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Post by pegasus on Mar 10, 2014 9:34:15 GMT -7
Salvation Army Day Good afternoon my friends Once again it's overcast and gloomy wotj the temp is in thr 40s!!Only 10 more days until the spring equinox The US Supreme Court has decided to stay out of the breast cancer bracelet dispute over a school district's ban of certain awareness bracelets as lewd. As a result, the federal appeals court's ruling striking down the ban is allowed to stand. It's a shame that this dispute couldn't have been settled locally, but it's also an example of the arrogance of some schools, believing that their dictates can supersede the US Constitution's freedom of speech amendment. There was nothing vulgar about the bracelets. "Boobies" may not be the most elegant of terms for a woman's breast but really - banning breast cancer awareness bracelets because of it?
Do you think we will ever know what happened to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? Lead after lead has failed to pan out and there still is no trace of the vanished jet. Is it a terrorist plot? Who were the mystery passengers traveling on stolen passports? It's proving to be a field day for all those conspiracy theorists but for most of us, it's just a big question mark. I feel so sorry for the family and friends of the passengers and crew lost in all the vast waters of the somewhere off the coast of Malaysia. I had hoped that oil slick would have solved some of the mystery, but no such luck.
This week in NY's Finger Lakes:
Sundog This sundog was seen at Sampson State Park in the late afternoon. Photo by Rachel Burkholder
Ensenore Falls This is just off Route 38 along Owasco Lake and was still mostly frozen with just a trickle of water flowing. Photo by Rachel Burkholder
Dropping A Line Ice fisherman were enjoying a warm and sunny winter day while having lunch and hoping for a catch on Canandaigua Lake. Photo by Nancy Jacobs.
Thought for Today: "While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." --Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and engineer whose genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Cupid's arrow bearded iris Have a most mirthful Monday
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Post by pegasus on Mar 12, 2014 8:15:31 GMT -7
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign Good afternoon my friends Well, the snow is falling steadily but no wind, so it's not yet a blizzard and I hope it stays that way. This is really the first weather system that has followed the normal path. I was beginning to think that we would get through the entire winter without snow coming across Lake Erie to hit Buffalo than us. We almost made it with the first day of spring only a week away. Yesterday I read an article about a dying 7-year-old boy (Josh Hardy) suffering from a viral infection who had been denied an unapproved drug (brincidofovi) by the drugmaker Chimerix Inc. Drugs that are still in the trial stage can be used under the FDA's "compassionate use" policy. Hardy remains in a critical condition in intensive care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., after a bone marrow transplant left him with the adenovirus, after battling kidney and other cancers since he was nine months old. A "Savejosh" Facebook page, which had garnered nearly 23,000 "likes", was used to convey messages of solidarity with the ailing boy and his parents, and to organize a rally at Chimerix headquarters. St. Jude said it was to receive the drug within 48 hours, but warned its safety and effectiveness has not yet been established for use in treating children. I hope this drug works. Any young boy who has had to battle so hard to survive since he was a baby deserves to live, if at all possible.
OMG, 2 dead and at least 18 injured in a giant blast and fire in East Harlem near 116th Street and Park Avenue, once the heart of New York's large Puerto Rican community. Someone reported smelling gas and Con Ed sent out a team that was two blocks away when the blast occurred in the two buildings -- a piano store and an evangelical church.. It was so big that it shook buildings as far as 10 blocks away. Four of the injured were taken to Harlem Hospital, including a child in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. A number of people were missing. Mount Sinai Hospital was treating at least 14 patients, including one with a brain injury, and two children. Three were in serious condition, a spokeswoman said. Firemen are still searching the rubble looking for more victims. From the sound of things, it was lucky that only two buildings collapsed and caught fire. Those buildings are old and make fine kindling for a fire.
Thought for Today: "Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve." -Edward Albee (b.1928) American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Dainty morsel miniature dwarf bearded iris Have a whale-of-a-good Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Mar 14, 2014 11:02:41 GMT -7
Learn about Butterflies Day Good afternoon my friends The sun has been shining all day and as a result, some of the snow has melted. Temps have reached 40°F (feels Like: 33°F) and it's really quite an improvement. I understand that another storm is forming in the west but I'm not going to worry about that right now.
