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April 11, 2017 Week: 14 \ Day: 101
86004 Today: H 59° \ L 19°
Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
-mph Visibility: 10 mi
April Averages: 58°\27°
April Records: H: 80° (1992) L: -2 (1975)
Record High: 75°[1907]
Record Low: 10°[1945]
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‡‡Quote of the Day‡‡
Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance
of things, but their inward significance.
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‡‡Observances Today‡‡
Education and Sharing Day (Jewish) Link
International
"Louie Louie" Day
National Teach Children To Save Day
National Submarine Day Link
World Parkinson's Disease Day Link
National Be Kind To Lawyers Day Link
National Library Workers Day
National Library Day Link
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‡‡Observances This Week‡‡
8-16
Animal
Control Officer Appreciation Week
Holy
Week
International
Dark Sky Week
National
Animal Control Appreciation Week Link
National
Dental Hygienist Week Link
National
Library Week
National
Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week Link
National
Robotics Week Link
National
Student Employment Week Link
Pan
American Week
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‡‡Today’s Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
≈1471 Wars of the Roses:
King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
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1783 Hostilities
formally cease in the American Revolutionary War
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≈1814 Napoleon abdicates
unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba
1865 Abraham
Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1876 Benevolent
& Protective Order of Elks organizes
1881 Spelman
College founded
1890 Ellis
Island, New York, designated as an immigration station
1898 President
McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
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1914 George
Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" premieres
1924 1st
men's college swimming championships begin
1950 US
B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 US
President Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1953 US
Department of Health, Education and Welfare created
1955 "Marty"
directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair
premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
1956 Singer
Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater in racial incident
≈1957 Britain agrees to
Singaporean self-rule.
1966 Frank
Sinatra records "Strangers in the Night" single for his album of
the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts
≈1970 Apollo 13 launched
to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1976 The
Apple I computer, created by Steve Wozniak is released 1977 Ireland
sets fishing zone at 50 mile
≈1979 Tanzanian army
captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Aminto
flee into exile in Libya
1991 "Miss
Saigon" opens at Broadway Theater NYC
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≈2006 Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
≈2013 Fossilized
dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China
2015 Barack
Obama and Raul Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban
heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
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‡‡My Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Mondays are not my favorite day of the week. Pharmacy doesn’t have my
script ready, maybe tomorrow. Taxes won’t be ready until tomorrow. All OK but I
have a teeth cleaning tomorrow and as we know, timing is everything. Taxes will
have to be by appointment. Script won’t be ready until afternoon. Cleaning is
at 9a. Guess I will be driving around tomorrow. All three are within 10 blocks
of each other and I had hoped to do it all at once. No such luck.
THIS IS NOT
NORMAL:
I have always believed in the separation of power our constitution calls
for. Because of that I found it a little off-putting that the new Associate
Judge was sworn in AT THE WHITE HOUSE. It’s not the first time, but for some
reason Republicans seem to like to have the spotlight. Most Presidents have had
a reception at the White House after the swearing in, but this time the
reception and swearing in were at the same time. Oh well, just old geezer
status.
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‡‡Today’s Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers at the end of post)
What is the altitude of Machu Picchu?
19,029 m
12,505 m
6,388 m
2,430 m
19.3% taking the internet quiz
got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s Index‡‡
9/10→Portion of global
teaffic deaths that occur in low- or middle-income countries
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‡‡ Joke For The Day‡‡
What do you get when cross an elephant and a skunk?
A smell that you will never forget.
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‡‡Yep, It Really Happened‡‡
*------------- Drunk Lives Matter -------------*
A Pennsylvania man wearing a T-shirt that says "Drunk Lives Matter"
was charged with DUI by Newville police. 44-year-old Elwood R Gutshall, wearing
a green St. Patrick's Day T-shirt, was charged March 19 with DUI after police
said he committed several traffic violations. His blood alcohol level was found
to be 0.217 percent. He was charged with the highest level of DUI, driving
under suspension and traffic violations.
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‡‡Somewhat Useless Information‡‡
The fact that Hyperion is still around today is sheer luck. Only a few
hundred feet from its base is a clear-cut dating back to the 70s. Clearcutting
is a forestry practice in which all trees in an area are logged and the entire
area is devastated. Mere weeks before the loggers reached the majestic giant,
the valley it calls home was declared a national park during the Carter
administration.
However, most redwoods were not so lucky. In the 1970s, 15 percent of America's
redwood forest had been logged, and nowadays only 4 percent still exist.
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‡‡How our states were named‡‡
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a combination of the Choctaw
words ukla (“person”) and humá (“red”). The
word was used by the Choctaw to describe Native Americans, “red persons.” Allen
Wright, chief of the Choctaw Nation from 1866 to 1870, suggested the name in
1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government over the use of the
Indian Territory. When the Indian Territory was whittled down to what is now
Oklahoma, the new territory took its name from the Choctaw word.
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‡‡Birthdays Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
@92- Oleg Cassini,
fashion
designer (Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d 2006)
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@86- Charles Evans
Hughs,
11th
Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41) (d 1948)
85- Joel
Grey, [Joe Katz],
actor
(Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
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@79- Johnny Sheffield,
actor
(Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), born in Pasadena, CA (D 2010)
78- Louise
Lasser,
American
actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!), born in NYC, New York
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@69- James Parkinson,
English
physician geologist, paleontologist, and political activist.
Described
‘shaky palsy’ (d. 1824)
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‡‡Historical Obits Today‡‡
@88-2013 Maria
Tallchief (Ki He Kah Stah Tsa),
American
(Osage) prima ballerina
@87-2013 Jonathan
Winters,
American
comedian and actor
@85-2005 Maurice
R. Hilleman,
American
Microbiologist who developed over 36 vaccines including
measles,
mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis, pneumonia
@84-2007 Kurt
Vonnegut Jr,
American
author
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@77-1983 Dolores
Del Rio,
actress
(Cheyenne Autumn), liver cancer
@77-1926 Luther
Burbank,
American
horticulturist who developed more than 800 strains and varieties
of
plants, gastrointestinal complications
@72-1992 James
Brown,
actor
(Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), lung cancer
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@59-1839 John
Galt,
Scottish
writer (Last of the Lairds)
@58-1906 James
A Bailey,
circus
showman (Barnum & Bailey), acute infection
@53-2007 Janet
McDonald,
American
novelist, cancer
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@27-1890 Joseph
Merrick,
"The
Elephant Man", asphyxia
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‡‡Trivia Hive
Answers‡‡
2,430 m
The ancient city of Machu Picchu is located in the Andes Mountains in
Peru. Created by the Incan Empire at the height of its power, the breathtaking
ruins are now a popular attraction for adventurous tourists and history buffs
alike. There are about 200 remaining structures at Machu Picchu, which was
built in the 15th century and then abandoned in the 16th century after the
Spaniards conquered the Incan people. Source: United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
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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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That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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