Jul 1

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7.1.16 Week: 26 \ Day: 183

Juul Averages: 81°\51°

86004 Today: H 68° \ L 57° Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Wind ave:   2mph\Gusts:  9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 91°[1990]   Record Low: 33°[2004]

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Quote of the Day

For success, attitude is equally important as ability ~Walter Scott

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Observances Today                                    

Canada Day / Dominion Day

Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day

International Joke Day

National GSA Employee Day

Second Half of The Year Day

U.S. Postage Stamp Day

Zip Code Day

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Observances This Week

Ramadan -7/5

Beans and Bacon Days: 6/30-7/4  Link (Around first Wed. in July)

National Tom Sawyer Days: 1-4 (aka Fence Painting Days)

Rosewell UFO Days: 1-4 Link

National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7

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US Historical Highlights for Today

1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)

1776 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies 1836 US President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress bequest by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found institution in Washington.

1862 Congress outlaws polygamy for the 1st time

1862 US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco & on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)

1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted

1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per oz

1874 1st US zoo opens (Philadelphia)

1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill

1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels

1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis

1907 World's 1st air force established (US Army)

1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted

1929 US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"

1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial

1943 "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks

1950 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea

1960 Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba

1963 US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code

1967 "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 performances

1970 Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)

1972 Ms. magazine begins publishing

1972 "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 1750 performances

1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield .

2000 Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.

2014 The US Supreme Court rules that family-owned corporations can reject provision of 'Obamacare' on religious grounds

2015 Misty Copeland becomes the 1st African American principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre

2015 US and Cuba announce agreement to re-open embassies and establish full diplomatic ties

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World Historical Highlights for Today

    70 Roman General Titus and his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem

1517 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands

1520 According to many sources, Hernán Cortés and his followers will attempt to escape from Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City) by way of one of the causeways. They have to fight their way through large numbers of Aztec warriors. Thousands of people are killed on both sides. Many of the Spanish soldiers carried so much looted gold that when they fell in the lake, they drowned. This event is often called "Noche Triste" (Night of Tears or Sorrows).

1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1858 1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)

1867 The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister

1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins

1905 Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity

1921 The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader

1937 Britain begins using 999 emergency phone number

1959 World Refugee Year begins

1960 The independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed out of former British and Italian territories

1972 The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.

1979 Sony introduces the Walkman.

1980 'O Canada' officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

1990 The Republic of Ireland plays in the World Cup Finals for the first time. They are defeated 0-1 by Italy in the quarter-finals; an estimated half a million people take to the streets of Dublin to welcome the team home

1999 The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

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My Rambling Thoughts

Had a good lunch with the retirement group. All are getting ready for the long weekend. Mary headed to Phx for a big pool party for her 70^th. Cheryl’s son and his family are headed to Williams for the long weekend. Back in the day, Cheryl took her son on the Durango/Silverton train ride. Now he is taking his two youngest sons on the same trip after their 4^th visit.

Monsoon has arrived and this year it is really nice. Most years we have clouds, lightning, thunder, electricity outages, and flooding, with the hard ‘male’ rain starting around 1p. This year there is a little lightning, a little thunder, a little flooding, and the gentle ‘female’ rain starts in the morning and continues throughout the afternoon. Nice for a change.

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

Naming Names II

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

In each equation below, part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you will find the name.

(Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard)

1. Put on clothes + ald

2. Fishing pole + ney

3. P+ make a mistake + y

4. Be in debt + n

5. That girl + r + adult guy

6. D + eager

7. B + lease an apartment

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…Harper’s Index…

2 in 3 – Chances that an American believes the extreme poverty rate worldwide has ‘almost doubled’ in the past 20 years. From yesterday’s post: it is down 66%

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Yep, It Really Happened

*----- It Just Needs a Little Extra Chlorine -----*

Angered over his recent eviction from a mobile home park, a Florida man carrying a five gallon bucket allegedly snuck back into the property and contaminated the community swimming pool with a vile slurry that "had the appearance of liquid feces" according to police. Thomas Lee Mason, 54, targeted the Embassy Mobile Home Park late Thursday night. Witnesses said they saw Mason, bucket in hand, entering the Clearwater park, though he had "no legitimate business" there. Mason, police charge, was spotted "entering the pool area with the bucket and then leaving the area with the same bucket." Investigators have charged Mason with "pouring an unknown dark colored substance that had the appearance of liquid feces/diarrhea" into the pool. Cops estimated that it would cost $300 in chemicals and cleaning supplies to disinfect the pool. What I want to know is where the hell he came up with five gallons?          

