<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Indian Pudding Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Hasty pudding - Indian pudding):
'Indian pudding is a traditional New England dessert, a cold-weather
classic. Seventeenth-century English colonists brought hasty pudding to
North America and transformed it completely. Lacking wheat, they
substituted cornmeal, a grain they learned to cultivate from the indigenous
peoples, which led to the new name Indian pudding, derived from their name
for cornmeal, Indian meal. They substituted milk, which was plentiful, for
water and added locally available sweeteners, either molasses or maple
syrup, and spices when available, typically cinnamon and ground ginger.
Other traditional ingredients include butter and eggs for a smoother
consistency and raisins and nuts for flavor and contrasting texture.
Finally, Indian pudding is baked in a slow oven for several hours,
transforming its texture from the porridge-like quality of hasty pudding to
a smoother texture more typical of custard puddings. According to Kathleen
Wall, Plimoth Plantation's expert on colonial cooking, The longer it cooks,
the more liquid the gritty cornmeal absorbs, and the more it absorbs, the
smoother the texture of your pudding. It was commonplace in the colonial
era and enjoyed a revival as part of Thanksgiving Day celebrations in the
late 19th century. It was found in most American cookbooks before 1900. The
20th century’s commercial puddings with their industrially perfect smooth
consistency displaced Indian pudding, and its cooking time had little
appeal for the modern home cook. It is still associated with autumn
holidays and occasionally revived by restaurants. It is usually served warm
and sometimes accompanied by vanilla ice cream or whipped cream'.
[The Hankster says] I bet there are a lot of 'good ole' tasty recipes out there.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'World Kindness Day'.
Begun by the World Kindness Movement in 1997 and with an official start of
2000 from Singapore.
- From Wikipedia (World Kindness Day):
'World Kindness Day is an international observance on 13 November. It was
introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement a coalition of nations
kindness NGOs. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Japan,
Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates. In 2009, Singapore observed
the day for the first time. Italy and India also observed the day. In the
UK it is fronted by David Jamilly co-founded Kindness Day UK. In 2010 at
the request of Michael Lloyd—White the NSW Federation Parents and Citizens
Association wrote to the Minister of The NSW Department of Education to
place World Kindness Day on the NSW School Calendar. In 2012 At the request
of the Chairman of World Kindness Australia, World Kindness Day was placed
on the Federal School Calendar and the then Minister of School Education,
Early Childhood, and Youth The Hon Peter Garrett, provided a Declaration of
Support for World Kindness Australia and placed World Kindness Day on the
National School Calendar for over 9000 schools. Schools across the globe
are now celebrating World Kindness Day and work with local NGOs such as the
Be Kind People Project and Life Vest Inside In the USA. In 2012 Australia
Her Excellency Prof Marie Bashir Governor of NSW hosted an event for the
first time at Government House to celebrate World kindness Day and accepted
a Cool To Be Kind Award from year 3 amd 4 students. Australian Councils
representing over 1.3 million residents have also signed Declarations of
Support for World Kindness Australia placing World Kindness Day on the
Council Calendar of Events. Events include THE BIG HUG, handing out
Kindness Cards, Global Flashmob, which was coordinated by Orly Wahba from
USA which was held in 15 countries and 33 cities with its images of the
event making the big screens in New York City. Canada celebrates with The
Kindness Concert and in Singapore in 2009, 45,000 yellowflowers were given
away. World Kindness Day is to highlight good deeds in the community
focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which
binds us. Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition which
bridges the divides of race religion, politics, gender and zip codes.
Kindness Cards are also an ongoing activity which can either be passed on
to recognize an act of kindness and or ask that an act of kindness be done.
