tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487264225345726142024-03-19T02:23:50.867-07:00Every Day Is SpecialTeachers and parents (especially parents who are homeschooling teachers) can use this blog as inspiration for activities with their kids. From world holidays to historic anniversaries, Every Day Is Special celebrates each and every day!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.comBlogger4682125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-6653793431027840002022-08-25T00:30:00.139-07:002022-08-25T00:30:00.211-07:00August 25 - Celebrate Paraguay and Uruguay<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;">Posted on August 25, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 25, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmtQewluSTXtnoDWYG4-9rr4rdYu7N5j6XHx8Hkch4dKLmzcQMSvI21iVwN08AXoDYRl13-f_rXRz_RKmZrqkUwsEN6cjG-uvu6G0ocOOyCciespZgST1FyVTojEgvlMVM59q4qL6cCK92nmmDLTSOz5edkwA9bqFDCsd2sunOj8DfRs86weDijdi/s251/paraguay%20flag%20closeup.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmtQewluSTXtnoDWYG4-9rr4rdYu7N5j6XHx8Hkch4dKLmzcQMSvI21iVwN08AXoDYRl13-f_rXRz_RKmZrqkUwsEN6cjG-uvu6G0ocOOyCciespZgST1FyVTojEgvlMVM59q4qL6cCK92nmmDLTSOz5edkwA9bqFDCsd2sunOj8DfRs86weDijdi/w400-h320/paraguay%20flag%20closeup.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5800102248054044115" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Today is Constitution Day in Paraguay! The nation celebrates its revised constitution, adopted on this day in 1967.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc7XHtSLyy8Dj-a9gPKFon6ObyMvfhET9QQpp4EOr1QRaWaAVFfaedWQR9hyw2TaQIONyqYwi8Ny7j_OkplBCX1LoSRAtVpQ2BTSA0AIW5CyN_41wSXMH6eDV45XSaBVtwseVTqTAFqB2Uq5dqvFM_yS9-4n8QjC9XF1wIhD_Jgo1GZ1MjcfUjrSY/s721/indep%20day.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="721" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc7XHtSLyy8Dj-a9gPKFon6ObyMvfhET9QQpp4EOr1QRaWaAVFfaedWQR9hyw2TaQIONyqYwi8Ny7j_OkplBCX1LoSRAtVpQ2BTSA0AIW5CyN_41wSXMH6eDV45XSaBVtwseVTqTAFqB2Uq5dqvFM_yS9-4n8QjC9XF1wIhD_Jgo1GZ1MjcfUjrSY/w400-h266/indep%20day.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It's also Independence Day in Uruguay! The nation celebrates its independence from Brazil in 1825.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Can you sort your -guays?</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">For each question below, answer Paraguay or Uruguay.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ol style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Which country is landlocked (has no seacoast)?</span></span></div></li></ol><ol start="2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Which country has a populace that is primarily (around 88%) of European descent?<br /><br /></span></span></div></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Which is one of the most economically developed countries in South America?<br /><br /></span></span></div></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Which country has the capital city that is most southerly of the Americas?<br /><br /></span></span></div></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Which country has two official languages, Spanish and Guarani?</span></span></div></li></ol><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Answers:</span></b></span></div><ol style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><li style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Paraguay is located in the very center of South America (and is sometimes called the Heart of America). It has no access to the ocean and is, therefore, landlocked. Uruguay, on the other hand, is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDtbjI-vGzQsfz9XFRN7ji99Qlfnrd6eJWXg5KhKo-mMIFjZ0-kqzNI9-9dbPMv85C10pBxVGlpuF0kRpXbaRTzQhugBkowXfdiC1zGsoYrk9VVrfwaz8xYTrdlE2JskhYnpFtXgU8psYVMy8sc3p5_RXKkAoHw8SeZrleK-M3zcE6F0X6hgOSo2h/s224/location%20paraguay.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDtbjI-vGzQsfz9XFRN7ji99Qlfnrd6eJWXg5KhKo-mMIFjZ0-kqzNI9-9dbPMv85C10pBxVGlpuF0kRpXbaRTzQhugBkowXfdiC1zGsoYrk9VVrfwaz8xYTrdlE2JskhYnpFtXgU8psYVMy8sc3p5_RXKkAoHw8SeZrleK-M3zcE6F0X6hgOSo2h/w400-h400/location%20paraguay.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bLURb-B2X_-Al0cgcbIwXxyWI8MLjBM09zOl_qJ36ZcSQXQAyRJE1CnX3BJMgAvd8-qoahvVYib-WZ1Y8Q09WbBczM36EsxT1ViJaaDRQnKPUVGuurweze3FxIas_XIBLkhTxLZRDdDgKlb4a683hmZkzq3bNBNmu3BMMEEi9142gGsHsnu8VAL/s224/uruguay%20loc.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bLURb-B2X_-Al0cgcbIwXxyWI8MLjBM09zOl_qJ36ZcSQXQAyRJE1CnX3BJMgAvd8-qoahvVYib-WZ1Y8Q09WbBczM36EsxT1ViJaaDRQnKPUVGuurweze3FxIas_XIBLkhTxLZRDdDgKlb4a683hmZkzq3bNBNmu3BMMEEi9142gGsHsnu8VAL/w400-h400/uruguay%20loc.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Uruguay's population is almost entirely white, with very few <i>mestizo</i> people (mixed Native / <i>indio</i> and white). In contrast, Paraguay's population is 74% <i>mestizo</i>, with white, Black, and Native minorities.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26E7aeprishyMGtY9uoFskEmL0YY1Pz1xZNfA-dODq1QL4iq9asB6bErKIfe1sdRvR8oilDVsdnMu1oc6S534_q23PmEveSog4pA72w8WbvAAyItmJ6k2msxy6qc-tfeb9-2jTYqEkKkalFJPhP9Rc7Bje8giQeDlAHOoVsa0tyDpHECSWdr38Kev/s279/uruguay%20peeps.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="279" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26E7aeprishyMGtY9uoFskEmL0YY1Pz1xZNfA-dODq1QL4iq9asB6bErKIfe1sdRvR8oilDVsdnMu1oc6S534_q23PmEveSog4pA72w8WbvAAyItmJ6k2msxy6qc-tfeb9-2jTYqEkKkalFJPhP9Rc7Bje8giQeDlAHOoVsa0tyDpHECSWdr38Kev/w400-h259/uruguay%20peeps.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above and below, folks in Uruguay</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div></li></ol><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; display: inline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4riAe-7D6-ZmEowdYbnrpHFhBmRtJD6WE1ZO4GFLFGYrogQ3fdOdNc7YRqkpHhDH9izypEn5Yszc76-46iQdRoDFd6e5tAkzHSrWEeTCRsEAOO5zxu1mdZCPd7nhihTfZerLi4xL6PpHzBI87jrB4riuK79zSMr6-FT8J3KF7Way8rtWocabSRqZh/s275/kid%20uru.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4riAe-7D6-ZmEowdYbnrpHFhBmRtJD6WE1ZO4GFLFGYrogQ3fdOdNc7YRqkpHhDH9izypEn5Yszc76-46iQdRoDFd6e5tAkzHSrWEeTCRsEAOO5zxu1mdZCPd7nhihTfZerLi4xL6PpHzBI87jrB4riuK79zSMr6-FT8J3KF7Way8rtWocabSRqZh/w266-h400/kid%20uru.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgk_nzfG0RWSYVVtbqkqmmi7wzwfEKQ9nykT7xdV-WA3coeFNxBehNCAD-_mcY5Asbi-7ll_GTuAZNrnqdGWFCwDrdcwBO7e-LFkpm1kBlxroqwVw59gDiZx7L4yM0f4LrMXV_5B1CBmaS_8wDxc02DYpYZLP0lVIJCJBeqcLy0WSVMeP3BEYBhGt/s300/para%20peeps.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgk_nzfG0RWSYVVtbqkqmmi7wzwfEKQ9nykT7xdV-WA3coeFNxBehNCAD-_mcY5Asbi-7ll_GTuAZNrnqdGWFCwDrdcwBO7e-LFkpm1kBlxroqwVw59gDiZx7L4yM0f4LrMXV_5B1CBmaS_8wDxc02DYpYZLP0lVIJCJBeqcLy0WSVMeP3BEYBhGt/w400-h224/para%20peeps.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Above and below, folks in Paraguay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99dH_vPzkQDIfdKPXFjxymYmmMnVUCw-snyx7xRkN0jixKOYmiO2qYRj5pyaT_ANg92JMhvJekBPldf0VyPzj4JROF8djWnK0QScxqv5bpOB_8gykq2GRuMIvsXt8k-58wrmBp2PSqajV_Lpq2qnP5CHwaQaBwXYsfNS_EGqXm5RNke3EFrTwu4eU/s225/kids%20para.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99dH_vPzkQDIfdKPXFjxymYmmMnVUCw-snyx7xRkN0jixKOYmiO2qYRj5pyaT_ANg92JMhvJekBPldf0VyPzj4JROF8djWnK0QScxqv5bpOB_8gykq2GRuMIvsXt8k-58wrmBp2PSqajV_Lpq2qnP5CHwaQaBwXYsfNS_EGqXm5RNke3EFrTwu4eU/w400-h400/kids%20para.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Uruguay is highly advanced in economic development, industry, and human rights. It has been ranked one of the least corrupt countries in Latin America and THE most “green” (environmentally sound) country in North and South America. Although Paraguay has always been poorer than Uruguay, its economy was the fastest growing on the continent from 1970 to 2009.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX_BjIIU8pzJFaWxZi7KkRQ8AjxN99K4SvlXF4Nmuv4RjPq09bVRxZmtF1WVyru_SpjvPYRg4Fsbdlj9lsHUzCobHD_wW1Mqe2Zp3QYDHfZiTXpglbigR19OQ0smRGZ_QMPwblZ6Hrwmj/s320/uruguay+map+capital+city.gif" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="292" /><br /></span><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">4. Uruguay's capital city, Montevideo, is farther south than any other capital in South America. This vastly surprised me, since I always think of Uruguay sitting “on top” of Argentina—thus, I would think, more to the north. However, Uruguay is actually on the east side of the top portion of Argentina—and its capital is slightly south of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the map above shows.</span><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5800102248054044115" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5. Paraguay has both Spanish and Guarani as official languages. Uruguay only has one official language: Spanish.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out Paraguay's spectacular sights:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5v_2xfi2f567Ndhmk-2MoWqwJI0b9vS3KM83mlP6rxC1rJft7NrKUeTLzq6N_MLQkXM2ujGJVLIN3p1fWKtnfmntHrFZnZ08lwqK7W7X9XPbHZnNSC6PH5sKnKyNiaZ7dFCVBqrS_8fpqHxIspqLq_GBimVNiT63nnZpPemgJKo6zWsDq6s_uDKq/s300/paraguay%20mountains.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5v_2xfi2f567Ndhmk-2MoWqwJI0b9vS3KM83mlP6rxC1rJft7NrKUeTLzq6N_MLQkXM2ujGJVLIN3p1fWKtnfmntHrFZnZ08lwqK7W7X9XPbHZnNSC6PH5sKnKyNiaZ7dFCVBqrS_8fpqHxIspqLq_GBimVNiT63nnZpPemgJKo6zWsDq6s_uDKq/w640-h358/paraguay%20mountains.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br style="font-size: x-large;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #004c99; float: left; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="118" name="graphics3912" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaq5TrZgmwa1QEKJveVd_o7-lwOHebuizZu3fYEKmDX9hLN-eHmwA3CaaCk444pSXHXLBYX-HA1VCq9dsDTYZzW53IDgmWd12Mcj3Dhh4GB33GVgUDvn2TSIUaQ9TxY6CNfugByzusdN9/s200/The-London-Conference,-4th-November-1830-The-Despots-Of-Downing-Street-Sending-Leopold-Of-Saxe-Cobourg-To-Reign-In-Belgium.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-25-anniversary-of-beginning-of.html" style="color: #004c99; line-height: 0.2in; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the beginning of the Belgian Revolution</span></a></b></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; 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line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="color: #333333;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV_-AK9X6xxcY13AFgy1x5H0BQPfLX_g1O8qV0y9X2dJSMirfQ5R78iThmKvQUf_jXBXweiNFRu5jAaulaoKt9M-3GhNishvlzmoX6cr_SUI_OMdokVdPTSoswi2UlsfIG3dWyN3kJYP8/s1600/Wildflowers.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV_-AK9X6xxcY13AFgy1x5H0BQPfLX_g1O8qV0y9X2dJSMirfQ5R78iThmKvQUf_jXBXweiNFRu5jAaulaoKt9M-3GhNishvlzmoX6cr_SUI_OMdokVdPTSoswi2UlsfIG3dWyN3kJYP8/s200/Wildflowers.jpg" style="border: none; color: #336699; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx6dlZpCOLdvyELBQXpNgexmMffQHOXPD_YGTNNzmkOjiOeLp2M4_PE_RBuRvI6DUXvZlLRGtEkT5toLJUELJJvafRRlb2NXDA9-EXboXbcnmHqmtyiRORKI9Bzoa-ZnoB-GQqp7DASg/s1600/toddler+upcycled.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-25-free-entrance-days-at.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Free Entrance Days at National Parks</span></a></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b></b></span></span><br /></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b></b></span></span><br /><b style="color: #004c99; 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margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>August holidays</b></span></a></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>August birthdays</b></span></a></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in August</b></span></a></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>September holidays</b></span></a></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>September birthdays</b></span></a></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a></span></span></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-75666941881749748912022-08-24T00:30:00.087-07:002022-08-24T00:30:00.213-07:00August 24 - Mt. Vesuvius Erupts! Pompeii Buried!<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 24, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 24, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-242136995636080744" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1isXW0cwxDYup45ebAtcBHaRvGKoxYmbklD9JRl2BvaRlG-_-NpyL_60Zc0ts5aPaVYzBp4wYa2Qn-Bn86kaDdqyvwNWE1JVCSnAZt8jaTyH43YBGCKamAWNe7MgDUobZyUM_KXXcY4Vt/s1600/pompeii+desroyed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1isXW0cwxDYup45ebAtcBHaRvGKoxYmbklD9JRl2BvaRlG-_-NpyL_60Zc0ts5aPaVYzBp4wYa2Qn-Bn86kaDdqyvwNWE1JVCSnAZt8jaTyH43YBGCKamAWNe7MgDUobZyUM_KXXcY4Vt/w400-h290/pompeii+desroyed.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this day almost two thousand years ago, the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed—flash-fried, and then buried—by heat, ash, and pumice from a volcanic eruption.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Luckily, most of the people of those two ancient towns were able to flee when the volcano showed signs of erupting. There are estimates that 2,000 out of about 15,000 to 20,000 people died. In other words, about 10% to 13% died, and between 87% and 90% fled to nearby towns or even farther.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, even the folks who lived lost their homes and probably most of their possessions.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmskBeml9Ttnd5qUO-S3AafgtMW7UD1TAyoSD6ITfekL7d3VBVWzbUm1t7kUGiXqDVdDJWb76wygtGZPV7bIIxgLeWT19iG3EYrOshdEmuWQyMb0LnVLtHNYKgzcVJFfql6hmeBZzTA4pyqoU_bKI8t9RjSNFl9lgZT_ePV0-NSUwxdn_ZFe9my3F/s275/street%20pompeii.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmskBeml9Ttnd5qUO-S3AafgtMW7UD1TAyoSD6ITfekL7d3VBVWzbUm1t7kUGiXqDVdDJWb76wygtGZPV7bIIxgLeWT19iG3EYrOshdEmuWQyMb0LnVLtHNYKgzcVJFfql6hmeBZzTA4pyqoU_bKI8t9RjSNFl9lgZT_ePV0-NSUwxdn_ZFe9my3F/w400-h266/street%20pompeii.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some wonder why people would live so close to a dangerous volcano—but Mt. Vesuvius had been dormant (inactive) for hundreds of years before this eruption.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is sobering to realize that, although Pompeii and Herculaneum were never rebuilt, people still do live near Mt. Vesuvius! There are almost one million people in the nearby city of Naples, and another two million living elsewhere are close enough to be in danger if there were a really big eruption.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that is possible. Vesuvius is definitely not extinct, and it's not even dormant.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGnjT4eyuh1_cQ_2Zz4dEW2BPyMXhAWG5-5zH2Cbwz_hIMKs-B9TMBROGt3Jt0EfNxcii_MD_ThDg2QRhqLJQXBtE-FFlt6sVt2C21XgfLY130viy_FlpZjV_Marjsu7dC0-d5Oc0Qj54fZ02SfNU6XO2jvM9X_wcH2L0Ry3WCJvj9FxaPFvQbaEK/s270/eruption.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="270" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGnjT4eyuh1_cQ_2Zz4dEW2BPyMXhAWG5-5zH2Cbwz_hIMKs-B9TMBROGt3Jt0EfNxcii_MD_ThDg2QRhqLJQXBtE-FFlt6sVt2C21XgfLY130viy_FlpZjV_Marjsu7dC0-d5Oc0Qj54fZ02SfNU6XO2jvM9X_wcH2L0Ry3WCJvj9FxaPFvQbaEK/w400-h277/eruption.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead, scientists consider Vesuvius an active volcano. It has erupted again and again (although not as strongly) since the 79 C.E. eruption: fifteen times between the years 79 and 1000 C.E., eight more times in the next 500 years, once in 1500, again in 1631, six times in the 18<sup>th</sup> century, eight times in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, and in 1906, 1929, and 1944!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No wonder scientists consider Mt. Vesuvius to be one of the most dangerous volcanos in the world!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UYCwPmBx9PwyM0uRL1VXCYkpucGOrJSjiHDw4-hGbra5cn0LqbIcDgR_rdAA_pGWtXD6Ujyv_xmlnT8vraWx4_EmRW7OsShxPFOTozwVzFqOqYRN_5Ls2dRtZXVlCJsAP1jpKQlZ1kMJ/s1600/pompeii+painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UYCwPmBx9PwyM0uRL1VXCYkpucGOrJSjiHDw4-hGbra5cn0LqbIcDgR_rdAA_pGWtXD6Ujyv_xmlnT8vraWx4_EmRW7OsShxPFOTozwVzFqOqYRN_5Ls2dRtZXVlCJsAP1jpKQlZ1kMJ/w400-h290/pompeii+painting.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although it is incredibly sad that so many people died in Pompeii and Herculaneum, it would be even more sad if we hadn't discovered their remains. Buried beneath six meters (18 feet) of ash and pumice, Pompeii was actually forgotten for almost 17 centuries! In the 1700s, the city was accidentally rediscovered, and archeologists got busy excavating the buildings and the remains of humans and other animals.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycLtRiKt0LlX5-s-EOAtBu9p2dewrwjIVW7hPqmLMK3RzsPwdxzI-vu20xJClavoITybMeTRYIRlC2X-Xdqj1bk0fGbbxL9AQ43cFbhtYwOPZDExKlHDNflea70ysyZ0qsk0HhsipbsCm/s1600/pompeii+plaster+cast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycLtRiKt0LlX5-s-EOAtBu9p2dewrwjIVW7hPqmLMK3RzsPwdxzI-vu20xJClavoITybMeTRYIRlC2X-Xdqj1bk0fGbbxL9AQ43cFbhtYwOPZDExKlHDNflea70ysyZ0qsk0HhsipbsCm/s320/pompeii+plaster+cast.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="313" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the 1800s a man named Giuseppe Fiorelli realized that the occasional open spots in the ash layer were holes left by decomposed bodies. He injected plaster into the holes to perfectly recreate the people or dogs—even the terrified expressions on their faces. This technique has not given us a freeze-frame picture of what people did in their daily lives, because of course people were trying to escape death or sheltering in buildings. Still, scientists have excavated many different tools and instruments, frescoes (murals) and toys—all of which have helped them recreate what daily life must've been like at that time.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTqOmMSang" target="_blank">this video</a></b> about excavating and movie making - in and about Pompeii.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="90" name="graphics46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN809h4gj9jJzsUPgURtKS1FktR3PBpbW4X9Tw6XkupraOohm6NE_QQ43lgspuqdLg6jwKVM6zOK7Mu0BajE18r1KU2WBRyWHWm3a849J1_ErN69vc19x9HhyIs_72TGHgSfAxL6Tt_i8/s1600/Ukraine+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="120" /></span></a><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-24-2010.html" style="line-height: 0.2in; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Independence Day in the Ukraine</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi482l9H2vXw9AAkR_x6NxJXd20ArykVPAevMrjDwO7sM8pEebZVUrDczYtNJiSF6rIqYQJlCfGMsNM4_GYKBf_Ak3y_RpgZypZ7ffFnD6bu5q0a0fl4Tb2IlXCG5vqgd4PvBYy5nEsgY/s1600/knife.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi482l9H2vXw9AAkR_x6NxJXd20ArykVPAevMrjDwO7sM8pEebZVUrDczYtNJiSF6rIqYQJlCfGMsNM4_GYKBf_Ak3y_RpgZypZ7ffFnD6bu5q0a0fl4Tb2IlXCG5vqgd4PvBYy5nEsgY/s200/knife.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-24-knife-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Knife Day</span></a></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Fg1VGybEXU3KMMl04WgWc_qVpBEIGIXvyVBnHW5UduBLhyphenhyphenEgTk8s7hJkTSFSm0x0A5ntfXUG9ypVD25kjNVm6f4z6kSnT0nI-AyeA_f7QPumck6nN0DeRUL7SG1Gx8GGbyHMkHHwtaaY/s1600/st+george.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></a></ul></h3><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Fg1VGybEXU3KMMl04WgWc_qVpBEIGIXvyVBnHW5UduBLhyphenhyphenEgTk8s7hJkTSFSm0x0A5ntfXUG9ypVD25kjNVm6f4z6kSnT0nI-AyeA_f7QPumck6nN0DeRUL7SG1Gx8GGbyHMkHHwtaaY/s1600/st+george.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Fg1VGybEXU3KMMl04WgWc_qVpBEIGIXvyVBnHW5UduBLhyphenhyphenEgTk8s7hJkTSFSm0x0A5ntfXUG9ypVD25kjNVm6f4z6kSnT0nI-AyeA_f7QPumck6nN0DeRUL7SG1Gx8GGbyHMkHHwtaaY/s200/st+george.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-24-constitution-day-in-georgia.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Constitution Day in Georgia</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VUc0VTJ7s906m8xfE0Y4BAsOM9gOT5dtGEpVlACcicMC70XZzay9LaK0Xyjosn_6ssnvcOFVk77vGSrz0eNIwnXZ0fVdSzUIjNtP51p-XFNmTaccxK7f3rrjzhzAT4pUrUuoI4VOAls/s1600/220px-Sophie_Brahe_portrait.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VUc0VTJ7s906m8xfE0Y4BAsOM9gOT5dtGEpVlACcicMC70XZzay9LaK0Xyjosn_6ssnvcOFVk77vGSrz0eNIwnXZ0fVdSzUIjNtP51p-XFNmTaccxK7f3rrjzhzAT4pUrUuoI4VOAls/s200/220px-Sophie_Brahe_portrait.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="153" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-24-happy-birthday-maybe-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-24-happy-birthday-maybe-to.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of horticulturalist (etc.) Sophie Brahe?</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCdxDjaabmneXhxHfu8eNhczIsNtOXMf3H1G90PPaE8axhT7souccMlAkiUgUWX5kpA5Yz2j0QIEYNJxXgYQ2NQJwz4W0LOOLwMzW0qTvS7yEPsFFZCQtLwDIeSjWX_EBz4V5G5S5_vQ/s1600/strange+music+day.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="914" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCdxDjaabmneXhxHfu8eNhczIsNtOXMf3H1G90PPaE8axhT7souccMlAkiUgUWX5kpA5Yz2j0QIEYNJxXgYQ2NQJwz4W0LOOLwMzW0qTvS7yEPsFFZCQtLwDIeSjWX_EBz4V5G5S5_vQ/s200/strange+music+day.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-24-international-strange-music.