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Somewhat Useless Information

Chinese Food. All across America, Chinese buffets offer endless arrays of beautiful, deep-fried, grease-soaked food. General Tso's chicken, chop suey, egg rolls, chow mein, fortune cookies. What do all these dishes have in common? They were all invented in America. Chinese people typically eat rice with vegetables and maybe a little meat. And it's not battered or fried, and it's certainly not filled with cheese. That's all American.

Fajitas. In 1984, Texas A&M lecturer Homero Recio traced fajita history back to the ranches of 1930s south and west Texas. According to Recio, the Mexican cowboys, known as vaqueros, working in Texas often received throwaway scraps as part of their pay, including the cow's diaphragm. The diaphragm, which we now call a skirt steak, is covered with a tough membrane that allowed the vaqueros to grill it outdoors directly on open mesquite coals--the prototypical fajita.

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

1892 James M Cain,

Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice)

100- Olivia de Havilland,

actress (the Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Tokyo, Japan

[97] Estée Lauder,

CEO (Estée Lauder cosmetics) (d. 2004), born in New York City [d2004]

[95] Billy Wyler,

director (Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver) [d2002]

82- Jamie Farr,

actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH), born in Toledo, Ohio

[81] Jo Sinclair [Ruth Seid],

American writer (Wasteland), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)

75- Twyla Tharp,

Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)

[73] Sydney Pollack,

American diretcor, actor and producer (Tootsie, Out of Africa), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2008)

66- David Duke,

American politician, K.K.K. member

65- Daryl Anderson,

actor (Animal-Lou Grant), born in Seattle, Washington

64- Dan Aykroyd,

Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)

55- Carl Lewis [Frederick],

sprinter and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96), born in Birmingham, Alabama

54- Andre Braugher,

actor (Frank Pembleton-Homicide), born in Chicago, Illinois

50- Patrick McEnroe,

tennis star, born in Manhasset, New York

49 Pamela Anderson Lee,

Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb 90) Baywatch

39- Liv Tyler,

American actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty, Lord of the Rings), born in New York City

[36] Diana Spencer,

Princess of Wales, born in Sandringham, England (d. 1997)

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Historical Obits Today

@97-2009 Karl Malden,

American actor (b. 1912)

@87-1983 R Buckminster Fuller,

inventor/philosopher

@85-1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe,

American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

@80-2004 Marlon Brando,

American actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front")

@79-2000 Walter Matthau,

American actor, heart disease

@78-1974 Juan Perón,

Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), heart attack

@64-1894 Allan Pinkerton,

American private detective, fall/stroke

@59-1860 Charles Goodyear,

 American inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)

@57-1995 Wolfman Jack,

disc jockey (Midnight Special), heart attack

@54-1991 Michael Landon,

American actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven), cancer

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Brain Teasers Answers

1. Don + ald = Donald

2. Rod + ney = Rodney

3. P + err + y = Perry

4. Owe + n = Owen

5. She + r + man = Sherman

6. D + avid = David

7. B + rent = Brent

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Jun 30

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6.30.16 Week: 26 \ Day: 182

June Averages: 79°\41°

86004 Today: H 92° \ L 53° Average Sky Cover: 60% 

Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  14mph Visibility: 8 mi

Record High: 92°[1990]   Record Low: 31°[1913]

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Quote of the Day

Life is 10% what you make it and90% how you take it. ~Irving Berlin

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Observances Today                                    

Leap Second Time Adjustment Day

Meteor Day

National Bomb Pop Day Link  

National Handshake Day Link 

NOW (National Organization For Women) Day

Social Media Day Link

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Ramadan: -7/5

Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)

Independence Day (Congo-1960-from Belgium)

Revolution Day (Sudan-bloodless coup-1989)

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Observances This Week

○ 26-7/2

Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week Link  

National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Link  

○ 27-7/4

National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

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US Historical Highlights for Today

1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty

1906 US Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' in particular)

1925 Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)

1927 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes

1936 40 hour work week law approved for US federal employees

1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published

1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1

1940 US Fish & Wildlife Service forms

1944 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.

1945 17-day newspaper strike in NY begins

1960 US stops sugar import from Cuba

1967 Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut

1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment

1982 Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification

1994 US Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life

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World Historical Highlights for Today

1520 Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés take gold from Aztecs

1860 Famous debate on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce

1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa

1933 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war

1934 "Night of Long Knives" - Hitler stages a bloody purge of the Nazi party

1966 Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa

2005 Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.

2007 A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.

2012 Mohamed Morsi is sworn in as President of Egypt

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My Rambling Thoughts

Another warm day, but it has clouded up and the monsoon should be hitting soon.

I made my final airline, shuttle, and hotel arrangements to get to and from Denver for my trip to Barcelona. It is nice because, thanks to my Visa Freedom Card, I paid for all of it with my cash back from the card. Always saving money. My dad would be proud.

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

Warner Bros.

Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.

What does this Rebus represent?

