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7.12.16
Week: 28 \ Day: 194
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 84° \ L 57°
Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind
ave: 28mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 94°[2002]
Record Low: 39°[1952]
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Quote
of the Day
Every child is an
artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up.
~Pablo Picasso
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Observances
Today
Night of
Nights (Maritime
Radio) Link
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Independence Day (Kiribati-1979-from
UK)
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Observances
This Week
Creative
Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link
National Farriers Week: 10-16
Sports Cliché Week: 10-16
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1775 A
part of a legislative bill allocates $500 to Dartmouth College, in New
Hampshire, to be dedicated to the education of Indian youth.
1804 Former
United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after
being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr
1843 Mormon
leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy
1859 Paper
bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass
1862 Congress
authorizes Medal of Honor
1878 Fever
epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
1909 16th
Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1917 The
Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking
miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1951 Mob
tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill
1954 President Eisenhower put
forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1957 1st President
to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1967 Blacks
in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1984 Geraldine
Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1191 English
King Richard I / the Lionheart & Crusaders defeat Saracens in
Palestine 1580 Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic
language, is published.
1679 Britain's
King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right
to be imprisoned to be examined
1817 1st
flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1863 In
New Zealand, British forces invade Waikato, home of the Maori King Movement,
beginning a new phase of the wars between Maori and Colonial British
1901 Striking
Canadian salmon fishermen on the Pacific coast, resentful of the nonunion
Japanese who continue to fish, maroon and imprison 47
1913 150,000
Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since
the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war
appears imminent
1969 As
the 'marching season' reaches its height there is serious rioting in Derry,
Belfast and Dungiven; many families in Belfast are forced to move from their
homes
1970 Tanzania
signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
2013 Malala
Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to
education
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My
Rambling Thoughts
It’s Monday…with lots of
wind. Not a day to be outside for very long.
Shampooed the living room
carpet. Too lazy to do any more. Looks good.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
Difficulty 2.12
Monk Steps
Math brain teasers require computations to
solve.
A monk has a very specific
ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First he climbs up to the
middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces
east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble.
He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he
walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How
many steps are there?
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
What was the deadliest
country for journalists last year?
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…Harper’s
Index…
1
–Number of visits
President Obama has made to US mosques during his presidency
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
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2
jokes for the day
An Apple A Day
The phlebotomist entered
the hospital room to draw blood. Noticing an apple on the patient's nightstand,
she remarked, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
"That's true," the patient replied. "I haven't seen a doctor in
three days."
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The Artist
An artist asked the
gallery owner if there had been any interest in her paintings that were on
display. "Well, I have good news and bad news," the owner responded.
"The good news is that a gentleman noticed your work and wondered if it
would appreciate in value after your death. I told him it would and he bought
all 10 of your paintings."
"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad
news?"
"The gentleman was your doctor."
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Somewhat
Useless Information
The United States makes up
only 4 percent of the world's population, yet it is the number one producer of
garbage. In 2006, Americans generated more than 250 million tons of garbage.
***
Plastic bags are easier to
recycle and require less energy to produce than paper bags.
***
Recycling one aluminum can
saves enough energy to run a television for three hours.
***
Cigarette butts and
filters take 12 years to biodegrade. An aluminum can takes between 200 to 500
years to biodegrade. Plastic diapers and sanitary pads take between 500-800
years. Styrofoam takes more than 5,000 years. And it would take a glass bottle
1 million years to biodegrade.
***
Bones were one of the most
recycled items before the twentieth century. Bones were often used for making
buttons and gelatin, which was used in food processing, photography, and glue
and paper making.
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Nearly 50 million tons of
e-waste (electronic waste such as cell phones and computers) is created each
year around the world. This is enough to fill a line of garbage trucks across
half the globe.
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Over 70% of e-waste ends
up in China, where much of it is recycled in family-run workshops. Their
methods of recycling are often rudimentary and can create serious environmental
contaminants and health risks.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[93] Milton Berle,
Harlem comedian
(Uncle Miltie, Mr Television), born in NYC, [2002]
actress
[87] R Buckminster
Fuller,
architect/inventor
(geodesic dome) [d1983]
79- Bill Cosby,
American actor
and comedian (Cosby Show, I Spy, Leonard Part 6), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
[78] Van Cliburn Jr,
[Harvey Lavan],
La, pianist
(Tchaikovsky 1958) [d2013]
[75ish] George Washington
Carver,
botanist (studied
the peanut) [d1943]
[73] Louis B. Mayer,
Dymer, Ukraine,
American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM) [d1957]
73- Christine McVie,
English rock
vocalist (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me), born in Bouth, England
68- Richard Simmons,
exercise guru
(Deal-a-Meal)
68- Jay Thomas [Jon
Thomas Terrell],
Kermit, Texas,
American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown)
[65] Oscar Hammerstein
II,
lyricist who
worked with Richard Rodgers, born in NYC, [d1960]
[44] Henry David Thoreau,
American
naturalist and pacifist (Walden Pond), born in Concord, Massachusetts (d. 1862)
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Historical
Obits Today
@94-2011 Sherwood
Schwartz,
American
Television Writer (Gilligan’s Island, Brady Bunch)
@85-2004 Betty Oliphant,
co-founder of
National Ballet of Canada
@85-1712 Richard Cromwell,
English Lord
Protector (1658-59)
@81-1849 Dolley Madison,
4th First Lady Of
The United States (d1849)
@72-1976 Ted Mack,
TV host (Original Amateur Hour), Born in
Greeley CO, heart failure
@67-1973 Lon Chaney Jr,
American actor
(Wolfman), long illness
@53-2008 Tony Snow,
former
speechwriter for Presidents George H.W. Bush and press secretary for George W.
Bush, cancer
@47-1804 Alexander
Hamilton,
US Founding
Father and 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), killed by Vice President
Aaron Burr in pistol duel
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Trivia
Hive Answers
Syria
40% of the journalists killed in the
field in 2015, died at the hands of Islamic extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and
ISIS many of which were singled out for murder. Sadly, it may not be so
surprising to you that Syria made the list but you might be a bit shocked that
France was number two. Out of the 28 journalists killed by Al-Qaeda or ISIS
last year, nine of them were killed in France while thirteen were killed in
Syria. Though it sounds terrible, this number is actually a decrease in the
number of journalist deaths in Syria from the last three years but that is
mainly due to the fact that nobody wants to go and report there. Source: The
Committee to Protect Journalists
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Brain
Teasers Answers
|
There are 49 steps.
He climbs halfway, which is step 25.
He hears the bird singing on step 33. He picks up the pebble on the 21st step
and tosses it on the 22nd step. The remaining 27 steps are taken three at a
time which is 9 paces.
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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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