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7.5.16
Week: 27 \ Day: 187
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 84° \ L 51°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 24mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 97°[1973]
Record Low: 32°[1955]
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Quote
of the Day
What then is
freedom? The power to live as one wishes. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Observances
Today
Bikini
Day
Work
Without Your Hands Day Link (SpongeBob
Squarepants)
♥♥♥
Independence
Day (Algeria-1962-from France)
Independence Day (Venezuela-1811-from Spain)
Ramadan -7/5
Unity
Day (Zambia)
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Observances
This Week
National
Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 3-9
Freedom Week: 4-10
Nude Recreation Weekend: 4-10
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1643 1st
recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1852 Frederick
Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of
July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemns the
celebration as hypocritical sham
1865 US
Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department
1891 Hail
kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
1935 FDR signs
National Labor Relations Act
1937 Spam,
the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods
1984 Supreme
Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with
defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1687 Isaac
Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines
his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
1948 Britain's
National Health Service Act begins
1954 The
BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1973 Isle
of Man begins issuing its own postage stamps
1985 Nicholas
Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road
miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
2006 Emergency
United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N in New York City because of
North Korean missile tests that day
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Warm but nice holiday.
Headed out to the local parade. Always great to watch a small town parade on a
National holiday. Good parade…except that it is an election year, so lots of
politicians sitting on pick-ups, or on horses and passing out free junk with
their name on it. Still enjoyable.
Ran into a friend from the
Rez and, after the parade, helped her and her family out with some gas at Sam’s.
Good day all the way around.
Also following the Jupiter
mission. Just can’t wrap my mind around what is happening.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
Letter Juggle 11
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Take the given words, and
by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms,
or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to
'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
1. Inks - Tiles
2. Ride - Relive
3. Gaze - Freed
4. Snail - Pike
5. Snag - Cold
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
What city is considered
the murder capital of the world?
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…Harper’s
Index…
2,233 – Number of background checks run since
2004 on people on US terrorism watch lists who attempted to buy firearms.
2,043 – Number of those people who passed the
checks
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
gabbygiffords Wishing you all a happy Fourth of
July! 🇺🇸 #july4th #fourthofjuly#independenceday #america
Note: Gabby was a US Rep
from Tucson, AZ who was shot at a campaign rally.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
In 1788, Ale was
proclaimed "the proper drink for Americans" at a parade in New York
City.
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George Washington had his
own Brewhouse on the grounds of Mount Vernon. A clergyman who knew Washington
during the presidency recorded that he habitually "had a silver pint cup
or mug of beer, placed by his plate, which he drank while dining." Many
years later, Martha Washington's grandson noted that Washington generally
"drank a home-made beverage" at dinner, which was probably a
reference to beer brewed on the estate.
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The United States Marine
Corps opened their first recruiting station in a bar, a tradition unseen in the
21st century.
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The Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock because of beer. They had planned to sail further south to a warm
climate, but had run out of beer on the journey.
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On May 4, 1964, the United
States Congress recognized bourbon whiskey as a "distinctive product of
the United States" by concurrent resolution. Many people have attempted to
have that overturned in favor of beer instead throughout the years.
***
The music for "The
Star Spangled Banner" was derived from a British drinking song called
"To Anacreon In Heaven".
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[69] David Farragut, American admiral ("Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"),
born in Campbell's Station, Tennessee (d. 1870)
66- Huey Lewis [Hugh
Anthony Cregg III], American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in New
York City
[57] Sylvester Graham,
Minister and noted vegetarian (developed Graham cracker), born in Suffield,
Connecticut (d. 1851)
[6] Dolly the Sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell born in Scotland
[d2003]
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Historical
Obits Today
@87-1979 Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles)
@44-1826 Stamford Raffles,
British statesman and founder of Singapore, apoplexy
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Trivia
Hive Answers
Caracas, Venezuela
Since ya'll seemed so
concerned about the serial killer question last week, we thought we would throw
in this little fact, as well. Caracas, Venezuela has more murders per capita
than any other U.S. city. Venezuela, as a whole, has a murder rating of 54,
according to a 2013 U.N. survey. We aren't really sure what that means, either,
except we can tell you that the U.S. score that year was a 5. The good news is
that Caracas only rose to the #1 spot recently, not because there was an influx
in its murder rating but because there was a decrease in murders in San Pedro
Sula, Honduras so there is a positive... sort of. Source: The World Atlas
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1. Links - Ties
2. Rid - Relieve
3. Graze - Feed
4. Nail - Spike
5. Nag - Scold
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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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