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">International Strange Music Day</a></b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-24-national-waffle-iron-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-24-national-waffle-iron-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqC2tvJwv-nJgR__MW_h_WSxB7vZCLj51qz7ab9LF2uTRqOHM8SGPiyU4IIe_I8FMJLbUD3M162GXUZtpuW-MeF2nDpHejnSQH7UY5nHyfQ715-dyDTd2M248IAxReQ3IGhg6kaeUMalIPA3BBhqwKl_NPAgZfxzpHNx5v6G6xjvwuHi-N-kTMmlbq=s500" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqC2tvJwv-nJgR__MW_h_WSxB7vZCLj51qz7ab9LF2uTRqOHM8SGPiyU4IIe_I8FMJLbUD3M162GXUZtpuW-MeF2nDpHejnSQH7UY5nHyfQ715-dyDTd2M248IAxReQ3IGhg6kaeUMalIPA3BBhqwKl_NPAgZfxzpHNx5v6G6xjvwuHi-N-kTMmlbq=w200-h100" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-24-national-waffle-iron-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">National Waffle Iron Day</a></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-24-independence-day-in-ukraine.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-24-independence-day-in-ukraine.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KUA7YcDz_jjGLZXGK_AzPfKg8w57vqhFHx4YxlfFPMmTHVEiGYO5fdAupfJ2wBd_GYNpHgOWnZGd6sbnkEIUNcCz2zf5cBvpP5tCPTjXJUniuK211iOUxZJP4rQQFqCt6xMrNDGKhEodjsEcOkgvXTdv3Z9dJziTrbzBHUdSY07oXIr13x8leMvv/s400/flag%20statue.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="400" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KUA7YcDz_jjGLZXGK_AzPfKg8w57vqhFHx4YxlfFPMmTHVEiGYO5fdAupfJ2wBd_GYNpHgOWnZGd6sbnkEIUNcCz2zf5cBvpP5tCPTjXJUniuK211iOUxZJP4rQQFqCt6xMrNDGKhEodjsEcOkgvXTdv3Z9dJziTrbzBHUdSY07oXIr13x8leMvv/w200-h114/flag%20statue.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Ukraine's Independence Day</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></b></span></a></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div></li></ul></div></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-56291981391929400822022-08-23T00:30:00.094-07:002022-08-23T00:30:00.228-07:00August 23 - Ukrainian Flag Day<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 23, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 23, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIFKbbk0oKG1W_DTuze_4iZH-Va40G2n9FdvjXCX5ZpO-Osi5o_aRhTTBfbMtLQf4lQL358gxjqBgP6sIfRN9uKCfcyHD-chpOUiINhGDo9NFUnrRQqwfd0Yq24N41hzO24O7a9pwGGM_sKHbfWsT5Hy4tH6zq8iJYHI2WvXyggPqlMRZr_0YQcrI/s310/ukraine%20flag.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIFKbbk0oKG1W_DTuze_4iZH-Va40G2n9FdvjXCX5ZpO-Osi5o_aRhTTBfbMtLQf4lQL358gxjqBgP6sIfRN9uKCfcyHD-chpOUiINhGDo9NFUnrRQqwfd0Yq24N41hzO24O7a9pwGGM_sKHbfWsT5Hy4tH6zq8iJYHI2WvXyggPqlMRZr_0YQcrI/w400-h210/ukraine%20flag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1122854277197945690" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine was one of the nations that had been absorbed into the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, Ukraine became independent. The blue-and-yellow flag of earlier times, including a short-lived republic in 1918, was resurrected.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">People explain the colors by saying that the blue represents the sky over a yellow wheat field or a field of Ukraine's national flowers - the sunflower. Another explanation is that the yellow represents golden roofs of churches and the blue the river Dniper. More simply, some people say that blue and yellow represent water and fire.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYunbesMuBrDvb2xbaLcze16RUZ_cNtMpC9a0vIkomcf0KmRZ_lLZ8qlWi8vDr4ZPVlk4gDIf73P5JWChG2fBZIkvHI6IW4guUfYQR_3m7PeAC-pz0cYSxre9FQXI8TfB_CTSScfHiLhj2NyOZRmnQX83GTAV5axMNQzDvS9LyN2wymXtX8fItdvnD/s275/flag%20sunflowers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYunbesMuBrDvb2xbaLcze16RUZ_cNtMpC9a0vIkomcf0KmRZ_lLZ8qlWi8vDr4ZPVlk4gDIf73P5JWChG2fBZIkvHI6IW4guUfYQR_3m7PeAC-pz0cYSxre9FQXI8TfB_CTSScfHiLhj2NyOZRmnQX83GTAV5axMNQzDvS9LyN2wymXtX8fItdvnD/w350-h233/flag%20sunflowers.jpeg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJLLuTVyonOqHn0wAcIuC4tH94Ri4u_9NCJZzUtrEXuNiACVnBGHPYsPzSJstSfDAnPGxAz7xVQriiu3iWnEXAsEhOTnrczVuMYIw1tXD5XZNwvo2z3Y7zzeOwCel4SdIxiUKhXS4dxw5ESkfqAHKT2PvIoiMjYEjhz_Bmn_--jchpyGAl5P6GyZM/s275/yellow%20church%20domes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJLLuTVyonOqHn0wAcIuC4tH94Ri4u_9NCJZzUtrEXuNiACVnBGHPYsPzSJstSfDAnPGxAz7xVQriiu3iWnEXAsEhOTnrczVuMYIw1tXD5XZNwvo2z3Y7zzeOwCel4SdIxiUKhXS4dxw5ESkfqAHKT2PvIoiMjYEjhz_Bmn_--jchpyGAl5P6GyZM/w400-h266/yellow%20church%20domes.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Above, churches in Kiev.<br />Below, the Dniper.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPghab1Ub88McQugtmQ9q5DrAmP3OlFfFQ_JRAC2TubPMEQHKmimoa0CP39gY-ZiC_XK4yxECka4SJJknblSinyvxQOEKfHYtF4MliNDEoh_yENCC6-LyYKDkshZ7vJZd4keBvTNlES_cGK0hMQakFUxgyb_d-zw8V2Kn_ywjj7AX1DAPWZJr-dDbe/s301/dniper.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPghab1Ub88McQugtmQ9q5DrAmP3OlFfFQ_JRAC2TubPMEQHKmimoa0CP39gY-ZiC_XK4yxECka4SJJknblSinyvxQOEKfHYtF4MliNDEoh_yENCC6-LyYKDkshZ7vJZd4keBvTNlES_cGK0hMQakFUxgyb_d-zw8V2Kn_ywjj7AX1DAPWZJr-dDbe/w400-h222/dniper.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other nations with blue-and-yellow flags include Sweden (a yellow Scandinavian cross on a blue field), Palua (a golden full moon on blue sky), and Kazakhstan (a golden sun and eagle on blue sky, plus some more golden decorations on the hoist side).</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Czes6ceBKvOjjpKjlAAZa5SOznSEhTYhfxTYzphcMNIJ0acwC6GpvNKQNDzz8oXsT_zfLnzcHbAJXwDbfdmQs-oxP5HYBu775IFXwNDzB6taGfQfFZrOAhUrKTwILBk0nU1WFwMru8zwbRWiHzziafNC4b1MeGIBftdy1ZJ7UL0ae1degMOdTTF9/s696/Sweden-flag.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="696" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Czes6ceBKvOjjpKjlAAZa5SOznSEhTYhfxTYzphcMNIJ0acwC6GpvNKQNDzz8oXsT_zfLnzcHbAJXwDbfdmQs-oxP5HYBu775IFXwNDzB6taGfQfFZrOAhUrKTwILBk0nU1WFwMru8zwbRWiHzziafNC4b1MeGIBftdy1ZJ7UL0ae1degMOdTTF9/w400-h245/Sweden-flag.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09c2N9g4xr7hhi8cKDkiiCMIHWVvRyVBgJfcCu8fp1-BjYkDbLjlu9AyvDEOLaXwHaxiyeJyafMQcZ9ykuZ9U3BnG7Kn29m8euhdh2tear0jb3T9lRnZFM5GEB1Urogxi9ot5n9Xsb9MggWNtKxnkzT4OpeNgVSiRByaJj9ifgAgrjt4PkbDgVE5m/s696/Palau-flag.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="696" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09c2N9g4xr7hhi8cKDkiiCMIHWVvRyVBgJfcCu8fp1-BjYkDbLjlu9AyvDEOLaXwHaxiyeJyafMQcZ9ykuZ9U3BnG7Kn29m8euhdh2tear0jb3T9lRnZFM5GEB1Urogxi9ot5n9Xsb9MggWNtKxnkzT4OpeNgVSiRByaJj9ifgAgrjt4PkbDgVE5m/w400-h228/Palau-flag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy-3pfBl-79Xswda2PTO6NRN3mTaKPm87zy7Xw5jPl2Uc5ARh2RytNU6GnrABeRc53WcA0daoQEdvtVGMQZkc0Ey21cuBm1kaaWABi6QI3811DEjruQOdMGF1ax6wD11TPUEl5OpoQDQY7hoFYeMdUUPqfIFnn6F9-rmFiYUC72AEXVU4xkZPefsI/s1068/kazakhstan-flag-1068x712.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1068" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy-3pfBl-79Xswda2PTO6NRN3mTaKPm87zy7Xw5jPl2Uc5ARh2RytNU6GnrABeRc53WcA0daoQEdvtVGMQZkc0Ey21cuBm1kaaWABi6QI3811DEjruQOdMGF1ax6wD11TPUEl5OpoQDQY7hoFYeMdUUPqfIFnn6F9-rmFiYUC72AEXVU4xkZPefsI/w400-h266/kazakhstan-flag-1068x712.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">One of the most important flags in the world is the European Union:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKUzG5x2-kaSmfM-P1rc41lou1Sgnh5fTYE9eKpDKiz3gtqjay__OiyHl2sU-tBbk_Iq6ZuDupanvvOuXwv8UsZQWcfiTxJqZnhSryPkVPi3an0xmf7gmdtXCaq2D2MFT2ZWvY5-QtalGwL_RYrB-jjLpUaGjkvdzRXc3jg8t9S-bOFDFISj4aWjS/s696/European-Union-flag.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="696" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKUzG5x2-kaSmfM-P1rc41lou1Sgnh5fTYE9eKpDKiz3gtqjay__OiyHl2sU-tBbk_Iq6ZuDupanvvOuXwv8UsZQWcfiTxJqZnhSryPkVPi3an0xmf7gmdtXCaq2D2MFT2ZWvY5-QtalGwL_RYrB-jjLpUaGjkvdzRXc3jg8t9S-bOFDFISj4aWjS/w400-h265/European-Union-flag.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></div></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow Ukraine will celebrate its independence!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, we cannot talk about Ukraine without AGAIN saying that the horrific invasion by Putin and the Russian military is wholly wrong; Ukraine is wholly innocent; and it must stop!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZRXkII6eQJQ2vzWfsA6Iq4rPkCHFNUzicv1zUyrj8GJnCPxRFC_Bb3UuRS94UnCQg9ESKUfHv7lnoQElqiQ-Xvei8WXYay1JFUgsrkrasqW0rZwK9f6V2LgsZfrhjvP_oNSK8oqjlR3kPe3iOKyOZ5iNenb2sIe1emeW-q1PKyecw-fnln0jQtWf/s290/stop%20war.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZRXkII6eQJQ2vzWfsA6Iq4rPkCHFNUzicv1zUyrj8GJnCPxRFC_Bb3UuRS94UnCQg9ESKUfHv7lnoQElqiQ-Xvei8WXYay1JFUgsrkrasqW0rZwK9f6V2LgsZfrhjvP_oNSK8oqjlR3kPe3iOKyOZ5iNenb2sIe1emeW-q1PKyecw-fnln0jQtWf/w400-h240/stop%20war.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </span></span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div align="LEFT" style="font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmjO3KQYUtSzjL6WUP38MeuoxdSaONWWRKqMRnq0jm4eiSlkzHfwDAgNfVKtKLf_tcT4d3W5DJAB11-gRiOYxxZrjktkWUEFNy3e9i-1VFkFWYWcSCMIrW1x4h8oFgFH3T3KN7SqV5KE/s1600/world-wide-web.png" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="104" name="graphics1229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmjO3KQYUtSzjL6WUP38MeuoxdSaONWWRKqMRnq0jm4eiSlkzHfwDAgNfVKtKLf_tcT4d3W5DJAB11-gRiOYxxZrjktkWUEFNy3e9i-1VFkFWYWcSCMIrW1x4h8oFgFH3T3KN7SqV5KE/s200/world-wide-web.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-23-happy-birthday-world-wide-web.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of the launch of the World Wide Web</a> </span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-dggjFQqCMaAgwi0Z3sKQW7vWlSJdmQokkmyMCDOPZJHJx9wREHWtLrzEya_h8L1rPuHQA0U4oxpFGiMDyjYADXn1YrC49t5bImvO28owX8tvJyRvW8yJoSDBkBafNQ4myiHvYJv0GZy/s1600/cartier.png" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="200" name="graphics1196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-dggjFQqCMaAgwi0Z3sKQW7vWlSJdmQokkmyMCDOPZJHJx9wREHWtLrzEya_h8L1rPuHQA0U4oxpFGiMDyjYADXn1YrC49t5bImvO28owX8tvJyRvW8yJoSDBkBafNQ4myiHvYJv0GZy/s200/cartier.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="152" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-23-anniversary-of-cartier.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of the founding of a town by Jacques Cartier</a></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvQ6GZXOvgZ2DpaWBMZ_HIKKjYtf6Do4IJaTPnV0So0_GjbRXuUmidUlb42GGyEREpNjV2DO2HyPXdQayII9ut2BYhOCJ0UK-0QNgf7jcTQvdWx2Pzv2g_kf0ow6ryHq-6kWpYju70aY/s1600/flip+flop+circuit.gif" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="111" name="graphics387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvQ6GZXOvgZ2DpaWBMZ_HIKKjYtf6Do4IJaTPnV0So0_GjbRXuUmidUlb42GGyEREpNjV2DO2HyPXdQayII9ut2BYhOCJ0UK-0QNgf7jcTQvdWx2Pzv2g_kf0ow6ryHq-6kWpYju70aY/s1600/flip+flop+circuit.gif" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="141" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-23-happy-birthday-william-eccles.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flip-flop circuit designer William Eccles's birthday</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhHqmSWyyJy5-njvPaeqOhvNQxktUZph1rxUZg6lGUE0YQ_r1abkBShB9YYkObws3tnINg3FPv3TfgFhhUa9MvoGdf3seMGhs_5jilEobA3AQRgMF4aNoTdbH-e4NkEIlmcG8V-QFW-I/s1600/giant+sloth.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="157" name="graphics388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhHqmSWyyJy5-njvPaeqOhvNQxktUZph1rxUZg6lGUE0YQ_r1abkBShB9YYkObws3tnINg3FPv3TfgFhhUa9MvoGdf3seMGhs_5jilEobA3AQRgMF4aNoTdbH-e4NkEIlmcG8V-QFW-I/s200/giant+sloth.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-23-2012-happy-birthday-georges.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Zoologist Georges Cuvier's birthday</a></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4-4WgYUe5FrxzAZDCMjRxqkAWmX2_xvBK4daVNgXuzHteiRXq6tCTiLkPiTT7fFgnYbBWDP9jTJitNU-cxmHqsfcXPbvhyE3j3ErvD1WvoKhgTWikHFyXmNJmD_3Jpo0xVukOTFasu6U/s1600/ismail.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4-4WgYUe5FrxzAZDCMjRxqkAWmX2_xvBK4daVNgXuzHteiRXq6tCTiLkPiTT7fFgnYbBWDP9jTJitNU-cxmHqsfcXPbvhyE3j3ErvD1WvoKhgTWikHFyXmNJmD_3Jpo0xVukOTFasu6U/s200/ismail.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b> <a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-23-rescued-and-rescued.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of two remarkable rescues</span></a></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDAzuRfZsOPOiH-2QXxj9CPtMGkhCgVCU4pqQo6t9udLTZJwodVgJq4pwv9uOdYYkvFjce5cf-wCawzHqEKvyxBMHhyphenhyphenH1mUpqnQQdC6dECDnsEFAK2y9Rb9SrRagmGfnakytSuakb8LTX/s1600/blackribbonday-1080x520.png" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1080" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDAzuRfZsOPOiH-2QXxj9CPtMGkhCgVCU4pqQo6t9udLTZJwodVgJq4pwv9uOdYYkvFjce5cf-wCawzHqEKvyxBMHhyphenhyphenH1mUpqnQQdC6dECDnsEFAK2y9Rb9SrRagmGfnakytSuakb8LTX/s200/blackribbonday-1080x520.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: black;"></b><br /></span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></b></div><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><span style="color: #004c99;"> <a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-23-black-ribbon-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Black Ribbon Day</a></span></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CHK0x9sHNVCtRijlL16b7hSLMII_9PnmngByGskOK69cTAiQhAt-fuJOUKKtEf3CavAbj5mHIMLkAFsRLGlBaN0na4ALa1ZoBwsLlcFVdrEyv-IqcYPR3oHSqcAZjHZ_EakiMiKGNts/s1600/more+sparse.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="304" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CHK0x9sHNVCtRijlL16b7hSLMII_9PnmngByGskOK69cTAiQhAt-fuJOUKKtEf3CavAbj5mHIMLkAFsRLGlBaN0na4ALa1ZoBwsLlcFVdrEyv-IqcYPR3oHSqcAZjHZ_EakiMiKGNts/s200/more+sparse.jpeg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: black;"></b><br /></span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-23-baltic-way-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">The Baltic Way Day</a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymXXe8p_cM-uG1-JP_3T4Ff5TgRdwiGFE5wbapCr3GjB92dZIj7XcwSbFMl6RlFDhOtapb1B6CDaHwYtekk3YC9YUatVAVeOOdpnARBbH24G3zFST3mE5L6mKE6umpZTt4LCbM_WNvU4/s1600/2+people.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymXXe8p_cM-uG1-JP_3T4Ff5TgRdwiGFE5wbapCr3GjB92dZIj7XcwSbFMl6RlFDhOtapb1B6CDaHwYtekk3YC9YUatVAVeOOdpnARBbH24G3zFST3mE5L6mKE6umpZTt4LCbM_WNvU4/s200/2+people.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-23-ride-wind-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Ride the Wind Day</a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><br /></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-size: 14.85px; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></b></span></a></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a><br /><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-23203899722700462192022-08-22T00:30:00.086-07:002022-08-22T00:30:00.219-07:00August 22 - Russian Flag Day<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 22, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 22, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffSofwU2znp7T7vhaIQKfNaM5SVbpWcJVnnILyKooZIzGPI2nfVtgW_Ou5YKTADDqOKMDqsxh9EuccgDWaw0uGVhsDApJEfyU9rf1pLFJm_KQySoIdEV5R2khTYpfEAHvvwNJp_UpqNj_k05N3hJ0_q1EFPBCQi3aUaPHf9HtBJxrMLwG-rGwaqNv/s279/russian%20flag.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="279" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffSofwU2znp7T7vhaIQKfNaM5SVbpWcJVnnILyKooZIzGPI2nfVtgW_Ou5YKTADDqOKMDqsxh9EuccgDWaw0uGVhsDApJEfyU9rf1pLFJm_KQySoIdEV5R2khTYpfEAHvvwNJp_UpqNj_k05N3hJ0_q1EFPBCQi3aUaPHf9HtBJxrMLwG-rGwaqNv/w400-h259/russian%20flag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-630391820495680895" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Today Russians commemorate the 1991 hoisting of their new flag.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">You probably already know that Russia used to be largest state in the communist nation called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).<b></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Did you also know that Russia is the largest nation on Earth? It covers about one-eighth of all the land area in the world, which means that most of the other 195 other nations do not have their “fair share” of land!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, Russia is only the 9th largest nation by population.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG3n5Pgs7MD5BEQb5zwLu7zEmrpMRF3R4l5mBoNtG-oWqavREN-UAS0eci1hxbjPWMYrkVa4ASQIxeC_yx5chtr6HSpfGSM6O6IWEoRivVxOEP5XAn0SClvzHIqNP8i1Soi6sfbhyJOXqaB1f96j_HLo5lVex2Ccchj8814QZhl6tABPysyottyQZ/s225/russia%20bangladesh.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="225" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG3n5Pgs7MD5BEQb5zwLu7zEmrpMRF3R4l5mBoNtG-oWqavREN-UAS0eci1hxbjPWMYrkVa4ASQIxeC_yx5chtr6HSpfGSM6O6IWEoRivVxOEP5XAn0SClvzHIqNP8i1Soi6sfbhyJOXqaB1f96j_HLo5lVex2Ccchj8814QZhl6tABPysyottyQZ/w400-h398/russia%20bangladesh.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />This map cuts off parts of Russia (in the north) - but you get<br />the idea. Russia's vast land houses fewer people than much-<br />much-much smaller Bangladesh!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zcbOJ-BmTiHGJKnkv6MuO9RljykqYx0fTFrMdCAGUFXQAlgLpBLklGZNZRIiffwNBtS-NzyyTnwcdKuT0JB5bME014jg_8SzOiT_67tCSAMRZoaMq9WFT_t8MGQI9l27qsAMsvKffZlpVbO9_mvKsCS7UQvgBT6OJGClkL2292Gc9qC_Np6t1oUq/s272/soviet%20flag.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="272" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zcbOJ-BmTiHGJKnkv6MuO9RljykqYx0fTFrMdCAGUFXQAlgLpBLklGZNZRIiffwNBtS-NzyyTnwcdKuT0JB5bME014jg_8SzOiT_67tCSAMRZoaMq9WFT_t8MGQI9l27qsAMsvKffZlpVbO9_mvKsCS7UQvgBT6OJGClkL2292Gc9qC_Np6t1oUq/w400-h272/soviet%20flag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Unlike the Soviet Union's red flag (seen above), which was almost entirely red, decorated with a yellow star, hammer, and sickle, Russia's flag features three broad stripes, one each of red, white and blue. Of course, these colors are associated with the U.S. flag, as well...but did you know that more than 30 countries have tri-color red-white-and-blue flags? Here are some of them:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ErafYL7DMUf3YIT_CSKiUdC7-kPhGEbqVQJzMfTZCGzHdzIIyMUj6PdurIRY0mVlJNEBA3NZ9mmEdU0ym1nZ8eL2SSw_o3gLtrxJ3yaMlDvgJBGdo5uFOQ_tsQEwPXPqNvZhyWj7G91gAjMLD0agtA4C-f2Uy95i9ox3XNVHUU7aO-AVhyp9LyI0/s800/Are-there-more-red-white-blue-flags.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ErafYL7DMUf3YIT_CSKiUdC7-kPhGEbqVQJzMfTZCGzHdzIIyMUj6PdurIRY0mVlJNEBA3NZ9mmEdU0ym1nZ8eL2SSw_o3gLtrxJ3yaMlDvgJBGdo5uFOQ_tsQEwPXPqNvZhyWj7G91gAjMLD0agtA4C-f2Uy95i9ox3XNVHUU7aO-AVhyp9LyI0/w400-h210/Are-there-more-red-white-blue-flags.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.uni.edu/becker/Russian2.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>This website</b></a> has tons and tons of links you can use to learn about the Russian language and other aspects of this huge nation. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vYQRVplSghVO6oQXVKbkBbMcc8bAJFc-14TmZ7xNAQDTBnuMEFxLUAbRUGTiz0Rx5JwEX6RL1_M9cn9Yr5XsYsA3ZAyQka7yT9hOWRgyBWizQaMQWK-sFNBc-G4tKvN8c4AsWQovqkJZrjzSTPyInOyO_uIdmmtf42Ut--iwKYzCf_XVwdKmJDef/s275/st%20basil%20church.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vYQRVplSghVO6oQXVKbkBbMcc8bAJFc-14TmZ7xNAQDTBnuMEFxLUAbRUGTiz0Rx5JwEX6RL1_M9cn9Yr5XsYsA3ZAyQka7yT9hOWRgyBWizQaMQWK-sFNBc-G4tKvN8c4AsWQovqkJZrjzSTPyInOyO_uIdmmtf42Ut--iwKYzCf_XVwdKmJDef/w400-h266/st%20basil%20church.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarQffmszLBdWCfrVGP75w5th-4s_a3TngvYp7apT9jXyVEmVmcUIAD_O79T1uRbRpU5ozXsuY3aOET7J2MomXUEsXVMfFRQNFyDv4P7Xzm7nL2ESBxMdhfxWoqVRvJFfFk_YVXEfNJxIk5QOZR_XFiZPySs_uZ9SusV4LugMmFiaIPiqTwDuGFswv/s275/peninsula%20russia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarQffmszLBdWCfrVGP75w5th-4s_a3TngvYp7apT9jXyVEmVmcUIAD_O79T1uRbRpU5ozXsuY3aOET7J2MomXUEsXVMfFRQNFyDv4P7Xzm7nL2ESBxMdhfxWoqVRvJFfFk_YVXEfNJxIk5QOZR_XFiZPySs_uZ9SusV4LugMmFiaIPiqTwDuGFswv/w400-h266/peninsula%20russia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OSvGfhXSNhsbY_eOjU8ekWYz7X4YRz-AQYjhwVUrPj23-TghZotqny-p8ALvqevq6HrOyer38w9UhZkS6ba4MPSYF_xVtvqFyDH0RFx5_4yv5MCj5DPJps6_vclhqU36cnw88u5gGus-lavIk6FjNt8tJe0fODNPcWntq0kpbkU5WWFYgYgkS2IW/s299/gorgeous%20russia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OSvGfhXSNhsbY_eOjU8ekWYz7X4YRz-AQYjhwVUrPj23-TghZotqny-p8ALvqevq6HrOyer38w9UhZkS6ba4MPSYF_xVtvqFyDH0RFx5_4yv5MCj5DPJps6_vclhqU36cnw88u5gGus-lavIk6FjNt8tJe0fODNPcWntq0kpbkU5WWFYgYgkS2IW/w400-h225/gorgeous%20russia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I cannot talk about Russia without restating that its horrible leader, Vladimir Putin, has wrongfully invaded Ukraine and has killed many innocent people. Russia's government is guilty of crimes against humanity, and its military is guilty of war crimes. It must stop!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><h3 style="clear: both; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-22-2012-be-angel-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be an Angel Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0JJJaZLvaTDh4i7QFy-t0y3DTbB9H8yKCI63nAnEcQqFLBA1pQlPgW6gpQXo2ZbN_UYguFJuyEoYTXeJrl_9MA4nisLKBvCGc9lcys_aNQuod5rIJwLVqgpnwbR4rqqjwoISKSMtFaDF/s200/americanpress.gif" style="border: none; color: #336699; position: relative;" width="176" /></span></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-22-first-female-editor-of.