<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Seafood Bisque Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Bisque (food)):
'Bisque is a smooth, creamy, highly seasoned soup of French origin,
classically based on a strained broth (coulis) of crustaceans. It can be
made from lobster, crab, shrimp or crayfish. Also, creamy soups made from
roasted and puréed fruits, vegetables, or fungi are sometimes called
bisques.
It is thought the name is derived from Biscay, as in Bay of Biscay, but the
crustaceans are certainly bis cuites twice cooked (by analogy to a biscuit)
for they are first sautéed lightly in their shells, then simmered in wine
and aromatic ingredients, before being strained, followed by the addition
of cream.
Bisque is a method of extracting flavor from imperfect crustaceans not good
enough to send to market. In an authentic bisque, the shells are ground to
a fine paste and added to thicken the soup. Julia Child even remarked, Do
not wash anything off until the soup is done because you will be using the
same utensils repeatedly and you don't want any marvelous tidbits of flavor
losing themselves down the drain. Bisques are thickened with rice, which
can either be strained out, leaving behind the starch, or pureed during the
final stages.
Seafood bisque is traditionally served in a low two-handled cup on a saucer
or in a mug.
Bisque is also sometimes used, although incorrectly, to refer to
cream-based soups that do not contain seafood, in which the sometimes
pre-cooked ingredients are pureed or processed in a food processor or a
food mill. Common varieties include squash, tomato, mushroom, popcorn, and
red pepper'.
[The Hankster says] Good stuff. If your cracker don't float, it ain't thick enough.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce'.
Third Wednesday in October.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Medical Assistants Recognition Week'. Third full week in October (19-23
in 2015)
- From Wikipedia (Medical assistant):
'A medical assistant is an allied health professional that supports the
work of physicians and other health professionals, usually in a clinic
setting. Medical assistants can become certified through an accredited
program usually offered through a junior or community college. They perform
routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients' vital signs,
administering medications and injections, recording information in medical
recordkeeping systems, preparing and handling medical instruments and
supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and
tissues for laboratory testing.
The term medical assistant may have legal status in jurisdictions where
they can be certified or registered, whereas elsewhere they may be a
loosely defined group (covering related occupational titles such as
‘medical office assistant’, ‘clinical assistant’, 'assistant medical
officer', or ‘ophthalmic assistant’). The occupation should not be confused
with physician assistants, who are licensed professionals trained to
practice medicine and perform surgical procedures in collaboration with a
physician.
In military settings, occupations that provide primary medical care may go
under similar titles, while other occupations may have different titles
with similar responsibilities, such as Medical Assistant in the U.K. Royal
Navy or Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy'.
* 'Unity Day'. Focus on anti-bullying.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'Hagfish Day'. Third Wednesday in October.
- From Wikipedia (Hagfish):
'Hagfish, the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti), are eel-shaped,
slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels). They are the
only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column. Along
with lampreys, hagfish are jawless they are the sister group to
vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish from around 300
million years ago.
The classification of hagfish has been controversial. The issue is whether
the hagfish is a degenerate type of vertebrate-fish (most closely related
to lampreys), or represents a stage that precedes the evolution of the
vertebral column (as do lancelets). The original scheme groups hagfish and
lampreys together as cyclostomes (or historically, Agnatha), as the oldest
surviving class of vertebrates alongside gnathostomes (the now-ubiquitous
jawed vertebrates). An alternative scheme proposed that jawed vertebrates
are more closely related to lampreys than to hagfish (i.e., that
vertebrates include lampreys but exclude hagfish), and introduces the
category craniata to group vertebrates near hagfish. Recent DNA evidence
has supported the original scheme'.
<> Historical events on October 19
* 'In 1900, Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of
Berlin, discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law).
- From Wikipedia: 'Planck's law describes the electromagnetic radiation
emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium at a definite temperature'.
- From Wikipedia: 'Planck's law describes the spectral density of
electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium at
a given temperature T. The law is named after Max Planck, who proposed it
in 1900. It is a pioneering result of modern physics and quantum theory.
The spectral radiance of a body, Bv, describes the
amount of energy it gives off as radiation of different frequencies. It is
measured in terms of the power emitted per unit area of the body, per unit
solid angle that the radiation is measured over, per unit frequency.
The law may also be expressed in other terms, such as the number of photons
emitted at a certain wavelength, or the energy density in a volume of
radiation. The SI units of Bv are W·sr-1·m-2·Hz-1, while those of Bv are
W·sr-1·m-3.
In the limit of low frequencies (i.e. long wavelengths), Planck's law tends
to the Rayleigh–Jeans law, while in the limit of high frequencies (i.e.
small wavelengths) it tends to the Wien approximation.
