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7.18.16
Week: 29 \ Day: 200
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 90° \ L 55°
Average Sky Cover: 40%
Wind
ave: 4mph\Gusts: 23mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 93°[2005]
Record Low: 42°[1940]
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Quote
of the Day
When one must, one
can. ~Charlotte Whitton
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Observances
Today
Global
Hug For Your Kids Day
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
Nelson Mandela International
Day Link
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Observances
This Week
Rabbit
Week: 15-21
Captive Nations Week: 17-23
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 17-23 Link
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1561 Battle
of Red Sagums - Shane O'Neill defeats English
1743 1st
half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1768 Boston
Gazette publishes "Liberty Song", America's 1st patriotic song
1822 The
Theatre Royal in Dublin opens its doors to the public for the first time
1864 President
Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1936 Charles
"Lucky" Luciano is sentenced to 30 to 50 years in state
prison
1938 Douglas
"Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
1947 President
Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1952 KWGN
TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1964 Race
riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
1968 The
Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California
1984 21
people are killed and 19 are injured in a massacre in a San Ysidro, California
McDonalds restaurant, ending with the shooting of its perpetrator, James Oliver
Huberty
1994 Crayola
announces introduction of scented crayons
1995 "Dreams
from My Father", a memoir by Barack Obama is published by Times
Books
2013 Detroit,
Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at
$18.5 Billion
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
64 Great
Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
1561 Battle
of Red Sagums - Shane O'Neill defeats English
1822 The
Theatre Royal in Dublin opens its doors to the public for the first time
1872 The
Ballot Act introduces the secret ballot in elections in Britain; previously
votes were made openly.
1914 Gandhi leaves
South Africa after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance
1925 Adolf
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and
a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice")
1963 The
United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim
report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly
the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum
1976 Nadia
Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10
in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1994 Bomb
attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994 Comet
Shoemaker-Levy's largest collision with Jupiter leaves black spot 12,000 km
across
2012 Kim
Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given
the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Nice day. Started laying
out my trip stuff. Next Sunday I’ll be sitting in airports and finally in Denver.
Getting excited.
So saddened by the
activity in Baton Rouge. Cannot understand the killing of cops…especially innocent
ones.
I was a school
administrator when Columbine happened. Over the next months and years I saw how
it changed every school in the US. We suddenly had several positions for ‘security
guards’ during the school day. Previously, because we were a boarding school we
had ‘security guards’ who roamed the campus all night, making sure no students
attempted an AWOL or broke into the school canteen. Then we had day security
guards who wandered the campus during the day. Not much after that all
employees had to wear name tags…called security badges. Many other ‘security’
features were added over the years, and while the process was fairly slow, it completely
changed the school atmosphere. For our security staff, everyone in their view
was a potential problem. Our school had a full staff of over 250, and the new
guards knew no one. We had over 1000 students, and all had relatives that would
visit them on campus. Staff knew most of the relatives and if a stranger showed
up, they knew our pre-Columbine protocol which was to call the office and
verify the visitor. Now the protocol was to call the security team and have the
‘intruder’ escorted to the office. This is not how a school should be preparing
the youth for the world.
The police are here to
serve and protect. With the changes since 9/11 they have been trained to be
very suspicious of everyone…like our security guards at school. Now some
crazies have decided that killing cops is the answer. Our country is in for
some big changes and many of us are not going to like them. And even fewer of
us are going to be able to do anything about it.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
What's a Letter
Between Friends?
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Difficulty-
2.31
Which is the odd couple?
Find how these pairs were formed, then decide which does not belong with the
other four. Each couple is a well-known pairing of words, with one letter
swapped.
1. HIS and MIST
2. LUSH and PULP
3. LOFT and SOUND
4. WIDE and NINE
5. HIKE and SEED
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
What is a Spaghetti
Western?
Bonus
How many U.S. presidents
have been sworn into office?
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…Harper’s
Index…
2
– Percentage of Republicans
who earn more than $250,000/year
44 – Whom Democrats estimate earn more
than $250,000/year
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeotravel Photo
by @jodymacdonaldphoto // This is the
Dead Vlei in Namib-Naukluft Park in #Namibia. This has
got to be one of the most stark and interesting places to experience. It is a
clay pan that was once filled with water which allowed these trees to grow.
Over time the sand dunes have encroached on the area causing the trees to die.
A graveyard of ancient trees that are estimated to be over 900 years old. @natgeocreative #Africa
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2
jokes for the day
Twenty Miles
I got a dog and named it
"Twenty Miles". This way I can tell people that I walk twenty miles
every day.
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Reading His Future
A mother and daughter were
reading tea leaves in the bottom of their cups during lunch. Wanting to get
attention the little brother said, "That’s nothing" as he flung
spaghetti on the wall. He told his mother and sister that spaghetti was a much
more reliable source for reading the future.