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">First Female Editor of American Newspaper</span></a></span></b></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="565" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhW6xusTCNJ9_mqw7WPeYHI6CgRIKSk24cpZ8wr1WZDYHQjzkgIPORFXxant3V-DcrgcNq1dAq9NY8V-xtvcPpUejQpBIPw6LhN3onf-Pr2vmfFDj45T8BocQOBO8sIjO3qD5twDVzbxe/s200/tinga.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="117" /></span></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-22-happy-birthday-tinga-seisay.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of Sierra Leone activist Tinga Seisay</span></a></span></b></h3></div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ETyQT3zmJbd2ODf3D06Kc25xLSWsWj2E4dTAdcs8ruejWoOX5oUvrZWHVHLpclzLS0btduVUuAG6wflhlvXxuSl2oWCoWICPe8LcG_kZxNz5rLja-m2pdu2Xix4opuXShSPhkC1f8tQ/s1600/temples.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="952" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ETyQT3zmJbd2ODf3D06Kc25xLSWsWj2E4dTAdcs8ruejWoOX5oUvrZWHVHLpclzLS0btduVUuAG6wflhlvXxuSl2oWCoWICPe8LcG_kZxNz5rLja-m2pdu2Xix4opuXShSPhkC1f8tQ/s200/temples.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><br /></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="color: black;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-22-madras-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madras Day</span></a></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; 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color: #33aaff; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="136" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-22-remembering-willem-arondeus.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Birthday of artist and Resistance hero Willem Arondeus</a></b><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="font-family: Times;" /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-22-national-bao-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-22-national-bao-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis0jTcNj239bPzL9qacrXduOqTsdkpRJ_YwPrGvfKbipaQp4VW3vTCN40lSgP68FqkRCyhluEB18uW1Rjg9VOurA6XFnrLJdxcElKw-kokeFV2ILSY-lT-tmOAGXAeEA-apdVaegEvhVon_JCv0lDXxMuZVMt9FcwZ5MmJ9qpzPRY2INgcRGsUnIzh=s320" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis0jTcNj239bPzL9qacrXduOqTsdkpRJ_YwPrGvfKbipaQp4VW3vTCN40lSgP68FqkRCyhluEB18uW1Rjg9VOurA6XFnrLJdxcElKw-kokeFV2ILSY-lT-tmOAGXAeEA-apdVaegEvhVon_JCv0lDXxMuZVMt9FcwZ5MmJ9qpzPRY2INgcRGsUnIzh=w200-h150" style="border: none; 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font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-uDGHyv55767lYVqHoXfWRXdGGsLoA6pXk2RMGHrz39QjlTL0wL28ljescELuqPTqD6n_tpfNGDVr4iObr7LSidovlhZHpS6F-z4qIV91kXmpw6ad_h1Vfk6D_FHAzCgst8E7uFVpUVNtWoOuCyk8LOOxcsQvAFCnDmzvTtBzjfTZzW1wHqSkBvM/s400/SS_Kroonland,_Antonio_Jacobsen,_1903_(adjusted).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="400" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-uDGHyv55767lYVqHoXfWRXdGGsLoA6pXk2RMGHrz39QjlTL0wL28ljescELuqPTqD6n_tpfNGDVr4iObr7LSidovlhZHpS6F-z4qIV91kXmpw6ad_h1Vfk6D_FHAzCgst8E7uFVpUVNtWoOuCyk8LOOxcsQvAFCnDmzvTtBzjfTZzW1wHqSkBvM/w200-h117/SS_Kroonland,_Antonio_Jacobsen,_1903_(adjusted).jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-22-demonstration-of-steamboat.html" target="_blank">Anniversary of the demonstration of the steamboat!</a></span></b></span></div><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></b></span></a></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a><br /><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-59060596572598576762022-08-21T00:30:00.064-07:002022-08-21T00:30:00.189-07:00August 21 - Voyager 2 Reached Triton!<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 21, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 21, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJGAXZHhGxuez8uAo17EWZrniAgfq8oPob20J32zoxBsrZgIIGbuc3OoMGNFrQ-erOg97TyWvl0XYx6YLMx7TBLyVjkhVqv9Mms9DWnviRZUkZJL_rTlHIB697IyI3DIyxDsYn_4Socjx6FtwxBxQ5rTO6QyHl_Sl37af_W4O0Wxyncfiu03Aw3iK/s299/landscape%20triton.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJGAXZHhGxuez8uAo17EWZrniAgfq8oPob20J32zoxBsrZgIIGbuc3OoMGNFrQ-erOg97TyWvl0XYx6YLMx7TBLyVjkhVqv9Mms9DWnviRZUkZJL_rTlHIB697IyI3DIyxDsYn_4Socjx6FtwxBxQ5rTO6QyHl_Sl37af_W4O0Wxyncfiu03Aw3iK/w640-h360/landscape%20triton.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-139412582423330991" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By this date in 1989, the little-space-probe-that-could had already accomplished its mission goals. It had gathered a lot of information about Jupiter and Saturn—and their moons and rings—and it had continued the Grand Tour by flying by Uranus and Neptune. Now <i>Voyager 2</i> was about to exit the solar system, collecting and transmitting information as it went, and following in its identical twin's footsteps. (<i>Voyager 1</i> was launched a few weeks after <i>Voyager 2</i> but only visited Jupiter and Saturn on its way out of the solar system.) Scientists wanted <i>Voyager 2</i> to check out one more world before it left:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Triton.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Triton is Neptune's largest moon. It's only half the size of Earth's moon, but it is far colder (of course, being so very far away from the sun), and it has a thin atmosphere.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzAVCJS_H6OwU0SoI6MXi-Gy1LotzdFcEpysN0Ib--Bwo_joWfkrhs4UWLvDhI9dLtoqhBZvUqemb88hq4D5oDjO23l8oJSDVCExL9YyRR9yiq_h5zMQ-7Jv_9_OXMxf_r5tuzV4aO52Tm2awws57eHq5yXtLj_sfUbnWje2p4J0f-3wo45ipDv7r/s225/triton%20world.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzAVCJS_H6OwU0SoI6MXi-Gy1LotzdFcEpysN0Ib--Bwo_joWfkrhs4UWLvDhI9dLtoqhBZvUqemb88hq4D5oDjO23l8oJSDVCExL9YyRR9yiq_h5zMQ-7Jv_9_OXMxf_r5tuzV4aO52Tm2awws57eHq5yXtLj_sfUbnWje2p4J0f-3wo45ipDv7r/w400-h400/triton%20world.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Triton is unusual in that it is the only large satellite with a retrograde orbit. What does that mean? Well, all of the moons in the solar system orbit their planet in the same direction as the planet rotates. (Scientists explain that this is due to the way that planets and moons form.) That is, all but one: Triton orbits Neptune in the <i>opposite</i> direction of Neptune's rotation on its axis.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg119I2fRDSTMUCanhP28Lru_8fJJEtEwp_NScUegDqWFjlgtvYSLR9lHKaVW7e_oKRUQ8i-VMQoIC4A7yn7BNsEevJOPcEah6eZuhh8_2mROtMVvIH9Agq0SRyMpCXUQ3DxK3EEkloNbngWVMx8KlX8Wn6xGt970-PM_S4mbntyM8Z6F0DpcXQBBXH/s242/retrograde.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="242" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg119I2fRDSTMUCanhP28Lru_8fJJEtEwp_NScUegDqWFjlgtvYSLR9lHKaVW7e_oKRUQ8i-VMQoIC4A7yn7BNsEevJOPcEah6eZuhh8_2mROtMVvIH9Agq0SRyMpCXUQ3DxK3EEkloNbngWVMx8KlX8Wn6xGt970-PM_S4mbntyM8Z6F0DpcXQBBXH/w400-h345/retrograde.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F0QXmhZT3ELJstoCieHnhYRAXLr56gW7aqnKCSNwCoN2b6D142RU0b4VFQXQIaRgazymBxPCds_DZ9GQRLe4frLnWwQ1EF9d6boA6-qAXrO_p5qbxoxEBGKcY5HpZHLttDSlUPvB5Ltg/s1600/Triton+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F0QXmhZT3ELJstoCieHnhYRAXLr56gW7aqnKCSNwCoN2b6D142RU0b4VFQXQIaRgazymBxPCds_DZ9GQRLe4frLnWwQ1EF9d6boA6-qAXrO_p5qbxoxEBGKcY5HpZHLttDSlUPvB5Ltg/s1600/Triton+1.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Voyager 2 </i>sent back to Earth some pretty great photos of Triton. Check out <a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/Triton" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>NASA's photojournal</b></a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcP_pP9EXV0RNsjR1C6GLWm9u072BOMPBnwzLLlr2H3-ZCpZ9cOfvVtdyFooJAiff34WBqtyVNdFv5eg-5VFoxsHayE89uvZaLqdHo-HLVYz0hNPfq88qow54UUPL0D1j6VzULhyE70AXAzbqt-XQNXr0NXeHXV5fh-luTGWXt5mOHhGCd-fg9MJ-/s339/spaceship.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="339" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcP_pP9EXV0RNsjR1C6GLWm9u072BOMPBnwzLLlr2H3-ZCpZ9cOfvVtdyFooJAiff34WBqtyVNdFv5eg-5VFoxsHayE89uvZaLqdHo-HLVYz0hNPfq88qow54UUPL0D1j6VzULhyE70AXAzbqt-XQNXr0NXeHXV5fh-luTGWXt5mOHhGCd-fg9MJ-/w400-h176/spaceship.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, both <i>Voyager 1</i> and <i>2</i> are still operating, still sending us information about deep space! It's been more than 34 years—far longer than the expected lifespan of the space probes—and they are still working for us! <b><a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/" target="_blank">Here</a></b> is a NASA site that shows how far away they are - it's constantly being updated!<br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-21-total-solar-eclipse.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of a total solar eclipse</span></a></b></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNWQPGYibTVRaejfJeII0d82BvMr20NHPJn5mKU-xFvc8FQBBYCtfrfmGdhPf4SOjCGDuEFZj3MfE_aZ6EAOnYKWNBNQO9cD_9wxbpKG0swMErS9wCY0zRkduejkgYq7k2XbHMB4h6SE/s1600/pueblo-revolt-painting-a.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="290" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNWQPGYibTVRaejfJeII0d82BvMr20NHPJn5mKU-xFvc8FQBBYCtfrfmGdhPf4SOjCGDuEFZj3MfE_aZ6EAOnYKWNBNQO9cD_9wxbpKG0swMErS9wCY0zRkduejkgYq7k2XbHMB4h6SE/s200/pueblo-revolt-painting-a.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-21-first-american-revolution.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the First American Revolution</span></a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span><h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxVBtteVhrR6Mj1UL27qhbhAo6jfRTQt6GzWNq0BtPnjoM-QB4nSdNhkusx5G5tmZL8F-wj39qGW-6M9rBD_6IPIWCmFR-dWVq6z8k8N4qr00vLyYzpizlymfG4QKLcnniXzl-e_F29A/s1600/spum+again.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxVBtteVhrR6Mj1UL27qhbhAo6jfRTQt6GzWNq0BtPnjoM-QB4nSdNhkusx5G5tmZL8F-wj39qGW-6M9rBD_6IPIWCmFR-dWVq6z8k8N4qr00vLyYzpizlymfG4QKLcnniXzl-e_F29A/s200/spum+again.jpeg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; font-weight: 400; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-21-national-spumoni-day-in-usa.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Spumoni Day in the U.S.A.</span></a></h3></div><h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-21-dismaland.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-21-dismaland.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAHbe6ohRwsruvwq5e_PgIS9ftN_Qsv2Q0isiDcrwOymxbINFAaIBPF5Vm92y2E1tFINF-hLEZt6ewetNCWwBPQcfG3Fgjye9TX4GqJilO2QRZbGRYY-5hx5ApyugSFwIjvbkYpioGWs47yscTNwUdyHCbuogkSlB3taiWakFBrDLWsOZHHT1i_d6v=s620" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="620" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAHbe6ohRwsruvwq5e_PgIS9ftN_Qsv2Q0isiDcrwOymxbINFAaIBPF5Vm92y2E1tFINF-hLEZt6ewetNCWwBPQcfG3Fgjye9TX4GqJilO2QRZbGRYY-5hx5ApyugSFwIjvbkYpioGWs47yscTNwUdyHCbuogkSlB3taiWakFBrDLWsOZHHT1i_d6v=w200-h120" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-21-dismaland.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Anniversary of the opening of Dismaland</a></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-21-mona-lisa-stolen.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-21-mona-lisa-stolen.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKmDlWa_l4lczSwbVfp8FgRqAhzR5WjYzoDmqBigVhxQ9dPrVOm4DgcKQX-lFtIEYbmLxMNj4dXm4gKMiVC_ZF5ReQHxivwUDF_44oUfGscVgzukFMx-hAfxRT3xqELjX419oxI2uVrJ-rJup07hfA7YEsD_zESl7u1ANPooDpOImiK05aE7kRiBv/s400/vincenzo-peruggia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="400" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKmDlWa_l4lczSwbVfp8FgRqAhzR5WjYzoDmqBigVhxQ9dPrVOm4DgcKQX-lFtIEYbmLxMNj4dXm4gKMiVC_ZF5ReQHxivwUDF_44oUfGscVgzukFMx-hAfxRT3xqELjX419oxI2uVrJ-rJup07hfA7YEsD_zESl7u1ANPooDpOImiK05aE7kRiBv/w200-h133/vincenzo-peruggia.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Anniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa!</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></b></span></a></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a><br /><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-61533962674305359242022-08-20T00:30:00.071-07:002022-08-20T00:30:00.230-07:00August 20 - International Homeless Animals Day<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;">Posted on August 20, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 20, 2011:</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">(Third Saturday of August)</span></b></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2517512098842991100" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92cZVO6HIjKQvlw1zbWJ_sFqk2CDv5mwhPbbERoBpQbXDZCRHNVmwhcWKYjEey6bEXxE-vhLShznDrjZxq7NeRY4Rc_XUUpMWtHyF98CYPG38uYS8XuDpVsIUeeJT03PmHbZDHPoh7iFN/s1600/Pet+5.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92cZVO6HIjKQvlw1zbWJ_sFqk2CDv5mwhPbbERoBpQbXDZCRHNVmwhcWKYjEey6bEXxE-vhLShznDrjZxq7NeRY4Rc_XUUpMWtHyF98CYPG38uYS8XuDpVsIUeeJT03PmHbZDHPoh7iFN/s320/Pet+5.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_PB5xR9LPktpMkCQ9PsVxxYtqWKR6TnBgrFJHOpr7mpANa1NNvkiH6Ud1_om-J8kAyst9GFM_5p1EmEqifm-aMkUSBdw7-Cpb0o2Y-5prswxXVnj0MZRCu35L9Xu8qkLTS653cExz0DR/s1600/Pet3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #336699; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_PB5xR9LPktpMkCQ9PsVxxYtqWKR6TnBgrFJHOpr7mpANa1NNvkiH6Ud1_om-J8kAyst9GFM_5p1EmEqifm-aMkUSBdw7-Cpb0o2Y-5prswxXVnj0MZRCu35L9Xu8qkLTS653cExz0DR/w240-h320/Pet3.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are simply too many dogs and cats in the world. There aren't enough loving homes to go around. This overpopulation problem wouldn't exist if everyone spayed and neutered their pets. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the day to make sure your own pets are “fixed” and to urge other people to do so as well.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUap5MK43YiOKx4EfIUUU0efZ37tXUPNX1pduT8hBaWtbtJ8VZ3QEV-fNAmSNtBsrz23wzlinyV3W2QWb_OXpGk4U_19nFOb1tZHpZhRS1zxvYvoHjoc8cFfdDqj9BcbtsyXuhrPe7rJ25I5btlzSADhX98lkwBfVscrRDE2i6-WWvEd0W59Y4iD1/s275/kitties.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUap5MK43YiOKx4EfIUUU0efZ37tXUPNX1pduT8hBaWtbtJ8VZ3QEV-fNAmSNtBsrz23wzlinyV3W2QWb_OXpGk4U_19nFOb1tZHpZhRS1zxvYvoHjoc8cFfdDqj9BcbtsyXuhrPe7rJ25I5btlzSADhX98lkwBfVscrRDE2i6-WWvEd0W59Y4iD1/w400-h266/kitties.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkg9OVjiWoqfco9STr7rc-_TMUKfDYH3mLATJIvkUG6AJC5d6ILODTgUjPasEDZJ5_VH-l4ApEPGWz9wypbsA5EbXCR51E7EUmhXTy5Vbm040FlsSluuVzjZOGG1ZAOJsNL7hK7Jc3Z6zrb3TnhVLbOaoGesj9lNMxV8SI3K4mU09K_LiytPPo9nVE/s275/curly%20tail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkg9OVjiWoqfco9STr7rc-_TMUKfDYH3mLATJIvkUG6AJC5d6ILODTgUjPasEDZJ5_VH-l4ApEPGWz9wypbsA5EbXCR51E7EUmhXTy5Vbm040FlsSluuVzjZOGG1ZAOJsNL7hK7Jc3Z6zrb3TnhVLbOaoGesj9lNMxV8SI3K4mU09K_LiytPPo9nVE/w400-h266/curly%20tail.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2sPBXHs7L19c6edUqRjKom1IIP9lrAF8QqxMpb4_cJEq9b67Dlvr17m2GOUifZ5XqAT-vajyQ4dCnoohf359wWvK2XgfA-SN-cvc-GNX60pa-vaVCqI8mJ0QVfYElAXhmCYR7t9geJ2dO8p6ItjHJ2fm_pNnuJMV9_6A6vue01UJ9aZFM-fX-KoL/s293/beage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="293" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2sPBXHs7L19c6edUqRjKom1IIP9lrAF8QqxMpb4_cJEq9b67Dlvr17m2GOUifZ5XqAT-vajyQ4dCnoohf359wWvK2XgfA-SN-cvc-GNX60pa-vaVCqI8mJ0QVfYElAXhmCYR7t9geJ2dO8p6ItjHJ2fm_pNnuJMV9_6A6vue01UJ9aZFM-fX-KoL/w400-h235/beage.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In the past this day has been recognized with candlelight vigils planned for tonight, possibly near you, free spaying and neutering services at humane societies, adopt-a-thons, microchip clinics, and other activities. Check out the internet or local vets or humane societies to see if there are any events near you.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNM_FnlFeMDQ2aTfHPQUKBlagqJgy7nUSMqKd81f09CGxQzbbM5bdR3BbWWFGpsujNRbTvm9XtKNgkHOM5jQ5cMAVfAhwhzskARB8VQxFpFRlP_H8QXa8U4ATuJhuEbd4QlzDV4X2U1irW-1B1AfDwHIJ2SghvdNgFQm90Dqq5LtXHPVbAqMUWg0m/s318/kitty%20eyes%20open.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNM_FnlFeMDQ2aTfHPQUKBlagqJgy7nUSMqKd81f09CGxQzbbM5bdR3BbWWFGpsujNRbTvm9XtKNgkHOM5jQ5cMAVfAhwhzskARB8VQxFpFRlP_H8QXa8U4ATuJhuEbd4QlzDV4X2U1irW-1B1AfDwHIJ2SghvdNgFQm90Dqq5LtXHPVbAqMUWg0m/w400-h200/kitty%20eyes%20open.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></b></span></a></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></b></span></a></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Historical anniversaries in September</b></span></a><br /><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-91267400334835101772022-08-19T00:30:00.051-07:002022-08-19T00:30:00.220-07:00August 19 - Happy Birthday, Charles Hires<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 19, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 19, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAbBkApGimtpMhXmmlSU-6pBHfIVCsuQuT4DgvhYM0wWmVJZA3TSG2WHkJtoYxpuc5gnM8D_BnY4rZrMI0Qobk5ZZKrTIgL3h6GvOzKsLT0blnHwb-ovjVNX8Sp0hlvwJQ4tRtrL9RtvBklqm2crkCRqn8hMew0XUyOMDyIm9pfeZADv99FAVRe4-/s419/say%20you%20ought%20to%20drink.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAbBkApGimtpMhXmmlSU-6pBHfIVCsuQuT4DgvhYM0wWmVJZA3TSG2WHkJtoYxpuc5gnM8D_BnY4rZrMI0Qobk5ZZKrTIgL3h6GvOzKsLT0blnHwb-ovjVNX8Sp0hlvwJQ4tRtrL9RtvBklqm2crkCRqn8hMew0XUyOMDyIm9pfeZADv99FAVRe4-/w442-h640/say%20you%20ought%20to%20drink.jpeg" width="442" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5976327157844552992" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you like root beer, today's a day to celebrate!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this day in 1851, Charles Hires was born in New Jersey. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when he was 16 and worked in a drugstore until he save up enough money – $400! – to start a drug store of his own. He started selling an herbal tea made from roots and bark (primarily from sassafras plants and trees); when people purchased the tea mixture, they had to add their own water, sugar, and yeast.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-qA1ZxlO8OMS-2yvmIU7LHcPhaTdqCtUCDi7yBn9iotUIm9-rPRyo8Yfvfnhs-cVSNZlkBRHDGpYFLiEkXB2LPtaJqK_lhxLrVbgHN6zSWOXWgjJ01orwrtSu7wMSGKS2yCiNnAy4s2iPC6HXLtIRddU5pA_zvNUq983L6DpELLxR3L0LzhPtXMF/s251/hires.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-qA1ZxlO8OMS-2yvmIU7LHcPhaTdqCtUCDi7yBn9iotUIm9-rPRyo8Yfvfnhs-cVSNZlkBRHDGpYFLiEkXB2LPtaJqK_lhxLrVbgHN6zSWOXWgjJ01orwrtSu7wMSGKS2yCiNnAy4s2iPC6HXLtIRddU5pA_zvNUq983L6DpELLxR3L0LzhPtXMF/w320-h400/hires.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The drink started to become popular, and Hires thought it would be even more popular if he called it <i>root beer</i> instead of <i>root tea</i>. He made the beverage similar to beer by bottling and carbonating it, and by serving it cold. At the time that Hires was introducing his drink to the American public, there was a temperance (anti-alcohol) movement, and root beer was supposed to be a healthy alternative to regular beer or other alcoholic drinks.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBbFHKPzgTuDcdKv6tcaX9e464-bJ3h6CplTPxg7DweBrA8UDEW5vrWyZEwrwlpNCyW_fcZZ2Ff0zyUeVOutCoxK7MwxmC-W9R7rjLH_lqcBrokoRRAe1uchFelrLGiRyFLPIwJkVBgjz-OvzdbHtNQ87laaQygeknrn_i0zUYuIJXCwe28S35QVz/s939/ad%20root%20beer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBbFHKPzgTuDcdKv6tcaX9e464-bJ3h6CplTPxg7DweBrA8UDEW5vrWyZEwrwlpNCyW_fcZZ2Ff0zyUeVOutCoxK7MwxmC-W9R7rjLH_lqcBrokoRRAe1uchFelrLGiRyFLPIwJkVBgjz-OvzdbHtNQ87laaQygeknrn_i0zUYuIJXCwe28S35QVz/w436-h640/ad%20root%20beer.jpeg" width="436" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, Hires did not invent root tea. He got a recipe from a restaurant owner, and her recipe was based on folk recipes. He fiddled with the recipe so he could manufacture the beverage for widespread sales.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And thus Hires made root beer famous, and root beer made Hires rich!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCEAne-h31LHitV2423Cfad_Pm8IbvTQCMLR1YH7kiB42N_vuv0MnpfGakBoU0v-57UHPtobfPmx-_YIzROltA0QIeBwmyttNFwf7j4a2ZWwme4dndmceBMFs75hMSgaFvgGjm12plBCJ/s1600/Root+beer+float.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; 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padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-11531768134922817772022-08-18T00:30:00.063-07:002022-08-18T14:39:51.443-07:00August 18 - Virginia Dare's Birthday – and Disappearance Day!<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 18, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 18, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbdftn3dnrp38HvT0ejqm8n0EXR1vV-B7IRFqDw7Tazcl8BectDI31bav1o0OEdSla38yWW-wiHlBtiCZTKS87KOkG0O6nOy8ZkVMwv-bDGWwiGawNkgYy7FeQVOrR9oVpJcVixCMW9hWQxd25eD80MeckvhFH1f1Re6E_T_Mbo-eacKrcOFW_uCk/s283/va%20dare.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="283" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbdftn3dnrp38HvT0ejqm8n0EXR1vV-B7IRFqDw7Tazcl8BectDI31bav1o0OEdSla38yWW-wiHlBtiCZTKS87KOkG0O6nOy8ZkVMwv-bDGWwiGawNkgYy7FeQVOrR9oVpJcVixCMW9hWQxd25eD80MeckvhFH1f1Re6E_T_Mbo-eacKrcOFW_uCk/w400-h252/va%20dare.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6108055057734742046" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1587, the first child with English parents was born in the Americas. The baby, named Virginia Dare, was born on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the very day that Virginia Dare would've turned three, her grandfather John White, who was the governor of the Roanoke Island colony, returned from a much-delayed supply trip to England—and found the entire colony gone. There had been 115 English colonists when he left—and now there were none.