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Nov
23, 2020 Week: 48 Day: 328 |
Local:
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62°\ L 37°\Average Sky Cover: 50% |
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Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 11mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1600mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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Moderate Risk of Fire
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Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 71°[2017] Record: -4°[1931] |
Nov
Averages: 53°\23° (3
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Whatever we are waiting for –
peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple
abundance –
it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with
an open and grateful heart.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Random Tidbits
Dating back to 1839, the
daguerreotype camera is the oldest commercially manufactured camera in the
world. A pristine example sold at auction in 2007 for $775,000.
A little humor
Age 60 might be the new 40, but 8:00 pm is the new
midnight.
The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
True Things
44-year-old Matthew Piercey, who owns two investment
companies, was indicted for the $35 million-dollar Ponzi scheme.
When FBI agents tried to arrest the Palo Cedro man in
Redding he drove off, leading authorities on a chase through neighborhoods and
northbound Interstate 5. He then abandoned his car and tried to escape by
diving into Shasta Lake in an underwater submersible vehicle, according to
court documents.
He didn't make it that far and was arrested when he
came out of the water 25 minutes later, authorities say.
Piercey is charged with wire fraud, money laundering
and witness tampering. According to court documents, Piercey carried out an
investment fraud scheme, raising $35 million in investor funds from July 2015
through August 2020.
He is accused of lying about trading algorithms, the
success of the company's investment strategies and the liquidity of
investments. On top of that, he allegedly discouraged witnesses from responding
to grand jury subpoenas related to the investigation.
Piercey faces multiple charges that could land him in
prison for up to 20 years.
Observations This Week
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Nat’l
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link |
Church/State Separation Week: 22-28
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Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link |
Nat’l Bible Week: 22-29 |
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Nat’l Farm-City Week: 19-26 InterNat’l
Games Week: 21-28 |
Better Conversation Week:
23-28 |
Observations for Today
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
Doctor Who Day
Fibonacci Day
International Image Consultant Day
Old Clem's Night
My Rambling Thoughts
Lots of high clouds, but still a nice fall day.
I learned this morning that a former head of Facility Management at
TCBS passed. Pete got COVID and passed after a week+ in the hospital in Phoenix.
He was very nice, helped me out on a Kaibito detail, and helped so many others.
He had his issues but was an exceedingly
kind man.
Coconino county which encompasses Flagstaff and much of Northern AZ
has returned to Stage One Virus Control. Many county offices will be closed to
the public, and much business with the county will return to on-line only. Most
workers are working from home. Still hard to believe how our daily life has
changed.
The Broncos game will be on the internet machine for me.
Today was NAU’s virtual graduation. Only problem is that the server crashed
about 10 minutes in. As one grad posted: No worries, it’s 2020.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What is always coming but never arrives?
Historical Events
1644 – John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying
censorship.
1889 – Debut of the first jukebox, the ‘nickel-in-the-slot
phonograph’, at the Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco. It could only be
loaded with one cylinder (song) at a time.
1897 – The patent (#594,114) for a hand-cranked pencil sharpener was
granted to John Lee Love of Fall River, Massachusetts.
1924 – Edwin Hubble’s discovery that the Andromeda Nebula was actually
another island universe (galaxy) far outside of our own was first published in
The New York Times.
1936 – Originally started in 1883, Life magazine was shifted into a
picture magazine by Time magazine’s Henry R Luce. Prior to that, it is was
humor and general interest magazine.
1969 – The Rolling Stones made their final appearance on The Ed
Sullivan Show, singing featured the songs Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, and
Honky Tonk Woman.
1991 – Freddie Mercury confirmed that he has AIDS the day before he
died.
1992 – The first ‘smartphone’, the IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1993 – The Food Network made its debut.
2002 – The Miss World contest was forced to relocate to London from
Abuja after riots by Islamic extremists opposed to the contest left more than
100 people dead and hundreds injured in Nigeria.
2011 Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni
president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice
president, in exchange for legal immunity.
2014 Republicans condemn US President Obama's use of executive powers
to force through immigration reform
2015 – Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket
to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled,
vertical landing.
2018 US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce
economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118
billion from sea level rise
2019 Sumatran rhino officially declared extinct in Malaysia after last
known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Birthdays Today
@81 – Boris Karloff [William Henry Pratt ], English actor (d.
1969)
@75 – Harpo Marx [Adolph Marx], American comedian, and
musician (d.1964)
70 – Charles Schumer,
American Politician
64 – Steve Harvey,
American comedian, and show host
@64 – Franklin Pierce,
American general, lawyer, 14th President (d. 1869)
60 – Robin Roberts,
American journalist
57 – Nicholas Maduro, Venezuelan
President
28 – Miley Cyrus,
American Singer/Songwriter, and actress
@21 – Henry McCarty (aka
Billy The Kid), American outlaw (d. 1881; shot)
Puzzle Answer
Tomorrow.
Enjoy
the Holiday
