Wednesday, February 23 Voice of America --and - - Raising the Flag-Iwo Jima 1945
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Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA) is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of the United States. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international broadcaster. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 47 languages which it distributes to affiliate stations around the globe. It is primarily viewed by a non-American audience.
VOA was established in 1942, and the VOA charter was signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford. VOA's first broadcast was on February 22, 1942.
VOA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent agency of the U.S. government. Funds are appropriated annually under the budget for embassies and consulates. In 2016, VOA broadcast an estimated 1,800 hours of radio and TV programming each week to approximately 236.6 million people worldwide with about 1,050 employees and a taxpayer-funded annual budget of US$218.5 million.
While some foreign audiences have a positive view of VOA, others consider it to be a form of propaganda.
Source: Wiki Phone Apps To Listen to VOA
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. The photograph, taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, was first published in Sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications. It was the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and was later used for the construction of the Marine Corps War Memorial in 1954, which was dedicated to honor all Marines who died in service since 1775. The memorial, sculpted by Felix de Weldon, is located in Arlington Ridge Park,[1] near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon. The photograph has come to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of World War II.
The flag raising occurred in the early afternoon, after the mountaintop was captured and a smaller flag was raised on top that morning. Three of the six Marines in the photograph—Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley—were killed in action during the battle; Block was identified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 and Sousley was identified as PhM2c. John Bradley, USN, until June 2016.[2] The other three Marines in the photograph were Corporals (then Privates First Class) Ira Hayes, Harold Schultz, and Harold Keller; Schultz was identified as Sousley until June 2016[2] and Keller was identified as Rene Gagnon until October 2019.[3] All of the men served in the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.
By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island, and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded.
Source: Wiki
Monday, February 21 Hearing Impaired --and - - Who's Your Buddy
Hearing Impaired
Deafness is usually the result of inner ear or nerve damage. It may be caused by a congenital defect, injury, disease, certain medications, exposure to loud noise, or age-related wear and tear.
The chief symptom is an inability to hear sound.
For some, hearing may be possible with surgery or a hearing device. Lip-reading skills, written or printed text, and sign language may help with communication.
Pets! Who is your buddy?
Wednesday, February 16 Let's Eat! --and - - 9-1-1
Let’s Eat
Eating good food, especially with family and friends, is one of the pleasures of life. We all know that people who eat healthy, balanced diets are likely to have:
· plenty of energy to work and enjoy themselves.
· fewer infections and other illnesses.
Knowing that you are making healthy food choices can increase your enjoyment of food.
Benefits of enjoying your food
The benefits of enjoying your food include:
socializing at mealtime
enjoying shopping for food
tasting the flavors
being open to trying new foods
developing a healthy attitude about food
preparing and cooking food
growing or harvesting your own food
Children who eat well usually grow well. Women who eat well are likely to produce healthy babies. That is why it is important to know which combinations of foods make good meals and what the different food needs of different members of the family are.
Net Discussion Questions:
What is your favorite food? How often do you eat it?
Which foods taste bad to you?
Who usually does the food shopping in your household?
Where do they prefer to shop?
What food can you prepare? Are you a good cook?
Who is the best cook in your family?
How often do you “go out to eat”?
Which culture's food, apart from your own, do you really like?
How do you judge food? By taste, appearance, smell, or feel?
Can food be delicious if it looks terrible?
Have you eaten any strange foods?
Dial 9-1-1
On this day, February 16, 1968 the first 911 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill.
In the United States, the push for the development of a nationwide American emergency telephone number came in 1957 when the National Association of Fire Chiefs recommended that a single number be used for reporting fires. The first city in North America to use a central emergency number was the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1959, which instituted the change at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of Winnipeg at the time. Winnipeg initially used 999 as the emergency number, but switched numbers when 9-1-1 was proposed by the United States.
In 1964, an attack on a woman in New York City, Kitty Genovese, helped to greatly increase the urgency of the effort to create a central emergency number. The New York Times falsely reported that nobody had called the police in response to Genovese’s cries for help. Some experts theorized that one source of reluctance to call police was due to the complexity of doing so; any calls to the police would go to a local precinct, and any response might depend on which individual sergeant or other ranking personnel might handle the call.
In 1967, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended the creation of a single number that could be used nationwide for reporting emergencies. The Federal Communications Commission then met with AT&T in November 1967 in order to choose the number.
In 1968, the number was agreed upon. AT&T chose the number 9-1-1, which was simple, easy to remember, dialed easily (which, with the rotary dial phones in place at the time, 999 would not), and because of the middle 1, which indicating a special number (see also 4-1-1 and 6-1-1), worked well with the phone systems at the time. At the time, this announcement only affected the Bell System telephone companies; independent phone companies were not included in the emergency telephone plan. Alabama Telephone Company decided to implement it ahead of AT&T, choosing Haleyville, Alabama, as the location.
Net Discussion Questions:
Outside of the public responders on the net tonight who work with the 9-1-1 system, what is your private experience with the 9-1-1 system?
Have you ever had to use it?
Wednesday, February 9 Solar Spring Is Here! ---- Time To Get Outside!!
Northern Hemisphere solar spring is underway
By Dave Samuhel, AccuWeather senior meteorologisted
You may have noticed the days getting longer recently. We are more than a month past the winter solstice. Now we will see the length of the day increase at its fastest clip. Welcome to solar spring!
You really have to think outside of the box to get the idea of why days are shorter and longer at different times of the year. In fact, a lot of astronomy requires outside-the-box thinking. However, that is what makes it so interesting!
The Earth orbits the sun on the orbital plane. We know the Earth rotates once per day, but this rotation is at an angle to the orbital plane. That tilt is at a 23-degree angle to the orbital plane, so just imagine the Earth tilted to the side as it goes around the Sun. Many people may think that the Earth actually tilts back and forth creating the season. Not so.
If you are like me, it is better to see this graphically as the above video shows.
As the Earth moves around the sun, you notice that the North Pole is tiled away from the sun on one side of its orbit. Meanwhile, the north pole then tilts right at the sun on the opposite side of its orbit. There is actually only one sunrise and one sunset per year at the North Pole! However, the day is six months long as is the night. Just imagine the sun moving 360 degrees around the horizon!
But, why doesn't spring start right when solar spring begins? It would make sense for the warmest days to be directly lined up with the longest days, etc. However, there is a lag. We have temperatures because the Earth absorbs solar radiation. The oceans absorb most of it. And it takes a while for water to be heated and cooled. (Think about boiling water). This is the source of the lag. The warmest time of year tends to be three to four weeks after the summer solstice and the coldest is after the winter solstice.
But, solar spring is a sure sign that things will turn around soon. If you are tired of shivering, you will at least have more daylight to make you feel better. In fact, most of the U.S. gains 15-20 minutes of daylight per week!
Did you notice that Solar Spring arrived last Saturday?
Do you have cabin fever after recent storms and of course the pandemic?
What are you planning for the warmer days coming?
Antenna projects, ham activities? Field Day 2022?
Just Getting out?
Wednesday, February 2 Sports Headlines Night ---- Sport of Ham Radio?
1. How Will You Remember TB12's Career?
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady walked away from the NFL on his own terms, still at the top of his game.
Brady, the most successful quarterback in league history and one of the greatest champions in professional sports, has retired after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records in an unprecedented 22-year career.
BEIJING (AP) — The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics, shortened considerably because of concerns about the coronavirus, started Wednesday with an 80-year-old former speedskater carrying the flame.
2. Are You Going to Watch the Winter Olympics?
3. How Is Ham Radio LIKE a Sport and how is it
NOT Like a Sport?
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