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">No living people. No bodies or skeletons, either, thank goodness! The houses and fortifications had been dismantled, so it appeared that the people had taken their time about leaving. There was no sign of violence.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtA8ByE90FRyYxmSaWdrIvuvQo_Cpmi8sKZme8LQHPCMOGesOm5WC5-mzjyNduqTSry3LWaoMxEOaKxBSwH8zYEIOLkaygaC2gE9pXtNuF096KNoyQ3yh3Ua7fn_hTKVTEjgqMIuPGwg9/s1600/Lost+colony+carved+sign.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtA8ByE90FRyYxmSaWdrIvuvQo_Cpmi8sKZme8LQHPCMOGesOm5WC5-mzjyNduqTSry3LWaoMxEOaKxBSwH8zYEIOLkaygaC2gE9pXtNuF096KNoyQ3yh3Ua7fn_hTKVTEjgqMIuPGwg9/s320/Lost+colony+carved+sign.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">These colonists were tough. They were used to weather and war and disease thwarting their plans and changing their lives. Before he had left, White had told the colonists that, if they decided to move or were forced to leave, they should carve their destination on a wall, tree, or post. If they had left by force, they were to carve a cross next to the name. So White looked for a carving, and he found the word “Croatoan” carved into the post. There was no cross.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">There was an island named Croatoan about 50 miles away.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-jU5qeINziSE5oEgNSKOsfK4fLoNaZStnGbSsYUKNV6V3WeAIrJM32GlMcQOugRVu9R6xTv21smCeH4h6QopTUf-Ybh-udcOIBB6Uqcf2ig48gb4s8S24WMKGjLJJPTVJT3cEazFUVOXyzgq2KDB_TRDjqQziDFeah8bnE6HaZQg2zcb0STUpPYN/s233/location%20lost.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="216" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-jU5qeINziSE5oEgNSKOsfK4fLoNaZStnGbSsYUKNV6V3WeAIrJM32GlMcQOugRVu9R6xTv21smCeH4h6QopTUf-Ybh-udcOIBB6Uqcf2ig48gb4s8S24WMKGjLJJPTVJT3cEazFUVOXyzgq2KDB_TRDjqQziDFeah8bnE6HaZQg2zcb0STUpPYN/w371-h400/location%20lost.jpeg" width="371" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Because of bad weather, and because he was on somebody else's ship, John White couldn't go to Croatoan and see if the English colonists were there. Instead he returned to England and reported to others what he had found.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It was years before English people set off to search for the Lost Colony. They never found it.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It may be that English people had died at sea, without ever reaching the island of Croatoan; it may be that they did get there, and died from disease or starvation - or that most survived by intermarrying with Native people who lived on the island. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many hypotheses (guesses) but not a lot of evidence to show us what happened to Virginia Dare and the other members of the Lost Colony.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnCgkXPQdBt_XFng1e1P8nbrzXOy3yJuZaca3l6lOYtW3yIw04_azENEDH0jTg4SPmHOFBs4h9qpdBAsPBbwMt-A8RPwQTs2RUOILJo1dOaSN8D4H7ysUtMrSzcT34bMcGbuUB1oyZRLs/s1600/Lost+Colony+play.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnCgkXPQdBt_XFng1e1P8nbrzXOy3yJuZaca3l6lOYtW3yIw04_azENEDH0jTg4SPmHOFBs4h9qpdBAsPBbwMt-A8RPwQTs2RUOILJo1dOaSN8D4H7ysUtMrSzcT34bMcGbuUB1oyZRLs/s320/Lost+Colony+play.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">A play called <i>The Lost Colony</i> has been <br />performed in an outdoor theater on <br />Roanoke Island since 1937!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></span></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white;"><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-18-happy-birthday-margaret-mardy.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Birthday of the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement," Mardy Murie</a></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-18-happy-birthday-margaret-mardy.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-18-wilkes-expedition-sets-off.html" target="_blank"></a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF1ctLM9kPKM5Gp7GbDx5R5vp8Ex_1qpLnr4iOgWlK1P5DLB-bYtRXFwCVLWq92wAh0TCe6ld9PLUT-v3J0TAoRVAwBFEnV1tDZ2fG3qJ5K1qZqJYZKp1QMZpHXvc0hbdCwC5ELxWvC-kckpZWa5MHpMasXDvjh4gKGLZMueCp-z0cNHnBpejnhNx/s400/ex%20ex%20ant.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="400" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF1ctLM9kPKM5Gp7GbDx5R5vp8Ex_1qpLnr4iOgWlK1P5DLB-bYtRXFwCVLWq92wAh0TCe6ld9PLUT-v3J0TAoRVAwBFEnV1tDZ2fG3qJ5K1qZqJYZKp1QMZpHXvc0hbdCwC5ELxWvC-kckpZWa5MHpMasXDvjh4gKGLZMueCp-z0cNHnBpejnhNx/w200-h132/ex%20ex%20ant.jpeg" width="200" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-18-wilkes-expedition-sets-off.html" target="_blank">The anniversary of the Wilkes Expedition setting sail</a></span></b></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div></li></ul>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-89913204621311530832022-08-17T00:30:00.039-07:002022-08-17T09:33:23.023-07:00August 17 - Independence Day in Gabon<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 17, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 17, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8vXX84aNTH1K3d62k9wfQuxvugeWYEPEQqSg9CAM_R0-amdcldzFOlPZmv7SHSzKENpQLuI_n2MOkPRGrBuNzplu7bFfxqY1XsYFdzRBNV5vX5TSgCRsRwTn7bnhekLUwIYwJZJqhvo9IPm6sHbCUfOzpU-l7YLOAMNheg3_gOYWlwrsnE-4sK4M/s800/gabon-independence-day-august-waving-flag-vector-illustration-97485980.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8vXX84aNTH1K3d62k9wfQuxvugeWYEPEQqSg9CAM_R0-amdcldzFOlPZmv7SHSzKENpQLuI_n2MOkPRGrBuNzplu7bFfxqY1XsYFdzRBNV5vX5TSgCRsRwTn7bnhekLUwIYwJZJqhvo9IPm6sHbCUfOzpU-l7YLOAMNheg3_gOYWlwrsnE-4sK4M/w400-h400/gabon-independence-day-august-waving-flag-vector-illustration-97485980.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5321580799218073347" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytYgV4nTsfA5bdVEPXd2hk_yTihka2tSKRnnmQb5yLpitHFbMpQXxqshS3DOqiSsrZAuAjy5_vcQMEc2APgNa77Pu3uli1mXYY-Du5p-BHwTz7-jgEdV23vUzPgt-05YIJRaRunB5nvxJ/s1600/Gabon+beach.JPG" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytYgV4nTsfA5bdVEPXd2hk_yTihka2tSKRnnmQb5yLpitHFbMpQXxqshS3DOqiSsrZAuAjy5_vcQMEc2APgNa77Pu3uli1mXYY-Du5p-BHwTz7-jgEdV23vUzPgt-05YIJRaRunB5nvxJ/s320/Gabon+beach.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Gabon, which used to be a French colony, has been an </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">independent nation since this day in 1960. It is one of the most prosperous countries in African south of the Saharan Desert, because it has quite a few natural resources and a relatively small population.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Two things you might want to think about in connection with Gabon are:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">its tropical rainforests.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGPOKZREFzRbney9tEWX8Q5KQOoMsph00a-mltMA_M0JWZOv3Vu2tdxnWv3ZmymL77-E-egQARBqXB0UN_FVyRwujH-4BHG-PlaEYHir6blItF3swbqGCl42Z02fsCpv05AJ15fAePs3JUP9M1eN89UrGiWgQtJLd8CC0gjmGab-r0Fl5fvNNVRQb/s300/rainforests.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGPOKZREFzRbney9tEWX8Q5KQOoMsph00a-mltMA_M0JWZOv3Vu2tdxnWv3ZmymL77-E-egQARBqXB0UN_FVyRwujH-4BHG-PlaEYHir6blItF3swbqGCl42Z02fsCpv05AJ15fAePs3JUP9M1eN89UrGiWgQtJLd8CC0gjmGab-r0Fl5fvNNVRQb/w400-h224/rainforests.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">its elephants, who carve elephant trails through the tropical rainforests...and sometimes play at the beach!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQIZZtg3Ae0ao_-bgljh8t2G4pqQbaJbVJtaiDNhiShD4RuJJYCjGf9L5M1Y7GonQ4GIXC5D7KlwxSsZvONTRjeTx9NdsdOIi2nNmfu3_7vpHT2n3Z8T8Ar4nHeVvdKQVer-1Er2yQvAPn1q26bzkUsczVchAXf5sic7zh8o56XR7xfNVHs0nni_b/s299/elephant%20forests.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQIZZtg3Ae0ao_-bgljh8t2G4pqQbaJbVJtaiDNhiShD4RuJJYCjGf9L5M1Y7GonQ4GIXC5D7KlwxSsZvONTRjeTx9NdsdOIi2nNmfu3_7vpHT2n3Z8T8Ar4nHeVvdKQVer-1Er2yQvAPn1q26bzkUsczVchAXf5sic7zh8o56XR7xfNVHs0nni_b/w400-h225/elephant%20forests.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXHu5E9a4OdLIrdoSO8TNrE8f4n6-E1soCizOz9qjptdsSPKYoK67pCf-kSEbVZgNgbzpVaRDXak7VqVTEbuyBoSHYpz-kRPvkNe4OJqm6k9eup7J61nnHj07A_4EWp0w3onVO8a0AvUP97QTRFu8rPEWpiGHo7UQymYskapaqesB8mHvW8bcTv6w/s1024/beach.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1024" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXHu5E9a4OdLIrdoSO8TNrE8f4n6-E1soCizOz9qjptdsSPKYoK67pCf-kSEbVZgNgbzpVaRDXak7VqVTEbuyBoSHYpz-kRPvkNe4OJqm6k9eup7J61nnHj07A_4EWp0w3onVO8a0AvUP97QTRFu8rPEWpiGHo7UQymYskapaqesB8mHvW8bcTv6w/w400-h250/beach.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out this very short but truly lovely <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3M5050mwv4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>video</b></a> of Gabon.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUilVuGGFV1kRXwP6--H7j6M0Iz3GISoNUUrIUbSBqI9_PeKyJUVd4T3B9Wq26dRHt81jPpltHu4JaoKxpnAo7P-ivfWLstVbZzqTcdtGc012-EuGzJcYswNGp3ewnyW8ncJQDEeZ1lsvby9Pz4SKGnYZAD_FVkCXtyI-Ask2M8CP49dYkm4yZ6t5-/s275/three%20kids%20gabon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUilVuGGFV1kRXwP6--H7j6M0Iz3GISoNUUrIUbSBqI9_PeKyJUVd4T3B9Wq26dRHt81jPpltHu4JaoKxpnAo7P-ivfWLstVbZzqTcdtGc012-EuGzJcYswNGp3ewnyW8ncJQDEeZ1lsvby9Pz4SKGnYZAD_FVkCXtyI-Ask2M8CP49dYkm4yZ6t5-/w400-h266/three%20kids%20gabon.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGjR06qWtajlL7BXOd8vFiivtxwUc4HdHGrCjaQz4dGjD2BKhFTygr-FAmtCufmtNUDu1FFBcJoFuNQw4ERvXH8FyHbB0gYnYWrAyVZKE15YYFZdLubtSVn3Q_KGz1zfPdBmPJ8bvs4WW6_RjBK6dq4PrhxxtRO5EcqTFeyOKg8kScs-F0WvixPg1/s225/one%20kid%20gabon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGjR06qWtajlL7BXOd8vFiivtxwUc4HdHGrCjaQz4dGjD2BKhFTygr-FAmtCufmtNUDu1FFBcJoFuNQw4ERvXH8FyHbB0gYnYWrAyVZKE15YYFZdLubtSVn3Q_KGz1zfPdBmPJ8bvs4WW6_RjBK6dq4PrhxxtRO5EcqTFeyOKg8kScs-F0WvixPg1/w400-h400/one%20kid%20gabon.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Find out more about Gabon <a href="http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Gabon.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>here</b></a>.</span></span></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps1-n7bM8_nyYckoe3YP9FGYoUZpOPmKIzSyYYP2VnF3N8DYIZF2nmnxpavDLgxTUDIADkgJL287xT8_-MFfSHcEI7AfZ58Xyqh3RfR-aXVxIApA-5IhyphenhyphenqTktyngDtwnKDWsrWj0YgWA/s1600/fox+hunt+england.jpg" style="clear: left; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-17-black-cat-appreciation-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Black Cat Appreciation Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; 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color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="200" name="graphics224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRm3jvyQ7ux0W4qEE9PIwtOmw5QK0KmdXXx3CdP2LkYjW6LIU67avB2umnut3FmHcjwU2ds6DU85xbGkk-zwIH-tp9Rskkh9dcSDsaDU1XiNynNcKMg3jVuDvor3CmNcp0G6L8SxwGYTA/s200/is+what+it+is.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="196" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-17-meaning-of-is-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Meaning of “Is” Day</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; 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position: relative;" width="120" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-17-2012-happy-birthday-wrenches.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the patenting of a wrench</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Wom8VyrzJqm3uAmeSZvLtG07aSn20aFn-iFbuIuyQGEXIdwEc0VjpGew00s8qVF8HYvYPTMXORMEirbe0FYoafAAU8cibD0zzX7Rr0EQWpLX5-T7fhyphenhyphenW5JiuRCLgQrdMd3jKM3CyIJg/s1600/Teetor+autos.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="200" name="graphics331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Wom8VyrzJqm3uAmeSZvLtG07aSn20aFn-iFbuIuyQGEXIdwEc0VjpGew00s8qVF8HYvYPTMXORMEirbe0FYoafAAU8cibD0zzX7Rr0EQWpLX5-T7fhyphenhyphenW5JiuRCLgQrdMd3jKM3CyIJg/s200/Teetor+autos.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="145" /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2011/08/august-17-2011-happy-birthday-ralph.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inventor Ralph Teetor's birthday</span></a></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurZdYKwKYoB714xPigXNpiHDGBhGg2lh33Wsz2_rkhjCgWLO7XVZj7G7i0tEcZyLGjOLQfMNw04eeLRbIkXdk1-yTvfgNNZGmnfQj48MUAfDd2VWyYLPpSrLkYveflzP-9xXK1yPLolyn/s1600/love+baby+feet.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="215" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurZdYKwKYoB714xPigXNpiHDGBhGg2lh33Wsz2_rkhjCgWLO7XVZj7G7i0tEcZyLGjOLQfMNw04eeLRbIkXdk1-yTvfgNNZGmnfQj48MUAfDd2VWyYLPpSrLkYveflzP-9xXK1yPLolyn/s200/love+baby+feet.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-17-i-love-my-feet-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I Love My Feet Day</span></a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #333333; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcNAIlT1yTtIwByMD65SixzvHdXBDOMB8LH972gkrWxckdR8Ekt0f_TJwhS2263sHTBl7k02_nPQeVTI5ksUoTMEburhidtQ6p6sMsOKnAfxXMid7sCNMOeDA1T-LWPc8uq2hY416cGhP/s200/thrift+not+clothes.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-17-national-thrift-shop-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">National Thrift Shop Day</a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; 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color: #33aaff; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1353" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wI_BzSFA8-EvRep8uGsOZmm0CR2TPExk1jikD8lvZe6jBs75owZFVwCGQQ2NChk4v0zalUdQCmwq7XycGOls2aLDRdWk2AzMYW79vo0-B8sPA7j3hjyA6VeXY_bY6duboMgJhkHaT0Y/s200/artist+venus.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-17-extraordinary-journeys-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the first spacecraft to transmit data from the surface of another planet</span></a></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsEQKk6wyzKmg51juCi7jJXEuXRdwcqsYv3vWc02f3Thpq29luOU3_sqXgTwc_iM8mSfpj9XUZOi17tLYVbPRqgcIBR8gtfFZQx5JgYzVdzeZ6DY6DYeACfxzVXG5WE74aeu7PtNVF-8/s1600/arktika.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="586" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsEQKk6wyzKmg51juCi7jJXEuXRdwcqsYv3vWc02f3Thpq29luOU3_sqXgTwc_iM8mSfpj9XUZOi17tLYVbPRqgcIBR8gtfFZQx5JgYzVdzeZ6DY6DYeACfxzVXG5WE74aeu7PtNVF-8/s200/arktika.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="195" /></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-17-extraordinary-journeys-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the first ship to reach the North Pole</span></a></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FTdL5G22mzpO3elcWOqssRwFOfXksxeP0YNNVrxqp7-KA3Kmz2OHjh-0dSXmu2H1oFXLLX81eb9Nf5jfb3Ifr-MaySUFkwlGSj7jUNMWYq0F6R5xHOI00O-Us2I3peowtIyJuLqYvoE/s1600/Double-Eagle-II-Balloon-over-Dorset-17-Aug-78.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="740" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FTdL5G22mzpO3elcWOqssRwFOfXksxeP0YNNVrxqp7-KA3Kmz2OHjh-0dSXmu2H1oFXLLX81eb9Nf5jfb3Ifr-MaySUFkwlGSj7jUNMWYq0F6R5xHOI00O-Us2I3peowtIyJuLqYvoE/s200/Double-Eagle-II-Balloon-over-Dorset-17-Aug-78.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div><br /></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-17-extraordinary-journeys-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of the first balloon to cross the Atlantic</a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnObx8v3riaIUQMx8ZRoDqkCZwRzYuF3QjvfwUtVxCmMydooJJsPkxMbcMSPvOLOEL2oDPDKpHgBcJ5m35q9egjJjSfegqCX22TsuloWsZMdRQnXbJAb5Uu7_1cJ6QSb882olgSJUMW8/s1600/jules+verne.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #33aaff; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnObx8v3riaIUQMx8ZRoDqkCZwRzYuF3QjvfwUtVxCmMydooJJsPkxMbcMSPvOLOEL2oDPDKpHgBcJ5m35q9egjJjSfegqCX22TsuloWsZMdRQnXbJAb5Uu7_1cJ6QSb882olgSJUMW8/s200/jules+verne.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-17-extraordinary-journeys-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Extraordinary Journeys Day</span></a></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnyy4vWgSyF50ac8uP514h-M0lvitspYOPnyTfMUV_Nl20f-SLZomPXv9av3gW7GRjXZ3SHvrxRj5wxREo1O0LqQM4-EupEP88vkqsAFLKqdro577tEoG1LTzD0ezd6iYXWX2eUxqjuc/s1600/two+flags.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnyy4vWgSyF50ac8uP514h-M0lvitspYOPnyTfMUV_Nl20f-SLZomPXv9av3gW7GRjXZ3SHvrxRj5wxREo1O0LqQM4-EupEP88vkqsAFLKqdro577tEoG1LTzD0ezd6iYXWX2eUxqjuc/s200/two+flags.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-17-flag-day-in-bolivia-and.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flag Day in Bolivia</span></a></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mg__TDAuv1qB1JsxakELD8PxRLQDAbPJRF-sULHMpFOm0e1_k_HwzX3Z1kRXSG9ljwzqPe90WliX0Wp6D2SVG9kITxPqvsteba_g_JvyP7jbUDMdiMoR_436Q-X3Y64-_yZyBHkLvr8/s1600/difference.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="700" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mg__TDAuv1qB1JsxakELD8PxRLQDAbPJRF-sULHMpFOm0e1_k_HwzX3Z1kRXSG9ljwzqPe90WliX0Wp6D2SVG9kITxPqvsteba_g_JvyP7jbUDMdiMoR_436Q-X3Y64-_yZyBHkLvr8/s200/difference.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-17-flag-day-in-bolivia-and.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flag Day in Indonesia</span></a></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-17-baby-boomers-recognition-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-17-baby-boomers-recognition-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAloVb1Zm0nOHz7hya_VCGtI9T5fiz2GFWGkBCDDKfho17t45tY5hITpQk0FiVH1s_4xvdk33botsdjnaKewpO-4z8jqBocGl-f0TaDN6cAjHIXUXw1lpMQFQr7sC4Eh2eVAtEHGrQ5JE/s245/ok+boomer.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="245" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAloVb1Zm0nOHz7hya_VCGtI9T5fiz2GFWGkBCDDKfho17t45tY5hITpQk0FiVH1s_4xvdk33botsdjnaKewpO-4z8jqBocGl-f0TaDN6cAjHIXUXw1lpMQFQr7sC4Eh2eVAtEHGrQ5JE/w200-h168/ok+boomer.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-17-baby-boomers-recognition-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Baby Boomers Recognition Day</a></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"></span></p></span></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></div></span></h3><h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-17-indonesias-national-day.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-17-indonesias-national-day.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLm4s9O-DYt8vNx0szNSj40ABtphgXeeTPoORmBfzz77M7XcNraSGe6cVKiLVTB-wE8rFcGrUKwKV3L0N7l-c04ikYO2FvqzX55oIm2IaAybsAwL1TkqaMkxSIbw61q3aOFIpxgxUQRwvRHBGV2n-5vaEsKVOWVvt1WaBpZFrYxAmgmfYkLqBcOAO_/s399/parade%20indonesia.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="399" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLm4s9O-DYt8vNx0szNSj40ABtphgXeeTPoORmBfzz77M7XcNraSGe6cVKiLVTB-wE8rFcGrUKwKV3L0N7l-c04ikYO2FvqzX55oIm2IaAybsAwL1TkqaMkxSIbw61q3aOFIpxgxUQRwvRHBGV2n-5vaEsKVOWVvt1WaBpZFrYxAmgmfYkLqBcOAO_/w200-h136/parade%20indonesia.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-17-indonesias-national-day.html" target="_blank">Indonesia's National Day</a></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-29744923763488814562022-08-16T00:30:00.043-07:002022-08-16T09:31:49.486-07:00August 16 - International Wave at Surveillance Day<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;">Posted on August 16, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 16, 2020:</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3834181701976825527" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1laZtKk8ZFYM-XlhEAddF11a2urYM4sCjgn2wwF3ftieK1oUgmCJIWvmh9visF4HW11o5W52ZS9ttMzKo_amJ457Dv8vc_zjLBEES-LOQLg4RVwVjTpKwp4LjSk7eEFQqlvKWfKGDTU/s1600/kids+waving.jpg" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1laZtKk8ZFYM-XlhEAddF11a2urYM4sCjgn2wwF3ftieK1oUgmCJIWvmh9visF4HW11o5W52ZS9ttMzKo_amJ457Dv8vc_zjLBEES-LOQLg4RVwVjTpKwp4LjSk7eEFQqlvKWfKGDTU/s400/kids+waving.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Get up in the morning, wave at your computer (if it's on, and if the camera isn't covered, like Mark Zuckerberg's is). (Zuck is the founder of Facebook. He also covers his computer's mic.)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MUkfvqvhSTVdlPCG4aZm_bwN4-29bKbg7L9D34-azeMGdwNf6ucuSwxdjvYX6i01FNwpHzQkgq-Qug7PNTmnx6HDY8QccSsAPNSKZBRw3N3Ty8t6zeKeHIBvQ7Qd0PR3Q_n6tDYgN1Y/s1600/sec+cam.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MUkfvqvhSTVdlPCG4aZm_bwN4-29bKbg7L9D34-azeMGdwNf6ucuSwxdjvYX6i01FNwpHzQkgq-Qug7PNTmnx6HDY8QccSsAPNSKZBRw3N3Ty8t6zeKeHIBvQ7Qd0PR3Q_n6tDYgN1Y/s1600/sec+cam.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">If you go somewhere, wave at every traffic cam and business or home security camera you come across.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">For sure, if you see a drone, wave at it!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQR75WB_JLK5EdUwUPf0-muxbnhK_N0Zal1tYlq6ALuEU07KvqWOUnzeW5EWMNT8jhF5dCNtBe4K6LaO7RpooaS1YKbVRlxZJ0m8v6jwHyZ2wfEj1fzQUgMsrtJcQK2kgmFoYjQg6Nas/s1600/wave+at+cameras.jpg" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQR75WB_JLK5EdUwUPf0-muxbnhK_N0Zal1tYlq6ALuEU07KvqWOUnzeW5EWMNT8jhF5dCNtBe4K6LaO7RpooaS1YKbVRlxZJ0m8v6jwHyZ2wfEj1fzQUgMsrtJcQK2kgmFoYjQg6Nas/s400/wave+at+cameras.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">And discuss, discuss, discuss: We in modern society are surveilled, filmed, and photographed way - way - way more than anyone who has ever lived before. Is that good? Bad? Mixed? Are we safer, or are we in more danger than ever before? Who - if anybody - is watching the countless hours of footage, and with what motivation? Our phones already "track" where we go - who uses that data, when, and why?