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May 29, 2017 Week: 22 \ Day: 149
86004 Today: H 75° \
L 39°
Average Sky
Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts: 20mph
Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 86°[2000] Record Low: 22°[1918]
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╬Quote of the Day╬
The truth is more important than the facts.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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╬Observances Today╬
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day
Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day Link
Ramadan-→6/25
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╬Observances This Week╬
25-31
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing
Territories
26-6/12
Louis Vuitton Cup (America's Cup)
26-29
National Polka Weekend
Mudbug Madness Days
Old-Time Player Piano Weekend
28-6/3
Black Single Parents Week
National Tire Safety Week Link
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╬Today’s Significant US Historical
Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
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★1453 Constantinople,
capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends the
Byzantine Empire
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1721 South
Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
★1733 The
right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1765 Patrick
Henry's historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of
"Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1790 Rhode
Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying US Constitution
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1848 Wisconsin
becomes 30th state
1849 Lincoln
says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the
time."
1851 Sojourner Truth addresses 1st
Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1912 15
young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot"
during their lunch break
★1913 Igor
Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a
riot.
1916 Official
flag of president of US adopted
1932 The
Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, D.C. in to
request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1942 Bing
Crosby records "White Christmas", greatest selling record to date
1949 Candid
Camera, TV comedy show, moves to NBC
★1953 Edmund
Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of
Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition
1957 NYC
Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about
the proposed move to the west coast
1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's
Clown" hits #1
1968 US Truth in Lending Act signed into
law
1980 Larry
Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
★1989 Student
protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
★2001 International
Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.
2014 President
Obama approves US military training of 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight the
regime of Bashar al-Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups
★2015 Sepp
Blatter is elected to a fifth term as president of FIFA
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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬
Nice day, quiet, peaceful.
Yesterday I started my
blog. Found a mistake and the whole document just froze, now way to save or to
do anything but lose it. Pain the in…
Holiday weekend is going
great. Some friends stopped by yesterday afternoon. Today is just quiet. Take time during this long weekend to
remember those who gave all during wars.
I live in the middle of a
National Forest. Trees are all around. I love it. We are very aware of the fire
danger. The forest service has several watch towers that, during the fire
season, are constantly looking for smoke, because these professionals know that
where there is smoke, there is fire. The fourth estate, the press, is like the
rangers in our forest. Constantly looking for smoke. No matter how hard some
try to say that ‘smoke is just that, smoke’, those of us that know smoke, know
there is a fire somewhere nearby.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
And he’s back…from his European trip…and the tweets start up. Sad.
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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
Why were Asian carp
introduced into the U.S.?
Crawfish
population control Weed and
parasite growth
Sport
fishing Food
source creation
66.8%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s Index╬
10→Length, in years of the maximum jail sentence
under a proposed South African law for criminalizing racial slurs
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╬Yep, It Really Happened╬
There are a lot of things
a person might want to smuggle into a court house; video recording equipment, a
bottle of booze, a gun? But one Michigan woman felt she could not make it
through a day in court without her monkey.
Former Bay City resident Linda Stevenson visited the Bay County Court Facility
and put her purse on the X-ray machine at the building's security station.
"I pushed the button for it to go through when it started making
noises," said Bay County Sheriff's Court Security Deputy Pat McIver.
"I was like, 'What was that?' She goes, 'Oh, that's my monkey.'"
The X-ray captured an image of the diminutive simian's skeleton within
Stevenson's purse.
"I said, 'I need to see your monkey,'" McIver said. "She
unzipped her purse, the monkey stuck its head out and looked around, and then
she zipped it back up."
McIver told Stevenson she could not bring the monkey into the building. She
returned him to her car, then quickly conducted her small claims-related
business inside the courthouse.
After her business concluded, Stevenson was stopped by McIver on the way out
and was asked to bring the monkey back inside for some of the other courthouse
staff could see him. Stevenson obliged, bringing the monkey back to the security
station.
"She opened her bag and the monkey climbed out on her arm, then climbed up
onto my arm and across my shoulder," McIver said. When she instructed the
primate to return to her purse, he did as instructed, the deputy said.
