Veteran's Day 2020

 

 

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Nov 11, 2020  Week: 46 Day:316	Local:  H 43°\ L 11°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   1mph\Gusts:  4mph	Nearest lightning:  1122mi.; active fire:  59mi
low Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 72°[1973]   Record: 7°[1950]	Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

I'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me. Usain Bolt

 

A little humor

Notice in health food shop window:

CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

 

True Things

 Train crashes on whale's tail

Transportation officials in the Netherlands said no one was injured when a subway train crashed through a barrier and came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail. RET, the transport operator in the city of Rotterdam, said the subway train jumped the tracks and crashed through buffers on its approach to the De Akkers station. Officials said the train would have crashed to the ground about 30 feet below if it hadn't landed atop one of two whale tail sculptures next to the tracks. The sculpture is appropriately named "Saved by the Whale's Tail." The company said the operator was the only person on board the train at the time of the crash and he was not injured. Maarten Struijs, who installed the whale tail sculptures 20 years ago, said he was surprised to see the train had not damaged the plastic artwork. Officials said they are working on a plan to remove the train, which is in a spot where it would be difficult to bring a heavy crane.

 

Observations This Week

World Origami Days: 24-11/11	Snowcare For Troops Awareness Week: 8-14
Nat’l Nurse Practioner's Week: 8-14 Link Link	World Kindness Week: 8-14 Link Nat’l Book Awards Week: 8-14
Nat’l Radiologic Technology Week: 8-14 Link	Childrens' Book Week: 9-15 Link Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link
Perioperative Nurse Week: 8-14 Link	Nat’l Split Pea Soup Week: 9-15 Link Nat’l Young Readers Week: 9-15 Link

 

Observations for Today

Armistice Day

Death/Duty Day

International Pathology Day

Forget-Me-Not Day

National Homunculus Awareness Day

National Sundae Day

Red Lipstick Day

Veteran's Day

World Origami Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Happy Veteran’s Day. Thank you for your service. My dad served in the Navy before the war and was drafted by the Army during WWII.

A tad chilly early this morning but warming up to a blustering 44 by noon. I headed out to Sam’s to get a few things, then stopped for a pedicure. I hadn’t done one since August, so it was definitely time. Happily. they opened at 10a so I was home by noon. The last time I was there, they didn’t open until noon.

While the current administration is not offering much assistance to the new leaders, it is good to remember that both have many close ties to the Senate so this will move a little slower than usual, but will move forward.

The guide from our Focus/HLO trip to Ethiopia posted on FB. I commented on his post and then he answered that the current government problems are real, that it is a dangerous time, and asked for prayers for the people. It all about ethnic strife. So sad for such a beautiful country.

FYI: Pfizer was not part of Trump’s Operation Warp Speed and paid for their own research, then joined Operation Warp Speed for distribution. Also, while I don’t really follow the stock market at all, Trump warned that it would crash if Biden was elected. So far, it is gaining well for those with funds in the stock market.

Back on Oct. 20^th, one of my former students from my teaching days at Tuba was found deceased on a sidewalk in Flagstaff. Sadly, it has now been called a homicide. He was only 53, had 4 adult children and 8 grandkids. So very sad.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

 

Historical Events

1215 – The Fourth Lateran Council met, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.

1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first American college fraternity.

1790 – Chrysanthemums were introduced to England from China by M. Cels (France).

1839 – The Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, Virginia.

1851 – The first U.S. patent (Patent #8,509) for a telescope design was issued to Alvan Clark of Cambridge, Mass.

1864 – Sherman’s March to the Sea – General William Tecumseh Sherman began burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.

1918 – Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into ending WW I.

1921 – President Harding dedicated the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. It is also known as The Tomb of the Unknowns.

1926 – U.S. Route 66 was established. It has also been called The Will Rogers Highway.

1930 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd got the patent (#1,781,541) for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

1935 -A record 72,395 feet was reached by Lt. Col. Albert William Stevens and Captain Orvil Anderson, by helium balloon in a sealed gondola, Explorer II.

1938 – Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s God Bless America on her radio show. Irving Berlin had originally written it in 1918.

1987 – Van Gogh’s Irises sold for a (then) record 53.9 million dollars at auction via Sotheby’s, New York.

1994 – Bill Gates bought Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester for $30,800,000. It was an insightful overview of Leonardo’s thoughts on a variety of topics. It was also the most expensive book or manuscript of all time.

2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) confirmed the death of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.

2014 An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake

2014 The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence

2017 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion

2018 On centenary of WWI Armistice Day French President Macron urges world to reject Nationalism in speech to under Arc de Triomphe in Paris

2019 Violent day in Hong Kong as protests continue with person set alight and another shot amid general strike

 

Birthdays Today

@84 – Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, essayist (d. 2007)

@87 – Jonathan Winters, American actor, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

80 – Barbara Boxer, American journalist, and politician

@60 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945; accident)

60 – Stanley Tucci, American actor, and director

58 – Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer

56 – Calista Flockhart, American actress

46 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, and producer

31 – Adam Rippon, figure skater

 

Puzzle Answer

If you take the first letter of each word and place it at the end, it'll spell the same word backward