Approaches are being made to the United Nations by the peak global body,
The World Kindness Movement to have World Kindness Day officially
recognized and its members unanimously sign a Declaration of Support for
World Kindness. World Kindness Day is celebrated by Waves of Kindness
Global Initiative at www.wavesofkindness.org - promoting Synchronized
Global Waves of Unified Thoughts and Acts of Kindness for All Life
According to Gulf News, it is a day that encourages individuals to overlook
boundaries, race and religion'.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Other:
* 'Remembrance Sunday in the UK'. In Great Britain on the Sunday nearest
Armistice Day.
- From Wikipedia (Remembrance Sunday):
'Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth as a
day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military
and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts
It is held on the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to 11
November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the
First World War at 11 a.m. in 1918.
Across The United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at
local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic
dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women (many are members of the Royal
British Legion and other veterans' organisations), members of local armed
forces regular and reserve units (Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve, Royal
Marines and Royal Marines Reserve, Army and Territorial Army, Royal Air
Force and Royal Auxiliary Air Force), military cadet forces (Sea Cadet
Corps, Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps as well as the Combined
Cadet Force) and youth organisations (e.g. Scouts, Boys' Brigade, Girls'
Brigade and Guides). Wreaths of remembrance poppies are laid on the
memorials and two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m. Church bells are
usually rung half-muffled, creating a sombre effect'.
<> Historical events on November 13
* 'In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said,
'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes'.
- From Wikipedia: 'However, Franklin's letter is not the origin of the
phrase, which appeared earlier in Daniel Defoe's The History of the Devil'.
* 'In 1841, James Braid's first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism,
which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving
focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity
for response to suggestion. The term may also refer to an art, skill, or
act of inducing hypnosis.
Theories explaining what occurs during hypnosis fall into two groups.
Altered state theories see hypnosis as an altered state of mind or trance,
marked by a level of awareness different from the ordinary conscious state.
In contrast, nonstate theories see hypnosis as a form of imaginative
role-enactment.
During hypnosis, a person is said to have heightened focus and
concentration. The person can concentrate intensely on a specific thought
or memory, while blocking out sources of distraction. Hypnotised subjects
are said to show an increased response to suggestions. Hypnosis is usually
induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction involving a series of
preliminary instructions and suggestion. The use of hypnotism for
therapeutic purposes is referred to as hypnotherapy, while its use as a
form of entertainment for an audience is known as stage hypnosis Stage
hypnosis is often performed by mentalists practicing the art form of
mentalism.
The term hypnosis comes from the Ancient Greek word hypnos, sleep, and the
suffix -osis, or from hypnoo, put to sleep (stem of aorist hypnos-) and
the suffix -is. The words hypnosis and hypnotism both derive from the term
neuro-hypnotism (nervous sleep), all of which were coined by Étienne Félix
d'Henin de Cuvillers in 1820. These words were popularized in English by
the Scottish surgeon James Braid (to whom they are sometimes wrongly
attributed) around 1841. Braid based his practice on that developed by
Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called Mesmerism or animal
magnetism), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked.
Following the French committee's findings, Dugald Stewart, an influential
academic philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense, encouraged
physicians in his Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind (1818) to
salvage elements of Mesmerism by replacing the supernatural theory of
animal magnetism with a new interpretation based upon common sense laws of
physiology and psychology.
In Braid's day, the Scottish School of Common Sense provided the dominant
theories of academic psychology, and Braid refers to other philosophers
within this tradition throughout his writings. Braid therefore revised the
theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of hypnotism
as a more rational and common sense alternative.
Despite briefly toying with the name rational Mesmerism, Braid ultimately
chose to emphasise the unique aspects of his approach, carrying out
informal experiments throughout his career in order to refute practices
that invoked supernatural forces and demonstrating instead the role of
ordinary physiological and psychological processes such as suggestion and
focused attention in producing the observed effects.
