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4.10.16 Week: 15 \ Day: 101
April Averages:
58°\27°
86004 Today:
H 65° \ L 36° Average Sky Cover: 85%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 23mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 74°[1989] Record
Low: 13°[1999]
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Quote
of the Day
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Observances
Today
ASPCA
(American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day Link
Global Day to End Child Sexual
Abuse Link
National
Farm Animals Day Link
Salvation Army Founder's Day
Safety Pin Day
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Observances
This Week
2-10
National
Robotics Week Link
4-10
Explore
Your Career Options
Hate Week
The Masters Tournament
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link
9-17
YoYo
& Skill Toys Week
10-16
Animal
Control Officer Appreciation Week Link
Spring Astronomy Week
National Library Week
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week Link
National
Student Employment Week Link
Pan American Week:
National Volunteer Week
Week of The Young Child Link
American Indian Awareness Week Link
International Dark Sky Week
Undergraduate Research Week
Health Information Privacy and Security Week
Link
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1790 US
Patent system forms
1825 1st
hotel in Hawaii opens
1841 New
York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
1845 More
than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pa
1866 American
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1869 Congress
increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1872 1st
Arbor Day celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
1916
The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York
City.
1925 Scribners
publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
1960 Senate
passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1967 39th
Academy Awards - "A Man For All Seasons," Best Picture, Elizabeth
Taylor & Paul Scofield best actress/actor
1968 40th
Academy Awards - "In the Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger &
Katherine Hepburn win
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1516 1st Jewish ghetto
established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1858 "Big Ben", a 13.76
tonne bell, is recast in the Tower of Westminster
1869 José Martí founds the Cuban
Revolutionary Party.
1923
- Liam Lynch, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army, is mortally wounded
by Free State troops in the Knockmealdown Mountains, Co. Tipperary; Frank Aiken
takes over as IRA chief of staff
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns
to Pakistan
1998 A bronze bust of world-renowned Irish aviator,
Colonel James 'Fitz' Fitzmaurice who, along with two Germans, made the first
east-west transatlantic crossing in 1928, is unveiled in his hometown of
Portlaoise
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Decent weather day.
Readings for immigration discussion complete.
Leaned a lot. Immigration has changed a lot since I was in school. Interesting
stats on how emigration/immigration rates change the total population of
various countries. For countries with low birth rates, it is important for a
workforce to have high immigration rates, but this also causes an economic pull
on the country to educate and offer health care to the new residents. Lots to
think about!
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Brain
Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
They are Out There
Rebus brain teasers use words or
letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
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Difficulty:
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Decipher
the following rebus:
GOT GOT GOT GOT HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES |
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…Harper’s
Index…
3/5-Portion of China’s natural coastline that
has disappeared because of development since 1950
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
earthpixPerfect Cabin hidden
away in woods of Washington | Photo by@andrewtkearns
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2
jokes for the day
No one knew she had a dental implant, until it came out in conversation.
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The
girl came running in tears to her father. "Dad, you gave me some terrible
financial advice!" she cried.
"I did? What did I tell you?" said the dad.
"You told me to put my money in that big bank, and now that big bank is in
trouble."
"What are you talking about? That's one of the largest banks in the world,"
he said. "Surely there must be some mistake."
"I don't think so," she sniffed. "They just returned one of my
checks with a note saying, 'Insufficient Funds'."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*--------------- Teaching Dogs to Fly ---------------*
To anybody who thinks that cats are smarter
than dogs, I would like them to show me a cat flying a plane. Don't think a dog
can fly a plane either? Think again. A New Zealand dog trainer who taught RSPCA
dogs to drive has done the unthinkable and managed to train dogs how to pilot a
plane in a bid to prove just how capable rescue dogs can be. In a world first,
Mr. Vette was able to successfully train three rescue dogs to fly a plane, and
even perform tricks, including a figure of eight maneuver. "It takes a lot
of training and a lot of work and integration to build that
collaboration," Mr. Vette said, "but the more I�ve flown th the dogs the more intuitive they get." Reggie was the
world's first dog to successfully fly, where according to Mr. Vette, flew for
15 minutes straight. Don't believe it? Look for the video online!
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Birthdays
Today
“(
)” indicates age at death
(96) Harry
Morgan,
Detroit, actor (December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet) (d.2011)
87- Max Von Sydow,
Lund, Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist,
Dune, Dreamscape)
(85) Frances
Perkins,
American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level
position (Labor), (d. 1965)
(83) Omar
Sharif, [Michael Shalhoub],
Alexandria, Egyptian actor (Doctor
Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia) (d. 2015)
80- John Madden,
Austin, Minn, NFL coach (Oakland Raiders)
and sports commentator (CBS, FOX)
75- Paul Theroux,
American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
(72) Don
Meredith,
Mount Vernon Texas, NFL QB (Cowboys)/Mon Night Football (d.2010)
(71) Chuck
Connors,
Brooklyn, American actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in
Africa) (d.1992)
(64) Joseph
Pulitzer,
Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) (d.1911)
(63) Matthew
Calbraith Perry,
Commodore, opened Japan
(d.1858)
36- Charlie Hunnam,
British actor (Jackson
Teller - Sons of Anarchy)
28- Haley Joel Osment,
Los Angeles, actor ("Sixth Sense")
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Historical
Obits Today
@90-1991 Natalie Schafer,
actress
(Gilligan's Island)
@70-2010 Dixie Carter,
American
actress (Designing Women), cancer
@48-1931 Khalil Gibran,
Lebanese
poet and painter, cirrhosis
@39-1919 Emiliano Zapata,
Mexican
leader, murdered
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Forgotten Heroes!
Four "got" ten "heroes"
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or
disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually
checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains
mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it
and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the
Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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