National Day of Prayer

Today I ask you Lord, on this day of prayer that I would be strengthened in my faith and be made more fearless of my belief that You have created all things and that you have sent your son Jesus who is the word that was therein the beginning which was God and was with God. Father Lord strengthen us here and make us prayer warriors and give us the mind to preach your word. And for those who would hear the word, reveal to them the truth.

Respect for chickens Day

This is the day that chickens get the respect they deserve. SO please no rubber chickens and no big factories. JUst farm raised, happy, and well fed.

Also no chicken jokes.

Columbus Lands in Jamaica

Yah Man crack the red stripes. Not really. Long journey and noone thought it possible. He was actually wrong and had it not been for the Carribean Islands he surely would be lost at sea. He went on to become very poor and not so famous dying in Spain in poverty at age 55.

Happy Colmbus Day

James Monroe's Birthday

James Madison was the Fifth President of the United States.  He served two terms from 1817 to 1825.  He was from Virginia and fought in the Revolutionary War.  He died of Heart Failure and Tuberculosis in New York in 1831.

Coretta Scott King Birthday

Coretta cott King was born April 27 1927 in Alabama.  Her parents owned a farm and during the great depression she helped to pick cotton.  He owned a barber shop and a lumber mill.  She attended Antioch College and then won a scholarship to The New England Conservatory of Music.  She married Martin Luther King in 1953.  She had a large part in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's and continued to fight for civil rights after Martin's death and even up until her own in the the ear 2006.

National High Five day

Sleets grew up in Campbellsburg, KY and starred on the basketball team at Eminence High School. When he was young, his father, Lamont Sleets, Sr. would frequently entertain visits from his old army buddies. Sleets Sr. served in Vietnam, in the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry regiment. "It was the Bobcat division," Mont said, "but my dad and his friends always called it 'The Five.'" Sleets Sr. and his army friends started an informal greeting between them while serving in Vietnam. It consisted of extending their arm straight up in the air with all five fingers parted and saying the name of their division: "Five." Sleets thinks that when he was around 2 or three years old, it was only natural to want to emulate the old army men that gathered in his house. Since it was tough for a youngster to keep track of all the different names of the visitors, the saying of "Five" became young Mont Sleets' universal salutation for his fathers friends. Sleets recalls the story with the weariness of anybody recounting the family stories they heard over and over while growing up, but not without telltale signs of enthusiasm throughout: "They'd walk in the door, and a three year old kid, he doesn't know the difference between all these grown-ups. But they're all sayin' 'Five' with their hand up like this, so I just start saying to them, 'Hi, Five!' like it was their name."

Sleets Sr. and his friends found Mont's desire to emulate them charming and would often kneel down on the ground so little Mont could return the salutation to them as well. Mont would hold his hand up and say "Hi Five!" back. "And when you're a little kid, you're curious," said Sleets. "You see all these old veterans, and their hands are so much bigger than yours, and you want to put your hand up and compare it to them." From there, the gesture simply evolved over time. As Mont got older, he of course learned the proper names of his father's visitors. But his childhood greeting of a hand held high and a "Hi, Five!" had stuck. Though he stopped wanting to compare hands with his dad's friends, teenage Mont remained willing to give their hands a quick tap with his own.

children with alopecia

Alopecia areata (AA) is a condition affecting humans, in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp.[1][2] Because it causes bald spots on the scalp, especially in the first stages, it is sometimes called spot baldness. In 1%–2% of cases, the condition can spread to the entire scalp (Alopecia totalis) or to the entire epidermis (Alopecia universalis). Conditions resembling AA, and having a similar cause, occur also in other species.[3]

thomas Jefferson's Birthday

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)[2] was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and—for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States—one of the most influential Founding Fathers. Jefferson envisioned America as the force behind a great "Empire of Liberty"[3] that would promote republicanism and counter the imperialism of the British Empire.
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National Licorice Day

Licorice comes from a plant and has been used for thousands of years fo both it's flavor and healing quality. Twizzlers candy is the most well known Licorice Candy in the United States, but the largest Licorice manufacturer is Licorice International. Licorice International, the #1 source for licorice in the United States, offers more than 160 types of licorice from 14 countries. my favorite licorice candy is Good and plentys.

