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5.3.16 Week: 18 \ Day: 124
May
Averages: 68°\34°
86004
Today: H 58° \ L 33° Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 9 mi
Record
High: 88°[1947] Record Low: 7°[1915]
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Quote
of the Day
O what a tangled web we weave, when first
we practice to deceive-Walter Scott
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Observances
Today
National Library Legislative
Day Link
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Garden Meditation Day
Hug Your Cat Day Link
National Special-abled Pets Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes
Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
SAN Architect Day Link
World Asthma Day Link
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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
2-6
Children's Book Week
Teacher Appreciation Week Link
National Safety Stand Down Week (Constuction Falls) Link
2-8
National WildflowerWeek
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
Work
At Home Moms Week
3-11
(World) Dystonia Awareness
Week Link
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1493 the Pope divides
the "new world" between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
1802 Washington,
D.C. is incorporated as a city
1806 Lewis and
Clark meet Nez Perce Chief, Weahkoonut (Bighorn).
1845 1st African
American lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Mass)
1851 Most of San
Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die
1861 Lincoln asks
for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen
1901 Fire destroyed
1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
1906 British-controlled
Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
1923 1st nonstop
transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
1926 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
1933 1st female
director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office
1937 Margaret
Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
1943 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) 1944 "Going My
Way", directed by Leo McCary and starring Bing Crosby premieres
in New York (Best Picture 1945)
1948 Pulitzer prize
awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams
1948 1st broadcast
of "CBS Evening News" - longest running network news show in the US
1954 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick
1971 "All
Things Considered" premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1976 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) 1978 First unsolicited
bulk commercial e-mail ("spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment
Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the US west
coast
1991 356th &
final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series "Dallas", (2nd only
to Gunsmoke)
2000 The sport of
geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS
posted on Usenet.
2001 The United
States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time
since the commission was formed in 1947.
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1374 BC Solar eclipse
(2m07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astromoners "On the day of the new
moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the
daytime, with Mars in attendance."
1621 Francis Bacon accused
of bribery
1715 Edmund Halley
observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
1837 The
University of Athens is founded.
1867 The Hudson's
Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
1915 John McCrae writes
the poem "In Flanders Fields"
1916 Irish
Nationalists Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke are executed by
firing squad following their involvement in the Easter Rising
1956 A new range
of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
1970 Trans-Arabian
Pipeline delivery from Saudi Arabia to the Mediterranean interrupted in Syria,
driving oil tanker rates to all-time highs
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Blood draw went much better than expected
after a one week break. My body continues to drop the RBC, even without a draw.
Last draw was 59%, today, after missing 6 days was 56%. Nice, seems my body is
working to fix this mess. Maybe this will be able to stop soon.
Started out with rain and overcast sky.
Cleared up a lot, and warmed up, turning into to a decent day.
I saw Hillary’s comment of Trump, when she
said ‘…off the reservation…’. I was saddened that in 2016 so many politicians
are so unaware by this racist remark from the 1800’s. Even more saddened when
Trump called her on it and used the phrase ‘Indians have gone wild’ and saying
all men should be offended. The term she
used is a highly offensive saying
referring to American Indians that have left the reservation. Especially since
during my career on the Navajo Nation, we were supposed to be teaching the
children that they need an education to have a choice to stay on the rez or to
leave the rez and assimilate into the mass culture. …fed up with politicians…
Started reading the Cuba articles for our
discussion group on Saturday. Still need to learn a lot about our neighbor. My
pre-Castro Cuba history is still very sparse.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Gone on Monday and Friday
Riddles are little poems or phrases
that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this
is not a requirement.
Difficulty:
0.93
Saturday and Sunday, I am big.
Tuesday through Thursday, I am small.
Monday and Friday, I am non-existent.
What am I?
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…Harper’s
Index…
$58,000,000-Estimated amount the Nat’l Institutes of
Health funding that has gone to studies withdrawn after publication.
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeocreativePhoto by @yamashitaphoto: An
aerial view of the #BrooklynBridge.
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2
jokes for the day
A grandma lovingly gives her granddaughter a
kiss on the cheek upon seeing her at a family get-together. Afterwards, she
noticed the little girl wiping her cheek.
“Are you wiping off my kiss?” she asked.
“No”, she smartly replied, somewhat embarrassed but quick on her feet, “I’m
just rubbing it in!”
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Two men are in a truck driving around with a
penguin. Noticing the penguin, a traffic cop stops the truck driver and tells
him to take this animal to a zoo right away. The next day, the same cop sees
the same two men in the same truck with the same penguin again.
He stops them and says, "Didn't I tell you guys to take this animal to a
zoo yesterday?"
The driver replies, "We did officer! We are taking him to the movies
today."
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Sugar threatens more than thin waistlines. It
has also been associated with several conditions and diseases, including type 2
diabetes, arthritis, acne, heart disease, depression, thrush/yeast infections,
and cancer.
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Worldwide, people consume 500 extra calories a
day from sugar, which is roughly the amount of calories needed to gain a pound
a week.
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A 15.2 oz. bottle of Minute Maid 100 percent
Apple Juice contains 49 grams of sugar. This is about the same amount of sugar
in 10 Oreos. While sugar occurs naturally in fruit, the body processes both
types of sugar in the same way. One benefit of eating whole fruit is eating
fiber, which is generally lost in the process of making juice.
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According to brain scans, sugar is as
addictive as cocaine.
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Two hundred years ago, the average American
ate only 2 pounds of sugar a year. In 1970, Americans ate 123 pounds of sugar
per year. Today the average American consumes almost 152 pounds of sugar in one
year. This is equal to 3 pounds (or 6 cups) of sugar consumed in one week.
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Birthdays
Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(94) Pete Seeger,
NYC, folk
singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)(d. 2014)
(91) Beulah Bondi,
Chicago,
actress (It's a Wonderful Life) (d.1981)
82- Frankie Valli,
[Castelluccio],
Newark,
singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
(80) Golda Meir, [Meyerson],
Kiev
Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)(d.1978)
76- David Koch,
Wichita,
American businesman and philanthropist (Koch Industries), - 6th= richest person
in the world (2015)
(74) Bing Crosby,
Tacoma,
American actor and singer (White Christmas, Going My Way) (d. 1977)
(73) James Brown,
Barnwell,
sc, American soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America) and originator of funk
music, (d. 2006)
70- Greg Gumbel,
sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
(67) Sugar Ray Robinson [Walter
Smith],
Ailey,
Georgia, American middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55, 58), (d. 1989)
65- Christopher Cross,
[Geppert],
Texas,
singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
(58) Niccolo Machiavelli,
Florence,
Italy, Italian politician and writer (Prince) (d. 1527)
(52) Doug Henning,
Ft
Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)(d.2000)
41- Dulé Hill,
American
actor (Gus-Psych)
32- Cheryl Burke,
American
professional dancer (DWTS)
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Historical
Obits Today
@88-2011 Jackie Cooper,
American
actor
@84-2007 Wally Schirra,
American
astronaut
@84-1940 Henry
Ossian Flipper,
American
soldier, former slave and first African American to graduate from the United
States Military Academy at West Point
@80-2000 John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor,
Catholic
Archbishop of New York
@72-1986 Robert Alda,
actor
(Dan Lewis-Supertrain), stroke
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Brain
Teasers Answers
The letter "S."
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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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