About an hour. That’s how much time we are told many projects, tasks, etc. take to do. Think about it.
As I wrote in a recent column, a church service is typically one hour. TV drama shows are one hour. School courses are an hour, including a few minutes to get to the next one-hour class. Meetings at work are often one hour. If you want a massage, it is typically one hour. Even our lunch breaks are one hour.
Years ago, when we had film processed, the bragging point for some labs was one-hour development. Eyeglass shops still tout one-hour services. Many heating and cooling businesses say they will be on site in an hour. Our entire speeding law system is based on miles per hour. And many of us are even paid by the hour.
So, what exactly is so special about one hour? Well, it apparently has more to do with 60 — the number of minutes in one hour.
According to Live Science, the use of 60 began with the Sumerians who used base 12 (duodecimal) and base 60 (sexigesimal) as their numbering systems. Here are a few theories on why they chose these systems:
First, according to the book “The Universal History of Numbers,” many ancient cultures used the three segments of each finger to count to 12 on one hand. It is believed that 60 came from using five fingers of one hand with the twelve segments of the other. My fingers are in knots just thinking about this.
Another theory is that, when written in sexagesimal, fewer fractions have repeating decimals (example: 1/3 = 0.333). This is significant because the Sumerians did not have a notion of repeating-digit fractions. And, for the most part, I don’t either.
If the first two didn't make much sense to you, then this final theory might. Twelve was an important number to the Sumerians. It was the number of lunar cycles in a year and the number of constellations of the Zodiac. Day and night were each divided into 12 periods to create the 24-hour day.
So, 12 apparently relates to 60, which apparently relates to one hour. If all this is as clear as mud, take about an hour and let it soak in.
Have a terrific Tuesday, and thanks for reading.
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FROM KCCI: Indianola High School begins $100 million renovation project. INDIANOLA, Iowa — Work officially begins tonight on a nearly $100 million renovation of Indianola High School. "The energy that is generated around it and the excitement around our system is, is amazing," says Indianola School Superintendent Tara Paul. ...READ MORE
FROM WHO-TV: Police investigate 3rd Git N Go robbery in 7 days. DES MOINES, Iowa — Police are investigating an armed robbery at a southeast Des Moines convenience store early Monday morning. Sgt. Paul Parizek, the spokesperson for the Des Moines Police Department, said it happened at the Git N Go at 2140 E. Park Ave. at 6:55 a.m. The suspect displayed a knife and stole cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash from the store. ...READ MORE
FROM WOI-DT: Des Moines police: Suspect charged with kidnapping, burglary.The suspect allegedly forced his way into a home while armed with a knife to kidnap his 4-year-old daughter, who he is legally prohibited from contacting. ...READ MORE |
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Clear Mortgage meteorology
Mild and dry again today. Rain chances for Wednesday, then dry conditions to round out the week.
For help with pre-approvals or refinancing, get in touch with Originating Branch Manager Carrie Hansen at carrie.mortgage. |
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| Read the latest CITYVIEW | | | FEATURE STORY
On the prowl
By Cyote Williams
The Iowa Wolves are back on the prowl heading into the 2024-2025 season. Last year was met with some unfortunate injuries, requiring several key players to get called up to Minnesota. This season, the Iowa Wolves received major help to fill out the roster and investment in a new downtown office for the team’s brass.
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Tuesday touts
What Dak Korean Fried Chicken. This place double fries their legs and wings and serves them with pickled radishes. They also make fried octopus dumplings, Korean corn dogs, bulgogi, japchae, sliders, fried flour tacos and pot stickers. 9250 University Ave., West Des Moines.
Iowa Gay Men’s Chorus fills the I.M. Pei wing of the Des Moines Art Center with the sounds of music Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. This just became an annual event because it’s a great merger of sound and place. Free.
The legendary fantasy "The Fall" is playing a special remastered new edition debut tomorrow at Varsity Theater. Des Moines Symphony is sponsoring this special showing, which uses Beethoven's Seventh as theme music. The movie took four years to film, on all continents and with no staging — just natural sets and lighting by three crews from the U.S., Italy and Germany.
One for the Foxes plays Des Moines this Saturday at opening night of Celtic Music Association's new season. Two Irishmen and a Denver gal sing Irish and early American folk. 7:30 p.m. Franklin Junior High School. $30. Tickets
Deals today
• CABCO (309 Court Ave., Des Moines) has steak night on Tuesdays.
• Irina's Steak and Seafood (650 S. Prairie View Drive, West Des Moines) offers a 1.25-pound live lobster dinner with Iowa sweet corn for $25 today and tomorrow only.