Friday

I like Friday because it is family movie night. It also kicks off the weekend. Friday is fun because everybod
y knows that at 6:o0 it is time o drop work and pick up the fun. I love a good Friday.

International Beaver Day

Beaver Day is celebrated today because it is the birth of Dorothy Richards who studied beavers for 50 years. They build dams and their wetlands are great for storing co2. Beavers are rodents and have incredible aquatic abilities. They can stay underwater for 15 minutes. The can live to be 25 years old in the wild.

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was built between 1887 and 1889. It was the archway for the Worlds Fair and celebrated the centennial celebration of the French Revelation. It was initially planned for Barcelona but The Barcelonians did want it there because it disagreed with the existing architecture. The tower was designed to be temporary but because it served well the purpose of communication it has stayed up for over 100 years.

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.  

"Amelia Mary Earhart (pronounced /ˈɛərhɑrt/ AIR-hart); (born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937; declared legally dead January 5, 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author.^[1][2] Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross,^[3] awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.^[4] She set many other records,^[2] wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.^[5]Earhart joined the faculty of the world-famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.^[6]"

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Passover

When the Jewish people where enslaved in Jerusalem, Moses came to the Pharaoh as God had commanded and told him to free the Jews.  After several opportunities for Pharaoh to comply God told Moses to put sacrificial blood on the homes of the Jews.  Any home without said blood on their home suffered the loss of their first born.  Realizing that the Jews needed to be set free Pharaoh complied and the Jews set off into the wilderness of the desert.  The egyptians then went after the Jews again so Moses parted the Red Sea and The Jews were able to escape but when the Egyptian Chariots  attempted to follow suit they were drowned in seas.

robert frost

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

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World Day for Water

20 Water Facts 

Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.

A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.

Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.

Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.

While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.

Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body.

Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic.

Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.

Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.

The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth millions of years ago is still present today.

The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.

Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes.

The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day.

The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and thermoelectric power.

The average person in the United States uses anywhere from 80-100 gallons of water per day. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the largest amount of this water.

Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own water from private wells or other sources.

By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.

The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.

absolutely incredible kid day

absolutely incredible kid day is a day that celebrates all of the Absolutely Incredible Kids that you know.  Here at smart kids I know lots of absolutely Incredible kids like Anthony, Anthony, Melissa, Avajah, Kelly Kathtlin, James, CJ, Demya, Melissa, Amaya, Nick, Chasity, Aaliyah, Aaliyah, Oasis, Byandi. Lauren, Azaria, Itzel, Dusu, Alex, William, Andrew, and anybody else that I missed.

Also J.Noah and Isabella are my true favorites.

Evacuation Day

In 1941 Evacuation day was declared a holiday in Suffolk County. On this day in 1776 the British Army was forced to retreat to Nova Scotia. This was a huge victory for the 13 Colonies as well as a morale boost.  It is a coincidence that this day falls on the same day as Saint Patrick's Day, but because of the large Irish population in the Boston Area the observation of Saint Patrick's Day, Evacuation Day became more legitimized.

 

Freedom of Information Day

The feedom of information act was signed in 1966 here in the United States.  This act applies to federal agencies and all of the states have enacted similar stautes to require disclosure.  It is so that all citizens are able to know what is going on in their government.  It is celebrated on the birthday of James Madison the 4th president of our great country.  He is recognized as the fathewr of the constitution.

Girl Scouts Birthday

The Girl Scouts of America is a youth organization which describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls".  It was founded it 1912 as a counterpart to the Boy Scouts of America and  follows the same principles set by Robert Bayden-Powell to build self-esteem  and to teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion, character, sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship through activities including camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning numerous badges by acquiring other practical skills.