Feb 24

 

 

Feb 24, 2021     Week: 8    Day:  55                           Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 55°\ L 24°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%                   Wind:  7mph/ Gusts:  11mph

Nearest Lightning: mi.   1687                                     Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  264mi

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Feb. Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

We need 4 hugs a day for survival.

We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.

We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

~Virginia Satir

Random Tidbits

If you have ever been in college, chances are you have pulled an "all-nighter" at some point in your academic career, but you may not know that cramming all night reduces your ability to retain information by up to 40 percent. Enter the power of the nap.

A power nap is magical. It's the most effective way to wake up and refresh your mind when you're feeling tired and sluggish.

A Little Humor

What type of fruit do twins prefer? Pears

Weekly Observations

Bird Health Awareness Week Link  
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week 
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Engineers Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
Link
National Justice for Animals Week  
Link  Link

 

 

 

 

21-27

Lent [Christian]

17-4/3

National FFA Week Link 

20-27  

International Petroleum Week  Link

23-25 

 

Today’s Observations

Forget Me Not Day  Link  
Inconvenience Yourself Day  
National Dance Day
National Tortilla Chip Day

National Trading Card Day

Pink Shirt Day Link 
Twin Peaks Day

World Bartender Day Link Cancelled

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice weather = Nice Walk.

I updated the Focus Site and now the pricing for the Canadian Rail Trip is correct.

I somehow missed my computer’s spell check. I know the candidate for AG is Merrick Garland. The brainless spell check made his name Eric yesterday.

The more audio and video from Perseverance on Mars the more entranced I am becoming. I must say, much of terrain looks a lot like much of the Navajo Reservation. Some geek added a picture of a trading post to the shot, so everyone would see the comparison. Just cute.

Text to 911 implemented in our mountain town. A user can send a text message to “9-1-1” and it will be routed to the dispatch center. Officials recommend the service who are hearing and speech impaired, when a person is in a dangerous situation and calling would make it worse, or you tried to call 9-1-1, but can’t get reception. Very cool.

I was reading an article about cultural differences the other day. One of the premises was: some cultures believe people are born with rights while other cultures people are born with obligations. Those obligations include taking care of others, taking care of earth, and taking care for future generations. When members of two different cultures meet, it is important to recognize the differences and find a way to live together. In the history of civilization, many times the culture that believes in Rights decide to destroy the cultures that believe in Obligations. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What has no hands but might knock on your door, and if it does you better open up?

Historical Events

1582 – The Gregorian Calendar, which most of the world uses today, was introduced.

1863 – Arizona was organized as a United States territory.

1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

1938 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as reported by Variety magazine.

1938 – DuPont began commercial production of the first nylon toothbrush bristles for the so-called “Miracle Tuft Toothbrush.”

1970 – The National Public Radio was founded in the US.

1981- The engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer was announced.

1982 – The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at being parodied in Hustler, a pornographic magazine. Basically, the Supreme Court ruled that you can mock public figures.

1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa and offers a $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

1993- Michael Jackson received the Grammy Legend award which was presented to him by his sister Janet at the 35th annual Grammy Awards.

1999 The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.

2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years

2013 Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba.

2014 Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time.

2014 A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust.

2020 US President Donald Trump begins a 2 day trip to India meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi.

2020 Scientists identify the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to breathe - a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, reported in journal PNAS

Birthdays Today

@94 – Abe Vigoda, American character actor (d. 2016)

@74 – Homer Winslow, American illustrator (d. 1910)

@73 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author (d. 1859; infection)

@73 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012; long illness)

71 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter

70 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress [That 70’s Show]

@56 – Steve Jobs, businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar (d. 2011; cancer)

65 – Paula Zahn, American journalist

63 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter

55 – Billy Zane, American actor

44 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

Puzzle Answer

Opportunity

 

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