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Largest Pysanka

In honour of Easter, here are some links to the world's largest Easter egg or Pysanka, which is found in Vegreville, Alberta. I have seen it myself and would encourage anyone travel highway #16 from Edmonton to Lloydminister to stop in and see it up close. I do have pictures of the non-digital kind some where but for this blog I will use the online digital ones. Some would say why such a large Pysanka (Or why make it at all? ... Nephew Matthew)? Others would say why not? I merely present this as something to blog about.
Here are the facts:
EggFacts

· Egg Width: 25.7 feet
· Egg Height: 18.3 feet
· Total Height: 31.6 feet
· Material: Alumuinum skin
· Turns like weathervane
· Weight: 5,000 pounds
· Star Patterns: 524
· Triangular Pieces: 2,206
· Visible Facets: 3,512
· Nuts and Bolts: 6,978
· Internal Struts: 177
· Man Hours: 12,000
(Facts from:World's Largest Easter Egg - The 'Pysanka' in Vegreville, Canada
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(Photos fromPhoto album of Vegreville)
Links of Interest:
Vegreville, Alberta
Computer Science Project
Pysanka (Easter Egg) - Vegreville, Alberta
Vegreville, Alberta & its Easter Egg
Easter egg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Today in History!!!!

1962, I was born.
Facts

Tuesday, April 10, 1962

This was 100th day of the year and 265 days remained in the year.

On This Day... April 10, 1962: "

April 10 in History
1790

The U.S. patent system was formed.
1849

The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt, in New York.
1866

The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was chartered.
1912

Titanic set sail on its fateful voyage.
1947

Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that Jackie Robinson had signed with the team.
1963

The atomic-powered submarine Thresher sank off Cape Cod, Mass.
1970

Paul McCartney announced the official split of the Beatles.
1974

Israeli prime minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.
1998

The Northern Ireland 'Good Friday Accord' was reached.
2003

The U.S. House passed the 'Amber Alert' bill. It provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.

More on 1962; "

