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May
12, 2020 Week: 20
Day: 133
86004:
H
76° \ L
39° \
Average Sky Cover: 20%
Wind:
7mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 111mi.; Nearest active fire: 647mi.
High
Risk of Fire
Record
High: 86°[1996]
Record Low:
28°[1983]
May
Averages: 68°\34°
(3 days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
"We
travel, some of us forever,
to
seek other states, other lives, other souls."
—
Anais
Nin
Random
Tidbits
Before
they were famous
LBJ
Future
president Lyndon Johnson taught speech at a high school in Houston,
where he drilled relentlessly, putting the debate team through dozens
of practice competitions. But when the team lost in the state finals,
Johnson was so upset that he ran to the bathroom and threw up.
Frank
McCourt
“Angela’s
Ashes” author Frank McCourt taught high school in New York for 30
years before he became a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
Observations
This Week
Ramadan:
23-5/23
National
Nurses Day and Week: 6-12 Link Link
National Public Gardens Week: 8-17 Link
INVICTUS GAMES: 9-16 Link
Universal Family Week: 10-16
Food Allergy Awareness Week: 10-16 Link
National Hospital Week: 10-16 Link
National Nursing Home Week: 10-17
National Police Week: 10-16
National Return To Work Week: 10-17
National Transportation Week: 10-16
National Women's Health Week: 10-16 Link Link
Reading is Fun Week: 10-17 Link
Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 10-16
Salvation Army Week: 10-17
Brain Injury Awareness Week: 11-17 Link
National Etiquette Week: 11-15
National Stuttering Awareness Week: 11-17
Work At Home Moms Week: 11-17
American Craft Beer Week: 11-17 Link
Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Public Gardens Week: 8-17 Link
INVICTUS GAMES: 9-16 Link
Universal Family Week: 10-16
Food Allergy Awareness Week: 10-16 Link
National Hospital Week: 10-16 Link
National Nursing Home Week: 10-17
National Police Week: 10-16
National Return To Work Week: 10-17
National Transportation Week: 10-16
National Women's Health Week: 10-16 Link Link
Reading is Fun Week: 10-17 Link
Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 10-16
Salvation Army Week: 10-17
Brain Injury Awareness Week: 11-17 Link
National Etiquette Week: 11-15
National Stuttering Awareness Week: 11-17
Work At Home Moms Week: 11-17
American Craft Beer Week: 11-17 Link
Cannes Film Festival: 12-23 Cancelled due to COVID-19
Observations for Today
Free
Cone Day (Haagen-Dazs)
Cancelled
due to COVID-19
Hug Your Cat Day Link
International Awareness Day for Chronic International Nurses Day
Hug Your Cat Day Link
International Awareness Day for Chronic International Nurses Day
Immunological
and Neurological Diseases Link
International Nurses Day Link Link
Lag B'Omer
Limerick Day
International Nurses Day Link Link
Lag B'Omer
Limerick Day
Native
American Rights Day
National Nutty Fudge Day Link
Odometer Day
National Nutty Fudge Day Link
Odometer Day
My
Rambling Thoughts
There
was a nice female rain last night for at least a couple of hours.
Sidewalks were still wet at 7am. It was a much needed rain and was
greatly appreciated.
South
Dakota's governor is in a battle with two tribes, Pine Ridge and
Cheyenne River. Both tribes set up checkpoints on their reservations.
Treaties and sovereignty give them control ON their reservations. The
checkpoints were set up and take about a minute to fill out a form.
Vehicles with legitimate business [medical, food, …] are permitted.
Vehicles of non-residents are detoured around either reservation. The
tribes are attempting, successfully, of keeping COVID-19 off their
respective reservations. The governor of the State of South Dakota
does not agree. She also doesn't seem to understand sovereignty of
Natives. She has ordered that the checkpoints be removed. The tribes,
with the help of a Federal judge, have refused. Hopefully this will
remain in the courts and that the ignorant governor does not call in
the National Guard. Good for the tribes for protecting their people.
An
update from the Navajo Nation: There are over 3100 positive cases.
This is the highest per capita in the US.
Everyday
for the past couple of weeks, a tow truck has been driving through
our parking lot. I've only seen them two one vehicle, but they return
daily. Finally figured it out what is going on. Today a couple of
guys were walking around changing the signs in the parking area. Our
HOA has gotten a new towing company. The new signs have their name
and phone number. Also list prices: Non-commercial vehicles without a
permit: $195 + $35/day; Commercial vehicles without a permit: $250 +
$45/day. I have lived here over a decade and have never had a problem
parking close to my front door, with or without these Draconian
policies. I should add that both of my closest neighbors have 3
vehicles each with parking permits. The extra permit cost each of
them $85.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
What
does 'Las Vegas' mean in Spanish?
The
desert The meadows The wasteland
The
starlight
Historical
Events
1215
English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to
the creation and signing of the Magna Carta
1551
- The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the
Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru.
1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1926
Airship Norge is the first vessel to fly over North Pole, lead by
Roald Amundsen and piloted by Umberto Nobile
1928
Benito Mussolini ends women's rights in Italy
1932
- The body of the Lindbergh baby was found less than a mile from the
Lindbergh home in Hopewell, New Jersey.
1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in USA (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India)
1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in USA (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India)
1984
South African prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in
22 years
1963
- Bob Dylan walked out on The Ed Sullivan Show before his planned
appearance over the lyrics to the song he would perform his
song Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues.
1995
- Day time soap opera As The World Turns aired its
10,000th episode
2002
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit
with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in
or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
2013
Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints
2019
Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due
to US trade embargo and hoarding
2015
- A train derailment in Philadelphia killed 8 people and injured over
200.
Birthdays
Today
@96-Actor
Katherine Hepburn (d. 2003)
91-Composer
Burt Bacharach
@90-Founder
of Modern Nursing Florence Nightingale (d. 1910)
@71-Comedian
George Carlin (d. 2008; heart failure)
58-Singer, actress Vanessa Williams
54-Actor, producer Stephen Baldwin
42-Actor, comedian Jason Biggs
52-Skateboarder Tony Hawk
58-Actor Emilio Estevez
50-Actor Kim Fields
Puzzle
Answer:
The
Meadows