Max Planck developed the law in 1900 with only empirically determined
constants, and later showed that, expressed as an energy distribution, it
is the unique stable distribution for radiation in thermodynamic
equilibrium. As an energy distribution, it is one of a family of thermal
equilibrium distributions which include the Bose–Einstein distribution, the
Fermi–Dirac distribution and the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution'.
* 'In 1901, Edward Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance March,' premieres in
Liverpool. It is the march no. 1 that is played at graduations. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and
Circumstance Military Marches), Op. 39, are a series of marches for
orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar.
The title is taken from Act III, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Othello:
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum,
th'ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and
circumstance of glorious war!
But also, on the score of the first march, Elgar set as a motto for the
whole set of marches a verse from Lord de Tabley's poem The March of Glory,
which (as quoted by Elgar's biographer Basil Maine) begins
Like a proud music that draws men on to die Madly upon the spears in
martial ecstasy, A measure that sets heaven in all their veins And iron in
their hands. I hear the Nation march Beneath her ensign as an eagle's wing
O'er shield and sheeted targe The banners of my faith most gaily swing
Moving to victory with solemn noise, With worship and with conquest, and
the voice of myriads.
proclaiming the shows of things (Maine's quotation marks): the naïve
assumption that the splendid show of military pageantry—Pomp—has no
connection with the drabness and terror—Circumstance—of actual warfare. The
first four marches were all written before the events of World War I
shattered that belief, and the styles in which wars were written about
spurned the false romance of the battle-song'.
* 'In 1914, The U.S. post office first used an automobile (government
owned) to collect and deliver mail, .
* 'In 1937, The radio show 'Big Town' made its debut on CBS.
- From Wikipedia: 'Big Town is a popular long-running radio drama series
which was later adapted to both film and television and a comic book
published by DC Comics'. It ran from October 19, 1937, to June 25, 1952.
- From Wikipedia: 'Big Town is a popular long-running radio drama series
which was later adapted to both film and television and a comic book
published by DC Comics.
The radio program aired from October 19, 1937, to June 25, 1952. It was
produced by William N. Robson and Crane Wilbur, and written by Jerry
McGill. Theme music was by Fran Frey. Edward G. Robinson had the lead role
of Steve Wilson, crusading editor of the Illustrated Press, from 1937 to
1942. Claire Trevor was Wilson's society editor sidekick with Ona Munson
taking over that role in 1940. Edward J. Pawley portrayed Steve Wilson from
1943 until 1952 when Walter Greaza was heard as Wilson in the final
episodes. Fran Carlon played Pawley's sidekick and star reporter, Lorelei
Kilbourne, from 1942-1952. During the period in which Pawley starred, Big
Town was rated No. 1 among all of the reporter-type drama series on radio.
It was also rated in the top 12 among all radio programs broadcast and had
a listening audience rated between 10 and 20 million people.
Ken Niles was the announcer'.
* 'In 1943, Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is
isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Streptomycin is an antibiotic (antimycobacterial) drug,
the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and
it was the first effective treatment for tuberculosis. It is derived from
the actinobacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is a bactericidal
antibiotic. Adverse effects of this medicine are ototoxicity,
nephrotoxicity, fetal auditory toxicity, and neuromuscular paralysis.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the
most important medications needed in a basic health system.
Streptomycin was first isolated on October 19, 1943, by Albert Schatz, a
graduate student, in the laboratory of Selman Abraham Waksman at Rutgers
University in a research project funded by Merck and Co. Waksman and his
laboratory staff discovered several antibiotics, including actinomycin,
clavacin, streptothricin, streptomycin, grisein, neomycin, fradicin,
candicidin, and candidin. Of these, streptomycin and neomycin found
extensive application in the treatment of numerous infectious diseases.
Streptomycin was the first antibiotic cure for tuberculosis (TB).
At the end of World War II, the United States Army experimented with
streptomycin to treat life-threatening infections at a military hospital in
Battle Creek, Michigan. The first patient treated did not survive the
second patient survived but became blind as a side effect of the treatment.
In March 1946, the third patient—Robert J. Dole, later Majority Leader of
the United States Senate and Presidential nominee—experienced a rapid and
robust recovery.
The first randomized trial of streptomycin against pulmonary tuberculosis
was carried out in 1946 through 1948 by the MRC Tuberculosis Research Unit
under the chairmanship of Geoffrey Marshall (1887–1982). The trial was both
double-blind and placebo-controlled. It is widely accepted to have been the
first randomised curative trial.
Results showed efficacy against TB, albeit with minor toxicity and acquired
bacterial resistance to the drug'.
* 'In 1944, John Van Druten's 'I Remember Mama' premieres in NY. . The film
version: .
