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From Wikipedia:
'Cotton candy (U.S., India, Canada), candy floss (UK, Pakistan, Ireland,
New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada), or tooth floss (South Africa),
and Fairy Floss (Australia) is a form of spun sugar. According to the
New York Times, the confection is almost 99.999 percent sugar, with
dashes of flavoring and food coloring'.
'Made by heating sugar and spinning the liquified sugar out through
tiny holes where it re-solidifies in minutely thin strands of sugar
glass, the final cotton candy contains mostly air; with a typical
serving weighing approximately 1 ounce or 30 grams'.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Cotton Candy Day'.
From Wikipedia: 'Cotton candy (U.S., India, Canada), candy floss (UK, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada), or tooth floss (South Africa), and Fairy Floss (Australia) is a form of spun sugar. According to the New York Times, the confection is almost 99.999 percent sugar, with dashes of flavoring and food coloring'.
'Made by heating sugar and spinning the liquified sugar out through tiny holes where it re-solidifies in minutely thin strands of sugar glass, the final cotton candy contains mostly air; with a typical serving weighing approximately 1 ounce or 30 grams'.
[The Hankster says] I like it, but it gets too sweet very fast. I usually only finish half.
Tomorrow is 'National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day'. The flag should be flown at half-staff.
It's 'Letter Writing Day' tomorrow. Created by Richard Simpkin. Promoting the hand written letter.
[The Hankster says] Last year I read an article that said some school (can't remember what country) is discontinuing teaching cursive writing. While I agree that keyboard skills should also be taught, I don't agree with the decision to stop teaching cursive. I would like to walk into that school room, turn off the electricity, take the batteries out of any electronic device, and then, by the light from the windows, ask for a a written theme from the students.
Following along quickly, we want not to discount the use of computerized devices and media, especially since tomorrow is 'Computer Science Education Week'. Created by the Computing in the Core coalition, Code.org. The date was selected to honor the birthday of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper on December 9, 1906. Promotes computer science careers and coding. Grace Murray Hopper was an early computer programming pioneer and inventor of the COBOl programming language used by most early business computers.
[The Hankster says] Written and electronic media, both have their place in modern life. Electronic media where it can be use and to save time and expense, written when it fits best and to personalize your composition.
Awareness / Observance Days on: December 7
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- 'Older Driver Safety Awareness Week'. Week of December 7-11 by American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
- 'World TTTS Awareness Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS, also known as Feto-Fetal Transfusion Syndrome (FFTS) and Twin Oligohydramnios-Polyhydramnios Sequence (TOPS)) is a complication of disproportionate blood supply, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. It can affect monochorionic multiples, that is, multiple pregnancies where two or more fetuses share a chorion and hence a single placenta. Severe TTTS has a 60–100% mortality rate'.
- 'Wallace and Grommit’s Big Bake'. Week of December 7-13 in Great Britain. Concerns improving the lives of sick children in hospitals and hospices.
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- 'International Civil Aviation Day'. Started in in 1994 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In 1996 it was recognized as an official United Nations observance.
Historical events in the past on: December 7
In 1787, Delaware becomes the first state ratifying the U.S. constitution.
In 1909, Leo Baekeland patents the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite. From Wikipeda 'Bakelite, sometimes spelled Baekelite, or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland in New York in 1907'.
In 1930, TV station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show. The first designed for TV commercial came in 1941 and was a Bulova watch commercial.
In 1941, The Attack on Pearl Harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In 1963, 'Instant replay' makes its debut during an American Army-Navy football game.
In 1972, Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission is launched. On this mission, the 'Blue Marble' photograph is taken.
In 1995, The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in December
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Buckwheat Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Health
Aids Awareness Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/17 - 2/7)
Other
Bingo's Birthday Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (1-19)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Universal Human Rights Month
December is:
December origin (from Wikipedia): '
December gets its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.
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December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent
to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. D
ecember is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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