Nov 9

 

 

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Nov 9, 2020  Week: 46 Day:314      

Local:  H 42°\ L 21°\Average Sky Cover: 95%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  23mph                       

Nearest lightning:  386mi.; active fire:  590mi

Very low Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 71°[1973]   Record:[1898]              

Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,

but the parent of all the others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

Random Tidbits

 Cholesterol in eggs is bad for the heart

The perceived association between dietary cholesterol and risk for coronary heart disease stems from dietary recommendations proposed in the 1960’s that had little scientific evidence, other than the known association between saturated fat and cholesterol and animal studies where cholesterol was fed in amounts far exceeding normal intakes. Since then, study after study has found that dietary cholesterol (the cholesterol found in food) does not negatively raise your body's cholesterol. It is the consumption of saturated fat that is the demon here. So eat eggs, don't eat steak.

 

A little humor

In an office:

AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT

AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD.

 

True Things

 Martial artist plays ping pong with nunchucks

A Chinese martial artist broke a Guinness World Record when he used his nunchucks to volley 34 table tennis balls in 1 minute. Xie Desheng, who previously used his nunchucks -- also known as nunchaku -- to break records for lighting matches, extinguishing candles and unscrewing bottle caps, broke his own table tennis world record in Jinan, Shandong. Xie previously set the record at 32, and was able to advance the record during his most recent attempt to 34. Xie, who teaches nunchuck classes in Shanghai, has won numerous awards at martial arts events across the globe.

 

Observations This Week

World Origami Days: 24-11/11

Snowcare For Troops Awareness Week: 8-14

Nat’l Nurse Practioner's Week: 8-14 Link Link

World Kindness Week: 8-14 Link Nat’l Book Awards Week: 8-14

Nat’l Radiologic Technology Week: 8-14 Link

Childrens' Book Week: 9-15 Link
Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link

Perioperative Nurse Week: 8-14 Link

Nat’l Split Pea Soup Week: 9-15 Link
Nat’l Young Readers Week: 9-15 Link

 

Observations for Today

Carl Sagan Day

Chaos Never Dies Day

Kristallnacht

Microtia Awareness Day

National Child Safety Council Day

National Greek Yogurt Day 

World Freedom Day

World Orphans Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A chilly, on and off again snowy day. Only enough snow last night to be called a dusting. It sure looks like more is on the way.

After watching a couple of news shows, I shampooed the bedroom carpet. I am amazed at how dirty the carpet can get when I am the only one ever in there. And 99% of the time I am wearing my ‘indoor’ shoes that never go outside.

I have to thank my 6th grade teacher. When I was in his class, JFK took office. There was a new cabinet. We learned what each department actually did, and then had to memorize the departments and their Secretary. Since that time, I have kept pretty close tabs on who is Secretary of which Department. I will not be sad to see most of the current cabinet members leaving. Most of them have gotten rid of rules and regulations that made America the country it is. I’m sure the
Biden/Harris administration will make wise choices for our country for each Department. They will carry much of the burden of restoring America.

Broncos are having a tough time against the Falcons as I see the scores on the internet machine. Hopefully, Cards will have a better day later on against the Dolphins.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How is this possible?

 

Historical Events

1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte became dictator (first consul) of France.

1842 – The first U.S. design patent (Design Patent # D1) was issued for typefaces and borders patented by George Bruce of New York City.

1857 – The Atlantic was founded in Boston, Massachusetts.

1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872. 13 people died.

1887 – The United States received rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1906 – Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

1925 – Robert A. Millikan confirmed the existence of cosmic rays from outer space in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences at Madison, Wisconsin. He also helped find the charge in an electron, which is a key part of the constants in physics.

1938 – Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil’l Abner created Sadie Hawkins Day. It was now “celebrated” on the first Saturday after November 9th.

1953 – Supreme Court ruled Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws. Basically, it was a mechanism to make sure a player could not just quit one team to work for another team.

1955 – The National Child Safety Council (NCSC) was founded.

1957 – Gordon Gould began writing his description of a laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation).

1961 – The X-15 rocket plane achieved a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reached 101,600 feet (over 19 miles) altitude, piloted by US Air Force Major Robert M. White.

1965 – Several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.

1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published.

1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union became the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.

1989 – The Berlin Wall fell. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on August 13, 1961.

1994 – The chemical element Darmstadtium (#110) was discovered/created in Germany. It was named in honor of the city of Darmstadt, where it was discovered.

1997 – Broadway Show – The Lion King (Musical) opened on November 9, 1997

2011 – At 2:00 PM EST, all US TV and radio stations in the Emergency Alert System were tested simultaneously, the first nationwide test of the system since the 1997 inception of the EAS.

2014 Celebrations held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; white balloons marking a stretch of the wall symbolize its disappearance

2015 San Diego's SeaWorld announces it will overhaul its killer whale show after controversy over the whales treatment

2018 Amid Californian forest fires US President Donald Trump accuses state forest management of "gross mismanagement", threatens to withhold funding

 

Birthdays Today

@85 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, and inventor (d. 2000)

@77 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician 39th Vice President, (d. 1996; leukemia)

@62 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996; cancer)

@72 – Mary Travers, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 2009; leukemia)

69 – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder, and actor

 

Puzzle Answer

His horse's name is Friday.

 

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