Mar 11

 

 

Mar 11, 2021     Week: 19    Day: 70                         Visibility: 10 miles

Local: H 45°\ L 22°\Ave. Sky Cover: 15%                Wind:  6mph/ Gusts:  11mph

Nearest Lightning: 526mi.                                           Low Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  550mi

Record: 69°[1980]  Record: -5°[1948]              Mar. Averages: 53°/23° (6 days with moisture)            

Today’s Quote

I believe in being an innovator.

~Walt Disney

Random Tidbits

The Latin motto Annuit Ceptis appears over the pyramid on the dollar bill; it translates into "He [God] has favored our undertaking." The scroll underneath the pyramid reads Novus Ordo Seclorum, or "A new order of the ages," which was meant to signify the dawn of the new American era.

A Little Humor

Two carbons walk into a bar together, they had a few drinks and really liked each other by the end of it… Carbon dating.

Weekly Observations

Lent [Christian]	Thru 4/3
Celebrate Your Name Week Girl Scout Week Link  National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week National Schools Social Work Week Link  National Words Matter Week No More Week Link Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision Week Link Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week	7-13
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week	7-14
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week	10-13
National Money Show	11-13
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign	11-17

 

Today’s Observations

Lent [Christian]	Thru 4/3
Celebrate Your Name Week Girl Scout Week Link  National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week National Schools Social Work Week Link  National Words Matter Week No More Week Link Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision Week Link Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week	7-13
Women of Aviation Worldwide Week	7-14
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week	10-13
National Money Show	11-13
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign	11-17

Dream 2021 Day
Isra Al Mi'ra: 10-11 [Islam]
Johnny Appleseed Day

Key Deer Awareness Day
Nametag Day Link 
National 311 Day Link
National “Eat Your Noodles” Day

National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day Link 
National Promposal Day (Ask to prom) Link
COVID-19 Global Pandemic Day
Popcorn Lover's Day 

Oatmeal Nut Waffle Day

World Kidney Day
World Plumbing Day Link

Worship of Tools Day 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another windy day to lower our temps. It’s OK since it is bringing some moisture.

I have to say I thought the UK was very tolerant. I don’t recall People of Color who grew up in the UK mentioning racism. Now that Megan has opened that can of worms, many in Britain are saying it has always been a racist country. So sad.  I am aware of the Commonwealth’s horrific record while conquering places with People of Color. I was just naïve.

Some shocking news in our little mountain town. I got my Master’s from NAU and met many Navajo and other Natives also working on advanced degrees.  Several of them went on to get their Doctorates. One guy became a principal, superintendent at several different districts and a couple of years ago became our County Superintendent of Education. Then he suddenly resigned ‘for personal reasons’ a few months ago. I checked with some people who also knew him, and no one knew why. It hit the local paper today. He had been attempting to and got caught accessing pornography sites while on the county network. Thankfully, they were not of child porn. I am saddened that he did it. He was the first Navajo to be in that position. Many will see this as a blemish on the entire Navajo tribe.  It is not. It is about one man.

The big question in America…What to do with those who are crossing or attempting to cross the US border illegally, especially unaccompanied minors?  I believe that the answer is not cages, but that is all I have. I hope the current administration come up with an idea real soon.

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

Let’s pretend we’re on the metric system and use kilograms instead of pounds to give us a starting base number of 100. Four people (Alex, Brook, Chris and Dusty) want to cross a river in a boat that can only carry 100kg. Alex weighs 90kg, Brook weighs 80kg, Chris weighs 60kg and Dusty weighs 40kg, and they have 20kg of supplies. How do they get across?

Historical Events

105 – Ts’ai Lun invented paper, in China.

1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper, was published for the first time.

1818 – Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was published. It is recognized as the world’s first science fiction novel.

1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) was commissioned as the first US Navy ‘super-dreadnought’.

1918 – The influenza epidemic of 1918 began in Fort Riley, Kansas. 20 million people worldwide died from the disease.

1927 – Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the Roxy Theatre in NYC.

1960 – Pioneer V was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1989 – COPS debuted on FOX. It was one of the earliest ‘reality TV” shows.

1997 – ‘Sir’ Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.”

2004 – Train Bombings in Madrid, Spain killed 191 people, and injured over 1,800.

2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.

2011 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people and causing the second worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima nuclear plant

2018 China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life

2019 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”

2020 COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths

Birthdays Today

90 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate

@89 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player, bandleader (d. 1992)

@79 – Antonin Scalia, American lawyer, jurist,(d. 2016; natural causes)

71 – Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

@64 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990; blood clots)

51—Terrance Howard, actor

50 – Johnny Knoxville [Philip John Clapp], actor

Puzzle Answer

There may be a couple variations that will work, but here is one way: Chris and Dusty row across (combined 100kg), Dusty returns. Alex rows over, and Chris returns. Chris and Dusty row across again, Dusty returns. Brook rows across with the supplies (combined 100kg), and Chris returns. Chris and Dusty row across again.