10 Nov

 

 

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Week 41 Day 315 Flag Today  51°/19°

Air Quality:  Excellent Sunshine

Wind 9 mph Gusts 9 mph

Active Fire: 99 miles away Risk of fire: High

  Nearest Lightning: 1428 miles away

Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days

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Weekly Observations

10/24-11/11

World Origami Days
4-10

Children’s Book Week Link   
5-11

Forensic Nurses Week   Link
7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week
8-10

National Donor Sabath
9-15

World Antibiotic Awareness Week

10-16

National Cider Week Link 
National Split Pea Soup Week
Link
National Nurse Practioner's Week
Link  Link
Perioperative Nurse Week
Link 
Roc Your Moc Week
Link  

World Kindness Week Link    

Daily Observations

Area Code Day
International Accounting Day  
 Link Link 
Marine Corps Birthday
National Forget-Me-Not Day
National Vanilla Cupcake Day

 

Sesame Street Day
Veterans Day
Windows Day (Microsoft)
World NET Cancer Day  
Link
World Science Day for Peace & Development  
Link

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 Today’s Meme

 




Thoughts for the day

The day is warming up nicely.

The unrest outside the soccer game in Amsterdam is disturbing. Many are saying Jews are being targeted.

Colorado is getting lots of snow. The Governor has called out the National Guard to assist. Hope everyone will get through this.

It sure looks like there will be a peaceful transfer of power. That in itself is a win for the Constitution and our country.

Looking at the world view, the world has changed with more and more leaders on the right and far right. The middle and moderate left have work to do around the world.

Myths

Myth #14: An Alcoholic Beverage Can Warm Your Temperature

Considering reaching for a bottle of whiskey to combat the winter cold? Hold that thought! While a nip of alcohol might give you a momentary illusion of warmth, it’s essentially playing tricks on your body’s internal temperature control. Alcohol has a knack for coaxing your blood vessels, especially those near the surface of your skin, to widen and expand.

This might initially feel like a cozy bear hug from within, but here’s the twist—it’s a deceitful one. In reality, your body is losing heat at a brisk pace. What’s more, this dilation of blood vessels undermines your body’s natural defenses against the cold, upping the odds of hypothermia creeping in.

Random Thoughts…

The PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) was a Cold War system of computer and radar equipment developed to “detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States”.

 

Mr. Rogers always kept these words from a social worker in his pocket: “Frankly, there isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story.”

 

US President #27 William H. Taft (1909-1913) William Taft started the tradition of the Presidential “first pitch” of baseball season. It took place on April 4, 1910, during an opening day game between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics.

Ancient Roman Life

Men had all the power while women had none in Rome

Do you want to see how Rome’s family hierarchy worked? It appears that men possessed all power, while women had no. Men could arrange marriages, divorce their wives, and reject newborns if necessary.

Women were also expected to marry men and have kids. If they didn’t, they were accused of being the problem. They also had to look after the house and work as servers, nurses, or crafters. They did not get a first name and instead used the feminine interpretation of their fathers’ names.

Historic Events

2001 - After 15 years of negotiations, China's membership in the World Trade Organization was approved, and the following day Taiwan's membership was approved.


1975 - The American freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 aboard; its mysterious demise inspired a Gordon Lightfoot song that helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the Great Lakes.


1969 - The American children's TV series Sesame Street—which featured a cast of puppet characters that included Elmo, Big Bird, and the Cookie Monster—debuted on the National Educational Television network (later PBS).

1958 - The Hope diamond, one of the largest blue diamonds known, was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., becoming one of its most-popular attractions.

1871 -  According to his journal, explorer Henry Stanley greeted David Livingstone, the fellow explorer in search of the source of the Nile River, with the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

1775 -The United States Marine Corps was founded when the Continental Congress ordered that two battalions of marines be raised for service during the American Revolution.