<br /><br />Who is watching the watchers?</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Waving at surveillance cameras may make a sarcastic point, but it also brings awareness of those cameras, which are often subtle and little noticed.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooOgdgE4W-7oH5qmjoQBXojpDDOg5J5NHlxiELa1kdf_xHzc1R7jCt_bLBcEwR82usnYrhJ5L5DsFKMK6KoM9C-kiAYJGOFrJhBiPCK0B5OnjgnkhSCWjIu-KuzIn1CEfKtts5sVE6qc/s1600/traffic+cam.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #336699; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1024" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooOgdgE4W-7oH5qmjoQBXojpDDOg5J5NHlxiELa1kdf_xHzc1R7jCt_bLBcEwR82usnYrhJ5L5DsFKMK6KoM9C-kiAYJGOFrJhBiPCK0B5OnjgnkhSCWjIu-KuzIn1CEfKtts5sVE6qc/s640/traffic+cam.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCW0ANNY7vKIaZ6otPFUWtq8cFC5y53JbKDH4D4F0K-OCChKoVHDrAj8goYSXR0c5JN4xyobjUGoHS3K9gx1eyR8b9giPMgvCuIiId07TTmCjBFwHLYs81HyYPw8ni1v0Ppv5EP_GPr-4/s1600/masks.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #336699; float: right; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCW0ANNY7vKIaZ6otPFUWtq8cFC5y53JbKDH4D4F0K-OCChKoVHDrAj8goYSXR0c5JN4xyobjUGoHS3K9gx1eyR8b9giPMgvCuIiId07TTmCjBFwHLYs81HyYPw8ni1v0Ppv5EP_GPr-4/s320/masks.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">There are no simple answers. But for now, it's worth noting that facial recognition software is a lot less powerful with people who are wearing masks!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><center style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 642px;"><colgroup><col width="642"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td width="642"><div align="CENTER"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></center><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYq2lI7NB03awoBmNs6ZxVbqDqqVK1QIX1A7LupdDkh3vSvKITm46L895mt8OWAeiUw6F_p0v3DbWsMIGxEl6G_KTA3lzqwBfZi-Pbbq5dUICRCq6VZHRqWldOyaMtTNWfWJhwTU2Gxp8/s1600/cymatics+water.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="142" name="graphics1221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYq2lI7NB03awoBmNs6ZxVbqDqqVK1QIX1A7LupdDkh3vSvKITm46L895mt8OWAeiUw6F_p0v3DbWsMIGxEl6G_KTA3lzqwBfZi-Pbbq5dUICRCq6VZHRqWldOyaMtTNWfWJhwTU2Gxp8/s200/cymatics+water.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-16-happy-birthday-hans-jenny.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Birthday of the Father of Cymatics, Hans Jenny</a> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tO9la8jOe_B8AWlWLC3xkZ4ogJ-38nyoWx8UFmXK9uNycchEW3nYXq9VfoZTGsQfSmYM4FTD1zFRWSSJI91nEgTilizyF84kqte8OK83P5DTraznltUqeW1CZnWgsxaJ83Pwo7xMhvE/s1600/joe+miller+jests.png" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tO9la8jOe_B8AWlWLC3xkZ4ogJ-38nyoWx8UFmXK9uNycchEW3nYXq9VfoZTGsQfSmYM4FTD1zFRWSSJI91nEgTilizyF84kqte8OK83P5DTraznltUqeW1CZnWgsxaJ83Pwo7xMhvE/s1600/joe+miller+jests.png" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tO9la8jOe_B8AWlWLC3xkZ4ogJ-38nyoWx8UFmXK9uNycchEW3nYXq9VfoZTGsQfSmYM4FTD1zFRWSSJI91nEgTilizyF84kqte8OK83P5DTraznltUqeW1CZnWgsxaJ83Pwo7xMhvE/s1600/joe+miller+jests.png" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="200" name="graphics222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tO9la8jOe_B8AWlWLC3xkZ4ogJ-38nyoWx8UFmXK9uNycchEW3nYXq9VfoZTGsQfSmYM4FTD1zFRWSSJI91nEgTilizyF84kqte8OK83P5DTraznltUqeW1CZnWgsxaJ83Pwo7xMhvE/s200/joe+miller+jests.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="107" /></span></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-16-joe-millers-joke-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joe Miller's Joke Day</span></span></a></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbS9hcoq0sbpz1fK48ZNvxPWa6bFOOgrti1ofdwnFL2p-4l8KyLISl6alha8pI5M-fe7ZDVYiXIT3VLjw59BsjrFRIDDc0-v1ZY2MNyHbXdtG0pLnI2vRTc3zsfrfSNCW_jJZY3mkklE/s1600/gonzaga.png" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="165" name="graphics223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbS9hcoq0sbpz1fK48ZNvxPWa6bFOOgrti1ofdwnFL2p-4l8KyLISl6alha8pI5M-fe7ZDVYiXIT3VLjw59BsjrFRIDDc0-v1ZY2MNyHbXdtG0pLnI2vRTc3zsfrfSNCW_jJZY3mkklE/s1600/gonzaga.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></span></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-16-2012-anniversary-of-overthrow.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of an overthrow</span></span></a></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVsq3CFGXLW7CHBk5ArduKPrUAFk2k0Zxg8hnehzJFrt_h26ieLfk1TWCEzzXu4FTMTeCN_qmrT4ZC1DJFX6KEpucW1bZ8_eZUZL7xntZX55aIRy0zVwDGT80LUz9K4NgNHHQkC9_NM3b/s1600/canon.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVsq3CFGXLW7CHBk5ArduKPrUAFk2k0Zxg8hnehzJFrt_h26ieLfk1TWCEzzXu4FTMTeCN_qmrT4ZC1DJFX6KEpucW1bZ8_eZUZL7xntZX55aIRy0zVwDGT80LUz9K4NgNHHQkC9_NM3b/s200/canon.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-16-bennington-battle-day-in.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bennington Battle Day in Vermont</span></a></b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa1JZl2Slme2OZaK7ECSCnSylnnYnrfAn_Nf-BqgZG8gnP6KSjpvmwkXjBPKid2VvaQTdCNusxJU8zNSJiQU60Dk-p5TZ9tpqqYGJo6B3Oy2D8yEWw4cy_HxL_l1A4qYQ_EnhxumWu7R_/s1600/hut+beach+dominican.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa1JZl2Slme2OZaK7ECSCnSylnnYnrfAn_Nf-BqgZG8gnP6KSjpvmwkXjBPKid2VvaQTdCNusxJU8zNSJiQU60Dk-p5TZ9tpqqYGJo6B3Oy2D8yEWw4cy_HxL_l1A4qYQ_EnhxumWu7R_/s200/hut+beach+dominican.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-16-restoration-of-independence.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Restoration of Independence in the Dominican Republic</a></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2F5VEnFkWPnXt5zKvsBFuWXxL4RJKx630BMPvQYQ2A84WN_4gH_DnXrLIj0kqB9IYxAjJGtr5kO_s4bw2__aaCGgJXNye_4CvmFjt-yac0Z48FZuuf1vjUb_NGWzNrvNjBG_6kN6spc/s1600/another+pal+week.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2F5VEnFkWPnXt5zKvsBFuWXxL4RJKx630BMPvQYQ2A84WN_4gH_DnXrLIj0kqB9IYxAjJGtr5kO_s4bw2__aaCGgJXNye_4CvmFjt-yac0Z48FZuuf1vjUb_NGWzNrvNjBG_6kN6spc/s200/another+pal+week.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-16-palindrome-week.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of Palindrome Week</span></a></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5boF3dMfaM4q0V0-1aCu_lgQYmb6r4Wxk5sI3fDGzcTmJGYsxAfIgeQgW7swqYgaA72tO6PCxLApZygNTHyBrMubJSg6uSxXenlaaqXF1J9_AoZRRVwPd_K-gSYuuy8jjna5zg4kQXeY/s1600/para+kids.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5boF3dMfaM4q0V0-1aCu_lgQYmb6r4Wxk5sI3fDGzcTmJGYsxAfIgeQgW7swqYgaA72tO6PCxLApZygNTHyBrMubJSg6uSxXenlaaqXF1J9_AoZRRVwPd_K-gSYuuy8jjna5zg4kQXeY/s200/para+kids.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b><span style="color: black;"><div style="font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-16-childrens-day-in-paraguay.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children's Day in Paraguay</span></a></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"></div></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-16-klondike-gold-rush.html" target="_blank"></a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYz4ngM1xBxyqRiFqBO5kCHicx9_5Dy4s1gr7oXS2P5uAscfPSzr-HPFXmvG1RUHWqIv4nVnGEN1pIa_mwlgwF3quIL6iil4G8FZjMaRovLSTxar-_mVOFLpTqGL61_lfQgrE_tPFeomH3et8Ac7JmYxKyKhKK5w9xiB7zchR3OJbgU-ryXAeW3Cm/s400/panning.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYz4ngM1xBxyqRiFqBO5kCHicx9_5Dy4s1gr7oXS2P5uAscfPSzr-HPFXmvG1RUHWqIv4nVnGEN1pIa_mwlgwF3quIL6iil4G8FZjMaRovLSTxar-_mVOFLpTqGL61_lfQgrE_tPFeomH3et8Ac7JmYxKyKhKK5w9xiB7zchR3OJbgU-ryXAeW3Cm/w200-h113/panning.jpeg" width="200" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-16-klondike-gold-rush.html" target="_blank">Anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush</a></span></b></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-41283811361076582142022-08-14T00:30:00.106-07:002022-08-14T11:28:12.668-07:00August 14 - Honey Spas in Russia and Ukraine<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Posted on August 14, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 14, 2011:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3DZymGskK9LJkFFPQhujZ70OMBa_juwxIOpokzhz0t9Lcr4Ckl7twXf0m-_EJUpEe2Vlq_LlctjWEN_Cr_ZVCCIl4iBMKloaZGkYAmIOVurDrl6gR2E5PFJzCsiGfwV7_Gu2lRT1-_p7rSJASW7WsnNjeheA9jUNJdT3XRU8rX5BUjevYme855fH/s700/honey%20spas.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3DZymGskK9LJkFFPQhujZ70OMBa_juwxIOpokzhz0t9Lcr4Ckl7twXf0m-_EJUpEe2Vlq_LlctjWEN_Cr_ZVCCIl4iBMKloaZGkYAmIOVurDrl6gR2E5PFJzCsiGfwV7_Gu2lRT1-_p7rSJASW7WsnNjeheA9jUNJdT3XRU8rX5BUjevYme855fH/w400-h266/honey%20spas.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6205289632598903907" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; break-before: page; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">As always, since the wrongful invasion of Ukraine by the Russian government under Vladimir Putin in February of this year (2022), I want to emphasize that talking about Russian people and Russian culture is difficult, right now - I stand emphatically with Ukraine! - but many of the Russian people are innocent of wrong doing and as against the war as most of the rest of the world is. Note that one of the many overlaps between Russian and Ukrainian culture is this holiday!!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Traditionally, "Honey Spas" is the day on which Russian people gather honey and have it blessed in the church, and then (of course) enjoy eating the honey!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5r63uoTxg9q3uh9nY7yCJv2DD34SNVy9DiVNO_sjc7vm8UtTnp2wC0RPxe66TQyeZsqMDLGdO7UHuSEEseFYGKlWcaNv2aoDMH7R5gjAetNJva1wEMAwh8NQ94E69N9j9-8R7qJJXCrE_uTeuEM3Z1OybhuB_El42_JeG_-rBcbXLJ0tzT65da6wK/s750/honey.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5r63uoTxg9q3uh9nY7yCJv2DD34SNVy9DiVNO_sjc7vm8UtTnp2wC0RPxe66TQyeZsqMDLGdO7UHuSEEseFYGKlWcaNv2aoDMH7R5gjAetNJva1wEMAwh8NQ94E69N9j9-8R7qJJXCrE_uTeuEM3Z1OybhuB_El42_JeG_-rBcbXLJ0tzT65da6wK/w400-h266/honey.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Why this day? The story goes that on August 14, swallows fly away for the winter. Vacant swallow nests resemble honeycombs, and so this date also marks the beginning of the honey harvest.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It seems to me quite early to be talking about the end of summer, the beginning of fall, and the harvest season. Here in Southern California, it will probably be warm-to-hot until mid-October. Or later! However, much of Russia is at relatively high latitudes and far inland, away from the ocean's temperature-moderating effect.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">At any rate, I love a good excuse to eat honey! <a href="http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-recipe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Here</b></a> is a recipe website.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe2kXYCNDTGmoORPKRLt7T3AXBuxUYFmIumLsNmA-QSgDRHGwH8l5AsqsShFkq1g-kKSei9bSUWPT3ZFv--ST6E3EHgNY2SXwvpGQpZwwoW2-ojDePQV4O05KNdCI8bslGVhLThleSun1xqNrtYKWFo4lv1xPi7O-OkckrftYja_0Of_pDb78iJZ6/s225/baklava.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe2kXYCNDTGmoORPKRLt7T3AXBuxUYFmIumLsNmA-QSgDRHGwH8l5AsqsShFkq1g-kKSei9bSUWPT3ZFv--ST6E3EHgNY2SXwvpGQpZwwoW2-ojDePQV4O05KNdCI8bslGVhLThleSun1xqNrtYKWFo4lv1xPi7O-OkckrftYja_0Of_pDb78iJZ6/w400-h400/baklava.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif">Learn how bees make honey with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZlEjDLJCmg" target="_blank">this simple video</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif">.<br /><br /></span></span></li></ul><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif">Learn how we harvest the bees' honey with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT6IQx26eHk&feature=related" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>another short video</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif">.</span></span></li></ul><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration-line: none;">Shop Online for Groceries Day</a><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-pa0LFH4huDRT4pZzKMNdbP93IUoQCHvJWUpkxW4WH5vZjNfuSj9pwb8NeX1E3zEKtwtUroUNE9JOnXZ8cJJDBLGzW2n4FD1uBvz0M2EnLRh80LLZJSTAFsmo7SRHAbCmzF2hyj2pssf/s1600/towers+church.jpg" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-pa0LFH4huDRT4pZzKMNdbP93IUoQCHvJWUpkxW4WH5vZjNfuSj9pwb8NeX1E3zEKtwtUroUNE9JOnXZ8cJJDBLGzW2n4FD1uBvz0M2EnLRh80LLZJSTAFsmo7SRHAbCmzF2hyj2pssf/s1600/towers+church.jpg" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span></span><b><br /><span style="color: #004c99;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; 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text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of the start AND finish of a very long, very tall construction project</span></a></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3XnOUDle-xef7SlQYc1RjwAfMPY9BBdDv1iKKvVb6hrv8_NKE6h_qFGHAeVa9rVlj6PJZ8vum_PRY4N8ScWDj3ZTtpcSYJOJwAai2cO2bRa7GMkM1CIs6fB50YWoghCNUk6Rjh5Quahb/s1600/mainz+psalter.jpg" style="clear: left; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKEmStLLxbxTZ-daMM4zcJN21Vye9EC2SpoFDGbqhSVKMmolW2LFuwGncRDfUpOm0AkZ-okClPCVAPf8gqYYQk2tDxgjccE3i_LZSLCPRKh8IfxZtLNmxHxB00eItyRbq1RF9ya4EhrsgnihU28J-MXCsB-w2l_o7xJ9moaV31crukSfiIuwPkdcF/w150-h200/nav%20code%20talk%20memorial.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><br /> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-14-2012-national-navajo-code.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Navajo Code Talkers</span></a></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbXTa5qWCX7DJt97y5YdpBmKd8H-vtCWRagLfeWA_YltwpErVM15jmZVfBE2bC3vpgx-PKmbfvAdnHnIYEQUB-AGn9KnNRKijnqsSmfxz9V4IdsmnJK9c5m6QB-N4XIIi1CaqcmxnA0xN/s1600/nav+code+talk+memorial.jpeg" style="background-color: white; 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color: #336699; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; 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color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="150" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-10-palindrome-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of Palindrome Day (8-14-18</a>)</span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /><br /></span></b><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wteg6AEjfH-n9foquyf0eeplJNfkK8oPPdEwzXF9tNALKHMyHOT3nVjbe0eyS0XJK3a3LW4FD8kGbPjvowKkhmMFPAbxRq5RByLaZsOKVEhVaqjk4x4nqGY9r1CGXZRbqG-vI9JySKM/s1600/peace.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #33aaff; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="373" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wteg6AEjfH-n9foquyf0eeplJNfkK8oPPdEwzXF9tNALKHMyHOT3nVjbe0eyS0XJK3a3LW4FD8kGbPjvowKkhmMFPAbxRq5RByLaZsOKVEhVaqjk4x4nqGY9r1CGXZRbqG-vI9JySKM/s200/peace.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="178" /></span></a></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-14-v-j-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">V-J Day</span></a></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-54606277196622816142022-08-13T00:30:00.063-07:002022-08-13T00:30:00.184-07:00August 13 - Happy Birthday, Annie Oakley<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;">Posted on August 13, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 13, 2011:</span></p><div class="post-header" style="color: #999999; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4493376055693162745" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAn68h9eKJCFakwbX9N0OaSlKhokZWkmzsT05KA2USDeY9J7EuSUJYz99x9nStinImDW7MoCgdTx-l6G_1WlCFJWciqJjfNR-ARRfgnIFn8yCC6OtpLShgXqs1Mj7J1V5ybDxdlunArk/s1600/Miss-Annie-Oakley-peerless-wing-shot.jpg" style="color: #336699; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAn68h9eKJCFakwbX9N0OaSlKhokZWkmzsT05KA2USDeY9J7EuSUJYz99x9nStinImDW7MoCgdTx-l6G_1WlCFJWciqJjfNR-ARRfgnIFn8yCC6OtpLShgXqs1Mj7J1V5ybDxdlunArk/w264-h400/Miss-Annie-Oakley-peerless-wing-shot.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="264" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">She was perhaps the world's greatest female sharp-shooter and America's first female superstar!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">She could repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it hit the ground.</span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">From 90 feet away!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Born on this day in 1860, in a little cabin in Ohio, Annie Oakley's real name was Phoebe Ann Mosey. Her family was quite poor because Oakley's father died, and Oakley started to hunt with a rifle for food at age 8. (She began trapping for food even younger.) She didn't get much education, and at age 9 she was “bound out” to family who promised to give her 15 cents a week plus an education in exchange for babysitting services. The family broke this promise and kept Oakley in near slavery for two years, heaping mental and physical abuse on the girl. I'm not sure how Oakley escaped, but when she did, she went back to hunting for her mother and sibling, and she sold the excess meat to restaurants for money. By the time Oakley was 15, she had helped her mother pay off her mortgage.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">People in Ohio began to realize what a good shot Oakley was. A hotel owner arranged a shooting match between Oakley and a male show marksman named Francis Butler. Butler lost the competition, lost the $100 he had bet (worth about $2000 today)—but he won something far more important: He courted and wed Oakley!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8W47fJ8lWn53bTobHOEn6jrOOYyT_rYK1EN09swXBiBwDWzaccP5S9d7y0ZDXZVYcjRAvMyoMAUtMLRInNy1a-3bYuhRjThxyETscpvGG0c9Af9UAwPn3INbRT0Uwavj4RkKEbjyaeCw/s1600/250px-Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8W47fJ8lWn53bTobHOEn6jrOOYyT_rYK1EN09swXBiBwDWzaccP5S9d7y0ZDXZVYcjRAvMyoMAUtMLRInNy1a-3bYuhRjThxyETscpvGG0c9Af9UAwPn3INbRT0Uwavj4RkKEbjyaeCw/s320/250px-Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="219" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though Annie Oakley was only five feet tall, Buffalo Bill Cody hired her for his popular Wild West show. That's how, at age 25, she became popular and famous. She performed all over and even toured Europe with the show. She met Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The latter was so impressed with Oakley's aim that he asked her to knock the ash off his cigarette with a bullet, and she successfully did the stunt.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">(People later thought, oh, wow, if ONLY she had missed and hit the Kaiser, World War I would never have happened! After the outbreak of the war, Oakley sent a letter to the Kaiser requesting a second shot. He did not reply.)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqqFbis1AXDjfwKr_km_Ko1fxTLvhD_5s3ul4n6hcmqcYPmdd1ciKXMHnZU55q5ikOSwQ6uJSYeR0Z6DkZYfg1WB293FHrydQUDw31DUU4bUx8fytbya8K8Jm2fkXUuuVdO5KBFYU44yiWnx090fXeJwoqdW7uzoxBzMi2TvUEox6VZCpno4zgJFO/s259/medals.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqqFbis1AXDjfwKr_km_Ko1fxTLvhD_5s3ul4n6hcmqcYPmdd1ciKXMHnZU55q5ikOSwQ6uJSYeR0Z6DkZYfg1WB293FHrydQUDw31DUU4bUx8fytbya8K8Jm2fkXUuuVdO5KBFYU44yiWnx090fXeJwoqdW7uzoxBzMi2TvUEox6VZCpno4zgJFO/w300-h400/medals.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Historians estimate that Oakley taught more than 15,000 women how to use a gun. She believed it was important for women to learn to shoot to defend themselves. Before the Spanish-American War broke out, Oakley wrote to President William McKinley offering the government the services of herself and 49 other “lady sharpshooters” if the war did occur. She promised that they would provide their own arms and ammunition. McKinley did not accept the offer.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrg_N7FYhn4EYPaQ5t_uTup49F7vqY_3y8xb2OvLuip_-OPIAzDJvYIIpHeVhJJXmCB1k1M3l_05LX0yyqojDUbhw5hvvjDx25nvwBpgcYEu5A0Tw5e3I1gl46PIdDgbh_gR2kKLYklekmfsw19xxP9ogzIU1x3uYjoPhMJfLnvdO4rZKDhZ37Wqc/s1063/target.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrg_N7FYhn4EYPaQ5t_uTup49F7vqY_3y8xb2OvLuip_-OPIAzDJvYIIpHeVhJJXmCB1k1M3l_05LX0yyqojDUbhw5hvvjDx25nvwBpgcYEu5A0Tw5e3I1gl46PIdDgbh_gR2kKLYklekmfsw19xxP9ogzIU1x3uYjoPhMJfLnvdO4rZKDhZ37Wqc/w444-h640/target.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1901, Oakley was badly injured in a train wreck. Much later, in 1922, Oakley was in a bad automobile accident. Both times she worked hard to recover and got back to performing and setting records. Having to come back from injury (she had to have FIVE back surgeries!) only made Annie Oakley more of a legend to her adoring fans.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Another event from Oakley's life is that a burlesque performer who was arrested for stealing to support her cocaine habit told Chicago police that she was Annie Oakley. The newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst published the false story, and other newspapers picked up the “news” and printed stories of their own about the incident. The real Annie Oakley spent six years with 55 libel lawsuits against these falsehoods. Most newspaper publishers quickly realized that the story was incorrect, and they immediately retracted it and apologized to Oakley. However, Hearst didn't do that. He figured, if he had admitted his story was wrong, he would be liable for court judgements (estimated to be around $20,000, which today would equal about $300,000). So he sent an investigator all around to dig up some “dirt” – or at least some gossip that would tarnish Oakley's reputation. The investigator came up empty, and Oakley won 54 out of the 55 libel suits!