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Week 15 Day 103 Flag Today 67°/28° Wind 3mph Gusts 10mph Active Fire: 251 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 1142 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Apr. Averages: Temps: 60°\27° Moisture: 3 Days |
Monthly Observations
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World
Habitat Awareness Month |
Worldwide
Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month |
Weekly Observations
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6-12 Week of The Young Child
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7-13 National
Public Health Week 7-14 National
Occupational Health Nursing Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Belmont-Paul Women's Equality Monument Day Link |
National
Day of Silence Link National
Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"The most important step a man can take. It's not
the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step." ― Brandon Sanderson |
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Today’s Thoughts
I had a nice lunch with Faith and Andy. They were up here for an appointment
for Faith and headed back down right now for an appointment for Andy. Good food
and conversation.
Last night on Jeopardy! there was a clue regarding Flagstaff. This tree
was used to nail an American Flag to it to signify Flagstaff was here. What is
a Ponderosa Pine?
Headline announced death at 76 of OJ Simpson.
Terms with origins in rural America
Bootleg
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"bootleg" is an illegal recording of music, movies, concerts, and
other productions. The word stems from bootleggers, the makers of illicit
alcohol during the U.S Prohibition era. Bootleg, in turn, had its origins in
the practice of sneaking a flask of alcohol into the top of a tall boot.
Did you Know?
Native Cultures
Navajo Men Helped The U.S. Marines In World War II
A
little known fact is that hundreds of Navajo men served as soldiers in World
War II. More specifically, a group of 29 Navajo men were selected by the Marine
Corps leadership for a special assignment that required them to use their
unwritten Navajo language to create a special code.
This
team, which became known as the "Navajo Code Talkers," focused on
using word association to assign key phrases and military strategies to
specific Navajo words. Doing so allowed them to translate 30 minutes of
code-breaking machine work within less than 20 seconds. Even long after the war
was over, the Navajo Code created by the Code Talkers remained intact.
Historic Events
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1961 – Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space.
Birthdays with some quotes
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84 – Herbie Hancock,
American pianist and composer “Don’t
be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where
the joy and the adventure lie.” 78 – Ed O’Neill, American
comedic actor 77 – David Letterman,
American talk show host 70 – Pat Travers,
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist 68 – Andy Garcia,
Cuban-American actor 67 – Vince Gill, American
singer-songwriter “The
devaluation of music and what it’s now deemed to be worth is laughable to me.
My single cost 99 cents. That’s what a single cost in 1960. On my phone, I
can get an app for 99 cents that makes fart noises – the same price as the
thing I create and speak to the world with. Some would say the fart app is
more important. It’s an awkward time. Creative brains are being sorely
mistreated.” 53 – Shannon Doherty,
American actress 53 – Nicholas Brendon,
American actor 45 – Claire Danes,
American actress 45 – Jennifer Morrison,
American actress 37 – Brooklyn Decker,
American model 30 – Saoirse Ronan,
American-born Irish actress |
@104- Beverly Cleary,
author @80 – Ann Miller,
American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004) @75 – Henry Clay,
American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852;
TB) “Of
all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized
as that of character.” @75 – Charles Napier,
American character actor (d. 2011; blood clot) @72 – Billy Vaughn,
American musician, bandleader (d. 1991; mesothelioma) @67 – David Cassidy,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2017; liver failure) @66 – Tom Clancy,
American author (d. 2013; heart failure) “The
difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” @64 – Tiny Tim (Herbert
Butros Khaury), American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996; heart attack) “I’d
love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put
down their guns. I’d also like just one more hit single.” @31 – Harold Lockwood,
American actor, director (d. 1918; Spanish flu) |
…The End for today…
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