From Planet Earth
Calendar
Sands of Time: As one gazes upon the great rocks on the
oceans' shores, it is difficult to imagine the tiny grains of sand on the beach
are one and the same. Much as sand flows
through an hourglass to measure the passage of time, so the shifting sands on a
beach change with time. Tides and waves
slowly break down rocks and seabed, producing sand over countless years. Beach sand is comprised of many minerals,
depending on the surrounding rocks and currents. A major component of sand is silica (unrefined).
To produce silicon, silica sand must be reduced in a furnace over 2732 F degrees...(1500 degrees C). Silicon is used in wide range of electrons from televisions to cell phones and will be used for many years. A mineral that has come from so far in the past...is taking mankind into the future!
To produce silicon, silica sand must be reduced in a furnace over 2732 F degrees...(1500 degrees C). Silicon is used in wide range of electrons from televisions to cell phones and will be used for many years. A mineral that has come from so far in the past...is taking mankind into the future!
Did You Know?
(From the Canadian
Wildlife Federation 2014 Calendar)
The Green Heron is a relatively small heron,
measuring only about 40 centimetres in length.
Their diet consists of small fish, frogs and aquatic insects.
The Canadian Wildlife
Federation published its first issue of Canadian Wildlife magazine
in 1995...it was geared to teens and adults; it is full of leading-edge
stories. Canadian Wildlife boasts some
of the best nature photography in the world.
Message from the
Canadian Red Cross
When a disaster strikes at home
or abroad, more than 6,000 volunteers across Canada are prepared to
respond. One rapid respond reduces suffering
and paves the way for people to recover with comfort.
MADD Fact
A recent study found that 1 in 4 teens say they don't use a
seat belt on every ride. The top reasons
teens gave for not buckling up were that:
they forgot it...it was not their habit to do so...they were not
going far...the seat belt was not comfortable...they were going to a party!
Now for some startling statistics:
39% of teens said they have ridden with teen drivers who
were texting.
95% said they think
other teens have ridden with drivers who are texting.
43% of teens reported riding as passengers with a teen
driver talking on a phone.
More than half the teens have seen a parent
talking on the phone when driving.
28% have been riding in a car with a parent who was texting.
49% of teens felt concerned for their safety when riding
with a teen driver.
Three Tips for Parents of Teens to Remember While Riding
in a Car:
Buckle up on EVERY Ride, EVERY Time...important for both
Driver and Passengers!
Be a Good ROLE MODEL in all your driving habits!
TALK to TEENS about ways to speak up if a driver OF ANY AGE
isn't driving safely!
Teens Model Their
Behaviour From Their Parents!
Niagara Falls and
Great Gorge
(From Niagara Falls
Canada Calendar 2014)
A colour photo, taken
from a low-flying-helicopter,
illustrates the
magnificent beauty of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls
as it thunders into
the rapidly flowing Niagara River.
Autumn-hued tree
foliage covers a nearby island.
Water rushing north from the
Falls is forced through a narrow Great Gorge, churning into some of the wildest
white water rapids in the world. Down-river is The Whirlpool where the River
sharply bends.
Special Event Days
September 1 (Monday)
~ Labour Day
September 7 (Sunday)
~ National Grandparents' Day*
September 13
(Saturday) ~ World First Aid Day
September 16 ~
International Day for Preservation of
the Ozone Layer
September 21 (Sunday)
~ International Day of Peace
September 23
(Tuesday) ~ Autumnal Equinox
September 24
(Wednesday) ~ National Tree Day
*Celebrated also in
United States since 1918,
it is symbolized by
“forget-me-not-flowers”.
Flower and Garden
Philosophy
An old friend can
be a garden of true delight.
(Nick Bellenson)
September Musings
My favourite quote
is because it actually tells you something.
It states...Thirty
days hath September, April, June and November.
All of the rest
have 30 days except February alone
and that has 28
days clear and 29 in each leap year.
(Groucho Marx)
Released September
1997 in his album, “Destination Anywhere”,
Jon Bon Jovi wrote a
song called...August 7
in memory of
Katherine (his personal manager's daughter)
who was killed
when she went to the community mailbox
1/8 mile from her
home and never seen again.
(Her lifeless body
was found one mile from her family home.)
Lyrics of many other songs:
“September Girls”..."September”...“September Already”..."September Baby” ..."September of My Years”...“It's
September/Just One Moment"...etcetera.
If the events of
September 11, 2001 have proven anything,
it's that the
terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away
what makes us
Americans ~
our freedom, our
liberty, our civil rights.
(Jon Stewart)
Merle
Baird-Kerr...compiled August 2014
To comment...e-mail
to:
No comments:
Post a Comment