THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they become forces for the creation of psychopathology, even if these be small forces. Let them recognize that every person who is kind, helpful, decent, psychologically democratic, affectionate, and warm, is a psychotheraputic force, even though a small one.”

— Abraham Maslow

BIRTHDAYS:

1582 Thomas Simpson, English composer who worked in Germany. Bonny Sweet Robin

1721 Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist (Pembroke College & Chapel of Peterhouse, both in Cambridge, England), teacher, and composer (Glees), born in Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. Concerto in E Flat Major Op. 3 No. 4, Pastorale.

1868 Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac).

1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer. Piano Concerto No. 1.

1908 Abraham Maslow, American psychologist who created Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

1926 Anne McCaffrey, American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series.

1929 Milan Kundera, Czech-French poet and novelist (The Joke: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Immortality).

1942 Samuel R. Delany Jr, American sci-fi author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I WAS WONDERING WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO GET AROUND TO THIS. BREAKTHROUGH Testing Soon for Starship’s Point-to-Point Flights: The Future of Transportation

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. JUST IN CASE ANYONE EVER CONSIDERS PULLING A STUNT LIKE THAT AGAIN… HERE IS SOME SUGGESTED READING:

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Nuremberg Code

Great Barrington declaration

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