I bet that none of you knew this, but today is national world graphic design day!! Whooooo!!!!!  This day is to celebrate the world body for graphic design which was founded on April 27!  It is a day to celebrate the profession of communication design  globally. The day has been celebrated since 1995.

World (no) Graphics Day: The 1998 theme "World (no) Graphics Day" engaged designers, clients, media and the public to imagine a world without graphic communication - road chaos, impossible to identify wrapped goods in supermarkets, confusion at railway stations and airports, no newspapers. Designers used this simple exercise as an effective way to illustrate the role of communication design in our daily lives.

Other events from other april 27th's:

April 27, 2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France

April 27, 1997 "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances

April 27, 1997 "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City

April 27, 1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks

April 27, 1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn

April 27, 1997 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship

April 27, 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont

April 27, 1995 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221
performances

April 27, 1995 Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14

April 27, 1994 "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances

April 27, 1994 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)

April 27, 1994 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 min 43 sec)

April 27, 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)

April 27, 1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California

Hi everybody! I'm just going to give you a breif overview of what's going on at clubpenguin.com at the moment! The time is finally here, a time to PARTY~!!! Rockhopper's ship is finallly fixed, log on to get a free t-shirt and a free sailor's hat. As some of you may know, Earth Day was on tuesday! Happy late Earth Day! Also, yesturday was National DNA Day! Here are some cool facts about DNA:

DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid.

DNA is part of our definition of a living organism.

DNA is found in all living things.

DNA was first isolated in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher.
James Watson and Francis Crick figured out the structure of DNA.


DNA is a double helix.

The structure of DNA can be likened to a twisted ladder.

The rungs of the ladder are made up of “bases”

Adenine (A) is a base.

Thymine (T) is a base.

Cytosine (C) is a base

Guanine (G) is a base.

A always pairs with T in DNA.

C also pairs with G in DNA.

The amount of A is equal to the amoun tof T, same for C and G.

A+T = T+G

Hydrogen bonds hold the bases together.

The sides of the DNA ladder is made of sugars and phosphate atoms.

Bases attached to a sugar; this complex is called a nucleoside.

Sugar + phosphate + base = nucleotide.

The DNA ladder usually twists to the right.

There are many conformations of DNA: A-DNA, B-DNA, and Z-DNA
 are the only ones found in nature.

Almost all the cells in our body have DNA with the exception of red blood cells.

DNA is the “blueprint” of life.

Chromosomal or nuclear DNA is DNA found in the nucleus of cells.

Humans have 46 chromosomes.

One chromosome can have as little as 50 million base pairs or as much as 250 million base pairs.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is found in the mitochondria.



There’s a copy of our entire DNA sequence in every cell of our body with one exception.

Our entire DNA sequence is called a genome.

There’s an estimated 3 billion DNA bases in our genome.

One million bases (called a megabase and abbreviated Mb) of DNA sequence data is roughly equivalent to 1 megabyte of computer data storage space.

Our entire DNA sequence would fill 200 1,000-page New York City telephone directories.

A complete 3 billion base genome would take 3 gigabytes of storage space.

If unwound and tied together, the strands of DNA in one cell would stretch almost six feet but would be only 50 trillionths of an inch wide.

In humans, the DNA molecule in a non-sex cell would have a total length of 1.7 metres.

If you unwrap all the DNA you have in all your cells, you could reach the moon 6000 times!