Birthdays

Taron Egerton, 35 Movie Actor

Miranda Lambert, 41 Country Singer

Holly Black, 53 Children's Author

Warren G, 54 Rapper

Tracy Morgan, 56 TV Actor

 

@ 62Martin Luther German religious leader d. 1546; stroke


@ 58 -Richard Burton Welsh actor

d. 1984; cirrhosis


@ 84- Norman Mailer American author

d. 2007


@ 75 -Leonid Brezhnev president of Soviet Union d. 1982; heart attack


@ 36 -Patrick Pearse Irish poet and statesman d. 1916; executed


@ 77-Claude Rains British actor

d. 1967


@ 72-Russell Means Oglala Sioux activist

d. 2012


@ 80-Henry Van Dyke American writer

d. 1933

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9 Nov

 

 

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Week 41 Day 314 Flag Today  46°/17°

Air Quality: Fair Moderate Partly Mostly Cloudy Overcast Smoky Red Flag Warning

Wind 6 mph Gusts 9 mph  Light Breeze

Active Fire: 347 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 702 miles away

Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days

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Weekly Observations

4-10

Children’s Book Week Link   
5-11

Forensic Nurses Week   Link
7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week
8-10

National Donor Sabath
9-15

World Antibiotic Awareness Week

10/24-11/11

World Origami Days
3-9

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week   Link   
Give Wildlife A Brake! Week   
Link 
National Book Awards Week
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week   
Link   
National Radiologic Technology Week   
Link  
Polar Bear Week

Daily Observations

Carl Sagan Day   Link
Kristallnacht -10
Go to an Art Museum Today Day
Microtia Awareness Day   
Link
National Louisiana Day

National Scrapple Day
National Child Safety Council Day
World Adoption Day  
Link
World Freedom Day  

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Thoughts for the day

It was a very cold morning. When I got up it was 17°, when I headed out for shopping at 9:00 when it was a balmy 25°. By noon it had warmed up to 47°.

I hope the people of Cuba survive the long (4+days) with no electricity due to the hurricane. Life for Cubans is always difficult, but this is extreme. There are 10 million without power. Hoping for the best for them.

Snow Bowl, our local ski resort…think smaller than Lake Eldora…is opening today thanks to the controversial reclaimed water turned to snow. This is their earliest opening in their 85 year history.

Myths

Myth #13: The Invention of the Light Bulb

Believe that Thomas Edison was the solitary genius behind the creation of the light bulb? Well, it’s time to flip the switch and shed light on the true story! While Edison undeniably played a pivotal role in crafting a commercially successful light bulb, he wasn’t the pioneer in the realm of electric lighting.

Innovation trailblazers like Humphry Davy and Warren de la Rue had already embarked on the electric lighting journey, laying the crucial foundations. Edison, with his brilliance, took these ideas and elevated them to a point where the technology became robust and cost-effective enough for widespread use.

Random Thoughts…

In Germany, November 9th is called Schicksalstag (Fateful Day) it was the day that Robert Blum was executed in 1848, Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated in 1918, Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, Kristallnacht in 1938, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. 

Ancient Roman Life

 Temples could also be used as banks for Ancient Romans

Rome was all about having fun and making money. What could someone do with all their wealth? They could visit the temple to keep their finances in order since temples were used throughout Ancient Rome as banks. The basements were used as vaults and were closely guarded at all hours.

The priest was responsible for tracking the amount of money that had been deposited at the bank or loaned to others. It was good to deposit money in multiple temples, even though it was safe. This was because fires were very common and could mean someone’s money would be lost forever.

Historic 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Birthdays

Scarface, 54 Rapper

Ryan Murphy, 59 TV Producer

Nick Lachey, 51 Pop Singer

Lou Ferrigno, 73 Movie Actor

 

@85 -1914 – Hedy Lamarr [Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler], Austrian-American actress, and inventor (d. 2000)
@77 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (39th Vice President) (d. 1996; acute leukemia)
@72 – Mary Travers, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 2009; leukemia) @62 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist (d. 1996;

@42 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965; OD)
cancer)

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