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7eZetbqmBjTEg2XPvNB_aKp92IaC3r8yuZPg1wEaaZO5A8HqYDSpa10f5-D9ajr5IIJbJH86r8_2U-dRgrINzfeg3r7x2qEXtrCmy7NhoqBN7FnTb6qIB_jdTJhcCg9FGt7wyEdL7eqMiZ6w8oBuHZO2AE9NtvnVUQjPHwe-3A6Fxy4cP3MawZTm/s1000/lots%20of%20newspapers.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1000" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7eZetbqmBjTEg2XPvNB_aKp92IaC3r8yuZPg1wEaaZO5A8HqYDSpa10f5-D9ajr5IIJbJH86r8_2U-dRgrINzfeg3r7x2qEXtrCmy7NhoqBN7FnTb6qIB_jdTJhcCg9FGt7wyEdL7eqMiZ6w8oBuHZO2AE9NtvnVUQjPHwe-3A6Fxy4cP3MawZTm/w640-h380/lots%20of%20newspapers.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Above, some of the inaccurate headlines.<br />Below, an example of a retraction.<br /><br />By the way, the word "Negro" appears in<br />some of these old-time headlines, but it<br />is now offensive to many Black people and<br />therefore almost never used nowadays.<br /><br />Use, instead, <i>African American</i> or <i>Black</i>.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmdKkL7lamohYK0Bl5DRxBe-M3le_0ylqRUAmjnnHecGVl5ulirqY9rSNWtKgSKuHN6F0Hi5h-yM-dmDRFBg-MxLZMLfL0ktUk4yUYY8CoW81dLlj4LdFf5mEjB7sNG_M1cyWc6jOHuWTMnu89odyQXTovqBMLZas5SBjpkzGwFzXLvkpMEmOgKmv/s1000/not%20annie.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="1000" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmdKkL7lamohYK0Bl5DRxBe-M3le_0ylqRUAmjnnHecGVl5ulirqY9rSNWtKgSKuHN6F0Hi5h-yM-dmDRFBg-MxLZMLfL0ktUk4yUYY8CoW81dLlj4LdFf5mEjB7sNG_M1cyWc6jOHuWTMnu89odyQXTovqBMLZas5SBjpkzGwFzXLvkpMEmOgKmv/w400-h214/not%20annie.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">Oakley paid more in court fees than she collected in judgements, but she felt that her restored reputation were worth the loss of time and money.</span><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfg8x0drquqkTl66XGi-OIhx0rcFAfdbC2X14CTahss1wn33HXvNgyoVpngSo2VcURHQGianO6n9-UIcGsSo3-nb7wtNah-7w44J135jHdoPseY0P6roF__U8PkogHAP7bxZ1Lo0PL2E/s1600/Annie-Oakley--630x420.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="630" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfg8x0drquqkTl66XGi-OIhx0rcFAfdbC2X14CTahss1wn33HXvNgyoVpngSo2VcURHQGianO6n9-UIcGsSo3-nb7wtNah-7w44J135jHdoPseY0P6roF__U8PkogHAP7bxZ1Lo0PL2E/s320/Annie-Oakley--630x420.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">In her 60s, Annie Oakley continued to set records. She also donated money and her efforts to women's rights and other important causes. She supported individual women who she met and felt were worthy of financial aid. When she died at age 66, from pernicious anemia, her husband Francis Butler was so depressed that he quit eating and died just 18 days later.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"></div></div><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></span></h3><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; 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color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-13-acrobat-crowned-king-of.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of an acrobat being crowned King of Albania?</a></b><br /></span></h3><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWzEnwftWhSCs-9IOmRos1SzQGaJI1y21FxhOANSIGkqC4fSSJTrXXmjXNvWjbatcLKZ7adzWsmMtcRjqYaw6O2fmehbDG-e3QbChg07YZcwHbRSiJywskKcJf25mfi-sQ2pNeb6tepE/s1600/moct+emp.png" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="245" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWzEnwftWhSCs-9IOmRos1SzQGaJI1y21FxhOANSIGkqC4fSSJTrXXmjXNvWjbatcLKZ7adzWsmMtcRjqYaw6O2fmehbDG-e3QbChg07YZcwHbRSiJywskKcJf25mfi-sQ2pNeb6tepE/s200/moct+emp.png" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="115" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-13-empire-is-conquered.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of the Aztec Empire being conquered by Spaniards</a></b><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-13-honoring-margaret-tafoya.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EFRyRl7jVjkBx6ZA3tg1I3JS_wDLQy9SaddqndfFrHACcm1S6JMoh_4YgBvGD3x48QZ-3l5LZVKq76_4eAbNCPYfKl06oxSfI14VrKBtTgkbs0zoDMklO2aunt1y6RgbMfVURg4_ECA/s300/Photo_of_Margaret_Tafoya.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="211" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EFRyRl7jVjkBx6ZA3tg1I3JS_wDLQy9SaddqndfFrHACcm1S6JMoh_4YgBvGD3x48QZ-3l5LZVKq76_4eAbNCPYfKl06oxSfI14VrKBtTgkbs0zoDMklO2aunt1y6RgbMfVURg4_ECA/w141-h200/Photo_of_Margaret_Tafoya.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="141" /></span></a></b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-13-honoring-margaret-tafoya.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Birthday of artist Margaret Tafoya</a></span></span></b></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-13-international-left-handers-day.html" target="_blank"></a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRtETvG8oGJcVIhmkuXAxhAFC_pql6ib-mCaNBanCazC9_4pm0AwB9alFGlr_h-Rd6MMStCO3_53wF-_IyVWhBXWzO7wz60VmVTZostm1ypGcTIu6sUHN2QF4UJlHLM28biuBNQEtIB4/s1600/middle+child+day+card+funny.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRtETvG8oGJcVIhmkuXAxhAFC_pql6ib-mCaNBanCazC9_4pm0AwB9alFGlr_h-Rd6MMStCO3_53wF-_IyVWhBXWzO7wz60VmVTZostm1ypGcTIu6sUHN2QF4UJlHLM28biuBNQEtIB4/s1600/middle+child+day+card+funny.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a></div><div style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-12-national-middle-child-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Middle Child Day</span></a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(2nd Saturday in August)</span></b></span></div></b></h3></div></b></div></div></b></div></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="widows: 1;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-71738906040277236892022-08-12T12:03:00.003-07:002022-08-12T12:04:26.024-07:00August 12 - Quagga - gone!<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>Posted on August 2, 2022</b> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">This is an update of my post published on August 2, 2011:</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWeckiK3kF9dnB1wEgZR6EgNyrEISBqLFpV5dg4XKg0Hmy9c92cqT8yzK4ni_HVnCgSD2sXjpjVJ2BWPiiy77HRgPKlE7xJOJT9wHZK1v9gycaz0xn-XTuqw99JYLiYMCFXZSo_yuUDpjKTx59nf7GTSlVFOU3esYdBDRO7liaaxc1rFNAic-9Oo5/s534/quagga-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="534" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWeckiK3kF9dnB1wEgZR6EgNyrEISBqLFpV5dg4XKg0Hmy9c92cqT8yzK4ni_HVnCgSD2sXjpjVJ2BWPiiy77HRgPKlE7xJOJT9wHZK1v9gycaz0xn-XTuqw99JYLiYMCFXZSo_yuUDpjKTx59nf7GTSlVFOU3esYdBDRO7liaaxc1rFNAic-9Oo5/w400-h285/quagga-1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7430582479505512187" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ekWY_rIa1HNx3IWHu4nT4h2YcBq9ktAtbw71ag7GVnrKR3_IcA1xRmnnilmQ0WjPIwfs98bgGHelYXRN8YgdAUJEflcfz9bG4RhZXJFaH-GYrfX5RULNTCx6DDz-O-LV2curqq6dkKu4/s1600/quagga+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever heard of quagga? This kind of zebra looked as if whoever was in charge of painting stripes ran out of paint. The horselike animal, native to South Africa, had vivid stripes on the head and neck. In the mid-section of the animal the white stripes faded and dark in-between stripes became wider. The rear section was solid brown.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The quagga used to be be classified as an individual species, but now it is considered a sub-species of the plains zebra.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GXa7iAqV32TQK7yf-ut88BljpFi-yHN8T6MyNgI9OrkYyqmyEsKwMPfrgF3zyJLYW2iROBfUJDGDXNBsG7_Zd_NpN3PT1XRHkab3_E6XeanVKzU0nqmNMDIAiCNZ0y-fReZ5ZWDIpYHepqGy1FTvgzd3uOGNLqNn9JtESmLjRfxcUlf_hCV1YK4C/s512/paler.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="512" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GXa7iAqV32TQK7yf-ut88BljpFi-yHN8T6MyNgI9OrkYyqmyEsKwMPfrgF3zyJLYW2iROBfUJDGDXNBsG7_Zd_NpN3PT1XRHkab3_E6XeanVKzU0nqmNMDIAiCNZ0y-fReZ5ZWDIpYHepqGy1FTvgzd3uOGNLqNn9JtESmLjRfxcUlf_hCV1YK4C/w400-h305/paler.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpCUcxzpbaY4gDg03CjaCxy2BhIL203_N_baUgd5-i0rmR2_GHOLF2qYE0V6175GcEn97tFTnNxg67qCChVfuekZPaOJp1zEAxj5SJwl2pOk_fPwT-Lw7CyBw_AMi-Hw738TR_l-MHKJBRuzbosScySLd5iRDH75xj8O6_pcXjHmgnzPm7IWUjGaN/s254/darker.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="254" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpCUcxzpbaY4gDg03CjaCxy2BhIL203_N_baUgd5-i0rmR2_GHOLF2qYE0V6175GcEn97tFTnNxg67qCChVfuekZPaOJp1zEAxj5SJwl2pOk_fPwT-Lw7CyBw_AMi-Hw738TR_l-MHKJBRuzbosScySLd5iRDH75xj8O6_pcXjHmgnzPm7IWUjGaN/w400-h313/darker.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the quagga was hunted to extinction for meat, hides, and to prevent it from competing with farm animals. The last of the wild quagga was probably killed in the late 1870s. There were still some quagga in zoos, but on this day in 1883, the last one died in a zoo in Amsterdam.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu-2lcTfuWT6RVOtf7Ur0Ur4oY_ulL6tG0EaUbNH5WHX-WByCSB_ii2eZw-id2_Ylw-3SOvty8P56VLI11J1w4JDHop83EaHaETDFq1nKCgoNvUzSDph3zl363QI_sqUuCq_s63cMMvCw/s1600/quagga+back+breeding.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfu-2lcTfuWT6RVOtf7Ur0Ur4oY_ulL6tG0EaUbNH5WHX-WByCSB_ii2eZw-id2_Ylw-3SOvty8P56VLI11J1w4JDHop83EaHaETDFq1nKCgoNvUzSDph3zl363QI_sqUuCq_s63cMMvCw/w400-h310/quagga+back+breeding.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the foals of the Quagga Project</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The quagga is the first extinct animal to have its DNA studied. Recently a natural historian began a project to recreate the quagga by selective breeding from plains zebra stock. In 2005 the first foal of the Quagga Project was born, and by 2006 creatures that look very much like the quagga-of-old had appeared. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">This sort of “breeding back” project is controversial. Apparently the project's goal is to reintroduce the quagga back into the wild, but some scientists say that even creatures that look like the quagga will not be true quagga. There is no technology, so far, to use DNA recovered from quagga specimens in breeding—and that, some say, would be what was necessary to truly bring back an extinct species.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></span></h3><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; 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Martin's birthday</span></a></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCHhNUy_oCOP7oDpdk930DwuGPiNPOuKZeUBBGJF3tquHe9-MGVaFT8wOvJyLV2eQYqp9DTxOwekHHAc6-p2VW0F3FQOqSibpu6uZfu17xvzaASKdlIVCLwZlDQhbxtumtUxJRasdtA6I/s1600/queen+lights.jpg" style="clear: left; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-14-queens-birthday-in-thailand.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Queen's Birthday in Thailand</span></a></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></span></span></a></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"></b></span><br /></span><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-13-perseid-meteor-shower.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perseid Meteor Shower </span></a></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-13-perseid-meteor-shower.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">peaks Aug. 12 – 13 in 2021</span></a></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlx6FS2TC9TZs1PbTfwLxFkEIiSJcxpFm7R376tK2uFd129RGt-S4nyURIaz17Sd0f5-b79cALu6SrRl-J41N_aysa-g0cdnLcMkY5IShVfU5cgK9zLNyNjl8B3e6rEKKlHElO0H-69g/s1600/hans-haacke-blue-sail-1965.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="600" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlx6FS2TC9TZs1PbTfwLxFkEIiSJcxpFm7R376tK2uFd129RGt-S4nyURIaz17Sd0f5-b79cALu6SrRl-J41N_aysa-g0cdnLcMkY5IShVfU5cgK9zLNyNjl8B3e6rEKKlHElO0H-69g/s200/hans-haacke-blue-sail-1965.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-12-happy-birthday-hans-haacke.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of artist Hans Haacke</span></a></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span><div style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTnjO4pXVUlp1z0qRoZ1BBOFxoHMBbu8HwH5doPNk1gFSdRZwGST81umRniJBeQoBT59ens63isMKdnMwghBBbt0qtZ6yWEqJveTi9S3RcCnmhzYvIGFjrdQpqZ1zmsp-L6k4g8JMuUg/s1600/singer.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="300" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTnjO4pXVUlp1z0qRoZ1BBOFxoHMBbu8HwH5doPNk1gFSdRZwGST81umRniJBeQoBT59ens63isMKdnMwghBBbt0qtZ6yWEqJveTi9S3RcCnmhzYvIGFjrdQpqZ1zmsp-L6k4g8JMuUg/s200/singer.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-12-home-sewing-machine-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Home Sewing Machine Day</span></a></b></div><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-12-on-this-date-in-space-travel.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-12-on-this-date-in-space-travel.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlPDZs7Dj-xrPzuqtdu2HxaPrXctvbOiNPnx8rNAcDAzNkYRjs6-UxUyfq8gGYdzG8L2TUDFKLazFe21cR7Wea-HoenWAm3Zglq6DzN2TEycNrIKQvxlN0aJ2K8e9aEUtfrKjO7YwKx4/s200/balloon+echo+1A.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="200" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlPDZs7Dj-xrPzuqtdu2HxaPrXctvbOiNPnx8rNAcDAzNkYRjs6-UxUyfq8gGYdzG8L2TUDFKLazFe21cR7Wea-HoenWAm3Zglq6DzN2TEycNrIKQvxlN0aJ2K8e9aEUtfrKjO7YwKx4/s0/balloon+echo+1A.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-12-on-this-date-in-space-travel.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Space travel anniversaries</a></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-12-best-est-tyrannosaurus-rex.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-12-best-est-tyrannosaurus-rex.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdstWLlwttZKiFkBLo6crcuhuXpne5KpNmIA8G5FWuxU0hgg4pOpUv1hdFa-I8cNyOR7Tn9mUROXL0c3hfnE6SR_cSLYuZPT6tBx8SaGJefIAHahqz-sD3pR6-9Po5kQpBkm3UBtt1zJyZSviyBoa5oZPbZvBBP091svgN4j-y0vkfDBZVsnFK9mMC/s400/sue.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdstWLlwttZKiFkBLo6crcuhuXpne5KpNmIA8G5FWuxU0hgg4pOpUv1hdFa-I8cNyOR7Tn9mUROXL0c3hfnE6SR_cSLYuZPT6tBx8SaGJefIAHahqz-sD3pR6-9Po5kQpBkm3UBtt1zJyZSviyBoa5oZPbZvBBP091svgN4j-y0vkfDBZVsnFK9mMC/w200-h150/sue.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-12-best-est-tyrannosaurus-rex.html" target="_blank">Anniversary of the discovery of the largest, most complete T-rex skeleton</a></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-59913639745809371712022-08-11T00:30:00.077-07:002022-08-12T12:05:48.545-07:00August 11 - Independence Day in Chad<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 11, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 11, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1894317765031407698" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSPC5bsHqTL6MUuyBrbDtVbWdLSz9dn5jjLBkGsHRZAhY3RJfPb0MoGhIvXwJommh7gczj2_Pz_Su3FNAJ0TKTWZllahSa4C9i6hGXqAvsWpI-JgU7CCR9230UKuYVe_5sXhFfjapHCHV/s1600/Chad.jpg" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSPC5bsHqTL6MUuyBrbDtVbWdLSz9dn5jjLBkGsHRZAhY3RJfPb0MoGhIvXwJommh7gczj2_Pz_Su3FNAJ0TKTWZllahSa4C9i6hGXqAvsWpI-JgU7CCR9230UKuYVe_5sXhFfjapHCHV/w400-h315/Chad.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif" style="border-spacing: 8px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="licensetpl_attr" style="font-size: larger;"><br /></span></b></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, and corruption and civil war have plagued it for decades. Because of all the political unrest and a series of undemocratic governments, Chad is extremely dangerous for travelers—and with the tourism industry now dwindling, Chad has become even poorer. Poverty and violence truly are vicious cycles.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAR40R0kF2lDz0WQHJm5DQ2S0sXwXzOHRiMP4bsazoXXZUDFKQQt-RMLG3Vjrl-aObEb8udjYfoAuoMz_KY2MJgVNWRggNnur3Y3g0RMDHJFfdXyQAORVJplkDHQVZWHgfnO4ooF-Jhwm/s1600/Chad+people.jpg" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAR40R0kF2lDz0WQHJm5DQ2S0sXwXzOHRiMP4bsazoXXZUDFKQQt-RMLG3Vjrl-aObEb8udjYfoAuoMz_KY2MJgVNWRggNnur3Y3g0RMDHJFfdXyQAORVJplkDHQVZWHgfnO4ooF-Jhwm/w400-h266/Chad+people.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps, though, we can be virtual tourists, and we can explore some of the sights of Chad in safety. Check out the amazing photos by <a href="https://www.plainpicture.com/en/images/1339104?ref=1339104" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>David Santiago Garcia</b></a> of Zakouma National Park and other sights in Chad. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6_bDKcdHc" target="_blank">Here</a></b> is a video of some of the beautiful people and landscapes of Chad.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r28Kn_y3FaCMUomyhaJ0-UkNUw04pxQ7oKt4wzldNt4hjpmdA6Lsnpuw5iQ8-ZErH7w9oWzTfBa3GL06h2Xf6glRYaepG41QZ77PbF37xyNFDlsT9eY2zUED7MR_gwLh7fKwkPhaowMM8QiOfNYgxTBCndI05DOFoVs9G1brl1UYJJTZgbzF-zAM/s570/chad%20child.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="570" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r28Kn_y3FaCMUomyhaJ0-UkNUw04pxQ7oKt4wzldNt4hjpmdA6Lsnpuw5iQ8-ZErH7w9oWzTfBa3GL06h2Xf6glRYaepG41QZ77PbF37xyNFDlsT9eY2zUED7MR_gwLh7fKwkPhaowMM8QiOfNYgxTBCndI05DOFoVs9G1brl1UYJJTZgbzF-zAM/w400-h266/chad%20child.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">And check out <b><a href="https://www.naturalarches.org/gallery-ChadPortfolio.htm" target="_blank">all the natural arches</a></b> that can be seen in the Ennedi Desert! <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qjQZDqN1w" target="_blank">Here</a></b> is a short video of tourists rock climbing in the nation - despite all the travel advisories.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2IV88JbdYRdDX-9IVkQILN5mTTXdhQ5sof7D_ewPalbWZFsKG8cvq5wS7GnX5xPZz87jFCVQKVbCWsn3u20aOfKWZv4_uMOBphOp6mqGYwIrtbgLVyzqvFOl95h00WfMR68qqme_1q415POUxu56ApeJUIV0sMGhZ5Z10fOag0ttkZJm3yZ083Gp/s284/arches.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="display: inline; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-11-king-hussein-ascension-day-in.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">King Hussein Ascension Day in Jordan</span></a></b></div></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></b></div></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAxjataZQ5OJfRG6X1xVDpijuKXjPipa2QTp8xx4VAzoAnt1xZjptZttGbJa0WDGSkTkeuGKUx4oqgs7khKImfMqzUyNEddcfePRVeFzfLYQpNaCe0w7A8xceDNdG0-FgTJDfJLHNTu0/s1600/sunnyside.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #33aaff; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAxjataZQ5OJfRG6X1xVDpijuKXjPipa2QTp8xx4VAzoAnt1xZjptZttGbJa0WDGSkTkeuGKUx4oqgs7khKImfMqzUyNEddcfePRVeFzfLYQpNaCe0w7A8xceDNdG0-FgTJDfJLHNTu0/s200/sunnyside.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-11-happy-birthday-to-gentleman.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of Warren Brown, Gentleman Farmer</span></a></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4164214956573907069" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzKQO_rR0ZA5fwF3dMGfDcDpy9PGTsj0JDvqvCaltNK7IJGCmzxUxZM6rp9s7RW_txzqnL0xpfqspvXSXzrf3AFKee9A7AVBcRuSbGF7JlmMof4CDFFcfEB6aZ3UNAYSBbjoTHXxyw5A/s1600/pak+flag.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="640" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzKQO_rR0ZA5fwF3dMGfDcDpy9PGTsj0JDvqvCaltNK7IJGCmzxUxZM6rp9s7RW_txzqnL0xpfqspvXSXzrf3AFKee9A7AVBcRuSbGF7JlmMof4CDFFcfEB6aZ3UNAYSBbjoTHXxyw5A/s200/pak+flag.jpg" style="border: none; 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position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></b></div></div></div></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-11-happy-birthday-steve-wozniak.html" target="_blank"></a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Mw6vprj_s-d3EeL-JkHpoBjxyVt18QSghSouhXArWq5nPSZMvncyFvVn7pv4odhK8GBpks_17baql9RMvEEYXPeHjWHuEi2vXQ2W3eC1qiPtxSn1k9Em33UwvJ13miRHaiKZa9FDIgZXawkhzNVAkOlqVfuij38uHTQmMpHfAtSLFj17g2I7u1sD/s423/apple%20and%20woz.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="306" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Mw6vprj_s-d3EeL-JkHpoBjxyVt18QSghSouhXArWq5nPSZMvncyFvVn7pv4odhK8GBpks_17baql9RMvEEYXPeHjWHuEi2vXQ2W3eC1qiPtxSn1k9Em33UwvJ13miRHaiKZa9FDIgZXawkhzNVAkOlqVfuij38uHTQmMpHfAtSLFj17g2I7u1sD/w144-h200/apple%20and%20woz.jpeg" width="144" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-11-happy-birthday-steve-wozniak.html" target="_blank">Birthday of Apple co-inventor Steve Wozniak</a></span></b></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-76233681674955429092022-08-10T00:30:00.087-07:002022-08-10T07:49:14.895-07:00August 10 - Happy Birthday, Mr. Summer Time<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 10, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 10, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8066838529410118461" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_P925quBFTIB_9r9-8va1RpvsCkklHG8EsV-tPl4K7RXWajoAM3Tnubl_Hwr8ts8Zz9Bmpg20nFHJuDMjdd4Zsh6HMHdxlpzEnVD6BQexYihqOWqxAe2sXtZ67jZOhZIJ5w345j51g6r/s1600/DST+first+in+US.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_P925quBFTIB_9r9-8va1RpvsCkklHG8EsV-tPl4K7RXWajoAM3Tnubl_Hwr8ts8Zz9Bmpg20nFHJuDMjdd4Zsh6HMHdxlpzEnVD6BQexYihqOWqxAe2sXtZ67jZOhZIJ5w345j51g6r/s320/DST+first+in+US.