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16, 2020 Week: 47 Day: 321 |
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60°\ L 21°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 4mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1367mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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high Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 70°[1981] Record: -1°[1964] |
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Averages: 53°\23° (3
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Today’s Quote
I'm
grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. Eckhart
Tolle
Random Tidbits
Isn't indigo basically blue? Why is it even in Roy G. Biv (Red, Orange,
Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)? We have Isaac Newton to thank for this one: He
wanted the number of colors in the spectrum to match Rene Descartes' seven-tone
musical scale, and indigo brought the color count to seven.
A little humor
On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING.
(PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK.)
True Things
The
mayor of a Japanese town said he was initially confused as to why his name was trending
on social media after the U.S. presidential election, until family members
pointed out the characters in his name also spell out "Jo Baiden."
Mayor Yutaka Umeda of
Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, said the Chinese kanji characters that spell out
his name can also be pronounced as "Jo Baiden," a name strikingly
similar to that of President-elect Joe Biden.
"Although there are
differences in the positions of a U.S. presidential candidate and the mayor of
Yamato here in the center of Kyushu, our passion is the same. We continue
working to fulfill our duty to ensure the happiness and spiritual richness of
our residents," Umeda was quoted as saying by Japanese newspaper The
Mainichi.
Umeda said he is
considering ways of using his newfound Internet fame to bring extra attention
to Yamato, a town of 14,418 people.
"I would like to think
of ways to promote the town," he told local.
Observations This Week
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Nat’l
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link |
InterNat’l Restorative
Justice Week: 16-22 Link |
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Geography Awareness
Week: 15-21 Link |
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link |
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Internat’l Fraud
Awareness Week: 15-21 Link |
American Education Week: 16-20 Link |
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Nat’l Hunger & Homeless Awareness
Week: 15-22 Link |
Nat’l Drone Safety
Awareness Week: 16-22 Link |
Observations for Today
Have a
Party With Your Bear Day
National Button Day
Teddy
Bear Day (Historic)
My Rambling Thoughts
A
nice Sunday. Warm, great day for a walk around the neighborhood.
The
roofers finished their work at Andy’s and took all their stuff. I let him know
while he is in Indiana.
No
great revelations on the Sunday News programs.
I’ve
done some thinking since Ellie’s phone call about Tahiti. I love travel, but I
want to be safe. I’ll be OK if it moves to 2022 and a little relieved.
Chris
Rock: There are only 2 rules to the President of the US…born in the US and be
35 years old. Game shows have more requirements to get on the show.
Looking
forward to a great week. And hoping the Cards and the Broncos both win today.
Cards on TV, Broncos on internet.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Before Mount Everest was discovered,
what was the highest mountain in the world?
Historical Events
1620
– The first corn (maize) was found in North America by British settlers,
including Myles Standish and William Bradford, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
1676
– First colonial prison was organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts. William
Bunker was the first warden.
1801
– The first edition of the New York Evening Post was published. It is the US’
oldest continuously published daily newspaper.
1822
– Missouri trader William Becknell arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a
route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1841
– The first patent (#2,359) for a US life preserver of cork was issued to
Napoleon E. Guerin of New York City for his “Improvement in Buoyant Dresses or
Life-Preservers.”
1855
– David Livingstone became the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what
is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1910
– The first American driver to exceed the speed of ‘a mile a minute’ (60 mph)
was of A.C. Bostwick on the Ocean Parkway Racetrack in Brooklyn, New York.
1907
– Oklahoma became the United States’ 46th state.
1914
– The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opened.
1938
– LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr.
Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
1940
– New York City’s “Mad Bomber” George Metesky set his first bomb at a Manhattan
office building used by Consolidated Edison. He planted at least 33 over his
career. He had gotten injured while working for Con Ed.
1945
– Two new elements were announced in Chicago: americium (atomic number 95) and
curium (atomic number 96).
1945
– United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
was founded.
1965
– Venera 3 launched, and was the first to land on another planet (it crashed
into Venus).
1965
– Walt Disney launched Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of
Tomorrow.
1973
– President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
1992
– The Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered
in Britain, was discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
2006
– Great Firewall of China began, giving the Chinese government much control
over what could be seen online by its citizens.
2012
'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the
biggest entertainment launch of all time
2018
CIA concludes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi
2018
Elevator falls down 84 floors when hoist rope breaks, all six people survive
unharmed at John Hancock Center, Chicago
2019
500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, Cuba
Birthdays Today
@89 – Burgess Meredith, actor, singer,
director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
@84 – W.C. Handy, American trumpet player, and
composer: Saint Louis Blues, (d. 1958)
57 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
53 – Lisa Bonet, American actress, and
director
43 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress, and
singer
27 – Pete Davidson, American comedian, and
actor
Puzzle Answer
Mount Everest. It was still the highest in
the world, it just hadn't been discovered yet.
