Monday, April 23, 2012

Tote That Barge, Lift That Bale



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The Expansion Of The Universe

I keep hearing and reading about how the universe is expanding and that all stellar objects are accelerating away from each other. And no one has yet determined why or how this is occurring.

It seems simple to me.

Something unimaginably MASSIVE exists outside the universe . . . and its gravitational component is attracting toward itself the entire contents of the universe.

Simple.

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Birth celebrated April 23, 1564

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WORDS FOR TODAY

fardel
noun
a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle).


bodkin
noun
1.
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
2.
a long pin-shaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
3.
a blunt, needle-like instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
4.
a small dagger; stiletto.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY



Born April 23, 1954




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Born April 23, 1858
Died Oct. 4, 1947

German physicist who discovered quantum physics, initiating a revolution in natural science and philosophy. He is regarded as the founder of quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.


ALSO



April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

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"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
--William Shakespeare

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