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 |
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Celebrate Your Name Week Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision
Week Link Termite Awareness
Week Women in
Construction Week Link |
7-13 |
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Women of Aviation Worldwide Week |
7-14 |
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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week |
10-13 |
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National Money Show |
11-13 |
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Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign |
11-17 |
Today’s Observations
|
Lent [Christian] |
Thru 4/3 |
|
Celebrate Your Name Week Read an E-Book Week Link Save Your Vision
Week Link Termite Awareness
Week Women in
Construction Week Link |
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
World Kidney Day
World Plumbing Day Link
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.
