6-23-15

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Almanac: Week: 26 \ Day: 174
June Averages: 79°\41°
86004 Today: H 90°\L 51° Average Sky Cover: 5% 
Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  23mph
Ave. High: 81° Record High:  93° (1974) Ave. Low: 44° Record Low:  31° (1948)
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Observances Today:
International Widows' Day
Let It Go Day
National Columnists' Day
National Pink Day
Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornaments)
Runner's Selfie Day
SAT Math Day
Windjammer Days

UN Public service Day
Võidupüha (Victory Day)(Estonia-1919 over Russia)
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Observances This Week:
Animal Rights Awareness Week:17-23 
Meet A Mate Week:21-27
Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week:21-27   
Lightning Safety Awareness Week:21-27  
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week:21-27 

  
Old Time Fiddlers Week:22-27
 
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week:22-28 

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1683 - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape tribe in PA; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"
1784 - 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
1810 - John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)
1881- A barrel of whiskey exploded in a Tombstone saloon, starting a fire that destroyed the business section of town.
1888 - Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for US President
1908 - The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro's government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899
1938 - Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium
1939 - US Congress establishes US Coast Guard Reserve (renamed US Coast Guard Auxiliary 1941) as uniformed volunteer units supporting the Coast Guard
1944 - Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
1949 - First twelve women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1955 - Walt Disney's "Lady & the Tramp" released
1972 - Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history
1972 - Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1972 - Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
1982 - Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200)
1986 - Tip O'Neill refuses to let President Reagan address House 
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Today’s World Events through History
930 - World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established
1713 - The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
1775 - 1st regatta held on Thames, England
1794 - Russian Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev
1894 - The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
1961 - The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force
1969 - Twenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appeared in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act; it is alleged that they had conspired or incited others to kill White people or police in the Graaff-Reinet district in the Cape Province
1991 - Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1994 - South Africa is readmitted to the United Nations Organizations (UNO)
2000 - The bulk ore carrier MV Treasure sinks off the western coast of South Africa, soiling more than 19 000 penguins; this resulted in the world's largest ever rescue of birds from an oiling event
2014 - Claude Monet's Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Hot Monday. Thank goodness for the breeze around my place.
My brother left Oregon today, after spending the week with his half-brothers and sisters that he just found recently. Such great pics.
Ran some errands this morning, and while at a store, there was an Amber Alert. So strange to be in a store when phones start sending out a siren sound. People are frantically reaching into pockets and purses for their phones. I’ve gotten these before but I’ve always been at home…so interesting to watch people’s various reactions. Also the length of time it takes for the phone to get the alert. Mine came in fairly early in process, but 5 minutes later some were still getting the alert. Girl still hasn’t been found, but there was a report she had been seen about 30 miles S of Flagstaff, thus the local alert. Hope they find her soon.
Also tried out my new Chase Chip card. I usually put my card into the machine as soon as the first item is being rung up. That way, people behind me don’t have to wait as I get out my wallet, pull out the card, and slide the card after the clerk has finished the order. Anyway with the chip you have to leave it in the machine until the clerk does something at the end of the order. I have to figure out a better way to use the card, as all I could think about was I might leave the card in the machine. It does beep when it’s done so I guess all is good and I have now finally joined the many European countries and Canada who have been using chip cards for years.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. Try to find all four.
Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can't change its spots)

1. A colorless crystalline carbon existing within a uncouth environment.

2. Descending in the manner of the order of Diptera.

3. A late pop singer has departed from the premises. 

4. To be delivered by metallic object that brings forth a great ringing noise.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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… America Facts…
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.

…Cool Facts…
In 1989, a British company made a laptop with a graphical user interface, a 60 hour battery life, SSD storage, and a touchpad.

There's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
The Council voted to take no further action on the Landmark Property on the bluff overlooking the Courthouse, although the roof fell in during a recent storm and rocks came tumbling down into the street.

Frequent lightning strikes, as many as three or four a day, are keeping the forest crews jumping with no serious fire outbreaks at this time. The scattered showers are holding the fire danger down at present. Forest Fire Chief Jack Prevey.

