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5.8.16 Week: 19 \ Day: 129
May
Averages: 68°\34°
86004
Today: H 61° \ L 33° Average Sky Cover: 40%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 85°[1989] Record Low: 17°[1965]
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Quote
of the Day
A person’s a person, no matter how
small. Dr. Seuss
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Observances
Today
Free Trade Day Link
International Baby Lost Mother's Day Link
Mothers At The Wall Day
World Laughter Day Link
National Animal Disaster
Preparedness Day Link
Time of Remembrance &
Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World
War-9
World Ovarian Cancer Day Link
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Observances
This Week
2-8
National WildflowerWeek
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
Work At Home Moms Week
3-11
(World) Dystonia Awareness
Week Link
6-8
Toad Suck Daze
6-12
8-14
Food Allergy Awareness Week Link
National Hospital Week Link
National Hug Holiday Week
National Nursing Home Week
National Police Week
National Return To Work Week
National Women's Health Week Link
Reading is Fun Week Link
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1541 Hernando de
Soto discovers Mississippi River
1792 British
Captain George Vancouver sights and names Mt Rainier, Washington
1792 US
establishes the military draft
1861 Richmond,
Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1886 Jacob's
Pharmacy in Atlanta sells first Coca-Cola (contained cocaine)
1912 Film and
television production/distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded
1945 V-E Day; WWII
ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender
1951 Dacron men's
suits introduced
1952 Mad Magazine
debuts
1958 US
President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little
Rock, Arkansas
1967 Muhammad
Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army1968 Pulitzer
prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
1973 Ernie
Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game,
technically becoming baseball's 1st African American manager
1984 USSR
announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics
1994 Colorado
Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1994 President
Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1999 Nancy Mace
becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1899 The Irish
Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. The first production of the Irish Literary
Theatre, The Countess Cathleen is performed. Like many of Yeats' plays, it is
inspired by Irish folklore. In a time of famine, demons sent by Satan come to
Ireland to buy the souls of the starving people. The saintly Cathleen disposes
of her vast estates and wealth in order to feed the peasants, yet the demons
thwart her at every turn; at last, she sacrifices her own soul to save those of
the poor
1919 Edward George
Honey first proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The
Armistice of World War I, which later results in the creation of Remembrance
Day.
1921 Sweden
abolished capital punishment
1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins
a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there.
Always a tough day for those who have lost their Moms.
Enjoyable, quiet day. Rain/snow last night,
chilly today.
Finished my reading on Cuba. Learned so new
things and look forward to the discussion group tonight. Both the government
and the people have a lot of difficult decisions to make regarding their
position in the world. As I have said before, they don’t want to be like the US…friends
yes, just independent to make their own decisions. A long road ahead for them.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What Fruits?
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
A different fruit (a total of
twelve) is buried in every one of the following lines.
Example: A word is considered 'buried' when it can be read like P A R I S in
the sentence "Grand-pa(pa ris)es at seven every morning."
Can you detect them?
Ah! If I get my good ship home
I'll find a tempting spot,
Where mayhap pleasant flowers will bloom,
And there I'll shape a charming cot.
Where bees sip nectar in each flower,
And Philomel on hawthorn rests,
I'll shape a rustic, sun-kissed bower -
A bower meet for angel guests.
Then she who lives and loves with me,
Sing our days of calm repose,
Sole monarch of the flowers will be -
For Myra is indeed a rose.
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…Harper’s
Index…
$0.55-Average
amount US colleges raise tuition for every additional dollar of Pell Grant aid
available to their students
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
Death in the Desert Scenic category.
Photography by @ (Steve Ancik). snapped this O’Keeffe-like image in the
Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area of New Mexico.#Nature #Desert #NewMexico #Area
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2
jokes for the day
A man was standing in front of the bathroom
mirror one evening admiring his reflection, when he posed the following
question to his wife of 20 years, “Will you still love me when I’m old, fat,
and balding?”
She answered, “Of course I will. I've already been doing it for the past 5
years haven't I?”
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Our pastor, an avid golfer, was once taking
part in a local tournament. As he was preparing to tee off, the organizer of
the tournament approached him and pointed to the dark, threatening storm
clouds, which were gathering around.
"Preacher," the organizer said, "I trust you'll see to it that
the weather won't turn bad on us?"
Our pastor shook his head. "Sorry," he replied. "I'm sales, not
management!"
