched a few shows I’d started earlier. Felt good to just kick back and enjoy.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
In English, "re" is a prefix usually meaning "again", such as in "rebuild" (build again). However, there are many words starting with "re" which have a totally different meaning without the "re".
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (either definition could be given first).
Example: vehicle wheel / cease employment
Answer: tire / retire

1. newspaper employee / hotel employee
2. one who belongs / bring past event to mind
3. unit of money / not long ago
4. money for the poor / kingdoms
5. income / event location
6. couple / fix
7. arrived at / felt long-term pain
8. at ease / cause sharp pain

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Body Facts…
The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).

If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.

…Cool Facts…
There's a wife-carrying championship that takes place in Finland every year where the winner receives his wife's weight in beer.

Robin Williams was reportedly an avid gamer who played games such as Call of Duty, Zelda, Portal, and Battlestation Pacific. His daughter Zelda was named after the video game.

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1961
Siebrand Bros. Circus and Carnival is in town this week with a 6-day spectacular running Monday through Saturday. “Come alive in ‘65 “ with new rides, new shows, new fun booths.

There was a 6-hour battle with fires at the new dry trash dump on Monday. The original cause is undetermined. The fight was complicated by sparks from the water tanker’s brake system, which ignited three additional blazes plus that day’s brisk spring wind that fanned the blazes.

During the current construction the Ashurst Lake Road will remain open to travel though at times will be restricted to alternate one way lanes.

Hofbrau Haus Mother’s Day Special Dinner. Roast Sirloin of Beef au jus with baked potato, vegetables, bread, butter and a pickle $1.50

…Harper’s Index…
57,644 - Number of arrests made by New York City police officers since 2004 in which the top charge was resisting arrest

…Revisited History…
Star Wars first aired in theaters in May 1977, four months prior to the last guillotine execution in France.

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel spent $2,500 a month on rubber bands to hold all their cash.
**NEW**…Water Facts…
The Kangaroo Rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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2 jokes for the day
The doorbell rang, and the lady of the house discovered a workman, complete with tool chest, on the front door.

"Lady," he announced, "I'm the piano tuner."

The lady exclaimed, "Why, I didn't send for a piano tuner."

The man replied, "I know, but your neighbors did."

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The top toothbrush salesman at the company was asked by his boss how he managed to sell so many brushes.

He replied "It's easy" and he pulled out his card table, setting his display of brushes on top. He told his boss, I lay the brushes out like this, and then I put out some potato chips and dip to draw in the customers.

He laid out his chips and dip. His boss said, "That's a very innovative approach" and took one of the chips, dipped it, and stuck it in his mouth.

"Yuck, this tastes terrible!" his boss yelled. The salesman replied "IT IS! Want to buy a toothbrush?"

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Yep, It Really Happened
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (UPI) - A Massachusetts police department has a message for citizens: "Chasing bears through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet is strongly not advised." The North Adams Police Department said in a Facebook post the incident "really did happen" Monday and "the hatchet man was taken into protective custody due to his incapacitation from the consumption of alcoholic beverage." "The North Adams Police Department is urging everyone to NOT chase bears through the woods with a dull hatchet, drunk," the post said. The post urged residents to steer clear of bears rather than "going all Davy Crockett chasing it through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet. It is just a bad idea and not going to end well." Police said they are still working to determine what the man's planned "end game" was if he had caught up to the animal.           
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Somewhat Useless Information
Hansen Gregory, an American ship captain, is the man credited with inventing the classic hole-in-the-middle shape of the modern doughnut in 1847 by simply punching out the middle. Other versions of the story describe Gregory piercing the middle of the doughnut on the ship's steering wheel so he could use both hands to steer.

When President John F. Kennedy announced in Berlin, "Ich bin ein Berliner," he did not say, as is commonly believed, that he was a jelly doughnut. The phrase is not only correct, but it is the only way to express what the president had intended to say. To state, "Ich bin Berliner" would imply that he was born in Berlin, whereas the word 'ein' implied he was a Berliner in spirit.

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Birthday’s Today
73 - Taj Mahal (Henry Saint Clair Fredericks), singer/songwriter
60 - Bill Paxton, actor (True Lies)
59 - Bob Saget, Phila, comedian (Full House, America's Funniest Home Video)
59 - Sugar Ray [Charles] Leonard, boxer (Olympics-gold-76)
54 - Enya [Eithne Ní Bhraonáin], Gweedore, County Donegal, Irish singer  
53 - Craig Ferguson, Glasgow, Scottish actor, writer and comedian
41 - Sasha Alexander, American television actress
32 - Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
30 - Derek Hough, American dancer (DWTS) and singer
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Remembered for being born today
Archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate) 1912-2004@92 
Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress (Tarzan) 1911-1998@87
Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist 1921-1976@78
Dennis Hopper, KS, actor (True Grit, Easy Rider) 1936-2010@74 
Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion (1866-94) 1836-1900@64
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Historical Obits Today
Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist-1992@89
John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States-1829@83
John Deere, American blacksmith founded Deere & Co-1886@82
Frank Gorshin, character actor (Riddler), cancer-2005@72
Donna Summer, American singer, lung cancer-2012@63
John C. Breckinridge, 14th Vice President-war injuries-1875@54
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. reporter / porter
2. member / remember
3. cent / recent
4. alms / realms
5. revenue / venue
6. pair / repair
7. reached / ached
8. resting / sting

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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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