Well, this winter has been good for ice caves national park with the freezing of the Great Lakes. For thousands of years, waves on the largest of the Great Lakes have battered northwest Wisconsin, shaping the dramatic sandstone caves of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. But that punishment stopped this winter when 93% of Lake Superior froze, creating a spectacular icy landscape many locals say they haven't seen in a generation. At one point, more than 90% of the world's largest surface freshwater system was frozen over, falling to 84% this week. Bob Krumenaker, the National Park Service's superintendent at Lakeshore, said there have been thousands of additional visitors flocking to ice caves. "The caves form almost the same kind of features that you'd find in an underground limestone cave -- the soda straws, the curtains, the stalactites -- but they're all forming out of ice in just days and weeks instead of something that would form underground in limestone over hundreds of thousands of years," he said. I wish I could see them - it must be spectacular!!
UPDATE: The drugmaker Chimerix Inc. has agreed to supply Josh Hardy with its drug brincidofovi and he received the first dose yesterday. According to his father it is already working, stopping Josh's downward spiral. He'll be taking the drug for 12 weeks. Let us all hope and pray that it does the job and Josh recovers from his adenovirus infection. A Facebook page dedicated to the online campaign to help Josh get the medicine posted a photograph of the boy, along with the message: "Please pray that the drug is as effective in combating this virus as we hope."
Thought for Today: "A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." --William James (1842-1910) American Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist
Damsel in a dress bearded iris TGIF my friends
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Post by pegasus on Mar 16, 2014 8:03:19 GMT -7
Purim (began at sundown, Mar 15) Good afternoon my friends Today is fair with some patches of blue sky but the temps have dropped back into the teens with single digits forecasted for tonight. For heaven's sake, it's almost St Patrick's Day parade day when the weather should be warming up for spring!!
So some New Zealanders want to change their country's flag? Presently, it features the United Kingdom's Union Jack in the top left corner, and they feel ditching it would be a symbolic moment in their historical relationship with the former British Empire. New Zealand is still part of an international community of former British colonies known as the Commonwealth and, like Canada, it still counts Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and she appears on coins and the New Zealand $20 note. It is by no means a certainty - a recent poll put those who want a new flag at a measly 28 percent. Opponents accuse the country's prime minister, John Key, of using the proposal as a ploy to solidify support ahead of September's general election and distract from other issues such as the country's rising income inequality. A classic case of using a minor issue to distract from more burning issues. Glad to see we aren't the only country to employ such tactics.
A Wenatchee, Wash. homeowner is fighting his city that has ordered him to tear down the treehouse he built or buy a $1 million liability insurance policy. City officials say the treehouse overhangs the sidewalk, threatening public safety. Zeb Postelwait disagrees. The city is prepared to seek a court order to remove the treehouse and send Postelwait the bill. He feels the city is harassing him. From the picture, I'm not sure what is the city's problem. It does appear as if the treehouse hangs over the sidewalk, but instead is all on the homeowners property.
And then there are the corn-speckled lands owned by a group of Catholic Trappist monks and a convent full of nuns that have become a battleground in a fight between Big Energy and the "singing sisters" in Kentucky. The developers and the devout have clashed over an underground conduit called the Bluegrass Pipeline that would send natural gas liquids pulled from Pennsylvania fracking sites to a Gulf Coast export complex. The emotional hub for the anti-pipeline crowd is a spiritual stretch in the wild – two neighboring religious communities located 60 miles south of Louisville. The Abbey of Gethsemani is a wooded retreat and home to dozens of Catholic monks. A 15-minute-drive away sits the two-century-old Catholic motherhouse for the Sisters of Loretto, where nuns and lay members live and tend to cattle, corn and soybeans. In this turf war, the nuns believe they own the moral high ground and, because surrounding geology is pocked by caves and sinkholes, some locals fear if the pipeline shifts and leaks, gas liquids could pollute underground streams. Together, the two religious communities own more than 3,000 acres. Last summer, the monks and the nuns separately refused to allow Williams Co. reps to survey their plots. Questsion - can land owned by a religious community become an object for "eminent domain" confiscation? I would think the separation of state and religion in our constitution would forbid it.
Thought for Today: "I am never afraid of what I know." --Anna Sewell (1820 - 1878) English novelist (Black Beauty)
Dance the night away bearded iris Happy Sunday everyone
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Post by pegasus on Mar 18, 2014 7:48:25 GMT -7
Forgive Mom and Dad Day Good afternoon my friends It's another day that hints at the coming of spring. I wish I could believe that there will be no more frigid temps, but I'm shell-shocked and won't do it.
