Juneteenth (traditioinal)

 

 

 

Jun 19, 2021   Week: 25    Day: 170

Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 50%

Local: H 91°\ L 56°

Wind:  5mph/ Gusts:  11mph

EXTREME Risk of Fire: 

Active fire:  23mi Nearest Lightning: 7mi.

Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Lao Tzu

 

Random Tidbits

 

The most common color for highlighters is yellow because it doesn’t leave a shadow on the page when photocopied.

The Bermuda Triangle has as many ship and plane disappearances as any other region of the ocean.

Dolphins recognize and admire themselves in mirrors.

 

Humor: Robots

 

You look familiar

Facial recognition can also prove confusing. Two years ago, Amazon’s vaunted facial recognition software matched 28 members of Congress to mugshots of criminals. Oops. The Scottish soccer team Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC bypassed facial recognition in favor of ball recognition by replacing their human camera operators with AI-operated ball-tracking cameras. Now, cameras would always follow the action by automatically following the ball. Sounds great, except fans watching at home missed most of the scoring plays as the AI-operated cameras constantly mistook the referee’s bald head for the soccer ball. Scores of viewers called the team to complain, one going so far as to suggest supplying the ref with a toupee.

 

True Things

 

Crime Report

Sharon Carr of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested by officers responding to a residential burglary call on Feb. 26 when she stepped from the shadows in front of the victim's house. Investigators found a window screen removed and a window open, where they allege Carr entered the home but quickly left, leaving behind an empty Cheetos bag and a water bottle. Cheetos residue on Carr's teeth linked her to the crime, reported KTUL-TV, along with testimony from the victim. Carr was charged with first-degree burglary. [KTUL, 2/27/2021]

 

Weekly Observations

 

National Flag Week

National Pet Wedding Week Link

National Right of Way Professionals Week Link

National Waste & Recycling Workers Week Link 

 

13-19

National Hermit Week

13-20

Meet A Mate Week
Men's Health Week  Link   Link 
US Open Golf Championship

 

14-20

Royal Ascot Link

15-19 

Community Health Improvement Week (CHI) Link

16-18  

National Week of Making Link
National Nursing Assistants Week
Link

Waste and Recycling Workers Week Link

 

17-23

 

Today’s Observations

 

 

Dollars Against Diabetes Day(s): 18-20 Link
Free BSD Day 
Link
Garfield the Cat Day
Internat’l Day For Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
International Surfing Day 
Link   Link  
Juneteenth

Mermaid Day 
National Hollerin' Contest Day

National Kissing Day

World Juggler's Day

National Martini Day

National Watch Day Link
Polar Bear Swim (Nome,AK) 
Link 
World Juggling Day Link
World Sickle Cell Day
Link
World Sauntering Day

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

One of my summer pleasures is to have the doors and windows wide up from the time I get up until I go to bed when I close only the doors. This hot summer has ruined that. I don’t open the doors or windows until the sun has set, even with that I have to keep the swamp cooler running. To add to this hot summer, our local breeze throughout the day and night is almost non-existent.

I work real hard not to shop on a Federal Holiday…everybody deserves a break. I had to get groceries today as Juneteenth was just approved yesterday and I didn’t plan ahead.

My knowledge of Juneteenth has certainly increased since the declaration yesterday. Now I know that it took two years after the Emancipation Proclamation for news to reach Texas. The celebration of Juneteenth started in Texas. Black communities around the US have celebrated with various events since that day. One of note was in 5 Points in Denver.  Another is the Murdock Center in Flagstaff. Slavery in the US began in 1619 and ended on June 19, 1865. I am not alone in lacking knowledge of Juneteenth, but I am embarrassed that I didn’t learn this in my schooling.

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

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Historical Events

 

325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea

1586(?) – English colonists leave Roanoke Island and disappeared. The only clue found was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree.

1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1.

1862 – The US Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.

1867 – The first running of the Belmont Stakes horserace in the US, the oldest of the three American horse races that constitute the Triple Crown.

1905 – The first nickelodeon theater opened in Pittsburgh, PA.

1910 – The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

1949 – The first-ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

1952 – I’ve Got A Secret premiered on CBS

1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for spying for the Soviet Union, at Sing Sing, in New York.

2009 – The Apple iPhone GS was released.

2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after the publication of previously classified documents.

2018 – Inventor Joseph Marron and patent assignee Raytheon Company received the United States patent #10,000,000 for a “Coherent LADAR Using Intra-Pixel Quadrature Detection,” which improves laser detection and ranging (LADAR).

2018 US ambassador Nikki Haley announces the US is leaving the UN Human Rights Council

2019 Oklahoma writer Joy Harjo is named the first Native American US Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress

 

Birthdays Today

 

@89 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)

@93 – Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)

@77 – Moe Howard, American comedic actor, Stooge (d. 1975; strokes)

73 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress

67 – Kathleen Turner, American actress

59 – Paula Abdul, dancer

57 – Boris Johnson, British politician

38 – Macklemore, American rapper

@37 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941; ALS)

 

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