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berniesrevolution · 2 years ago

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IN THESE TIMES

DES MOINES, Iowa — Wearing bright yellow Crocs, carrying a backpack and holding a clipboard stacked with papers, Ahmed Musa listens intently to a student. You would be forgiven for thinking Mr. Musa was a student himself; it is “staff dress like a student” day during spirit week at Theodore Roosevelt High School, and Mr. Musa looks the part.

Then again, Mr. Musa, 24, was a Roosevelt student not too long ago. He graduated in 2017.

He is talking with senior Jackie in a second floor hallway. She is animated, her purple and white braids falling across her baby blue N95 mask as she explains a problem. She is the president of the K-Club and there was an incident among members. The K-Club, she says, is about all things K-pop, from Korean music to food to movies to fashion. Mr. Musa laughs — he thought it was the “Kulture Club.”

Jackie goes on to give a broad overview of the situation: Racist and homophobic memes were posted in the group’s online chat of several dozen members. Tempers flared and arguments spilled over from social media into the classroom. Then a shouting match erupted during a club meeting. Fortunately, it didn’t come to blows. Members contacted the club’s teacher-advisor who contacted the school’s “restorative practices” team.

As a restoration facilitator, Mr. Musa’s job is to listen to problems and help students find solutions. Talking with Jackie that morning was the first step (a “prerestorative conference”) toward a formal “restorative circle.” Restorative circles are a group activity meant to help repair harm and restore relationships.

Jackie was one of several students I spoke with during two week-long visits to Roosevelt this year — once in the spring and once in the fall — to witness the school’s implementation of its new restorative practices program. Vanessa, a freshman struggling with the transition from remote learning during Covid, and Yonathan, a sophomore caught with drugs and weapons at school, were also among them. (Students involved in the RP program are referred to by first name to protect their privacy.)

Before the pandemic, armed officers known as “school resource officers,” or SROs, from the Des Moines Police Department would patrol the school hallways. But during the summer of racial justice marches and protests after the police murder of George Floyd, students, parents and community members spoke out against SROs at Des Moines School Board meetings. In the end, the police contract with the schools was terminated. After scrambling to make remote schooling work during the long, mournful slog of the pandemic, Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) were left to find a way to reimagine school safety — and fast.

The district moved quickly to implement restorative practices, an increasingly popular educational model for school safety, violence prevention and mediation.

The 2021 – 2022 school year was a huge opportunity with the highest of stakes: DMPS could become one of the only districts in the nation to succeed in concurrently removing SROs and implementing restorative practices, or the district and its students could be thrown into crisis.

Restorative practices (RP) derive from “restorative justice,” which is used to bring together, in mutual agreement for mediation, the victim and the perpetrator of an offense. The goal is typically restitution for harm caused while helping the perpetrator restore community ties.

In education, “practices” is often swapped in for “justice” because it involves children who aren’t in criminal proceedings. Formal conflict resolution, after a dispute or rule-breaking, does play a role, but RP is also proactive, explains Anne Gregory, a Rutgers professor and one of the nation’s leading RP experts.

One core proactive practice is “check and connect.” This might be as simple as having teachers and staff say hi to each student as they enter the school, or asking a student between classes how their day is going. When there’s an issue, students can then sit down with a trusted adult to build “their own insight into themselves and what’s driving their behavior,” Gregory says.

Gregory emphasizes that relationship building is a two-way street. These micro-interactions of “check and connect” also change how teachers see students. They undermine “overgeneralization [and] negative stereotyping” and create space for understanding, Gregory says. When a student has “attendance problems,” for example, the right mindset involves “thinking about and understanding what’s going on for the family of that student that morning in getting out the door” — which is a “very different approach,” Gregory adds, from “sending a police officer to your house the fourth time you’re truant.”

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#politics #the left #in these times #education #Public Schools #progressive #progressive movement

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boltedgarlic · 8 months ago

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taglist~

you’ll have to use the search function unfortunately :( i am no longer linking all my tags. if you’re on desktop, my theme should have a search bar!

dated by year

1980 | - | 1994 | - | 1997 | - | 1999 | - | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | - | 2039

dated by month

holidays/seasons

locations

alabama / alaska / arkansas / california / connecticut / idaho / illinois / indiana / iowa / kansas / kentucky / louisiana / maryland / missouri / new mexico / new york / north carolina / ohio / oregon / pennsylvania / tennessee / texas / utah / west virgina / wisconsin

animals

pets

art/mediums

artists

Ween

colors

food & drink

characters/licenses/media

interior

exterior/outside

miscellaneous tags

my tags

updated: 09/13/2024

#taglist #long post #my favorite tags are bolded #and will be hyperlinked when i get around to it

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brookstonalmanac · 2 months ago

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Holidays 10.29

Holidays

Bishop James Hannington Memorial Day (Uganda)

Black Salsify Day (French Republic)

Bob Ross Day (Abeldane Empire)

Candies Day

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

C6HO Day (Kentucky)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami (North Cyprus, Turkey)

Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)

Feed the Birds Day (UK)

Festival of Global Climate Change

Fiestas Patrias begins (Honduras)

Halloween Eve Eve

Hermit Day

Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day)

International Day of Care and Support (UN)

International Day of Degrowth

International Internet Day

Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day

Ľudovít Štúr Day (Slovakia)

Military Financier Day (Ukraine)s

Naming Day (Tanzania)

National Boner Day

National Book Day (Brazil)

National Cat Daddy Day

National Cat Day

National Hermit Day

National Martina Day

Oatmeal Day

PSC Awareness Day

Sea Slug Day

Security Guard Day (Kazakhstan)

Separation of Church and State Day

Turkish Republic Day (Turkey)

Vote Early Day

World Online Networking Day

World Psoriasis Day

World Stroke Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day

National Oatmeal Day

Poperinge Beer & Hop Festival begins (Belgium) [Every 3 years, 3rd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Constitutional Referendum Anniversary Day (Serbia)

Turkey (from Ottoman Empire, 1923)

Westarctica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Tuesday in October

Mix It Up at Lunch Day [Last Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 29 (Last Week of October)

None Known

Festivals Beginning October 29, 2024

The Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 10.31]

Feast Days

Abraham of Rostov (Christian; Saint)

Andrei Ryabushkin (Artology)

Bill Mauldin (Artology)

Blažej Baláž (Artology)

Bob Ross (Artology)

Chef (a.k.a. Theuderius; Christian; Saint)

Chiara Badano (Christian; Blessed)

Colman mac Duagh (Christian; Saint)

Desmond Bagley (Writerism)

Dominick Dunne (Writerism)

Douai Martyrs (Christian; Saint)

Gaetano Errico (Christian; Saint)

Ghatasthapana begins (Nepal)

Harriet Powers (Artology)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries II (Pagan)

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Kojagrat Purnima [15th Day of Dashain]

Lazarus Long Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lee Child (Writerism)

Mary of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Maximillian (Christian; Saint)

Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)

Niki De Saint Phalle (Artology)

Nut Day (Pastafarian)

Robertson (Positivist; Saint)