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="267" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Re-setting the Clocks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Daylight Savings Time is an idea more than one person has had, over the years. Benjamin Franklin urged people, not to turn back their clocks, but to just get up earlier in the summer. He even satirically suggested that a cannon be blasted off at sunrise in Paris to wake people up in time to enjoy the daylight. In 1895 an entomologist from New Zealand suggested a two-hour daylight-saving shift, and in 1905 today's birthday boy, British builder William Willet, suggested four 20-minute shifts in April, and back in September, to take advantage of longer days and shorter nights.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The actual solution that most of the world ended up adopting, starting in Germany, Britain, and other European nations during World War I, is setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and resetting them back again in the fall. This is called Daylight Savings Time or Summer Time.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Once he proposed his idea for Summer Time, William Willett worked tirelessly to get a law mandating the practice passed. Actually, Willett died the year before it was adopted.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE-32K3Ybz26rvGICOATpnbPN82C-BXtKCm1s68bQvMWc9-fHhBXPX4Gxbxrae0pmmcwgt6YET4l1AgseSfo0xJErGn2tuzgFrMUiuBA9NlozNWC8HhtWWJt8vTSdZYUH8Ta9ISvTG0nE-2cIXNHSkWsxDSfY7KZCBmDfSFa0alfv-M6EWY8j6fEb/s678/william%20willet.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE-32K3Ybz26rvGICOATpnbPN82C-BXtKCm1s68bQvMWc9-fHhBXPX4Gxbxrae0pmmcwgt6YET4l1AgseSfo0xJErGn2tuzgFrMUiuBA9NlozNWC8HhtWWJt8vTSdZYUH8Ta9ISvTG0nE-2cIXNHSkWsxDSfY7KZCBmDfSFa0alfv-M6EWY8j6fEb/w271-h400/william%20willet.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">DST is still practiced in the United States (except for Arizona! - except DST is practiced in Arizona's reservations!), most of Canada and Mexico, and most of Europe. It is also practiced in many Mideast countries, part of Australia, New Zealand, and a few nations in African and South America. However, although most of South America, Central America, and Asia, plus quite a bit of Africa, <i>once</i> observed DST, it is no longer practiced in most of those areas. Daylight Savings Time was never used in central Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Southeast Asia.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN7Q0Fgx8jcc7JsXxdIN7OP2-4l_IGg3qMOvL4nFxIe1QcQhfk15N1SRLDR-ThelrvE2W75gq0xRCDoz44pbmQCSiC9OXGVXQatwdRRD_1-aN6WrIYYzvgEI1FTIORPv3oI7cCQMaOxgmnFChXFSE0oJgHM6qpT1iXZViWtKqc_QPMSVEM4DWvz-x/s317/who%20does%20dst.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="317" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN7Q0Fgx8jcc7JsXxdIN7OP2-4l_IGg3qMOvL4nFxIe1QcQhfk15N1SRLDR-ThelrvE2W75gq0xRCDoz44pbmQCSiC9OXGVXQatwdRRD_1-aN6WrIYYzvgEI1FTIORPv3oI7cCQMaOxgmnFChXFSE0oJgHM6qpT1iXZViWtKqc_QPMSVEM4DWvz-x/w640-h321/who%20does%20dst.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Daylight saving time regions:<div class="legend" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; break-inside: avoid-column; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #1a80e6; border: 1px solid black; color: black; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1px 0px; min-width: 1.25em; text-align: center;"> </span> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_hemisphere" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Northern hemisphere">Northern hemisphere</a> summer</div><div class="legend" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; break-inside: avoid-column; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ee690a; border: 1px solid black; color: black; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1px 0px; min-width: 1.25em; text-align: center;"> </span> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hemisphere" style="background: none; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Southern hemisphere">Southern hemisphere</a> summer</div><div class="legend" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; break-inside: avoid-column; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #c6c6c6; border: 1px solid black; color: black; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1px 0px; min-width: 1.25em; text-align: center;"> </span> Formerly used daylight saving</div><div class="legend" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; break-inside: avoid-column; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #7f7f7f; border: 1px solid black; color: black; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1px 0px; min-width: 1.25em; text-align: center;"> </span> Never used daylight saving</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGiCEGxIqUT23n2OY7w-ONdQ_Cx0kxr12VzqtRU-Zvz8z2SR24LB9Q7K3nXFgRdlIBM0GMOvYzCqZbCuW4-d-1DS8CDg0p5E9guv4hALXeUvOyKJqytHrZ9XmZ2Gd1ErsKjfF0On8GsxpoAV3nOdkZNSkRCJ1nEWuTLW90eJYTmqBU7O40v3Uias4/s290/yikes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGiCEGxIqUT23n2OY7w-ONdQ_Cx0kxr12VzqtRU-Zvz8z2SR24LB9Q7K3nXFgRdlIBM0GMOvYzCqZbCuW4-d-1DS8CDg0p5E9guv4hALXeUvOyKJqytHrZ9XmZ2Gd1ErsKjfF0On8GsxpoAV3nOdkZNSkRCJ1nEWuTLW90eJYTmqBU7O40v3Uias4/w400-h240/yikes.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's face it, tropical locales need DST less than do countries with higher latitudes. The higher the latitude, the more dramatically day length changes with the seasons. You might already know that the sun NEVER sets in polar regions during their summers. For example, in parts of Finland the sun does not set for 73 days, and in Svalbard, Norway, there is no sunset from April 19 to August 23 – 126 days! If anyone were to spend a year right smack at the North Pole, she or he would see that the sun is up for fully half the year and then down for the other half!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccqV7ZOTCtwihHQS1Td9U5mcZRsyUIzbonirxDMmcgHrSUdNdzHMSbnTL0B4UFjfSFoH6fmrXAJgbRDXelvLXeJyJIz8Vma-f-bbXYetuL731kuX1_zqPA4ZczncCgqROza_hX4qpaRjk-z6o0MuFSKKQ49MHhlSZ3SKGI06xlXSwy5ohgLHmLq8o/s275/midnight%20sun.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccqV7ZOTCtwihHQS1Td9U5mcZRsyUIzbonirxDMmcgHrSUdNdzHMSbnTL0B4UFjfSFoH6fmrXAJgbRDXelvLXeJyJIz8Vma-f-bbXYetuL731kuX1_zqPA4ZczncCgqROza_hX4qpaRjk-z6o0MuFSKKQ49MHhlSZ3SKGI06xlXSwy5ohgLHmLq8o/w400-h266/midnight%20sun.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The "midnight sun" over Norway</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>BUT...</b></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">It turns out that our bodies do not do well with sudden one-hour shifts that Daylight Savings Time usually entails. Now a lot of people in the United States are trying to get rid of the twice-a-year change. The European Union is also contemplating getting rid of the practice, and some nations recently have.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2Mm9J-jfUHe9JHB4A_kvSpC7lsJHlwcQquTLqrkkoHXjGK6SxmBnyFWvBiLaWPXDIZk2K5XYEwFzbcEYiVedVMrGa3zRJcl7SmBhUuoZIkPx6kYr0PrHv0HtX5kBMun9_EFqRkzbnNsgkeqqfj-47ob7XeVq6XCmdEk0ClOUyQrYtvjTb_Fh2ZkL/s244/cut%20clock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="244" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2Mm9J-jfUHe9JHB4A_kvSpC7lsJHlwcQquTLqrkkoHXjGK6SxmBnyFWvBiLaWPXDIZk2K5XYEwFzbcEYiVedVMrGa3zRJcl7SmBhUuoZIkPx6kYr0PrHv0HtX5kBMun9_EFqRkzbnNsgkeqqfj-47ob7XeVq6XCmdEk0ClOUyQrYtvjTb_Fh2ZkL/w400-h339/cut%20clock.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; 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position: relative;" width="90" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-10-2012-smithsonian-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Smithsonian Day</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-10-palindrome-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Palindrome Day</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #004c99;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"></span></span></span></div></div></div></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudk2kniD3qejMSkkiZVi7YR8lLvVsHJfMvKXaxPWPXs_LIJv3mxYJLXj9cXDDBt0LmD55ck8OBuB4OBpa_aoup2ErBwxgFEIrTq3Y125PgrSuWMZmWurpp1d3Fdigz1YeJFwq18y0MqVu/s1600/hoover.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudk2kniD3qejMSkkiZVi7YR8lLvVsHJfMvKXaxPWPXs_LIJv3mxYJLXj9cXDDBt0LmD55ck8OBuB4OBpa_aoup2ErBwxgFEIrTq3Y125PgrSuWMZmWurpp1d3Fdigz1YeJFwq18y0MqVu/s1600/hoover.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudk2kniD3qejMSkkiZVi7YR8lLvVsHJfMvKXaxPWPXs_LIJv3mxYJLXj9cXDDBt0LmD55ck8OBuB4OBpa_aoup2ErBwxgFEIrTq3Y125PgrSuWMZmWurpp1d3Fdigz1YeJFwq18y0MqVu/s200/hoover.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="150" /></span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-size: large;"><br /></b><b style="color: #004c99;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-10-happy-birthday-herbert-hoover.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">President Herbert Hoover</span></a></b></div><div><b style="color: #004c99;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgih5vX6cO1HUWF6TmDTljiF-MOsmZuu6Bes6-3183q5SkDXy38f5HHZQHIjoF9E6eyht1oEcvXzP5dVhGY9Ap_ho-0qYUPEP8YvDvmvAhQLT20NRb0Z9GbW6SY3Ocxe3VsmZeU_gUNQ/s1600/palindromes+cursive.png" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjled_ZfqLooRAR0ZfhD0Jk5BFvVo5UYDAzUPB-t8l-shm7pKs4jL9no6XuXPZqiqEfTd64Oj8zib_kINbFpy3_PO_OCHmhvcWKZM3trFYFgWDqq1l2nrIe8F6sdiu4FDqBqs-QuDFFaI4/s1600/anna-julia-cooper-stamp_custom-29fb3fe19bc44d065a4fbff7e97c734c13870177-s800-c85.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjled_ZfqLooRAR0ZfhD0Jk5BFvVo5UYDAzUPB-t8l-shm7pKs4jL9no6XuXPZqiqEfTd64Oj8zib_kINbFpy3_PO_OCHmhvcWKZM3trFYFgWDqq1l2nrIe8F6sdiu4FDqBqs-QuDFFaI4/s200/anna-julia-cooper-stamp_custom-29fb3fe19bc44d065a4fbff7e97c734c13870177-s800-c85.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="118" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjled_ZfqLooRAR0ZfhD0Jk5BFvVo5UYDAzUPB-t8l-shm7pKs4jL9no6XuXPZqiqEfTd64Oj8zib_kINbFpy3_PO_OCHmhvcWKZM3trFYFgWDqq1l2nrIe8F6sdiu4FDqBqs-QuDFFaI4/s1600/anna-julia-cooper-stamp_custom-29fb3fe19bc44d065a4fbff7e97c734c13870177-s800-c85.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-10-happy-birthday-anna-julia.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Birthday of scholar Anna Julia Cooper</span></a></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-10-happy-birthday-carla-hayden.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Birthday of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden</span></a></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo89sleL_DdmBsAc1XCVIbTIbBviQD5G24WvszTWUIAPQgEGM8THgUSkUkrmucl3GbyyTHh1p4uvKAntEOPdNR7nzoCwty6b8D9TCM8LSFd342whX7Lg_INuu17XDvcRHYvNsHVfMV9KM/s225/merch+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo89sleL_DdmBsAc1XCVIbTIbBviQD5G24WvszTWUIAPQgEGM8THgUSkUkrmucl3GbyyTHh1p4uvKAntEOPdNR7nzoCwty6b8D9TCM8LSFd342whX7Lg_INuu17XDvcRHYvNsHVfMV9KM/w200-h200/merch+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-10-treasure-on-court.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Anniversary of the swearing in of Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a><br /></span></b><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></h3></div><div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-37831939360484403052022-08-09T00:30:00.055-07:002022-08-09T11:55:01.740-07:00August 9 - Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 9, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 9, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYcGx76XlyBuRWaG0Vy3CgrJYeNMQASz_jFpbgHiivPGbAJNXe-RacA9oqI8qcFG0nWKnYfsSRcr-dGiF5dJijxmc9ZhSLTN7oUVrIIQgzw56DiJzOjJNAoG3IlvfWLzWa2SmlQlGAIz25Re0BGwhe3q_jvdlknvFAnWDEpi8Oznv07fKxMTzYqe_/s315/only%20you.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="315" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYcGx76XlyBuRWaG0Vy3CgrJYeNMQASz_jFpbgHiivPGbAJNXe-RacA9oqI8qcFG0nWKnYfsSRcr-dGiF5dJijxmc9ZhSLTN7oUVrIIQgzw56DiJzOjJNAoG3IlvfWLzWa2SmlQlGAIz25Re0BGwhe3q_jvdlknvFAnWDEpi8Oznv07fKxMTzYqe_/w400-h203/only%20you.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6798483378695152392" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span face="Arial, sans-serif">Only YOU can prevent wildfires!”</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Many people call him Smokey THE Bear (because of a successful 1952 song of that name), but his proper name is simply Smokey Bear. Many people think he's talking about FOREST fires rather than wildfires (because that's what he said for the first 54 years of his life), but in 2001 the slogan was updated since wildfires are not always in forests.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG8e58jLOgdRltO2aXIqr7stOcPkOpXaWQp3A3qK6btnaPhceIUG3FmEBHQ9NuVtfx03QiWgsOo83UUq95Kpw3aCSTQsCwwfW5hqBOStMKwK-UGH1O56g4y7UlgL7Lua6To7afsP3yXTLz1201AyrkNAJkf3huhqjAiPjyxDWtxIMGdvb25FgYtPb/s266/only%20you%20only%20words.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="266" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG8e58jLOgdRltO2aXIqr7stOcPkOpXaWQp3A3qK6btnaPhceIUG3FmEBHQ9NuVtfx03QiWgsOo83UUq95Kpw3aCSTQsCwwfW5hqBOStMKwK-UGH1O56g4y7UlgL7Lua6To7afsP3yXTLz1201AyrkNAJkf3huhqjAiPjyxDWtxIMGdvb25FgYtPb/w400-h286/only%20you%20only%20words.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIn3iuvFnqXzELyVM2BmzDXnSbtOhxbEUAUiE3U_xVtECXQ8Rx8WRR27QvQzlr7yMWuHDtPSltQ6JwwI8Yhqv1Ufap0-bnhupGDEbFWezJSgvb5rKVvEuMPThkOY99W9KAydgYKXEZFwi/s1600/smokey+2.GIF" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIn3iuvFnqXzELyVM2BmzDXnSbtOhxbEUAUiE3U_xVtECXQ8Rx8WRR27QvQzlr7yMWuHDtPSltQ6JwwI8Yhqv1Ufap0-bnhupGDEbFWezJSgvb5rKVvEuMPThkOY99W9KAydgYKXEZFwi/s1600/smokey+2.GIF" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Smokey Bear was created to educate the public about the dangers of forest fires in 1944. Six years after Smokey-the-fictional-bear was born, a black bear cub was found in a burnt forest. The cub had climbed a tree to escape the fire, but his paws and hind legs had been burned. People nursed him back to health, and someone had the bright idea of naming the bear cub Smokey. Soon the cub's rescue made national news, and Smokey-the-real-injured-bear-cub became a big celebrity.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1p1x2akxmViSJzk43oEY98QZhnuQL3WlGXWw-WA_byPbSImCfk_Pnaji-R9stX0R1kEih_0KWmWFYEUCzZ7ruksp3bweuj5nh4G9o0_JwdbqZkb0f-qhc7PyeUF-sFXXkWnD9PnKEwYxr/s1600/smokey+real.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1p1x2akxmViSJzk43oEY98QZhnuQL3WlGXWw-WA_byPbSImCfk_Pnaji-R9stX0R1kEih_0KWmWFYEUCzZ7ruksp3bweuj5nh4G9o0_JwdbqZkb0f-qhc7PyeUF-sFXXkWnD9PnKEwYxr/s320/smokey+real.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="218" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">After he healed, Smokey was flown to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he lived the rest of his life, 26 years. (The average lifespan of a black bear in the wild is ten years, although they can live from 25 to 30 years in the wild.) Smokey received millions of visitors and so much mail that he got his own zip code! (He got up to 13,000 letters per WEEK!) He ate bluefish and trout and even peanut butter sandwiches.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Smokey-the-fictional-bear lives on and celebrates his birthday each August 9<sup>th</sup>. Learn more about him and his message <a href="http://www.smokeybear.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU-dITt-HbHn73B5WxlwTuP6gO6BpsLk6Q34aFPmE0ivFgnYPh_29_xfQuFK3o8UxwaQhM1skGDmeTRoNBHJyKXAVoa8l12i2sbW6eqM6Vbg6iZanpvSMXg-jFZcacyr8obzK-qyULbwArc4nsQws-UPKtunlIRrPYsQf9iITDFDFppXv4vOi1NsP/s267/think%20thanks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU-dITt-HbHn73B5WxlwTuP6gO6BpsLk6Q34aFPmE0ivFgnYPh_29_xfQuFK3o8UxwaQhM1skGDmeTRoNBHJyKXAVoa8l12i2sbW6eqM6Vbg6iZanpvSMXg-jFZcacyr8obzK-qyULbwArc4nsQws-UPKtunlIRrPYsQf9iITDFDFppXv4vOi1NsP/w451-h640/think%20thanks.jpeg" width="451" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-9-international-day-of-worlds.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples</a></span></b></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE2ty3sSOejIf1itHwMqbl1jeqqVNBOyB8g70Ih9PFXhbpkkQHsMcI4giIfksFtZVNuRgIzQXOtwSnL-PQfr3rqsyieilFls7tcJ5ZoZHIUeTJEoW-IunpJl5xv1IDYHdDQWwqE4upvX6/s1600/womensdaysouthafrica.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="802" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE2ty3sSOejIf1itHwMqbl1jeqqVNBOyB8g70Ih9PFXhbpkkQHsMcI4giIfksFtZVNuRgIzQXOtwSnL-PQfr3rqsyieilFls7tcJ5ZoZHIUeTJEoW-IunpJl5xv1IDYHdDQWwqE4upvX6/s200/womensdaysouthafrica.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-9-national-womens-day-in-south.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;">National Women's Day in South Africa</a></span></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLatxyLj3vxMIUVuJK2I-ANZ56I2mymcNgzqy8T8PplblX2GfJsvNsGVN1VUy4pkbS-7afENpNqflEMeeJWdr_nxSVdCIy9snhYV0xFr3FNzSE6rptmKSUtuTBPBC6y1SW38FUQUHnXA/s1600/logo+whos+next.jpg" style="clear: left; 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position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; 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padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-59839839986797828242022-08-08T00:30:00.122-07:002022-08-08T08:45:45.682-07:00August 8 - Happy Birthday, Ernest Lawrence<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 8, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 8, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQWx1hOtd8GmdUx0YLuWtG0DZj3Ldpo43_UqFUDDeTkUXOFRrkthgdwaw2eYrfuLaGlyJy3K0ylRUPcn16JlS6hhdJATp4DZIHffdk0OWCorMcUn9sglbs_5TkVcPtLpQytOifXp8lB2j_NU8GHS_k4PHPvJy8eLx-5lEQkh67qDsc4JLFcYgduYS/s300/smahs%20atoms.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQWx1hOtd8GmdUx0YLuWtG0DZj3Ldpo43_UqFUDDeTkUXOFRrkthgdwaw2eYrfuLaGlyJy3K0ylRUPcn16JlS6hhdJATp4DZIHffdk0OWCorMcUn9sglbs_5TkVcPtLpQytOifXp8lB2j_NU8GHS_k4PHPvJy8eLx-5lEQkh67qDsc4JLFcYgduYS/w400-h224/smahs%20atoms.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3978366198175243183" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Ernest Lawrence was born in South Dakota on this day in 1901. But his long career as a physicist occurred at the University of California, Berkeley.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lawrence invented the cyclotron, a type of particle accelerator and atom smasher, in 1929. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSVFw3OyzZXfQiDFP5637HC_nLb4-6QFI3JrUReM6-J_7c2RZQcdeWu2cnSRfzaCvQAWziA_bx2vGHTMJLm7pvelTeCoV6PvIwO7LYURNZhtmLHsBrxhWySctDuUK0M9-a3ej5L-QHeQL/s1600/Cyclotron+Berkeley.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSVFw3OyzZXfQiDFP5637HC_nLb4-6QFI3JrUReM6-J_7c2RZQcdeWu2cnSRfzaCvQAWziA_bx2vGHTMJLm7pvelTeCoV6PvIwO7LYURNZhtmLHsBrxhWySctDuUK0M9-a3ej5L-QHeQL/w400-h321/Cyclotron+Berkeley.gif" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">His first model only cost around $25 in materials, could be held in one hand—and it worked! That small model accelerated protons to a remarkable 1% of the speed of light! (Remember that today's particle accelerators and atom smashers, such as the Large Hadron Collider, cost billions of dollars and are many miles wide! Of course, such huge machines achieve far great speeds and smashing-power than that first model!)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMfZI-0AuGZNtR_NKL2gwpGidS36zNXtboMbYBeAaYWg1xRKL81VSmUoHurm7Sr-XE-iiyrfI642nwvS59RhvliM37ELl3BcCwhApblzpqMMwTeF8YFpO1lzPQ8ASqcoriR6RKtl0TrzbiMbZRzWqQpy26Gd0fCGH-AUX_qZKxfFoPixqSKpDv8je/s1440/large%20hadron%20collider.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1440" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMfZI-0AuGZNtR_NKL2gwpGidS36zNXtboMbYBeAaYWg1xRKL81VSmUoHurm7Sr-XE-iiyrfI642nwvS59RhvliM37ELl3BcCwhApblzpqMMwTeF8YFpO1lzPQ8ASqcoriR6RKtl0TrzbiMbZRzWqQpy26Gd0fCGH-AUX_qZKxfFoPixqSKpDv8je/w400-h254/large%20hadron%20collider.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The Large Hadron Collider can accelerate particles <br />quite close to the speed of light - so fast a particle <br />could whizz around the Earths equator seven and a<br /> half times in just one second!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science is named for Lawrence, as is the chemical element lawrencium. Lawrence won the Nobel Prize in 1939.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqGJDPUECr-SAsy3j14vZjt7-MsJhTpFyqlR1d1F74LUBEPLz4qLo8hGorfGrq8_69MZTHyKGB2ypqZ3M0GD_AYZyRhTLfAAXMfug-CfWk_a5p_M5M0Vl9DBFzRlrKDSs2-eXiJ7JHpwXewAdNsQFtxzeCR0ey-xcYU-ALntNfBukU-QJZ6Ty5FNX/w400-h266/hall%20of%20sci.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Above and below - the Lawrence Hall of Science<br />has wonderful things to see and do to explore<br />various fields of science. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="210" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexg6LTVih3Q0K-DQ0Ob7rps8Gqp6mgGe2XzISxr-DMwDKcbOgTfjrvPQVJWXozx9VS08EHyoUTw16jpGEJo3S-wtWrzeItT4ozCPLg4pqqUFjaGcV2yko05IcJjGFqMMmnZyEiUmjBjI/s200/painting+mackillop.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="168" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></span><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-8-saint-mary-mackillop-day-in.