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Almanac: Week: 17 \ Day: 115
April
Averages: 58°\27°
86004
Today: H 51°\L 31° Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 27mph
Ave. High: 61° Record High: 78°
(1996) Ave. Low: 29° Record
Low: 13° (1961)
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Observances Today:
Bob
Wills Day
DNA
Day
East
meets West Day
Eeyore's
Birthday Day
Hairstylists
Appreciation Day
Hug
A Plumber Day or Plumbers Day
International
Marconi Day
License
Plates Day
Malaria
Awareness Day
National
Dance Day
National
Go Birding Day
National
Herb Day
National
Mani-pedi Day
National
Rebuilding Day
National
Zucchini Bread Day
Parental
Alienation Day
Red
Hat Society Day
Satchmo
Days
Save
The Frogs Day
Sense
of Smell Day
Spring
Astronomy Day
World
Day for Animals in Laboratories
World
Healing Day
World
Penguin Day
World
Tai Chi & Qigong Day
World
Veterinary Day
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Observances This Week:
19-25
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness
Week
Bedbug Awareness Week
Coin Week
Fibroid Awareness Week
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer
Awareness Week
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
National Environmental Education Week
National Occupational Health Nursing Week
National Infertility
Awareness Week
National Karaoke Week
National Pet ID Week
National Princess Week
Sky Awareness Week
22-27
Fiddler's Frolic
National Tattoo Week
US Film Festival
23-25
24-30
Interstate Mullet Toss
National Dance Week
National Dream Hotline
National Scoop The Poop Week
24-26
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of
Prayer
National & Global Youth Service
Days
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1507 - German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st
to use the
name America on his world map Universalis
Cosmographia
1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over
the disputed border
of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War
1850 - Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry
stock market prices
1854 - Gadsden Purchase
ratified and signed by President Franklin Pierce
1928 - Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide
dog for a US
citizen Morris Frank
1950 - Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1954 - Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
1967 - Abortion legalized in Colorado
1994 - 14" of snow in Southern Calif
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Today’s World Events through History
1719 - Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson
Crusoe"
1792 - Guillotine first used in France, executes
highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
1859 - Ground broken for Suez Canal
1867 - Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1886 - Sigmund Freud opens practice at
Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1954 - British raid Nairobi, Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau
suspects arrested)
1959 - St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great
Lakes opens to shipping
1971 - The Northern Ireland census is held
1993 - Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
We have April Showers…most of the day. Decent amount of moisture.
Good!
Ran some errands between showers. Found out about a new app from
Walgreens that should clear up some of my renewal problems.
I’m ready for the weekend…house straightened up, floors mopped. A
friend from the Rez texted and may stop by tonight. I’ll see. No big plans,
except to get ready for the possible 2” of snow expected tomorrow night. It won’t
last long.
Glad to read that we now have a new Attorney General…’bout time.
Holder announced he was ready to leave months ago, but would wait for his
successor to be confirmed. The House majority didn’t like Holder, but must not
like Obama more. It’s time to get a congress that is for America.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
After
visiting my Great Aunt Annie, I travelled home in her old jalopy. The car was
old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second
gear.
This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and
managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel.
At the start of the journey I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the
tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon
per hour.
Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I
had only just made it.
How far was it from my Great Aunt's to my home?
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
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**NEW**…Cool
Facts…
~ At 17 years old, an Indian man named Jadav Payeng started
planting trees on a barren sandbar. At age 47, he lives in his own 1360 acre
forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deer, apes and elephants.
~ In Japan, over 200 flavors of Kit Kat have been introduced since
2000, including cucumber, ginger ale, soy sauce, wasabi, green tea, and lemon
vinegar.
**NEW**Film
Facts…
~ In the “Forrest Gump” novel that the movie is based on, Forrest
goes into space with NASA. Upon return, he crash lands on an island full of
cannibals. He only survives because he beats the head cannibal at chess every day.
~ Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie
films, was extremely shy and nervous around women and did not have a girlfriend
until he was 30 years old.
…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
25 YEARS AGO - 1990
~ Kmart developers have been meeting
with the city about the rezoning of their 10-acre site. Their development
consultant Lane Kendrig is working on revisions with the redrafting committee.
~ Kaibab Forest Products Inc. has
reduced its harvest of timber plan as required by the Forest Service need to
re-inventory the old growth in the forest.
…Harper’s
Index…
7: average number of daily US airstrikes in Syria since 9/23/2014
…Murphy’s
Real Laws…
30. A fine is a
tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
31. It was recently discovered that research
causes cancer in rats.
…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The Channel Islands —Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark— were
the only parts of Britain that was occupied by the Germans during World War II.