• Chelsie’s Courtyard (400 MLK, Des Moines) has a $6 tenderloin basket with fries from 4-9 p.m. on Tuesdays.
• Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines) offers $7 burgers including a side on Tuesdays.
• Sprockets (2314 University Ave., Des Moines) has a $9.99 tenderloin and tequila sunrise deal on Tuesdays.
• Tuesday brings $5.95 gyros to Opa! (2800 University Ave., West Des Moines).
• Kids meals are half price all day Tuesday at Machine Shed (11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale).
• Tuesday means $12 hot beef sandwiches at Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction).
• All day happy hour prices, such as half-price oysters, are in effect Tuesdays at Django (1420 Locust St., Des Moines).
• Kelly’s Little Nipper (1701 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines) offers really good tenderloins with a side and drink for $11.50 on Tuesdays.
• Taco Tuesday brings serious discounts to Mariscos El Pirata (6050 S.E. 14th St., Des Moines), La Familia (1610 Sixth Ave., Des Moines), all Taco John's, The Dam Pub (2710 Beaver Ave., Des Moines), all Abelardo's, all Fernando’s, Malo (900 Mulberry St., Des Moines), Beaver Tap (4050 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines), Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road, Des Moines) and Faustino’s (4944 Franklin Ave., Des Moines).
• Eastside Eddie's (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) offers a personal-size pizza with a salad for $10 Tuesdays.
• Fareway has Family Tree Farms Jumboz blueberries back this week at $4.88/9.8-ounce packages. These are the biggest and sweetest blueberries ever created. They even won a Guiness World Record for size and were part of Wall Street Journal's story about "super" hybrid fruits this year. They defied the rule that bigger meant squishy and less sweet.
— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com |
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The 2024 results ...
CITYVIEW's Best Of Des Moines® | | | Best Local Interior Designer
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Saturday, Nov. 9, was the annual Living History Farms Race in Urbandale. More than 600 runners splashed through steams, plowed through fields and negotiated muddy, slippery embankments. The cross-country course is roughly 5 miles and starts and ends in the 1876 town of Walnut Hill. Photo/Paul Houston. |
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| SOLD: Featured commercial real estate transaction | | | 1073 23RD ST., DES MOINES
SALE DATE: 2024-07-22
SALE PRICE: $104,511
SELLER: NEW LIFE CENTER
BUYER: INVEST DSM INC
ACRES: 0.178
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Featured in the current
issue of Clive Living magazine | | | Meet Cerra Carter
Many hats and warm welcomes
By Rachel Harrington
The first place a person typically walks through in a school building is the main office. Whether a first-time visitor or a parent who frequents the school, the atmosphere a person walks into makes a big difference. Cerra Carter has been the face of first impressions at Radiant Elementary School for the past four years.
“I serve as the office secretary, which is the first point of contact for students, parents and visitors,” she says.
Her various daily tasks include administrative tasks, coordinating communication, maintaining a welcoming environment in the school office, monitoring visitor security, managing attendance and absence records, completing school purchases, and providing support for staff and students. ...
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NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: MIA 23 LAR 15
FROM ESPN: Wisconsin's Jack Del Rio to resign after crash, OWI arrest. ... READ MORE
FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: Micah Parsons Addresses Controversial Comments About Mike McCarthy. ... READ MORE
FROM CBS Sports: Nikola Jokic is the NBA's MVP, even if we spend the entire season trying to talk ourselves out of it. ... READ MORE |
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1954: Ellis Island closes. On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for merchant Samuel Ellis, who owned the land in the 1770s. … READ MORE
2004: Scott Peterson convicted of murder. On Nov. 12, 2004, Scott Peterson is convicted of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son. A jury of six men and six women delivered the verdict 23 months after Laci Peterson, who was pregnant, disappeared on Christmas Eve from Modesto, California. The case captivated millions across America and saturated national media coverage for almost two years. … READ MORE
1799: First recorded meteor shower in North America. On Nov. 12, 1799, Andrew Ellicott, an early American astronomer, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. Ellicott wrote in his journal that the “whole heaven appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets, flying in an infinity of directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun after day break.” Ellicott’s journal entry is the first known record of a meteor shower in North America. … READ MORE
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The answer to Friday's riddle: What did the retiree call the ranch he bought? PASTURE PRIME! OR, GOLDEN ACRES! - William Snyder. OR, PUT OUT TO PASTURE! - Carolyn Rogers. OR, HOME, HOME ON THE RANCH. - Rex Post
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