Cockroach

Ant

Worms

Rabbit

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…Harper’s Index…

100,000,000 – Estimated number of people who will be driven into extreme poverty by 2030 because of climate change

-66 – Estimated percentage change in the rate of extreme poverty worldwide over that past 20 years

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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

discovery.hd.

Ireland. 

Photography by @ (Daniel). lighthouse. #lighthouse #fanad#head #ireland#donegal #coast sea 

#seascape #storm#clouds #sunset #waves #landscape #nature

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Yep, It Really Happened

*---------- Like a Rhinestone Cowboy... ----------*

A horse-riding cowboy leading a second horse by the reins caused a major traffic jam Monday by riding over a busy New York bridge. A video shows the man, dressed in western garb, riding a horse and leading a second equine by the reins while crossing Staten Island's Outerbridge Crossing bridge in front of a long line of backed-up traffic. "In case you're wondering why there's traffic on the Outerbridge Crossing," the tweet said. The man is closely followed by a Port Authority Police Department patrol car with its emergency lights on. A Port Authority police spokesman confirmed the patrol car was dispatched to escort the man to the other side of the bridge, but it was unclear whether the rider would face any fines or trespassing charges on the other side.    

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Somewhat Useless Information

A huge mysterious blast rocked eastern Siberia on June 30th, 1908, leaving millions of trees lying on the ground, mostly pointing in the same direction, over an area of many kilometers.

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It was a difficult area to reach at the time and it was not until 1927, nearly 20 years later, that the first Soviet research expedition arrived at the scene.

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It is estimated that the Tunguska explosion knocked down some 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 square kilometers (830 sq mi), and that the shock wave from the blast would have measured 5.0 on the Richter magnitude scale. An explosion of this magnitude would be capable of destroying a large metropolitan area, but due to the remoteness of the location, no fatalities were documented.

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Witnesses from hundreds of miles away reported fire in the sky like 'a second sun', sounds like artillery fire or thunder, a hot wind, the earth shaking, and windows broken and buildings damaged.

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The first conclusion was that a meteor had struck, though scientists were baffled by the absence of a crater. Over the years, a number of theories were put forward to explain what became known as the Tunguska Event. They included claims of an alien spacecraft colliding with Earth, and the sudden appearance of a mini black hole.

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Today, scientists believe they know the answer. It is thought that an incoming meteor or comet exploded on contact with our atmosphere, causing what is known as an air burst five to ten kilometers above the Earth's surface.

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That's the theory, but nobody knows for sure.

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

 [92] Lena Horne,

American actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz), born in Brooklyn, [d2010]

[81] David Wayne,

actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, 3 Faces of Eve) [d1995]

78- Billy Mills,

Pine Ridge SD, 10k (Olympics-gold-64)

[62] Elizabeth Kortright Monroe,

1st lady [d1830]

[62] Harry Blackstone Jr,

magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion) [d1997]

60- David Alan Grier,

comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang)

57- Vincent D'Onofrio,

American actor [CSI-criminal intent]

50- "Iron" Mike Tyson,

American boxer and youngest ever heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90), born in Brooklyn, New York

[47] John Gay,

English poet and dramatist (The Beggar's Opera) (d. 1732)

[32] Florence Ballard,

rocker (Supremes), born in Detroit, [d1976]

31- Michael Phelps,

American swimmer (16 Olympic medals), born in Baltimore, Maryland

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Historical Obits Today

@89-1995 Gale Gordon,

comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy)

@88-2003 Robert McCloskey,

American children's book writer and illustrator

@88-1785 James Oglethorpe,

English general and founder of the state of Georgia

@78-2003 Buddy Hackett,

American comic, stroke

@76-2001 Chet Atkins,

American country guitar player and producer, cancer

@76-1919 John William Strutt,

3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and discoverer of argon (Nobel Prize 1904)

@54-1520 Moctezuma II,

Aztec emperor (1502-20), killed either by the Spanish or stoned by his own people

@41-1996 Margaux Hemingway,

model/actress (Lipstick), suicide

@40-1882 Charles J. Guiteau,

assassin (President Garfield), hanged

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Brain Teasers Answers

Bugs Bunny

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Jun 29

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6.29.16 Week: 26 \ Day: 180

June Averages: 79°\41°

86004 Today: H 80° \ L 52° Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Wind ave:   2mph\Gusts:  31mph Visibility: 7 mi

Record High: 93°[1990]   Record Low: 30°[1965]

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Quote of the Day

Correction does much but encouragement does more. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Observances Today                                    

Camera Day

Hug Holiday

International Mud Day

Waffle Iron Day

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Isra Al Mi'Raj (Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad - Islam)

Ramadan: -7/5

Independence Day (Seychelles-1976-from UK)

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Observances This Week

○ 26-7/2

Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week Link  

National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Link  

○ 27-7/4

National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness

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US Historical Highlights for Today

1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor

1891 US National Forest Service organized

1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage

1936 Empire State Building broadcasts high definition TV-343 lines

1940 US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register

1950 US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)

1956 US Federal interstate highway system act signed

1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in the US Senate

1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House

1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults

1994 US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees

2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

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World Historical Highlights for Today

512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.

