Feb 23,
2021 Week: 8 Day: 54 Visibility:
10 miles
Local: H 50°\
L 22°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% Wind: 8mph/ Gusts:
14mph
Nearest
Lightning: 3411mi. Moderate Risk of Fire: Active
fire: 145mi
Record: 66°[1946] Record: -6°[1960]
Feb.
Averages: 47°/19° (5 days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
To love and be loved is
to feel the sun from both sides.
~David Viscott
A Little Humor
A guy goes into a hardware store and picks up a can of bug spray and
asks the clerk "Is this good for wasps?" he asked the clerk
"No, it will kill them."
True Things
Scientists unveil first
clone of endangered ferret
The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service announced the successful cloning of a black-footed ferret --
the first time an endangered U.S. animal has been cloned. The FWS said the
female ferret, dubbed Elizabeth Ann, was cloned from the frozen cells of Willa,
a black-footed ferret who lived more than 30 years ago. Black-footed ferrets
were declared extinct in 1979, but two years later a small population was found
living on a Wyoming farmer's property. Officials said all black-footed ferrets
alive today are descended from seven individuals. Officials said Elizabeth Ann
will become part of a breeding program and will add some genetic diversity to
the species. "Without an appropriate amount of genetic diversity, a
species often becomes more susceptible to diseases and genetic
abnormalities," the agency said in a statement. The FWS said scientists
are aiming to create more black-footed ferret clones in the coming months.
Weekly Observations
|
Bird Health Awareness Week Link |
21-27 |
|
Lent [Christian] |
17-4/3 |
|
National
FFA Week Link |
20-27 |
|
International Petroleum Week Link |
23-25 |
Today’s Observations
Curling is Cool Day
Diesel Engine Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Iwo Jima Day (Flag Raised)
Museum Advocacy Day: 22-23 Link
National
Banana Bread Day
National Tile Day Link
Rationalization Day
Single Tasking Day
Tennis Day
Tootsie Roll Day Link
World Spay Day USA
World Understanding and Peace Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
This week is starting off with great weather. Lots of sunshine, blue
sky. Great Day!
I watched part of the Attorney General conformation hearing of Eric
Garland. Sounds like a good guy to me.
The local paper had a great article about Ava, the Avalanche Dog for
our local ski resort. Not sure of her breed but know for sure she isn’t a St.
Bernard. She is in her 7th year of search and rescue. Very cool.
NAU, our local University, has picked its next President, a guy from
NY. He has said his priority is communication with community members and
organizations. I guess he did his homework as this is the top priority
according to our local paper. The current president had a priority of
increasing student population so she could get a raise from the Board of
Regents.
AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], the Rep from NY, has raised over $4million for the citizens of
Texas during this disaster. Everyday she raises more. The Senator from Texas,
Mr. Cruz, takes a vacation to Cancun. I’m reminded that actions speak louder
than words.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new
leaf. Stiff is my spine, and my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a
tale. What am I?
Historical Events
1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible,
the first Western book printed with movable type. Ironically, if there were
newspapers at the time, we could be more confident about the date.
1792 – The Humane Society of Massachusetts was incorporated.
1836 – The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo)
began in San Antonio, Texas.
1896 – The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, in New York.
1903 – Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in
perpetuity”.
1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen met
for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
1927 – Federal Radio Commission (FRC, later replaced by the Federal
Communications Commission, FCC) which was to regulate the use of radio
frequencies in the United States was established.
1941 – Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T.
Seaborg
1945 – During the Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd
Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the
crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak, and raised the U.S. flag.
The photo would later become world-famous as well as win a Pulitzer Prize.
1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was
founded.
1954 – The
first mass inoculation of children against polio with Jonas Salk’s vaccine
began in Pittsburgh, PA.
1955 – First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
1975 – There was an energy crisis in the US in 1975, so daylight
savings time started two months early – Feb 23rd instead of April.
1978 -Both
Barbra Streisand’s Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) and Debby
Boone’s You Light Up My Life were awarded the Best Song Grammy – the
first and only tie in that category in Grammy history.
1987 – The light from Supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud,
reached the Earth.
1991 – Operation Desert Storm began in Iraq.
2005 – The Apple iPod mini (2nd generation) was released.
2010 Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million litres of diesel oil
and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an
environmental disaster.
2018 Study suggests earliest European Paleolithic artwork in Spain
made by Neanderthals not humans in "Science Journal"
2020 China's Supreme Leader Xi Jinping describes the country's
COVID-19 outbreak as the China's largest health emergency since 1949
Birthdays Today
@95 – W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, activist (d.
1963)
@79 – Peter Fonda, American actor (d. 2019; lung cancer)
70 – Ed “Too Tall” Jones, American football player
42 – [Sarah Elizabeth] S.E. Cupp,
American journalist, author
38 – Emily Blunt, English actress
27 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
Puzzle Answer
A book
