Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--April 26, 2014: As always, after some
searching, I found these holidays, some unknown but worthy of mention or
celebrating with a red hat, to go with the factoids and quote to
enjoy as you start your weekend.
1. International
Intellectual Property Day –established by the World Intellectual Property
Organization in 2000 to honor and protect intellectual property with the theme
this year “Movies—a Global Passion”.
2. Audubon Day/National Go Birding Day —honoring
James Audubon born on this day in 1785 and his illustrations on birds and
efforts of the Audubon Society to protect and preserve birds. No better way to
honor the work of the Audubon Society than to with binoculars and camera in
hand go birding and learn more about your feathered neighbors.
3. World
Veterinary Day—proposed
by the American Veterinary Association in 2000 to honor the veterinary profession;
your pets will join with you as long as the words “spay” or “neuter” are not
spoken.
4. World Tai Chi and Qigong Day—celebrated at 10:00 am local time
around the world since 1999 with mass Tai Chi and Qigong exercises to promote
the healing effects of the use of Tai Chi and Qigong—perfect exercises and
meditation to be used by our aging Baby Boomers whose joints and muscle loss
preclude or hamper the sports of their youth.
5.
National Pretzel Day—what better way to be in balance after a
healing session of Tai Chi and Qigong, that to enjoy a bowl of pretzels (Snyder’s
Hard Pretzels are best) while watching an NBA playoff game.
On this day in:
a. 1956 the SS Ideal X the world’s
first commercially successful container ship left on its maiden voyage from
Newark to Houston, commencing the flattening of the oceans that is continuing
today with the bulk of manufacturing goods on the ocean being delivered by
container ships.
b. 1981 Doctor Michael Harriman performed the first open fetal surgery and
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
c.
1986 at Chernobyl, Russia (now Ukraine although may once again be Russia if Putin
elects to bring Ukraine back into the Russian Federation) the world’s worst
nuclear reactor disaster occurred, releasing radiation as far west as Norway,
killing 31 workers and exposing countless thousands to increased risks of
cancer. The site today is surrounded by a 19 mile radius exclusion zone, which after
another 20,000 years will be safe for human inhabitation.
Chernobyl,
Fukushima and to a much lesser extent Three Mile Island are living examples of
the need to be certain when it comes to generating nuclear power and then being
able to dispose of the waste. “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our
decisions on the next seven generations.” The Great Law of the Iroquois
Confederacy Talk about the right way to view actions, a view which is
applicable to nuclear power and daily to the uncontrollable growth in the National
Debt.
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
poems on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a losing record; to honor Cindy
Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a rare disease who
competed in last year's Iditarod until forced out with a broken pelvis after
600 miles; on Bode Miller and the human spirit; for Cupid on Valentine's Day;
to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of my poems to inspire,
touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The
Newsworthy Times for poems on the futility of aiding Ukraine with MRE’s; the
cowardice of the Korean ferry boat captain abandoning his ship while over 300
students were being drowned; the Overland Park shootings; the stupidity of
Caprock Academy trying to ban a nine year old for shaving her head to provide support
for her 11 year old friend undergoing chemo; Putin pulling the Moscow broadcast
plug on Voice of America; Obama's "sanctions" compared to Rolling
Thunder 49 years ago; the banning the wearing of the American flag on
Cinco de Mayo to join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme of
course.
©April 26, 2014 Michael P.
Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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