Jul 20,
2021 Week: 30 Day: 201
Ave. Sky Cover: 35%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 80°\ 57° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 10mph
Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 70mi.
\ Lightning: 24mi.
Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days
w/moisture)
Today’s Quote
Random Tidbits
A number of researchers
argue that while the human body is capable of digesting meat, our bodies are
actually designed to be herbivores. For example, the human molars are similar
to those of an herbivore, flat and blunt, which make them good for grinding,
not gnashing and tearing.
Several studies show that
a plant-based diet increases the body's metabolism, causing the body to burn
calories up to 16 percent faster than the body would on a meat-based diet for
at least the first 3 hours after meals.
Some research suggests
that if a man avoids red meats, it improves the sex appeal of his body odor.
True Things
Least Competent Criminals
-- An unnamed man in
Waterboro, Maine, was arrested on June 27 on an outstanding warrant for a theft
from a Walmart, the Associated Press reported. When the bail commissioner
arrived, the man tried to use two counterfeit $100 bills to post his bail. He
was returned to jail and charged with forgery. Reportedly he was able to meet
bail with legitimate bills later that day and is scheduled to be in court on
Aug. 4. [Associated Press, 6/29/2021]
Idioms Origins
Third Degree
There
are 4 likely first uses of the term:
1.
Severe burns on a victim (1900s)
2.
Richard H. Sylvester, the Chief of Police for Washington, DC. He divided police
procedures into the arrest as the first degree, transportation to jail as the
second degree, and interrogation as the third degree (the early 1900s), and
probably coined the term.
3.
The third degree of Freemasonry and difficulties to advance to that level
(1900).
Weekly Observations
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Rabbit Week |
15-21 |
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Hemp History Week Link National Moth Week Link |
17-23 |
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Captive Nations Week |
18-24 |
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Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Education & Awareness Week |
18-25 |
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International
Lace Week Link |
19-23 |
Today’s Observations
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Fortune
Cookie Day National Ice Cream Sundae Day National Moon Walk day Nap Day Space Exploration Day Link
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My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
New week brought a nice sunrise and the outlook is for more monsoon
later this afternoon. This is so needed. Hopefully all the growth will not dry
up later and increase the already high fire danger.
I am a tad frustrated with my Al-Med, my CPAP supplier. The new
cloth covers for my mask are great. But
cost about $25/month. Blue Cross says they can be part of my supplies, for which
I have no co-pay. Al-Med says they have no ‘number’ to put in the computer to charge
them to my insurance. I emailed the company that has the covers and am awaiting
their reply. Such a hassle.
60 Minutes last night was good. I had seen one of the reports. The
segment on the autism spectrum was amazing. A few companies have discovered how
great certain spectrum employees are. There just needs to be more companies
attempting to find slots that work for these hard working, highly knowledgeable
people.
Guantanamo prison has 39 prisoners. Only 11 have been charged. Many
of the remaining have been marked for release, if another country will take
them and guarantee they will be watched. Biden just made a deal with Monaco to
accept one of those marked for release. He has been OK-ed for release since
2016. He has been at Guantanamo since 2001 without being charged. This is
disgraceful.
2 New Puzzles Everyday
Answer: bottom of the page
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potato potato potato potato potato
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Historical Events
1903 – The Ford Motor Company shipped its first car.
1938 – The United States Department of Justice filed suit in New York
City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman
Antitrust Act in regard to the studio system.
1940 – California opened its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1950 – The Arthur Murray Party TV Show premiered. Originally on ABC,
it eventually moved through DuMont, CBS, and NBC.
1960 – The Polaris missile was successfully launched from a submarine,
the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1969 – In a live transmission from the Moon was viewed
by 720 million people around the world, with the landing of Apollo 11, at 10:56
p.m. EDT, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the surface of the Moon,
live on international television.
1976 – The American Viking 1 spacecraft successfully landed on Mars.
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency released documents under the
Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control
experiments.
1982 – The Provisional IRA detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and
Regent’s Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven
people, and killing seven horses.
1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides)
celebrated its 200th birthday by setting sail again for the first time in 116
years.
2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalized same-sex marriage in Canada.
2012 – Movie theater in Aurora theater shooting, killing
12 and injuring 70 others.
2015 – The United States and Cuba resumed full diplomatic relations
after five decades.
2017 Elon Musk tweets he has "verbal government approval" to
build 29 minute Hyperloop between New York and Washington, D.C.
2020 United Kingdom suspends extradition treaty with
Hong Kong in wake of new Chinese security laws for the territory
2020 Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the
planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience)
Birthdays Today
@87 – Cormac McCarthy, American novelist (d. 1933)
@82 – Diana Rigg, English actress (d. 2020)
76 – Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter
74 – Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, guitarist
@61 – Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist,
botanist (d. 1884, nephritis)
@52 – Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter (died in
2017)
50 – Sandra Oh, Canadian actress
48 – Omar Epps, American actor
46 – Judy Greer, American actress
@43 – Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981;
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33 – Julianne Hough, American dancer
@32 – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (d. 323 BC; poisoned
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Puzzles Answer
Small potatoes Beat
around the bush