Second Fiddle of the Mounth (Shamanism)

Shin Saimdang (Artology)

Theuderius (a.k.a. Chef; Christian; Saint)

Warren the Warthog (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Unlucky Day [10 of 11]

Historically Bad Day (Stock Market Crash, Hurricane Sandy & 8 other tragedies) [10 of 11]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [58 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

All I Want for Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1994)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley (Biography; 1965)

Being John Malkovich (Film; 1999)

Blue Moon, 24th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2019)

Boy Pest with Ash (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Bullwinkle Busts a Brush or The Cleft Palette (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 226; 1963)

BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara (Roman à clef Novel; 1935)

Create Dangerously, by Albert Camus (manifesto; 1957)

Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1787)

Fido Beta Kappa (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour (Radio Series; 1929)

Get Nervous, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1982)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Film; 2010)

Halloween Is Grinch Night (DePatie-Freleng Animated YV Special; 1977)

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1972)

Hemispheres, by Rush (Album; 1978)

Hulu (Streaming Network; 2007)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report (TV News Show; 1956)

Jingle Bell Rock, recorded by Bobby Helm (Song; 1957)

Keeping Up Appearances (UK TV Series; 1990)

Last Night in Soho (Film; 2021)

Man of the Century (Film; 1999)

The Marbleheads, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 13 & 14; 1966)

Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (Japanese Animated Film; 1969)

Mind Games, by John Lennon (Album; 1973)

The Music Lesson (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

My Generation, by The Who (Song; 1965)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James (Novel; 1880)

Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 225; 1963)

Princess Mononoke (Anime Film; 1999)

Ray (Film; 2004)

Red Riding Hoodwinked (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

The Saw Mill Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Sentinel, 25th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2020)

Trip for Tat (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

The Valiant Tailor (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Album; 1984)

What’ll I Do?, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1947)

Wild Target (Film; 2010)

The Woody Woodpecker Polka (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

Today’s Name Days

Ermelina, Hermelindis, Melinda (Austria)

Časlav, Honorat, Ida, Narcis (Croatia)

Silvie (Czech Republic)

Narcissus (Denmark)

Alf, Alfred, Fred, Fredi (Estonia)

Alfred, Urmasimo (Finland)

Narcisse (France)

Ermelinda, Franco, Grete, Melinda (Germany)

Abramios, Melina (Greece)

Nárcisz (Hungary)

Ermelinda, Michela, Massimiliano (Italy)

Elva, Elvijs, Fortuna, Laimonis (Latvia)

Gelgaudas, Narcizas, Tolvydė, Violeta (Lithuania)

Noralf, Norunn (Norway)

Euzebia, Franciszek, Longin, Longina, Lubogost, Narcyz, Teodor, Wioletta (Poland)

Anastasia (Romania)

Zinaida (Russia)

Klára (Slovakia)

Narciso (Spain)

Viola (Sweden)

Garrison, Cyrano, Cyrena, Narcissa, Narcissus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 303 of 2024; 63 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 44 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 27 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 27 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 25 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 3 Wood; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 15 October 2024

Moon: 7%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Descartes (11th Month) [Dunoyer / Adam Smith]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 37 of 90)

Week: Last Week of October

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 6 of 30)

#Holidays

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a-potato-does-cosplay · 1 year ago

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Intro Post

Hi I’m Nic! I’ve been cosplaying since 2017(?) and competing regularly since 2023. I love meeting new people and making friends. I also love finding new media to cosplay from and learning new skills.

Other socials

This post will be updated regularly with awards and cosplays

Current level: journeyman

Awards won:

Judge’s choice- quad con Cedar Rapids 2023-Dimitri

Judge’s choice- Des Moines con 2023-Genderbent!Elsa

3rd place novice -Anime Iowa 2023- Demon!Ciel

Best intermediate- Des Moines con 2024- Demon!Ciel

Best in show - Anime Ames 2024- Julian Devorak

Cosplays owned

*green denotes hand made

*purple denotes thrifted/partially hand made

Ciel Phantomhive (blue) -Black Butler

Ciel Phantomhive (demon)- Black Butler

Zuko -Avatar the last airbender

Dimitri - FE3H

Lio Fotia - Promare

Greg - over the garden wall

Genderbent!Elsa - Frozen

Ken Kaneki - Tokyo Ghoul

JD - Heathers

L - Death note

Slain Troyard- Aldnoah Zero

Honey - Ouran High school host club

Julian Devorak - The Arcana

Julian Devorak (swim suit)

Laurent - captive prince x2

Edward Elric- Full metal alchemist

Dipper Pines- gravity falls

Flick - ACNH

#cosplay #cosplayer #introduction #intro post #blog intro #cosplay blog #handmade #handmade cosplay #anime #video games

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jones-friend · 2 years ago

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Avatar: The Way of Water

December 18, 2009: Avatar releases

2010: I have my first girlfriend

2011: I graduate high school and attend college moving from Illinois to Iowa, making a number of lifelong friends in the early months

2012: I declare a cinema arts major

2013: me and a small number of friends form a media production company, I have no idea what I’m doing

2014: I get more into dnd and mtg as hobbies with my friends

2015: I graduate from Iowa with a bachelors in cinema arts and move to Chicago interning in the Hancock building

2016: my grandmother passes away from a stroke and I return to semi-country Illinois to live with my grandfather

2017: I have a major falling out with friends I have had since elementary school and college leaving a permanent scar on multiple friend groups

2018: I escape a league of mentally detrimental jobs that put me in a dark dark place and start working in higher ed

2019: family life becomes so stressful I am forced to move out of my grandfather’s house

2020: COVID rocks the world and changes everything. We are locked down with a life threatening virus running rampant as US fascism hits its fever pitch

2021: I cut ties with my biological family

2022: multiple friends have had children or are pregnant, forming families of their own

December 16, 2022: Avatar Way of Water releases

I’ll be 30 this coming year. It has been 12yrs, 11mo, and 29 days between Avatar films. 410,140,800 seconds. It is an interesting feeling to come back to a world depicted on screen after so much time has passed, very nearly half the amount of time I’ve been alive.

My initial impressions of Avatar Way of Water is that if you enjoyed living in the world of Pandora in the first movie and would love some more adventures in Pandora you will enjoy the second movie. If you liked the tighter moviegoing experience the first offered you will feel a little let down. I don’t think this is a bad movie by any means, nor is it a mediocre movie. It is good. It just isn’t as tightly crafted as the original movie was.

God knows, it’s been so long most movies have been remade since then. Or revived under new premises a la Fantastic Beasts (which is a whole other animal to tackle). But I fully understand I’m coming to Way of Water with an entire kit of analytical skills I did not have when I watched the first movie, and this will impact my enjoyment of the second and let me look back fondly on the first.

Thinking between these two, not much has changed. Humans are one note greedy, comfortably made into cannon fodder for thrilling fight sequences. The navi are in tune with nature, peaceful, someone we can root for without complicated emotions. We have a new McGuffin or item everyone wants but it gets a back seat to the grudge match that takes importance over it. And rightfully so.

