Good morning, Whitewater.
Month’s end will be increasingly sunny with a high of fifty-four. Sunrise is 6:37 and sunset 7:20, for 12h 42m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 89.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Fire & Rescue Task Force meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM.
First drawing of the Eiffel Tower by Maurice Koechlin. Via Wikipedia.
On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower opens to the public:
The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel … is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.[1] The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.98 million people ascended it in 2011.[2] The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.[2]
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall,[2] about the same height as an 81-storey building. Its base is square, 125 metres (410 ft) on a side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Because of the addition of the aerial atop the Eiffel Tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres (17 ft). Not including broadcast aerials, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second. The third level observatory’s upper platform is 276 m (906 ft) above the ground,[2] the highest accessible to the public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift (elevator) to the first and second levels. The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. Although there are stairs to the third and highest level, these are usually closed to the public and it is generally only accessible by lift.
On this day in 1998, the Brewers begin regular-season play as a National League team:
1998 – Brewers Go National
On this date the Milwaukee Brewers played their first game as a National League Team, losing to the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The Brewers’ transfer, the first since the American League was formed at the turn of the century, was necessary to create a 16-team National League and a 14-team American League. [Source: “Brewer’s Timeline” on the team’s official Web site].
Here’s the Tuesday game in Puzzability‘s Flower Arrangements series:
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This Week’s Game — March 30-April 3
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Flower Arrangements
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We’re having a garden party this week. For each day, we’ve taken a word or phrase, added to it the letters in the name of a flower, and rearranged all the letters to get a new phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s equation, and the flower name is given.
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Example:
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Stop suddenly, as a baseball pitcher in mid-throw + NARCISSUS = cocktails made with vodka and coffee liqueur
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Balk, Black Russians
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Balk, Black Russians” in the example), for your answer.
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Tuesday, March 31
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