BBC News reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a birthday serenade during a recent press conference. Chancellor Merkel turned 60 on July 17 and reported that she received flowers from other leaders of the EU. It is not widely reported that the NSA sent a birthday greeting and Bit Coin to her IPhone.
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Bearizona Backyard BBQ July 26th
Bearizona will hold its Backwoods Barbeque July 26th from 12 pm to 9 pm at the Fort Bearizona Walk-Thru Area. The drive-thru portion of the park will only be open through 7 pm, so make sure you come early if you wanted to include this in your visit.
Annual Pass Holders get in free, but must pay for food, beverages and bounce houses. Pass holders must also RSVP for event by emailing bearizonawp@gmail.com with the number attending.
Online Pre-Sale Tickets
$8+tax (Ages 4-12)
$18+tax (Ages 13 and Up)
Tickets at the Gate
$10+tax (Ages 4-12)
$20+tax (Ages 13 and Up)
Events include:
- Live Country Music throughout the day, headlined by Marble Heart at 5 pm
- View Bearizona’s Walk-Thru Animals-Including Adorable Bear Cubs
- Jump ’til Your Hearts Content on our Bounce Houses $3.00 for all day bracelet
- Get Hands-On with Gators and Snakes who make a special appearance during this event only 3 pm 8 pm. Other Critters will be out throughout the day for an up-close encounter.
- Yummy BBQ, Grand Canyon Brewery, Historic Brewing Company and Grand Canyon Winery Selections Available for Purchase
You can book your hotel room with their preferred partner—The Grand Canyon Railway Hotel.
Bring your blanket or lawn chair and get gussied up in your backwoods best. Think Duck Dynasty meets Red Neck.
Get strong like rock. Not weak like Barrack.
Williams to follow lead of ADOT on wrong way signage
WILLIAMS – ADOT is posting larger wrong way signs and posting them lower to the ground. The hope is that they will be more eye-catching for drivers. In recent weeks there have been several accidents caused by wrong way drivers.
The Northern Arizona Gazette has learned that the City of Williams is considering the process for signs along their one-way routes of Railroad and Bill Williams Avenue. Bill Williams Avenue is one-way going east in the direction of Flagstaff while Railroad Avenue is one-way going west toward Ash Fork. Both streets are part of the defunct Route 66 highway system.
The City of Williams will have larger signs created. They will also be posted lower to the ground. They will also have a more western-style eye-catching message to drivers going in the wrong direction.
When contacted, City Hall stated, “This is a completely satire piece. It is meant for humor only. You’ve been had.”
Navajo Code Talkers leader defends Redskins name
(November 28, 2013)—A leader of the Navajo Code Talkers who appeared at a Washington Redskins home football game said Wednesday the team name is a symbol of loyalty and courage — not a slur as asserted by critics who want it changed.
Roy Hawthorne, 87, of Lupton, Ariz., was one of four Code Talkers honored for their service in World War II during the Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Hawthorne, vice president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, said the group’s trip was paid for by the Redskins. The four men met briefly with team owner Dan Snyder but did not discuss the name, Hawthorne said. Still, he said he would endorse the name if asked, and the televised appearance in which three of the Indians wore Redskins jackets spoke for itself.
“We didn’t have that in mind but that is undoubtedly what we did do,” Hawthorne said when asked if he was intending to send a statement with the appearance. “My opinion is that’s a name that not only the team should keep, but that’s a name that’s American.”
Read more at NFL.COM
New excuse: My dog kept me awake all night
PHOENIX – Along with the dog ate my homework, kids can now add the dog slept with me as an excuse why they are late for school. The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix conducted a study of sleep deprivation and claim a link to owners allowing pets to sleep with them. Some scientist warn of Zoonoses, or the transmission of disease from pets to owners from allowing pets to sleep in beds.
Web MD says 53% were disturbed by pet bedroom sharing. Medical Daily claims 63% have some sleep deprivation by sharing bed with a pet.
More than half of pet owners (54%) said they shared their bed or bedroom with their dog (58%) or cat (42%) Sowjanya Duthuluru, MD told MedScape. He said that is “quite a lot.” The Web MD site also cites:
Sleeping with pets isn’t unusual in this country. According to a recent survey of pet owners by the American Pet Products Association, nearly half of dogs sleep in their owner’s beds. The survey found that 62% of small dogs, 41% of medium-sized dogs and 32% of large dogs sleep with their owners.
Several stories quote Lois Krahn, M.D., Mayo Clinic psychiatrist and author of the study.
“The study determined that while the majority of patients did not view their pets intolerably disturbing their sleep, a higher percentage of patients experienced irritation — this may be related to the larger number of households with multiple pets. When people have these kinds of sleep problems, sleep specialists should ask about companion animals and help patients think about ways to optimize their sleep.”
She also noted:
“One patient owned a parrot who consistently squawked at 6 a.m. He must have thought he was a rooster.”
Could zoonoses explain the mental instability of Canadian actor James Eugene Carrey?
During a 1974 outbreak of plague in New Mexico, USA, 7 cases of bubonic plague were investigated. One patient noticed flea bites the morning after he allowed his flea-infested cat to share his bed. Similarly, in a series of 23 cases of plague related to cat exposure, a 9-year-old boy from Arizona had handled and slept with a sick cat. Another case, which occurred in 1983 in New Mexico, was likely acquired after indoor/outdoor cats slept with the patient.
Listening to Ted Nugent is not the only way to contract Cat-Scratch Fever. The document stated that cat-scratch disease can be transmitted in the bedroom.
Cat-scratch disease is mainly transmitted to humans when they are scratched by a cat that harbors Bartonella henselae–infected fleas and flea feces. However, a few documented cases have been associated with sleeping or being licked by a household pet.
The report admits that zoonotic infections acquired by sleeping with a pet are uncommon and more cases of disease transmission are caused by kissing animals.
However, severe cases of C. canimorsus infection or plague in humans have been documented. More zoonotic agents that are transmitted by kissing a pet or being licked by a pet have been identified, especially zoonotic pathogens that are commensal in the oral cavity of carnivores, such as Pasteurella spp. and C. canimorsus.
The document recommends the common sense step regular veterinary visits. Immediate steps should be taken to rid pets of flea and tick infestations.
So the lesson here is that instead of telling the little dog to move over because A new dog’s movin’ in, you should just kick him out. Then spray the dog house.
Nighty-night.
See Also Science Daily, NBC News
Just why did the chicken cross the road?
SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he’s a maverick!
BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.
JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it’s lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
Bearizona extends hours
WILLIAMS – If you are not on a Hog for the rally, you can take in the Bearizona Drive Through Wildlife Park just to the east of Williams up to an hour later. Bearizona recently extended their hours from 5 to 6 pm for the summer. The gates open at 8 am, though, and unless you are in a rush you should go in early. If you are rushed, you will probably miss much of the park like the walk-through area and petting zoo.
If you are new, here are some tips. The animals are moving earlier in the day when it is cool. They may be moving about later in the afternoon when it cools off. You can go through the drive through portion more than once. So go through once and have your cameras ready. Concentrate on watching the actions of the animals. Go through a second time prepared to get your pictures. Don’t forget to watch for the Kaibab squirrels enjoying lunch with the bears.
You can also enjoy the park by riding the open-air buses which allow you to take pictures without reflection from your windows. So you can drive through once and then take pictures from the bus.
Going earlier will allow you to take in the raptor show and get a closer look at the animals in the walk-through area.
If you are looking for an alternative to the traffic congestion downtown, Bearizona could be your ticket.
Star Party set for Friday
Photo courtesy of CAS web site.
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