"He's amazing," Stevenson said about the monkey, adding she takes him
everywhere with her.
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╬Somewhat Useless Information╬
The moon is never really
full. The disk of the moon can only appear 100 percent sunlit from Earth when
it is diametrically opposite to the sun in the sky. But that, of course, is
impossible because at that moment the moon would be positioned in the middle of
the Earth's shadow and in total lunar eclipse. In fact, in any month where
there is no eclipse, there should be an ever-so-slight sliver of darkness
visible somewhere on the lunar limb throughout those hours when the moon is
passing through "full" phase; close inspection will usually reveal
that moon is not fully illuminated, but is indeed gibbous or slightly out of
roundness.
As the full moon occurs every 29.5 days, February is the only month that can
occur without a full moon. All of the other months are guaranteed to witness at
least one full moon.
When the full moon
coincides with a total lunar eclipse, it appears red. In this phenomenon known
as the red moon, the only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow.
This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to
rayleigh scattering of the more blue light.
The full moon has been thought to cause insanity and even more famously, lycanthropy.
One of the most popular beliefs was that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf
if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night
with the full moon shining directly on his or her face.
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╬Birthdays Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>100’s<§>░░░
@100- Bob
Hope [Leslie Townes Hope],
British
born American entertainer, born in London, England
(d.
2003)
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78- Al
Unser,
auto
racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
@76- Ebenezer
Butterick,
inventor
(tissue paper dress pattern)
(d.
1903)
@71- Tenzing
Norgay,
Tibetan
climber who was the 1st to reach the summit of Mount Everest
in
1953 with Edmund Hillary (exact date of birth unknown, but he
celebrated
on the 29th), born in either northeastern Nepal or Tibet
(d.
1986)
70- Anthony
Geary,
actor
(Luke/Bill-General Hospital), born in Coalville, Utah
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
64- Danny
Elfman,
American
composer (The Simspons Theme), born in Los Angeles
@63- Patrick
Henry,
American
Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his "Give me
liberty
or give me death" speech, born in Studley, Colony of Virginia,
British
America
(d.
1799)
62- John
Hinckley Jr,
shot
& wounded President Reagan
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
59- Annette
Bening,
American
actress (Grifters, Bugsy, American Beauty), born in Topeka
58- Adrian
Paul,
actor
(Dance to Win, Highlander), born in London, England
56- Melissa
Etheridge,
US
singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@46- John
F. Kennedy,
35th
US President (1961-1963) and Senator (D-Mass),
(d.
1963)
44- Laverne
Cox,
American
actress and LGBT advocate, born in Mobile, Alabama
42- Melanie
Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", “Mel B”,
Leeds,
vocalist (Spice Girls)
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╬Historical Obits Today╬
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@92-2004 Archibald
Cox,
Watergate
special prosecutor
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@89-1998 Barry
M. Goldwater,
U.S.
Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate
@87-1979 Mary
Pickford,
actress
(Coquette, Suds, Secrets)
@81-2008 Harvey
Korman,
American
actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@74-2010
Dennis Hopper,
American
actor (Easy Rider) and director, cancer
@74-1911 William
Schwenck Gilbert,
English
dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), heart attack while swimming
@74-1892 Baha'u'llah
[Mirza HA Noeri],
Persian
founder (Baha'i), fever
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@49±-1500 Bartolomeu
Dias,
Portuguese
explorer (1st European to round Cape of Good Hope),
drowns
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╬Trivia Hive Answers╬
Weed and parasite growth
Among the aquatic scene,
many species have a dirty name, and that list includes various types of fish
known as Asian carp. These fish, first introduced into the U.S. in the 1970s to
combat weed and parasite issues, are silver carp, black carp, grass carp and
bighead carp. Somehow, the non-native species made their way into the
Mississippi River, working their way up as far as Minnesota. Once Asian carp
reach an area, they out-compete native fish for space and food, sometimes
pushing native species out. And you thought having your in-laws over for a
weekend was bad. Source: National Park Service
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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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