Maui Celebrates Earth Day
April 20, 2008 8:53 am > MAUI TODAY, > mEnvironment |
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1st Day of Passover
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Lewa Malaho: Outer Space PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Mobeta: If would be better if … HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Strive for the summit.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’m astounded by people who want to know the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” (Woody Allen) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — “The Green Issue” - NYT Magazine WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — National Geographic PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Earth News BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Environmental BlogTODAY: Celebrate Earth Day 10am to Sunset at Baldwin Beach Park, Paia
April 20th, 2008: Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho, both of Honolulu, have made the news by filing suit in their hometown against the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN). Their problem: they think that once the brand new particle accelerator CERN is putting together on the Swiss-French border is operational, it’s going to cause a black hole that will swallow up the earth.
The U.S. lawsuit can’t stop CERN from firing the thing up this summer, but the plaintiffs hope that it will stop American companies from helping CERN.
For the record, it IS a possibility that a black hole will form. Any black hole which did would indeed crush in microseconds everything here into nonexistence. However, to calculate the possibility requires a computer, because it is so small that it is outrageously more likely that aliens would appear on Diamond Head tomorrow than a black hole appear — ever.
We’ll report from Diamond Head tomorrow….
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 20th
- 1967: U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War
- 1967: The U.S. Surveyor 3 probe lands on Moon
- 1971: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
- 1977: The U.S. Supreme Court rules “Live Free or Die” may be covered on New Hampshire licenses
- 1983: President Reagan signs a bill to “rescue” the Social Security System from bankruptcy
- 1999: Two students go on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado, killing 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives
- 2001: A Peruvian air force jet shoots down a small plane carrying American missionaries in Peru’s Amazon jungle region, killing Veronica Bowers and her infant daughter, Charity
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 20th
- 121: Marcus Aurelius, 16th Roman emperor/philosopher
- 1889: Adolph Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany
- 1893: Joan Miro, painter/sculptor
- 1909: Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser
- 1920: John Paul Stevens, 103rd Supreme Court Justice
- 1923: Tito Puente, bandleader
- 1940: George Takei, actor (Sulu-Star Trek)
- 1941: Ryan O’Neal, actor
- 1949: Jessica Lange, actress
- 1951: Luther Vandross, rock vocalist
- 1959: Clint Howard, actor
- 1964: Crispin Glover, actor
- 1967: J D Roth, TV host
- 1967: Lara Jill Miller, actress
- 1978: Clayne Crawford, actor