- From Wikipedia: 'I Remember Mama is a 1948 drama film, directed by George
Stevens, from a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen, based upon the play by John
Van Druten, which itself was based on Kathryn Forbes' novel, Mama's Bank
Account (Published 1943 by Harcourt, Brace). The film starred Irene Dunne
in the titular role, as well as Barbara Bel Geddes, Philip Dorn, and Oscar
Homolka who reprised the role of Uncle Chris, which he had created on
Broadway. The film was nominated for 5 Academy Awards.
The film begins with eldest daughter Katrin completing the last lines of
her autobiographical novel. As she reminisces about her family life, we
flashback to 1910, where the first of a series of vignettes finds Marta
Hanson preparing the weekly budget with her husband Lars, daughters Katrin,
Christine and Dagmar, and son Nels, who announces his desire to attend high
school. Each family member makes a financial sacrifice to contribute to the
boy's education.
Marta's sister Trina arrives, announces she is marrying undertaker Peter
Thorkelson, and implores Marta to break the news to their sisters Sigrid
and Jenny. When Marta threatens to reveal embarrassing anecdotes about
them, the women accept their sister's decision.
When Jonathan Hyde, the Hansons' impoverished lodger, reads A Tale of Two
Cities aloud for the family, they are deeply moved by the story. Later, the
family is visited by Marta's gruff but soft-hearted Uncle Chris and his
housekeeper Jessie Brown, who is secretly his wife. When Chris discovers
Dagmar is ill with mastoiditis, he insists on taking her to the hospital.
Dagmar's operation is a success, but Marta is prohibited from seeing her.
Disguised as a member of the housekeeping staff, she sneaks into Dagm ar's
ward and sings to her.
When Dagmar returns home, she learns her cat, Uncle Elizabeth, is ill.
Despite Dagmar's belief in her mother's powers, Marta feels helpless to
save the cat and sends Nels to buy chloroform so she can euthanize it. The
following morning, she is astonished when Dagmar walks in with an
apparently cured cat.
Mr. Hyde moves out, leaving his classic books and a check for his rent. The
family's joy vanishes when they discover the check has no value. Sigrid and
Jenny are furious, but Marta declares his gift of literature is payment
enough.
Katrin brags to Christine that their mother is going to buy her the dresser
set she has long admired as a graduation present. As she is about to leave
to perform in the school's production of The Merchant of Venice, Katrin
learns that her mother traded her heirloom brooch for the gift. Distraught,
the girl performs badly in the play and later retrieves the brooch after
trading back the dresser set. Marta then gives the brooch to Katrin as a
graduation present. Katrin's father presents her with her first cup of
coffee, which she had been told she could drink once she was a grown-up.
Marta learns Uncle Chris is near death, and she takes Katrin to say
goodbye. He reveals he has no money to leave his niece because he has been
donating his income to help children with leg or foot problems walk again.
After enjoying a final drink with his niece and Jessie, Uncle Chris dies.
Katrin is dejected when she receives her tenth literary rejection letter.
Marta then takes some of her stories to famed author and gourmand Florence
Dana Moorhead and convinces her to read them. Marta returns home and
advises her daughter that Moorhead feels the girl should write about what
she knows best. Marta urges Katrin to write about Papa. When Katrin's story
is accepted for publication, she is paid $500. After announcing some of the
money will go towards the purchase of the winter coat Marta wants, K atrin
confesses her story is titled Mama and the Hospital. She begins to read it
to her family, and its introduction concludes with the line, But first and
foremost, I remember Mama'.
* 'In 1959, Patty Duke, at the age of 12, made her Broadway debut in 'The
Miracle Worker'. The play lasted for 700 performances. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson
adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. It is based
on Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.
In Tuscumbia, Alabama, an illness renders infant Helen Keller blind, deaf,
and consequently mute (deaf-mute). Pitied and badly spoiled by her parents,
Helen is taught no discipline and, by the age of six, grows into a wild,
angry, tantrum-throwing child in control of the household. Desperate, the
Kellers hire Anne Sullivan to serve as governess and teacher for their
daughter. After several fierce battles with Helen, Anne convinces the
Kellers that she needs two weeks alone with Helen in order to achieve any
progress in the girl's education. In that time, Annie teaches Helen
discipline through persistence and consistency and language through hand
signals, a double breakthrough that changes Helen's life and has a direct
effect on the lives of everyone in the family'.
* 'In 1971, Last issue of 'Look' magazine is published. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Look was a bi-weekly, general-interest magazine
published in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis
on photographs than articles. A large-size magazine of 11 in × 14 in (280
mm × 360 mm), it was generally considered a competitor to Life magazine,
which began publication months earlier and ended in 1972.
It is known for helping launch the career of film director Stanley Kubrick,
who was a staff photographer.
Gardner Mike Cowles, Jr. (1903–1985), the magazine's co-founder (with his
brother John) and first editor, was executive editor of The Des Moines
Register and The Des Moines Tribune. When the first issue went on sale in
early 1937, it sold 705,000 copies.
