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[IceWizard]

17 May 2017


World Hypertension Day



World Hypertension Day might sound like an intensely stressful day, which causes high blood pressure, but it is in fact an educational event, designed to prevent instances of hypertension.

Created by the World Hypertension League in 2005, the day is intended to increase awareness of the condition and issues surrounding it. Awareness of hypertension is considered to be vitally important, due to the number of deaths linked with associated heart attacks, kidney disease and strokes. There is also a perceived lack of awareness about hypertension amongst the general public, which the WHL hopes to change.

The day generally takes on a specific theme. For example, in the past, one of the themes was ‘Healthy diet, healthy blood pressure’, which aimed to improve people’s understanding of how poor diets can contribute towards high blood pressure and how a more healthy diet can help to rectify the problem.

So join in, test your blood pressure, learn about hypertension and stay healthy.



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National Pack Rat Day



There’s a problem that starts off small, and grows to often life-destroying proportions. We all collect little knick-knacks, and maybe sometimes we aren’t quite as meticulous as we should be about keeping the home and hearth clean, but in moderation, there’s nothing wrong with that. Some people collect everything, thinking they’re being thrifty, conservative, or just plain resourceful. Sometimes that’s true, and other times they’re staring hoarding down the throat and are on the verge, or deep in the middle of, a very serious problem. Pack Rat Day is your warning to take some time to look at your life and determine if you have things you don’t need.

History of Pack Rat Day

The history of Pack Rat Day is the history of a pathology and the people who live with it. Compulsive hoarding is a serious problem, we see it in people who collect things past their homes ability to contain it. Worse, these same people are sometimes unable to determine whether or not saving a thing is truly useful or not. Sometimes it simply results in a home that is packed with useless items and an uncomfortable living space. In others, the case gets much direr.

Hoarding can completely take over a person’s life, rendering their entire space impossible to inhabit. Kitchens and refrigerators may be overloaded with junk to the point they are unusable and incredibly unsanitary. Bedrooms quickly become filled with random collections of items, sometimes to the point where there’s no way to use the room for its intended purpose. If there is, it’s largely just the bed that’s able to be used, and often not all of it.

If collecting just odd knick-knacks wasn’t bad enough, it can get so bad the person with the hoarding problem can’t determine whether or not something is actually gone bad. Clearly, rotten food will be kept until it’s just completely mush, meat that’s gone bad can ‘still be saved’, moldy pancakes and the like will all be hoarded. The degree to which this can affect a person’s life is tragic.

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May 17 Birthdays



Bob Saget - 62




Bill Paxton - (1955 - 2017) (61)




Enya - 56




Craig Ferguson - 55




Trent Reznor - 52




Sugar Ray Leonard - 61




Paul Di’anno - 59







May 17th

2010: ZZ Top made a cameo appearance on Two and a Half Men appearing in a fantasy sequence.

2000: The Eagles filed a lawsuit against Bill Arnold for allegedly violating a trademark for naming his restaurant Hotel California Grill. Arnold’s comment on the lawsuit was “This is a restaurant, not a song. We’re not infringing on the rights of Don Henley, Glenn Frey or anyone.”

1999: Bruce Fairbairn, producer for artists such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, & Kiss, was found dead in his Vancouver home shortly after completing recording sessions for Yes’ album The Ladder. He was 49 years old.

1992: Phil Collins’ sore throat caused Genesis to cancel a concert two songs into their set at Tampa Stadium.

1987: A fire swept through Tom Petty’s home in Encino, CA & destroyed everything inside except for a few guitars & tapes. The cost of damages was estimated at $800,000.

1986: Van Halen peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Why Can’t This Be Love”, their debut single with Sammy Hagar.

1982: Black Sabbath was awarded the Gold Ticket for playing to over 100,000 fans at Madison Square Garden throughout their career during a concert in support of Mob Rules, their second album with Ronnie James Dio singing for them.

1980: Peter Criss departed from Kiss shortly after the release of Unmasked. Criss didn’t contribute in the recording on Unmasked despite being featured on the album cover.

1974: ABC broadcasted the Elton John special Say Goodbye to Norma Jean and Other Things. During the special, John performed “Candle in the Wind” and “Rocket Man”.



Birthdays:

Bill Bruford - Brummer for Yes & King Crimson born in 1948

Paul Di’anno - Singer for Iron Maiden born in 1958

Dave Abbruzzese - Drummer for Pearl Jam born in 1968