New Jersey Day

New Jersey is located in the Middle Atlntic States of the USA. It was named after Jersey the largest of the British Channel Islands. It was occupied by Native Americans for 2800 years but then The Swedes and Dutch made settlements in the 1600s. The English eventually took control of the entire regiuon. Trenton and Paterson helped to drive the industrial revolution. It is the most densely populated state in the US.

Wright Brothers Day

December 17th is Wright Brothers Day, which commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane made by the Wright Brothers in 1903 near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. The wright brothers develeoped fixed wing flight controls that made the inovation of Aircraft. The brothers operated a printing press and lated a bicycle shop. In these workshops they learned the mechanics required to develop a airplane. Their bike shop and the bicycle the invented actually funded their aircraft projects.

Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act for a variety of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinsonrefused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He apparently did not expect that the protestors would choose to destroy the tea rather than concede the authority of a legislature in which they were not directly represented. -wikipedia

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Cat Herders Day

cat-herding (verb) : Persuading a group of independently minded people to go in the same direction; (alt): a difficult, frequently failing enterprise in leadership.

Here are some jobs that exemplify cat herding. Walking 6c to their specials. Getting he house and congress to agree on real change. Finding an activity that both Kelly and Kathlin like. If you are actually trying to herd cats ropes and leashes work pretty well. I am allergic to cats and a cat herder would not be a good job for me.

Halcyon Day

Halcyon Days are the 7 days before and 7 days after the Winter Solstace. It is meant to be calming and tranquil like the bird with a similar name. Apparently in the Classical Antiquity this bird was thought to have these tranquil powers and could affect the atmosphere in a positive way. If you ask me it is a bunch of new age mumbo jumbo but It would be nice change of pace from the commercial retail frenzy that they wish was happening. So I don't know maybe Santa will start say Ho Ho Halcyon as he burns insence and smokes a mugwort pipe.

International Mountain Day

Mountains are fragile ecosystems that are very important to the Earth. Much of the Earth's drinking water comes from mountains where the snow falls and then it melts and travels to lower elevation. Mountains are also great for recreation. Hiking skiing snowboarding and snowshoeing are all really fun. Also mountain blueberries are really quite tasty. Lot's of people live on mountains. These people tend to be somewhat poor and life for most mountain folk is full of challenges. Look at the picture of this awesome mountain goat.

Human Rights Day

This years speech by the Un Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is about Race Poverty and Power. He urges all people in all countries to take a stand against discrimination and and abuse based on race gender, and health. As humans we all should have certain rights. We should have the right to food work and freedom.