Good morning, Whitewater.
Monday in town will be sunny with a high of fifty-six. Sunrise is 6:39 and sunset 6:37, for 9h 57m 27s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets this evening at 6:30 PM.
On this day in 1938, coordinated attacks target Jews in Nazi Germany:
Kristallnacht (German pronunciation:…English: “Crystal Night“) or Reichskristallnacht…, also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, Reichspogromnacht… or simply Pogromnacht… and Novemberpogrome…was a pogrom (a series of coordinated deadly attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and non-Jewish civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening.[1][2] The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues had their windows smashed.[3]
On this day in 1863, conscription resumes in Wisconsin:
1863 – (Civil War) Conscription reinstated
Another draft was instituted in the State of Wisconsin. Unlike the 1862 conscription, it did not have a set quota. 14,933 men received draft notices, but the vast majority were exempted on medical or other grounds, paid a legal fee to be exempted, or simply failed to show up. Another 262 paid someone else to go in their place. Just 628 who were drafted actually served. [Schoonover, Lynn. History of the Civil War Draft in Wisconsin, page 56].
On 11.9.1968, an earthquake shakes the Badger State:
1968 – Earthquake Shakes Wisconsin
On this date one of the strongest earthquakes in the central United States occurred in south-central Illinois. Measured at a magnitude of 5.3, press reports from LaCrosse, Milwaukee, Port Washington, Portage, Prairie Du Chien, and Sheboygan indicated that the shock was felt in these cities. [Source:United States Geological Survey]
Puzzability begins a new weekly series entitled Chinese Takeout, with Monday’s game:
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This Week’s Game — November 9-13
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Chinese Takeout
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May we take your reorder? For each day this week, we started with a phrase, removed the seven letters in CHINESE, and rearranged the remaining letters to get a new word or phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the longer one first.
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Example:
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Google or Bing, for example; wrath
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Answer:
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Search engine; anger
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the longer one first (as “Search engine; anger” in the example), for your answer.
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Monday, November 9
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