Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant π (pi) (in the mm/dd date notation: 3/14); since 3, 1 and 4 are the first three decimal digits of π. March 14 is also the birthday of Albert Einstein and the two events are sometimes celebrated together.
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Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22, because of the Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes’ first rough approximation of π as being 22/7. [Archimedes was able a few years later to calculate a much-better approximation of π.] However, this may be considered misleading, as all cited dates are “approximation days” (since π is an irrational number) and 22/7 is actually a closer approximation of π than 3.14 is. Typically, March 14 is more popular for countries using the month/day format and the 22nd of July is more popular for countries using the day/month format.
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PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has urged parents to take matters into their own hands if they are unsatisfied with the way their child’s school handles a case of bullying.
“Parents have to exercise their responsibilities as the carer of their kids,” Mr Rudd said speaking on ABC radio this morning.
Mr Rudd said ideally bullying should be sorted out between the children, and then if that did not work by the teacher or principal.
“That means if things are going wrong, things are going bad and your kid is terrified about going to school, that is unacceptable and you’ve got to do something about it,” he said.
“If it comes to it then you’ve got to actually pick up the phone and talk to the parent of another kid, I would see that there’s nothing wrong with that at all.”
Mr Rudd said he “would not object … one bit” to a parent of a victim who contacted the parents of a school bully.
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WHOOPI Goldberg has a wee problem and she’s tackling it head on by enlisting the help of several “great women in history.”
Goldberg, 54, is the face of Poise’s 1in3 Like Me initiative which aims to increase women’s awareness of bladder leakage, but this is no ordinary campaign.
The Sister Act star, who has played many characters in her time, impersonates the Statue of Liberty, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Joan of Arc and a host of other famous historical figures for a series of comedic routines.
It’s all in the name of talking about what Goldberg calls “the spritz,” or that “little bit of water” that is otherwise known as Light Bladder Leakage.
“Did LBL slow down these great women in history?” asks Goldberg.
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