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11..16 Week: 48 \ Day: 333
November Averages: 51°\22°
86004 Today: H 40° \
L 21° Average Sky Cover: 95%
Wind ave: 15mph\Gusts: 16mph Visibility: 8 mi
Record High: 68°[1980] Record Low: -3°[1905]
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Quote of the Day
Study the past, if
you would divine the future.
~Confucius
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Observances Today
Cider Monday
Cyber Monday
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Observances This Week
23-29
National Deal Week
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
►Today’s World Historical Highlights
► 1520 Portuguese
navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
► 1660 The
Royal Society forms in London
► 1717 Blackbeard attacks
a French merchant vessel called "La Concorde", which he would capture
and rename as the "Queen Anne's Revenge"
► 1720 Anne
Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to
death in Spanish Town, Jamaica, although their discovered pregnancies won them
stays of execution
1729 Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35
French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day
Natchez, Mississippi.
1785 The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the
Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people
1795 US pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to
Algiers & Tunis
► 1814 The
Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by
German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes
newspapers available to a mass audience
1843 Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day - The
Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as
an independent nation.
1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District
Court in South Carolina
1895 America's 1st auto race organised by the
"Chicago Times-Herald" Chicago to Evanston and back; 6 cars, 55
miles, winner avg 7 MPH
1907 In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal
dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure
in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
1919 US-born Lady Astor elected first female member
of British House of Commons
1932 Groucho Marx performs on radio for the
first time
1933 A Dallas grand jury delivers a murder
indictment against Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow for the
January 1933 killing of Tarrant County Deputy Malcolm Davis
1948 "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
1974 John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton
John concert in Madison Square Garden NYC)
1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out
distance Alonzo Stagg & become college football's winningest coach
1984 Over 250 years after their deaths, William
Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the
United States.
► 1988 Picasso's
"Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million
1994 In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey
Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional
Institution gymnasium.
► 2012 "The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 1st of the Hobbit film series, directed by Peter
Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in
Wellington, New Zealand
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My Rambling Thoughts
Chilly
outside…it’s 39°, but feels like 19°. Light snow, on and off. Last night the
weather predicted 10”, now it’s down to 6” by morning. Guess that is OK. Bird
feeders are full. Nothing has to be done tomorrow, so I can just enjoy the
snow. Today is watching the Sunday news programs, drinking homemade hot
chocolate, and watching the Cardinals play. Tonight it is the Denver game. Last
night I made some Turkey Tetrazzini with celery and fresh carrots. Turned out
good. I’ll have some more today.
I
so awaited the end of the endless coverage of the election. I figured things
would get back to news. We ARE living in a new era, sadly. Now it is all about
second guessing who will be in the cabinet, where the President will live. I
want to see old fashioned journalism where a story tells all sides of an issue.
I’m really tired of the attacks from both sides at the other side. Yes, I am
concerned about the policies we may have to live with, but I don’t need the
news telling me how to feel. I don’t see how getting upset about possible
policies are important. I don’t live on rumors.
Something
that is happening is the water protectors in ND. BLM has ordered them to leave
the camp by Dec. 5 and move to the new ‘free speech’ area on the other side of
the river. Huh? I thought Free Speech was the 1st Amendment and
could be done anywhere it wasn’t like yelling ‘fire in a crowded theater’. I
have several friends who have or are up there right now. They are peaceful and
are not reporting any violence or unlawful behavior in the camp. The law
enforcement people are a whole different story. This should be on every
national news hour every day. Journalists should be reporting the ‘who’ and ‘why’
of both sides. Until non-Natives accept and understand ‘sacred land’, this will
continue.
Comment
on FB: I am pleased when a former student/colleague/hs friend sends me a friend
request. I got 4 this past week…3 good and 1 odd. One student wrote…you were my
3rd grade teacher and when I saw your name, great memories rushed
in. Thanks for being a great teacher. Another came from the sister of a former
student who said that her brother always says I’m the best teacher he ever had.
Sure makes me happy. Especially when I see that the person is living a great
life. I also got an odd one from my high school days. Looked at his page and
seemed OK. However, I am getting about 30 notices a day that are reposts from liberal
political sites. It’s only been a couple
of days, so I will give him a few more days before I tell him it is just too
many. If it doesn’t slow way down after that, time for an ‘unfriend’.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Nail Bag
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a
question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a
requirement.
