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Apr.
8, 2020 Week: 15
Day:
99
86004:
H
61°
\ L
33°
\ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
8mph\Gusts: 14mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 1378mi.; Nearest active fire: 131mi.
Record
High:
78°[1989]
Record Low:
14°[1999]
Apr.
Averages:
60°\27°
(3
days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
"It
is during our darkest moments
that
we must focus to see the light."
-Aristotle
Random
Tidbits
Conspiracy
theorists often claim that the gold vaults at Fort Knox are empty,
but the United States government contends that Fort Knox houses a ton
of gold. Actually, more. There is said to be more than 147.3 million
ounces of gold. Nearly all of the gold has been converted into gold
bars, each weighing about 27 pounds. That much gold, at the current
market of gold, means that Fort Knox is storing about $190 billion
worth of gold.
Back
to those conspiracy theorists. They believe that the gold has all
been removed and sold off and that the government, to keep up the
ruse, has painted a whole bunch on tungsten bricks to look like gold
bars, just in case someone does get a chance to peer inside the
vault.
Observations
This Week
Passiontide:
29-4/11
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link
National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link
******
National
Dental Hygienest Week:
4-10 Link
Hate Week: 4-10
National Robotics Week: 4-12 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Money Smart Week: 4-11 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Bat Appreciation Week: 5-11
Holy Week: 5-11
National Blue Ribbon Week: 5-11 Link (Child Abuse)National Public Health Week: 5-11
National Window Safety Week: 5-11
Undergraduate Research Week: 5-11 Link
World Irish Dancing Week: 5-12
American Indian Awareness Week: 6-10 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Explore Your Career Options: 6-10
The Masters Tournament: 6-12
Hate Week: 4-10
National Robotics Week: 4-12 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Money Smart Week: 4-11 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Bat Appreciation Week: 5-11
Holy Week: 5-11
National Blue Ribbon Week: 5-11 Link (Child Abuse)National Public Health Week: 5-11
National Window Safety Week: 5-11
Undergraduate Research Week: 5-11 Link
World Irish Dancing Week: 5-12
American Indian Awareness Week: 6-10 Link CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Explore Your Career Options: 6-10
The Masters Tournament: 6-12
Observations for Today
National
Dog Fighting Awareness DayNational
Empanada Day
Trading
Cards for Grownups Day
Link
Passover begins at sundown
Passover begins at sundown
My
Rambling Thoughts
I
got my walk in before the wind started. It is a really nice day and
glad I took the walk a little early. To make the day better I'm
limiting my news watching to 30 minutes in the morning...a different
alphabet channel every day...and 30 minutes in the evening. That's
enough to keep me grounded during this mess.
Many
of our retirement group's local restaurant favorites are offering
home delivery. I'm seriously considering ordering some lunches, to
help them out during this devastating time for restaurants.
As
I have mentioned, I'm FB friends with a few tour guides Focus has
used. This is a world-wide crisis. South Africa, Russia and Ethiopia
are shut down and wearing masks everywhere. Tourism is devastated.
Discouraged
that the US Supreme Court decided to let the Wisconsin Primary go on
as planned.
A
man from Page, AZ, bordering the Navajo Rez, was arrested for a
disgusting post about saying it is now lawful to shoot any Navajo
seen in Page. The post said that COVID19 is the reason for the change in
the law. Disgusted!
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
A
man is headed to a mountain along with a lion, a goat, and a basket
of vegetables. On the way, he needs to cross a river and the boat can
only carry two things at a time. If he takes the vegetables, the lion
will eat the goat. If he takes the lion, the goat will eat the
vegetables. How does he cross the river?
Historical
Events
1730
- Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, was
dedicated.
1820 - The Venus de Milo statue was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
1873 - The first commercially successful margarine manufacturing process was Patented (No. 137,564) by Alfred Paraf of New York.
1879 - "Fire Escape Ladder" was Patented (#214,224) by J.R. Winters.
1879 - Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York sold milk in glass bottles for the first time in the US.
1820 - The Venus de Milo statue was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
1873 - The first commercially successful margarine manufacturing process was Patented (No. 137,564) by Alfred Paraf of New York.
1879 - "Fire Escape Ladder" was Patented (#214,224) by J.R. Winters.
1879 - Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York sold milk in glass bottles for the first time in the US.
1943
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation,
freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless
the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to
common carriers and public utilities.
1952
- US President Harry Truman announced the seizure of all domestic
steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1953 - Man in the Dark, the first 3D motion picture produced and released by a major company, opened at the Globe Theater in New York City.
1959 - A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language, leading to COBOL.
1964 - Gemini 1, an unmanned test flight, was launched.
1953 - Man in the Dark, the first 3D motion picture produced and released by a major company, opened at the Globe Theater in New York City.
1959 - A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language, leading to COBOL.
1964 - Gemini 1, an unmanned test flight, was launched.
1983
In front of a live audience of 20 tourists, David Copperfield makes
the Statue of Liberty disappear
1990
- Twin Peaks premiered on ABC
1994 - Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain was found dead, having committed suicide three days earlier.
2005 - Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agreed to plead guilty. A security guard named Richard Jewell was initially considered the prime suspect in the case.
1994 - Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain was found dead, having committed suicide three days earlier.
2005 - Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agreed to plead guilty. A security guard named Richard Jewell was initially considered the prime suspect in the case.
2012
Günter Grass labelled persona non gratta by Israeli internal affairs
minister Eli Yishai
2012
Pope Benedict XVI calls for an end to Syrian blood shed in papal
Easter message
2019
Protests in Sudan against the government of Omar al-Bashir continue
with seven killed and 2,500 arrested in Khartoum
Birthdays
Today
@93-U.S. First Lady, Betty Ford (d.2011)
84- Coach-John Madden (1949)
73-Actor, Gerald McRaney (1948)
60-Actor,
John Schneider (1954)
@57-Ice skater/actress, Sonja Henie (d. 1969; leukemia)
57-Musician,
Julian Lennon (1963)
52-Actress, Patricia Arquette (1968)
@46ish-Conquistador, Juan Ponce de Leon (d 1521; poison arrow)
Puzzle
Answer:
Trip
1: He takes the goat with him, leaving the lion and the vegetables
behind. On reaching the other riverbank, he drops off the goat.Trip
2: He then comes back for the lion, leaving the vegetables behind. On
reaching the bank this time, he drops the lion, and again takes the
goat along.Trip 3: He drops off the goat again and takes the
vegetables with him to the other shore.Trip 4: Lastly, he comes back
alone for the goat.
