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April 20, 2017 Week: 15 \ Day: 110
86004 Today: H 70° \ L 43°
Average Sky Cover: 20%
Prescribed
Burn just SE of me. Lots of smoke that will settle
in
this evening.
Wind ave: 6mph\Gusts:
17mph Visibility: 10 mi
April Averages: 58°\27°
April Records: H: 80° (1992) L: -2 (1975)
Record High: 78°[1989]
Record Low: 8°[1966]
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‡‡Quote of the Day‡‡
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has
everything.
Thomas Carlyle
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‡‡Observances Today‡‡
Chinese
Language Day Link
Get to Know Your Customers Day
International Cli-Fi Day
National
Cheddar Fries Day Link
National
Pot Smokers Day Link
High Five Day Link
National Ask An Atheist Day Link .
National D.A.R.E. Day Link
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‡‡Observances This Week‡‡
15-22
International
Wildlife Film Week Link
National Park Week Link
Coin Week
National Karaoke Week
National Paperboard Packaging Week
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Link
National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link
Safe Kids Week Link
18-24
Cleaning
For A Reason Week
Consumer
Awareness Week
Fiddler's
Frolic
Police
Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week
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‡‡Today’s Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
<§>1600’s<§>
≈1611 First
known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre,
London recorded by Simon Forman
≈1689 The
former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
<§>1800’s<§>
1836 Territory
of Wisconsin created
≈1862 The
first pasteurization test is completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and
Claude Bernard.
≈1879 1st
mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1898 US
Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens
<§>1900’s<§>
1914 US
President W Wilson, having dispatched more naval ships to Mexico, asks a joint
session of Congress to approve armed force if necessary; Congress approves
≈1918 Manfred
von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims
marking his final victories before his death the following day.
≈1920 7th
modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
1962 NASA
civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m
≈1969 Bombs
planted by Loyalists members of the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster
Protestant Volunteers explode at Silent Valley reservoir in County Down and at
an electricity pylon at Kilmore, County Armagh
≈1974 Paul
McCartney & Wings release single "Band on the Run"
≈1974 'The
Troubles', the Northern Ireland conflict between republican and loyalist
paramilitaries, British security forces, and civil rights groups, claims its
1000th victim
1977 "Annie
Hall", directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen and Diane
Keaton, is released (Best Picture 1978)
1983
President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
<§>2000’s<§>
2004 In
Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22
detainees and wounding 92.
2007 Johnson
Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's
Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and
himself.
2008 Danica
Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to
win an Indy car race.
≈2010 The
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes, killing 11 and causing the rig to
sink, causing a massive oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and an
environmental disaster
2013 5
snowboarders are killed by an avalanche in Loveland Pass, Colorado
≈2015 Pulitzer
Prize awarded to Anthony Doerr's for his novel "All the Light We Cannot
See" and to Elizabeth Kolbert for "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural
History"
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‡‡My Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Did my weekly shopping at Sam’s and Fry’s. Fresh fruit and salads for
the week. Nice.
Never been a fan of FOX (Faux) News. The departure of O’Reilly means
only that harassers will eventually be caught. I did turn on FOX to watch
Sheppard and strangely, he hasn’t said a word about O’Reilly. Guess they
believe if we don’t report it, it didn’t happen. Wonder how all the
conservatives who watch that channel will react to their hero having feet of clay?
THIS IS NOT
NORMAL:
Our President had to be corrected by a foreign reporter when he was
talking about bombing Syria. He said ‘Iraq’ and she asked ‘You mean Syria?’
Hmmm.
Then a little later he talked about an ‘armada’ heading for the area
near Korean Peninsula. Well, the ‘armada’ went to Australia for scheduled maneuvers.
Hmmm. Then the press secretary said the ships would ‘eventually’ head toward the
Korean Peninsula. Hmmm
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‡‡Today’s Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers at the end of post)
In which U.S. state was the first atomic bomb test successfully
exploded?
Wyoming Utah New York New
Mexico
79.6% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s Index‡‡
50,000→Estimated number of N.
Koreans who are forced to work abroad in order to earn hard currency
1/3→Average portion of
their earnings they are allowed to keep
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‡‡ Joke For The Day‡‡
How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb?
Two, one to put it almost all the way in and the other to give it a surprising
twist at the end…
Bonus Joke
Kyle and Justin were about to eat with their babysitter when 6-year-old
Kyle said, "You can't sit in Daddy's seat!"
"Daddy's not home," the babysitter replied. "Since I'm
responsible for you while he's gone, I can sit here. Today, I'm the boss."
Justin, the 4 year old, quickly piped up, "If you're the boss, you sit
over there in Mommy's chair!"
