Week: 42
Day: 285
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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6-12 |
National
Physicians Assistant Week |
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10-16 |
Death
Penalty Focus Week |
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10-17 |
Take
Your Medicine Americans Week |
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11-16 |
World Rainforest Week: Link |
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12-20 |
Bone
and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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John
Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, was an important figure in the adventures
of Captain Cook, who even named a group of islands after him. But in the
United States, he will forever be known as the person after whom a delicious
snack was named. His favorite was salt beef between two slices of toasted
bread. People started calling it "the Sandwich," and the rest is
history. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
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Winter
is on the way. Weather guy says dusting to 2” of snow here tonight/tomorrow morning.
Temps are dropping too. Just as I was enjoying the fall weather. After
decades of talk, President Biden made an official proclamation that Monday
was Indigenous Peoples’ Day. I am a witness to this historical event. Today is
the Boston Marathon. There were 3 Hopi runners this year that I knew about.
One is the son (25 years old) of one of Tuba Boarding’s retired janitors/ media
producer. Thanks to technology, many of us were able to follow his run from
start to finish. He finished with a fantastic time and averaged 5min 39
secs/mile for all 26 miles. Great to see locals do well. Remember
when Trump started separating children from their parents who crossed the
border illegally? As of today, 1000-1500 of those children still have NOT
been reunited with their parents. That administration did not see the need to
track either the parents or the children. This is a national disgrace. This
is not what America is about. The search continues to reunite, but there is extraordinarily
little to go on. So sad. AZ
Cardinals are 5-0. Yeah! Most
people are aware of ‘deep fake’ technology, where pictures are created on the
computer that look human, but do not exist. A little freaky. It is also used
to have famous people doing things they have never done. Now the technology
has advanced so much that the fake person can talk, walk, and do things. To
make it freakier, they can now put a real person’s face, body movements, and
voice into their movie. Congress needs to step in and monitor this and find a
way to identify fakes that anyone on the internet can recognize. The tech
companies are doing nothing to prevent confusion. |
Historical Events
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1279 – The Nichiren
Shoshu branch of Buddhism was founded in Japan. 1492 – Christopher
Columbus ‘discovered’ The Bahamas. 1773 – Eastern State
Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first in
America, opened. 1901 Theodore Roosevelt
renames the "Executive Mansion" as "The White House" 1931 Christ the
Redeemer statue opens standing 30 meters high (98 ft) on top of Mount
Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janeiro, built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa 1999 – As of this day,
6 billion people were alive on Earth. 2020 UK PM Boris
Johnson announces a new three-tier system for COVID-19 restrictions as cases
surge |
Birthdays Today
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@71 @71 |
Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor
(died in 2007) Carlos the Jackal (Illich Ramirez
Sanchez), Venezuelan terrorist, murderer 53 – Hugh Jackman,
Australian actor, and singer 51 – Kirk Cameron,
American actor |