Braid worked very closely with his friend and ally the eminent physiologist
Professor William Benjamin Carpenter, an early neuro-psychologist who
introduced the ideo-motor reflex theory of suggestion. Carpenter had
observed instances of expectation and imagination apparently influencing
involuntary muscle movement. A classic example of the ideo-motor principle
in action is the so-called Chevreul pendulum (named after Michel Eugène
Chevreul). Chevreul claimed that divinatory pendulae were made to swing by
unconscious muscle movements brought about by focused concentration alone.
Braid soon assimilated Carpenter's observations into his own theory,
realising that the effect of focusing attention was to enhance the
ideo-motor reflex response. Braid extended Carpenter's theory to encompass
the influence of the mind upon the body more generally, beyond the muscular
system, and therefore referred to the ideo-dynamic response and coined the
term psycho-physiology to refer to the study of general mind/body
interaction.
In his later works, Braid reserved the term hypnotism for cases in which
subjects entered a state of amnesia resembling sleep. For other cases, he
spoke of a mono-ideodynamic principle to emphasise that the eye-fixation
induction technique worked by narrowing the subject's attention to a single
idea or train of thought (monoideism), which amplified the effect of the
consequent dominant idea upon the subject's body by means of the
ideo-dynamic principle'.
* 'In 1940, The movie of Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by
Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. With story direction
by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, and production supervision by Ben Sharpsteen,
it is the third Disney animated feature film. The film consists of eight
animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold
Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of
Ceremonies, providing a live-action introduction to each animated segment.
Disney settled on the film's concept as work neared completion on The
Sorcerer's Apprentice, an elaborate Silly Symphonies short designed as a
comeback role for Mickey Mouse, who had declined in popularity. As
production costs grew higher than what it could earn, Disney decided to
include the short in a feature-length film with other segments set to
classical pieces. The soundtrack was recorded using multiple audio channels
and reproduced with Fantasound, a pioneering sound reproduction system that
made Fantasia the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound.
Fantasia was first released in theatrical roadshow engagements held in
thirteen U.S. cities from November 13, 1940. It received mixed critical
reaction and was unable to make a profit due to World War II cutting off
distribution to the European market, the film's high production costs, and
the expense of leasing theatres and installing the Fantasound equipment for
the roadshow presentations. The film was subsequently reissued multiple
times with its original footage and audio being deleted, modified, or
restored in each version. As of 2012, Fantasia has grossed $76.4 million in
domestic revenue and is the 22nd highest-grossing film of all time in the
U.S. when adjusted for inflation. Fantasia, as a franchise, has grown to
include video games, Disneyland attractions, a live concert, and a
theatrically released sequel (Fantasia 2000) co-produced by Walt's nephew
Roy E. Disney in 1999. Fantasia has grown in reputation over the years and
is now widely acclaimed in 1998 the American Film Institute ranked it as
the 58th greatest American film in their 100 Years...100 Movies and the
fifth greatest animated film in their 10 Top 10 list'.
* 'In 1940, Willys-Overland submits the Jeep prototype to the U.S. Army. By
1945, 600,000 Jeeps had been made. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The original Jeep was the prototype Bantam BRC. Willys
MB Jeeps went into production in 1941 specifically for the military,
arguably making them the oldest four-wheel drive mass-production vehicles
now known as SUVs. The Jeep became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle
of the United States Army and the Allies during World War II, as well as
the postwar period. The term became common worldwide in the wake of the
war.
The first civilian models were produced in 1945. It inspired a number of
other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover. Many Jeep variants
serving similar military and civilian roles have since been designed in
other nations'.
* 'In 1961, The song, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by the Tokens was released.
.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight, also known as Wimoweh, Wimba
Way or Awimbawe, is a song written and recorded originally by Solomon Linda
with the Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939,
under the title Mbube Composed in Zulu, it was adapted and covered
internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including the
Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba and the Kingston Trio. In
1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English
with the best-known version by the doo-wop group the Tokens. It went on to
earn at least US$15 million in royalties from cover versions and film
licensing'.
