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May 23, 2017 Week: 21 \ Day: 143
86004 Today: H 72° \
L 35° Average Sky Cover: 30%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: -mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 85°[2000] Record Low: 23°[1927]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the
glitter, the more easily broken.
Publilius Syrus
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Declaration of the
Bab Day
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
National Taffy
Day Link
World Crohn's and Colitis Day Link
World Turtle Day
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
20-26
National Safe Boating Week
21-27
EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
Week Link
International Heritage Breeds
Week Link
National New Friends, Old Friends
Week
National Stationery Week
World Trade Week
22-28
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Link
National Backyard Games Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>1400’s<§>░░░
« 1430 Joan of Arc is
captured at Compiegne & sold to the English
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░«
1701 Captain William Kidd is
hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and the murder of William Moore
1785 Benjamin
Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1788 South
Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░«
1813 South American
independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of
Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")
1863 Organization
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1911 NY
Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft 1934 The
Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day
melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
1943 Thomas
Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
« 1949 Federal Republic of
[West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones
1958 US
schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
1958 Mao
Zedong starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
1962 Scott
Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
1991 US
Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion
« 1998 The Good Friday Agreement
is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░«
2014 Russia and China veto the
U.N. Security Council resolution to establish an International Criminal Court
for war crimes in Syria
« 2016 Chinese archaeologists
announce findings of earliest use of barley in China to make beer, Shaanxi
province 3400-2900 BC
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Great
weather day here. Warm, slight breeze, and a great day to be outside.
Cher
proved ‘you can turn back time’ last night. WOW 71!
So
the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ has done their final performance. As a kid, our
family went to see it every few years. When I was working on the Rez, that
circus came to Phoenix every summer, and my friends and I would always take
kids. I certainly understand the animal abuse protests. I have to wonder if
there is suddenly going to be an onslaught of tight rope walkers above the city
streets. And will we see lots of Clowns crawling out of cars in the Wal-Mart
parking lot. And what will happen to all
those top hatted Ringmasters…maybe they will become traffic directors or school
crossing guards.
AND
We
have a great circus going on in DC, with lots of politicians walking a tight
rope, plenty of clowns, but sadly, no honorable ringmaster. It plays daily,
except for the many vacation days, and its free to watch.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
Who
was the first U.S. president to ride in a plane referred to as Air Force One?
Eisenhower Kennedy
Truman Hoover
47.0%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
20→Number of years in prison to which an Indonesian woman
was sentenced for poisoning a friend’s iced coffee
37→Percentage by which the café has raised the
price of its iced coffee since the murder
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*-----
It's Official: Danish Beer is Piss -----*
People were surprised to learn that a beer they were tasting was made using
human urine. Norrebro Bryghus, which is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, said that
they decided to use human urine as the company switched to organic. The CEO of
Norrebro Bryghus, Henrik Vang, said that the company collected 13,000 gallons
of human urine waste form the toilets of the largest music festival in Europe.
The company then used the waste in the malting process. The human urine that
the company had collected was enough to produce 60,000 bottles of beer. The
company named the beer �Pisner.� Other organic beer brewers use animal manure in
the malting process while traditional companies use factory-made fertilizer.
Vang said that Pisner fits in perfectly with the new trend of producing
recyclable beer. At first, people cringed at the idea of drinking a beer that
was made using human urine, but eventually, they came around. One man who
tasted the beer, said that the drink tasted fresh and full at the same time.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
Monarchs
are toxic and in fact, some butterfly species such as the Viceroy play on that
feature by mimicking the signature bright orange and black coloring of Monarchs
to discourage birds from eating them.
***
Butterflies
are sensitive to pesticides and habitat loss, both of which have been driving a
decline in butterfly populations. Some of the most successful butterflies eat
agricultural products that man has modified.
***
In
addition to their physical beauty, butterflies act as one of nature's couriers.
In the case of Monarch butterflies, which pollinate milkweed, they may transfer
a pollen sac to the next plant on their legs or other body parts.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@94- Sid
Melton,
American
actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas), born in
Brooklyn,
(d.
2011)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@82- John
Bardeen,
American
physicist, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the transistor
(Nobel
1956, 1972), born in Madison, Wisconsin
(d.
1991)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@76- Scatman
Crothers, [Benjamin],
Terre
Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)
(d.
1986)
@74- Rosemary
Clooney,
Kentucky,
singer/paper towels spokeswoman (Coronet)
(d.
2002)
@71- Robert
A Moog,
inventor
(Moog Synthesizer)
(d.
2005)
@70- Carolus
Linnaeus,
Swedish
botanist and the Father of Taxonomy, born in Råshult, Sweden
(d.
1778)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@66- Martin
McGuinness,
Irish
Sinn Féin politician and IRA member, born in Derry
(d.
2017)
63- "Marvelous"
Marvin Hagler,
NJ,
middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
59- Drew
Carey,
American
actor & comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show), born in Cleveland
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
43- Ken
Jennings,
American
game show contestant, born in Edmonds, Washington
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@97-1937
John D. Rockefeller,
American
industrialist and philanthropist
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@89-2002 Sam
Snead,
American
golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
@86-2015 John
Nash,
American
mathematician (subject of movie "A Beautiful Mind") and
Nobel
laureate, car crash
@83-1981 George
Jessel,
US
comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic)
@81-1975 Jackie
"Moms" Mabley,
comedienne
(Amazing Grace)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@58-1868 Kit
Carson,
American
frontiersman, Indian fighter and army officer, aortic aneurysm
@56±-1701 William
Kidd,
Scottish
pirate legend, hanged at London's Execution Dock
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
@25-1934 Clyde
Barrow,
American
bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame), killed in police ambush
@23-1934 Bonnie Parker,
American
outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Eisenhower
While
Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to fly in an airplane of any kind,
it was not until 1953 that the call sign "Air Force One" was first
used. Today, the name technically applies to any plane carrying the current
president of the U.S., but generally is used to refer to the two specific
planes that are dedicated to serving the president. Plans for two new planes
have been set in motion, but President Donald Trump recently questioned the
project based on high expected costs. Source: Business Insider, Boeing, The
Atlantic
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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…☼☼☼☼
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