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Jan. 12, 2020 Week: 1 Day:12
86004: H 37° \ L 12° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest lightning: 1305mi.; Nearest active fire: 681mi.
Wind: 6mph\Gusts:
10mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 59°[2002] Record
Low: -20°[1963]
Jan. Averages: 43°\16° (22”
days with snow)
Today’s
Einstein Quote
I know not with what weapons World War III will be
fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Random
Tidbits
Bananas
are curved because they grow towards the sun.
Bananas
go through a process called “negative geotropism.” Instead of growing towards
the ground, they start growing towards the sun.
The
fruit grows against gravity, which gives the banana its familiar curved shape.
Observations
This Week
Cuckoo Dancing Week:
11-17
National Mocktail
Week: 12-18
Observations
for Today
National Glazed Doughnut Day
My
Rambling Thoughts
It’s
a chilly, windy, stay-inside type day. I spent the morning cleaning
knick-knacks I inherited…including a brass piggy bank from my childhood and a snuff
box with Queen Victoria’s picture, and several crystal candy dishes. They all
shine now. More time than I expected to get into the nooks and crannies of each
piece.
As
the census is coming up, many minorities have some real trepidation about being
counted. While it is well publicized that the count helps fund many programs
for the minorities, the fear of identifying as a minority, or worse, an
illegal, has many not planning on being counted. Trump added to the fear last
year when he wanted the census to have a question about legality in the US. I
agree that it would help all Americans if we knew how many legal and illegal
immigrants were in the country. There is just no way right now to get that
information. A few decades ago, the 1950’s, the Indian Agents on the Navajo
Reservation were directed to take a census of the livestock on the reservation.
The idea was to help the Navajo stop overgrazing that was leading to many more
problems for the Navajo. The result was far from the initial idea. The Navajo
basic economy was based on sheep. The more sheep one had, the richer one was.
The government came in and set up grazing permits that would determine the
number of sheep one could have. The rich became poorer and the poor became
richer. Families today are still arguing over grazing permits and grazing land…all
because of the 1950’s idea. Most minority groups have a long-held fear of ‘the
government’. These fears are ignited every time ‘the government’ comes up with
an idea that will change the status quo. The Right has long come up with ideas
that have not helped our minority population and that fear will continue. Sad.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
It
takes five cats five minutes to catch five mice. How long will it take for 100
cats to catch 100 mice?
Historical
Events
1906
- Dow Jones closed over 100 for the 1st time.
1926
- Original Sam 'n' Henry premiered on WGN (Chicago) radio and later renamed
Amos 'n' Andy in 1928.
1948
Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1959
American record company Motown is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records
1962
Operation Ranch Hand begins, a US Air Force operation to spray South Vietnamese
forests with defoliants such as Agent Orange
1963
- #1 Hit: Steve Lawrence
- Go Away Little Girl
1965
- Hullabaloo premiered on NBC.
1966
- ABC's Batman television series premiered.
1967
- Dr. James Bedford was the first person to be cryonically preserved with
intent of future resuscitation. He is still frozen at the Alcor Life Extension
Foundation.
1971
- All In The Family aired for the first time on CBS
1974
- #1 Hit: Steve Miller
Band - The Joker
1988
- Dynasty debuted on ABC
1989
Ex-dictator of Uganda Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1991
US Congress gives George H. W. Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
2001
- National Geographic Channel debuted American cable
2006
- A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj
in Mina, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
2010
Earthquake devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the
majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
2017
US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe
Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Birthdays
Today
@91-Henry
Youngman, comedian
@87Ray
Price, singer (d.2013)
87-Glenn
Yarborough, singer
69-Kirstie
Alley actor (1951)
69-Rush
Limbaugh, talk show
@68- Woodward
Maurice "Tex" Ritter (heart attack)
68-Ricky
Van Shelton, singer
@67-Joe
Frazier heavy weight champ (d. 2011; liver cancer)
66-Howard
Stern, talk show
@56-John
Hancock
56-Jeff
Bezos (Amazon)
@40-Jack
London (born John Griffith Chaney) (dysentery)
Puzzle
Answer:
It
takes one cat five minutes to catch one mouse. If we have 100 cats, they will
need also five minutes each to catch 100 mice.
