North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command) is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Canada and the continental United States.  Headquarters for NORAD and the NORAD/United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) center are located at Peterson Space Force Base in El Paso County, near Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex has the Alternate Command Center.  The NORAD commander and deputy commander are, respectively, a United States four-star general or equivalent and a Canadian lieutenant-general or equivalent.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD   

NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a United States/Canada military alliance.

NORAD or Norad may also refer to:

·        Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

·        NORAD (board game), a 1970s war simulation game

·        Noradrenaline or norad, a hormone and a neurotransmitter

·        EHC Hoensbroek or EHC Hoensbroek Norad, a Dutch football club

·        Norad Mill, North Adams, Massachusetts on the US National Register of Historic Places

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_(disambiguation)  

no-rad means no radio in The Lion’s Game, a novel by Nelson Demille 

 

Nelson DeMille (1943-2024) wrote some two dozen novels, many featuring John Corey, a joke-cracking former homicide detective who first appeared in “Plum Island” (1997), about an investigation into the murder of a young couple who may have been involved in biological warfare research.  Other books were set in the world of espionage or in the military and drew on Mr. DeMille’s combat experience in Vietnam.  During the Tet offensive of 1968, about a third of his company was killed or wounded during a battle in the A Shau Valley, he said.  Coming home, he hoped to use that experience in crafting “the great American war novel.”  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_DeMille and https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/alex-demille/3699227/?srsltid=AfmBOopGO9NKi1w_6gO261T3BDcH_LGLbEu40d7Rapmb9v5hkhMSwvO4     

The Toledo Museum of Art presents the first monographic exhibition of the eminent Dutch flower still life painter Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750).  At a time when women’s access to careers as professional artists was severely limited, Ruysch nevertheless became highly successful and widely renowned.  She was born into a well-to-do family and was the daughter of the renowned professor of anatomy and botany Frederik Ruysch, who apprenticed her to one of the premier flower still life painters of the day.  She married a painter, had eleven children, became the first female member of the artist’s guild in The Hague and a court artist to one of the most important German nobles, won the lottery (twice!), was among the highest-paid artists of her time, and continued to paint until she was 83 years of age.  Despite the great success she experienced during her lifetime, Ruysch has never received the attention she deserves.  The exhibition explores her fascinating life and work for the first time and juxtaposes them with those of her sister Anna, who was an accomplished flower painter in her own right but is all but forgotten today.  https://toledomuseum.org/exhibitions/rachel-ruysch-nature-into-art  Thank you, Muse reader!  April 12, 2025--July 27, 2025    

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Some more information on Krannert.  A name well known in Indianapolis.  In 1925, Krannert started his own business in Indianapolis.  <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis>, the Inland Container Corporation  <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple-Inland>, with six employees, all of whom had also quit the company in Anderson.  The company expanded and survived the Great Depression  <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression>.  During World War II <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>, the United States government began buying large quantities of Inland's moisture-resistant "V-Board" boxes.  By the early 1970s, Inland Container was America's second-largest manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers, with a complex of 25 plants grossing $200 million in annual sales.    

The Lost World is a 1925 American silent fantasy giant monster adventure film, directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. 

Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a major Hollywood studio at the time, the film stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger and features pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien, a forerunner of his work on King Kong (1933).  Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film, absent from some extant prints.  In 1998, The Lost World was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.  Due to its age, the film is now in the public domain.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925_film)     

Right before celebrating 50 years of Saturday Night Live, NBC will go back to where it all began.  The network will air the inaugural episode of SNL—then called NBC’s Saturday Night—at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT Feb. 15, 2025 a night before the primetime 50th anniversary special.  Additionally, NBC will rebroadcast the documentary Ladies and Gentlemen . . .  50 Years of SNL Music in primetime on Feb. 15.  The first SNL, which aired on Oct. 11, 1975, was hosted by George Carlin and featured musical performances from Billy Preston and Janice Ian along with sketches by the show’s original cast:  Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner.  Andy Kaufman also appeared on the show, and it featured a sketch with Jim Henson’s Muppets.  The first episode—or rather, the chaotic minutes leading up to the premiere—was the subject of director Jason Reitman’s movie Saturday Night, which debuted in theaters fall of 2024.  The re-airing of the first episode is part of a full weekend of SNL celebrations leading up to the SNL50 primetime special.  On Feb. 14, Peacock will live stream a concert special featuring a host of artists who have been musical guests on the show—among them Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, David Byrne, Arcade Fire and the Backstreet Boys.  Peacock is also home to a four-part docuseries, Beyond Saturday Night, that delves into several aspects of the long-running series.  The primetime special on Feb. 16 will feature appearances by Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Simon, Martin Short, Woody Harrelson, Adam Driver, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, Paul McCartney, Pedro Pascal, Peyton Manning, Quinta Brunson, Robert De Niro and Sabrina Carpenter, with more to be announced in the coming week.  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/first-ever-snl-re-airing-nbc-50th-anniversary-1236129955/ 

The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59 February 9, 2025.     

The 21st annual Puppy Bowl featured puppies on Team Ruff and Team Fluff for the Wayfair Lombarky Trophy.  A record 142 adoptable puppies on Team Fluff in the February 9, 2025 Puppy Bowl, winning 68-66 over Team Ruff.   

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2905  February 10, 2025