Feb 28

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Feb. 28, 2020 Week: 9 Day: 59

86004: H 54° \ L 19° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning: 3069mi.; Nearest active fire: 515mi.

Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 13mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1999 ] Record Low: -16°[1962]

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

Today’s LOVE Quote

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness:

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate:

only love can do that.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

Random Tidbits

During sleep, the brain "consolidates" memories and skills, meaning that the brain strengthens, reorganizes, and restructures memories during sleep.

REM atonia, or sleep paralysis, occurs in the typical sleeper every night to prevent people from acting out their dreams. Only a few muscles have the ability to move during REM sleep, such as the eye muscles, the auditory muscles, and the diaphragm for respiration.

Observations This Week

Bird Health Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 23-29
Nat'l Invasive Species Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Justice for Animals Week: 23-29Link Link
Cordova Ice Worm Days: 25-3/1 Link
International Petroleum Week: 25-27 Link
Lent: 26-4/11
National Money Show: 27-29

Observations for Today

Floral Design Day Link
Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Link
National Chili Day

National Chocolate Souffle Day

National Customized Wheel and Tire Day
National Tooth Fairy Day Link Lin
National Science Day

Open That Bottle Night

Public Sleeping Day

Rare Disease Day

Skip The Straw Day Link
Tartar Sauce Day Link
US Snow Shoe Days -3/1Link

My Rambling Thoughts

I attended my boss' son's funeral today. Beautiful service, nice burial, and great reception. Navajos don't believe in viewing deceased, Hopis do, others have a preference over religious beliefs. Andy, my boss, stood up after the closed casket funeral and announced that those who want to leave may, and Hopi who want to view will have an opportunity. Andy left with many of us, along with the Navajo. Hopi stayed behind and viewed and prayed the Hopi way. There was a Navajo speaker, a Hopi speaker, and a Christian minister. Similar actions at the burial. Then everyone gathered at the church for the meal. With three religions, it was the best way I have ever seen it take place. Glad I was included.

Tomorrow I'll be going with Andy and his brother-in-law to Phoenix to pick up the mobile trailer. It will take most of the day, so no update tomorrow.

I hope everyone enjoys the extra day we get on Saturday. It only comes every four years.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

Historical Events

1066 - Westminster Abbey opened

1525 - Aztec king Cuauhtémoc was executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

1784 - John Wesley chartered the first Methodist Church in the United States. An Anglican, Wesley wanted a church structure for his followers after the Anglican Church abandoned its American believers during the American Revolution.

1827 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was incorporated. It was the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. It was primarily anti-slavery people.

1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) was incorporated in New York, as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.

1922 - The United Kingdom ended its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

1935 - Wallace Carothers discovered Nylon while working at DuPont.

1839 - The non-existent word "dord" was published in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition.

1940 - Basketball was televised for the first time. The game was Fordam University vs. University of Pittsburgh

1953 - Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announced that they had found the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes.

1954 - The first color television sets using the NTSC standard were offered for sale to the general public.

1970 - # 1 Hit: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

1976 - Hit: Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S.W.A.T.

1981 - Hit: Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night

1983 - CBS sitcom M*A*S*H ended after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77% of the television viewing audience.

1993 - Near Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, agents of the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) launch a raid against the Branch Davidian compound. At least 80 people, including 22 children, were killed.

1996 - KISS reunited at the Grammys in full makeup and costume.

2002 - Sotheby's auction house announced that Peter Paul Reubens was the creator of the painting The Massacre of the Innocents, not Jan van den Hoecke as previously believed.

2013 - Pope Benedict XVI resigned as the pope of the Catholic Church - the first pope to do so since 1415.

Puzzle Answer:

None. A pear tree does not bear plums.