The US government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Department of Health and Human Services' decision surprised marijuana advocates who have struggled for decades to secure federal approval for research into the drug's medical uses. While more than 1 million Americans take medical marijuana (usually for chronic pain) rigorous medical research into the drug's effects has been limited, in part due to federal restrictions that considers marijuana a high-risk for abuse with no accepted medical applications. But researchers, such as University of Arizona professor Suzanne Sisley. still must get approval from the DEA. Her study will measure the effects of five different potencies of smoked or vaporized marijuana in treating symptoms of PTSD in 50 veterans. Besides PTSD, parents of epileptic children have petitioned lawmakers in several states (including New York) to grant access to a strain of medical marijuana known as "Charlotte's Web," which contains low amounts of the drug's active ingredient, THC. THC is believed to be effective in controlling seizures in children but needs more research into its effectiveness. It's about time that the bogeyman of marijuana use is buried. If we allowed the use of alcohol for recreational use, I can't see why we can't at least use medical marijuana. I'm not sure that I'm ready to grant any use of marijuana legal, but that would be the most effective way of destroying the power of most drug cartels. Some day the American public must come to the realization that legislating against man's vices doesn't work - drugs, gambling, prostitution, etc. will go on no mater what we do.
Two cargo ships collided just outside Tokyo Bay, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. The Panamanian-flagged Beagle III crashed into the South Korean-registered Pegasus Prime, causing it to sink. Of the 20 crew members (all Chinese nationals) aboard Beagle III, 12 have been rescued and eight are still missing. The 14 crew aboard the other vessel, Pegasus Prime, are all accounted for, according to the Coast Guard. At least they know where the ships were and could get help to them, unlike Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.
Thought for Today: "If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve." --Philip Wylie (1902-1971) American author on subjects ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust
Dancing on air bearded iris Happy Tuesday all.
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Post by pegasus on Mar 20, 2014 11:06:25 GMT -7
National Cherry Blossom Festival Good afternoon my friends Today is a day of mixtures - partly sunny to mostly cloudy to overcast and back again. And then there's the weather forecast with temps going down and the strong possibility of snow. Happy 1st day of spring to all you eager New Yorkers.
Spring has sprung, astronomically speaking, but that's cold comfort here in New York at the tail end of one of the roughest winters in decades. As for the Cherry Blossom Festival, the National Park Service estimates the blossoms won't hit their peak until mid-April, about a week later than average. On the other hand, long-term temperature trends suggest that the typical signs of spring will be coming earlier due to climate change. And if you missed out on the East's Big Chill, you're probably already getting a taste of that future. "I would bet anyone that we'll have warmer and warmer winters," Compton Tucker, a climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said. "Three out of four winters, three out of five, will be warmer." So be careful what you wish for - you just might have it in your future.
March Madness has finally started producing its upsets - with the first game of round 1, oops, I mean round 2 - #11 seed Dayton has beaten #6 Ohio State, which should also give them a good chance at #1 in the state!! Right now I'm going back and forth between #3 Syracuse and #14 Western Michigan and #5 Cincinnati and #12 Harvard (leading Cincinnati at halftime). In what would be a mild upset, $9Pittsburgh is leading *8 Colorado 69-41 with a little over 7 minutes left in the game.Who knows - maybe this will be the year a #16 seed with beat a number on (as long as it isn't Michigan State or Louisville - my picks for the championship game). I love it when the underdog beats up on one of the big boys!!
While Pres. Obama deals with some rather warm foreign relations , namely Russia vs. Ukraine, his wife and daughters are on a goodwill visit to China. They arrived in Beijing today to begin a week-long visit to promote education and cultural ties. Michelle Obama, who is accompanied by her daughters (Sasha and Malia)) and her mother (Marian Robinson), is expected to spend tomorrow with China's charismatic first lady, Peng Liyuan, admired at home as a glamorous songstress and fashion icon. Also scheduled is a visit to the western historic city of Xi'an and the southern city of Chengdu, where they will visit a panda reserve. I envy them. I would love to be able to visit China, but at least I can vicariously through my DIL who has made two visits to China for educational purposes. Her descriptions of her experiences in such a foreign country are fascinating.
Thought for Today: "Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." --Omar Bradley (1893-1981) US general who commanded US ground forces in the Normandy invasion in World War II,
Dangerous liaison bearded iris Happy Thursday everyone
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Post by pegasus on Mar 22, 2014 7:10:19 GMT -7
International Day of the Seal Good afternoon my friends Another gloomy day, albeit warmer but there's snow in the forecast with a drop in temps. Gawd, I'm tired of this!!
