Apr. 12 Easter

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Apr. 12, 2020 Week: 16 Day: 101

86004: H 61° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 90%

Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 7mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 540mi.; Nearest active fire: 517mi.

Record High: 75°[1984] Record Low: 7°[1953]

Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,

but in rising every time we fall."

-Nelson Mandela

Random Tidbits

Recreational running didn't become mainstream until the late 1960s. In 1958, the Chicago Tribune announced a strange new fitness fad: jogging.

In the 1960s, running for exercise was so unusual that some people were stopped by police. People would try to run in the morning because police became suspicious if they saw a grown man running at night.

Observations This Week

National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link

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National Robotics Week: 4-12 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
World Irish Dancing Week: 5-12
The Masters Tournament: 6-12
Week of The Young Child: 11-17 Link
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week: 12-18 Link 
National Dog Bite Prevention Week:12-18 Link 
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week: 12-18 
National Student Employment Week: 12-18 Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 12-18
Pan American Week: 12-18 
World Hula Week: 12-18 

Observations for Today

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality Monument Day2 Link
Big Wind Day Link
Easter
Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse Link
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day Link

International Day of Human Space Flight
International Day for Street Children Link
National For Twelves Day 
National Licorice Day

Russian Cosmonaut Day

Walk on Yor Wild Side Day

Yuri's Night

My Rambling Thoughts

HAPPY EASTER to all Christians, kosher and joyous Passover to those in the Jewish faith.

Very cloudy day. Looks like a storm is brewing. Only a short walk as I don't want to get wet and melt. Haha.

As if the cruise line business was not in enough trouble, now there is a 'No Sail' order and ships are to anchor and not allow passengers on board. I've been on many a plane, quite a few smallish cruise ships, and a long train ride. If the train doesn't stop, there are only a few places to go for fresh air. On cruise ships, under normal times, you can walk around outside very easily and every cruise I've been on there is always plenty of hand wipes around the ship. On a plane you are stuck inside for the duration of the flight. I am wondering why ships must be anchored, but trains and planes continue to operate? I'm thinking this should be a 'what good for the goose is good for the gander' situation. If we can't gather is groups of more than 10 in most places, why can planes and trains operate? A question I doubt will be answered in the near future.

There are many 'mega-churches' throughout this country and around the world. Big huge gathering places where the person at the alter demands money from everyone to be saved. The church leaders travel in private jets, live in huge mansions, and give sermons to the followers that monetary donations will save them. Has anyone noticed how these mega-churches are helping people during this pandemic? Me either.

Update: the Navajo Nation has one of the highest rates of cases and deaths in the country. The surgeon-general of the US even mentioned this is his speech yesterday. The entire 4 state Navajo Nation is on a 57 hour curfew this weekend. Fines for those who leave their homes. The President and VP of the Navajo Nation are in self-quarantine after being in close proximity to someone who has the virus.

Finally, something I saw on FB yesterday. “2020 is like looking both ways before crossing the street and being hit by an airplane.”

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A bat and a ball cost $1.10.

The bat costs one dollar more than the ball.

How much does the ball cost?

Historical Events

1606 - The Union Jack (the Union Flag) was adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.

1633 - Galileo was convicted of heresy, for announcing that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

1892 - The first US Patent (#472,692) for a portable typewriter, the Blickensderfer, was issued to George Blickensderfer of Stamford, Connecticut.

1914 - Mark Strand Theatre opened in New York City. It was the first official "movie theater."

1934 - The strongest surface wind gust ever recorded on Earth, at 231 mph, was measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt died while in office and Vice President Harry Truman became President upon Roosevelt's death.

1955 - The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was declared safe and effective.

1961 - Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space.

1981 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia), named NASA's STS-1 mission.

1992 - The Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park Euro Disneyland. It was later renamed Disneyland Paris.

1994 - Laurence Canter created a software program that flooded Usenet message board's with a notice for the 'Green Card Lottery' to solicit business for his law firm of Canter & Siegel, in an early instance of commercial spam.

1999 US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.

2002 Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez.

2009 President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue

2016 Breakthrough Starshot: Scientists and internet entrepreneurs, including Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg, announce interstellar project to send robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri

Birthdays Today

104-Children's Author, Beverly Cleary

74-Actor, Ed O'Neill

73-Comedian, David Letterman

@72-Musician, Billy Vaughn ( d.1991;mesothelioma)

@67-Actor, David Cassidy (d. 2017; liver failure)

@66-Author, Tom Clancy (d. 2013; heart failure)

@64-Musician, Tiny Tim [Herbert Butros Khaury] (d.1996; heart attack)

63-Actor, Andy Garcia

63-Musician, Vince Gill

Puzzle Answer:

The ball costs 5 cents. One dollar more than 5 cents is $1.05, the sum of which is $1.10.