This is a movie that wants to do a lot of things in the three hours and twelve minutes it runs for. I’m not sure it is successful in all of them, feeling a bit like Star Wars Episode IX in that scenes run fast and loose, a little too loose in some places. The ending especially felt that fervent pace and could not slow down where it really needed to and let some scenes sit for more than a few seconds, instead summarizing via voice over because with 20-30mins of trailers frontloading this your audience has been sitting for four hours and we gotta get👏this👏shit👏going.

This movie s a Star Wars in that its science fantasy and don’t worry we can just make computer chip copies of your brain. It’s also a Toy Story 3, we’ve aged up the characters and moved their lives along to reflect the aging audience who first watched Avatar. It’s also a Star Trek IV where we’re saving the whales. This movie is trying to be a lot of things in 3hrs 12mins. Roughly, it succeeds.

There is a lot to be charmed by in the world of Pandora. It is a different kind of movie because in describing it, the movie acts more like an immersive experience with the viewer so I wouldn’t say “characters do X Y and Z” but you as the audience get to “make friends with a whale” and “learn to ride alien dolphins”. It is a world that continues to be lovingly crafted, like sitting in dnd with a dm who has laid out so much of their own lore and worldbuilding its just a delight to immerse yourself in.

Even when it is unfocused Avatar Way of Water is far and away a better experience than so many other theater movies. It’s drop dead gorgeous, and it doesn’t mind getting its hands dirty in that new aquatic environment immersing scenes in and out of water with ease. If you enjoy escapism I absolutely recommend seeing it while it’s in theaters, preferably IMAX.

A lot has changed since the first Avatar dropped 12 years 11 months and 29 days ago. Well, longer now, writing this on January 2nd. This movie is a comfortable return to the world of Pandora with uncomplicated premises and setups that do not challenge the viewer. It is a movie made by an action movie director with a long resume of quality work. If you bothered reading through my ramblings you likely have already made up your mind on whether or not you’d enjoy such a thing. I give a recommendation to seeing it, I love fantasy, I love escapism, and I love the world of Pandora. I am always down to revisit this chapter and will be excited to see later movies. Is it perfect? God no. There’s alien jesus, major death retcons, silly pacifism philosophies, its got flaws. But I do enjoy the quality of the world it gives me. Its one of the few things that can instill a sense of childlike wonder in myself and I treasure that sensation greatly.

#avatar #way of water

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mortagesrants · 2 years ago

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Fireworks are a danger to the environment and even other people

Fireworks emit 60,340 tons of C02 every year. That’s a bit more than what 12,000 has powered cars emit in a year. GreenMatters sourced from Tree Hugger

Fireworks also negatively impact

The waterways, rivers and lakes that animals and poverse people use to drink from.

People with PTSD, ranging from war veterans, victims of terrorism, and so forth

Native wildlife, especially native avian species who die from adrenaline overdose, stress, heart attack, or from the sheer noise and heat from fireworks

Disabled people with noise sensitivity

Local flora having severe burns or being at risk of causing wildfires.

Damaging human lungs from inhaling micro plastics and smoke

ETC

Statistically speaking

Between 2002 and 2017, 7.25% of people died from a result of fireworks, cracklers, and sparklers in the US

In 2017, nearly 13,000 people went to the hospital from firework related injuries

Fireworks introduce 42 percent more pollutants to the air than on average in a day to day basis

In Los Angeles, after the Fourth Of July, pollution rose up 10 times higher in 2020

Home made fireworks created even more pollution than store bought

Around 28.9% of C02 emissions are from fireworks in the US

While nice to look at, keep in mind the major environmental impact and impact on various people it has

Sources

Are Fireworks Bad For The Environment? Here’s What You Need To Know For July 4th - Sophie Hirsh, Green Matters, July 1 2020

Study: Fireworks release high levels of pollution on July 4th weekend - Kenzi Abou Sabe, PBS, July 4 2015

The hidden toll of July Fourth fireworks - Madeline Stone, National Geographic, July 2 2021

2017 fireworks annual report: Fireworks related deaths, emergency department treated injuries, and enforcement activities during 2017 - Consumer product safety commission of the United States Of America

How bad are fireworks for the environment? - Natalia Welzenbach Marcu, Iowa Environmental Focus, July 3 2018

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brookston · 2 months ago

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Holidays 11.12

Holidays

Arches National Park Day

Are You Ready For Some Football? Day

Azarole Day (French Republic)

Brewers Association Day

Cultural Renaissance Day (China)

Day of Remembrance of the Fallen Soldiers and Civilians in International Missions for Peace (Italy)

Dia del Cartero (Postman’s Day; Mexico)

Doctors’ Day (China)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day (a.k.a. Stanton Day; New York)

Exotic Dancer’s Day

Exploding Whale Day

Fancy Rat and Mouse Day

Father’s Day (Indonesia)

Fridge Asteroid Day

Good Hips Day (Japan)

Heir to the Throne Day (Tuvalu)

Hill Valley Lightning Strike Anniversary Day (from “Back to the Future”)

Holland Tunnel Day

International ATSEP Day

International CJD Awareness Day

Journée Nationale Maoré (Comoros)

Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mexico)

Leotard Day

National Bird Watching Day (India)

National Book Day (Mexico)

National Cape Day

National EMFACE Day

National Football Day (American)

National Gaming Day

National Girls Learning Code Day

National Health Day (Indonesia)

National Motorcycle Awareness Day

National Nathaniel Day

National Pride Day (Mongolia)

National Stan Lee Day

National Survivors’ Day (Australia)

National Warrior Call Day

National Youth Day (East Timor)

Oliver’s Day

One Million Books Day

Order of Fools Day

Public Service Broadcasting Day (India)

Sigma Gamma Rho Day

Sun Yat-Sen Day (Republic of China)

Tit Day (Russia) [Birds]

Universal Waistbeads Day

Wangala Festival (Meghalaya, India)

Wear Blue Jeans on World Pneumonia Day

World Animal Enrichment Day

World Day Against Obesity (Latin America)

World Pneumonia Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

A&W Root Beer Mug Day

Chicken Soup For the Soul Day

Eat Yourself Out Of House and Home Day

Gingerbread House Day

National French Dip Day

National Happy Hour Day

National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day

Rival Brewery Bombing Day

Independence & Related Days

Cartagena, Columbia (Independence Day)

Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)

Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Annexed by UK; 1915)

Reektby (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Sollena (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

2nd Tuesday in November

International Wear Your Summer Camp T-Shirt Day [2nd Tuesday]

National Young Readers' Day [2nd Tuesday]

Table Tennis Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tomato Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 12 (2nd Full Week of November)

None Known

Festivals Beginning November 12, 2024

Booker Prize Ceremony (London, United Kingdom)

Conecon (Savannah, Georgia) [thru 11.15]

National Grange Convention (Bettendorf, Iowa) [thru 11.16]

Feast Days

Arsatius (Christian; Saint)

Astrik (a.k.a. Anastasius) of Pannonhalma (Christian; Saint)

Auguste Rodin (Artology)

Benedict and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Birth of Bahu'u'llah (Baha’i)

