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Nov
14, 2020 Week: 46 Day:319 |
Local:
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56°\ L 30°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 10mph |
Nearest
lightning: 867mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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Moderate Risk of Fire
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Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 70°[1967] Record: -5°[1985] |
Nov
Averages: 53°\23° (3
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
From
too much love of living,
From
hope and fear set free,
We
thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever
gods may be That no life lives for ever;
That
dead men rise up never;
That
even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Algernon
Charles Swinburne
Random Tidbits
'Pink' once meant 'yellow.'
We know, it's confusing. See, Dutch 'pink' was a yellow pigment; but because
'pink' also means a frilled edge, it became closely associated with the
dianthus flower, which has notched petals. And what's the most common color for
dianthus flowers? You guessed it: pink.
A little humor
Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,
BUT THE BULL CHARGES.
True Things
"Using the
best in technology including a scalar generator to give the spirits energy to
communicate which has never been done before in the paranormal field we were
able to offer a safe and respectful seance to the largest ever audience,"
he said. "We hope that the audience enjoyed it as much as we did."
Observations This Week
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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 |
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Snowcare For Troops Awareness Week: 8-14 |
Nat’l Young Readers Week: 9-15 Link Nat’l Donor Sabath: 13-15 |
Observations for Today
International
Girls Day
International
Selfie Day (Diabetes Foundation)
Loosen
Up, Lighten Up Day
Nat’l
American Teddy Bear Day
Nat’l
Block It Out Day
Nat’l
Family PJ Day
Nat’l
Pickle ‘Appreciation’ Day
Nat’l
Spicy Guacamole Day
Spirit
of NSA (National Speakers Association) Day
My Rambling Thoughts
A
warm day with a bright sun. Nice
I
have faith and experience with the Federal government. During my career, I
lived through the Wounded Knee takeover, which only peripherally effected
Navajo, I worked through every administration from Nixon to Obama. Those who
haven’t worked for the Feds, have a hard time understanding the many, many layers
and the thousands of permanent government employees who make the system work.
With or without Trump’s messy handling of the transition, we will survive. A
little good news is that Pence met with the task force for the first time in 3
weeks. Maybe something will come of that. This country needs leadership that
will deal with this Covid crisis. I am
astounded daily of the people in this country who will not wear a mask. It is so
selfish.
There
is one group of citizens that are having a harder time than most…the hearing
impaired who depend on lip-reading. They have resorted to carrying a pad and
pencil to communicate with hearing people in their daily life. Sadly, many are
being condemned and harassed by unempathetic. Sad.
Another
group: the Secret Service who protect the US President. Over 130 agents are
infected and many quarantined after the Trump campaign rallies.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What do the following words have in common:
polish, job, herb?
Historical Events
1851
– Moby-Dick by Herman Melville was published.
1889
– (fiction) New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her
attempt to duplicate the literary journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by
traveling around the world in less than 80 days. She succeeded, finishing the
trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours.
1922
– The BBC (The British Broadcasting Company) officially began its daily
domestic radio service broadcasting with the 6:00 pm news, read by announcer
Arthur Burrows.
1960
– OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), was formed by Iraq,
Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
1967
– The patent for “Ruby Laser Systems” was issued to Theodore Maiman (Patent
#3,353,115). His first ruby laser was tested in 1960.
1968
– National Turn in Your Draft Card Day featured the burning of draft cards on
US college campuses.
1972
– The Dow Jones closed at over 1000 for the first time, at 1,003.16.
1979
– US President Jimmy Carter issued Executive order 12170, which froze all
Iranian assets in the United States, in response to the hostage crisis.
1986
– FCC issued a Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP in Philadelphia for
broadcasting The Howard Stern Show, with material that the FCC believed
contained “indecent” material.
1
994 – First trains for the general public ran in Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) under
the English Channel.
2013
Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus
five years for his crimes
2018
Jewelry that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in
Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years
2018
Astronomers announce discovery of Super-Earth planet (3.2x bigger than Earth)
orbiting red dwarf Barnard's star, 6 light years away
Birthdays Today
@90 – Aaron Copland, American composer,
conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
@86 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
@68 – McLean Stevenson, actor, and
screenwriter (d. 1996; bladder cancer)
73 – P. J. O’Rourke, American political
satirist and journalist
72 – Charles Philip Arthur George (Prince of
Wales)
66 – Yanni [Yiannis Chryssomallis], Greek-American pianist,
composer, producer
64 – Valerie Jarrett, American government
official
54 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player,
and sportscaster
@49 – Robert Fulton, American inventor Steamboat,
(d. 1815; TB)
@48 – Joseph McCarthy, lawyer, politician (d.
1957; hepatitis)
48 – Josh Duhamel, American model, and actor
Puzzle Answer
All three words are pronounced differently
when the first letter is capitalized.
