Nov 6

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Nov. 6, 2019 Week: 44  Day: 310

86004:   H 65° \ L 32° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest active fire:  87mi.  Nearest lightning:  993mi

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  13mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 72°[1934]   Record Low: 7°[1935]

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

Today’s Quote

“The environment is in us,

not outside of us.

The trees are our lungs,

the rivers our bloodstream,

and what you do to the environment,

ultimately, you do to yourself.”

~ Ian Somerhalder

Random Tidbit

In colonial times and into the early decades of the 19th century, most teachers were men. From the 1820s to 1830s, as more public schools (called Common Schools) were built and more men were siphoned off by more prestigious professions, women began to take over the schoolroom. The feminization of teaching not only change how society perceived women, but how women perceived themselves.

Observances This Week

10/25-11/11

World Origami Days

1-7

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link   
Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link 
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Link   
National Fig Week
Polar Bear Week

World Communication Week

2-6

National Patient Accessibility Week 

6-8

National Farm Toy Show Days 
Sherlock Holmes Weekend LINK

Observances for Today

Button Day  Link
Fountain Pen Day  Link  
Love Your Lawyer Day Link 
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Marijuana Recreational Legalization Day (Colorado & Washington)  Link
Marooned without a Compass Day

National Jersey Friday  Link 
National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day  
National Nachos Day Link
Saxophone Day

My Rambling Thoughts

A nice fall day. Yesterday and today the grounds crew was here cleaning up the 1+ inch of long pine needles on the front areas, sidewalks and giving all the bushes a nice haircut. Yesterday they cleaned the gutters of pine needles. Now, at least until the next big wind, the area is free of pine needles. All of this cleaning stirred up a lot of dust that settled on all our vehicles. No problem, they blew off the dust on all the vehicles too. Great crew.

I read of a new study that found that water on airlines is pretty bad. They suggest never drinking coffee or tea on a flight, to use sanitizer…not water…in the restrooms, and if you drink water on a flight, only drink sealed bottled water. Turns out they refill their water tanks wherever they land and on international flights the water could make you sick. The article didn’t mention ‘ice’.

I’m horrified at the bomb plot of the Synagogue in Pueblo, CO. The guy deserves a fair trial, and if he’s found guilty, he should have to attend services at the Synagogue for at least 5 years. The best way to stop White Supremacy is through education.

Whenever I travel, I use the post office’s Mail Hold option. I always say I’ll pick it up at the PO, but they almost always deliver it when I return. Today I got an email from the friendly PO that they have upgraded their mail hold. Now to use Mail Hold one has to ‘register’ and create a user name and password and answer 2 security questions. I guess there are lots of people out there putting holds on other people’s mail or the USPS has become overly paranoid.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

What does this represent?

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Historical Events

1572 - A supernova was observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia. Queen Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, King of Aethiopia and mother of Princess Andromeda in Greek mythology.

1789 - Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. He is also known as the founder of Georgetown University.

1860 - Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill) elected 16th American President. His election prompted seven southern slave states to form the Confederacy before he took the office.

1861 - Jefferson Davis was elected to 6-year term as Confederate president. After the war was over, Davis was captured and he was accused of treason but was not tried and was released after two years.

1862 - The direct telegraphic link between New York and San Francisco was established.

1869 - First intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4). There were two games that season, and each team won one game. At that time, American Football was closer to the game of rugby.

1947 - Meet the Press was first televised as a local program in Washington DC. Meet the Press began on radio in 1945 as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press.

1954 - #1 Hit: Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House

1961 - #1 Hit: Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John

1962 - The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and called for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

1965 - #1 Hit: The Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud

1965 - Cuba and the United States formally agreed to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States.

1971 - #1 Hit Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

1975 - Good Morning America premiered on ABC

1976 - #1 Hit: Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me

1982 - #1 Hit: Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

1990 - Arsenio Hall earned his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Joanne Woodward, Olive Borden, Ronald Colman, Louise Fazenda, Preston Foster, Burt Lancaster, Edward Sedgwick, and Ernest Torrence were the first to get stars, in 1956.

1993 - #1 Hit: Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

2001 - 24 premiered on FOX - Starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer.

2005 - Broadway Show - Jersey Boys (Musical)

2012 - US territory Puerto Rico voted to become a US State.

2012 - Tammy Baldwin (D) became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Birthdays Today

@94 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer invented the saxophone,

(died in 1894)

@87 – Jonathan Harris, American actor  Lost in Space

 (died in 2002)

@86 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author

 (died in 2012)

@85 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor

(died in 2002)

@78 - James Naismith, Canadian YMCA coach, invented

 basketball,

(died in 1939)

@77 – John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer,

and conductor

(died in 1932)

75 – Lani Hall, American singer, lyricist, author and producer

73 – Sally Field, American actress

71 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist and activist

@67 – Glenn Frey, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist and

actor

(died in 2016; pneumonia)

64 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author

59 – Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, co-

founded The New Yorker

(died in 1951, heart failure)

53 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director

@51 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist

(died in 1902)

49 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, director and screenwriter

47 – Thandie Newton, English actress and singer

41 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor

(pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting,

(died in 1941; polio)

30 – Emma Stone, American actress

@27 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier

(died in 2004; shot by friendly fire in Afghanistan)

Puzzle answer:

Pay through the nose.