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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
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
Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Link
National Chili Day
Rare
Disease Day
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:
