News you May Have Missed today

 It's been a long time since I wrote a "News you may have missed" blog- but there are so many quirky things happening that you may have missed them. So, enjoy! 

THIS IS DUMB >>>OPEN-CONCEPT DESIGN HAS EXTENDED TO THE BATHROOM, AT LEAST IN ONE JAMAICA PLAIN CONDO (BOSTON)  Listed for $899,000, the condo at 302 South St., #2, features four bedrooms, and three full bathrooms on two floors with 2,000 square feet of space. It includes brick accents, stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, and hardwood floors throughout. The non-traditional design choices seem to end with the one bathroom. What’s more, he said is the wall of windows faces out onto the street, viewable to whoever is seated on the throne. if an offer doesn’t come soon, Nichols said his team plans to close the space off with a door. 

http://realestate.boston.com/buying/2021/03/04/open-concept-design-bathroom-jamaica-plain-condo/ 

 

***We visited York, England in 2013 and saw this**

YORK MINSTER (ENGLAND) GRAND ORGAN TO PLAY AGAIN AFTER £2M REPAIR 

One of the UK's largest cathedral organs is ready to play again after a "once in a century" refurbishment which took more than two years to complete. The 5,400 pipes of York Minster's Grand Organ were dismantled, cleaned and repaired in the £2m project. "Work has included bringing many of the 102 case pipes which have been silent since 1903 back into use and restoring the grander, imposing qualities of the instrument which were altered during work in the 1960s." The case pipes are highly decorated and date back to the building of the organ in the 1830s. 

 

SOME AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS AROUND SCOTLAND THIS WEEK 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-56240420   Here's one example

News Briefs: 

- IDIOT -   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can dispense the first COVID-19 vaccines to his wealthy donors at the Ocean Reef Club in the Keys 

- 33 per cent - The decrease in population numbers of large moths in the UK from 1968 to 2017. Climate change is having a pronounced effect on the species 

- 931 million tons - The amount of food thrown away in 2019, according to the Food Waste Index Report 2021, totalling 17 per cent of what's produced worldwide 

WORD OF THE DAY - grubstake 

[ gruhb-steyk ]  

noun:   money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise. 

 

EARTHQUAKES RATTLE NEW ZEALAND. TSUNAMI WARNINGS NOW LIFTED. THOUSANDS RETURN HOME 

USGS reported three strong earthquakes near the North Island of New Zealand yesterday - all within less than 8 hours - all with ocean epicenters near one another. The most recent and largest quake took place at around 8 a.m. local time on Friday, March 5  at an 8.1-magnitude. New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency issued tsunami warnings 

 

EARTHQUAKES ALSO RATTLE ICELAND 

More than 18,000 small-scale earthquakes have shaken southwestern Iceland over the past week, raising fears of impending seismic activity from the region's numerous volcanos. While the area hasn't seen volcanic activity in more than 800 years, a 300-year-long period of eruptions lasted from the 10th to the 13th century. During that stretch, eruptions were continuous but relatively small, though at least one major eruption may have occurred.