April 30, 2016

May 1

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5.1.16 Week: 17 \ Day: 122
May Averages: 68°\34°
86004 Today: H 60° \ L 39° Average Sky Cover: 80% 
Wind ave:   8mph\Gusts:  23mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 80°[1947]   Record Low: 17°[1972]
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Quote of the Day 

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Observances Today                           
Amtrak Day
Batman Day
Beltane Link
Executive Coaching Day
Global Love Day Link
National Infertility Survival Day (First Sunday)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Law Day
Lei Day
Lemonade Day Link 

Mother Goose Day Link  (Different than one in November)
Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day 
National Bubba Day
National Purebred Dog Day Link
New Homeowner's Day
Rural Life Sunday 

School Principals' Day
Silver Star Day Link
Stepmother's Day

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Observances This Week
1-7
Be Kind To Animals Week 
Children's Mental Health Week Link 

Choose Privacy Week Link
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week  Link 
Drinking Water Week Link 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week
Goodwill Industries Week 
International Clitoris Awareness Week Link 
Kids Win Week 
NAOSH Week   Link
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week  
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week 
National Correctional Officer's Week Link 
National Family Week 
National Hug Holiday Week
National Pet Week Link  
National Post Card Week Link
National Raisin Week  Link
National Small Business Week Link
National Tourism Week Link  

National Wildflower Week 
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week  Link
Public Service Recognition Week  Link
Update Your References Week 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1751 1st American cricket match is played
1785 Kamehameha, the king of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
1841 First emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California

1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers

1866 American Equal Rights Association forms
1867 Howard University chartered
1873 1st US postal card issued
1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody puts on his 1st Wild West Show
1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
1939 Batman comics hit street

1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
1941 "Citizen Kane", directed & starring Orson Welles, premieres in NY
1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios
1943 Food rationing begins in US
1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to American Martin Flavin for his novel "Journey in the Dark"
1952 Mr Potato Head introduced
1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"

1963 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens
1999 Animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" debuts on Nickelodeon
2000 "Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix premieres in LA (Best Picture 2001) 2003 In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California.
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1316 Records indicate that around this date, Robert Bruce has himself crowned king of Ireland near Dundalk
1328 Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
1682 Louis XIV & his court inaugurate Paris Observatory
1707 Acts of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain
1753 Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)
1794 - Catholics are enabled by law to attend Trinity College
1869 Folies Bergère opens in Paris
1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
1948 North Korea proclaims itself Democratic People's Republic of Korea

1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
2009 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
2014 Hundreds march through Nigerian capital calling for the release of schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, Boko Haram, who oppose Western education
2015 Expo 2015 opens in Milan (thru till 31st October)
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My Rambling Thoughts
Another drizzle day here at 7000’. When it is not drizzle, it is outright thunderstorms with hail.We need the moisture, so I will survive not being able to spend time outside. 
I am just shaking my head as to why anyone would get into politics in this day and edge.  My junk email box if filled daily with candidates asking for $$$ to change the world. The news is filled with stories of how ‘big money’ and ‘dark money’ rule politics. Sorry but I will vote in every election, but will not give money to any candidate.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Try and Crack This One!
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I am not a human, nor am I an animal.
I have eyes, but cannot see,
and I have hair that you cannot comb.
My brown skin has several layers but this seems a paradox,
because one is smooth and the other is hard.
My skin protects my soft white flesh; 
and within my flesh is my opaque blood.

What am I?

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…Harper’s Index…
1/30-Portion of physicians entering US medical internships who suffer from depression
1/2- Portion who suffer from depression at some point during their internship
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…


natgeo The burning of Kenya's Ivory stockpile today is the largest in history. Around 105 tons of elephant tusks, from approx 6,700 elephants are being torched. The estimated value is $170 million although of course this is speculative. Rhino horn is also in the mix. 
Of course there are arguments for and against the burn amongst Kenyans and the wider world. But in the words of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta pictured 'I would rather wait for judgment from future generations who I'm sure will respect the decision we have made today'. For more images of the burn follow me at@chamiltonjames / Charlie Hamilton James

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2 jokes for the day
A woman notices her husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. “You know, that’s not going to help,” she says.

“Sure it does,” he answers. “It’s the only way I can see the numbers.”

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The pediatric nurse entered the room, prepared to do the job of giving a shot to a little girl. Upon entering the examining room, little girl starting screaming, “NO! NO! NO!”

“Jessica,” her mother scolded her, “that is not polite behavior!” 

The girl stopped briefly and then continued with her screaming, “NO THANK YOU! NO THANK YOU! NO THANK YOU!”    

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Yep, It Really Happened
*-- Florida Man Clings to Hood of Speeding Car --*
KENDALL, Fla. - I'm starting to get used to these stories. An apparent case of road rage in Florida led to a man clinging to the hood of a white car as it sped away from the scene of the argument. Witnesses said the driver of a black sedan argued with the driver of a white Volkswagen and ended up jumping on the car's hood in an apparent attempt to prevent the vehicle from driving away. The white car's driver had other plans, however, and left the scene at a high speed with the other motorist clinging to the hood of the car. It was unclear how far the car traveled with the man on the hood, but portions of the incident were recorded on video by witnesses and business security cameras. "The guy is lucky. I mean, he was still on top of the car when the driver made a U-turn," Sebastian Roldan, whose business security cameras captured footage of the incident, told local news. "That's super dangerous. You could fall off. It's crazy he was actually able to stay on the car." The white car eventually came to a stop and the man got off the hood, apparently uninjured. Police said they are investigating the incident.     
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Birthdays Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(93Mother (Mary Harris) Jones,
US reformer and labor organizer (d.1930)
(92Louis Nye,
American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
(88) Malcolm Scott Carpenter,
Boulder Colo, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7) (d. 2013)
(85Jack Paar,
Canton Ohio, American television host of the Jack Paar Show (d. 2004)
(85Dan O'Herlihy,
Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop) (d.2005)
(84Louis-Marie Hilaire Bernigaud de Grange,
inventor (rayon)(d.1924)
(82ishKamehameha I,
Kohala, Hawaii King of Hawaii (1782-1819) (d. 1819)
77Judy Collins,
Seattle, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds)
(76Joseph Heller,

Brooklyn, American novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award) (d. 1999)
62Ray Parker Jr,
Detroit, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters)
(51Calamity Jane [Martha Jane Canary],
Princeton, Missouri American frontierswoman (Wild Bill Hickok)(d. 1903)
(49Max Robinson,
Richmond, Va, 1st African American network TV anchor (ABC) (d. 1988)
49Tim McGraw,
Delhi, La, American musician and actor
47Wes Anderson,
American director and writer
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Historical Obits Today
@85-1902 John Glover,
English chemist (production sulfuric acid)
@62-1998 Eldridge Cleaver,
American activist, prostate cancer
@62-1904 Antonín Dvořák,
Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), influenza
@60-1873 David Livingstone,
British physician/explorer (Africa), malaria
@47-1945 Paul Joseph Goebbels,
German Nazi Minister of Propoganda, suicide with his wife and arranges the death of his 6 children  

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Brain Teasers Answers
A coconut
The coconut is the seed and edible fruit of the coco palm tree (Cocos nucifera). Each coconut has several layers: a smooth, deep tan outer covering; a brown fiber of 1-2" thickness; a hard, dark brown hairy husk with three indented "eyes" at one end; a thin brown skin; the cream white coconut meat; and at the center, a thin opaque coconut juice.

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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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