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Nov
24, 2020 Week: 48 Day: 329 |
Local:
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56°\ L 28°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 11mph\Gusts: 19mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1291mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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Low Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 69°[2017] Record: -7°[1902] |
Nov
Averages: 53°\23° (3
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Random Tidbits
In the late
90's an underwater search party stumbled across a century old shipwreck
containing 2,000 bottles of this French champagne which now sells for $25,000
per bottle.
A little humor
When I say, "The other day," I could be
referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
True Things
An environmental nonprofit in Florida said a volunteer
walking on a beach discovered what seemed to be a macabre scene -- but turned
out to be a washed-up store mannequin. Ocean Hour, a Florida nonprofit that
organizes beach clean-up events, said a volunteer named Kathleen was walking
the beach on the intercoastal side of Perdido Key when she came across what
initially seemed to be human body that was missing its head. The nonprofit said
another witness on the scene called 911, but Kathleen took a closer look and
discovered the barnacle-encrusted form was a headless store mannequin that had
apparently spent a good amount of time in the water before washing up on the
beach. "We are glad it wasn't a real body," Ocean Hour said in a
Facebook post.
Observations This Week
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Nat’l
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link |
Church/State Separation Week: 22-28
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Nat’l Farm-City Week: 19-26 |
Nat’l Bible Week: 22-29 |
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InterNat’l Games Week: 21-28 |
Better Conversation Week:
23-28 |
Observations for Today
All Our Uncles are Monkeys Day
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
D.B. Cooper Day
National Sardines Day
Shopping Reminder Day
My Rambling Thoughts
My week is starting off windy and cooler. It’s OK, it is fall after
all.
I couldn’t watch the game, but glad to see the Broncos have another
win.
The National Zoo had a contest to name its newest Panda. Xiang Qi Ji, Little
Miracle, is the winner. There is something about Pandas and Polar Bear cubs
that are so enjoyable to watch. I remember the twin polar bears at the Denver
Zoo.
As a retired Federal employee, I am aware of the importance of
language. As a reminder, ‘the apparent winner’ releases the transition funds.
Good news: There are now 3 vaccines almost ready to help with Covid.
After working with many junior high students in my career, I learned
that athletics can really help many students, and especially those with
discipline issues. I also learned that the coach plays huge role in teaching athletes
how to win or lose gracefully. This was true across the sports spectrum, but
especially with wrestlers. Many times the rowdy students were drawn to wrestling.
Every wrestling coach I worked with had the ability to get them to mature and
recognize it was their effort that was important, not if they won or lost a
match. A wrestler who gave 100% during the match, was always a winner.
I wish Trump had been a wrestler.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack,
but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
Historical Events
1639 – First observation of the transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks
and William Crabtree – helped establish the size of our Solar System.
1859 – Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. A first
printing sells for around $100,000 today.
1874 – The patent (#157,124) for barbed wire was issued to Joseph F.
Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois.
1877 – Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty was published.
1896 – The first US absentee voting law (voting via mail) was enacted
by Vermont.
1903 – The patent (#745,157) for an automobile electric self-starter
was issued to Clyde J. Coleman of New York City. Prior to that, they were
hand-cranked.
1932 – The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as
the FBI Crime Lab) officially opened.
1950 – Storm of the Century – A snowstorm, took shape on this date
before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next
day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. 353 people died as
a result of the storm.
1954 – Air Force One, the first US Presidential airplane, was
christened. It was the third of three C-121 Constellation airplanes, the
“Columbine III.”
1953 – An incident where Eisenhower’s aircraft was “Air Force 8610”
and an Eastern Airlines plane was “Eastern 8610” created the need to devise a
unique call sign.
1962 – The influential British satirical television program That Was
the Week That Was was first broadcast.
1964 – For the first time since 1800, residents of Washington, DC were
permitted to vote.
1971 – Dan “DB” Cooper parachuted from a Northwest AL 727 with
$200,000 in ransom money, somewhere over the Cascade Mountains, possibly over
Woodland, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest area. He was never heard from
again.
1982 – Orioles’ Cal Ripken was named AL Rookie of Year. In his career,
he compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, and 1,695 runs batted in. From May 30,
1982, to September 19, 1998, he played 2632 consecutive games, another MLB
record.
1988 – Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KYMA, in Minneapolis,
Minnesota
2012 – Gangnam Style became the most viewed youtube video surpassing
808 million views. As of late 2016, it was over 2.6 billion views.
2013 – Iran signed an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, led
by Barak Obama and the United States, limiting its nuclear program in exchange
for reduced sanctions.
2019 Data leaked from Chinese high-security Muslim Uighur security
camps, housing 1 million people, show systematic brainwashing in western
Xinjiang region
2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates overwhelmingly win district
council elections in strong rebuke to Hong Kong leaders
Birthdays Today
@82 – William F. Buckley,
Jr., American publisher, and author, founded the National Review (d. 2008)
79 – Pete Best,
Indian-English drummer and songwriter
@66 – Dale Carnegie,
American author, educator (d. 1955; Hodgkin's disease)
@65 – Zachary Taylor,
American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850; dysentery)
@60 – Walter Burley
Griffin, American architect, and urban planner, designed Australia’s Canberra (d.
1937; peritonitis)
@48 – Scott Joplin,
American pianist, and composer (d. 1917; syphilis)
42 – Katherine Heigl,
American actress, and producer
Puzzle Answer
A mirror.
Enjoy
the Holiday
