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March 31,
2017 Week: 12 \ Day: 90
86004 Today: H 61° \
L 27° Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 24mph\Gusts: -mph Visibility: 10 mi
March Averages: 50°\23°
March Records: H: 73° (2007)
L: -16
(1966)
Record High: 73°[1966] Record Low: 3°[1912]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Cesar Chavez Day Link
International Hug A Medievalist Day
International Transgender Day of Visibility Link
National Prom Day Link
National "She's Funny That Way" Day
Terri's Day Link
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
26-4/1
NanoDays Link
Health Information Professionals Week Link
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
≈1146 Bernard
of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the
necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
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≈1521 Portuguese
navigator Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago
of St Lazarus, Philippines
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≈1831 Quebec
& Montreal incorporated
1870 1st
black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)
1880 1st
town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
≈1889 Eiffel Tower
officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high
it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
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≈1917 US
purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
1918 1st
daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1930 The
Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on
the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty
eight years.
1932 Ford
publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1933 Congress
authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
1939 "The
Hound of Baskervilles", starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock
Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson for the first time, is released
1943 Rodgers
& Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" premieres in NYC
1945 Tennessee
Williams' "Glass Menagerie" premieres in NYC
≈1949 Newfoundland
becomes Canada's 10th province
1953 US
Department of Health, Education & Welfare established
1965 US
orders first combat troops to Vietnam
1966 25,000
anti-war demonstrators march in NYC
1968 LBJ announces
he will not seek re-election
1971 William
Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
≈1972 Final
day of the rum ration in the Royal Canadian Navy
1976 NJ
Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1980 President Jimmy
Carter deregulates banking industry
1980 The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being
ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
1982 Rock
group Doobie Brothers split up
≈1983 Earthquake
in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1989 Donald
Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
≈1992 UN
Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya
≈1994 The
Journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete
Australopithecus afarensis skull
1995 1st
game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
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2008 Aloha
Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service
≈2013 14
Boko Haram suspects are killed in a Nigerian Army raid
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Windy
day, warm, but windy. No sand in the air, but windy!
While
cleaning the kitchen this morning discovered that water is leaking under the
sink around the garbage disposal. Quite the little mess, but now have a
container to catch the water until the repair man arrives. Called the landlord
and he called me back that the plumber would contact me directly about when to
arrive. All good.
Decided
today that the Focus Amazon Cruise in 2018 is calling my name. Can’t get too
excited yet, but getting my name on the list.
In
this world of ‘this is not normal’, today’s press conference was another one
for the record. The press secretary tried to rewrite history by saying that The
White House has the same right to withhold sources as does the press. He needs
to be reminded that the White House is the People’s House. The previous
administration had the White House visitor log on line. Now it suddenly is not our
business and not available. The press has always had the job of finding out
what goes on in government. They only become an ‘enemy’ when the government has
something to hide. When the press publishes an inaccurate report, the
government needs to set the record straight.
In
my job as ‘Acting Principal’ at various schools that had removed their principal
for various reasons, I had to talk to the press at various times. During
extremely stressful times, my response was to contact the Bureau’s Press
office. At other times, the Bureau’s Press Office would give me a statement
that I could say. I appreciated this because I am not a politician, I was
simply called to that school to hold it together until a new principal could be
found. I seldom had any information about what had happened previous to my
arrival. I certainly heard all the ‘school rumors’ about what had happened, and
met employees who were glad the action was taken as well as employees who were
very upset with the change. I get that upset people wanted answers, but that
was not my job and I always directed them to others above me who could assist
them. What is happening in our government today is not what I was dealing with.
Today’s White House actions are stonewalling.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
Which
U.S. president also served as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Benjamin
Harrison
Grover
Cleveland
Warren
G. Harding
William
Howard Taft
43.9% taking the
internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
3→Factor by which employees are more likely to contribute
to a given political campaign if their CEO does
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
"How
the diet going?"
"Not good, I had eggs for breakfast."
"Scrambled?"
"No, chocolate."
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*-------------
Parking Lot Pimping? -------------*
Walmart called an incident of two men riding horses through a Houston store a
"reckless stunt." Woody Fields recorded a video from atop his horse
as he rode through the Walmart in Houston. The ride elicits many amazed looks
from customers, especially young ones enamored of the horse. Security personnel
are seen in the video, but take no action to stop the man or his horse. Fields,
who was joined inside the store by another man on a horse, told local news he
and the other man were going "parking lot pimping" when they decided
on a whim to go inside the store. Fields said the other man also had his horse
inside the store for a time and one of the equines relieved itself inside the
store. "I was just trying to make people smile and laugh," Fields
said. "I wasn't trying to hurt nobody, or do anything destructive. It was
just, like, you only live once, you know?" The Houston Humane Society also
released a statement about the incident. "At minimum, riding a horse
inside a store is incredibly irresponsible. This would be extremely stressful
on any horse. The Houston Humane Society urges all pet owners to think and act
responsibly when it comes to the lives of animals in their care."
