"Earthrise" is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that
was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24,
1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell
declared it "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".
Many claim its publishing inspired the beginning of the environmental
movement. Fifty years to the day after taking the photo, William Anders
observed, "We set out to explore the moon and instead discovered the
Earth."
Thought of the day: "If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's
hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?"-George Carlin
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Among other things, today is "In God We Trust" Day, April Showers Day,
Chemists Celebrate the Earth Day, Earth Day, Girl Scout Leader Day,
International Mother Earth Day, Love Your Thighs Day, National Jelly
Bean Day, National Teach Children to Save Day, and Take Our Daughters
and Sons to Work Day.
Remembering Glen
Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017)
Jack
Nicholson is 84 today. (Video has NSFW language. What did you
expect?)
China's
'Bat Woman' warns coronavirus is just tip of the iceberg. Shi
Zhengli, a virologist renowned for her work on coronavirus in bats, said
in an interview on Chinese state television that viruses being
discovered now are "just the tip of the iceberg" and called for
international cooperation in the fight against epidemics.
Wealthiest
hospitals got billions in bailout intended for struggling health
providers. Seattle-based Providence Health System, one of the
country's largest and richest hospital chains is sitting on nearly $12
billion in cash, which it invests, Wall Street-style, in a good year
generating more than $1 billion in profits. And this spring, Providence
received at least $509 million in government funds, one of many wealthy
beneficiaries of a federal program that is supposed to prevent health
care providers from capsizing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump
says Republican National Convention might move from Charlotte if the
state doesn't relax is coronavirus rules... but no other city wanted to
host it. An article published by New York Magazine's Intelligencer blog
laid out the GOP's struggle with the headline: "GOP Awards Its 2020
Convention to the Only City That Sorta Kinda Wanted It."
Want
to buy a used car? Rental car companies are offering up some good deals.
All of the major car rental companies- Hertz, Enterprise, Alamo Avis,
Budget and others- list their used rental cars for sale on their web
sites. Shoppers can search inventories and test drives are usually much
more generous than you'll find at typical used car dealers.
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Microsoft
confirms new Windows 10 update warning The problem, once again, is
KB4556799, a recent Windows 10 update pushed to millions of PCs which
has already caused numerous issues, including Blue Screen of Death
(BSOD) crashes, deleted user data, performance issues, broken audio and
more. Microsoft is investigating these problems, but the company has now
also confirmed on the official KB4556799 update page that it can break
Internet connections as well.
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