March Madness: And the upsets continue. This time the shocker was #14 Mercer's 77-71 victory over #3 and perennial winner Duke to start off the day. It came to an end when #12 Stephen F. Austin took down $5 Virginia Commonwealth 77-75 in overtime. And for a short time, I wondered if we were going to finally have a #1 team go down to a #16 when Coastal Carolina seemed to be winning, but in the end, Virginia won. One #1 team, Wichita State, rolled easily past their opponent 64-37 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. All in all it was a fun day, proving once again that this is a great sporting event. And please stop tinkering with it.
Flight 370 UPDATE: China has reported finding satellite images of a floating object, measuring 74 ft x 43 ft in the southern Indian Ocean search area. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the spot of the sighting was within Saturday's search area, but that the object was not found. Searchers will take the Chinese information into consideration as they design their search for Sunday, AMSA said. The floating object was about 77 miles from where earlier satellite images spotted floating debris. I hope that they finally are able to spot some of this debris and determine whether it is connected to the missing airliner or not.
Thought for Today: "You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German playwright, poet and novelist
Dangerous mood neglecta bearded iris Have a satchel full of fun Saturday
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Post by pegasus on Mar 24, 2014 8:32:37 GMT -7
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day Good afternoon my friends It's a mostly cloudy day with occasional glimpses of the sun. It snowed lightly overnight AGAIN. And the temp hasn't reached 20F yet. So where is this spring that I've been hearing about??
Flight 370 UPDATE: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down over the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said, citing a new analysis of satellite data by a British satellite company and accident investigators, and apparently ending hopes that anyone survived. The Prime Minister based his announcement on what he described as unprecedented analysis of satellite data sent by the plane by British satellite provider Inmarsat and the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch. He didn't describe the nature of the analysis. But he said it made it clear that the plane's last position was in the middle of the remote southern Indian Ocean, "far from any possible landing sites."
March Madness: OK, we've finished the first weekend of the tournament and 16 teams are free to move on to play this coming Thursday. Dayton has proven that it's win over Ohio State was no fluke by beating Syracuse. The first No. 1 seed, Wichita State, was beaten by perennial power Kentucky's gang of one-and-done freshmen, proving that talent can beat experience. My two picks for the championship game (on Saturday) Louisville and Michigan State made it through to next week. How are all of you doing?
An Ebola outbreak has killed at least 59 out of 80 people in Guinea, UNICEF said, as the deadly hemorrhagic fever has quickly spread from southern communities in the West African nation. Experts in the country had been unable to identify the disease, whose symptoms -- diarrhea, vomiting and fever -- were first observed last month. "In Guinea, a country with a weak medical infrastructure, an outbreak like this can be devastating," the UNICEF representative in Guinea, Dr. Mohamed Ag Ayoya, said in the statement. The international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres announced on Saturday it was reinforcing its medical and logistics teams in Guinea in response to the epidemic. It is also flying in 33 tons of medicines and equipment and setting up isolation units in the three affected areas in the country. 50 out of 80 infected have died? That's over 50% fatal!! Hopefully, all the steps the nation and charities are taking will prevent a greater outbreak.
Thought for Today: "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) Nobel Peace Prize winning African American preacher and civil rights activist
Dark drama plicata bearded iris Have a madcap Monday
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Post by pegasus on Mar 26, 2014 13:49:37 GMT -7
Spinach Day Good afternoon my friends It's another mostly cloudy day with temps in the 20s. Will winter never end?
This has not been one of my better days. Hopefully, I'll feel better and more like myself tomorrow.
Thought for Today: "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) German-born Swiss novelist, poet & painter
Dark passion bearded iris Happy Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Mar 28, 2014 10:52:01 GMT -7
Barnum & Bailey Day Good afternoon my friends OMG, it may be a gloomy day but the temp is pushing 50F!! I love it. Maybe the forsythia and daffodils will start blooming soon, maybe?
March Madness: The first teams to reach the round of Elite 8 were chosen last night and everyone's favorite Cinderella team, No. 11 Dayton, beat No. 10 Stanford to be the first one. Otherwise, the top seeds won the other three games - Florida (overall No. 1), Arizona (No. 1) and No. 2 Wisconsin. Tonight the rest of the Elite 8 will be chosen - No. 1 Virginia/No. 4 Michigan State, No. 3 Iowa State/No. 7 Connecticut, No. 8 Kentucky/No. 4 Louisville and finally, No. 11 Tennessee/No. 2 Michigan. I'm rooting for Michigan State and Louisville (they're my pick for the championship game).