The mother took a close look at the spaghetti as it slid down the wall. She said,
"I think you’re right, do you see that noodle? It’s telling me you’ll be
grounded for a week."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*-- Couple Wed on World's Tallest Roller Coaster --*
A couple who spent their first date at a North Carolina amusement park held
their wedding in a sentimental location -- one of the world's fastest roller
coasters. James Music and Cortni Bryant said they rode the Fury 325 roller
coaster at Carowinds more than a dozen times on their first date in spring of
2015, so they decided the ride was the perfect place to hold their nuptials.
The couple said -- or, rather, screamed -- "I do" just before the
coaster's big drop, and exited the ride to cheers from friends, family and
onlookers. Fury 325, which opened last spring, is the world's tallest and
fastest giga-style coaster, standing 325 feet tall and reaching speeds of 95
mph. "I've never been so happy in my entire life," the newly-minted
Mrs. Music said. "It's been a long time coming and to have it done exactly
like we imagined and then it's so much more. It's like a dream come true
honestly. It's perfect. I was extremely nervous, but what bride isn't?"
Minister Robert Hamilton delivered an appropriate introduction James Music
wrote before the ceremony. "Love has its ups and downs, its turns and
plunges, but that only makes it stronger," Hamilton said.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[95] Nelson Mandela,
anti-apartheid
activist, political prisoner (1962-90) and South African President (1994-99),
born in Mvezo, Umtatu, South Africa (d. 2013)
95- John H Glenn Jr,
Cambridge OH,
astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh)
[91] Hume Cronyn,
actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon), born in London, Ontario [d2003]
87- Dick Totten
Button,
figure skater
(Olympic-gold-48, 52), born in Englewood, New Jersey
[85] S I Hayakawa,
(Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action) [d1992]
[85] Harriet Nelson,
American
singer/actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Follow the Fleet), born in
Des Moines, Iowa [d1994]
[84] Red Skelton,
[Richard],
Vincennes Ind,
comedian (Red Skelton Show) [d1997]
[76] Chill Wills,
singer and actor
(Fronteir Circus, Rounders), born in Seagoville Texas (d. 1978)
76- James Brolin,
actor (Dr
Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel), born in Los Angeles, California
75- Martha Reeves,
singer (&
Vandellas-Dancing in St), born in Detroit, Michigan
73- Bobby Sherman,
singer (Shindig,
Here Comes Brides), born in Santa Monica, California
[72] Gilbert White,
English
"father of British naturalists" [d1793]
[71] Marvin Miller,
actor (Space
Patrol, Millionaire), born in St Louis, Missouri [d1985]
[67] Robert Hooke,
Scientist
(Micrographia), born in Isle of Wight, England [d1703]
[67] Hunter S.
Thompson,
American
journalist and author (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) (d. 2005)
66- Richard Branson,
British music entrepreneur
(Virgin Atlantic), born in London, England
62- Ricky Skaggs,
Cordell Ky,
country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
[59] George Machine Gun
Kelly [Georgio Barnes],
American
gangster, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
52- Wendy Williams,
radio host, TV
host
49- Vin Diesel,
American actor
31- Chace Crawford,
American actor
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Historical
Obits Today
@91-2005 William
Westmoreland,
American military
officer (b. 1914)
@83-1892 Thomas Cook,
English tour
director (Thomas Cook & Son)
@59-1954 George Machine
Gun Kelly, American gangster, heart attack on birthday
@45-1792 John
Paul Jones,
American naval
commander, kidney disease
@41-1817 Jane Austen,
English novelist
(Pride and Prejudice), lymphoma
@23-1966 Bobby Fuller,
American rock
singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead
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Trivia
Hive Answers
A Western Film filmed in
Italy
According to Merriam-Webster, A
Spaghetti Western is a movie about the American Old West produced in Italy.
They are said to a be a low-brow type of cinematography, using Italian actors
with fake American names and landscapes that weren't on a Beverly Hills budget
but you'd be surprised to find out who some of the biggest Spaghetti names are:
Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and, of course, the King of
Spaghetti Westerns, Clint Eastwood. Go ahead. Make my giorno. Source: The
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Bonus answer
43
If you head on over to the White House
website, click on the list of presidents and scroll down to the bottom, you
will see that it says: 44 presidents. But before you go writing us to tell us
our mistake, take a second look at President #22 and #24. Both are Grover
Cleveland. Sneaky, sneaky, America! You see, Cleveland was a two-term
President, however, unlike the other two-termers, he had a president in between
so he often gets categorized twice. We are sorry that your entire elementary
school Government class was a lie. Source: The White House official website
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Brain
Teasers Answers
The original couples,
before the exchange of a letter, were:
1. HIT and MISS
2. PUSH and PULL
3. LOST and FOUND
4. WINE and DINE
5. HIDE and SEEK
The odd couple is 'WINE and DINE'. All the others are antonym pairs.
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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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