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‡‡Yep, It Really Happened‡‡
*----------------- Tanks a Lot -----------------*
A British man who buys and restores old tanks made a surprising discovery in a
former Iraqi Army tank -- five gold bars worth about $1.4 million. Nick Mead, a
collector and owner of Tanks A Lot, a tank restoration business, said he
recently saw the Chinese Type 69 tank listed on eBay and he was able to barter
it for a retired British Army truck and Abbot self-propelled howitzer. Todd
Chamberlain, one of Mead's mechanics, was working on the restoration when he
found evidence that one of the fuel tanks might be filled with guns, a common
discovery with retired military tanks. Mead joined Chamberlain and started
filming, a practice he said is common when restorers think they might find
illegal guns and want to make sure they have evidence of the discovery to show
police. The video shows the restorers reaching into the fuel tank and pulling
out the foreign objects, which turn out to be five gold bars weighing a total
of about 70 pounds -- $1.4 million in gold. Mead said the gold, which may have
been stolen by the Iraqi Army during the invasion of Kuwait and forgotten
inside the tank, was turned over to police. It's not yet clear what will
eventually become of the discovery.
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‡‡Somewhat Useless Information‡‡
The final flourish for all of these squishy balls of sweetness is adding
the eyes, which are made of carnauba - a non-toxic edible wax.
***
All over the country, Peeps have become the preferred media for a number
of highly anticipated annual art contests, including The Washington Post's
Peeps Diorama Contest, which is now in its ninth year.
***
Peeps used to have wings. They were clipped in 1955, two years after the
first marshmallow chicks hatched, to give the candy a sleeker, more
"modern" look.
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‡‡How our states were named‡‡
Washington
Named in honor of
the first president of the United States, George Washington. In the eastern US,
the state is referred to as Washington State or the state of Washington to
distinguish it from the District of Columbia, which they usually just call
“Washington”, "D.C." or, if they're very local, "the
District." Washingtonians and other Pacific Northwesterners simply call
the state “Washington” and refer to the national capital as “Washington, D.C.”
or just “D.C.”
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‡‡Birthdays Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
<§>90’s<§>
97- John
Paul Stevens,
Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court
Justice (1975-2010 )
@92- Mother Angelica,
American nun and broadcaster (d.
2016)
<§>80’s<§>
@84- Nina Foch,
Leiden Netherlands, actress (An
American in Paris) (d. 2008)
@80- Robert F. Wagner Jr.,
Mayor of New York City (Democrat:
1954-65), born in NYC, New York
(d. 1991)
80- George
Takei,
actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green
Berets), born in Los Angeles
<§>70’s<§>
78- Johnny
Tillotson,
singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion),
born in Jacksonville, Florida
@77- Harold Lloyd,
Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why
Worry) (d. 1971)
76- Ryan
O'Neal,
actor (Love Story, Paper Moon)
@70- Robert Lynd,
Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of
Ignorance) (d. 1949)
<§>60’s<§>
68- Jessica
Lange,
American actress (King Kong,
Tootsie), born in Cloquet, Minnesota
<§>50’s<§>
@56- Adolf Hitler,
Austrian-born German dictator and
Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45),
born in Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
@54- Luther Vandross,
American rock vocalist (Dance with
my Father), born in NYC, New York
(d. 2005)
53- Andy
Serkis,
English actor (Gollum in Lord of
the Rings), born in London
<§>40’s<§>
47- Shemar
Moore,
actor (Criminal Minds), born in
Oakland, California
45- Carmen
Electra [Tara Leigh Patrick],
American model and actress (Scary
Movie, Baywatch), born in
Sharonville, Ohio
41- Joey
Lawrence,
actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom,
Summer Rental), born in Philadelphia
<§>20’s<§>
27-Carlos Valdes,
TV actor (Flash, Arrow)
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‡‡Historical Obits Today‡‡
<§>90’s<§>
@98-2010 Dorothy
Height,
American civil rights activist
<§>80’s<§>
@81-1993 Cantinflas,
[Mario Moreno],
Mexican actor (Pepe)
<§>70’s<§>
@78-1991 Don[ald]
Siegel,
US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty
Harry), cancer
@72-1812 George
Clinton,
4th US VP, 1st VP to die in office,
heart attack
<§>60’s<§>
@67-1992 Benny
Hill,
comedian (Benny Hill Show), heart
attack
@64-1912 Bram
Stoker,
Irish theater manager/writer
(Dracula), strokes/syphilis
<§>40’s<§>
@48ish-1769 Pontiac
(Obwandiyag),
Ottawa tribal leader, murdered in
nearby village
@45-2016 Chyna
[Joanie Laurer],
American professional wrestler and
reality TV star, accidental<?> OD
<§>30’s<§>
@27ish-1534 Elizabeth
Barton,
English nun and prophet (only women
whose head was on a spike on
London Bridge), hung for treason
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‡‡Trivia Hive
Answers‡‡
New Mexico
On the morning of July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated.
The test, code-named Trinity, was part of the larger Manhattan Project, an
effort by the U.S. government to create a fully operational weapon that
harnessed the power of a nuclear fission reaction. The completed bombs were
dropped later that year on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9,
respectively. Japanese forces surrendered that same month, ending World War II.
Source: History.com, U.S. Department of Energy.
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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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