Monday

♣ 1 March 2010--Week 9 of 2010: 60 days this year…305 remain ♣
§ Two Quotes to think about…Today §
"It`s clever, but is it art?"
~Rudyard Kipling: (1865-1936) author
“Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.”
~Joshua Loth Leibman: (1907-1948); Rabbi, Author”
§ Free Ramblings §
March was named after the Roman God of War. March used to be the first month of the year and a good time for troops to gather and prepare for another military campaign. In Finland it is called ‘maaliskuu’ meaning earthly month—since snow usually disappears. In the Ukraine it is березень, meaning birch tree.

The US put up a valiant fight in the final Hockey game of the Olympics, drew the Canadians into overtime, but couldn’t pull it off. Still a great game. This has been a well televised Olympics and I have enjoyed every minute that I watched. Now that Olympics are over, it must be time for March Madness.

Thankfully, or not, our 8” of snow never materialized…only got about an inch or so of nice light powder here in Flagstaff. We made it to 42° today and last night only dropped to 30° so it was a fairly nice day today. Looks like March will be coming in like a lamb, so who knows what the month will bring in the way of snow.
Random Fact: «
Lobsters can live up to 50 years.
§Side Show Stories—§
In 1998, a guard was caught smuggling a wad of money in his underpants out of a bank in Atlanta when a tiny security-dye capsule exploded, blowing a hole in his trousers.
§ Puzzle §
Word Boxes are like miniature crossword puzzles, except that each word is filled in across AND down the grid. That is, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? To solve: draw a square that has 5 X 5 sections.
1 complete environment (HINT: W - - - -)
2 not this one (HINT: - T - - -)
3 poetic device (HINT: - - Y - -)
4 assumption (HINT: - - - M -)
5 foreboding (HINT: - - - - D)
§ Calendar Information §
• March’s Month Long Observances •
BIRTHSTONE: aquamarine and bloodstone (courage) FLOWER: Narcissus [daffodil, jonquil] (vanity)
National Cheerleading Safety Month • National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month • National Craft Month • National Ethics Awareness Month •National Eye Donor Month • National Frozen Food Month • National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month •National Kidney Month• National Nutrition Month • National Social Work Month • National Umbrella Month • National Women's History Month • Optimism Month • Play The Recorder Month • Poison Prevention Awareness Month • Red Cross Month • Save Your Vision Month • Sing With Your Child Month • Small Press Month •Spiritual Wellness Month • Women's History Month • Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month • Youth Art Month
• Observance Weeks in March•
1-5: Newspaper in Education Week
1-7: National Cheerleading Week
   • National Ghostwriters Week
   • National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
   • National Procrastination Week
   • Return The Borrowed Books Week
   • Universal Human Beings Week
   • Yo-Yo and Skill Toys Week
• 1 March Observances—US/UN/World •
Beer Day borrowed from Iceland to celebrate in the US
Peace Corp Birthday
Pig Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Re-fired, Not Retired Day
Share a Smile Day
Ohio 1803, Nebraska 1867 : Admission Day
•1 March Observances—by country •
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Independence Day from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992)
Iceland: Beer Day since 1989 prohibition
Panamá : Constitution Day (1946)
Paraguay : Heroes' Day/National Defense Day/Memorial Day
Scotland : Whuppity Scoorie Day: in Lanark, to welcome spring
South Korea : Independence Movement Day/Sam Il Chul (1919)
Spain : Pinzon Day: for 3 brothers who sailed with Columbus
Switzerland : Chalanda Marz/Coming of spring
UK-Wales: St. David’s Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant)
§ Number One Songs in…
1948…I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - The Art Moonie Orchestra
1956…Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
1964…I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
1972…It’s Four in the Morning - Faron Young
• Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1928…Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded Ol’ Man River for Victor Records. The featured vocalist on the track was 29-year-old Paul Robeson. The song became an American classic.
• Born on this day •
   …The Arts
Authors, Artists and Composers
Ion Creanga, 1837, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
Frédéric Chopin, 1810, Polish composer/pianist (Concerto in F Minor)
William Gaines, 1922, publisher: Mad magazine
William Dean Howells, 1837, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
Robert Lowell, 1917, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean)
Judith Rossner, 1935, author (Looking for Mr Goodbar)
Richard (Purdy) Wilbur, 89, former poet laureate of the US
Entertainers in Cinema, Music, Theater, and TV
Catherine Bach, 56, actress (“The Dukes of Hazzard”)
Javier Bardem, 41, (Canary Islands, Spain) actor (Oscar for No Country for Old Men; Love in the Time of Cholera, Before Night Falls)
Harry Belafonte, 83, singer
Dirk Benedict, 66, actor (A-Team)
Robert Conrad, 75, actor (“The Wild Wild West”)
Roger Daltrey, 66, singer (The Who)
Timothy Daly, 54, actor (Diner, “Wings”)
George Eads, 43, actor (“CSI”)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 36, actor (“NYPD Blue,” “Saved by the Bell”)
Ron Howard, 56, director (Oscar for A Beautiful Mind; Cinderella Man, Apollo 13), actor
Sonny James, 81, singer (Young Love, Running Bear
Glenn Miller, 1904, bandleader
(James) David (Graham) Niven, 1910, Academy Award-winning actor
Dinah Shore, 1917, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
Alan Thicke, 63, (Ontario, Canada) actor (“Growing Pains”), host (“Thicke of the Night”)
   …Athletes
Harry (Christopher) Caray (Carabina), 1920, baseball announcer (Cubs)
Chris Webber, 37, basketball player (Magic)
   …Business, Education
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   …Politics
Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449, Italian statesman
Yitzhak Rabin,1922, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Suzanna Salter, 1860, 1st US female mayor (Argonia, KS/temperance leader
   …Science/Religion
Richard H. Price, 67, American physicist
Rashid Sunyaev, 67, Russian physicist
•Today’s Obits •
George Herbert, 1633, English poet, @ 39
Anna Paulowna Romanova, 1865, great monarch of Russia, @ 70
Jackie Coogan, 1984, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), @ 69
Edwin H Land, 1991, inventor (Polaroid Camera), @ 81
Luis Kutner, 1993, US co-founder (Amnesty International), @ 84
Walter Kent, 1994, US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), @ 82
•What Happened on this Day •
   …The Arts
1941…"Captain America" appears in a comic book
1978…Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
   …Athletics
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   …Business, Education
1873…E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY began the manufacturing of the first practical typewriter.
1909…1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
1962…K-Mart opens
1996…New toll-free 888 area code introduced
   …Politics
1780…Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
1790…1st US census authorized
1913…Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1932…The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped when stolen from his crib at the family estate in Hopewell, New Jersey,
1936…The Hoover Dam ( Boulder Dam ) is completed and turned over to the U.S. government.
1937…1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)
1954…4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives
1981…Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. He dies 65 days later
   …Science/Religion
1864…Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1872…Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1970…End of US commercial whale hunting
§ANSWERS to puzzle §
WORLD
OTHER
RHYME
LEMMA
DREAD
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