Girl Scout Birthday (US)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Action expresses priorities." Mahatma Gandhi


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Angela Berners-Wilson

Mohandas Gandhi

• 1930 Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
• 1968 Mauritius achieves independence.
• 1994 The Church of England ordains its first female priest.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Do you remember El Chapo? Read this Time article about his near arrest. Wait a minute... camels in Mexican deserts? You'd better watch the Reuters report. Can you play the theremin? Take lesson one by watching this BBC report. Have you heard about the documentary "Bully"? Don't miss the CNN report. Do you support assisted suicide? Listen to this NPR audio-report. Have you used coca leaves? Watch the Yahoo! video. Have you heard about Hugo Chavez? Read this Reuters article via Yahoo.