Jan 27


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Jan. 27, 2020 Week: 1  Day: 27
86004:   H 55° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest lightning:  824mi.; Nearest active fire:  244mi.  
Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  13mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 61°[2003]   Record Low: -13°[1979]
Jan. Averages: 43°\16° (22” days with snow)

Today’s Einstein Quote

It is easier to denature plutonium
than it is to denature the evil spirit of man

Random Tidbits

Today, sushi restaurants in the United States generate $2 billion in annual revenue

Sushi chefs have one of the most difficult training of all professional chefs. They must know how to prepare raw seafood, know which fish contain harmful parasites, and know how to eliminate parasites. They must also know about biochemical changes that happen after seafood is slaughtered.

Observations This Week

Sundance Film Festival: 23-2/2
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days: 25-2/2
Catholic Schools Week: 26-2/1
Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 26-31
Meat Week: 26-2/1
National School Choice Week:  26-2/1 
Tax Identity Theft Week: 26-30
National Medical Group Practice Week: 27-2/1

Observations for Today

Auschwitz Liberation Day
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
e-Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Link
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day   
Link and Link
National Chocolate Cake Day
National Geographic Day
Punch the Clock Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Viet Nam Peace Day

My Rambling Thoughts


We had a very interesting discussion last night about Trafficking. It is very depressing that the various countries, and states, cannot agree on important definitions of Human Trafficking, Slavery, Child Labor, Sexual Exploitation among others. Humans are on the top of the evolution scale, yet we carry a marker of some kind that comes from the others in the animal kingdom: kill or be killed. Until we can or will find a way to identify that marker and then alter it, there will always be conflict between humans. It is a bitter pill to swallow.

Mrs. Sofia Yazzie passed at 105 this last week. She was a Navajo who served in WWII in the US Army Air Corp. Until her passing she was the oldest living WWII Vet in Arizona. After her military service she worked at Ft. Wingate Elem School, a BIA school on the Navajo Nation. Tributes are pouring in. What an amazing life.

Shocked and saddened by the untimely passing of Kobe Bryant, NBA super-star and his 13 year old daughter, Gigi. RIP and condolences to his wife and other children.

Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page

A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping.
In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?


Historical Events

1591 Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft at Castle Hill, Edinburgh by order King James VI. Part of the Berwick Witch trials.

1606 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began for the Gunpowder Plot, ending with their execution on January 31.

1825 US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the "Trail of Tears"

1880 - Thomas Edison received a patent (#223,898) for his incandescent lamp.

1888 - The National Geographic Society was established.

1924 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow

1926 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics

1944 Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed 1945 - 60th Army First Ukrainian Front soldiers opened the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, liberating the remaining 7,000 prisoners, mostly ill and dying. In 2005 the United Nations declared 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

1951 - Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site began with Operation Ranger.


1967 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

1970 - James M. Schlatter received a patent (#3492131) for 'Peptide Sweetening Agents' later marketed as NutraSweet.


1976 - Lavern and Shirley debuted on ABC.

1977 - Roots mini-series began on ABC.

1984 - Michael Jackson's hair caught fire during filming for Pepsi commercial.

2010 - Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's latest product, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco.

2017 Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees

2019 Tornado strikes Havana, Cuba, killing three and injuring 172

Birthdays Today

72 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor

@65 - Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), English novelist, poet, and mathematician (died in 1898; pneumonia)

@65 - Troy Donahue, American actor (died in 2001; heart attack)

@60 - Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter (died in 1945; stroke)

64 - John Roberts, American jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

@64 - Donna Reed, American actress (died in 1986; pancreatic cancer)

@52 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (died in 1972; heart attack)

@39 - Sabu, Indian-American actor (died in 1963; heart attack)

@35 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (died in 1791; fever)

Puzzle Answer:

11 cartons total
7 large boxes (7 * 8 = 56 boxes) 4 small boxes (4*10 = 40 boxes 11 total cartons and 96 boxes


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