Charles Bell (Artology)

Colonel Claghorn (Muppetism)

Cumian (Christian; Saint)

Cumméne Fota (Christian; Saint)

Cunibert (Christian; Saint)

Drunk Creation Contemplation Day (Pastafarian)

Emilian of Cogolla (Christian; Saint)

Epulum Jovis in Capitola (Honoring Jupiter; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Feast of Thoth (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Imerius of Immertal (Christian; Saint)

Josaphat Kuntsevych (a.k.a. Josaphat of Polotsk; Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)

Khalkeia (Festival of Smiths; Ancient Greek)

Lebuinus (a.k.a. Liafwine or Lebwin; Christian; Saint)

L'Hôpital (Positivist; Saint)

Livinus (a.k.a. Livin) of Ghent (Christian; Saint)

L. Ron Hubbard Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Machar (Christian; Saint)

Margarito Flores García (Christian; Saint)

Martin I, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Media Autumnus II (Pagan)

Michael Ende (Writerism)

Naomi Wolf (Writerism)

Nilus of Sinai (Christian; Saint)

Old Teutonic Yule Festival

The Osirian Mysteries begin (Ancient Egypt) [thru 11.14]

Patiens (Christian; Saint)

Prophet’s Birthday (Mouloud; Sunni Muslims) [12th of Rabi’al-awwal]

René d'Angers (Christian; Saint)

Richelle Mead (Writerism)

Roland Barthes (Writerism)

Roquepertuse (Celtic Book of Days)

Tewa Buffalo Dance (Native American Tewa of the Tesque Pueblo) [through 15th]

Theodore the Studite (Christian; Saint)

Yam Panchak (Bihar Festival; Nepal)

Ymar (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Absolutely Fabulous (UK TV Series; 1992)

All This And World War II (Film; 1976)

Belfast (Film; 2021)

Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace (Novel; 1902)

Ciao Alberto (Pixar Cartoon; 2021)

The Cocky Bantam (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Dog and the Bone (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Dog Gone People (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Dogma (Film; 1999)

Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix (Album; 1968)

Falling Stars or Only a Plumber Should Plummet (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 230; 1963)

The Flying Squirrel (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Forky Asks a Question (Pixar Cartoon Series; 2019)

George and A.J. (Pixar Cartoon; 2009)

Grand Hotel (Broadway Musical; 1989)

A Great Big Bunch of You (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Guns of Abalone, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 229; 1963)

I’m a Believer/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone, by The Monks (Songs; 1966)

In Your Garden (BBC TV Series; 1936) [1st Gardening Show]

The Klondike Kid (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Like a Virgin, by Madonna (Album; 1984)

Lionheart, by Kate Bush (Album; 1978)

Little Moth’s Big Flame (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)

Love. Angel. Music. Baby., by Gwen Stefani (Album; 2004)

The Mandalorian (TV Series; 2019)

Marathon Man, by William Goldman (Novel; 1974)

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel) [60]

Mort, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1987) [Discworld #4]

Mountain Ears (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)

Neil Young, by Neil Young (Album; 1968)

Noelle (Film; 2019)

Nursery Cryme, by Genesis (Album; 1971)

Paint Your Wagon (Broadway Musical; 1951)

The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg (Children’s Book; 1985)

Private Eye Popeye (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1954)

Red Notice (Film; 2021)

Robin Hood-Winked (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Rock Justice, by Marty Basin (Rock Opera; 1979)

Rocks and Socks (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Roman Legion-Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Round and Round, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 21 & 22; 1967)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer (Novel; 1976)

Shift: Second Shift — Order, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)

Slumdog Millionaire (Film; 2008)

Spring in the Park (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

St. James Infirmary, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song; 1941)

Swords Against Wizardry, by Fritz Leiber (Short Stories; 1968) [Fafhrd and Gray Mouser #4]

The Third Policeman, by Flann O'Brien (Novel; 1967)

The Three Musketeers (Film; 1993)

Tick, Tick … Boom! (Film; 2021)

Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Unstoppable (Film; 2010)

The Wayward Canary (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Today’s Name Days

Christian, Emil, Josaphat, Kunibert (Austria)

Emilijan, Jozafat, Milan, Renato (Croatia)

Benedict (Czech Republic)

Torkild (Denmark)

Konrad, Kuno, Kuuno (Estonia)

Virpi (Finland)

Christian (France)

Christian, Kunibert (Germany)

Jónás, Renátó (Hungary)

Ninfa, Renato (Italy)

Kaija, Kornelija, Kornēlijs (Latvia)

Alvilė, Ašmantas, Kristinas, Renata (Lithuania)

Torkil, Torkjell (Norway)

Cibor, Czcibor, Izaak, Jonasz, Jozafat, Konradyn, Konradyna, Krystyn, Marcin, Renat, Renata, Witołd, Witold, Witolda (Poland)

Atanasie (Romania)

Svätopluk (Slovakia)

Cristián, Cristian, Emiliano, Millán (Spain)

Konrad, Kurt (Sweden)

Colan, Colin, Colleen, Collin, Cullan, Cullen, Culver, Kiley, Kyla, Kyle, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyler, Kylier (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 317 of 2024; 49 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 46 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 12 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 10 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 17 Wood; Twosday [17 of 30]

Julian: 30 October 2024

Moon: 85%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 9 Frederic (12th Month) [Barneveldt]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 51 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 20 of 30)

#calendar #Holidays

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spaciousreasoning · 6 months ago

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Carousel Fun

As Friday morning arrived, I was feeling much better, so after our usual coffee and games and a quick nosh, Nancy and I decided to drive up to Albany to visit the Historical Carousel Museum. Some friends of hers had recommended it last summer when we were visiting up here.

Wendy Kirbey first conceived of building a carousel after a vacation to Missoula, Montana, in 2002, where a community carousel project had revitalized the town. Kirby wondered if a carousel could do the same for Albany, which, like many small towns, had lost much of its local restaurant and retail traffic to suburban malls. One downtown business after another was closing its doors, and, as Kirbey remembers, “It was becoming seedy.”

Albany’s carousel project officially got under way in 2004, eventually spiraling into a full-blown non-profit association that attracted volunteer artisans and sponsors from all around Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The doors to the carousel and museum opened in August 2017. Admission and tours of the museum are free. So are visits to the areas where the carousel figures are carved and painted. Carousel rides are only $2.

The museum features displays of items loaned by the Dentzel family, the first creators of American carousels. These animals were carved and painted in the late 1800s, and are highly detailed, with intricate artistry and craftsmanship.

Creating carousel animals takes a large amount of time and artistry. Local volunteers can spend as many as 1,500 hours carving—and another 800 hours painting—to complete just one carousel creature. These works of art can cost as much as $5,000 each.

The carousel itself is powered by an original 1909 mechanism donated to the museum by the National Carousel Association and Bill Dentzel, great-grandson of the founder of the Dentzel Carousel Corporation, Gustav Dentzel.

Gustav immigrated to the United States in 1860 from Germany. Having carved carousels for his father before immigrating he opened a cabinet making shop in Philadelphia. Before long, he tired of the making cabinets and decided to build a small portable carousel that he could travel with around the country.

