Friday, the 13th, from Wikipedia: "According to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini, who died on a Friday 13th. He [Rossini] was surrounded to the last by admiring friends; and if it be true that, like so many Italians, he regarded Fridays as an unlucky day and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that one Friday 13th of November he died. Several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition. One theory states that it is a modern amalgamation of two older superstitions: that thirteen is an unlucky number and that Friday is an unlucky day.

Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 91F; low 68F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 90F low 64F.[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.
FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is for Harlemville from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Leeds, in Greene County

Today, should be sunny with a high near 91; low around 63.

The outlook through the weekend:

Saturday: Partly sunny. High near 88; low around 63. There is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, Saturday night.
Sunday: Also a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and cloudy or partly sunny. High near 88; low around 67.
Monday: Sunny, high near 90, low around 66.

Sunrise today: 5:31 a.m.
Sunset today: 8:31 p.m.
Length of the day: 15 hrs.

Town meetings

Today is the second Friday of the month.
(WGXC 90.7-FM suggests you call ahead to confirm meeting time and location.)

HUDSON Historic Preservation Commission at 10 a.m., 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).

Special Programming Saturday on WGXC:
Tune in for radio art, experimental sound, free jazz, noise, compositions, media criticism, live events, radio theatre, and all sorts of transmission art, Saturdays on WGXC. This week:
• 6 a.m.: Framework. Weekly show from London about field-recording and it’s use in composition, and other acoustic ecology. This week features John Grzinich, Nigel Simpson, Jez Riley French, Auvikogue, Sala, and an intro by Chad Clark.
• 10 a.m.: Prattsville Report. Jess Puglisi's report from Prattsville, where photographer Larry Gambon's photos hang on the half-ripped open walls of the Zadock Pratt Museum. The photo show is about the repercussions of the floods associated with Hurricane Irene there last fall, and so is this radio documentary.
• 10:30 a.m.: Radio Wonderland. Every week Joshua Fried remixes NYC radio live from Brooklyn on WGXC.
• 11 a.m.: The Shortwave Report. Dan Roberts collects international news on the shortwave.
• 11:30 a.m.: Radia. From international network of radio art radio stations, this week from TEA FM in Zaragoza, Spain. "The Music of Sound" is the theme.
• Noon: Athens Street Festival. WGXC's Jess Puglisi and Ron Puhulski host two hours of live radio from the middle of the Athens Street Festival. Come by their booth at the corner of Rt. 385 and Second St. before to record something, or during WGXC's live broadcast from noon to 2 p.m.
• 6 p.m.: CounterSpin. Media review from Fairiness and Accuracy in Reporting.
• 6:30 p.m.: Amateur Radio Newsline. Stories include the FCC to investigate telephone failures after the big windstorm of Friday, June 29; and a 9-year-old in South Carolina who learns first hand about ham radio on a television program that he hosts.