June 5, 2017 Open Thread; World Environment Day

June 5 is the 156nd day of the year. There are 209 days left.

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Today's number is 5

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5 is the third prime                                                                                          

 5 is the third Sophie Germain prime                                                                                 5 is a Fermat prime                                                                                                       5 is the only prime that is the sum of 2 consecutive numbers                                                             5 is the only prime ending in 5                                                                                           5 is the fifth Fibonacci number                                                                                             There are 5 Platonic Solids (and myriads of Platonic relationships)                                                         A 5 sided polygon is a pentagon (lower case)                                                                       A building full of insane war mongers is a Pentagon (Capitalized initial letter)                                       A 5 sided star is a pentagram                                                                                 5 is the length of the hypotenuse of a 3,4,5 triangle, often used in construction & carpentry.                 5 is boron                                                                                                           A pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave                                                                               The Book of Five Rings by master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is must reading, trust me.                                     I-5 connects San Diego, CA with Blaine, Wa                                                                              

The Five Families refers to the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese crime families.                      

- 5 is  an important number in Discordianism. There is the Law of Fives as well as the Pentabarf, which has five rules. Each page of the Principia Discordia is labeled with five digits.                                    

- To relax or take a break, especially of 5 minutes duration used to be called to

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Only 5 Platonic solids

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"Easy fifth roots"

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Pentagonal tilings

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Title 5 of the US Code is GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES.

5 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Appuleius John the Baptist and/or Jesus of Nazareth may or may not have been born.    

29 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla Tiberius conquered Germania Inferior                                                             Wang Mang, was granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor"                                         Livilla married Drusus Julius Caesar,                                                     Julia, daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla was born  

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On this day in:

1817 -- The Frontenac, the first Great Lakes steamer, was launched 1832 -- The Paris Uprising of 1832 (inspiration for Les Miserables) 1851 -- The first installment of a serialized Uncle Tom's Cabin was published 1862 -- The Treaty of Saigon ceded parts of southern Vietnam to France 1862 -- Guerilla leader Truong Dinh chose to continue fighting the imperialist bastids French 1883 -- The Orient Express' first regularly scheduled run 1915 -- Denmark's constitution was amended allowing women to vote 1916 -- The Arab Revolt broke out (think Allenby, T.E. Lawrence and Faisal) 1917 -- The draft for WWI began in the US 1933 -- Congress welched on US debts by abrogating the gold standard 1944 -- The Normandy coast was heavily bombed in preparation for D-Day 1945 -- The Allied Control Council took control in Germany 1947 -- U S Secretary of State George Marshall called for economic aid to Europe 1956 -- Elvis Presley introduced "Hound Dog" on The Milton Berle Show 1963 -- John Profumo resigned as British Secretary of State for War 1967 -- Israel launched a sneak attack on Egypt, starting the 6 Day War. 1968 -- Sirhan Sirhan shot Robert F. Kennedy 1975 -- The Suez Canal reopened 1975 -- The UK considered and rejected Brexit 1981 -- The CDC reported that 5 people in L.A. had what is now known to have been AIDS 1984 -- Indira Gandhi ordered an attack on the Golden Temple 1989 -- The Tiananmen Square Tank Man faced down a column of Tanks 1995 -- The first successful production of a Bose - Einstein condensate 2006 -- Serbia declared independence 2009 -- The "Battle at Devils Curve" near Bagua, Peru, part of 2009 Peru political crises. See below

Peru signed a so-called "Free Trade Agreement" with the US that required that private companies be allowed to access the Amazon for purposes of resource exploitation. The Indigenous population, knowing that this meant the destruction of the Amazon, its natural resources, their villages, livelihood, and way of life began a long series of protests and blockades. The police attacked blockading tribesmen resulting in the deaths of 23 indigineous people and 9 cops. The next day the cops massacred even more protesters, but in the end the government rescinded the laws enabling the rape of the Amazon.

Presley? 1956? What?

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Born this day in:

1646 -- Elena Cornaro Piscopia, mathematician and philosopher, first female phD 1723 -- Adam Smith, philosopher best known for ridiculous psuedo-science & invisible hands 1760 -- Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist, discovered yttrium 1819 -- John Couch Adams, mathematician and astronomer who correctly predicted Neptune using math 1850 -- Pat Garrett, buffalo hunter, gunman, lawman, cowboy, killer and more 1878 -- Francisco "Pancho" Villa, revolutionary, general & politician. 1883 -- John Maynard Keynes, improved upon Smith's psuedo-science 1884 -- Ivy Compton-Burnett, author & "fierce Victorian atheist" 1898 -- Federico Garcia Lorca, poet, playwright & director 1905 -- Wayne Boring, cartoonist 1914 -- Beatrice de Cardi, Archaeologist 1920 -- Cornelius Ryan, journalist & author 1934 -- Bill Moyers, journalist 1937 -- Helene Cixous, author, poet, critic & feminist 1941 -- Martha Argerich, classical pianist 1941 -- Erasmo Carlos, singer & songwriter, part of the Jovem Guarda 1946 -- Wanderlea, singer, TV host, another Jovem Guarda 1946 -- John Du Cann, guitarist 1947 -- Laurie Anderson, singer, musician, songwriter and performance artist   1947 -- Tom Evans, singer, songwriter & guitarist - badfinger 1947 -- Freddie Stone, singer, pianist, pastor and co-founder of Sly & the Family Stone 1949 -- Ken Follett, author 1952 -- Carole Fredericks, singer 1956 -- Richard Butler, singer songwriter 1956 -- Kenny G, audible sedative, in California it illegal to listen to him while driving 1965 -- Michael E. Brown, astronomer who helped kill Pluto

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Died this day in:

1900 -- Stephen Crane, poet and author 1910 -- O. Henry, author 1993 -- Conway Twitty, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1999 -- Mel Torme, singer, songwriter and actor 2002 -- Dee Dee Ramone, singer, songwriter and bassist 2004 -- Ronald Reagan, mediocre actor & worse politician, creator of the DLC's agenda. 2012 -- Ray Bradbury, author

In the Desert BY STEPHEN CRANE

In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter--bitter," he answered;

"But I like it "Because it is bitter, "And because it is my heart."

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:                                           Feast of Nur (Bahai) World Environment Day

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So, for music

5 Martha Argerich Erasmo Carlos Wanderlea John Du Cann Laurie Anderson Tom Evans Freddie Stone Carole Fredericks Richard Butler Kenny G Conway Twitty Mel Torme Dee Dee Ramone

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Martha Argerich

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Erasmo Carlos

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Wanderlea

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John Du Cann

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Laurie Anderson (OK, so why wasn't I told about this??)

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Tom Evans

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Freddie Stone

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Carole Fredericks

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Richard Butler

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Kenny G

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Conway Twitty

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Mel Torme

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Dee Dee Ramone

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OK, what's on your minds?

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