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*-- Come, Mister Tally Man, Tally Me banana --*
Chinese live-streaming video websites
announced female broadcasters are being banned from "seductively eating
bananas" as part of a crackdown on pornography. Regulations handed down as
part of a Ministry of Culture investigation into "inappropriate and
erotic" online content requires popular streaming sites to monitor all of
the live streams they host for banned content including pornography and violence.
The content the sites are seeking to block from broadcasts include female
live-steamers "seductively eating bananas." Female live-streamers are
also being banned from wearing stockings and suspenders while appearing on
camera. Social media users in China have questioned at what point footage of a
woman eating a banana becomes provocative, while others wondered whether the
same rules would be applied to men who eat bananas while live-streaming.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Mother's Day is not just another
"Hallmark Holiday". As far back as 250 B.C. ancient Romans celebrated
a spring festival called, Hilaria. This was dedicated to a mother goddess
named, Cybele, on the Ides of March. Her followers would make offerings at the
temple, hold parades, play games and also have masquerades. It lasted three
days.
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In the 1600's England, Mothering Sunday took
place on the 4th Sunday of Lent. It began with a prayer service in honor of the
Virgin Mary. Afterwards children would present their moms with flowers.
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In 1870 a female activist, writer and poet by
the name of Julia Ward (she wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
suggested a day of peace and strongly advocated other women to stand up against
the war. From this plea she was able to get Boston to recognize mothers on the
second Sunday of June.
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Anna Jarvis was also a woman that may have
been behind our traditional Mother's Day celebration on the second Sunday of
May. Anna never had any children, but wanted to carry out her own mother's
wishes of having a day just for moms. Anna tirelessly campaigned and on May
8th, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a Joint Resolution designating the
second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
***
Approximately $14 billion dollars is spent on
Mother's Day. Common gifts include: cards, flowers, meals in restaurants,
jewelry, gift cards, clothing, and spa trips.
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In what was formerly Yugoslavia, children
would tie up their mother on Mother's Day. The only way she could get free
would be to pay her children with treats.
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Birthdays
Today
“( )” indicates age at death
90- David Attenborough,
London, Naturalist, TV producer and host (BBC
"Life" Series)
90- Don Rickles,
Queens, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
(88) Harry Truman,
Lamar, Missouri, 33rd US President (D - 1945-53) (d. 1972)
(83) Sloan Wilson,
Norwalk,
Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannel Suit) (d.2003)
79- Dennis DeConcini,
Sen-D-AZ
76- Toni Tennille,
Montgomery, Ala female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
74- Angel Cordero Jr,
Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew)
72- Gary Glitter,
[Paul Gadd],
England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
(65) Peter Benchley,
NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep) (d. 2006)
(56) Edward Gibbon,
Putney, England English historian (The History of the
Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire) (d. 1794)
52- Melissa Gilbert,
Los Angeles, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
(45) Ricky Nelson, NJ,
rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)(d.1985)
41- Enrique Iglesias,
Madrid, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop
(Bailamos, Hero)
(38) Sonny Liston,
Sand Slough, Arkansas American heavyweight boxer, (d. 1970)
(31) Phillis Wheatley,
West Africa American poet who was both the second
published
African-American poet and first published African-American
woman, (d. 1784)
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Historical
Obits Today
@93-2014 Roger L. Easton,
American scientist, inventor and designer of GPS
@89-2008 Eddy Arnold,
Country music star
@89-1947 Harry
Gordon Selfridge,
American-born department store founder
@87-1975 Avery Brundage,
CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72)
@82ish-1819 Kamehameha
I,
King of Hawaii
@78-1999 Dirk Bogarde,
London England, actor (b. 1921) (Death in Venice, Servant),
stroke
@66-1873 John Stuart Mill,
great Empiricist philosopher, St.
Anthony's fire
@65-1994 George Peppard,
actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), lung cancer
@58-1880 Gustave Flaubert,
French novelist)
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Ah! If I get my good ship home
I'll find a tempting spot,
Where mayhap pleasant flowers will bloom,
And there I'll shape a charming cot.
Where bees sip nectar in each flower,
And Philomel on hawthorn rests,
I'll shape a rustic, sun-kissed bower -
A bower meet for angel guests.
Then she who lives and loves with me,
Sing our days of calm repose,
Sole monarch of the flowers will be -
For Myra is indeed a rose.
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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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