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Monday, March 30, 2009
National Doctors' Day
PURPOSE
National Doctors’ Day provides a
time for people to show appreciation
to the doctors who care for them or
their loved ones.
RECOGNITION Both patients and
those who work for or with
physicians may recognize, thank or
show appreciation by giving cards,
notes, commemorative tokens of
remembrance, etc. The first National
Doctors’ Day was on March 30, 1933,
the anniversary of the first use of
anesthesia. The day was celebrated
by mailing cards to doctors and by
placing flowers on the graves of
deceased doctors. In 1990,
then-President George Bush signed a
resolution designating March 30 as
National Doctors’ Day.
Patients who have long-term
relationships with their doctors –
for example, a woman during
pregnancy; someone with a long-term
or terminal illness; families who
rely on their “family doctor”; or
anyone who wants to thank a
physician for the care he or she has
provided – take the opportunity to
single out a special doctor,
psychologist, dentist, chiropractor,
nurse practitioner, or other
health-care professional.
Those who work in doctors’ offices,
hospitals or other medical
facilities take advantage of a
designated time to be able to
express thanks and appreciation for
mentoring, being easy to work with,
being dedicated, or just to
recognize an ongoing working
relationship.
The upcoming
holiday honoring the doctors of
America is a great chance for
medical services professionals
(MSPs) to thank their local doctors
for providing caring, quality
healthcare.
Holidays
Around the World
Malaysia -
State Public Holiday (KTN) [Regional] Mayotte - Public
Holiday (Post-Referendum) Trinidad and Tobago
- Spiritual Baptist Day West Bank and Gaza
- Land Day [Other]
Today's
Birthdays
Born
Age
Name
Profession
1913
96
Censu Tabone
President of Malta
1922
87
Turhan Bey
Turkish actor
1926
83
Ingvar Kamprad
Swedish entrepreneur
1927
82
Peter Marshall
American game show host
1928
81
Robert Badinter
French politician
1928
81
Tom Sharpe
English satirical author
1929
80
Richard Dysart
American actor
1930
79
John Astin
American actor
1930
79
Rolf Harris
Australian artist and entertainer
1932
77
Ted Morgan
Swiss-born writer
1933
76
George Morfogen
American actor
1935
74
Karl Berger
German musicologist and musician
1937
72
Warren Beatty
American actor and director
1940
69
Jerry Lucas
American basketball player
1940
69
Hans Ragnemalm
Swedish professor of public law and judge
1941
68
Graeme Edge
British musician (Moody Blues)
1941
68
Wasim Sajjad
President of Pakistan
1941
68
Bob Smith
former American politician
1942
67
Ruben Kun
Nauruan politician and former President of Nauru
1942
67
Kenneth Welsh
Canadian film and television actor
1945
64
Eric Clapton
British guitarist
1945
64
Johnnie Walker
British DJ
1947
62
Ryszard Kotla
Polish travel writer and activist
1948
61
Mervyn King
British economist
1948
61
Eddie Jordan
Former owner of Jordan Grand Prix
1948
61
"Jim Dandy" Mangrum
American musician (Black Oak Arkansas)
1949
60
Naomi Sims
American fashion model and businesswoman
1949
60
Liza Frulla
Quebec politician
1950
59
Robbie Coltrane
Scottish actor and comedian
1950
59
Joseph Cali
American actor
1951
58
Yves Séguin
Quebec politician
1952
57
Peter Knights
Australian footballer and coach
1953
56
Cydney Bernard
American film producer
1955
54
Daniel Fanego
Argentenian actor
1956
53
Bill Butler
Scottish politician
1956
53
Juanito Oiarzabal
Basque mountaineer
1957
52
Paul Reiser
American actor
1958
51
Maurice LaMarche
Canadian voice actor
1959
50
Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis
New Zealander convicted child abuser
1959
50
Sabine Meyer
German clarinetist
1960
49
Christoph M Ohrt
German actor
1962
47
MC Hammer
American rap musician
1962
47
Bil Dwyer
American actor
1963
46
Eli-Eri Moura
Brazilian composer and conductor
1964
45
Tracy Chapman
American singer
1964
45
Vlado Bozinovski
Australian former footballer
1964
45
Dave Ellett
Canadian hockey player
1964
45
Ian Ziering
American actor
1965
44
Piers Morgan
British journalist
1966
43
Joey Castillo