	Today's Canadian Headline...
1990	GST TO BECOME LAW Ottawa Ontario - Commons passes the Goods and Services Tax bill 144 to 114, ending nine months of bitter wrangling; the 7% tax will replace the 13.5% Manufacturers Sales Tax as of Jan 1; Alex Kindy and David Kilgour ejected from Tory Caucus for voting against the GST; the bill now goes to the Senate.
1790	Also On This Day... Nootka BC - Spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook.
1865	And in Today's Canadian Birthdays... Jack Miner 1865-1944 bird conservationist, was born on this day at Westlake (Dover Center) Ohio in 1865; dies in Kingsville, Ontario Nov 3, 1944. Miner came to Canada at age 13 with his family to set up a brick and tile business in Gosfield South Township, near Kingsville. Not suited for school, he became an avid hunter and then naturalist, setting up one of the first wild bird refuges as early as 1908. He helped save the Canada Goose, banding over 40,000 in his lifetime, as well as 50,000 wild ducks to study migratory habits. His Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary at Kingsville on Lake Erie was declared an official Crown reserve in 1917. His bird sanctuary work is carried on today by the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation, incorporated in the US and Canada. [See below, 1947, for National Wildlife Week]. Also Milton Fowler Gregg VC 1892-1978 politician, soldier, educator, was born on this day at Snider Mountain New Brunswick in 1892; died in Fredericton Mar 13, 1978. After attending teachers college and Acadia University, Gregg went to war, serving as a stretcher bearer in France, then after being wounded, a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Regiment. On Sept 27 near Cambrai, he was wounded twice, but led his men against enemy trenches in which he personally killed or wounded 11 Germans, took 25 prisoners and captured 12 machine guns. In spite of his wounds he stayed with his company and on Oct 1 1918 again led his men in attack until he was severely wounded for a third time. Gregg was awarded the CBE, Military Cross & Bar and on Jan 6, 1919, the Victoria Cross. After the war he worked for the Solider Settlement Board and was Sergeant at Arms of the House of Commons 1934-39. He served overseas with the RCR in World War II, and was commandant of officer training at Sussex. He was President of UNB 1944-47, and was elected to the Commons in 1947. He served variously as Minister of Fisheries, Veterans Affairs and Labour until 1957, at which point he rounded out his career with the United Nations in Iraq, Indonesia and in New York.
In Other Events...
1996	Winnipeg Manitoba - Scotty Bowman's Detroit Red Wings defeat Winnipeg Jets 5-2 becoming the second team in NHL history to win 60 regular-season games; the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens were the first; the Wings will end the season with 62 wins.
1992	North America - NHL strike ends after 10 days.
1990	Toronto Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- meets US President George Bush for talks on Acid Rain and East-West relations; US Acid Rain Act cleared Senate April 3; cuts emissions 50% by year 2000.
1990	Washington DC -International Joint Commission says Canada and the US must stop dumping toxic substances into Great Lakes; disease and birth defects a serious threat.
1984	BC - BC pulp and paper workers go back to work after two-month lockout and strike.
1982	Edmonton Alberta - Los Angeles Kings beat the Oilers 6-5 in overtime, after trailing 5-0 in the third period.
1970	Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa creates two new national parks; one at Artillery Lake northeast of Yellowknife; the other on the Trent Canal, Ontario.
1965	London Ontario - Opening of $1,000,000 air terminal at London.
1965	Trois-Rivières Quebec - German freighter Transatlantic sinks after colliding with Dutch ship Hermes; 3 sailors killed.
1963	Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes Food and Drugs Act, getting more control over sale of drugs.
1959	Hamilton Ontario - Canada's first privately-owned nuclear research reactor goes into operation, at McMaster University.
1956	Montreal Quebec -Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 to win the first of a record five consecutive Stanley Cups; they win the series 4 games to 1.
1952	Detroit Michigan -Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens in four straight games to win the Stanley Cup.
1947	Montreal Quebec -Montreal Royals of the International League sell their star player Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers; appears in uniform for the Dodgers the next day, the first black player to break the colour barrier in major league baseball.
1947	Ottawa Ontario -Founding of National Wildlife Week to honour conservationist Jack Miner, born on this day in 1865.
1942	Ottawa Ontario -William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 agrees with Roosevelt to approve resolutions of Joint Economic Committees; to balance US-Canadian agricultural trade.
1937	Ottawa Ontario -Act of Parliament creates Trans-Canada Airlines, now Air Canada; company will have two passenger planes and a biplane by September launch.
1934	Detroit Michigan - Chicago Black Hawks beat Detroit Red Wings 1-0, winning the Stanley Cup 3 games to 1.
1912	Ottawa - Government appoints Board of Grain Commissioners, to inspect and regulate the grain trade.
1900	Capetown South Africa - Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 arrives in South Africa commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse.
1889	Welland Ontario - Opening of the enlarged Welland Canal.
1875	Regina Saskatchewan - Northwest Mounted Police ordered to build a post on the site of the city of Calgary.
1866	Campobello New Brunswick - Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents.
1841	Halifax Nova Scotia - Halifax incorporated as a city.
1812	Washington DC - United States calls out the militia in preparation for a war against Britain that will begin June 18; attack on Upper Canada imminent.
1684	Quebec City - Royal ordinance prohibits emigration from New France to the English colonies to the south.
1682	Louisiana USA - René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687 starts return trip up the Mississippi with Tonty, after claiming Louisiana for France.
1645	Saint John New Brunswick - Charles Menou d'Aulnay 1604-1650 attacks Charles de La Tour's fur stronghold of Fort Sainte-Marie with 200 men; Françoise-Marie Jacquelin 1602-1645 La Tour's wife holds fort against d'Aulnay with 45 men against 200; La Tour in Boston seeking English help.

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Which Extremity of the World Are You?

YOU ARE CHALLENGER DEEP

You hold the distinction - you lucky thing, you! - of being the deepest point in the Earth's oceans. The extreme depth of the Marianas trench, near the Philippines, you reach 10,924 m (35,838 ft), enough to drown Everest with five Empire State Buildings on top. And whereas the number of people to have climbed Everest is now comfortably in three figures, only two people have ever made it to your lowest point. That was back in 1960.

You're known contents are some silt, one flatfish (probably now deceased) and a considerable quantity of water.


Which Extremity of the World Are You?
From the towering colossi at Rum and Monkey.

Gospel of Judas casts doubt on traditional beliefs

This is pretty simple. In history the document closest to the event it is describing is considered the most accurate. This is true of the real gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. There are many copies of these original manuscripts and they were written closer to the events than any copy of this Judas book. This Judas book is written at least 200 years after the events it describes. It does not appear to be accurate. Much like the gnostic gospels, it appears the content is a compromise on what was written right after the events happened. This makes me think of the current popular fiction novel "The Da Vinci Code", which although it is listed as fiction, many take it as "good" history, which it is not. I am not an historian, I will leave that to my brother but as a Christian but history like this makes me angry, because of the stupidity of people.

Gospel of Judas casts doubt on traditional beliefs

Happy Birthday Apple Computers

What ever happened to Wang computers? Apple is still here after 30 years. Try the quiz below from the BBC.
How much do you know about Apple?
A brief brief history of computer failures:

Wang: Information From Answers.com

PC-9801: Information From Answers.com

What other computer companies other than IBM have been around for thirty years?



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30 years in Apple products: the good, the bad, and the ugly - Engadget