Just like every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, Pres. Obama had a formal audience with Pope Francis yesterday, giving him as a gift a box of seeds in a container made from timber from the first cathedral to open in the United States, in Baltimore, In return, the pope gave him two medallions -- one symbolizing the need for peace and solidarity between the two hemispheres -- and a copy of "Evangelii Gaudium," or "The Joy of the Gospel." The book was penned by the Pope and calls for a new era of evangelization and a renewed focus on the poor. The tokens of goodwill underscored the goal of the meeting: Focus on areas where two of the world's most influential men agree, and gently tread ground where they differ (such as contraception and abortion). The private meeting lasted for over an hour.
Thought for Today: "Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is." --Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) Russian novelist and playwright
Dark Vader bearded iris TGIF everyone
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Post by pegasus on Mar 30, 2014 8:36:41 GMT -7
Pencil Day Good afternoon my friends Winter returned with a vengeance last night, dropping several inches of the white stuff on us, and more is in our forecast for today. I'm beginning to get the feeling that winter will keep coming back all year long!!
March Madness: Last night Florida and Wisconsin made it into the Final Four Today's games are between Michigan State & Connecticut and Kentucky vs. Michigan. I'm conflicted over Michigan State vs Connecticut. I want both to win!! But that's impossible. I can't decide which one to root for!!.
What is happening in California. On Friday, an earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, 5.1 in magnitude, followed by two dozen aftershocks. Then a 4.1 magnitude shake struck the area yesterday. The quakes came on the heels of a magnitude-4.4 tremor that hit near downtown Los Angeles a week ago. It shook nearby buildings but did not cause significant damage. Could this be a buildup to another major quake like the 6.7 magnitude quake that struck in 1994 that killed dozens and caused $42 billion in damages - the 2nd most costly disaster in US history?
Thought for Today: "When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure" --Peter Marshall (b.1927) American TV game show host
Darling beware bearded iris Have a satisfying Sunday everyone
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Post by pegasus on Apr 1, 2014 10:06:41 GMT -7
National Fun at Work Day Good afternoon my friends Back to an overcast cay with temp in thehigh 30s. At least it's not raining or snowing - I guess that's a plus??
The computer ate part of my bulletin before I could save it. So this is all there is today.
Finger Lakes photos
A River Runs Through It An afternoon from a hillside above Canandaigua Lake. As the ice begins to melt, a small "stream" appears on the lake. Photo by Mike Sargent
Taughannock Thaws The melting snow and ice had Taughannock Falls flowing on Sunday. Photo by David VanAllan
No Longer Amusing! This blue jay in our Farmington backyard on Sunday morning seems to capture the general consensus about our weather. Photo by Mike Sargent
Thought for Today: "Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." --Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) American journalist & author
Dashing bearded iris Happy Tuesday everyone
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Post by pegasus on Apr 3, 2014 7:28:28 GMT -7
Adopt A Greyhound Month Good afternoon my friends Hope really DOES spring eternal. Today is overcast like so many winter days, but it's April and I'm going to think about spring and birds and flowers. I've heard the sound of Canadian geese overhead and that means they are on their way back to their northern feeding grounds. Welcome Spring!!
12 newborns at Bayfront Baby Place on the Tampa Bay Rays' Opening Day were granted four tickets each to all future Rays home openers for the rest of their lives. Now there is a perfect gift for diehard baseball fans!! Rays reliever Heath Bell and utility player Sean Rodriguez presented the vouchers as part of the "Rays Fan for Life" program announced before Tampa Bay's 9-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field to begin the season. In addition, balloons and baby baskets were presented to the mothers. A special day = a special prize from the country's national pastime. I hope they get to enjoy their prizes for many years to come.
Another shooting at Fort Hood leaving 4 more dead and 13 wounded. Not as bad as the previous tragedy, but definitely another incident to chalk up against our failure to do anything about strengthening gun control measures. The soldier-killer was able to buy a gun recently with no check that included his treatment for mental illness by the Army. Fort Hood forbids guns on the base but can't check cars to make sure that the edict is being followed. Fort Hood is home to America's armored units and numbers 50,000 people. To check each car would cause an immense traffic jam each day. Two Republican Congressmen want the ban lifted and everyone allowed to carry concealed weapons. So then we could have a shootout between the would-be killer and his victims with who knows how much collateral damage (people getting shot by accident). Now wouldn't that be a grand spectacle? NOT!! In this case, the killer committed suicide when confronted by an armed woman MP, shooting himself instead of her.
