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Thusday 1 Dec 2016



National Eat A Red Apple Day

“And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.” ― Kahlil Gibran

When one thinks of an apple it isn’t the vibrant green color of the McIntosh apple that jumps to mind, nor is it the mottled red and yellow stripes of the Fuji Apple, no indeed. The apple that comes to mind, is the Red Delicious apple.

The Red Delicious is so engrained in our minds as what an apple look likes, that if you ask a child to draw an apple, without question it’s going to be the red crayon they reach for.

That’s why Eat A Red Apple Day exists, to celebrate this iconic member of the apple family, and its history.

History of Eat A Red Apple Day

America became quite the hotbed of apple development after the travels of Johnny Appleseed, and by the late 1800’s apple trees were everywhere in an amazing rainbow of delicious variety.

So much so, in fact, that apple varieties were being developed as a response to the ease of transporting apples on a commercial level around the US.

The ‘Ben Davis’ Apple was the reigning king of apples in 1880, due to its ability to handle rough growing conditions and its ability to keep a long time. But it wasn’t considered the best tasting one, and as moving produce from farm to store became easier better tasting was winning out.

Red Delicious held its position as the most popular apple in the world well into the 1980’s, when its popularity began to decline.

How popular was it, exactly?

Washington State is one of the biggest producers of apples, and the red delicious constituted 75% of the state’s production.

While it’s shrunk to 1/3rd of that amount since, it’s still a massive part of the world’s production of apples.



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World AIDS Day

When the AIDS epidemic broke, because I happened to be a science nerd and knew a lot about viruses and a lot about that virus at the time, I felt a moral obligation to go out and try to stem the fear and get out and explain to people what the disease was and how it worked. – Morgan Fairchild

There is a disease that reached out into the world and changed the way we thought about everything, from how we got our blood transfusions to our sexual practices.

It was met with a campaign of fear and superstition that harmed both those who had it, and the families and friends of those who surrounded them.

While HIV and AIDS are out in the world today, the horror stories that were told of how it works and how it was transmitted have largely been mitigated.

World AIDS Day works to ensure that those who suffer from AIDS can live in a safer, more understanding world and help further research to eliminate it.

History of World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day was first held in 1988, just four years after the discovery of the virus and its official classification.

Since that time 35 million people have died, putting it far ahead of many of the other most devastating diseases in the history of man.

Since that day the work of men and women everywhere has led to a greaterbunderstanding of HIV/AIDS (you can’t get it bybsharing a can of coke, or sharing a toilet seat, for instance), but that has only served to slow the tide.

6,000 people each year are diagnosed with HIV in the UK alone, and there are still people out there who don’t know all the facts about it.

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December 1 Birthdays


Sarah Silverman - 46



Bette Midler - 71



Woody Allen - 81



Richard Pryor - (1940-2005)








December 1st

1999: Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra performed a concert at the Show Box in Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization summit.

1993: Pink Floyd held a press conference to announce their 1994 world tour, which proved to be the band’s last tour.

1990: Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille spent six hours in jail in Louisville after being arrested for public drunkenness and criminal mischief after a concert at Louisville Gardens.

1984: Billy Squier made his first and only appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

1983: Geffen Records sued Neil Young for $3 million because the label said Young’s new music was “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums”. The lawsuit would later be settled out of court.

1980: The Talking Heads kick-off their tour of the U.K. at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Support on this tour would come from U2.

1976: The Sex Pistols made their infamous appearance on the U.K.’s ITV program Today, in which host Bill Grundy prompted a profanity-ridden rant from the band.

1973: “Dream On” by Aerosmith initially peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. When it was reissued as a single two and a half years later, it would peak at number 6.

1966: Jimi Hendrix signed an exclusive management deal for four years with Mike Jeffrey, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp’s Yameta Company.



Birthdays:

Eric Bloom - Singer for Blue Oyster Cult born in 1944

John Densmore - Drummer for The Doors born in 1944