Preliminary Injunction Issued
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Scoop the Poop Week
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Luna kanawai: Judge PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Jas: Judge HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One cannot tell by his crowing what the cock’s spur can do.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I don’t want to know what the law is. I want to know who the judge is.” (Roy Cohn) 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 BlogYESTERDAY - April 23rd: Maui District court Judge Joseph Cardoza issued a preliminary injunction against Honua‘ula development project (formerly called Wailea 670). Read more in the Maui News … Save Makena …
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 24th
- 1800: The Library of Congress is founded with a $5000 allocation
- 1877: Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)
- 1897: The first reporter, William Price, is assigned to the White House
- 1898: Spain declares war on the U.S., rejecting the ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
- 1961: JFK accepts “sole responsibility” following the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs incursion into Cuba
- 1969: Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumors that he is dead
- 1989: 10’s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
- 1991: Calling it “simply not enough”, an Alaskan judge rejects the agreement reached with Exxon on March 13th of $1 billion for the Valdeze Oil Spill
- 2005: Pope Benedict XVI was installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in cermonies at the Vatican.
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 24th
- 1815: Anthony Trollope, novelist/poet
- 1904: Willem De Kooning, artist
- 1905: Robert Penn Warren, first U.S. poet laureate
- 1934: Shirley MacLaine, actress/mystic
- 1936: Jill Ireland, actress
- 1941: John Williams, guitarist
- 1942: Barbra Streisand, singer/actress
- 1963: Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker
- 1971: Colleen Quinn, actress
- 1976: Shane McDermott, actor
- 1979: Rebecca Lynn Howard, country singer
- 1979: Rebecca Mader, actress
- 1983: Kelly Clarkson, singer
