Mar 25

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Mar. 25, 2020 Week: 13 Day: 86

86004: H 56° \ L 32° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 5mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 430mi.; Nearest active fire: 542mi.

Record High: 72°[1988] Record Low: 1°[1913]

Mar. Averages: 53°\19° (6 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Don't be trapped by dogma –

which is living with the results

of other people's thinking." -Steve Jobs

Random Tidbits

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

Observations This Week

Orthodox Lent: 2-4/10National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12 Link  

International Dark Sky Week: 19-26  Link
Internat'l Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27Health Information Professionals Week: 22-28 Link
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week: 22-28  National Agriculture Week: 22-28
National Cleaning Week: 22-28 (Last Week)
National Protocol Officer's Week: 22-28
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 24-30National Medical Cannabis Week:  25-28  Link

Observations for Today

Feast of the Annunciation

International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic
International Day of The Unborn Child  Link
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members  Link
Little Red Wagon Day    Link

Manatee Appreciation Day 
National Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy
National Medal of Honor DayNational / World Agriculture Day

Old New Year's Day

Pecan Day

Tolkien Reading Day

Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day) Link
Whole Grain Sampling Day

My Rambling Thoughts

I've been waiting, and it's here...a full day of full sunshine. Nice walk, but pollen count is high and I got a touch of allergies. Great day for a nice long walk in sunshine.

I am disappointed, as millions are staying home, the internet is swamped with fake Covid-19 information and fake products. It's reported that scammers are even going door-to-door with free test kits that cost to have evaluated but results never come back. Everyone should know that there are no vaccines yet. No combination of prescription drugs have been approved by the FDA for this virus. The best information is at the government site. Don't waste time and money on any cures.

Andy, my former boss, called and I learned that the BIE has approved internet learning so all the teachers can put their lessons on line, and students can do their work from home. The Bureau is working on increasing tablets and internet connections. And teachers will still get regular pay during this difficult time. All BIE schools are doing sack breakfasts and sack lunches for any child 5-18 and bus drivers are delivering them on their routes twice a day.

Many schools in AZ are doing the same. I'm sure every district in the US has a plan. Good to see that they realize schools are so much more than just classroom learning.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.

What is the pattern?

Historical Events

421 - The city of Venice was founded.

1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

1807 - The Slave Trade Act became law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory burned in New York City, killing 145 workers. The disaster helped bring forth more laws and regulations protecting employees.

1957 - United States Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem 'Howl' on grounds of obscenity.

1967 - #1 Hit: The Turtles - Happy Together

1972 - #1 Hit: America - A Horse with No Name

1982 - Cagney & Lacey premiered on CBS

1984 - Television Special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever introduced Michael Jackson's 'moonwalk' during his performance of "Billie Jean."

1990 - The Happy Land nightclub fire was an arson fire that killed 87 people in The Bronx, New York City.

1995 - WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, was published online by Ward Cunningham.

2001 - Bjork wore her now-famous 'swan dress' to the Oscars.

2002 - The Bachelor premiered on ABC

2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong un begins surprise trip to Beijing by train to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

2019 Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah

2019 NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough spacesuits to fit women

Birthdays Today

86-Gloria Steinem, feminist

73-Elton John -'Reginald Kenneth Dwight', singer

@76-Aretha Franklin, singer (d. 2018; cancer)

@64-Simone Signoret, French actor (d. 1985; cancer)

55-Sarah Jessica Parker, actor

58-Marcia Cross, actor

38-Danica Patrick, race car driver

Puzzle Answer:

One has three letters in the word three has five letters in it five has four letters and four has four letters in it (if you try more numbers they will always come back to the number four: so four is the magic number)