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Good Morning, !
Today is Sunday, Nov 12
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History: Today, Nov 12, in
1995, The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to
dock with the Russian space station Mir.
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Q
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to
them.
--- Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
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If You Can Spare A Coin, Please Hit Paypal With It!
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BONEHEAD AWARD
Driver arrested for third DUI after running red light,
crashing into Visalia Police Officer
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Please give me some good advice in your next letter.
I promise not to follow it.
--- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950),
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Banff National Parkway in Alberta, Canada
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An assistant to Nancy Pelosi told her she had a fantastic
dream last night There was a humongous parade in
Washington celebrating Pelosi. Millions lined the parade
route, cheering when Nancy went past. Bands were playing;
children were throwing confetti into the air; there were
balloons everywhere. It was the biggest celebration
Washington had ever seen.
Nancy was very impressed and said, "That's really great!
By the way, how did I look in your dream? Was my hair
okay?”
Her assistant said, "I couldn't tell, the casket was
closed.”
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© Joel Garo
Fierce look of a Northern Saw whet owl
November 2023 Calgary
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Girl: 'When we get married, I want to share all your
worries, troubles and lighten your burden.'
Boy: 'It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any
worries or troubles.'
Girl: 'Well that's because we aren't married yet.'
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DearWebby's Tech Support Pits
From: Mary
Re: Erratic slowdown
Dear Webby
Every now and then my computer starts actic totally
senile, like the proverbial description:
It acts like I got 37 tabs open and I have no clue where
the music is coming from.
When that happens, everything slows to a crawl and I can't
do anything except lean on the shut-down button. There
MUST be a better way to deal with that!
What is it?
Mary
Dear Mary
Dear Mary
Hit CTRL SHIFT ESC
That brings up the Task Manager.
Sort it by memory usage, biggest on top.
Most likely the biggest is FireFox or Chrome.
Highlight the worst, and hit the END PROCESS button.
Probably nothing happens for a while.
Just be patient. After a while it will ask you if you
really want to end that process.
Click on YES.
Then go after the next one.
As you kill the worst ones, the actions will get faster
and faster.
After a while your computer speeds up to the speed, that
you expect and demand.
Generally, anything that takes over 200 MB of RAM is
barking too loud and needs to be shut down.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Marissa Lianos,
24,
Visalia,
California,
USA
Driver arrested for third DUI after running red light,
crashing into Visalia Police Officer
A woman was arrested after she ran a red light and crashed
into a Visalia police car Friday morning.
The crash happened around 1:50 a.m. on Locust and Center
Streets.
24-year-old Marissa Lianos, who is on probation for driving
under the influence, was arrested again for DUI following the
crash. This is her third DUI.
The officer was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
Lianos was booked into the Tulare County Pre-Trial Facility on
DUI charges.
She and her passengers in her van did not appear to be
injured.
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History On November 12, in
1799, Andrew Ellicott Douglass witnesses the Leonids meteor
shower from a ship off the Florida Keys.
1840, Sculptor Auguste Rodin was born in Paris. His most
widely known works are "The Kiss" and "The Thinker."
1859, The first flying trapeze act was performed by Jules
Leotard at Cirque Napoleon in Paris, France. He was also the
designer of the garment that is named after him.
1892, William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first
professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for
helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh
Athletic Club.
1915, Theodore W. Richards, of Harvard University, became the
first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
1918, Austria and Czechoslovakia were declared independent
republics.
1921, Representatives of nine nations gathered for the start
of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments.
1927, Joseph Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet
Union. Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party
leading to Stalin coming to power.
1931, Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
It was to be the new home of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the
National Hockey League (NHL).
1933, In Philadelphia, the first Sunday football game was
played.
1940, Walt Disney released "Fantasia."
1942, During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began
between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a
major victory.
1944, During World War II, the German battleship "Tirpitz" was
sunk off the coast of Norway.
1946, The first drive-up banking facility opened at the
Exchange National Bank in Chicago, IL.
1948, The war crimes tribunal sentenced Japanese Premier
Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to
death.
1953, The National Football League (NFL) policy of blacking
out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S.
District Court in Philadelphia.
1954, Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York
Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million
immigrants since 1892.
1964, Paula Murphy set the female land speed record 226.37
MPH.
1972, Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first
NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons.
1975, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired
because of failing health, ending a record 36½-year term.
1979, U.S. President Carter ordered a halt to all oil imports
from Iran in response to 63 Americans being taken hostage at
the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran on November 4.
1980, The U.S. space probe Voyager I came within 77,000 miles
of Saturn while transmitting data back to Earth.
1982, Yuri V. Andropov was elected to succeed the late Leonid
I. Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist
Party's Central Committee.
1984, Space shuttle astronauts Dale Gardner and Joe Allen
snared the Palapa B-2 satellite in history's first space
salvage.
1985, In Norfolk, VA, Arthur James Walker was sentenced to
life in prison for his role in a spy ring run by his brother,
John A. Walker Jr.
1987, The American Medical Association issued a policy
statement that said it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to
treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-
positive.
1990, Japanese Emperor Akihito formally assumed the
Chrysanthemum Throne.
1991, In the U.S., Robert Gates was sworn in as CIA director.
1995, The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to
dock with the Russian space station Mir.
1997, Four Americans and their Pakistani driver were shot to
death in Karachi, Pakistan. The Americans were oil company
employees.
1997, The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iraq
for constraints being placed on UN arms inspectors.
1997, Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993
bombing of the World Trade Center.
1998, Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to form
Daimler-Chrysler AG.
2001, American Airlines flight 587 crashed just minutes after
take off from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Airbus A300
crashed into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens. All 260
people aboard were killed.
2001, It was reported that the Northern Alliance had taken the
Kabul, Afghanistan, from the ruling Taliban. The Norther
Alliance at this point was reported to have control over most
of the northern areas of Afghanistan.
2002, Stan Lee filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment
Inc. that claimed the company had cheated him out of millions
of dollars in movie profits related to the 2002 movie "Spider-
Man." Lee was the creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk
and Daredevil.
2013, A series of portraits of Lucian Freud by the British
painter Francis Bacon known as Three Studies of Lucian Freud
sold for $142.4 million at an auction in New York City.
2013, In New York, it was announced that the new World Trade
Center was the tallest building in the United States. The
height was measured at 1,776 feet. The building was also the
fourth tallest building in the world at the time.
2013, U.S. Airways and AMR reached an antitrust settlement
with the U.S. Department of Justice which would allow a merger
that would create the world's largest airline.
2014, NATO commander Gen Philip Breedlove reported that
Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops had been
seen entering Ukraine in columns over several days.
2014, The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft used its
lander Philae to perform the first soft landing on a comet.
The comet was 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
2023, ! Smiled.
Have Fun
Dearwebby
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