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Week 52 Day 365 Flag Today 54° \23° |
Sky Cover 50%
Wind 4mph Gusts 8mph |
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Active fire: 369miles Risk of fire: Moderate |
Near
Lightning: 1437mi |
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Air
Quality: Fair Partly Cloudy |
Dec. Averages: Temps: 44° \ 17° Moisture 5 Days |
Today’s Quote
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Weekly Observations
15 - 1/1/24
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26-1/1
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Daily Observations
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First Nights |
New Year's Dishonor List Universal Hour of Peace Day |
Today’s Thoughts
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I had a
tele-med visit with my Kidney Dr. All good. Getting
ready to say goodbye to 2023. I will not be sad to see it go. I had a series
of non-serious medical issues that I am glad to leave behind. I’m doing well
now. It seemed that every few weeks brought on another medical issue that I
had never had before. Each was corrected…after many tests to rule out more
serious conditions. I’m ready to welcome 2024. I’ll be staying home and watch
the ball drop on East Coast time and be rested to greet the new year on Jan.
1 about 6am. I had to
say goodbye to way too many friends and colleagues after years of friendship.
Most passed after only slight suffering. For that I am grateful. |
Enjoy
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Important inventions…
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1962: Communications Satellite Telstar is launched as the first “active”
communications satellite—active as in amplifying and
retransmitting incoming signals, rather than passively bouncing them back to
Earth. Telstar makes real a 1945 concept by science-fiction author Arthur C.
Clarke, who envisioned a global communications network based on
geosynchronous satellites. Two weeks after Telstar’s debut, President Kennedy
holds a press conference in Washington, D.C., that is broadcast live across
the Atlantic. Honorable Inventions: Computer Mouse, LED, Video Games 1963: Sketchpad program Ivan Sutherland—The Father of Computer
Graphics—revolutionized 3D computer modeling and simulation when he created
the Sketchpad program. As the earliest iteration
of a computer-aided design (CAD) program, Sketchpad pioneered the use of
geometric constraints (fixing the length of a line or an angle between two
segments). It was also one of the first programs to use a graphical user
interface, as opposed to a text-based one—if you’re reading this on a
computer without knowing a single line of code, you can thank Sutherland
and Sketchpad. |
States with similar
size to countries around the world.
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4. Montana – Japan Montana is the fourth-biggest state
in the Union, covering an area of 147,040
square miles. This
closely aligns with the archipelagic nation of Japan, which covers 145,936 square miles. In terms of population, Montana ranks among the
nation’s 10 least populated states, with approximately 1.1 million
residents. Its population is significantly smaller than the 124.2 million
people who call Japan home, which makes Japan the 11th-most populous country
in the world. Montana’s most populous city is Billings (118,000 residents), though its
capital city is Helena (population: 35,000). Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is
the world’s most populous city — with over 37 million living in its metro
area. |
Historic Events
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The first
word most people say every year is “happy.” 1600 – The
British East India Company was chartered. At one point it had a hand in 50%
of the whole world’s trade and business. 1907 – The
first New Year’s Eve celebration was held in Times Square (then known as
Longacre Square) in Manhattan. 1983 – the
United States Government broke up AT&T ‘Ma Bell’ telephone system
monopoly. |
Birthdays with some
quotes
@84 – Henri Matisse, French artist
(d. 1954)
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…The End for today…
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