…Harper’s Index…
10 – total number of passengers planes that have gone missing without a trace since 2000

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Picky linguists will tell you that the feminine version of "dude" is "dudine," not "dudette."
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2 jokes for the day
''I’m getting a divorce,'' said Jack to his mate, Bill. ‘The wife hasn’t spoken with me for six months.''
Bill thought for a moment and then replied,’ Just make sure you know what you’re doing, Jack. Wives like that are hard to find''

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Two classmates were chatting in their lunch break... "I know how to get money real quick" says one,
” how?"
"go to your dad and say, "I know the truth" and he'll give you money"
So the young boy went home and said "dad, I know the truth" and his dad gave him ten dollars and told him not to tell anyone 'the truth'.
He then went to his mother, " Mom, I know the truth” he said.
"Please don't tell your dad" she said and gave him twenty dollars.
Content with thirty dollars he went outside to go to the arcade and saw the milkman. "I know the truth,” he shouted out.
The milkman replied "Well come and hug your real father then"    

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Yep, It Really Happened
There are high school pranks, and there are high school pranks. And then there are felonies. What this teen in Connecticut pulled off was closer to a Satanic ritual. 
A teen was arrested on charges of breach of peace after allegedly cutting up a dead cow and dumping the parts on school campus, police in Connecticut said. I guess he couldn't get his hands on any smoke bombs. 
Woodstock police said that they have arrested 18-year-old Avery Blair Rollins, for cutting up the cow that died after being hit by a car.
The cow parts were found by students who have taken an exam in the school, around 9:00 a.m. The cow parts were found throughout the campus.
The cow's head was placed in the hoop of the basketball court and was still dripping blood while the legs were hidden in the ceiling tiles of the bathroom.
The principal of the school said that Woodstock Academy has a policy of zero tolerance for cruelty to animals. Rollins was arrested and charged with breach of peace.
He was booked into jail and released after posting $1,000 bail.       

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Somewhat Useless Information
All types of ducks are part of the bird family Anatidae, and there are species of ducks found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica.

Ducks are precocial, which means that ducklings are covered with down and able to walk and leave the nest just a few hours after hatching.

A duck's bill is specialized to help it forage in mud and to strain food from the water. A hard nail at the tip of the bill helps with foraging, and a comb-like structure on the sides of the bill strains small insects and crustaceans from water. 

It is a myth that a duck's quack won't echo. This has been conclusively disproved through different scientific acoustic tests, and was even featured as "busted" on an episode of the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters. 

Ducks have been domesticated as pets and farm animals for more than 500 years, and all domestic ducks are descended from either the mallard or the Muscovy duck. 

Ducks are omnivorous, opportunistic eaters and will eat grass, aquatic plants, insects, seeds, fruit, fish, crustaceans and other types of food.

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Birthday’s Today
69 - Ted Shackelford, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing)
59 - Randy Jackson, TV show host
43 - Selma Blair, actress (Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde)
39 - Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)
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Remembered for being born today
1925-2012@87 - Art Modell, owner (Clev. Browns, Ravens, Modells Stores),
1894-1972@77 - Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India
1929-2003@73 - June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer
1927-1987@60 - Bob Fosse, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees)
1940-1994@54 - Wilma Rudolph, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960)
1763-1814@50 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I
47 BC-30 BC@17 - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt-last pharaoh of Egypt
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Historical Obits Today
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress-1998@87
Ed McMahon, American television personality-2009@86
Peter Falk, American actor -2011@83
Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine)-1995@80
Shana Alexander, American columnist, cancer-2005@79
Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), cancer-1973@77
James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian-1836@63
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. A Diamond in the Rough--A term referring to someone with good character, but lacking social grace.

2. Dropping like flies--This means to lose attention or become bored easily. It can also mean for a large number of people to get sick very rapidly.

3. Elvis has left the building--It was an announcement made at the end of Elvis' concerts to get fans to leave. It is now used when a major event has ended.

4. Saved by the bell--Now used when someone is in trouble, and is saved by an unrelated cause.

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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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