Good morning.
Our week begins with mostly cloudy skies and a high of thirty-five. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset 7:12 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with forty-three percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Dogs are, through domestication, naturally attuned and responsive to human actions. Most dogs want to please, and are trusting of their owners and others.
In the video below, however, a magician’s simple trick leaves an assortment of dogs puzzled. They mostly take the perceived disappearance of a treat in stride, with the exception of one dog that barks in evident irritation. That’s probably a better overall response than the magician could have expected from people, in a similar situation.
On this day in 1989, Alaska suffers a tanker spill:
The worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water. Attempts to contain the massive spill were unsuccessful, and wind and currents spread the oil more than 100 miles from its source, eventually polluting more than 700 miles of coastline. Hundreds of thousands of birds and animals were adversely affected by the environmental disaster.
It was later revealed that Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Valdez, was drinking at the time of the accident and allowed an uncertified officer to steer the massive vessel. In March 1990, Hazelwood was convicted of misdemeanor negligence, fined $50,000, and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service. In July 1992, an Alaska court overturned Hazelwood’s conviction, citing a federal statute that grants freedom from prosecution to those who report an oil spill….
In Wisconsin history, it’s the birthday of a magician connected to Appleton:
Harry Houdini Born
On this date magician Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, though he later claimed to have been born on April 6, 1874, in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the age of 13 he left Appleton, where his family had emigrated, for New York City, and began his career as an escape artist and magician. [Source: History Museum at the Castle]
Puzzability offers a new series this week, entitled March Madness:
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This Week’s Game — March 24-28
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March Madness
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You can fill in your brackets every day for our little tournament. Each answer in this week’s trivia quiz is a name, title, or phrase that includes the letters in the word MARCH together, but out of order.
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Example:
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What song was Culture Club’s biggest hit, and its only song to reach #1 in the United States?
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“Ka[RMA CH]ameleon”
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What to Submit:
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Submit the name, title, or phrase, with the MARCH section in brackets (as “Ka[RMA CH]ameleon” in the example), for your answer.
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Monday, March 24
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