Meteor Showers

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NASA scientists and astronomers are predicting the Geminids meteor shower will bring an early Christmas spectacular and are saying that it will be this year's greatest. The best viewing will be in dark sky locations, away from city lights. This is also the most wonderful time of the year for spotting a Geminid meteor.

The Geminid which starts late Sunday night and will continue into Monday morning, is famous for producing more meteors per hour than other showers and for so-called fireballs.

Volunteering and Civility

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As the Christmas holiday spotlights acts of kindness and giving back, a new federal study shows that 1 in 4 volunteered through an organization and 3 in 5 helped their neighbors last year.

The annual Volunteering and Civic Life in America research, released today by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Conference on Citizenship, shows that service to others continues to be a priority for millions of Americans.

Saint Nicholas Project

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Christmas presents for the poor of NYC will be handed out by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, Catholic Charities Executive Director Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, New York Catholic Charities and other volunteers.

They will shop to provide basic necessities for needy families as part of the annual St. Nicholas Project shopping day on Saturday, December 12th beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Kmart at Astor Place in Lower Manhattan (corner of Broadway and 9th Street).

Global Water Crisis

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The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was written and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads.

Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature.

“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”

― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Disappearing groundwater puts world in global crisis. http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/groundwater/ #PumpedDry

Global Water Shortage: Water Scarcity & The Importance of Water http://thewaterproject.org/water_scarcity#.VmrV1OTy-FY.twitter

Birds Are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways http://on.natgeo.com/1OVYdXq via @NatGeo

Record Breaking Weather

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US East Coast residents continue to enjoy unusually mild temperatures today. Weather forecasters are predicting possible record breaking high temperatures for the next few days in NYC.

Today Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 5 to 8 mph.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind around 6 mph.
Saturday Night Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Light west wind.

Will History Repeat itself?

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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." George Bernard Shaw

As my journalism colleagues CD Jaco and Jay Dow point out, history may repeat itself, if we allow it to do so.

"Regardless of your political leaning, I am a firm believer in acknowledging the events of 'yesterday' - that is, history...and how they may (or may not) influence or guide us today.

Middle Class Shrinks

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After more than four decades of serving as the nation’s economic majority, the American middle class is now matched in number by those in the economic tiers above and below it. In early 2015, 120.8 million adults were in middle-income households, compared with 121.3 million in lower- and upper-income households combined, a demographic shift that could signal a tipping point, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

WHVHM Camp Pain

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He started by attacking women, then Hispanics, later veterans, followed by the handicapped and now Muslims?

How is it that all the political BS is constantly being trumped almost daily with another outrageous absurdity? US is on the verge of a political breakdown and some are comparing it with The Trump Tower of BS.

Wary on two day headlines...

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The adjective is used in feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
"dogs that have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers"

Synonyms: cautious, careful, circumspect, on one's guard, chary, alert, on the lookout, on one's toes,

Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Articl…

Informed Delivery?

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USPS is offering e-mail, seriously? If you cant beat them, join them. The post office is making available a new service that lets US SEE WHAT'S COMING. We will be able to see our household mail, even while traveling.

Participate in this new USPS service enhancement test and get images of the mail that will be placed in your mailbox each day. Black and white images of your actual letter-sized mail pieces, processed by USPS sorting equipment, will be provided to you each morning. Flat-sized pieces, such as catalogs or magazines, may be added in the future. Participation is limited to certain ZIP Codes ™ at this time.

Get up to 10 mail piece images in your morning email, which can be viewed on any computer or a smart phone. Get more mail than that? Additional images are available for viewing on your online dashboard - in the same place you track your packages! Don't worry if you are on travel; if you have email or online access, you can see much of the mail that will be delivered to your mailbox. Be the first in your block to block bills before arrival.

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