10 Nov

 

 

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Weekly Observations

10/24-11/11 World Origami Days 4-10 Children’s Book Week Link    5-11 Forensic Nurses Week   Link 7-13 Dear Santa Letter Week 8-10 National Donor Sabath 9-15 World Antibiotic Awareness Week

10-16 National Cider Week Link  National Split Pea Soup Week Link National Nurse Practioner's Week Link  Link Perioperative Nurse Week Link  Roc Your Moc Week Link   World Kindness Week Link

Daily Observations

Area Code Day International Accounting Day   Link Link  Marine Corps Birthday National Forget-Me-Not Day National Vanilla Cupcake Day

Sesame Street Day Veterans Day Windows Day (Microsoft) World NET Cancer Day  Link World Science Day for Peace & Development  Link

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 Today’s Meme

 

Thoughts for the day

The day is warming up nicely.

The unrest outside the soccer game in Amsterdam is disturbing. Many are saying Jews are being targeted.

Colorado is getting lots of snow. The Governor has called out the National Guard to assist. Hope everyone will get through this.

It sure looks like there will be a peaceful transfer of power. That in itself is a win for the Constitution and our country.

Looking at the world view, the world has changed with more and more leaders on the right and far right. The middle and moderate left have work to do around the world.

Myths

Myth #14: An Alcoholic Beverage Can Warm Your Temperature

Considering reaching for a bottle of whiskey to combat the winter cold? Hold that thought! While a nip of alcohol might give you a momentary illusion of warmth, it’s essentially playing tricks on your body’s internal temperature control. Alcohol has a knack for coaxing your blood vessels, especially those near the surface of your skin, to widen and expand.

This might initially feel like a cozy bear hug from within, but here’s the twist—it’s a deceitful one. In reality, your body is losing heat at a brisk pace. What’s more, this dilation of blood vessels undermines your body’s natural defenses against the cold, upping the odds of hypothermia creeping in.

Random Thoughts…

The PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) was a Cold War system of computer and radar equipment developed to “detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States”.

 

Mr. Rogers always kept these words from a social worker in his pocket: “Frankly, there isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story.”

 

US President #27 William H. Taft (1909-1913) William Taft started the tradition of the Presidential “first pitch” of baseball season. It took place on April 4, 1910, during an opening day game between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics.

Ancient Roman Life

Men had all the power while women had none in Rome

Do you want to see how Rome’s family hierarchy worked? It appears that men possessed all power, while women had no. Men could arrange marriages, divorce their wives, and reject newborns if necessary.

Women were also expected to marry men and have kids. If they didn’t, they were accused of being the problem. They also had to look after the house and work as servers, nurses, or crafters. They did not get a first name and instead used the feminine interpretation of their fathers’ names.

Historic Events

2001 - After 15 years of negotiations, China's membership in the World Trade Organization was approved, and the following day Taiwan's membership was approved.

1975 - The American freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 aboard; its mysterious demise inspired a Gordon Lightfoot song that helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the Great Lakes.

1969 - The American children's TV series Sesame Street—which featured a cast of puppet characters that included Elmo, Big Bird, and the Cookie Monster—debuted on the National Educational Television network (later PBS).

1958 - The Hope diamond, one of the largest blue diamonds known, was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., becoming one of its most-popular attractions.

1871 -  According to his journal, explorer Henry Stanley greeted David Livingstone, the fellow explorer in search of the source of the Nile River, with the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

1775 -The United States Marine Corps was founded when the Continental Congress ordered that two battalions of marines be raised for service during the American Revolution.

Birthdays

Taron Egerton, 35 Movie Actor Miranda Lambert, 41 Country Singer Holly Black, 53 Children's Author Warren G, 54 Rapper Tracy Morgan, 56 TV Actor

@ 62Martin Luther German religious leader d. 1546; stroke @ 58 -Richard Burton Welsh actor d. 1984; cirrhosis @ 84- Norman Mailer American author d. 2007 @ 75 -Leonid Brezhnev president of Soviet Union d. 1982; heart attack @ 36 -Patrick Pearse Irish poet and statesman d. 1916; executed @ 77-Claude Rains British actor d. 1967 @ 72-Russell Means Oglala Sioux activist d. 2012 @ 80-Henry Van Dyke American writer d. 1933

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