Mar 1

 

I am more than ready for Spring!

Mar 1, 2021 Week: 9    Day: 60                Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 30°\ L 17°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5%    Wind:  9mph/ Gusts:  17mph

Nearest Lightning: 888mi.                          Moderate Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  337mi

Record: 67°[2009]  Record: -10°[1997] 

Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

~Martha Graham

Random Tidbits

Unless you're a real science geek, chances are you never knew these elements even existed. Nonetheless, many of them form the foundations of modern life.

Europium (Eu)

Euro paper banknotes contain tiny amounts of this hard, silvery metal as an anti-counterfeiting measure. It is also used to produce a strong, rich red color in television and computer screens.

A Little Humor

Why can't a bike stand on its own? It's two tired

True Things

Man sues female boss for discrimination…

A man in South Wales is suing the "woman-dominated" firm where he worked for 'extreme discrimination against males', claiming that his female boss told him to "man up" among other sexist comments and actions. Daniel Price claims that his manager Ashleigh Knowles told him "men are less organized" and that he was repeatedly ordered to "go away" during "girls-only" conversations. Mr. Price says he was the only worker instructed to carry boxes, being told "because you're a man". He once refused, due to a hernia, but was ordered to "man up and get on with it." Mr. Price said she once threatened him with disciplinary action for insubordination after he told her tasks should not lie solely with him because he was a man. An employment judge in Cardiff ruled he has an "arguable case" for sex discrimination and ordered a full hearing.

Monthly Observations

 

Action & Skill Toys Month
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month 
Link
Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month  
Link  or  Link
Asset Management Awareness Month  
Link
Brain Injury Awareness Month Link
Child Life Month Link
Clap 4 Health Month

Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
(Different sponsor from  National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)
Credit Education Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Lent [Christian]

Thru 4/3

National Pasty Week Cancelled

Thru 3/6

National School Breakfast Week: 1-5 

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Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week 
Link
National Cheerleading Week
Nat’l Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week 
 Link
National Pet Sitters Week 
Link
Return the Borrowed Books Week

Telecommuter Appreciation Week

Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week
   Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
 Link

 

 

 

 

 

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Today’s Observations

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day Link
Baby Sleep Day
Casimir Pulaski Day 
(First Monday in March) Link 

Dadgum That's Good Day (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
National Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day  Link
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day Link

National Pig Day

Peace Corps Day

Pig Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day

Refired, Not Retired Day
Saint David's Day 
Link
Self-injury Awareness Day  
Link
World Compliment Day

Zero Discrimination Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Chilly and windy as a cold-front blows through.

I’m having a very nice birthday. I’ve gotten several phone calls, lots of emails, and messages on FB. The virus means no party or gathering. This is the second year my celebration with friends hasn’t happened. Even so, getting older is so much better than the alternative.

CPAC sure is strange. Someone has pointed out that the stage setup resembles a Nazi propaganda symbol. Trump got a 97% approval rating for his term. He also leads the poll at CPAC as the 2024 nominee (54%) for President. Guess they are right, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings. Several attendees have stated they expect America to become the next Myanmar with a coup to put Trump back in.

Minimum wage has been in the news. Dems waned $15/hr while Republicans wanted about $10/hr. As an older person, who started working for minimum wage at 16, it is important to see how our country has changed. When I started at the grocery store a loaf of bread was 25cents, gasoline was about 35 cents and the vast majority of minimum wage workers were teenagers at their first job. Looking at inflation, that $1.25 should be $14.38. Today 691 per 1000 workers 16-24 make minimum wage. AND 401 per 1000 workers 25-34 make minimum wage, 187 per 1000 workers make minimum wage, 187 for workers 35-44, 156 for workers 45-64, 118 for workers 55-64, and 50 for workers 65+. Today many minimum wage earners are trying to raise a family. I can’t imagine the difficulty that causes.

Daily Puzzle March will have logic puzzles.

Answer: bottom of the page

There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?

Historical Events

1516 Printing is completed of Erasmus' "Novum Instrumentum omne", first published New Testament in Greek

1628 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only)

1845 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas

1870 War of the Triple Alliance finally ends with the Battle of Cerro Corá and the death of Paraguayan Dictator Francisco Solano López after over 5 years of bloodshed between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes' first story "A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle published.

1896 Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethopia, killing two generals and capturing General Matteo Albertone.

1927 Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American National Bank

1932 The "Lindbergh kidnapping", 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in East Amwell, New Jersey, found dead 12 May

1945 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference.

1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US

1961 US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps

1967 US House of Representatives expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)

2014 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine.

2016 Forbes Richest List released, Bill Gates No. 1 with $75 billion, number of world's billionaires shrinks to 1,810.

2016 US primary elections: Super Tuesday - both Republican Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton win seven state races each

2018 Vladimir Putin in his annual state address claims Russia has an "invincible” intercontinental cruise missile.

2018 US President Donald Trump says he will impose 25% steel, 10% aluminium import tariffs, raising fears of a trade war.

2020 First known COVID-19 case identified in New York, a health care worker returning from Iran

Birthdays Today

@92 Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 2002)

@73 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95), 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner (d. 1995; assassinated)

67 – Ron Howard, Director, actor

@65ish -- Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), (d. 1510)

55 – Don Lemon, Commentator

52 -- Javier Bardem, actor

47 -- Mark Paul Gosselaar, TV actor

38 -- Lupita Nyong'o, actor

33 – Kesha, singer

27 – Justin Bieber, pop star

Puzzle Answer

Three. Two ducks are in front of the last duck; the first duck has two ducks behind; one duck is between the other two.

 

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