American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
1966
43
Efstratios Grivas
Greek chess grandmaster and author
1967
42
Hayashibara Megumi
Japanese voice actress and singer
1968
41
Donna D'Errico
American actress and model
1968
41
Celine Dion
Canadian singer
1968
41
Roland Kickinger
Austrian bodybuilder and actor
1971
38
Mark Consuelos
American actor
1971
38
Mari Holden
American cycle racer
1971
38
Javier Pascual Llorente
Spanish professional cyclist
1972
37
Mili Avital
Israeli-American actress
1973
36
Jan Koller
Czech footballer
1973
36
Matthew Pritchard
Welsh Stuntman
1975
34
Bahar Soomekh
American actress
1976
33
Mark McClelland
Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)
1976
33
Ty Conklin
American ice hockey player
1967
42
Rupert Evans
English actor
1971
38
Bernardo Corradi
Italian footballer
1976
33
Obadele Thompson
Barbadian athlete
1978
31
Chris Paterson
Scottish rugby player
1979
30
Norah Jones
American singer and pianist
1979
30
Simon Webbe
English singer
1980
29
Ricardo Osorio
Mexican footballer
1980
29
Yalin
Turkish singer and songwriter
1980
29
Nick Davis
Australian rules footballer
1982
27
Jason Dohring
American actor
1982
27
Frederic Deltour
French model, judo athlete and actor
1982
27
Philippe Mexès
French footballer
1983
26
Jérémie Aliadière
French footballer
1983
26
Zach Gowen
American professional wrestler
1983
26
Scott Moffatt
Canadian singer and songwriter
1983
26
Davis Romero
Panamanian baseball player
1983
26
Hebe Tian
Taiwanese singer (S.H.E)
1984
25
Mario Ančić
Croatian tennis player
1984
25
Anna Nalick
American singer and songwriter
1984
25
Samantha Stosur
Australian tennis player
1986
23
Beni Arashiro
Japanese singer
1986
23
Sergio Ramos
Spanish footballer
1986
23
Ben Swain
English syncronized diver
Peter Marshall
John Astin
George Morfogen
Warren Beatty
Kenneth Welsh
Eric Clapton
"Jim Dandy" Mangrum
Robbie Coltrane
Joseph Cali
Daniel Fanego
Juanito Oiarazbal
Paul Reiser
Christoph M. Ohrt
MC Hammer
Ian Ziering
Joey Castillo
Celine Dion
Roland Kickinger
Mark Consuelos
Javier Pascual Llorente
Ty Conklin
Rupert Evans
Bernardo Corradi
Chris Paterson
Simon Webbe
Ricardo Osorio
Nick Davis
Jason Dohring
Frederic Deltour
Philippe Mexès
Jérémie Aliadière
Scott Moffatt
Mario Ančić
Sergio Ramos
Ben Swain
Weekend Box Office Estimates
TW
LW
Title
Studio
Wkend Gross
% Chg
Theaters
Chg
Average
Total Gross
Budget
Wk #
1
N
Monsters Vs. Aliens
P/DW
$58,200,000
-
4,104
-
$14,181
$58,200,000
-
1
2
N
The Haunting in Connecticut
LGF
$23,010,000
-
2,732
-
$8,422
$23,010,000
-
1
3
1
Knowing
Sum.
$14,705,000
-40.20%
3,337
5
$4,407
$46,220,000
-
2
4
2
I Love You, Man
P/DW
$12,600,000
-29.30%
2,717
6
$4,637
$37,007,000
-
2
5
3
Duplicity
Uni.
$7,556,000
-45.90%
2,579
5
$2,930
$25,639,000
-
2
6
4
Race to Witch Mountain
BV
$5,637,000
-55.90%
3,268
81
$1,725
$53,295,000
-
3
7
N
12 Rounds
Fox
$5,300,000
-
2,331
-
$2,274
$5,300,000
-
1
8
5
Watchmen
WB
$2,755,000
-59.50%
2,010
-1,500
$1,371
$103,296,000
$150
4
9
7
Taken
Fox
$2,700,000
-33.50%
1,961
-700
$1,377
$137,074,000
-
9
10
6
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Uni.
$2,611,000
-54.80%
2,251
-151
$1,160
$28,459,000
-
3
11
16
Sunshine Cleaning
Over.
$1,344,000
100.10%
167
103
$8,048
$2,548,000
-
3
12
8
Slumdog Millionaire
FoxS
$1,135,000
-57.60%
840
-1,227
$1,351
$139,312,000
$15
20
13
9
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
LGF
$1,090,000
-57.50%
1,128
-707
$966
$89,024,000
-
6
14
11
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Sony
$825,000
-55.20%
1,082
-680
$762
$142,488,000
$26
11
15
12
He's Just Not That Into You
WB (NL)
$470,000
-62.40%
424
-878
$1,108
$92,508,000
-
8
16
14
Gran Torino
WB
$430,000
-41.90%
478
-347
$900
$145,807,000
$33
16
-
N
The Cross: The Arthur Blessit Story
8X
$327,000
-
221
-
$1,480
$327,000
-
1
-
18
The Reader
Wein.
$310,000
-42.20%
324
-380
$957
$33,486,000
$32
16
-
19
Hotel for Dogs
P/DW
$303,000
-24.80%
381
-141
$795
$71,342,000
-
11
-
10
Coraline
Focus
$301,000
-85.90%
360
-1,071
$836
$73,926,000
-
8
-
22
The Class
SPC
$196,000
-5.00%
123
-3
$1,593
$3,078,000
-
15
-
35
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Par.
