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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
8-14 Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Link
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9-15 National Neo-Natal Nurses Week Link
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Daily Observations
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9x13 Day |
National Celiac Awareness Day |
Today’s Thoughts
It
looks like the monsoon has returned. Cloudy with many dark clouds.
McCarthy
has begun an impeachment inquiry. I thought ‘eye for an eye’ was wrong. He is
pandering to the far right. So tired of this.
Biden
is President, but I have seen things that bother me…not to the level of
impeachment. 1. He is the first President since 9-11 not to speak at DC, PA, or
NY. Not a good look. 2. His Vietnam speech was not great. When I was
there our tour guide told us that Vietnam had dropped an A-bomb on the US, that
McCain fell out of the sky and was cared for at the Hanoi Hilton to recover and
that they were simply waiting for US to come and pick him up…that is what they
are taught in school. A formal apology is needed. 3. The Saudi’s were given
millions in trade and he welcomed them into the club. Another bad look.
The
AG of NM has informed the NM Governor that his office will not assist the state
in any lawsuit regarding her Order to stop concealed weapons ban. Hmmm
Enjoy
Unique National Treasures for the US …
If you like the Hearst Castle, you’ll love…Iolani Palace.
Iolani Palace
More than 750,000 people a year visit California’s Hearst
Castle, with its 115-room Casa Grande, Tiffany lamps, gilded ceilings and that
345,000-gallon Neptune Pool. But Hawaii’s Iolani Palace is the only castle in
the U.S. that housed actual royalty, in this case King Kalakaua, who began constructing the palace in
1879 and finished in 1882.
King Kalakaua lived at Iolani (meaning "bird of heaven") palace for nine
years; his sister, Queen Liliuokalani, lived there after his death until a
coup (led by U.S.-backed businessmen and sugar planters) overthrew the monarchy
in 1893. You can see the impressive crimson and gold throne room, two kahili
(the Hawaiian version of a scepter) topped with 22,000 albatross feathers, and
the Grand Hall with its staircase of richly grained koa wood. Zita
Cup Choy, palace historian, says visitors are often most impressed by
“how modern the palace was,” including hot and cold running water, electric
lights, and telephones. (Iolani Palace had electric lights four years before
the White House.) Along with the modern technology are artifacts with centuries
of tradition, including a puloulou (a traditional symbol of royalty) made from
a seven-foot narwhal tusk, topped with a sphere covered in gold leaf.
Monarchies in Hawaii go back for centuries; when King Kalakaua visited London
for Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1887, he “sometimes outranked other royalties
in terms of royal genealogy and how far back it goes,” Cup Choy says.
Random Trivia…
The Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stone as
pillows. In Ancient Egypt, the head was considered to be the seat of spiritual
life and had to be cared for. Therefore, when getting into bed, the Egyptians
would place their heads on a stone with a curve in it.
The first known artworks date back roughly 100,000 years ago. It
is believed to have begun with the Homo Sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic
era. The oldest known artworks were found in a cave in what is now France.
Historic Events
- 1790 –
The US Capitol was moved to New York City from Philadelphia.
- 1899 –
Henry Bliss was the first person in the United States to be killed in an
automobile accident. Arthur Smith, the driver of the taxicab who struck
Bliss, was charged but acquitted.
- 1814 –
Francis Scott Key composed his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”- which later
became The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC, the first commercial
computer to use disk storage, was introduced.
Birthdays with some quotes
@92 – Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (d. 1996)
@88 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The
Hershey Company (d. 1945)
@82 – Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of
Friends’ Asylum for Colored Orphans (d. 1900)
79
– Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
@74 – Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014;
heart disease)
@74 – Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d.
1990; rare cancer)
“I think probably kindness is my number one
attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage
or bravery or generosity or anything else,”
@73 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d.
2015; liver failure)
“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted
to be great.”
@73 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1999;
stroke)
72
– Jean Smart, American actress
62
– Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter
“It’s not how big your pencil is; it’s how
you write your name.”
59
– Tavis Smiley, American talk show host
“I don’t think I’d live anything over, even
though I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I have learned how to see failure as a
friend. So, I’m not one to live a life of regrets. I try to learn from my
mistakes, but I’ll take my life the way it is.”
@54 – Nell Carter, American actress, and singer (d. 2003; heart
failure)
54
– Tyler Perry, Producer, comedian
@51 – Walter Reed, American physician, and biologist (d. 1902;
ruptured appendix)
45
– Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud
Dean), American
rapper
30
– Niall Horan, Irish singer
…The End for today…
