Nov 1

 

 

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Nov 1, 2020  Week: 45 Day: 306	Local:  H 63°\ L 32°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  1`4mph	Nearest lightning:  1558mi.; active fire:  59mi
high Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 73°[1916]   Record: 11°[1943]	Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie

 

Random Tidbits

 When people talk about the War Between the States, they probably don't mean the Toledo War or the Honey War - two disputes that pitted U.S. states or states-to-be. The Toledo War was fought in 1835-36 over the Toledo Strip, claimed by both Michigan territory and the state of Ohio. Hundreds of men took up arms, but only one fighter was wounded and none killed. Ohio got the strip; Michigan received the Upper Peninsula instead.

 

A little humor

Laugh of the Day
Q:Why wasn't the cat moving?

It was on paws

 

True Things

Man's Best Friend

Veterinary researchers at the University of Helsinki have been testing whether dogs can sniff out COVID-19, and Anna Hielm-Bjorkman has the good news: They can. With almost 100% accuracy. "A dog could easily save so, so, so many lives," she told DW. A pilot program at the Helsinki Airport is having travelers wipe their wrists or neck with a cloth, which the trained dogs then sniff. They can identify the virus up to five days before any symptoms appear. People who test positive at the voluntary canine site are directed to the airport's medical unit for confirmation. Hielm-Bjorkman said travelers have been eager to participate, waiting up to an hour in line.

On the Italian island of Sardinia, farmer Cristian Mallocci welcomed a litter of five dogs on Oct. 9, Fox News reported. Among them was a special pup -- one with green fur, which Mallocci immediately named Pistachio. The other four dogs had white fur, like their mom. Green puppies are rare, but not unheard-of; scientists think it happens when the puppy makes contact with a green pigment in the womb. Pistachio's color has faded since his birth, but he'll keep his name, and Mallocci will keep him to help look after sheep on the farm.

 

Observations This Month

Adopt A Senior Pet Month Link  Link Adopt A Turkey Month Link American Diabetes Month American Indian Heritage Month Link   Aviation History Month Banana Pudding Lovers Month Children's Grief Awareness Month  Link Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month  Link Diabetic Eye Disease Month Epilepsy Awareness Month Link Eye Donation Month

 

Observations This Week

Sherlock Holmes Weekend: 30-11/1  LINK October event is cancelled.	National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 1-7  Link
World Origami Days: 24-11/11	National Fig Week: 1-7
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week: 1-8  Link	Polar Bear Week: 1-7
Give Wildlife A Brake! Week: 1-7  Link	World Communication Week: 1-7

 

Observations for Today

All Saints' Day	National Calzone Day
Autistic Speaking Day	National Deep Fried Clams Day
Cinnamon Day	National Family Caregiver Day
Daylight Saving Time Ends	National Family Literacy Day
Dia de Los Muertos (Day of The Dead)	National Go Cook For Your Pets Day
Extra Mile Day	National Pâté Day
Forgiveness & Happiness Day	National Sports Fan Day
Give Up Your Shoulds Day	Plan Your Epitaph Day
Hockey Mask Day	Prime Meridian Day
International Day of Prayer for The Persecuted Church	World Vegan Day
National Author's Day	Zero Tasking Day
National Bison Day
National Brush Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

There is an Indian saying: Only the White man would think by cutting off 1” at the top of the blanket and sewing it on to the bottom of the blanket will make the blanket longer. Hope you all fixed your clocks.

VP Pence came to the Flagstaff Airport yesterday afternoon. Depending on who you read, there were between 300 and 400 present. I wasn’t one of them.

Thanks to a Supreme Court decision awhile ago, tons of money is spent on political campaigns. In 2016 it is estimated that about $7billion was spent. In 2020 the estimate is $14billion. Who gets all that money? Commercial TV, radio, newspapers, AV people, venues, sign makers, banner makers, and the people who make all those caps and shirts and ties and buttons and…There must be a better way to elect our leaders. Every election year the campaign season seems to be getting longer and longer.

On The Daily Social Distancing Show, Kamala Harris was being interviewed. Trevor asked her about the problem some Republicans have in pronouncing her first name. She said that your name is the first gift given to a child by the parents. It is a gift you keep for your entire life. Anyone who makes fun of your name is simply childish. Good answer.

One of my college roommates was an Air Force brat. During High school he went to high school in Izmir, Turkey and was able to travel that area in the late 1960’s. He really enjoyed his time there. I was sad to see the destruction of so much of that area and also Greece from the earthquake yesterday.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a short one. Madonna doesn’t use hers. Bill Clinton always uses his. The Pope never uses his.

What is it?

 

Historical Events

1348 The Black Death reaches London on or about this date

1512 – Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Italy were first exhibited. He started the work in 1508.

1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice was first presented.

1611 – Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was first presented

1755 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Lisbon, Portugal – an estimated 10,000-100,000 people were killed

1775 (Earthquake) Kashan, Iran -estimated 40,000 killed

1776 – Mission San Juan Capistrano was established

1800 John Adams becomes the first US President to live in the White House

1834 – First published reference to poker (as a Mississippi riverboat game) Originally 20 cards were used, and the 52 card deck appeared before 1850.

1848 – In Boston, the first Medical School for Women (The Female Education Society) was founded.

1848 WHSmith opens its 1st railway bookstall, at Euston Station in London

1867 – Harper’s Bazaar issue #1 was published. It was America’s first fashion-oriented magazine.

1879 – Thomas Edison signed the patent application for his electric lamp (approved on January 27 1880 Patent #223,898).

1884 – Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was adopted universally at a meeting of the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC.

1896 – Zulu groom and bride (a bare-breasted woman) appeared in National Geographic Magazine. The magazine began publication in October of 1888.

1922 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk takes Constantinople from Mehmed VI, proclaiming the Republic of Turkey and bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire

1924 – First US NHL franchise, Boston Bruins was founded. The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs were the first to form and addition of the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers made the Original Six teams.

1928 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km

1941 Ansel Adams shoots 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico', one of his most famous photographs

1945 – First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson. The first magazine he started was ‘The Negro Digest’ (later called Black World) in 1942.

1951 – Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson. In 1996, President Bill Clinton bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Johnson.

1952 – Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonated the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

1959 – The Hockey Mask was created by player Jacques Plante

1967 – Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Strother Martin, was released. “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”

1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America’s film rating system was officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

1979 – Federal (US) government made a $1.5 billion loan guarantee for Chrysler. The government basically ‘cosigned’ a loan to keep the company in business.

1993 – The European Union was established.

2012 – Google’s Gmail became the world’s most popular email (Electronic mail) service. Microsoft’s Hotmail was the leader before that. Although Yahoo actually has the most registered users, it is/was not used as much as the others.

2018 Palau becomes the first country to ban sunscreen and its chemicals which bleach coral reefs

 

Birthdays Today

@70 – Marcia Wallace, American actress, and comedian (d.2013; sepsis)
63 – Lyle Lovett, American Musician
60 – Tim Cook, American Businessman, current CEO of Apple Inc.
48 – Jenny McCarthy, American actress, and model

@28 – Stephen Crane, American Author (d. 1900; hemorrhages)

 

Puzzle Answer

A last name