I
am tied up at least once a day
And forced to carry ten nails.
I work diligently without any pay
And follow your many trails.
I do not smell very well
But at least I have many eyes.
I have two tongues but never yell
And I'll bet you know my size.
What am I?
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“Contronym”—word that is its own antonym
Cleave can be
cleaved into two “homographs,” words with different origins that end up spelled
the same. “Cleave,” meaning ‘to cling to or adhere,’ comes from an Old English
word that took the forms cleofian, clifian, or clīfan. “Cleave,” with the
contrary meaning ‘to split or sever (something), ‘ as you might do with a
cleaver, comes from a different Old English word, clēofan. The past participle
has taken various forms: “cloven,” which survives in the phrase “cloven hoof,”
“cleft,” as in a “cleft palate” or “cleaved.”
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
month did Abraham Lincoln proclaim Thanksgiving would take place in?
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…Harper’s Index…
1/4 – Portion of men seeking help for erectile
dysfunction who are under 40 years old
17 – Percentage of new diagnosed HIV cases in the US
that are in patients over 50 years old
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Yep, It Really Happened
*------------
How's Thats For Luck? ------------*
The
AFP reports a man inherited a house in France from a deceased relative only to
discover $3.7 million worth of hidden gold. "It was under the furniture,
under piles of linen, in the bathroom ... everywhere," an auctioneer says.
It started when the unnamed-yet-very-lucky man started moving furniture and
found a box of gold coins attached to the bottom of one piece. He continued
poking around and soon found an old whisky box with more gold pieces hidden
inside. By the time the treasure hunt ended, he had found 5,000 gold pieces,
two gold bars, and 37 gold ingots. The entire haul weighed more than 200 pounds
and was reportedly bought during the 1950s and 1960s. Meanwhile I can't even
win on a stupid, $2 instant lottery ticket. How's that for luck?
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Birthdays Today
► indicates age at death
► 90- Helen Magill White,
1st American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944)
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87- Berry
Gordy, record company owner (Motown), born in Detroit,
Michigan
85- Dervla
Murphy, travel author (Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule)
► 82 John Wesley Hyatt,
inventor (celluloid) [d1920]
80- Gary
Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
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► 70- Hope Lange, Redding
Ridge Ct, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir)[d2003]
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► 69- William Blake,
poet/painter (Songs of Innocence & Experience), born in London, England (d.
1827)
66- Ed
Harris, American actor (Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker,
Coma), born in Englewood, New Jersey
64- S
Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw Michigan, American actress (Jacob's Ladder,
Terminator 2)
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► 59- John Bunyan, England,
cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) [d1688]
► 57 Henry Bacon, American
architect (Lincoln Memorial), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1924)
57- Judd
Nelson, Portland ME, actor (Breakfast Club, Jack-Suddenly Susan)
54- Jon
Stewart [Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz], American Comedian (The Daily Show), born
in New York, NY
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42- apl.de.ap
[Allan Pineda Lindo],
American rapper (Black Eyed Peas)
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► 39- Anna Nicole
"Vickie" Smith, playmate (May 1992), born in Houston, Texas [d2007]
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23- Bryshere Gray, rapper/actor {Empire}
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Historical Obits Today
@84-2010 Leslie
Nielsen, Canadian actor (police squad!)
@81-1680 Giovanni
Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter
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@78-1993 Garry
Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), emphysema
@78-1939 James
Naismith, creator of basketball, stroke
@76-1859 Washington
Irving, American author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), heart
attack
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@68-1976 Rosalind
Russell, actress (Mame), cancer
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@53-1954 Enrico
Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist (Nobel 1938), stomach
cancer
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Brain Teasers Answers
Your
shoes!
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Trivia Hive
Answers
November
Thanksgiving
has been an official American tradition for 153 years. But did you know it
wasn't a national holiday until Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it one in 1863?
Prior to his announcement that it'd be held each November, individual states
and colonies celebrated the holiday dating back to 1621. Source: History.com
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Disclaimer:
All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All
‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one
other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly
once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore
difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar
was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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