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Jun 19, 2021 Week: 25
Day: 170 |
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 50% |
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Local: H 91°\ L 56° |
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Wind: 5mph/ Gusts: 11mph |
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EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 23mi Nearest Lightning: 7mi. |
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Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
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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
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National Flag Week National Pet Wedding Week Link National Right of Way Professionals
Week Link National Waste & Recycling
Workers Week Link |
13-19 |
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National Hermit Week |
13-20 |
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Meet A Mate Week |
14-20 |
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Royal Ascot Link |
15-19 |
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Community
Health Improvement Week (CHI) Link |
16-18 |
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National Week of Making Link Waste and Recycling Workers Week Link |
17-23 |
Today’s Observations
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Dollars
Against Diabetes Day(s): 18-20 Link Mermaid
Day National
Watch Day Link |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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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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