Tuesday solar calendar, the day is named for the Pali word for the planet Mars, which also means "Ashes of the Dead"; the color associated with Tuesday is pink. In the folk rhyme "Monday's Child", "Tuesday's child is full of grace". In India, Tuesday is also popular for worshipping Hanuman and people fast during Tuesday. Tuesday is associated with the planet Mars and shares that planet's symbol, ♂. As Mars rules over Aries and Scorpio, these signs are also associated with Tuesday. Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States. Federal elections take place on the Tuesday after
Murray S. Blum Murray S. Blum Murray S. Blum is an American research entomologist and a noted authority in the field of chemical ecology. Born in 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Blum (pronounced to rhyme with "gum") grew up in that city and in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a BSc in Biology and his Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he joined the faculty of Louisiana State University. In the 1960s he moved to the University of Georgia, where he spent three decades as a research professor before his retirement. Blum is