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Happy Thursday! The New York Knicks won their first playoff game since 2013 last night, but it’s important to remember that two of their best players—and their head coach—came from the Chicago Bulls. So it’s kind of like the Bulls got the win, too. 

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • President Joe Biden said in a statement Wednesday he has asked the intelligence community (IC) to “redouble their efforts” to investigate the origin of COVID-19, “including whether it emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident.” Biden said the IC has yet to reach a definitive conclusion on the issue, as “the majority of elements do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one [theory] to be more likely than the other.”

  • The Senate voted unanimously yesterday to pass Sen. Josh Hawley’s bill that would require the director of national intelligence to declassify “any and all information” the federal government has about links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and COVID-19’s origins. The legislation would need to be approved in the House and signed by President Biden to go into effect.

  • A gunman killed eight people at a rail yard in San Jose, California on Wednesday. The suspect—who was a transit system employee and died after likely shooting himself—is believed to have set his home on fire prior to the shooting, according to a spokesman for the Santa Clara County sheriff’s office.

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    cheerio

    Fun fact: Eric Carle was born in my town! Here is an article about him from 2013:
    How Syracuse helped shape 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle's colorful world
    https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2013/11/eric_carle_very_hungry_caterpillar_art_syracuse.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Good%20Morning%20CNY%205-27-21&utm_term=Newsletter_good_morning_cny

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    Richard Maxton

    I can't believe the QOTD wants me to narrow down what book/author most influenced me as a child. I loved them all. I supposed if I HAVE to I'd say Dr. Seuss since those are the earliest book memories I have. But I've been a book lover since day 1 according to my dear mother. And on that note, a short (but cute) story:

    My mom STILL loves to tell this one. Imagine a young me (maybe 4 - I learned to read early) being taken to the library for the first time. It was the city library in Pasadena, Tx early in 1980. As she tells it, I walked in the door saw all the books, and my eyes lit up. HUGE grin spread across my face. And then it slowly dropped away and I looked sad. She was taken aback and asked what was wrong. My response: "Mom, there's so many books. I'll never be able to read them all."

    So that was me, pessimistic from the get-go. 😂😂

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    Linda Beggs

    Best first science book for kids: ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. Kids not only learn about metamorphosis, they get a bit of counting and the days of the week thrown in too (plus nutrition tips to boot). Not to mention the iconic friendly sun and moon. I love Eric Carle books. RIP.

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      Richard Maxton

      all time classic. One of the best.

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  4. Pohl

    When I go to used bookstores with large selections for kids, I’ll flip through dozens of books and may not find a single good one. If the illustrations aren’t good to great, I’ll pass.
    As a child, I liked Curious George, all the classic Little Golden Books, some strange Japanese puppet storybooks I wish I could find again (I can still picture the Ten Little Indians), and being told the story many times of the donkey, dog, cat, and the rooster (it was never known as Bremen Town Musicians to us).

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  5. Tinacrevello1

    Shel Silverstein, "Where the Sidewalk Ends" Silly poems my 3rd grade elementary teacher used to share with the class. Also a fan of Eric Carle when I read to my children.

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  6. Brett C

    I kind of wish that Epic would have made purchases more expensive on all iOS devices regardless of where they were purchased and made them cheaper on other devices. Then they should clearly call out that users were paying an Apple tax since Apple charges a 30% tax and Epic is just passing it along - terms of service prevent them from offering a discount outside of the app store, but if you want a discount you could play the game on non-iOS devices.

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    cheerio

    QOTD. At some point my mother got enough money or green stamps together and purchased a Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers Collection. I think there were about 14 volumes all a different color with about 4 stories/condensed books (children's classics) inside. I read my way through them (Little Women, The Call of the Wild, Treasure Island etc.) and eventually borrowed the full versions from the library. However, fairy tales (Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, The White/Blue/Green Fairy Books, Russian Folk Tales) were my first love and it was a tradition that my Dad would gift me a new book every Christmas --the stories that stand out are The Snow Queen, A Little Princess, and, of course, A Christmas Carol. I was a voracious reader so loved the thicker books more than the thinner ones. At ten I read Gone with the Wind. Whenever I visited my Aunt Carol in my tweens, I would read up all her Victoria Holt gothic romance novels like they were candy and would scare myself with horror books from Stephen King, Peter Straub, and VC Andrews.

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  8. Sarah

    QOTD: a couple other great children's books that I haven't seen mentioned yet...

    "The Secret Garden" and "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

    I especially liked A Little Princess because the main character and I share a name :). My parents read me the books, and I watched the 1986 PBS miniseries versions dozens of times as a kid! I loved the idea of exploring Misselthwaite Manor as Mary In The Secret Garden.

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    1. Susie M.

      I loved both of those! And I had forgotten the PBS miniseries, but I also watched that a lot, and still think it's the most accurate version of A Little Princess.

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    rlritt

    I was never a huge fan of Paul Ryan, but now I worry about what he said in his speech. It won't take long for the Republicans to Cancel him.

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    Jen

    😂 Ben Sasse’s statement on Biden’s budget that leaked this morning:

    U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Budget Committee and graduate of Mrs. Daake’s 3rd grade math class at Trinity Lutheran, released the following statement after reports show that President Biden will propose a $6,000,000,000,000 budget later this week.

    “None of these numbers add up — six trillion dollars is insane. Who fell out of Willie Nelson’s tour bus and wrote this thing? The President is scribbling out IOUs faster than a paper mill. We haven’t spent this much since the Second World War — and for good reason: This level of government spending harms the next generation’s competitiveness, crowds out non-government activity, and spawns inflation that hurts working families right as we’re near the end of the pandemic.”

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