Louis Armstrong Playing for His Wife Lucille in Giza - Egypt.(Pixdaus.)
Good morning everyone! How are you?
Let's take a look at what is happening around our world today.
In the News
World
Gadhafi strikes back: Rebel towns bombed
Moammar Gadhafi's forces launched a concerted fight back against rebel-held towns in Libya Wednesday, reportedly taking two in the west and attacking two others in the east under the cover of airstrikes, witnesses said.
Libyan Rebels, Invoking U.N., May Ask West for Airstrikes
Desperate refugees jam Libya's borders
The ‘Demubarakization’ of Egypt
With Hosni Mubarak gone, Egyptians are busy removing his name from hundreds of schools and public spaces.
In the U.S.
Newt Gingrich takes first step toward White House bid
Hamstrung by shrinking budgets, Police Departments Turn to Volunteers
Wisconsin Budget Would Slash School and Municipal Aid
Desiree Rogers to help plan Rahm Emanuel’s inauguration
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, who was forced out after an infamous gate-crashing incident, will help plan Rahm Emanuel’s May 16 inauguration as Chicago’s new mayor.
Science News
How National Security Depends on Better Lithium Batteries
Putting Stonehenge in Its Place
An increasingly accepted view holds that the great stone circle may have been just part of a much larger ceremonial landscape
Climate News
Fossil Fools: World Bank Day of Action
Health News
Is tanning bad for teens?
Animal News
(National Geographic.)
African lion may be added to U.S. endangered species list to curb American trophy hunters
Mini or Massive? For Turtles and Tortoises, It All Depends on Where You Live
Biologists from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences have reported the first quantitative evidence for an evolutionary link between habitat and body size in turtles and tortoises.
Zoo Focuses Efforts on Poison Dart Frog Breeding Program
Entertainment News
Police remove Charlie Sheen's twin boys from his home
Charlie Sheen is now 'winning' on Twitter
"Winning..! Choose your Vice... #winning #chooseyourvice," Sheen, already an expert at the hash tags, wrote in his inaugural tweet.
...He also linked to his first Twit Pic, of him holding a bottle of what appears to be chocolate milk and one of the "goddesses" now staying with him hoisting a bottle of Naked brand juice.
On this day in History
1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
(Wikipedia.)
Happy Birthday
Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American film actress.
Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and lead vocalist of the band Coldplay.
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor and film producer.
Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.; March 2, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its collapse in 1991.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991), commonly known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.
Pink Clubhouse Housekeeping
From elfling
Order by in recent replies to comments should now correctly be by last reply date. This may make it easier and more useful for people who are monitoring a large reply count.
Registration issue where it would let you log in before you had confirmed your email is fixed, leaving you in a strange limbo zombie-state.
New link followed color - we'll see if this works better for people.
On groups: On my personal plate next is making it possible to respond to group invitations from any place you would see yourself listed in a group as "invited". I'm also working with the DK Editors on streamlining some areas that will allow them to work faster. The good news is that for the most part the changes they ask for end up benefiting all the group editor teams.
Thank you Kos, elfing and team!