After finding that people had a great enthusiasm for the carousel, Gustav went into the carousel building business full-time in 1867, hiring other woodworkers who had immigrated from Europe. He is credited with introducing the first steam-powered carousel and the use of menagerie animals, such as cats, lions, tigers, and deer, in addition to horses and chariots.

This classic carousel mechanism donated to the Albany project took more than ten years to return to working order. Every wooden gear tooth, every mirror panel, and every motor that turns the carousel platform had to be meticulously restored.

After concluding our carousel visit, we lunched at a little place in the downtown area called Camille’s Bistro. It had a good menu and excellent service, and when we return to explore more of Albany, we’ll certainly dine there again.

Interestingly, there are about 20 towns and cities named Albany, which comes from the Celtic word for Scotland. The one I was most familiar with was, of course, Albany, New York. But there are also towns by that name in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Albany, Oregon, is the county seat of Linn County, with a population of about 56,000. It is located east of Corvallis and south of Salem. It is a predominantly farming and manufacturing city that settlers founded around 1848. In addition to farming and manufacturing, the city’s economy depends on retail trade, health care, and social assistance.

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xtruss · 11 months ago

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Donald Trump Is Winning. Business, Beware! What A Second Term Would Mean For American Business And The Economy

— January 18th, 2023 | Leaders | Chaos—or Opportunity?

When Donald Trump Slunk out of the White House in 2021, executives at large American companies sighed with relief. Now that he has won Iowa’s caucuses by a margin of 30 points, they are digesting the reality that this time next year Mr Trump could be behind the Resolute desk once again. The Economist has spent the past few weeks talking to these titans. Some are deeply alarmed by the prospect of Trump 2. But others quietly welcome the chaos trade.

People who run large organisations have to be optimistic. They must find opportunities when others are panicking. ceos had an uneasy relationship with President Trump, many distancing themselves from his most outrageous pronouncements and tut-tutting about protectionism, even as they enjoyed his more conventional policies. Republicans in Congress may have talked about being the pro-worker party, but in practice they cut business taxes. It was hard for corporate America to be miserable amid a soaring stockmarket.

If Mr Trump is indeed elected again, those running big firms plan to keep their heads down (“don’t be Bud Light” is a frequent refrain, after the beer brand fell victim to the culture wars). They would avoid being dragged onto Mr Trump’s business councils, dodge presidential photo-ops and get on with making money. True, if Mr Trump did a deal with Russia that ended the war and sold out Ukraine, that would be bad for Western civilisation. But it would reduce energy bills.

What’s more, Trump enthusiasts in the c-suite have plenty of grumbles about Joe Biden. Mention Lina Khan, who oversees the Federal Trade Commission (the antitrust police), or Gary Gensler, who leads the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Wall Street police), and they inhale sharply. Mr Biden wants to raise taxes on companies. His administration also wants to go ahead with the Basel III “Endgame” regulations, which oblige big banks to hold perhaps 20% more capital on their balance-sheets, sedating animal spirits and damaging profitability.

Yet this bullish case for Mr Trump’s economic management is complacent. It fails to recognise how Trumponomics—a mix of deficit-funded tax cuts and tariffs—would work differently today. And it ignores the ways in which Mr Trump’s most chaotic tendencies could threaten America, including its companies.

In his first term the economy did better than many economists (including ours) expected. That was in part because Trumponomics turned out to be more moderate than the campaign had promised. The economy was also running further below capacity than thought, making it possible to cut taxes without stoking inflation. Strong overall growth and low inflation masked the damage done by Mr Trump’s protectionism.

There is no evidence that Mr Trump has updated his approach: he is still a tax-cuts-and-debt guy. But the economic conditions have changed. For the past two years the Federal Reserve has been trying to bring down inflation. Though it has nearly succeeded, the labour market remains tight. Today 2.8m more 25- to 54-year-olds are in work than would be if the employment rates of January 2017 had persisted. Then there were 1.3 unemployed workers for every job opening; today there are only 0.7. As a result the economy is more prone to overheating.

The budget is in worse shape, too. In 2016 the annual deficit was 3.2% of gdp and debt was 76% of gdp. The forecasts for 2024 are 5.8% and 100%, respectively. Should Mr Trump once again pursue tax cuts, the Fed will have to hike up interest rates to offset the stimulus, making it costlier for businesses to raise capital and for the government to service its growing debt pile.

These are the conditions under which Latin American populists bully their central banks to keep rates low, a practice Mr Trump dabbled in last time. The Fed is supposed to be independent, but Mr Trump will have a chance to nominate a stooge as chair in May 2026 and a pliant Senate could indulge him. The risk of more inflation would surge, perhaps exacerbated by more tariffs, which would also slow growth.

On top of that big macroeconomic risk are many others. Firms would not relish further trade restrictions, but some members of Mr Trump’s circle have floated a 60% tariff on imports from China. Lots of companies like the federal government’s support for renewable energy (which Mr Trump calls the Green New Scam). He has promised the biggest deportation scheme in American history to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the country. As well as causing misery, this would be a shock to that tight labour market.

As ever, saying what Mr Trump would actually do is very hard: he has few fixed beliefs, is a chaotic boss and can reverse position several times a day. In a town hall in Iowa he said he would be too busy in his second term to seek retribution against his political enemies. That was a few hours after his own campaign sent out an email with the subject line: “I am your retribution!” He could recognise Taiwan’s independence, prompting a meltdown in Beijing and a blockade of the island. Or he could walk away from Taiwan in exchange for China buying more stuff from America. Businesses often say that what they fear most is uncertainty. With Mr Trump that is guaranteed.

This unpredictability could make a second Trump term very much worse than the first. His administration would lack establishment types like Gary Cohn, once of Goldman Sachs, to shuffle the president’s in-tray and hide the madder ideas from him. More moments like January 6th are possible, as is a full-on revenge presidency. The idea that in this scenario business leaders could keep a low profile and focus on ebitda is fanciful. Employees, customers and the press would demand to know where bosses stood and what they proposed to do. The administration might in turn take exception to every whiff of criticism.

In the long run, the idea that corporate profits can be insulated from societal upheaval is a fantasy. If Mr Trump is broadly corrupting of American politics, and businesses are seen to profit from his rule, that poses a big risk to them in the future. In Latin America, when big businesses have become associated with autocrats the result was usually that capitalism was discredited and the appeal of socialism rose. That seems unthinkable in America. But so, until recently, did a second Trump term. ■

— This Article Appeared in the Leaders Section of the Print Edition Under the Headline "Business, Beware"

#United States 🇺🇸#Elections #Donald J. Trump #Leaders | Chaos—or Opportunity?#Economy #Business Beware #Leaders #The Economist

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kenresearchcompany · 2 years ago

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Global Seed Treatment Market Outlook, and Revenue Forecast: Ken Research

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Global Seed Treatment market is growing at a CAGR of ~% in 2017-2022 and is expected to reach ~USD Bn by 2028F.

