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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Spotlight:
The Seeing Eye, the first organization in America to train guide dogs for the blind, was founded in Morristown, NJ, eighty years ago today. Originally, only German shepherds were trained; later Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, boxers and some mixed breeds were also bred for training. Volunteers raise the dogs until they are 18 months old, training them to be obedient and socialized. Then the dogs join the program on the Seeing Eye campus, learning the more specialized skills of stopping at curbs and keeping themselves and their handlers from danger.
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Guide Dogs in Training
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Quote:
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." — Robert Benchley
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Today in History:
- daguerreotype: L. J. M. Daguerre announced the first practical photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences (1839)
- autogiro: aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva made the first successful flight in the helicopter-like aircraft he had invented, in Madrid (1923)
- Martyr's Day of Panama: the tearing of a Panamanian flag during protests regarding US sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone led to several days of deadly fighting (1964)
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| Richard Nixon |
Today's Birthdays:
- Richard Nixon (1913-1994): 37th POTUS, who was forced to resign because of the Watergate scandal
- Judith Krantz (81): pop novelist; other authors born on this date include Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934), Karel Čapek (1890-1938) and Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
- Bob Denver (1935-2005): actor, Gilligan's Island; Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), Susannah York (67), J.K. Simmons (54) and Joely Richardson (44)
- Joan Baez (68): folk rock singer; other singers born today include Crystal Gayle (58), Steve Harwell and Dave Matthews (both 42) and A.J. Mclean (31)
- Jimmy Page (65): lead guitarist, Led Zeppelin; other guitarists born today: Eric Erlandson (46) and Dave Matthews and Carl Bell (both 42)
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For the past two weeks, we’ve read about Jadeacres and ThatwouldBme, self-declared WikiNeighbors who reside on their cozy, friendly farms in Ontario, Canada. This week we’ll bring it all together with a deeper look into how the relationship between the two Wikiholic Supervisors runs deeper than just the actual WikiAnswers website… It’s a WikiWorld full of neighborliness, t-shirts… and eggs.
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What's New: In the Community...
Universal Edit Button on WikiAnswers.
January 8th, 2009 . by LizWikiAnswers now supports the Universal Edit Button (or UEB). It is a powerful Firefox add-on, displaying a special icon in the address bar when content on the page you’re viewing is editable. It functions much like those ubiquitous orange RSS icons that signal syndicated content (popularly known as RSS feeds) is available on the website you’re viewing.
Here’s how it looks in your browser:
