<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Cappuccino Day'.
- From Wikipedia ():
'A cappuccino is an Italian coffee drink that is traditionally prepared
with double espresso, hot milk, and steamed milk foam.
Cream may be used instead of milk and is often topped with cinnamon. It is
typically smaller in volume than a caffè latte, with a thicker layer of
micro foam.
The name comes from the Capuchin friars, referring to the colour of their
habits, and in this context referring to the colour of the beverage when
milk is added in small portion to dark, brewed coffee (today mostly
espresso). The physical appearance of a modern cappuccino with espresso
créma and steamed milk is a result of a long evolution of the drink.
The Viennese bestowed the name Kapuziner possibly in the 18th century on a
version that included whipped cream and spices of unknown origin. The
Italian cappuccino was unknown until the 1930s, and seems to be born out of
Viennese-style cafés in Trieste and other cities in the former Austria in
the first decades of the 20th century'.
Cappuccino is a coffee drink
that today is composed of double espresso and hot milk, with the surface
topped with foamed milk. Cappuccinos are most often prepared with an
espresso machine. The double espresso is poured into the bottom of the cup,
followed by a similar amount of hot milk, which is prepared by heating and
texturing the milk using the espresso machine steam wand. The top third of
the drink consists of milk foam this foam can be decorated with artistic
drawings made with the same milk, called latte art.
In a traditional cappuccino, as served in Europe and artisan coffee houses
in the United States, the total of espresso and milk/foam make up between
approximately 150–180 ml (5–6 imp fl oz 5–6 US fl oz). Commercial coffee
restaurant chains in the US more often serve the cappuccino as a 360 ml (13
imp fl oz 12 US fl oz) drink or larger.
Cappuccino is traditionally small (max 180 ml) with a thick layer of foam,
while 'latte' traditionally is larger (200 ml-300 ml). Caffè latte is often
served in a large glass cappuccino mostly in a 150 – 180 ml cup with a
handle. Cappuccino traditionally has a layer of textured milk micro foam
exceeding 1 cm in thickness micro foam is frothed/steamed milk in which the
bubbles are so small and so numerous that they are not seen, but it makes
the milk lighter and thicker. As a result, the micro foam will remain
partly on top of the mug when the espresso is poured in correctly as well
as mix well with the rest of the cappuccino.
The World Barista Championships have been arranged annually since 2000, and
during the course of the competition, the competing barista must
produce—for four sensory judges—among other drinks four cappuccinos,
defined in WBC Rules and Regulations as a coffee and milk beverage that
should produce a harmonious balance of rich, sweet milk and espresso The
cappuccino is prepared with one (1) single shot of espresso, textured milk
and foam. A minimum of 1 centimeter of foam depth A cappuccino is a
beverage between 150 ml and 180 ml in total volume'.
[The Hankster says] like mine strong, black, no cream and no sugar. However, this is most likely my favorite 'fashion' coffee drink.
* 'Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day'. . Promotes the use of herbs and
spices.
[The Hankster says] Everything I fix is bold and pungent. Even when is not supposed to be such.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Parents as Teachers Day'.
A focus on early childhood programs initiated by parents..
[The Hankster says] Another parents supplementing child education day.
* 'National STEM/STEAM Day'.
Promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math education for
career considerations by kids.
- From Wikipedia (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics):
'Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM, previously SMET)
is an acronym that refers to the academic disciplines of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. The term is typically used when
addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools to improve
competitiveness in science and technology development. It has implications
for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration
policy.
The acronym arose in common use shortly after an interagency meeting on
science education held at the US National Science Foundation chaired by the
then NSF director Rita Colwell. A director from the Office of Science
division of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, Peter
Faletra, suggested the change from the older acronym METS to STEM. Colwell,
expressing some dislike for the older acronym, responded by suggesting NSF
to institute the change. One of the first NSF projects to use the acronym
was STEMTEC, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Teacher
Education Collaborative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which
was funded in 1998'.
[The Hankster says] I love science, technology, and Engineering. Can only appreciate art. And there is that math thing, we won't talk about.
* 'Dunce Day'.
On the death of medieval scholar John Duns in 1308, from which the word
dunce (medieval pronunciation of Duns) and dunce cap derive. He considered
the cap as a way of focusing knowledge to the brain. Sixteenth century
scholars accused him of sophistry (use of fallacious arguments, especially
with the intention of deceiving), thus the term Dunce.
- From Wikipedia (Dunce):
Duns or Dunsman was a name applied by early opponents to the followers of
Duns Scotus, who were less disparagingly called the Scotists. When in the
16th century the Scotists obstinately opposed the new learning (i.e., the
King James Bible), the term duns or dunce became, in the mouths of the
Protestants, a term of abuse and a synonym for one incapable of
scholarship. This was the etymology given by Richard Stinhurst. Samuel
Johnson, on the other hand, maintained that the source of the word was
unknown.
Dunces are often comedically shown wearing paper cone hats, known as dunce
caps with the word dunce or dumb, or simply a capitalized D on them.
Schoolchildren were sometimes compelled to wear a dunce cap and to sit on a
stool in the corner as a form of humiliating punishment for misbehaving or
for failing to demonstrate that they had properly performed their studies.
The word dunce comes from John Duns Scotus, the Scottish Franciscan scholar
who, with Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham, was one of the leading
Scholastic philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages. Duns Scotus
wrote treatises on theology, grammar, logic and metaphysics which were
widely influential throughout Western Europe, earning Duns the papal
accolade Doctor Subtilis (Subtle Teacher). (Duns remains highly esteemed in
the Roman Catholic Church, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1993.)
However, with the advent of the Renaissance and the New Learning, and then
the Protestant Reformation, many of Duns's theories and methods (which were
considered hair-splitting) were challenged or rejected by Humanist and
Protestant scholars, who used the term Dunsman or Dunce in a pejorative
sense to denote those who foolishly clung on to outmoded doctrine. (The
form Dunce reflects the medieval pronunciation of Duns) Gradually dunsman
or dunce was used more widely for anyone stupid or dull-witted.
A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap or dunce's
hat, is a pointed hat, formerly used as an article of discipline in
schools. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked
with a D or the word dunce, and given to unruly schoolchildren to wear.
Frequently the 'dunce' was made to stand in the corner, facing the wall.
The hope was that no one would want to be labelled the dunce in the class,
even for a short period of time, and would thus avoid misbeh aviour.
Examples of behaviour which could warrant the dunce cap included throwing
spitballs, passing notes, or pulling of hair. Class clowns were frequently
admonished with the dunce cap.
In modern pedagogy, dunce caps are extremely rare.
According to The Straight Dope, Duns Scotus recommended the wearing of
conical hats to stimulate the brain – so-called thinking caps (This notion
is the likely source of the pointed hats traditionally worn by wizards,
etc..) However, the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition) records that
the term dunce cap itself did not enter the English language until after
the term dunce had become a synonym for fool or dimwit In fact, dunce cap
is not recorded before the 1840 novel The Old Curiosity S hop by Charles
Dickens. John Ford's 1624 play The Sun's Darling is the first recorded
mention of the related term dunce table, a table provided for duller or
poorer students. Literary dunce
A literary dunce is a person, either real or fictional, who is used in
literature as a target of satire. This usage of the term derives from
Alexander Pope's landmark poetic satire The Dunciad, and the list is for
figures used as dunces by 18th-century British satire (in the standard
literary-historical sense of the long 18th century, 1660–1800).
It is also for early 19th-century authors who used the same general
terminology (e.g., Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge who knew and used
Pope's category). Dunces are not villains, although they can be villainous,
as much as they are held up as the epitome of stupidity, imposture, and
connivance. Inclusion in the list below does not imply that the figure was
a dullard. In fact, the opposite is likely true, as these figures needed to
rise to a position of importance to be satirized in this way. Instead ,
these are figures who were satirized particularly as symbols of all things
wrong with society or a particular political position. Unfortunately, in
some cases it has overshadowed their merits'.
[The Hankster says] I am a 7 and 1/4.
* 'Abet and Aid Punsters Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Pun):
'The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two
or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of
similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic,
homographic, metonymic, or figurative language. A pun differs from a
malapropism in that a malapropism is an incorrect variation on a correct
expression, while a pun involves expressions with multiple correct
interpretations. Puns may be regarded as in-jokes or idiomatic
constructions, as their usage and meaning are specific to a particular
language and its culture.
Puns have a long history in human writing. Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian
hieroglyphs were originally based on punning systems, and the Roman
playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games. Punning has been
credited as the fundamental concept behind alphabets, writing, and even
human civilization.
Puns can be classified in various ways:
The homophonic pun, a common type, uses word pairs which sound alike
(homophones) but are not synonymous. Walter Redfern exemplified this type
with his statement, To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms. For example,
in George Carlin's phrase Atheism is a non-prophet institution, the word
prophet is put in place of its homophone profit, altering the common phrase
non-profit institution Similarly, the joke Question: Why do we still have
troops in Germany? Answer: To keep the Russians in Czech relies on the
aural ambiguity of the homophones check and Czech. Often, puns are not
strictly homophonic, but play on words of similar, not identical, sound as
in the example from the Pinky and the Brain cartoon film series: I think
so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left
out? which plays with the similar—but not identical—sound of peas and peace
in the anti-war slogan Give Peace a Chance
A homographic pun exploits words which are spelled the same (homographs)
but possess different meanings and sounds. Because of their nature, they
rely on sight more than hearing, contrary to homophonic puns. They are also
known as heteronymic puns. Examples in which the punned words typically
exist in two different parts of speech often rely on unusual sentence
construction, as in the anecdote: When asked to explain his large number of
children, the pig answered simply: 'The wild oats of my sow gave us many
piglets.' An example that combines homophonic and homographic punning is
Douglas Adams's line You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless
of course, you play bass. The phrase uses the homophonic qualities of tune
a and tuna, as well as the homographic pun on bass, in which ambiguity is
reached through the identical spellings of /'be?s/ (a string instrument),
and /'bæs/ (a kind of fish).
Homonymic puns, another common type, arise from the exploitation of words
which are both homographs and homophones. The statement Being in politics
is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another
puns on the two meanings of the word lie as a deliberate untruth and as the
position in which something rests An adaptation of a joke repeated by Isaac
Asimov gives us Did you hear about the little moron who strained himself
while running into the screen door? playing on strained as to give much
effort and to filter A homonymic pun may also be polysemic, in which the
words must be homonymic and also possess related meanings, a condition that
is often subjective. However, lexicographers define polysemes as listed
under a single dictionary lemma (a unique numbered meaning) while homonyms
are treated in separate lemmata.
A compound pun is a statement that contains two or more puns. For example,
a complex statement by Richard Whately includes four puns: Why can a man
never starve in the Great Desert? Because he can eat the sand which is
there. But what brought the sandwiches there? Why, Noah sent Ham, and his
descendants mustered and bred. This pun uses sand which is there/sandwiches
there, Ham/ham, mustered/mustard, and bred/bread. Similarly, the phrase
piano is not my forte links two meanings of the words forte and piano, one
for the dynamic markings in music and the second for the literal meaning of
the sentence. Compound puns may also combine two phrases that share a word.
For example, Where do mathematicians go on weekends? To a Möbius strip
club! puns on Möbius strip and strip club. 148th Fighter Squadron emblem, a
visual pun.
A recursive pun is one in which the second aspect of a pun relies on the
understanding of an element in the first. For example, the statement p is
only half a pie. (p radians is 180 degrees, or half a circle, and a pie is
a complete circle). Another example is Infinity is not in finity, which
means infinity is not in finite range. Another example is a Freudian slip
is when you say one thing but mean your mother. Finally, we are given
Immanuel doesn't pun, he Kant by Oscar Wilde.
Visual puns are sometimes used in logos, emblems, insignia, and other
graphic symbols, in which one or more of the pun aspects is replaced by a
picture. In European heraldry, this technique is called canting arms.
Visual and other puns and word games are also common in Dutch gable stones
as well as in some cartoons, such as Lost Consonants and The Far Side.
Another type of visual pun exists in languages which use non-phonetic
writing. For example, in Chinese, a pun may be based on a similarity in
shape of the written character, despite a complete lack of phonetic
similarity in the words punned upon. Mark Elvin describes how this
peculiarly Chinese form of visual punning involved comparing written
characters to objects.
Richard J. Alexander notes two additional forms which puns may take:
graphological (sometimes called visual) puns, such as concrete poetry and
morphological puns, such as portmanteaux'.
[The Hankster says] How nice. A day just for me, but they did misspell it.
* 'X-Ray Day'.
Celebrates Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of x-rays, November 8th,
1895. See more in the history section for 1859.
[The Hankster says] OK, here goes. I can see right through the origin of this holiday. Well, they don't always have to be ..., I mean they can't always be ..., OK, it stinks.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Radiography Day'. Since 2012. Celebrates the discovery of
x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. It promotes radiography as a
career.
- From Wikipedia (Radiography):
'Radiography is an imaging technique that uses electromagnetic radiation
other than visible light, especially X-rays, to view the internal structure
of a non-uniformly composed and opaque object (i.e. a non-transparent
object of varying density and composition) such as the human body. To
create the image, a heterogeneous beam of X-rays is produced by an X-ray
generator and is projected toward the object. A certain amount of X-ray is
absorbed by the object, which is dependent on the particular density and
composition of that object. The X-rays that pass through the object are
captured behind the object by a detector (either photographic film or a
digital detector). The detector can then provide a superimposed 2D
representation of all the object's internal structures. Contrast
radiography uses a radiocontrast agent, a type of contrast medium, to make
the structures of interest stand out visually from their background,
whereas plain radiography does not. Each type is best suited to certain
indications.
In tomography, the X-ray source and detector move to blur out structures
not in the focal plane. Conventional tomography is rarely used now having
been replaced by CT. Computed tomography (CT scanning), unlike plain-film
tomography, generates 3D representations used for computer-assisted
reconstruction.
Applications of radiography include medical radiography and industrial
radiography: if the object being examined is living, whether human or
animal, it is regarded as medical all other radiography is regarded as
industrial radiographic work or Industrial computed tomography. The role of
the Radiographer has changed dramatically as a result of more advanced
equipment'.
o Other:
* 'World Urbanism Day'. Focuses on creating livable communities.
- From Wikipedia (World Urbanism Day):
'The international organisation for World Urbanism Day, also known as World
Town Planning Day, was founded in 1949 by the late Professor Carlos Maria
della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires, a graduate at the Institut
d'urbanisme in Paris, to advance public and professional interest in
planning. It is celebrated in more than 30 countries on four continents
each November 8th. It is a special day to recognise and promote the role of
planning in creating livable communities. World Urbanism Day presents an
excellent opportunity to look at planning from a global perspective, an
event which appeals to the conscience of citizens and public authorities in
order to draw attention to the environmental impact resulting from the
development of cities and territories'.
<> Historical events on November 8
* 'In 1793, The Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du
Louvre) is the world's largest museum and a historic monument in Paris,
France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of
the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Nearly
35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an
area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The Louvre is the
world's second most visited museum after the Palace Museum in China,
receiving more than 9.26 million visitors in 2014.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress
in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are
visible in the basement of the museum. Due to the urban expansion of the
city, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function and, in 1546, was
converted by Francis I of France into the main residence of the French
Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre
Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his
household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal
collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman
sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des
Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de
Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie
remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the
National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to
display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings,
the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property.
Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in
1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum
renamed the Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication many works
seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection
was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and
during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings
have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third
Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments:
Egyptian Antiquities Near Eastern Antiquities Greek, Etruscan and Roman
Antiquities Islamic Art Sculpture Decorative Arts Paintings Prints and
Drawings'.
* 'In 1889, Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Montana is a state in the Western region of the United
States. The state's name is derived from the Spanish word montaña
(mountain). Montana has several nicknames, although none official,
including Big Sky Country and The Treasure State, and slogans that include
Land of the Shining Mountains and more recently The Last Best Place Montana
has a 545-mile (877 km) border with three Canadian provinces: British
Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, the only state to do so. It also
borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south,
and Idaho to the west and southwest. Montana is ranked 4th in size, but
44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States.
The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller
island ranges are found throughout the state. In total, 77 named ranges are
part of the Rocky Mountains. The eastern half of Montana is characterized
by western prairie terrain and badlands.
The economy is primarily based on agriculture, including ranching and
cereal grain farming. Other significant economic activities include oil,
gas, coal and hard rock mining, lumber, and the fastest-growing sector,
tourism. The health care, service, and government sectors also are
significant to the state's economy. Millions of tourists annually visit
Glacier National Park, the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument,
and Yellowstone National Park'.
* 'In 1895, While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Rontgen discovers
the X-ray.