Although planned to begin with the January 1937 issue, the actual first
issue of Look to be distributed was the February 1937 issue, numbered as
Volume 1, Number 2. It was published monthly for five issues (February–May
1937), then switched to bi-weekly starting with the May 11, 1937 issue.
Page numbering on early issue counted the front cover as page one. Early
issues, subtitled Monthly Picture Magazine, carried no advertising.
The unusual format of the early issues featured layouts of photos with long
captions or very short articles. The magazine's backers described it as an
experiment based on the tremendous unfilled demand for extraordinary news
and feature pictures It was aimed at a broader readership than Life,
promising trade papers that Look would have reader interest for yourself,
for your wife, for your private secretary, for your office boy'.
* 'In 2005, Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on
record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone
ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, and was the most intense tropical
cyclone recorded in the western hemisphere until Hurricane Patricia in
2015. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which
included three of the six most intense Atlantic hurricanes ever (along with
#4 Rita and #6 Katrina), Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth
hurricane, sixth major hurricane, fourth Category 5 hurricane, and
second-most destructive hurricane of the 2005 season. A tropical depression
formed in the Caribbean Sea near Jamaica on October 15, and intensified
into a tropical storm two days later, which was named Wilma. After heading
westward as a tropical depression, Wilma turned abruptly southward after
becoming a tropical storm. Wilma continued intensifying, and eventually
became a hurricane on October 18. Shortly thereafter, rapid intensification
occurred, and in only 24 hours, Wilma became a Category 5 hurricane with
winds of 185 mph (295 km/h).
Intensity slowly leveled off after becoming a Category 5 hurricane, and
winds had decreased to 150 mph (240 km/h) before reaching the Yucatán
Peninsula on October 20 and 21. After crossing the Yucatán Peninsula, Wilma
emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane. As Wilma began
accelerating to the northeast, gradual re-intensification occurred, and the
hurricane became a Category 3 hurricane on October 24. Shortly thereafter,
Wilma made landfall in Cape Romano, Florida with winds of 120 mph (190
km/h). As Wilma was crossing Florida, it had briefly weakened back to a
Category 2 hurricane, but again re-intensified as it reached the Atlantic
Ocean. The hurricane intensified into a Category 3 hurricane for the final
occasion, but Wilma dropped below that intensity while accelerating
northeastward. By October 26, Wilma transitioned into an extratropical
cyclone southeast of Nova Scotia.
Wilma made several landfalls, with the most destructive effects felt in the
Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, Cuba, and the US state of Florida. At least 62
deaths were reported, and damage is estimated at $29.4 billion (2005 USD,
$35.6 billion 2016 USD), $21 billion (2005 USD, $25.4 billion 2016 USD) of
which occurred in the United States alone. As a result, Wilma is ranked as
the fifth costliest storm in United States history.
Wilma was the last major hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous
United States. Hurricane Matthew in 2016 was expected to make landfall on
Florida's East Coast as a Category 4 storm, however the cyclone veered more
eastward and weakened to a Category 2, keeping the eye well offshore and
continuing a record lull in major hurricane landfalls. It was also the last
hurricane to strike the state of Florida until Hurricane Hermine did so in
2016, nearly 10 years 11 months later, a record length of time'.
* 'In 2012, 'Big Tex', a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas is
destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas.
- From Wikipedia: 'Big Tex is a 55-foot (16 m) tall statue and marketing
icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas.
The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas. Since 1952 Big
Tex has served as a cultural ambassador to visitors, and the statue's prime
location in the fairgrounds serves as a traditional meeting point.
On October 19, 2012, the last weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas, Big
Tex was destroyed by an electrical fire that started in the right boot and
worked its way up the structure, first becoming visible from the neck area.
After the fire, a new Big Tex was created by SRO Associates and Texas
Scenic Co. This rendition made its first public appearance on September 26,
2013'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in October
Food
American Cheese Month
Apple Month
Corn Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Caramel Month
National Cookbook Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month
Pizza Month
Sausage Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Vegetarian Month
Health
AIDS Awareness Month
American Pharmacists Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Christmas Seal Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Global ADHD Awareness Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stop Bullying Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
World Menopause Month
Animal and Pet
Adopt A Dog Month
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
Bat Appreciation Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
Wishbones for Pets Month
Other
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Class Reunion Month
Country Music Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair
Fair Trade Month
Financial Planning Month
German-American Heritage Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Intergeneration Month
Learn To Bowl Month
National Arts and Humanities Month
National Chili Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Field Trip Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Work and Family Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Self-Promotion Month
October is:
October origin (from Wikipedia): October is the tenth month of the year
in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a
length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October
retained its name (from the Greek meaning 'eight') after January
and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been
created by the Romans.
"
October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern
hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal
equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
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