Happy Earth Day

As noted in Wikipedia:  Earth Day is an annual holiday, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. In 2013 the day is 43 years old. It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, the date proposed was March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in recognition of his work.  While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.  Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.

Now in other news, I really enjoy "The Amazing Race" but what happened last night does annoy me to say the least.  Yet again, no one got eliminated.  I have a feeling this is to help drag out the show and make it last longer.

Additionally, I must take time to say that while I am glad that they have caught the various parties involved in the Boston Marathon bombings, I am at that point of where it is enough.  The same story being covered over and over again by all the networks as and acting if like it is new news.  How many days did we go without a word about the plant exploding in West, Texas, let alone all the rest of the news.  It is frustrating.

One thing that I can now report on here is something that my sister was asking about last week.  Why do they sing "Sweet Caroline" at every Red Sox game in Boston.  It appears that in 2007 Neil Diamond shared that it was written with inspiration of Caroline Kennedy.  Of course, she is from Boston and therein is the answer to the question.  This past Saturday, Diamond showed up at Fenway park and lead the 35,000 in a rendition of it before the game began.  This was unique in that it is usually played during the 8th inning of the game.