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Today 59°/33° Wind 29 mph Gusts 40 mph
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Fire: 117 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 697 miles away
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Quality: Moderate Sunshine Partly
Cloudy Windy
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Weekly Observations
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17-26 National
Park Week Link Mule
Days 21-5/2 Sky
Awareness Week Festival of Ridvan National
Scoop The Poop Week Gathering
of the Nations Powwow Link Fiddler's
Frolic Link National
Dream Hotline
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Apprenticeship Week Link Stewardship Week |
Daily Observations
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Alien Day Link Link |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
The big wind has returned. Dang!
Poly markets, betting on upcoming events,
are in the news…again. One guy was kicked off after he bet on his chances in
the upcoming Texas gubernatorial election. He made a ton of $$ after the
primary results came in. Another guy, part of the team that captured Maderno in
Venezuela. placed a bet on when the leader would be captured and one another
boatload of money. Seems to me that Congress needs to get involved quickly.
I have my presentation ready for the
US future in Africa. Bottom line, China has been ahead of us for decades and
the US has never had a stable policy on dealing with this huge continent. The
US continues to miss out.
How well do you know the U.S. states?
Louisiana has parishes instead of counties
48 of the states divide their local governments into counties. Alaska uses the
term boroughs. Louisiana, however, is divided into parishes.
The reason lies with the state's early history with the Roman Catholic Church.
A parish,
in many Christian denominations, is a territory under the care and jurisdiction
of a priest. Before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the region had been under
both French and Spanish influence, both catholic countries. When the state of
Louisiana joined the Union in 1812, it had already inherited an organized
system of administrative units derived from those used by the catholic church.
Eventually, when a new state constitution was ratified in 1845, local tradition
won, and the name parish stuck.
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Random historical facts you didn’t
know
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on
the same day
Both
Founding Fathers and eventual American presidents died on July 4, 1826, four
hours apart. This day also marked the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence.
The US enlisted over 1,000 Nazi
scientists after World War II
As the
space race began between the US and the Soviet Union, the Americans drew in
Nazi technology to get ahead in the Cold War. The top secret program was called
Operation Paperclip, which brought in Nazi scientists to the United States and
quietly eliminated evidence of war crimes.
Historic Events
Rebus Answers
Not up to par Up in arms
Birthdays Today
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American comedian (The
Carol Burnett Show), and actress (Annie;
The Four Seasons; Mad About You), born in San Antonio, Texas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Donna De Varona (79 years old), American swimmer (Olympic-2
gold-64), born in Greenwich, Connecticut ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Joan Chen [Chen Chong] (65 years old),
Chinese-American actress (Heaven
& Earth, The Last Emperor), born in Shanghai, China ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Chinese Singaporean actor and martial
artist (Romeo Must Die, Unleashed), born in Beijing, China ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Kevin James (Kevin George Knipfing) (61
years old), American actor and comedian (The
King of Queens), born in Mineola, Long Island, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Tom Welling (79 years old), American actor (Smallville-Clark
Kent), born in Putnam Valley, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Channing Tatum (46 years old),
American actor (21 Jump Street, Magic Mike), born in Cullman, Alabama ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jessica Lynch (43 years old), American prisoner of war (served in
the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces), born in Palestine, Wirt
County, West Virginia ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American tennis player who
played the longest pro tennis match in history, born in Greensboro, North
Carolina ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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Gone but not forgotten Marcus Aurelius (121-180
AD; @58) Emperor of Rome (161-180),
born in Rome ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Thomas Reid, (1710-1796;
@86) Scottish
philosopher and founder of Scottish School of Common Sense, born in Strachan,
Scotland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jeanne-Marie
Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1780; @69) French writer (Beauty and
the Beast), born in Rouen, France ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ John James Audubon
(1785-1851; @65,
demntial) American ornithologist and
painter (The Birds of America), born in Les Cayes, Haiti ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Frederick Law
Olmsted (1822-1903; @81) American writer and
landscape architect (designed
Central Park), born in Hartford, Connecticut ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Ma Rainey
[Gertrude Pridgett], American singer known as the "Mother of the
Blues", born in Columbus, Georgia (1886-1939; @53; heart attack) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Rudolf Hess (1894-1987; @93, suicide) German Nazi
official (Deputy Fuhrer who dramatically escaped to Britain in 1941), born in
Alexandria, Egypt ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Charles F.
Richter, (d. 1985; @85) American physicist
and seismologist (developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake
magnitude), born in Overpeck, Ohio ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ I. M. Pei (Ieoh Ming Pei) (1917-2019; @102) Chinese-American
modernist architect (Louvre
Pyramid; JFK Library; Dallas Symphony Hall; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame),
Brunner Prize (1961), PrItzker Prize (1983), born in Kwangchou, Canton, China ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Preston Robert
Tisch, (d. 2005; @79) American
businessman (co-founder of Loews Corp), and NFL co-owner (NY Giants,
1991-2005), born in New York City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Duane Eddy, (d.
2024; @86) American twangy
guitarist ("Rebel Rouser"; Peter Gunn";
"Cannonball"), born in Corning, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Frank Carney, (d.
2020; @82) American
businessman and the co-founder of Pizza Hut, born in Wichita, Kansas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
…The End for today…
