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Day 137 Flag Today 74°/44° Wind 20 mph Gusts 38 mph
Active
Fire: 36 miles away Risk of fire: ExtremeNearest
Lightning: 217 miles away
Air
Quality: Excellent Sunshine Breezy Red Flag
Warning
May
Averages: Temps: 70°\37° 8
days with rain
Monthly Observations
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Pediatric Feeding Disorder Awareness
Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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National Public Gardens Week: 8-17 Link Hoarding Awareness Week:
11-15 Link National Seat Belt Reinforcement
Week:11-31 Link National Stationery Week:
11-17 Link American Craft Beer Week: 11-17 Link Wound,Ostomy and
Continence Nursing Week: 12-18 Link Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Morel Mushroom Days: 15-16 National Safe Boating Week: 16-22 Neuroscience Nurses Week: 17-23 Link |
Daily Observations
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Bay to Breakers Race Note: Oldest Footrace
in America! |
Today’s Quotes
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“It never ceases to amae me: we all love ourselves more than the other
people, but care more…” a stoic lesson on self-worth, insecurity, and why we
seek validation from others. !Marcus Aurelius |
Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
Another great spring day.
I am having upset stomach issues today. I had to cancel my participation in
today’s discussion group. I am feeling better, but not enough for the
discussion. I haven’t missed a discussion since I joined.
It is the time for our government to fully protect Taiwan. The big tech
talk is how AI is changing the world we live in at exponential speed. Almost
90% of the chips necessary for this change are the chips made in Taiwan. The US
encouraged offshore development of these chips years ago. Now, we can’t grow
without them. If China were to blockade Taiwan, we would be in big trouble and
China knows that. A blockade could bankrupt the Big Tech companies that are currently
keeping the Stock Market in a very high bubble. If that bubble bursts, a world-wide
depression would occur. It is hard for me to understand how all the Big Tech Bros
of Trump are not aware of this. Without new chips, there go the computers,
servers, cell phones, package tracking, banking ATM’s, on-line banking, and AI,
among others. China will still have AI and have all its capabilities…both good
and bad. It sure looks like China is in the driver’s seat regarding Taiwan, and
this administration doesn’t seem to notice…or be bothered by this scenario.
Science Fact of the Day
Dunlins are a type of
sandpiper that lives in North America. When traveling in flocks, they have been
known to reach speeds of 45 – 55 mph.
Slang words and phrases
BIZ
This shortening of business is now more than a
century and a half old. The American humorist Charles Farrar Browne (a favorite
of Abraham Lincoln, no less) wrote "I must forth to my
Biz" way back in 1862, in one of the many works
he wrote under the pen name Artemus Ward.
Historic Events
Birthdays Today
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American computer
scientist (GUI design and object-oriented programming), born
in Springfield, Massachusetts ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Sugar Ray Leonard (70
years old) American boxer (Olympic
gold 1976), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Jim Nantz, (66
years old) American
sportscaster (The NFL on CBS, The Masters Tournament on CBS), born in
Charlotte, North Carolina ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Irish singer and songwriter ("Orinoco
Flow"; "Carribbean Blue"; "Only Time"), born in
Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Scottish-American comedian, actor (The
Drew Carey Show), writer and television host (The Late Late Show, 2005-14),
born in Glasgow, Scotland ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ American rock
singer-songwriter (Nine Inch Nails - Hurt; The Downward Spiral), Grammy and
Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Social Network), born in
Mercer, Pennsylvania ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Derek Hough, (41
years old) American Latin and ballroom dancer (Dancing with the Stars),
actor, and singer, born in Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Gone but not
forgotten Bartholomew
Roberts (1682-1722; @39, in battle) Welsh pirate known as
Black Bart who raided over 470 prize ships off the Americas and West Africa
between 1719-22, born in Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Kingdom of England ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Edward Jenner (1749-1823; @73, apoplexy) English physician, father of
(western) immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, born in Berkeley ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Horace Elgin
Dodge, (d. 1920; @52, cirrosis) American
automobile manufacturing pioneer (co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company), born
in Niles, Michigan ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Maureen
O'Sullivan, (d. 1998; @87) Irish actress
(Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), born in Boyle,
County Roscommon, Ireland ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Dennis Hopper ( 1936-2010; @74, prostate
cancer) American actor and director (True
Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider), born in Dodge City, Kansas ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Bill Paxton, (d.
2017; @61, prostate cancer) American actor
(True Lies; Twister; Big Love), born in Fort Worth, Texas ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Bob Saget (1956-2022; @65, head injury
from fall) American comedian, actor (Full House), and TV host (America's
Funniest Home Video), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ |
…The End for today…