* 'In 1970. The Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely
populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an
estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th
century's worst natural disaster. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical
cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West
Bengal on November 12, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever
recorded and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times. Up to
500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, primarily as a result of the
storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.
This cyclone was the sixth cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean
cyclone season, and also the season's strongest.
The cyclone formed over the central Bay of Bengal on November 8 and
traveled north, intensifying as it did so. It reached its peak with winds
of 185 km/h (115 mph) on November 11, and made landfall on the coast of
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) the following afternoon. The storm surge
devastated many of the offshore islands, wiping out villages and destroying
crops throughout the region. In the most severely affected Upazila,
Tazumuddin, over 45% of the population of 167,000 was killed by the storm.
The Pakistani government led by junta leader General Yahya Khan was
severely criticized for its delayed handling of the relief operations
following the storm, both by local political leaders in East Pakistan and
in the international media. During the election that took place a month
later, the opposition Awami League gained a landslide victory in the
province, and continuing unrest between East Pakistan and the central
government triggered the Bangladesh Liberation War, which led to widespread
atrocities and eventually concluded with the creation of the country of
Bangladesh. This storm as well as the war would also inspire ex-Beatle
George Harrison and Bengali musician Ravi Shankar to organize The Concert
for Bangladesh, the prototype benefit concert, to raise money for aid, in
1971'.
* 'In 1971, Mariner 9 is the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was an unmanned
NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and
was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May
30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and reached the planet on
November 14 of the same year, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit
another planet – only narrowly beating the Soviets' Mars 2 and Mars 3,
which both arrived within a month. After months of dust storms it managed
to send back clear pictures of the surface.
Mariner 9 returned 7329 images over the course of its mission, which
concluded in October 1972'.
* 'In 1977, The comic strip of Li'l Abner is published for the last time.
It ran from 1934 - 1977. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that
appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe,
featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain
village of Dogpatch, USA. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the
strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It
was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Comic strips typically dealt
with northern urban experiences before Capp introduced Li'l Abner, the
first strip based in the South. Although Capp was from Connecticut, he
spent 43 years writing about a fictional southern town. The comic strip had
60 million readers in over 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers
in 28 countries. Author M. Thomas Inge says Capp had a profound influence
on the way the world viewed the American South.'.
* 'In 1982, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 3-acre (12,000 mý)
national memorial in Washington, DC. It honors U.S. service members of the
U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died
in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were
unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War'. 'Its construction and
related issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have
resulted in additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently
consists of three separate parts: the Three Servicemen Memorial, the
Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is
the best-known part of the memorial'.
* 'In 1997, The Broadway version of Disney's 'The Lion King' opens at
Amsterdam Theater in New York. It is Broadway's seventh longest-running
show in history. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Disney
animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim
Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral
arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features
actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets. The show is
produced by Disney Theatrical Productions.
The musical debuted July 8, 1997, in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Orpheum
Theatre, and was an instant success before premiering on Broadway at the
New Amsterdam Theater on October 15, 1997, in previews with the official
opening on November 13, 1997. On June 13, 2006, the Broadway production
moved to the Minskoff Theatre to make way for the musical version of Mary
Poppins, where it is still running after more than 6,700 performances. It
is Broadway's third longest-running show in history and the highest
grossing Broadway production of all time, having grossed more than $1
billion.
The show debuted in the West End's Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1999, and
is still running. The cast of the West End production were invited to
perform at the Royal Variety Performance 2008 at the London Palladium on
December 11, in the presence of senior members of the British Royal Family.
In September 2014, The Lion King became the top-earning title in box-office
history for both stage productions and films, surpassing the record
previously held by Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
Monthly holiday / awareness days in November
Food
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
Health
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
NET Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Vegan Month
Animal and Pet
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
Adopt A Turkey Month
Manatee Awareness Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Pet Diabetes Month
Other
American Indian Heritage Month
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
Picture Book Month
November is:
November origin (from Wikipedia): 'November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian
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.
'
'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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