$196,000
59.30%
246
40
$797
$127,011,000
$150
14
-
24
Push
Sum.
$88,000
-55.20%
123
-167
$715
$31,152,000
$38
8
-
29
Doubt
Mira.
$78,000
-47.80%
115
-103
$678
$33,332,000
$20
16
-
27
The Uninvited
P/DW
$71,000
-60.20%
170
-112
$418
$28,570,000
-
9
-
41
Sin Nombre
Focus
$68,500
-15.90%
6
-
$11,417
$184,000
-
2
-
39
Revolutionary Road
ParV
$62,000
-44.30%
142
-60
$437
$22,877,000
$35
14
-
44
Defiance
ParV
$47,000
-30.20%
80
-38
$588
$28,470,000
$32
13
-
33
Twilight
Sum.
$44,000
-66.90%
150
-97
$293
$191,451,000
$37
19
-
N
Goodbye Solo
RAtt.
$40,500
-
3
-
$13,500
$40,500
-
1
-
54
Crossing Over
Wein.
$38,000
9.00%
42
3
$905
$404,000
-
5
-
N
Shall We Kiss?
MBox
$31,000
-
4
-
$7,750
$31,000
-
1
-
49
Wendy and Lucy
Osci.
$30,500
-20.60%
32
-8
$953
$746,000
-
16
-
60
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Truly
$30,000
37.90%
2
1
$15,000
$88,400
-
2
-
64
Play the Game
Slow
$13,600
-4.40%
13
1
$1,046
$216,000
-
5
-
57
Valkyrie
UA
$13,000
-49.80%
32
-25
$406
$83,068,000
$75
14
-
69
Fanboys
Wein.
$9,450
-9.00%
28
2
$338
$622,000
-
8
Today ...
Kraft
Nabisco Championship March
30 - April 5, 2009 Mission Hills, California
EVENT The Kraft Nabisco Championship is the
first "major" tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour.
The 2009 tournament will be played for the 38th year on
the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills
Country Club.
DATES Monday, March 30 - Practice
Rounds Tuesday, March 31 -- Wednesday, April 1
- Celebrity Pro-Am Thursday, April 2 -- Sunday,
April 5 - Championship Play
SITE Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho
Mirage, Calif. Dinah Shore Tournament Course Par
36-36 - 72 (6,569 yards)
SPONSOR Kraft Foods Global Inc.
TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN Dennis Belcastro
MANAGING DIRECTOR Joe Boborci
BUSINESS MANAGER Gabe Codding
PURSE $2 million (Winner's share
$300,000)
2008 CHAMPION Lorena Ochoa (68-71-71-67
- 277)
PLAYER FIELD The 2009 Kraft Nabisco
Championship will draw more than 100 of the best woman
golfers in the world including the 2009 defending
championion and three time Rolex Player of the Year,
Lorena Ochoa, the 2008 Rookie of the Year, Yani Tseng,
Na Yeon Choi, Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbus, Katherine
Hull, Helen Alfredsson, and Ji Yai Shin as well as the
top-ranked amateurs in the country.
TOURNAMENT CHARITIES Major beneficiaries
are United Way of the Desert, the Boys and Girls Club of
Palm Springs, Food For All, the LPGA Foundation, Family
YMCA of the Desert and the Desert Junior Golf
Association.
Video
Serena Williams plays Beer Pong
with Jimmy Fallon
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
Signals of a Strange Universe
Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team, HST, NASA click above image for a higher-resolution graphic
Eleven years ago results were first presented indicating
that most of the energy in our universe is not in stars or
galaxies but is tied to space itself. In the language of
cosmologists, a large cosmological constant is directly
implied by new distant supernovae observations. Suggestions
of a cosmological constant (lambda) were not new -- they
have existed since the advent of modern relativistic
cosmology. Such claims were not usually popular with
astronomers, though, because lambda is so unlike known
universe components, because lambda's value appeared limited
by other observations, and because less- strange cosmologies
without lambda had previously done well in explaining the
data. What is noteworthy here is the seemingly direct and
reliable method of the observations and the good reputations
of the scientists conducting the investigations. Over the
past eleven years, independent teams of astronomers have
continued to accumulate data that appears to confirm the
existence of dark energy and the unsettling result of a
presently accelerating universe. The above picture of a
supernova that occurred in 1994 on the outskirts of a spiral
galaxy was taken by one of these collaborations.
Photo
Of The Day
Arnold Palmer Invitational at
Bay Hill
Tiger Woods
screams in celebration after sinking a
putt on the 18th green to win the Arnold
Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club &
Lodge in Orlando on Saturday, March 29,
2009. (STEPHEN M.
DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL / March 29,
2009)
Daily
Inspirations
Wanna play doctor?
I think I lost my stethoscope
I found it
National Doctors' Day
C'mon back ... I'll see you now
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Random
Thoughts
Fin
Today's
Mostly Useless Fact Seattle’s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than
any drawbridge in the world.