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
Female
wolf spiders carry their egg sacs behind them, attached to their spinnerets.
After the spiders emerge, they crawl onto the mother's abdomen and hold on
while she actively runs and hunts. After about a week, the spiderlings molt to
a larger size and then take off to live on their own.
***
Spiders
eat more insects than birds and bats (combined) eat, so they should be
considered another of human's best friends. They play a big role in controlling
insect populations.
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Male
spiders are almost always smaller than the females and are often much more
colorful. Some males are so small that they actually look like they're newly
hatched.
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‡‡How
our states were named‡‡
Missouri
The
state and the Missouri River are both named after the Missouri people, a
southern Siouan tribe that lived along the river. Missouri comes
from an Illinois language reference to the tribe, ouemessourita,
which has been translated as "those who have dugout canoes,"
"wooden canoe people" or "he of the big canoe."
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
89- William Daniels
American
actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere), born in Brooklyn
@88- Gordie
Howe
Canadian
NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings), born in Floral, Saskatchewan (d. 2016)
@84- Octavio Paz
Mexico,
writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas) (D 1998)
83- Shirley Jones
Smithton
Pa, actress (Partridge
Family, Elmer Gantry)
83- Richard Chamberlain
American
actor (Dr Kildare),
born in Beverly Hills
@82- John D. Loudermilk
country
singer and songwriter (Tobacco
Road), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2016)
82- Herb Alpert
bandleader/trumpeteer
(Tijuana Brass)/CEO
(A & M)
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@79- Henry Morgan
American
comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), born in NYC, (D 1994)
@78- Liz Claiborne
American
fashion designer, entrepreneur and founder of Liz Claiborne Inc, born in
Brussels, Belgium (d. 2007)
@77- Franz Joseph Haydn
prominent
composer of the classical period (The Creation/Die Schopfung), born in Vienna,
Austria (D 1809)
75- Michael Savage (Michael Alan Weiner,)
Conservative
American talk radio host and commentator
74- Christopher Walken
American
actor (The Deer Hunter, Brainstorm), born in NYC, New York
72- Gabe Kaplan
American
comedian/actor (Welcome
Back Kotter), born in Brooklyn, New York
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69- Al Gore
American
Vice President (1993-2001) and Democratic Senator (Tenn, 1985-92), born in
Washington, D.C.
69- Rhea Perlman
actress
(Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers), born in Brooklyn, New York
@67- Benjamin Baker
English
Engineer who designed the bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland and the
London underground (D 1907)
67-
Ed Marinaro
American
actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley), born in NYC, New York
@66- Cesar Chavez
American
farm labor leader (United Farm Workers), born in Yuma, Arizona (d. 1993)
@65- Johann
Sebastian Bach
German
composer (Mattheus-Passion) [OS 21 Mar], born in Eisenach, Germany (d. 1750)
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@53- René Descartes
French
philosopher (he thought, therefore he was), born in Descartes, Indre-et-Loire,
France (d. 1650)
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46- Ewan McGregor
Scottish
actor (Trainspotting), born in Perth, Scotland
@40- Henry II, King of France
born
in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris (d. 1559)
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
@84-1727 Isaac Newton
English
physicist/astronomer
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@77-1998 Bella Abzug
American
politician, heart disease
@75-1913 John Pierpont Morgan
US
banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), in sleep
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@68-1850 John C. Calhoun
7thj
VP, tuberculosis
@66-1980 Jesse Owens
American
track and field star who spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold medals, lung
cancer
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@43-1931 Knute Rockne
football
player/coach, plane crash
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@38-1855 Charlotte Brontë
English
novelist (Jane Eyre), TB?/typhus?
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@28-1993 Brandon Lee
American
actor (The Crow) and son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot while filming
@23-1995 Selena [Quintanilla-Pérez]
Mexican-American
singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Tejano music (Grammy-1994), killed by a
fan
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
William
Howard Taft
Perhaps
known more for his weight than his accomplishments in the Oval Office between
1909 and 1913, William Howard Taft was appointed to chief justice of the U.S.
by President Warren Harding in 1921, a position he held until his death in
1930. In that time, he wrote more than 250 opinions. Taft remains the only
president in U.S. history to have served in both offices. Sources: White House,
Miller Center at the University of Virginia
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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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