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May
1, 2020 Week: 18
Day: 122
86004:
H
80° \ L
40° \
Average Sky Cover: 75%
Wind:
11mph\Gusts: 20mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 380mi.; Nearest active fire: 193mi.
Record
High: 80°[1947]
Record Low:
17°[1972]
May
Averages: 68°\34°
(3 days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
If
you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will
fail above everyone else's success."
-James
Cameron
Random
Tidbits
In
Medieval England, May Day celebrations centered on the maypole, which
is a pole made from wood, decorated with streamers, which are held by
dancers circling the pole.
The
pole is thought by many to (not so subtly) represent the masculine,
while the decorations of flowers, wreaths and ribbons are thought to
symbolize the feminine. Although some scholars assert that sometimes
a pole is just a pole.
Have
a smile
A
friend sent these to me
If
prisons let prisoners take their own mugshots,
would
they be called cellfies?
Why
couldn't the onion go to the house party?
Because
he was onionvited. (uninvited)
Observations
For Month of May
ALS
Awareness Month Link
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Apraxia Awareness Month
APS Awareness Month
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Apraxia Awareness Month
APS Awareness Month
Better
Hearing & Speech Month Link
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month Link
Borderline Personality Disorder Month Link
Brain Tumor Awareness Month LinkBuilding Safety Month Link Link
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month Link
Borderline Personality Disorder Month Link
Brain Tumor Awareness Month LinkBuilding Safety Month Link Link
Observations
This Week
Festival
of Ridvan: 19-5/1
Ramadan: 23-5/23
Ramadan: 23-5/23
National
Infant Immunization Week (NIIW): 26-5/3 Link
Preservation Week:26-5/2 Link (re: Libraries)
Stewardship Week: 26-5/3
National Playground Safety Week: 27-5/1 Link
Preservation Week:26-5/2 Link (re: Libraries)
Stewardship Week: 26-5/3
National Playground Safety Week: 27-5/1 Link
Choose
Privacy Week: 1-7 Link
Observations for Today
School
Principals' Day
Silver Star Banner Day Link
Skyscraper Day
Space Day Link
Stepmother's Day
School Lunch Hero Day Link
Tuba Day Link
Silver Star Banner Day Link
Skyscraper Day
Space Day Link
Stepmother's Day
School Lunch Hero Day Link
Tuba Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
A
new month starts. It is great weather. Three days in a row I have
been able to air out the house with doors and windows open. Here in
AZ our stay-at-home continues until at least May 15. I've decided
that the hardest part of this situation is trying to figure out who
to believe and who not to believe about what to do. Everybody near a
camera or reporter seems to have 'valuable' information that they are
more than willing to share. When it comes to credentials many of them
have about as much as credibility as a freshman in college performing
brain surgery unassisted.
OMG,
VP Pence was touring a facility today and wearing a mask. I guess he
does listen. Glad to see that.
There
is a small community a few miles outside Flagstaff called Baderville.
Some off-the-grid people live there. It was reported yesterday that
there are fleas in the area carry the plague. Not good news for sure.
What will be next?
I
read this morning that 100,000 cruise ship crews are stuck on ships
around the world, unable to dock anywhere. Some crew members are sick
with Covid-19, some have died, and the healthy ones have no way to
get off the ship. Scary.
As
states are opening up, it turns out that if your state allows a
business to open and an employee refuses to return to work due to the
Covid-19, they are no longer able to collect unemployment checks.
This is true even if the state is not following CDC guidelines to
re-open. As I said above, don't know who to believe.
China
has been shipping lots of masks, ventilators, PPE's around the world.
American hospitals who bought such items say they do NOT meet minimum
standards for use. Many of the ventilators were made for ambulances
for short term use until the patient gets to the hospital. Yet the
information from the company said they work just fine in hospitals.
Turns out they don't. This is just to add to all the craziness.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
What
can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
Historical
Events
May
1 is Law Day, begun in 1958. "A national day set aside to
celebrate the rule of law. Law Day underscores how law and the legal
process have contributed to the freedoms that all Americans
share."
1707 - The Act of Union joined the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1759 - Josiah Wedgwood founded the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
1849 - The telegraph register was patented (#6,420) by Samuel F. B.Morse.
1851 -The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations opened in Hyde Park, London, England.
1707 - The Act of Union joined the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1759 - Josiah Wedgwood founded the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
1849 - The telegraph register was patented (#6,420) by Samuel F. B.Morse.
1851 -The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations opened in Hyde Park, London, England.
1888
- Nikola Tesla was issued several patents (#381,968, #381,969,
#381,970; #382,279, #381,980, #381,981, #381,982) relating to the
induction magnetic motor, alternating current (AC) sychronous motor,
AC transmission and electricity distribution.
1899 - Bayer introduced aspirin in powder form, in Germany. The pill came about in 1915.
1931 - The Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated by President Hoover from the White House in Washington DC.
1951 - Great Exhibition opened in the Crystal Palace in London with over 10,000 exhibitors.
1958 - The discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth by James Van allen was published in the Washington Evening Star.
1941 - Citizen Kane debuted at the RKO Palace Theater in New York City.
1960 - American U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.
1964 - The BASIC computer program was used for the first time at Dartmouth University by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. The name is an acronym for 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code'.
1899 - Bayer introduced aspirin in powder form, in Germany. The pill came about in 1915.
1931 - The Empire State Building in New York City was dedicated by President Hoover from the White House in Washington DC.
1951 - Great Exhibition opened in the Crystal Palace in London with over 10,000 exhibitors.
1958 - The discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth by James Van allen was published in the Washington Evening Star.
1941 - Citizen Kane debuted at the RKO Palace Theater in New York City.
1960 - American U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.
1964 - The BASIC computer program was used for the first time at Dartmouth University by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. The name is an acronym for 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code'.
1982
- The 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
2011 - Osama bin Laden was reported killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
2011 - Osama bin Laden was reported killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
Birthdays
Today
@90-
Actor, Glenn Ford (d. 2006)
81- Singer, Judy Collins
@79-Singer, Kate Smith (d. 1986)
75-
Singer,
Rita
Coolidge
74- Director, John Woo (1946)
52- Singer, Tim McGraw (1967)
Puzzle
Answer:
A
promise
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