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Weekly Observations
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22-28 National Farm-City Week
Church/State Separation
Week 24-12/1 National Bible Week |
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Daily Observations
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Good Grief Day |
National Milk Day Link |
Today’s Quote
Thoughts for the day
I’m starting this week with pure confusion.
I need a haircut and called. Their computer was down and couldn’t make appointments.
Then I called the Dentist about a $16 bill. She would check into it and call me
back. It’s been 4 hours and no call.
The Broncos beat the Raiders the Cards
fell to the Seahawks yesterday.
On Nov 18, The Star School of Leupp,
AZ, a BIE grant school, took their students on a normal wellness walk near the
school. A TikTok video was posted that got 175,000 views where the lady narrating
it claimed it was ‘foreign’ children dropped off from ‘God knows where’ and not
speaking English. She was claiming they were migrant children with no adult
supervision. Crazy.
Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands
of Christmas Tree saplings in North Carolina. Expect a shortage of such trees
and higher prices in 5-7 years.
60 Minutes had a piece on Kenya and AI. Kenya
has 60%+ unemployment, many Kenyans have graduated from high school and
colleges. AI needs ‘labelers’ to watch videos. They label people, actions,
places, etc. which are given to the the AI computer programmers to help AI
learn things. Here’s some of the issues: Labelers are hired for about $2/hr.
for an8–10-hour work day. Sometimes it’s by a long contract, or a short
contract of only a few days. As the end of the contract is approaching many
workers are fired, without any pay, for breaking community standards they are
never made aware of. Those with longer contracts must watch pornography, violent
sexual assaults, intimate sex, child and elder abuse and label it correctly. Many
suffer from PTSD or similar afflictions and the company offers no psychological
or mental health for its workers. These companies then sell the labels to the
major AI companies in the US. Many Kenyans won’t complain, because there are
many countries ready to open these label companies in the country in Africa.
This is horrific and unacceptable.
Myths
Myth #30: Humans Get Sick Due to a
Drop in Temperature
Ah, the magic of winter—snowflakes,
steaming hot cocoa, and, of course, a chorus of sniffles? It’s a widely held
belief: when the cold weather arrives, it brings with it the unwelcome gift of
the common cold. Contrary to popular wisdom, plummeting temperatures aren’t the
conjurers of colds. Instead, it’s those cunning culprits known as viruses.
So, what’s the deal with the seasonal
surge in sniffles when the frosty air rolls in? Well, the answer lies indoors.
As winter blankets us with its cozy charm, people naturally gravitate towards
snug, enclosed spaces, huddling together like ornaments on a holiday tree.
Ancient Times…
Random Thoughts…
The .tv domain name is actually the
country code for the small Polynesian nation of Tuvalu.
The famous “NBC chimes” are the notes
G-E-C, which coincidentally corresponded to the initials of its future
acquirer, the General Electric Corporation.
Albert Einstein’s ophthalmologist took
his eyeballs after his autopsy. They remain to this day floating in a jar in a
bank vault in New Jersey.
In a process called triboluminescence,
Wint-O-Green Lifesavers give off little sparks when they are eaten in the dark.
James Garfield had no interest in
becoming president when he attended the Republican convention in 1880. He was
added to the 34th ballot and selected on the 36th. He went on to win the
presidency and was assassinated 4 months later.
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 none. 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 would be 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
1716 –
First African lion was exhibited in America (in Boston). It was just a single
lion, which supposedly later joined a “menagerie” which was basically a
traveling circus of exotic animals.
1789
– First (unofficial) national Thanksgiving in the USA recognized by the new
government. The 1621 good harvest celebration at Plymouth in present-day
Massachusetts was first celebrated in North America.
1825
– Kappa Alpha fraternity was founded at Union College, NY.
1842
– The University of Notre Dame was founded.
1865
– Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol, was published.
1922
– English archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s virtually
intact tomb in Egypt. Over the centuries, almost every mummy tomb had been
found and plundered – this was possibly the greatest archaeological find of
that period.
1941 –
President Franklin D Roosevelt established that Thanksgiving Day would be the
fourth Thursday in November.
1956
– The Price Is Right was first broadcast on CBS, hosted by
Bill Cullen and announced by Don Pardo.
1970 –
In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fell in a minute, the
heaviest rainfall ever on record
1983 –
Six gunmen broke into the Brinks Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, making off
with three tons of gold bars valued at almost 48 million dollars (at that
time). From a modern perspective, it is worth over $125,000,000. Most of the
gold was never recovered.
Birthdays
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Peter
Facinelli, 51 Movie Actor Rich Little, 86 Canadian-American Impressionist |
@96 – Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (d. 1955) @87 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author co-founded
the Seventh-day Adventist Church, (d. 1915) @83 - Tina Turner American-born
singer d. 2023 @79Eric Sevareid American
journalist d. 1992; cancer @77 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created
Peanuts (d. 2000; heart attack) @73 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer, and
actor (d. 2007 lung disease) @73 – Willis Carrier, American engineer invented air
conditioning, (d. 1950) @67 – Bat Masterson, Canadian/ American police officer, and
journalist (d. 1921) @48 – Wayland Flowers, American actor, and puppeteer (d. 1988;
AIDS) |
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