The Seed Treatment Market is largely driven by rising demand of the seeds as it offers low-cost protection against diseases and soil-borne organisms and protects weak seeds, resulting in improved germination.

Another major factor, driving the agriculture industry to adopt Seed Treatment measures, is its capacity to empower seeds to fight against unfavourable weather conditions. Such unfavourable weather conditions might result in cold and damp soils or extremely dry soils that encourage the breeding, growth, and development of fungi spores. For instance, in the United States, in 2010 and 2012, high night time temperatures had an immensely negative impact on corn

yields. Similarly, premature budding caused by a warm winter resulted in losses worth US$220 million of cherries in Michigan in 2012.

Furthermore, Ingredients used in Seed Treatment products are harmful to humans, animals, and also to seeds in some cases. Treated seeds that go unsold cannot be used as animal feed. The limiting peripheral or ancillary use of these treated seeds often hampers the scalability of the market. Treating the seeds at the correct dosage rate is also critical to the treatment’s success. For instance, seeds with high moisture percentage can get easily damaged when treated with concentrated liquid products.

Global Seed Treatment Market by Type

The Global Seed Treatment Market is segmented by Type into Chemical and Non-Chemical.

According to Ken Research’s analysis, the majority of the seed treatment procedures are carried out through the Chemical route.

Chemical treatment of seeds can be done by applying insecticides, fungicides, or nematicides, including fumigants, carbamates, etc. Non-chemical or biological seed protection processes involve bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, and bio-nematicides.

According to the observations put out by the Iowa State University, fungicide seed treatment can be beneficial for seeds with less than 80% germination rate. These types of seeds are typically considered to be of low vigor. Fungicides are also considered effective treatment tools when seeds are planted early in cold or wet soils and reduced till and no-till fields.

Global Seed Treatment Market by Treatment

The Global Seed Treatment Market is segmented by Treatment into Seed Dressing, Seed Coating and Seed Pelleting.

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The seed coating segment is estimated to occupy the largest market share in 2022 as far as treatment/application techniques are concerned.

The techniques of seed dressing involve treating crop seeds with fungicides and/or insecticides so that they are well-equipped to fight out the fungal diseases and insects that attack from both below and above ground. The process of seed coating implies covering the seeds with manageable amounts of exogenous materials. Film coating or microbial coating are popular seed coating types. Finally, in the process of Seed Pelleting, inert materials are added to the seeds to increase their weight, size, or shape.

Global Seed Treatment Market by Crop

The Global Seed Treatment Market is segmented by Crop into Grains and Cereals, Oilseeds and Pulses, Fruits and Vegetables and Other Crop Types (Forages, Alfalfa, Flower seeds, etc.).

The Cereal and Grains segment is expected to emerge as the largest crop segment as far as the application of seed treatment techniques is concerned.

Production in the World Cereal Market, according to the data provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), almost 2,645 million tons of cereals were produced during the 2018-2019 period, and the production was estimated to cross the mark of 2,800 million tons in 2022.

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Global Seed Treatment Market by Formulation

The Global Seed Treatment market is segmented by Formulation into Liquid Formulation and Dry Formulation.

Although the liquid formulation segment is expected to account for the largest share in 2022, the dry formulation segment is estimated to witness faster growth during the forecasted period.

There are several types of liquid formulations that agriculturists try out on a regular basis for a range of crop seed types. For instance, soaking paddy seeds in 1% Potassium Chloride solution for 12 hours helps improve the germination potential. A similar outcome is achieved when Sorghum seeds are soaked in Sodium Chloride and Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate solutions for 12 hours. Dry formulation seed treatments, on the other hand, help maintain the integrity of seed coatings. The growth in this segment is driven by the utilitarian benefits of the process: it is easy to apply and store and comes at a low cost.

Market Taxonomy

By Type

Chemical

Non-Chemical

By Treatment / Application Technique

Seed Dressing

Seed Coating

Seed Pelleting

By Crop

Grains and Cereals

Oilseeds and Pulses

Fruits and Vegetables

Other Crop Types (Forages, Alfalfa, Flower seeds, etc.)

By Formulation

Liquid Formulation

Dry Formulation

By Function

Seed Protection

Seed Enhancement

By Region

North America (USA, Canada, Mexico)

Europe (Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy)

Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Australis)

Latin America, Middle East, and Africa (LAMEA)

Key Companies

Adama Agricultural Solutions

Bayer AG

BASF

Syngenta AG

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Dow

Corteva, Inc.

Croda International Plc.

Nufarm

Novozymes A/S

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Global Seed Treatment Market Size, Segments, Outlook, and Revenue Forecast 2022-2028: Ken Research

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digihindnews · 2 years ago

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brookstonalmanac · 2 months ago

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Holidays 11.12

Holidays

Arches National Park Day

Are You Ready For Some Football? Day

Azarole Day (French Republic)

Brewers Association Day

Cultural Renaissance Day (China)

Day of Remembrance of the Fallen Soldiers and Civilians in International Missions for Peace (Italy)

Dia del Cartero (Postman’s Day; Mexico)

Doctors’ Day (China)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day (a.k.a. Stanton Day; New York)

Exotic Dancer’s Day

Exploding Whale Day

Fancy Rat and Mouse Day

Father’s Day (Indonesia)

Fridge Asteroid Day

Good Hips Day (Japan)

Heir to the Throne Day (Tuvalu)

Hill Valley Lightning Strike Anniversary Day (from “Back to the Future”)

Holland Tunnel Day

International ATSEP Day

International CJD Awareness Day

Journée Nationale Maoré (Comoros)

Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mexico)

Leotard Day

National Bird Watching Day (India)

National Book Day (Mexico)

National Cape Day

National EMFACE Day

National Football Day (American)

National Gaming Day

National Girls Learning Code Day

National Health Day (Indonesia)

National Motorcycle Awareness Day

National Nathaniel Day

National Pride Day (Mongolia)

National Stan Lee Day

National Survivors’ Day (Australia)

National Warrior Call Day

National Youth Day (East Timor)

Oliver’s Day

One Million Books Day

Order of Fools Day

Public Service Broadcasting Day (India)

Sigma Gamma Rho Day

Sun Yat-Sen Day (Republic of China)

Tit Day (Russia) [Birds]

Universal Waistbeads Day

Wangala Festival (Meghalaya, India)

Wear Blue Jeans on World Pneumonia Day

World Animal Enrichment Day

World Day Against Obesity (Latin America)

World Pneumonia Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

A&W Root Beer Mug Day

Chicken Soup For the Soul Day

Eat Yourself Out Of House and Home Day

Gingerbread House Day

National French Dip Day

National Happy Hour Day

National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day

Rival Brewery Bombing Day

Independence & Related Days

Cartagena, Columbia (Independence Day)

Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)

Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Annexed by UK; 1915)

Reektby (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Sollena (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

2nd Tuesday in November

International Wear Your Summer Camp T-Shirt Day [2nd Tuesday]

National Young Readers' Day [2nd Tuesday]

Table Tennis Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tomato Tuesday [2nd Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 12 (2nd Full Week of November)