- From Wikipedia: 'X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of
electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays have a wavelength ranging from 0.01
to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to
30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) and energies in the range 100 eV to
100 keV. X-ray wavelengths are shorter than those of UV rays and typically
longer than those of gamma rays. In many languages, X-radiation is referred
to with terms meaning Röntgen radiation, after Wilhelm Röntgen, who is
usually credited as its discoverer, and who had named it X-radiation to
signify an unknown type of radiation. Spelling of X-ray(s) in the English
language includes the variants x-ray(s), xray(s), and X ray(s).
X-rays with high photon energies (above 5–10 keV, below 0.2–0.1 nm
wavelength) are called hard X-rays, while those with lower energy are
called soft X-rays. Due to their penetrating ability, hard X-rays are
widely used to image the inside of objects, e.g., in medical radiography
and airport security. The term X-ray is metonymically used to refer to a
radiographic image produced using this method, in addition to the method
itself. Since the wavelengths of hard X-rays are similar to the size of
atoms they are also useful for determining crystal structures by X-ray
crystallography. By contrast, soft X-rays are easily absorbed in air the
attenuation length of 600 eV (~2 nm) X-rays in water is less than 1
micrometer.
There is no consensus for a definition distinguishing between X-rays and
gamma rays. One common practice is to distinguish between the two types of
radiation based on their source: X-rays are emitted by electrons, while
gamma rays are emitted by the atomic nucleus. This definition has several
problems: other processes also can generate these high-energy photons, or
sometimes the method of generation is not known. One common alternative is
to distinguish X- and gamma radiation on the basis of wavelength (or,
equivalently, frequency or photon energy), with radiation shorter than some
arbitrary wavelength, such as 10-11 m (0.1 Å), defined as gamma radiation.
This criterion assigns a photon to an unambiguous category, but is only
possible if wavelength is known. (Some measurement techniques do not
distinguish between detected wavelengths.) However, these two definitions
often coincide since the electromagnetic radiation emitted by X-ray tubes
generally has a longer wavelength and lower photon energy than the
radiation emitted by radioactive nuclei. Occasionally, one term or the
other is used in specific contexts due to historical precedent, based on
measurement (detection) technique, or based on their intended use rather
than their wavelength or source. Thus, gamma-rays generated for medical and
industrial uses, for example radiotherapy, in the ranges of 6–20 MeV, can
in this context also be referred to as X-rays.
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen is usually credited as the discoverer of
X-rays in 1895, because he was the first to systematically study them,
though he is not the first to have observed their effects. He is also the
one who gave them the name X-rays (signifying an unknown quantity) though
many others referred to these as Röntgen rays (and the associated X-ray
radiograms as, Röntgenograms) for several decades after their discovery and
even to this day in some languages, including Röntgen's native German.
X-rays were found emanating from Crookes tubes, experimental discharge
tubes invented around 1875, by scientists investigating the cathode rays,
that is energetic electron beams, that were first created in the tubes.
Crookes tubes created free electrons by ionization of the residual air in
the tube by a high DC voltage of anywhere between a few kilovolts and 100
kV. This voltage accelerated the electrons coming from the cathode to a
high enough velocity that they created X-rays when they struck the anode or
the glass wall of the tube. Many of the early Crookes tubes undoubtedly
radiated X-rays, because early researchers noticed effects that were
attributable to them, ... Wilhelm Röntgen was the first to systematically
study them, in 1895.
The discovery of X-rays stimulated a veritable sensation. Röntgen's
biographer Otto Glasser estimated that, in 1896 alone, as many as 49 essays
and 1044 articles about the new rays were published. This was probably a
conservative estimate, if one considers that nearly every paper around the
world extensively reported about the new discovery, with a magazine such as
Science dedicating as many as 23 articles to it in that year alone.
Sensationalist reactions to the new discovery included publications linking
the new kind of rays to occult and paranormal theories, such as telepathy'.
* 'In 1904, Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first
U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Harvey Hubbell II (1857 – December 17, 1927), was an
American inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist. His best-known
inventions are the U.S. electrical plug and the pull-chain light socket.
