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7.22.16
Week: 29 \ Day: 204
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 86° \ L 51°
Average Sky Cover: 75%
Wind
ave: 3mph\Gusts: 12mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 92°[1996]
Record Low: 38°[1995]
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Quote
of the Day
People won’t have
time for you if you are always angry and complaining. ~Stephen Hawking
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Observances
Today
Casual Pi
Day (22/7)
Fragile X Awareness Day
National
Penuche Fudge Day Link
Pied Piper Day
Spooners (Spoonerism) Day
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Observances
This Week
Captive
Nations Week: 17-23
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 17-23 Link
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
National
Baby Food Week: 20-23 Link
Comic Con International: 20-24
Hemingway
Look-alike Days: 21-24
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1587 2nd
English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC
1686 City
of Albany, NY chartered
1775 George
Washington takes command of the Continental Army
1790: The
United States enacts a law for the formal regulation of trade with Indians
titled "An Act providing for Holding a Treaty or Treaties to Establish
Peace with Certain Indian Tribes." It also enacts "An Act to Regulate
Trade and Intercourse With the Indian Tribes."
1796 Cleveland,
Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
1918 Lightning
kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1937 Senate
rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court
1955 Richard
Nixon becomes the first US Vice President to preside over a cabinet
meeting
1960 Cuba
nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
1967 Jimi
Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
1975 US
House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E.
Lee 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978
2003 Members
of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a
compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with
Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
2015 'Oldest'
Qur'an fragments discovered in collection of Birmingham University, radiocarbon
testing dates to AD568 - AD645
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1298 English
defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
1484 Battle
of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of
Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces
loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
1582 Willem
of Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft
1729 Diamonds
found in Minas Geras, Brazil
1912 5th
Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes
1992 Colombia
drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes prison
2011 Norway
is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting
government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on
island of Utøya
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Missed posting yesterday
as I had a very long lunch with a former colleague and Cheryl. Great to spend
time with such an energetic and fantastic teacher/coach/leader.
I’m taking a break from
this blog until sometime in August. Tomorrow I do laundry, Saturday I pack and
have a discussion group on the UN. Sunday I leave for Denver at 9a. Monday at
9a I leave for my river cruise from Barcelona to Paris. Very, very excited.
Last week I went in for a
blood draw, and it was a disaster. One lady took the first blood, another came
in with a student. She was not a teacher and had no business showing anyone how
to do anything. After 45 minutes and only ½ the normal amount, she just pulled
the needle and stopped. I was so angry. I went to the front desk and asked to
see the Manager of the blood draw lab. She came out to meet me and headed back
to the lab. I told her I wasn’t going back in the lab, so we went outside. I
unloaded in a nice way. She was very sympathetic. Today I went in and the lady
who drew my blood for the test apologized for the previous experience. She
stayed with me and did a great draw. I asked about the student and she said she
would have her come in. Good experience all the way around.
Check Instagram and
Facebook for pictures of my trip.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
Name That: Candy
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Each of the clues below
describe a name of a candy. Can you name that candy? Example: Earth's neighbor
= Mars.
1. Quiet giggles from the back of the room
2. Infant child of The Sultan of Swat (2)
3. Cow juice / cowboy clothes (2)
4. Baby chick chirps
5. Male parental unit that plays guitar (2)
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
How many fatalities have
been due to self-driving vehicles?
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…Harper’s
Index…
9,110 – Number of Chinese villagers being
relocated to make room for a telescope searching for alien life.
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2
jokes for the day
Headache Remedy
"What does your
mother do for a headache?"
"She sends me out to play."
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You Must Be Old
Having lost weight over
the past few years, a lady was discarding things from her wardrobe that no
longer fit. Her seven-year-old niece was watching as she held up a huge pair of
slacks.
"Wow," the lady said, "I must have worn these when I was
183."
Her niece looked puzzled, then asked, "How old are you now?"
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*---- It Seemed Like a
Good Idea at the Time ----*
Authorities in Missouri arrested a man and a woman accused of taking a naked
ride on a stolen lawn mower in the early morning. The Jasper County Sheriff's
Office said deputies made contact with a 55-year-old man and a 40-year-old
woman inside the house. The couple told deputies they had been skinny dipping
in a creek earlier that morning and they rode the lawn mower home in the nude
after their clothes were stolen. Deputies said the couple were arrested on
suspicion of stealing when deputies determined the lawn mower didn't belong to
either of them. The sheriff's office said theft charges are being pursued by
the Jasper County prosecutor's office.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
The first gun manufacturer
in the United States was the Springfield Armory in 1794, which was established
by the U.S. government.
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The U.S. has the highest
gun ownership rate in the world. There are 89 guns for every 100 Americans. In
England and Wales, there are 6 guns for every 100.
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As of 1995, there were 220
million firearms owned by private citizens in the United States. In 2009, the
Congressional Research Service estimated there were 310 million firearms in the
U.S. (not including the military).
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Almost 2/3 of all murders
in the United States involve guns.
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Firearms claim more lives
in the United States than any other injury except motor vehicle accidents.
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Researchers note that that
guns in general are used in self-defense about 2.2 million to 2.5 million times
per year. Between 1.5 million and 1.9 million of those self-defense cases
involve handguns.
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People are nearly three
times more likely to be killed in homes with guns than in those without guns.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[104] Rose Fitzgerald
Kennedy, mom of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
93- Robert J Dole,
(Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)
87- Orson Bean,
Burlington VT, actor/comedian (To Tell the Truth)
[86] William Archibald
Spooner, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms), born in London, England [d1930]
[82] Oscar de la
Renta, Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973) [d2014]
76- Alex Trebek,
Canadian-American TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy), born in Sudbury,
Ontario
[75] James Geddes,
American Engineer (Erie Canal), born in Carlisle Pennsylvania (d. 1838)
70- Danny Glover,
actor (Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop), born in San Francisco, California
69- Albert Brooks,
comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America), born in Los Angeles, California
69- Don Henley,
Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado)
67- Alan Menken, American Disney
composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars), born in New Rochelle, New
York
[66] Amy Vanderbilt,
American authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette, Complete Cook
Book), born in NYC, [d1974]
[61] Friedrich W
Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function) [d1846]
52- David Spade,
comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep)
52- John Leguizamo,
Bogotá, Colombia, Colombian American actor (Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark)
[44] Stephen Vincent
Benét, American author (d. 1943)
[38] Emma Lazarus, poet ("New
Colossus" - on the base of Statue of Liberty), born in New York City
[d1887]
24- Selena Gomez, American
actress and singer, born in Grand Prairie, Texas
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Historical
Obits Today
@89-1967 Carl Sandburg,
poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years)
@84-2008 Estelle Getty, American
actress ("The Golden Girls"), Lewy body disease
@69-2013 Dennis Farina, American actor, pulmonary
embolism
@33-1934 John Dillinger, shot dead at
Biograph Theater in Chicago
@30-1802 Marie Francois
Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, falling down stairs
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Trivia
Hive Answers
1
Look, Ma, no hands! Over
the 4th of July weekend, Tesla mumbled its sales figures and they didn't
exactly cause fireworks after news of an Autopilot fatality earlier in the year
became public knowledge. The fatality was the first and only so far in the
Autopilot experience. Last month, Tesla released a statement reminding everyone
that Autopilot “is an assist feature that requires you to keep your hands on
the steering wheel at all times." So if you want to watch a movie on a
road trip, maybe you shouldn't be in the driver seat. Source: Tesla Motors
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1. Snickers (or Chuckles)
2. Baby Ruth
3. Milk Duds
4. Peeps
5. Pop Rocks
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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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