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Nov
9, 2020 Week: 46 Day:314 |
Local:
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42°\ L 21°\Average Sky Cover: 95% |
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Wind: 9mph\Gusts: 23mph |
Nearest
lightning: 386mi.; active fire: 590mi |
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Very low Risk of Fire
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Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 71°[1973] Record: 3°[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
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World Origami Days: 24-11/11 |
Snowcare For Troops Awareness Week: 8-14 |
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World Kindness Week: 8-14 Link Nat’l Book Awards Week: 8-14 |
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Nat’l Radiologic
Technology Week: 8-14 Link |
Childrens' Book Week:
9-15 Link |
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Perioperative Nurse Week: 8-14 Link |
Nat’l Split Pea Soup Week: 9-15 Link |
Observations for Today
Carl
Sagan Day
Kristallnacht
Microtia
Awareness Day
National
Child Safety Council 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.
