Apr 28,
2021 Week: 18 Day: 118
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Visibility: 10 miles |
Ave. Sky Cover: 25% |
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Local:
H 54°\ L 30° |
Nearest Lightning: 21mi. |
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Wind:
6mph/ Gusts: 13mph |
Low Risk of Fire: Active fire: 346mi |
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Record: 92°[1990] Record: 25°[1947] |
Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Ten people who speak make
more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
~Napoleon Bonaparte
Random Tidbits
Up until 2006, the
tallest known tree in the world was a 369-foot California redwood nicknamed
'Stratosphere Giant', located in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in
California. To give you some idea about its massive size, that's twice the
height of the Statue of Liberty, minus the foundation.
Humor
What I remember most about my dad’s jokes is my mother’s reaction.
While everyone else was howling at one of his punch lines, my mom would always
respond, “Bernard, no one thinks you’re funny.”
Real Cities
Volcano, Hawaii: a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County,
Hawaii, United States located in the District of Puna with a small portion of
the CDP in the District of Kaʻū. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 census
True Things
Job of a Researcher
Scientists studying ticks
at A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri, have enlisted the help of the
Missouri Department of Conservation in asking the public to refrain from
killing any ticks they pick off themselves and mail them to the university
instead. Conservation department spokesman Francis Skalicky told KY3-TV that,
while 14 species of ticks live in Missouri, "we're trying to find out ...
the prevalence of species and more information on the diseases they are
carrying." He asks people to put ticks in a zip-close bag with a damp
paper towel before sending them in for study. [KY3-TV, 4/2/2021]
Weekly Observations
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Ramadan |
Thru 5/11 |
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International
Wildlife Film Week Link |
17-
5/15 |
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Festival
of Ridvan |
20-5/1 |
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National Scoop The Poop Week |
24-30 |
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Fibroid Awareness Week Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries) |
25-5/1 |
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National Infant Immunization
Week (NIIW) Link Stewardship Week |
25-5/2 |
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National Playground Safety Week
Link |
26-30 |
Today’s Observations
Biological Clock Day
Blueberry Pie Day
Denim Day Link
Great Poetry
Reading Day
International Guide Dogs
Day Link
International Noise Awareness Day Link
Kiss Your
Mate Day
National Brave Hearts
Day Link
National Superhero
Day Link
Occupational Safety
& Health Day Link
Superhero Day
Workers Memorial Day
World Day for Safety and
Health at Work Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Gotta love life at 7000’. I woke up this morning…at the end of
April…to light snowfall. It didn’t stick but gave a nice watering for the
forest. By 9am it had stopped, and the sun had broken through the clouds.
Since it was snowing, I decided to update my iPhone, knowing it was a
big update. I started the upgrade at 8am and it didn’t completely finish until
10:15am. I’m not sure if it was the snow or what it was that made the download
so darn slow.
I have learned over the past few years that politicians feel an unrelenting
desire to babble verbally about their party ideas. It has always, in my memory,
the desire to bolster, but this has reached unbearable heights. Yesterday a CNN
contributor, Rick Santorum, made a speech to young Republicans. In that speech
he declared that before the Europeans arrived, this land we call the Untied
States was a ‘blank slate’. Besides being untrue, insulting, and perpetrating
an Anglo-centric discussion that has been proven to be false for a long time,
he showed his ignorance of US history.
I fully understand that the job a CEO is difficult, and a good CEO
deserves to be paid more than the average workers under his authority. Since my
youth, much of the middle class has disappeared. Back during the Reagan years,
it was common for CEO’s to make quadruple what the average worker in their
company made. The gap has increased exponentially since those days. In 2020, during the worst pandemic in over a
century, the average worker made $50K/year while the average CEO made
$23million. That is 238:1 in America’s largest companies. In order for those
companies to make money for their stockholders, 20+% of their workers were laid
off by the CEO. While some of those CEO’s took a pay-cut during the pandemic,
they were given stock options to make up the loss of salary. As we know, much
of the stock market made huge gains during the pandemic. If the companies won’t
regulate these ridiculous compensations, something has to change very soon.
One of our Focus Family has been moved to hospice. Marty was diagnosed
a few months ago with cancer. I did several trips with her and her husband
Duane. She took so many notes on each trip. She took so many pictures on each
trip. When the adventure had ended, Marty took all her notes and pictures and turned
them into amazing hard bound books. She made an extra effort to make the books affordable
for anyone on the trip. I hope Duane and Marty and their family find some peace
in this very difficult time.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
78. What do an island and the letter “t” have in common?
Historical Events
1789 – The HMS Bounty was
taken over in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the first mate. Captain
William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small boat.
1919 – The first jump
with the Army manually operated (jump first, then pull the chute) army
parachute was made by Leslie LeRoy Irvin in Dayton, Ohio.
1923 – Wembley Stadium
opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
1953 – The US Patent
(#2,636,176) was issued for an ‘overcoat for two people’ to Howard C. Rossin.
1965 – My Name Is Barbra,
Barbra Streisand’s first TV special, aired on CBS.
1967 – World boxing
champion Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) refused to be inducted into
the US Army and was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title.
1973 – The Dark Side of
the Moon, by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios reached number one on
the US Billboard chart
1988 – Over Maui, Hawaii,
flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines
Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and fell to her death when part of the plane’s
fuselage ripped open in mid-flight.
2001 – Millionaire Dennis
Tito became the world’s first space tourist.
2004 Shrek the sheep from
Tarras, Central Otago, New Zealand, is finally shorn live on TV after 6 years
avoidance; the fleece weighed 27 kg (60 lb)
2005 The Patent Law
Treaty goes into effect.
2018 World's largest
child sacrifice, 140 remains uncovered by archaeologists near Trujillo, Peru,
dating back 550 years to Chimú civilisation
2019 Largest
demonstrations since 2014 in Hong Kong over plans to change law to send
suspects to mainland China for trial
2020 US confirmed cases
of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US
soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
2020 Argentina bans all
commercial domestic and international flights until September 1 because of
COVID-19
Birthdays Today
@89 – Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)
81 – Ann-Margret,
Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
@76 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954; heart attack)
@73 – James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, 5th President (d.1831;
TB)
71 – Jay Leno, American
comedian and talk show host
@69 – Saddam Hussein [Saddam Hussein
Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti], Iraqi general, 5th President of Iraq (d. 2006; hanged)
@66 – Oskar Schindler, German industrialist, humanitarian (d. 1974)
47 – Penélope Cruz,
Spanish actress
40 – Jessica Alba,
American actress
Puzzle Answer
They are both in the middle of
water