1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada

1540 English ex-chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic

1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burns down

1888 First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder

1903 British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo

1931 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)

1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages

1969 Ireland enacts exemption from income tax for creators of works of 'cultural or artistic merit'

1974 Military coup in Ethiopia

2002 Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.

2007 Enya receives an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Galway

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My Rambling Thoughts

The monsoon has arrived in our little mountain town. This is great news to help with the heat and of course, to dampen our very dry forest. We had a nice little storm yesterday afternoon, then another one this morning. Sure ain’t complaining.

While I was enjoying the nice storm, I had CNN on the TV. Trump laid out his newest 7 point plan. I can’t believe there are so many that fall for his drivel. He promises to bring back manufacturing to America, yet all his clothes and campaign stuff are made in foreign countries. Time for him to Walk the Talk. He promised PA he would bring back the steel industry in America to build strong buildings like the Empire State Bldg. Yet he redesigned a whole complex so that he wouldn’t have to use American Steel. His promises do sound good, but when the time comes to do it, he will back down…much like the idiots in the UK who promised that not paying the EU would give money to the Heath Care System, but now they are saying, ‘well maybe not.’

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

Missing Letters IV

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

What same three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words?

_ _ _ E F

F A _ _ _ C

D E _ _ _ S

H Y _ _ _ D

L U _ _ _ C A N T

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…Harper’s Index…

9 –Percentage of US Muslim doctors who say their religion has caused patients to refuse their care

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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

nakedplanet Turquoise waterfall from Urederra River in Navarra, Spain showing us the beauty and force of nature.

PC: ©Juan Pixelecta

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Somewhat Useless Information

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) believed that the center of thought was the heart and that the brain's function was merely to cool the heart. It was an early Greek physician, Alcmaeon of Croton (c. 6th century B.C.), who was the first to claim that the brain, not the heart, is the central organ of sensation and thought.

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In South America, scientist have discovered deliberately made 'skull holes' that may have been made to treat painful headaches, brain disease, or to let 'evil spirits' out of the head. Called 'trepanation,' the process of making those holes was incredibly painful. The high number of trepanized skulls suggests that this brain surgery was commonplace.

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Contrary to the popular belief that humans use just 10 percent of their brain capacity, humans actually use virtually every part of the brain, and most of the brain is active all the time.

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There are more than 100,000 chemical reactions happening in the human brain every second.

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A 20-year-old man has around 109,000 miles (176,000 km) of myelinated axons in his brain, which is enough to wrap around the earth's equator four-and-a-half times. A 20-year old woman's brain is typically smaller than a male's, and, consequently, requires less wiring

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If brain cells were replaced, like skin or liver cells, scientists hypothesize we would lose our memories.

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Birthdays Today

“[ ]” indicates age at death

[101] Nellie Taylor Ross,

1st woman to serve as a gov (Wyoming, 1925-27) [d1977]

86- Robert Evans,

director/actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), born in NYC, New York

[78] William James Mayo,

surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota [d1939]

72- Gary Busey,

Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born)

[69] George Washington Goethals,

engineer (built Panama Canal) [d1928]

69- Richard Lewis,

comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love), born in NYC, New York

68- Fred Grandy,

Sioux City IA, (Rep-R-Iowa)/actor (Love Boat)

[65] Nelson Eddy, Providence RI, baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald) [d1967]

[59]- Little Eva [Eva Boyd],

American pop singer (Locomotion), born in Belhaven, North Carolina (d. 2003)

[57] Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure],

US, Black Power-activist [d1998]

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Historical Obits Today

@96-2003 Katharine Hepburn,

American actress

@75-1995 Lana Turner,

actress (Madame X), cancer

@75-1852 Henry Clay,

American politician known as "the Great Compromiser", tb

@74-2002 Rosemary Clooney,

American singer and actress, cancer

@63-2007 Joel Siegel,

American film critic, cancer

@55-1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

British poet and writer ("How Do I Love thee"), long illness/morphine

@49-1978 Bob Crane,

actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), murdered in Phoenix

@46-1933 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle,

US actor (Keystone comedies), heart attack

@34-1967 Jayne Mansfield,

actress (Female Jungle), car crash

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Brain Teasers Answers

BRI.

BRIEF

FABRIC

DEBRIS

HYBRID

LUBRICANT

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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