This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Nov 16 - Nov 22

Nov 16, 1532
Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa. On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor's honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. Pizarro's men massacre the Incans and capture Atahualpa, forcing him to convert to Christianity before eventually killing him.

Nov 17, 1558

Panama 2019

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Ruben Blades says he will once again be running for president of Panama. He says this decision to run in 2019, stems from a vision of his country's long-term solutions, which require rewriting codes and renewing diagrams necessary for the administration of the public good, efficiently and transparently. Moreover, he insists it requires a change in national attitude that includes a return to self-love, the love of country and concern for its future.

On Line in New York City

New Yorkers have been on line since before there was online—for nearly a century, at least.

They are so prominently on line, in fact, that those of us in the hinterland know it’s a way to identify New Yorkers by the way they talk. Not by their pronunciation, but by their words. If instead of waiting in line or standing in line, you wait or stand on line, you must be from New York—the city, that is, and neighboring New Jersey.

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Crazy Fresh Chinese

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Weibo is China’s popular microblog site. After visiting Ningbo, Shanghai and Hangzhou, some of China's oldest cities, with rich histories dating to 4800 BC., Roberto Soto found a site online that wants to help Americans, who may be trying to learn Mandarin and Chinese who are trying to learn English.

Living longer

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While aging is inevitable, a significant proportion of Asia’s population that is living longer and well into their later years has never been greater. China’s Bapan Village is also known as Longevity Village and boats of many residents who live past 100 years.

Most people think it’s the genes, but the data don’t support it. Longevity Village menus include vegetables in all three meals, even breakfast. Their food groups are fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, legumes, and fish, maintained a healthy diet, were active, and didn’t smoke.

PRC Censorship increases

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China has ordered television content providers to remove scenes with adultery, nudity, or too much physical content.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television claims to be eliminating murders, suicides, kidnappings, drug abuse, extramarital affairs, prostitution, rape, gambling, or anything referring to nudity, or sex.

US and South Korean TV productions are extremely popular in China, as well as multiple video streaming services. This government action has citizens worried there will be little content left to watch.

NBC Broadcast

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77 years ago today, RCA's NBC Symphony Orchestra broadcast its first transmission back in 1937.

Here is Maestro Toscanini conducting during an NBC Broadcast on March 21 1954: http://youtu.be/KTnXvDKzIPk

Arturo Toscanini BIO: http://www.biography.com/people/arturo-toscanini-21449193

The Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company from 1919 to 1986 when General Electric took over the company in 1985 and split it up.

Drones are US

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Half of the US Mexican border is being patrolled by drones to control desolate stretches lacking enforcement agents, camera towers, ground sensors, or fences. The same strategy will now be applied to the Canadian border.

Drones sweep remote mountains, canyons and rivers with a high-resolution video camera and return within three days for another video in the same spot, then officials with direct knowledge of the effort spoke with AP on condition of anonymity because details have not been made public. These two videos are analyzed with sophisticated software to identify the tracks of a farmer, his cows, or immigrants who entered the country illegally, or maybe a drug-laden vehicle.

The old fashioned approach of boots on the ground is over and out. The number of Border Patrol agents on the 1,954-mile border has doubled to surpass 18,000 and fencing nine fold to 700 miles.

Vortex visits

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US - Here it comes, get ready for that cold weather, folks... As the snowfall winds down across the Great Lakes region through Wednesday, the unseasonably cold temperatures associated with an arctic air-mass will continue to surge southward through the central U.S. Temperatures are forecast to be 20 to 40 degrees below climate average for areas east of the Rockies into the Great Plains.

Heavy precipitation possible over parts of the Pacific Northwest...Freezing rain possible over parts of the Pacific Northwest...Temperatures will be 25 to 40 degrees below average east of the Rockies

Weathering the winter season

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Weathering another wild winter requires careful planning, information, and extreme caution.

The word winter brings many things to mind. For some, it’s bundling up to brave the cold temperatures, school snow closings, and fun-filled days of sledding. For others, it invokes treacherous commutes punctuated by blizzard conditions, slippery roads, and fender benders.

This winter, understanding the differences behind National Weather Service’s advisories, watches and warnings could save your life or someone you love by knowing the appropriate action to take.

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