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2 jokes
for the day
In a Classroom the teacher asks; Maria, go to
the map and find North America
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: Maria.
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A very loud Texan Engineer was visiting
Australia, and talking big about all of the large civil works in the USA that
he was involved in. To be polite his Australian counterpart took him on a tour
of some of Sydney's larger constructions.
First he took him to Gladesville Bridge. The Texan exclaimed, "What's
that!" In reply the Australian said, "That's the Gladesville
Bridge".
"Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take
to build?" The Australian replied, "About 5 years with 1000
men."
The Texan replied, "Well in Texas we would've done it in 2 years with 500
men."
Next they went to the Sydney Opera House. "What's that" said the
Texan. "That's the Sydney Opera House" was the reply.
"Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take
to build?" The Australian replied, "About 10 years with 200
men."
The Texan replied "Well in Texas we would've done it in 4 years with 200
men."
By this stage the Australian was a little put out by the Texan's attitude so he
decided to get some revenge, they walked around the Sydney Opera House and as
they did the Sydney Harbor Bridge came into view.
Immediately the Texan exclaimed, "Wow! What's that?"
The Australian Engineer replied, "I don't know, it wasn't there
yesterday."
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Yep, It
Really Happened
BERGEN,
Norway (UPI) - Cats and dogs have nothing on this one. Thousands of earthworms
rained down on parts of Norway, leaving scientist baffled by the appearance of
the slimy invertebrates on snow-covered grounds. Biology teacher Karstein
Erstad made the discovery as he was skiing in the mountains outside the coastal
city of Bergen. At first he thought they crawled atop the snow from the ground
beneath, but then realized the snow was too deep. "When I found them on
the snow they seemed to be dead, but when I put them in my hand I found that
they were alive," he said. "In many places, the snow thickness was
between half a meter and a meter (1 1/2 feet to 3 feet) and I think they would
have problems crawling through the cold snow." Erstad took a sample to
Trond Haraldsen, an environmental expert at the Bioforsk research institute in
Norway. "This is a phenomenon we know from the literature, but it is the
first time in my time as a scientist that I have got the message that it has
happened on the snow, "Haralsen told the Bergens Tidende. Since the
incident, reports have come in from other areas of the country as far away as
the Swedish border. Experts suggest the worms may have been lifted into the air
by a weather system and blown miles from their original location.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
~
Although it costs less than ten cents per ounce to produce, popcorn in movie
theaters will typically cost you around $5, which ounce-for-ounce is more than
filet mignon! Movie theaters markup popcorn and many other concessions over
1,000 percent!
~
It costs a carrier about one-third of a cent to deliver a text message. Users,
however, generally pay between 10 to 20 cents per text. That is a markup of
over 6,500 percent!
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Birthday’s Today
83 - Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star
(Harlem Globetrotter)
75 - Al Pacino, actor (And Justice For All,
Godfather, Scorpio)
73 - Jon Kyl, Oakland, Nebraska, US Senator
(Rep-Arizona)
71- Len Goodman, English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge
(DWTS)
69 - Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success
NY, actress (Adrienne-Rocky)
51 - Hank Azaria, actor (The Birdcage)\voice
of many characters in The Simpsons
46 - Renée Zellweger, American actress
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Remembered for being born today
- Denny
"Scott" Miller, actor
(Wagon Train) 1934-2014@80
- Ella
Fitzgerald, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) 1917-1996@79
- Guglielmo
Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909) 1874-1937@63
- Oliver
Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England 1599-1658@59
- Edward
R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person) 1908-1965@57
- John Moisant,
pioneer aviator, 1st to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat 1868-1910@42
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Historical Obits Today
George
Sanders, actor (Ivanhoe), suicide-1972@65
David
Merrick, American theatrical producer-2000@88
Beatrice
Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer-2009@86
Ginger
Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door)-1995@83
Dorothy
Provine, singer, actress, emphysema -2010@75
Art
Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), cancer-1995@70
Bobby "Boris"
Pickett, singer and songwriter (Monster Mash),leukemia-2007@69
George
Sanders, actor (Ivanhoe), suicide-1972@65
Anders
Celsius, Swedish astronomer (Celsius temperature scale)-1744@42
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Brain Teasers Answers
I was travelling at 30mph at a rate of 20mpg, so I was using 1.5
gallons every hour for the driving itself. I was also losing 0.5 gallon every
hour, so in total, I was using 2 gallons every hour. Therefore to use all of
the 10 gallons I started with, I travelled for 5 hours.
5 hours at 30mph is 150 miles.
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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.
§…And That Is All
for Now…§
