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11-17 National Patient Safety Awareness Week 14-16 National Money Show AKC Agility Championships Link |
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Artichoke Hearts Day Campfire Girls Day |
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Today’s Thoughts
Snowing all day.
About 2” sticking. Not nearly as much as Colorado.
I’m not complaining
about the snow, we need the moisture here. It is an inconvenience, but Colorado
is getting dumped on. I hope my friends up there are well prepared. Our HOA
crew seldom show up while it is snowing, but when it stops, they are usually pretty
good about clearing the sidewalks and driveway. I don’t have anywhere I have to
go, so it’s all OK.
Terms with origins in rural America
Acid
test
The
term "acid test" dates to the gold rush in the mid-1800s, when acid
was used to check the purity of gold. The test involved using nitric acid,
which has the ability to dissolve every metal but gold. The term became a pun
in the 1960s when it was used to refer to LSD parties hosted by author Ken
Kesey.
Influential Women
Harriet
Jacobs (1813-1897). Jacobs, a writer, escaped slavery and later was
freed. She published a novel, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” credited as the first to highlight the struggles of rape and
sexual abuse within slavery. (Recommended biography here.)
America’s Top Attractions
1980s:
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, Atlanta, Georgia
The
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District in Atlanta was authorized as a
national historic site in 1980. It contained a memorial tomb and several
buildings key to the civil rights leader’s life, including his childhood home
and Ebenezer Baptist Church (pictured) where he was baptized and where both he
and his father were pastors. The site became a National Historical Park in
2018.
Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida
After
Disney’s arrival in Florida proved to be a roaring success, Epcot (then Epcot
Center) opened in 1982. The theme park, whose name stands for Experimental
Prototype Community of Tomorrow, was initially intended to be a city where
people would live and work. However, since Walt Disney died before his vision
was realized, the site was turned into a glittering amusement park instead. It
was the second of four theme parks to be built at Walt Disney World Resort.
Influential Native Americans…
Charlene
Teters
For
many years, artist, educator, and activist Charlene Teters has been committed
to removing Indigenous cultural appropriation in the state of Illinois. A
member of the Spokane tribe and former Academic Dean of the Institute of
American Indian Arts, Teters is a powerful and creative voice in the movement
for change. Decades after she protested the University of Illinois at
Urbana–Champaign's mascot, Chief Illiniwek, the school finally removed the
mascot. The fight against appropriated mascots, however, is not over yet.
Historic Events
1802 – The Army
Corps of Engineers was established to found and operate the Military Academy at
West Point.
1926 – Robert
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, MA.
1968 – The My Lai
Massacre involved the killing of 3000 noncombatant Vietnam citizens.
1995 – Mississippi
formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve
the abolition of slavery.
2020 – The Dow Jones
Industrial Average fell by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history
and the second-largest percentage drop ever, at 12.93%.
The Thirteenth
Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
Birthdays with some quotes
@91 – Jerry Lewis, American
actor and comedian (d. 2017)
“I have a loyalty
that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can’t
get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That’s in friendship,
that’s a deal, that’s a commitment. Don’t give me paper – I can get the same
lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that’s for life.”
@91 – Henny Youngman,
English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
“I told the doctor I
broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.”
@87 – Mercedes McCambridge,
American actress (d. 2004)
@85 – James Madison, 4th
President (d. 1836)
83 – Chuck Woolery,
American game show host and television personality
75 – Erik Estrada,
American actor
“Respect other
people regardless of the level they are at… or the level you are at. When you
hand out respect, you get it back.”
@72 – Conrad Nagel,
American actor (d. 1970; heart attack)
70 – Nancy Wilson,
American singer-songwriter, Heart
@67 – Josef Mengele, evil
German physician (d. 1979; stroke)
@65 – Georg Ohm, German
physicist and mathematician (d. 1854)
65 – Flavor Flav,
American rapper and personality
53 – Alan Tudyk,
American actor
48 – Blu Cantrell,
American singer-songwriter
38 – Alexandra
Daddario, American actress
“As a child, I loved
fantasy books, I loved Harry Potter and the idea that there is something ‘out
there’ is inspiring to kids and inspiring to me. It’s exciting and I think
people can relate to it. Even if things are difficult or bad for you, the idea
that there is something special within you is positive and true.”
…The End for today…
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