Queen Elizabeth and Pope Francis, two of the world’s most popular leaders, met for the first time during a private meeting at the Vatican. It was part of the 87-year-old queen's first foreign visit in two years. The queen and Pope Francis represent more than three billion people between them. Elizabeth is the figurehead leader of the Church of England, which heads the worldwide Anglican Communion, while the Pope leads the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. The Anglican church separated from Roman Catholics in the 16th century following the divorce of King Henry VIII in order to marry his second wife, Ann Boleyn. In support to improve relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches. Queen Elizabeth has met with two other pontiffs at the Vatican during her reign — John XXIII and John Paul II — and met with Pope Pius XII in 1951, a year before she became monarch. The queen also has met with Pope Emeritus Benedict when he visited Britain in 2010. I'd love to be a fly on the wall and hear what the two said to each other.
Thought for Today: "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." --John Burroughs (1837-1921) American naturalist & essayist
Dating a royal bearded iris Happy Thursday everyone
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Post by pegasus on Apr 5, 2014 8:55:01 GMT -7
International Pillow Fight Day Good afternoon my friends It's another gloomy day here and is threatening either rain or snow. I just wish that spring would hurry up and come.
Vice Adm. Jan E. Tighe has made history with her appointment as head of the US Fleet Cyber Command and the US 10th Fleet, making her "the first female commander of a numbered fleet in U.S. Navy history," according to the US Navy. She's the fleet's third commander ever and had been its deputy commander since November.Born in Kentucky and raised in Plantation, Florida, Tighe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, learned Russian at the Defense Language Institute and earned advanced degrees in electrical engineering and applied mathematics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Kudos to the Navy and all women should cheer her on.
MH370 UPDATE: In what may be a breakthrough in the search for Flight 370, a Chinese patrol ship in the southern Indian Ocean heard a pulse signal used by back boxes. "The characteristics reported are consistent with the aircraft black box," Angus Houston, the chief coordinator of Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre, said in a prepared statement, adding that a number of white objects were sited about 56 miles (90 kilometers) away. Neither the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) nor the Australian Transport Safety Bureau can verify any connection to the missing aircraft, the statement said. Other experts cautioned that no confirmation had been made that the signal was linked to the missing plane. "It ought to be easy to rule it in or rule it out, and they ought to go do it," said Mary Schiavo, a CNN aviation analyst and a former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation. I really hope that they may finally have picked up some real evidence and can find the plane's cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder and give all the families some kind of closure.
Thought for Today: "Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power." --Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American philosopher
Daughter of stars luminata bearded iris Have a satisfying Saturday
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Post by pegasus on Apr 10, 2014 9:14:03 GMT -7
Golfer's Day Good afternoon my friends Finally, the sun is shining and the trees are getting a greenish fuzzy look. Its SPRING!!
Another case of violence in our schools happened yesterday in a community outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. when a 16-year-old went on a stabbing spree with an 8 to 10 inch knife in both hands. Alex Hribal, 16, will face four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault, so he didn't kill anyone. At least five students were critically wounded, including a boy who was on a ventilator after a knife pierced his liver, missing his heart and aorta by only millimeters, doctors said. Thank goodness he didn't have a gun when he assaulted 20 of his fellow students and a security guard at Franklin Regional Senior High School or we might have had another Sandy Hook, Conn. incident.
Another cruise ship is having problems. The Crown Princess, which has room for more than 3,000 passengers, left Los Angeles on Saturday for a seven-day Pacific cruise and now at least 66 passengers and 17 crew members came down with a quickly spreading digestive bug that may be caused by the norovirus, the ship's operator said. Norovirus is known for being readily contagious, causing nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is believed to have infected passengers on a number of cruise ships in recent months. At one time I wanted to take a trop on one of these ships but not anymore. If it's not lackluster maintenance causing problems at sea, it's infectious disease - the whole industry is having problems. I think I'll just stay home.
It seems that the Atlanta Braves wanted to put on a good show for their fans before their 2014 home opener. So they decided to try something new - shoot fireworks off from the top of the outfield scoreboard at Turner Field. A fine idea, right? Unfortunately, they miscalculated and one of the pyrotechnics got a little too close to the American flag above the scoreboard and set it on fire: Luckily, the flag was flame retardant and quickly put the fire out on its own. The team said that the flag will be replaced and that the Braves will no longer put pyrotechnics on the large scoreboard. I have a suggestion. The next time you get a bright idea, test it out first.
Thought for Today: "A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.” --William Hazlitt (1778-1830) British writer, best known for his humanistic essays.
Dawn eternal bearded iris Happy Thursday everyone
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