In 1888, at the age of thirty-one, Hubbell quit his job as a manager of a
manufacturing company and founded Hubbell Incorporated in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, a company which is still in business today, still
headquartered near Bridgeport. Hubbell began manufacturing consumer
products and, by necessity, inventing manufacturing equipment for his
factory. Some of the equipment he designed included automatic tapping
machines and progressive dies for blanking and stamping. One of his most
important industrial inventions, still in use today, is the thread rolling
machine. He quickly began selling his newly devised manufacturing equipment
alongside his commercial products.
Hubbell received at least 45 patents most were for electric products. The
pull-chain electrical light socket was patented in 1896, and his most
famous invention, the U.S. electrical power plug, in 1904, this brought the
convenience of portable electrical devices, already enjoyed in Great
Britain since the early 1880s, to the U.S'.
* 'In 1935, The movie, Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton and
Clark Gable premieres in New York. It won Best Production/Picture in 1936.
.
- From Wikipedia: 'Mutiny on the Bounty is an American 1935 drama starring
Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, directed by Frank Lloyd based on the
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.
The film was one of the biggest hits of its time. Although its historical
accuracy has been questioned (inevitably, as it is based on a novel), film
critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinematic work inspired by
the mutiny'.
* 'In 1965, The daytime TV soap opera, Days of Our Lives, premieres. It is
still running after 12,713 ep. (as of November 6, 2015). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives
often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera
broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running
scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday
since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries
around the world. It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at
8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013.The series was
created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips
was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest
storylines were written by William J. Bell. In February 2016, the soap
received a one-year renewal through 2017, with the option of an additional
year by NBC.
Due to the series' success, it was expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes
on April 21, 1975. The series focuses on its core families, the Hortons and
the Bradys. Several other families have been added to the cast, and many of
them still appear on the show. Frances Reid, the matriarch of the series'
Horton family remained with the show from its inception to her death on
February 3, 2010. Suzanne Rogers celebrated 40 years on Days of Our Lives
this year, appearing on the show more or less since her first appearance in
1973. Susan Seaforth Hayes is the only cast member to appear on Days of Our
Lives in all five decades it has been on air.
Days of Our Lives aired its 10,000th episode on February 21, 2005, and its
12,000th episode aired on January 11, 2013. The soap was given the title of
most daring drama in the seventies due to covering topics other soaps would
not dare to do. The show's executive producer is Ken Corday, and
co-executive producers are Greg Meng and Albert Alarr. Days of Our Lives is
the most widely distributed soap opera in the United States.
The show has been parodied by SCTV (as The Days of the Week) and the
television sitcom Friends, with some cast members making crossover
appearances on the show, including Kristian Alfonso, Roark Critchlow,
Matthew Ashford, Kyle Lowder, and Alison Sweeney. The show has had
high-profile fans such as actress Julia Roberts, and the Supreme Court
justice Thurgood Marshall'.
* 'In 2005, The original 'Guitar Hero' game was released in North America.
.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Guitar Hero series (sometimes referred to as the
Hero series) is a series of music rhythm games first published in 2005 by
RedOctane and Harmonix, and distributed by Activision, in which players use
a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing lead, bass guitar, and
rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that
scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller, strumming the
controller in time to the music in order to score points, and keep the
virtual audience excited. The games attempt to mimic many features of
playing a real guitar, including the use of fast-fingering hammer-ons and
pull-offs and the use of the whammy bar to alter the pitch of notes. Most
games support single player modes, typically a Career mode to play through
all the songs in the game, and both competitive and cooperative multiplayer
modes. With the introduction of Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008, the game
includes support for a four-player band including vocals and drums. The
series initially used mostly cover versions of songs created by WaveGroup
Sound, but most recent titles feature soundtracks that are fully master
recordings, and in some cases, special re-recordings, of the songs. Later
titles in the series feature support for downloadable content in the form
of new songs'.
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Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pomegranate Month
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American and National Diabetes Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign
National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National COPD Month
National Diabetes Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National PPSI Aids Awareness Month
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Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
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Adopt A Senior Pet Month
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Manatee Awareness Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Pet Diabetes Month
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Aviation History Month
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
Family Stories Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Entrepreneurship Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Memoir Writing Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Runaway Prevention Month
National Scholarship Month
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Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was
the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name
(from the Latin novem meaning 'nine') when January and February were added
to the Roman calendar.
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'November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in
the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere
is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice
versa.'
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