Sep 30

 

 

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Sep 30, 2020  Week: 40 Day:274                  Local:   H 74° \ L 37° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  13mph                       Nearest lightning:  1021mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

EXTREME Risk of Fire                                    Visibility:  10mi

Record: 82°[2010]   Record: 24°[1907]               Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

"Too many of us are not living our dreams

because we are living our fears."

-Les Brown

 

Random Tidbits

Officially, the longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties.

The Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 is the shortest war on record lasting an exhausting 38 minutes.

 

A little humor

What’s the best time to go to the dentist?

Tooth-hurty.

 

The dentist says my teeth are like a string of pearls.

Each one has a hole through it!

 

True Things

 “Aglio Kim”, a trolley-like robot which uses artificial intelligence (A.I.), is delivering food to customers at a restaurant in Seoul, in order to minimise human contact and help ensure social distancing.

Shortly after customers order through a touch-screen on the table, the 1.25-meter-tall robot, developed by South Korean telecoms company KT Corp, brings the food and uses its visual SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) capabilities to avoid obstacles and navigate around customers.

The robot can deliver food to up to four tables at once, KT’s AI Platform Business Team leader Lee Young-jin told Reuters.

The A.I. robot is equipped with food trays which can carry up to 30 kilograms and an LCD screen and speaker that communicate in both Korean and English.

“Customers found the robot serving quite unique and interesting, and also felt safe from the coronavirus,” said Lee Young-ho, a manager at the Mad for Garlic restaurant which has tested the robot this month.

 

Observations This Week

International Sand Sculpting Championships : 25-10/4  Link Cancelled due to COVID-19	National Keep Kids Creative Week: 27-10/3
Banned Books Week: 27-10/3	Remember: Register to Vote Wk: 27-10/3
International Week of the Deaf: 27-10/3	Sea Otter Awareness Week: 27-10/3 Link
National Chimney Safety Week: 27-10/3	World Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 27-10/3
National Fall Foliage Week: 27-10/3 Link

 

Observations for Today

Ask A Stupid Question Day Link	National Love People Day Link
Banned Websites Awareness Day  Link	National Mud Pack Day
Blasphemy Day  Link	National Mulled Cider Day Link
International Podcast Day Link	Recovery Day: 30 Link
International Translation Day Link	Women's Health & Fitness Day Link
	Wrigley Chewing Gum Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Another nice day, cooling down nicely. I needed a haircut, so headed out to get that done early. Then realized I was close to the Dr. office, so called and got a flu shot with no waiting. As I was driving home, I noticed my vehicle was dirty so stopped at the auto carwash and got that done. I was only out and about for an hour and a half. Now to relax until the debate tonight. Can’t miss that.

When does the Census end? Ask Trump: Sep. 30; ask Commerce Dept: Oct. 5; Ask the Federal Judge who ruled on it: Oct. 31. Every 10 years the census sets all kinds of things: the number of Reps each state has in Congress; Federal funding for schools; Federal money to states for many things. The busiest time for the census knocking on doors is Summer. That didn’t happen with COVID. According to reliable news sources the Administration has given no clear, valid reason for shortening the time for the census. It started when Trump said that Citizenship would be on the census. Courts shut that idea down. Several other attempts to change census gathering ensued. Now people don’t even know when it ends. I for one want to know how many humans are living in the US so the government can make plans to fairly assist every human living here.  

I’m a tad confused: Trump pushed to get us out of NATO until every country paid their fair share. I’m glad he was able to get other countries to pay more. Then when it is time for him to pay his fair share in taxes, he hires a brigade of lawyers to find loopholes in the US tax regulations, so he pays less. I wonder if he had just paid like the rest of us if he would have come out ahead by saving all the money he paid the lawyers. TurboTax or H&R Block might have actually saved him money.

One last discovery: Dawn PowerWash. Cleaning my indoor electric grill and my air fryer has become much easier…Spray, wait, scrub lightly, clean, no soaking necessary.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness.

You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses.

I am always in risk yet never in danger.

You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

What am I?

 

Historical Events

1452 – Johann Guttenberg’s Bible was published.

1659 (fiction) Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked, Robinson Crusoe, Book

1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii

1898 City of NY established

1911 – The first movie stuntman was hired as a stand-in for The Military Scout.

1946 – 22 Nazi leaders were found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.

1947 – The first World Series game was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people, television’s first mass audience event.

1949 – The Berlin Airlift came to an end.

1951 – The Red Skelton Show debuted on NBC.

1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

1954 – The Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine, was commissioned by the US Navy.

1960- The Flintstones debuted on ABC during primetime.

1961 – The bill for Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was paid by Mayor Snyder of Portland who wrote a check (to ‘Great Britain’) for $196, the total cost of all tea lost, but with no interest. This factoid has been seen on several online websites, but we have been unable to verify it.

1975 – The Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier title fight from the Philippines (“Thrilla in Manila”) was sent via satellite to the U. S. and shown on HBO

1962 Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.

1980 Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

1990 The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.

1993 US General Colin Powell retires at 56

2014 A case of Ebola Virus reaches Dallas, Texas

2018 Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's work "Juin-Octobre 1985" sells for $65 million in Hong Kong, in one of the most expensive art auctions ever in Asia

2019 315 billion-tonne iceberg named D28 calves from Amery ice shelf, Antarctica

 

Birthdays Today

89 – Angie Dickinson, American actress

@87 – Elie Weisel, activist (d. 2016)

@86 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)

85 – Johnny Mathis, American singer

@72 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother’s Day (d. 1905)

@70 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (d,1932)

@59 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984; phlebitis)

59 – Eric Stoltz, American actor,

53 – Fran Drescher, American comedic actress

49 – Jenna Elfman, American actress

@25 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d.1968; OD)

 

Puzzle Answer

The letter ‘S’