Apr 29

 

 

 

Apr 29 2021   Week: 18    Day:  119       

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: 45%
Local: H 57°\ L 27°	Nearest Lightning: 107mi.
Wind:  11mph/ Gusts:  18mph	High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  516mi
Record: 88°[1888]  Record: 27°[1947]	Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens

and lets the future in.

Graham Greene

 

Random Tidbits

 

The giant tree, 'Stratosphere Giant' lost its status when two naturalists, Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor, stumbled upon group of trees in California's Redwood National Park that were taller than any they'd ever seen before.

Atkins and Taylor made preliminary measurements using professional laser equipment based on goniometry, and found not one, not two, but three trees that were taller than the Stratosphere Giant.

The tallest of the lot, named Hyperion, was found to be a good 10ft taller than the Giant, standing at a whopping a 379 ft.

When Atkins and Taylor announced their discovery, a team of scientists led by Humboldt State University ecologist Steve Sillett arrived at the park to measure it again. They were aiming for more accuracy, so they used a tape. They actually climbed to its very top and dropped the tape to the ground. The epic stunt was filmed for National Geographic.

 

Humor

 

My dad used to sing little ditties. This was my favorite: There was a young lady named Mabel. She danced on the dining room table. Her face grew red, when the gentleman said ... “Look at the legs on that table!”

 

Real Cities

 

Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho

 

Weekly Observations

 

Ramadan	Thru 5/11
International Wildlife Film Week Link	17- 5/15
Festival of Ridvan	20-5/1
National Scoop the Poop Week World Immunization Week	24-30
Fibroid Awareness Week Preservation Week  Link (re: Libraries)	25-5/1
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link Stewardship Week	25-5/2
National Playground Safety Week Link National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Link	26-30
National Medical Cannabis Week:  Link	29-30

 

Today’s Observations

Dance Day

Greenery Day

International Dance Day Link
National Shrimp Scampi Day

National Zipper Day

"Peace" Rose Day  (The flower)
Poem In Your Pocket Day Link 
Walk at Lunch Day Link 
World Wish Day Link
 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Looks like rain in coming. Too warm for snow. I already had some early morning rain.

I got my invoice for Tahiti…it’s not until Mar. 2022 but is still a go. I’m ready to start packing right now.

Flag city council met and is ‘moving’ some money from other entities to add money to provide social services when a 911 call comes in. They voted not to defund any current police budget but would ‘move’ funding from other areas. The 911 operator will determine whom to call. Hope it works.

So Rudy had his office and home raided this morning looking for documents. In typical Rudy fashion his team announced a press conference. Over an hour after the announced time, it still hasn’t happened.

I’ll be watching the President’s address this evening.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

 

79. Is the capital of Kentucky pronounced Louisville or Luee-ville?

 

Historical Events

 

1429 – 17-year-old Joan of Arc arrived to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

1864 – Theta Xi fraternity was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

1962 – ABC’s Wide World of Sports premiered.

1945 – The US Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

1945 – Adolf Hitler married his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker.

1953 – In the first 3D television broadcast, an episode of Space Patrol was shown on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

1991 (Cyclone) Bangladesh Cyclone, in Bangladesh, killed 135,000 people.

1992 – Rodney King trial verdict announced. Four police officers who had been charged with using excessive force in arresting black motorist Rodney King a year earlier were acquitted. Rioting ensued – over the next three days 53 people were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed.

1996 – TV Land network made its debut.

2011 – The Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Kate (Catherine) Middleton.

2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox set the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero (0) fans were in attendance for the game, because the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award), dies of natural causes at 97

2015 German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America - 1st world region to do so

Birthdays Today

 

88 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter

@88 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher, politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)

@81 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter, poet (d. 2015)

@75 – Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington, American pianist, composer, bandleader (d. 1974; lung cancer)

67 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian

66 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress

64 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor

63 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

51 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player

51 – Uma Thurman, American actress

Puzzle Answer

 

Neither. The capital is Frankfurt