None Known

Festivals Beginning November 12, 2024

Booker Prize Ceremony (London, United Kingdom)

Conecon (Savannah, Georgia) [thru 11.15]

National Grange Convention (Bettendorf, Iowa) [thru 11.16]

Feast Days

Arsatius (Christian; Saint)

Astrik (a.k.a. Anastasius) of Pannonhalma (Christian; Saint)

Auguste Rodin (Artology)

Benedict and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Birth of Bahu'u'llah (Baha’i)

Charles Bell (Artology)

Colonel Claghorn (Muppetism)

Cumian (Christian; Saint)

Cumméne Fota (Christian; Saint)

Cunibert (Christian; Saint)

Drunk Creation Contemplation Day (Pastafarian)

Emilian of Cogolla (Christian; Saint)

Epulum Jovis in Capitola (Honoring Jupiter; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Feast of Thoth (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Imerius of Immertal (Christian; Saint)

Josaphat Kuntsevych (a.k.a. Josaphat of Polotsk; Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)

Khalkeia (Festival of Smiths; Ancient Greek)

Lebuinus (a.k.a. Liafwine or Lebwin; Christian; Saint)

L'Hôpital (Positivist; Saint)

Livinus (a.k.a. Livin) of Ghent (Christian; Saint)

L. Ron Hubbard Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Machar (Christian; Saint)

Margarito Flores García (Christian; Saint)

Martin I, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Media Autumnus II (Pagan)

Michael Ende (Writerism)

Naomi Wolf (Writerism)

Nilus of Sinai (Christian; Saint)

Old Teutonic Yule Festival

The Osirian Mysteries begin (Ancient Egypt) [thru 11.14]

Patiens (Christian; Saint)

Prophet’s Birthday (Mouloud; Sunni Muslims) [12th of Rabi’al-awwal]

René d'Angers (Christian; Saint)

Richelle Mead (Writerism)

Roland Barthes (Writerism)

Roquepertuse (Celtic Book of Days)

Tewa Buffalo Dance (Native American Tewa of the Tesque Pueblo) [through 15th]

Theodore the Studite (Christian; Saint)

Yam Panchak (Bihar Festival; Nepal)

Ymar (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Absolutely Fabulous (UK TV Series; 1992)

All This And World War II (Film; 1976)

Belfast (Film; 2021)

Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace (Novel; 1902)

Ciao Alberto (Pixar Cartoon; 2021)

The Cocky Bantam (Phantasies Cartoon; 1943)

The Dog and the Bone (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Dog Gone People (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Dogma (Film; 1999)

Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix (Album; 1968)

Falling Stars or Only a Plumber Should Plummet (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 230; 1963)

The Flying Squirrel (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Forky Asks a Question (Pixar Cartoon Series; 2019)

George and A.J. (Pixar Cartoon; 2009)

Grand Hotel (Broadway Musical; 1989)

A Great Big Bunch of You (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Guns of Abalone, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 229; 1963)

I’m a Believer/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone, by The Monks (Songs; 1966)

In Your Garden (BBC TV Series; 1936) [1st Gardening Show]

The Klondike Kid (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Like a Virgin, by Madonna (Album; 1984)

Lionheart, by Kate Bush (Album; 1978)

Little Moth’s Big Flame (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)

Love. Angel. Music. Baby., by Gwen Stefani (Album; 2004)

The Mandalorian (TV Series; 2019)

Marathon Man, by William Goldman (Novel; 1974)

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel) [60]

Mort, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1987) [Discworld #4]

Mountain Ears (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)

Neil Young, by Neil Young (Album; 1968)

Noelle (Film; 2019)

Nursery Cryme, by Genesis (Album; 1971)

Paint Your Wagon (Broadway Musical; 1951)

The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg (Children’s Book; 1985)

Private Eye Popeye (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1954)

Red Notice (Film; 2021)

Robin Hood-Winked (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Rock Justice, by Marty Basin (Rock Opera; 1979)

Rocks and Socks (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Roman Legion-Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Round and Round, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 21 & 22; 1967)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer (Novel; 1976)

Shift: Second Shift — Order, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)

Slumdog Millionaire (Film; 2008)

Spring in the Park (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

St. James Infirmary, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song; 1941)

Swords Against Wizardry, by Fritz Leiber (Short Stories; 1968) [Fafhrd and Gray Mouser #4]

The Third Policeman, by Flann O'Brien (Novel; 1967)

The Three Musketeers (Film; 1993)

Tick, Tick … Boom! (Film; 2021)

Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Unstoppable (Film; 2010)

The Wayward Canary (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Today’s Name Days

Christian, Emil, Josaphat, Kunibert (Austria)

Emilijan, Jozafat, Milan, Renato (Croatia)

Benedict (Czech Republic)

Torkild (Denmark)

Konrad, Kuno, Kuuno (Estonia)

Virpi (Finland)

Christian (France)

Christian, Kunibert (Germany)

Jónás, Renátó (Hungary)

Ninfa, Renato (Italy)

Kaija, Kornelija, Kornēlijs (Latvia)

Alvilė, Ašmantas, Kristinas, Renata (Lithuania)

Torkil, Torkjell (Norway)

Cibor, Czcibor, Izaak, Jonasz, Jozafat, Konradyn, Konradyna, Krystyn, Marcin, Renat, Renata, Witołd, Witold, Witolda (Poland)

Atanasie (Romania)

Svätopluk (Slovakia)

Cristián, Cristian, Emiliano, Millán (Spain)

Konrad, Kurt (Sweden)

Colan, Colin, Colleen, Collin, Cullan, Cullen, Culver, Kiley, Kyla, Kyle, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyler, Kylier (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 317 of 2024; 49 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 46 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 12 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 10 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 17 Wood; Twosday [17 of 30]

Julian: 30 October 2024

Moon: 85%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 9 Frederic (12th Month) [Barneveldt]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 51 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 20 of 30)

#Holidays

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fluffmugger · 11 months ago

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The wiki article is fucking wild

Chuck was later replaced by his granddaughter, Charlotte, for the first Groundhog Day ceremony held during the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio. During that ceremony held on February 2, 2014, de Blasio dropped Charlotte onto the ground in front of "shocked schoolchildren".[6][7][8] Charlotte died February 9, 2014, although the Staten Island Zoo did not make this fact public until several months later.[9] According to the New York Post, a necropsy attributed Charlotte's death to "acute internal injuries" consistent with a fall.[10] Despite accusations of a coverup and reports that De Blasio had killed the groundhog, the zoo initially claimed that the animal died of natural causes, and later took the position that it was "unlikely" that Charlotte's death was caused by the fall.[11][12]

Chuck's daughter, Charlotte Jr., served as a stand-in for him at Groundhog Day 2015.[10] On February 2, 2015, this female "Staten Island Chuck" walked out of a hutch that an elevator had lifted onto the stage of a portable Plexiglas habitat, while de Blasio watched from six feet (1.8 m) away.[13][14] De Blasio did not attend the 2016 ceremonies, as he was in Iowa campaigning for Hillary Clinton's Presidential bid; Lieutenant Governor of New York Kathy Hochul officiated the groundhog ceremony in de Blasio's stead.[15][16] He likewise did not attend the ceremony from 2017 to 2019,[17][18][19] and in 2020 confirmed that he has no plans to ever return to the Groundhog Day Ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo: "I tried it, it didn't end well, I won't be back," de Blasio sai

truly is The poster of all time. This is my favorite political conspiracy theory now.

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klangstyangst · 7 years ago

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“I’m much more me when I’m with you”

Because I’m a multi-shipping piece of trash and I had to draw all these cute ships okay. Don’t judge me.

I found this ship war aggravating so I made myself feel better by drawing all the ships I could in the span of one day. And hopefully I’ll make others feel good too at Anime Iowa! If anyone is going, I’ll be handing out these as prints while cosplaying as Lance!

in order:

Klance, Hance, Heith, Klunk, Shklance(is that what the ship is called?), sheith, shallura, and shance.

#klance #hance #heith #klunk #shklance #sheith #shallura #shance #voltron #voltron legendary defenders #vld #multi ships #multishipping #my art #my artwork #klangstyangst #anime iowa 2017 #anime iowa

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gawain-sonata · 7 years ago

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Finally got some of our Ladynoir photos back from Anime Iowa! They’re so adorable 💕💕💕

I’m Ladybug @deerest-kitten as Chat Noir

x photo credit: Matthew Sperzel

#miraculous ladybug #ladybug #chat noir #cosplay #ml cosplay #anime iowa 2017

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brookston · 2 months ago

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Holidays 10.29

Holidays

Bishop James Hannington Memorial Day (Uganda)

Black Salsify Day (French Republic)

Bob Ross Day (Abeldane Empire)

Candies Day

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

C6HO Day (Kentucky)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami (North Cyprus, Turkey)

Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)

Feed the Birds Day (UK)

Festival of Global Climate Change

Fiestas Patrias begins (Honduras)

Halloween Eve Eve

Hermit Day

Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day)

International Day of Care and Support (UN)

International Day of Degrowth

International Internet Day

Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day

Ľudovít Štúr Day (Slovakia)

Military Financier Day (Ukraine)s

Naming Day (Tanzania)

National Boner Day

National Book Day (Brazil)

National Cat Daddy Day

National Cat Day

National Hermit Day

National Martina Day

Oatmeal Day

PSC Awareness Day

Sea Slug Day

Security Guard Day (Kazakhstan)

Separation of Church and State Day

Turkish Republic Day (Turkey)

Vote Early Day

World Online Networking Day

World Psoriasis Day

World Stroke Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day

National Oatmeal Day

Poperinge Beer & Hop Festival begins (Belgium) [Every 3 years, 3rd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Constitutional Referendum Anniversary Day (Serbia)

Turkey (from Ottoman Empire, 1923)

Westarctica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Tuesday in October

Mix It Up at Lunch Day [Last Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 29 (Last Week of October)

None Known

Festivals Beginning October 29, 2024

The Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 10.31]

Feast Days

Abraham of Rostov (Christian; Saint)

Andrei Ryabushkin (Artology)

Bill Mauldin (Artology)

Blažej Baláž (Artology)

Bob Ross (Artology)

Chef (a.k.a. Theuderius; Christian; Saint)

Chiara Badano (Christian; Blessed)

Colman mac Duagh (Christian; Saint)

Desmond Bagley (Writerism)

Dominick Dunne (Writerism)

Douai Martyrs (Christian; Saint)

Gaetano Errico (Christian; Saint)

Ghatasthapana begins (Nepal)

Harriet Powers (Artology)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries II (Pagan)

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Kojagrat Purnima [15th Day of Dashain]

Lazarus Long Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lee Child (Writerism)

Mary of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Maximillian (Christian; Saint)

Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)

Niki De Saint Phalle (Artology)

Nut Day (Pastafarian)

Robertson (Positivist; Saint)

Second Fiddle of the Mounth (Shamanism)

Shin Saimdang (Artology)

Theuderius (a.k.a. Chef; Christian; Saint)

Warren the Warthog (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Unlucky Day [10 of 11]

Historically Bad Day (Stock Market Crash, Hurricane Sandy & 8 other tragedies) [10 of 11]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [58 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

All I Want for Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1994)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley (Biography; 1965)

Being John Malkovich (Film; 1999)

Blue Moon, 24th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2019)

Boy Pest with Ash (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Bullwinkle Busts a Brush or The Cleft Palette (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 226; 1963)

BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara (Roman à clef Novel; 1935)

Create Dangerously, by Albert Camus (manifesto; 1957)

Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1787)

Fido Beta Kappa (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour (Radio Series; 1929)

Get Nervous, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1982)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Film; 2010)

Halloween Is Grinch Night (DePatie-Freleng Animated YV Special; 1977)

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1972)

Hemispheres, by Rush (Album; 1978)

Hulu (Streaming Network; 2007)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report (TV News Show; 1956)

Jingle Bell Rock, recorded by Bobby Helm (Song; 1957)

Keeping Up Appearances (UK TV Series; 1990)

Last Night in Soho (Film; 2021)

Man of the Century (Film; 1999)

The Marbleheads, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 13 & 14; 1966)

Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (Japanese Animated Film; 1969)

Mind Games, by John Lennon (Album; 1973)

The Music Lesson (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

My Generation, by The Who (Song; 1965)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James (Novel; 1880)

Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 225; 1963)

Princess Mononoke (Anime Film; 1999)

Ray (Film; 2004)

Red Riding Hoodwinked (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

The Saw Mill Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Sentinel, 25th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2020)

Trip for Tat (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

The Valiant Tailor (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Album; 1984)

What’ll I Do?, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1947)

Wild Target (Film; 2010)

The Woody Woodpecker Polka (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

Today’s Name Days

Ermelina, Hermelindis, Melinda (Austria)

Časlav, Honorat, Ida, Narcis (Croatia)

Silvie (Czech Republic)

Narcissus (Denmark)

Alf, Alfred, Fred, Fredi (Estonia)

Alfred, Urmasimo (Finland)

Narcisse (France)

Ermelinda, Franco, Grete, Melinda (Germany)

Abramios, Melina (Greece)

Nárcisz (Hungary)

Ermelinda, Michela, Massimiliano (Italy)

Elva, Elvijs, Fortuna, Laimonis (Latvia)

Gelgaudas, Narcizas, Tolvydė, Violeta (Lithuania)

Noralf, Norunn (Norway)

Euzebia, Franciszek, Longin, Longina, Lubogost, Narcyz, Teodor, Wioletta (Poland)

Anastasia (Romania)

Zinaida (Russia)

Klára (Slovakia)

Narciso (Spain)

Viola (Sweden)

Garrison, Cyrano, Cyrena, Narcissa, Narcissus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 303 of 2024; 63 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 44 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 27 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 27 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 25 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 3 Wood; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 15 October 2024

Moon: 7%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Descartes (11th Month) [Dunoyer / Adam Smith]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 37 of 90)

Week: Last Week of October

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 6 of 30)

#calendar #Holidays

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