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saint Mary MacKillop Day in Australia</span></a></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; 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font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Second Monday of August)</span></b></span></h3></div></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="font-size: medium; 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margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-79663233018199243722022-08-07T00:30:00.105-07:002022-08-07T11:43:38.264-07:00August 7 - A Solar Eclipse Saved Lives?<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 7, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 7, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kdcdyFHoJRILcw_CjawC3HFuN2BqDLSv_nQ7dvBEG0jri6ZjMSwxjc92RpleQeYm6KXOv1qSTjS2cFYdZH4Nkf-iWMfL3WpUvWicsAPpOG6KojLusSckxCZWIlxmdaEnsWsul22MrL21u629I-aSKty0v2VPGYUBbu9k3-Qf0fHibTwTNubdDplb/s312/total%20eclipse.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="312" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kdcdyFHoJRILcw_CjawC3HFuN2BqDLSv_nQ7dvBEG0jri6ZjMSwxjc92RpleQeYm6KXOv1qSTjS2cFYdZH4Nkf-iWMfL3WpUvWicsAPpOG6KojLusSckxCZWIlxmdaEnsWsul22MrL21u629I-aSKty0v2VPGYUBbu9k3-Qf0fHibTwTNubdDplb/w400-h206/total%20eclipse.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7841749185672141393" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">On this day in 1869, George Davidson's knowledge of science may have saved his life.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHYmgHExkW76FGsC1I47FTnTYe9l9qsIKswr_szWEG6-onDa84Oji-huzzDA_jppWpVKuENhwSXPF4f51S4BDq5aPO0B-53aIKA4DezVQ79zUw1Zezwp-AhnLpj9RO_ZgNWLUC6ihL0PZxh__LTEdKj6HqdtxfQugCJglfyz_zAK9D5vHyEes-7CW/s242/davidson.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="208" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHYmgHExkW76FGsC1I47FTnTYe9l9qsIKswr_szWEG6-onDa84Oji-huzzDA_jppWpVKuENhwSXPF4f51S4BDq5aPO0B-53aIKA4DezVQ79zUw1Zezwp-AhnLpj9RO_ZgNWLUC6ihL0PZxh__LTEdKj6HqdtxfQugCJglfyz_zAK9D5vHyEes-7CW/s1600/davidson.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">According to historians, geographer and astronomer George Davidson led a party to Alaska to view a total eclipse of the sun. They had been warned that the native Chilkat people were angry because of earlier incidents with white people - and knowing the general sweep of history in North America - white folks taking over native lands, waging war, inflicting mistreatment - I could go on and on - I imagine the Chilkat's anger was justified.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Davidson met with some Chilkat representatives on August 6. Apparently the meeting was very tense. </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">He told the Chilkat that he was anxious to see the total eclipse of the sun that he had predicted to occur the next day and explained that he and his group meant no harm. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Although the Chilkat didn't seem to believe him, they left the group alone for the night. The next day, when the sun did indeed disappear as predicted, the Chilkat ended up arranging a potlatch - a ceremonial exchange of gifts. Davidson painted a view of the eclipsed sun's corona on a wooden plank, and he presented it to Kohklux, the Chilkat leader. In return, Kohklux and his wives drew a large and detailed map of their homeland and trading routes.<br /><br />Nice!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Chilkat people are known for their weaving. Check it out!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-btuWxNiVZo74RUlmJImSGeGw1ZM6wMOUk1ZVhAwVGFlq7u1nUnT-7KKKIreuzVXTPP_4lZThZ-BYse3PWkeZs8sZFLRVyW4ZCPldGL7TCO6LJI3ke-vCF48UNSoMoa7Ineho65JzlokmTwtMNKJzb2y6hdBt2S-xJoHm1RtBqrh46CUrOmpnNj6/s612/more%20weaving.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="612" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-btuWxNiVZo74RUlmJImSGeGw1ZM6wMOUk1ZVhAwVGFlq7u1nUnT-7KKKIreuzVXTPP_4lZThZ-BYse3PWkeZs8sZFLRVyW4ZCPldGL7TCO6LJI3ke-vCF48UNSoMoa7Ineho65JzlokmTwtMNKJzb2y6hdBt2S-xJoHm1RtBqrh46CUrOmpnNj6/w640-h424/more%20weaving.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-7-2012-national-lighthouse-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Lighthouse Day</span></a></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #004c99;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="color: #004c99;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-7-particularly-preposterous.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day</span></a></span></b></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="color: black; font-family: times; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgVmcd4vycHxTHvNhs3yzDr4pGu4d_oLnfs1RUfsZhXX21oiPL8lo5AHw8rh2Q4Gm333Ve_23-KU896It3SQFOCSmu_gppovqvqxl8ESgpaDaHAVKUdTG_VAA0yQLMWKPYCCBP4K0eit9/s1600/summer+swans.jpg" style="clear: left; 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color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSqHf_hTk9NHEIuxqAXymlW13IgDLhJS9G6DiM7nd1l6fkldB-AUPARWXfeBGmkqeYmQBN4Xw5bnW0Ejjf4k1RvBld0OxnFH1gGMYUgQLgQlw0HJWYzFVi_uaHhUrrcoZ0UFit6prSu0/s1600/porcelaindoll.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSqHf_hTk9NHEIuxqAXymlW13IgDLhJS9G6DiM7nd1l6fkldB-AUPARWXfeBGmkqeYmQBN4Xw5bnW0Ejjf4k1RvBld0OxnFH1gGMYUgQLgQlw0HJWYzFVi_uaHhUrrcoZ0UFit6prSu0/s200/porcelaindoll.jpg" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative;" width="177" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-4-national-doll-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Doll Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(First Sunday of August)</b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></b></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW99xCJTKdGpIpdjFp4LopbNX6HuR82TrAfCz0sP2S5IlzuixSwC2KvixKZXnwK3u5EVaSRWrEKpKMKktTeqZrl-ZcuOBKkQEUzsbJpIs7xlymWvqrdMlEL8J15fH09USg4XqWlavV_8/s1600/AmericanFamilyDay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW99xCJTKdGpIpdjFp4LopbNX6HuR82TrAfCz0sP2S5IlzuixSwC2KvixKZXnwK3u5EVaSRWrEKpKMKktTeqZrl-ZcuOBKkQEUzsbJpIs7xlymWvqrdMlEL8J15fH09USg4XqWlavV_8/s200/AmericanFamilyDay.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-4-five-holidays-for-first-sunday.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">American Family Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(First Sunday of August)</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDcM7QsbQyWWoCnLI7V2UgQsOjXLKnkIKZt_dgciCvvHSMu7ZbLDYlS8JnxgMdwkZnmr73J5ngFbBHpkz3tx9Wcq3NzRQ7g9DUNIKmluVbeSPjEm-SChfSZcuq6Ne0BphXCVd5tLp3bI/s1600/fr+day.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDcM7QsbQyWWoCnLI7V2UgQsOjXLKnkIKZt_dgciCvvHSMu7ZbLDYlS8JnxgMdwkZnmr73J5ngFbBHpkz3tx9Wcq3NzRQ7g9DUNIKmluVbeSPjEm-SChfSZcuq6Ne0BphXCVd5tLp3bI/s200/fr+day.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-4-five-holidays-for-first-sunday.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friendship Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(First Sunday of August)</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkh5_8xsArFKM-1_gi1ssdwDFl4KS1FgngVZozB6Y1P5kGOi9qgh55X2hDagBm6X3ijxan2gcOJZKkbDINbNng7tdmknir_DFjCt3F8YEMGELrpayLIwYv_xDy4c7Egcgq4h_8rf2ldk/s1600/happy-kids-celebrate-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkh5_8xsArFKM-1_gi1ssdwDFl4KS1FgngVZozB6Y1P5kGOi9qgh55X2hDagBm6X3ijxan2gcOJZKkbDINbNng7tdmknir_DFjCt3F8YEMGELrpayLIwYv_xDy4c7Egcgq4h_8rf2ldk/s200/happy-kids-celebrate-2.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-4-five-holidays-for-first-sunday.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">National Kids Day</a></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(First Sunday of August)</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH3Kovzg0RQ8mc2fgp8ainkB-PFHzZq9R2YWalsmkaDKV9p0XFVgeynId4daN5YS8eWDdL0ZsWmdmGUl311Sg30j6JtPNxirHpgfMx1oV1vgdhaxblB-in6U6ElkGkeCIYNVKgvSiHbI/s1600/national-psychic-day-article-lg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH3Kovzg0RQ8mc2fgp8ainkB-PFHzZq9R2YWalsmkaDKV9p0XFVgeynId4daN5YS8eWDdL0ZsWmdmGUl311Sg30j6JtPNxirHpgfMx1oV1vgdhaxblB-in6U6ElkGkeCIYNVKgvSiHbI/s200/national-psychic-day-article-lg.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-4-five-holidays-for-first-sunday.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Psychic Day</span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(First Sunday of August)</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b><br /><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeq-ZKsA73xH_LI3EqY__RCtOjdzXvj5SxVNDM1Rdo47KVqohJTnTu7dmXCOg_Ms1pGkoKoeRM7SADRURuBtzao1pToOZIfjBgkaYr-8usUgCvvQorweQz8iHrL0_WbbXzTBaPbpD2GEE/s1600/sisters.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(First Sunday of August)</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3060729683601375215" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZdK4p40ZqzV-zSJxwgzI16b3sVshC4pgT7fv1ueFm9by5900plWP6OhhHVaEi-YnGM27baUg68AlihxqIfPifhpTPPsBRUtWqQ9-9ECZBGnc8moZqLPNOOBb4OpYg6Dvvs_n25sQuCM/s1600/louis+armstrong.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="155" name="graphics3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZdK4p40ZqzV-zSJxwgzI16b3sVshC4pgT7fv1ueFm9by5900plWP6OhhHVaEi-YnGM27baUg68AlihxqIfPifhpTPPsBRUtWqQ9-9ECZBGnc8moZqLPNOOBb4OpYg6Dvvs_n25sQuCM/s200/louis+armstrong.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; widows: 1;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-2-satchmo-days.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Satchmo Days</a> </span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></b><b>(August 6 - 7, 2022)</b><br /></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3060729683601375215" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></span></b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><br /></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-82608477575382747892022-08-06T00:30:00.135-07:002022-08-06T09:38:14.005-07:00August 6 - Independence Day in both Bolivia AND Jamaica<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;">Posted on August 6, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"> </span> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 6, 2011:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP71Bc0zIHRPz5E-HH3CRcVtQg8j2MZAt93Z8lwCKsyVZCHGzKROz0gO_YrU6NBV_tNLbIspepd8ma8do6q3pl0xMDKf5yDdDRbMYV20QbetaG6DZvZ5l8syAOHiashRef9MkXRqRr76_POxb5cCBcXfAPko757pwJK3P-1OzILoJa10daM_R3nqQ7/s1600/bolivia.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP71Bc0zIHRPz5E-HH3CRcVtQg8j2MZAt93Z8lwCKsyVZCHGzKROz0gO_YrU6NBV_tNLbIspepd8ma8do6q3pl0xMDKf5yDdDRbMYV20QbetaG6DZvZ5l8syAOHiashRef9MkXRqRr76_POxb5cCBcXfAPko757pwJK3P-1OzILoJa10daM_R3nqQ7/w400-h225/bolivia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5808346290709150509" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Bolivia is a landlocked nation in South America—in other words, it has no coast on any ocean or sea.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAzxBq96dFdofCzAx_r-239xZal1vaCJkkogc5kaUoDRYMAn4lCnVmcWR66hxkUDtJQ0R5cbJlwaKZJHiR4ARQQMoCrEACHhtXf_LBVNHnkprQT6DQoTfPFzwUggoGYwxJM8QqW9fDTurf_7uRbotWIRjnB1KTcOyWIjWp5F0nfQgowtqUJdSsLEZ/s225/bolivia%20location.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAzxBq96dFdofCzAx_r-239xZal1vaCJkkogc5kaUoDRYMAn4lCnVmcWR66hxkUDtJQ0R5cbJlwaKZJHiR4ARQQMoCrEACHhtXf_LBVNHnkprQT6DQoTfPFzwUggoGYwxJM8QqW9fDTurf_7uRbotWIRjnB1KTcOyWIjWp5F0nfQgowtqUJdSsLEZ/w400-h400/bolivia%20location.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhuSLbOqHpCtEEZGnZU_X2KeBo76mEuUagrCYaP5QWpsYW_dCQ0njqtryJKJkIjjN5o1vICpZz-JkPd47L0p9NyiQPeVlE5PJ3pqfhbfTKoHmswX1zuQzAi9GsyBmaQDcOUHE1rKvvUgpR5wdD_JYKc_cpA9b9ZsPkJs2mftjkTjzNSVhDqUBj2ky/s256/bolivia%20landlocked.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="256" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhuSLbOqHpCtEEZGnZU_X2KeBo76mEuUagrCYaP5QWpsYW_dCQ0njqtryJKJkIjjN5o1vICpZz-JkPd47L0p9NyiQPeVlE5PJ3pqfhbfTKoHmswX1zuQzAi9GsyBmaQDcOUHE1rKvvUgpR5wdD_JYKc_cpA9b9ZsPkJs2mftjkTjzNSVhDqUBj2ky/w400-h308/bolivia%20landlocked.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8TZcfLIW0x0VKcNkYB3xf8OH1SoT_6aJNKBp8DE1sD1qzZdJXG0zJ8mcgegVY2NFhw76yUZ3Gr6xg8nkNGXH8n8P0ymy04aSMCwge6kvxYnP6kK8TrhnWeT-WyaJyNcGCP8xDFKqdbOT8sAhdHvunwm-y3Ez_StiIqBaD78lUBzBHnT164llxcE0/s279/jamaica%20ind%20day.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="279" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8TZcfLIW0x0VKcNkYB3xf8OH1SoT_6aJNKBp8DE1sD1qzZdJXG0zJ8mcgegVY2NFhw76yUZ3Gr6xg8nkNGXH8n8P0ymy04aSMCwge6kvxYnP6kK8TrhnWeT-WyaJyNcGCP8xDFKqdbOT8sAhdHvunwm-y3Ez_StiIqBaD78lUBzBHnT164llxcE0/w400-h259/jamaica%20ind%20day.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Jamaica, in contrast, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It borders on nothing <i>but</i> ocean!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPG8FcjvevtsNDRtZ5JB5Ybd0zOTc2AqJtv4F2cARSoj8bMrEk3dh_X8qotPorCkPgNQ_V3pgUmcsBJ89RXWTq3QL4eRByYiiJxNTK8ZN2f2sPqESugboWmS5LpIHajwapTFex17TqfY6Q-ntzxJYJ7lQty4J-uDnWOrMIYHohv0qQNNThsuMlxTdh/s1080/jamaica%20location.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPG8FcjvevtsNDRtZ5JB5Ybd0zOTc2AqJtv4F2cARSoj8bMrEk3dh_X8qotPorCkPgNQ_V3pgUmcsBJ89RXWTq3QL4eRByYiiJxNTK8ZN2f2sPqESugboWmS5LpIHajwapTFex17TqfY6Q-ntzxJYJ7lQty4J-uDnWOrMIYHohv0qQNNThsuMlxTdh/w400-h400/jamaica%20location.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5MRZnBS-5oDi6AChg_4ANyQVqNEsF7fU5bT5eCTeW5h-FarzhPjXjdsYgje7AVOIQ0c6mBOabbsHdnh8UtZwhhw9gacV9Ol-YG5aKszZHivhGIBC8mNWFiCV3jjfbl2x4BGYhHxj-xtCWTA23ShHscd67fYuOwDc84Nm7MkEruybYqVE3dfMdblz/s1036/jamaica%20close%20up.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1036" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5MRZnBS-5oDi6AChg_4ANyQVqNEsF7fU5bT5eCTeW5h-FarzhPjXjdsYgje7AVOIQ0c6mBOabbsHdnh8UtZwhhw9gacV9Ol-YG5aKszZHivhGIBC8mNWFiCV3jjfbl2x4BGYhHxj-xtCWTA23ShHscd67fYuOwDc84Nm7MkEruybYqVE3dfMdblz/w400-h283/jamaica%20close%20up.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">These two very different nations both celebrate independence today. Bolivia won its independence from Spain on this day in 1825, after 16 years of struggle and war, and was named after one of the military heroes of that fight, Simón Bolívar. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Jamaica celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, although the nation maintains part of the Commonwealth and thus has U.K. Queen Elizabeth II as its ceremonial head of state.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Bolivia has 37 official languages! — Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, and 34 other native languages. More than half of Bolivians are Amerindians (native South Americans) of various background (including Quechua and Aymara), quite different from the ethnic heritage of all other South American nations, which are heavily European/white or <i>mestizo</i> (mixed Amerindian and European).</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmABrdBv30Q_ewkLG3CydEfkWzd8w_juwYbMgZELjVtKUfTm-IZGIgoYtt5QhsGaWcWc7pJrq7dAPaLk2IiVr3hXAXShiErnm-nsDsRvPE2gwzv0M5Tzp5cDit3ZaTZiWQv9xzLHVPo1xnSnTcgC7BACN2Lw9ZpRrbHf_FOXMyliqA_BJ17-4HXDF8/s2560/women%20raising%20fists.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2560" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmABrdBv30Q_ewkLG3CydEfkWzd8w_juwYbMgZELjVtKUfTm-IZGIgoYtt5QhsGaWcWc7pJrq7dAPaLk2IiVr3hXAXShiErnm-nsDsRvPE2gwzv0M5Tzp5cDit3ZaTZiWQv9xzLHVPo1xnSnTcgC7BACN2Lw9ZpRrbHf_FOXMyliqA_BJ17-4HXDF8/w400-h226/women%20raising%20fists.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="844" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8hrzvx7uo8oJ5E0mUu5aES6clhwufBfMMHEKnFpFvo5e1v8LTmNDAkHbu0vBz-M-9_RKrFOQE_dLqHKLm6ovi5WI6x-lTFWunn5BIYTBm15KrwmRebbUEITgs5bUlZE8N9Ikydn0UbBVCg32Mmt5gJdt7agwvqsgNMWS9vhoug4M6vjyNNloDLWZ/w400-h293/family%20bolivia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Jamaica, on the other hand, has only one official language—English—and has a population that is largely of African descent.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jamaica's Bob Marley and <br />reggae music are famous worldwide. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTey0CRDXEy8hiNbq-96jKz4wGkzNRoAO1_w8WDzN9qe8RXsKl75g7IR8vOPlGefVzteidfOVsOaO0_7TTal0nXHlCUJ5TWtkCedWmBhlLGnsnAxib9zuy8sIg8tmlhH1t0s1KihWBgltPFwZ_9bfRMt5f83rK8sdESago0myBUBSonh_QS8QqPhg/s640/boys.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTey0CRDXEy8hiNbq-96jKz4wGkzNRoAO1_w8WDzN9qe8RXsKl75g7IR8vOPlGefVzteidfOVsOaO0_7TTal0nXHlCUJ5TWtkCedWmBhlLGnsnAxib9zuy8sIg8tmlhH1t0s1KihWBgltPFwZ_9bfRMt5f83rK8sdESago0myBUBSonh_QS8QqPhg/w400-h300/boys.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There are high Andes mountain-scapes and weird salt-plane- scapes, for example.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CNCJ0yrjKAcadO3AySf1Y_85Y6CdzyRofKcI48Y1KfixdAyZWojwoKt0Hf_sbKQq4awuke89Ym1FPos8Zl_gJnOgzvXiMvH2POr8DWndQcLG9ZSJn9rC0G5nPuCBJg_MCQdJLp6QX5l-sEtDMebv1ptrITlCguY1vCLADSNRJq-O7R-f4JO4h_IS/s2000/white%20alpacas.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CNCJ0yrjKAcadO3AySf1Y_85Y6CdzyRofKcI48Y1KfixdAyZWojwoKt0Hf_sbKQq4awuke89Ym1FPos8Zl_gJnOgzvXiMvH2POr8DWndQcLG9ZSJn9rC0G5nPuCBJg_MCQdJLp6QX5l-sEtDMebv1ptrITlCguY1vCLADSNRJq-O7R-f4JO4h_IS/w640-h426/white%20alpacas.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jamaica is beautiful, too, of course!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsWrppdAYNSuwk-9hRRiccaR56ym2p2G5c7JFalZ3fKAg_Lcv5HuHv6xEdQ_XAIwKX4S14y9PMc0Dm2U5zCXT-IOb6hlQ21wSO1woo5huahYvOMJulEPiAocCI7o7T-Q3vorqBzEhkypTAZ-8uPw3qkxMR7tKRFkGrLFGiWtczDm7V_89GVt2NhSF/s353/waterfall%20jam.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="353" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsWrppdAYNSuwk-9hRRiccaR56ym2p2G5c7JFalZ3fKAg_Lcv5HuHv6xEdQ_XAIwKX4S14y9PMc0Dm2U5zCXT-IOb6hlQ21wSO1woo5huahYvOMJulEPiAocCI7o7T-Q3vorqBzEhkypTAZ-8uPw3qkxMR7tKRFkGrLFGiWtczDm7V_89GVt2NhSF/w640-h260/waterfall%20jam.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">One interesting thing about Jamaica is that it hosted a bobsled team, even though Jamaica is a tropical island without snowy mountains on which to practice such a sport. The bobsled team competed in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada, and they quickly became crowd favorites as underdogs. Bobsledders from other countries loaned them spare sleds and offered them guidance and support. The Jamaican bobsled team didn't officially finish (let alone win), because they lost control and crashed during one of their four runs. However, they did improve, and they were very fast starters. After crashing, the four bobsledders got out of their sled and walked with it to the finish line. The crowd went wild.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">At the 1994 Olympics, the Jamaican bobsled team finished ahead of many other countries, including the U.S., and in 2000 they won the gold medal at the World Push Championships in Monaco.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The Disney movie <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Runnings-John-Candy/dp/6305428387" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Cool Runnings</b></a> is loosely based on the Jamaican bobsled team!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6BjImD3qUHgF4fyqzDUQuu4pMbsUE1X6fuUjTz4iWWr1hhlL43KS-sFmtQrfSCJ_AjdE95k4RlGT8lL6xWUZ_DmBC2dyV3YxpjnbbqLo6AFofk3qYGUnBldCAjYt4IC9a3TINvNpJQU/s1600/fraternal+twins.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6BjImD3qUHgF4fyqzDUQuu4pMbsUE1X6fuUjTz4iWWr1hhlL43KS-sFmtQrfSCJ_AjdE95k4RlGT8lL6xWUZ_DmBC2dyV3YxpjnbbqLo6AFofk3qYGUnBldCAjYt4IC9a3TINvNpJQU/s200/fraternal+twins.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-7-twins-days-festival.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Twins Days Festival</a></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(First full weekend in August)</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-83445195702440834872022-08-05T00:30:00.126-07:002022-08-06T09:48:44.077-07:00August 5 - Quasar Breakthrough<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 5, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">This is an update of my post published on August 5, 2011:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiay4ii0C7GEhCwf_9HNkyfqqieoCVX5OlkxDyIMSTNr1xAc4mN09YyrO6S9VQ2rkIMos4Z3-DwZgkHLkrtEkj9GhCmD5LwNQeIuaM6t5axueToV4YEZSOQMajJ1Q9yx7CicfMhdQwZuwGXQfLnb9tqgUgl6veewCsM8qKE5wLBVSB4WSkasSJGbbqE/s1280/quasar%20black%20hole.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiay4ii0C7GEhCwf_9HNkyfqqieoCVX5OlkxDyIMSTNr1xAc4mN09YyrO6S9VQ2rkIMos4Z3-DwZgkHLkrtEkj9GhCmD5LwNQeIuaM6t5axueToV4YEZSOQMajJ1Q9yx7CicfMhdQwZuwGXQfLnb9tqgUgl6veewCsM8qKE5wLBVSB4WSkasSJGbbqE/w400-h225/quasar%20black%20hole.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2434942456618628802" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In the late 1950s, astronomers discovered radio sources in the sky that had no visible counterpart. By 1960 hundreds of these radio sources, which seemed starlike in size, had been detected—and as astronomers searched the skies for one that could be seen as well, one was finally spotted. It looked like a faint blue star, but the spectrum obtained had completely unknown emission lines. The quasi-stellar radio sources remained a big mystery.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><i>Quasar</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> is an acronym for “quasi-stellar.” The term was invented by Chinese-born American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6UpEvaC9tu9oAFoPpjOKbkP5lIthrzFVJAyV53Hcpum0r4z76zQ7rJwMbhjy78CZdL3ssfuLxy1zHSNzX6Gw73TjqURHt4VtlhJOiednAhDiuV6e7x9APlnX54SBltJoHNPerDl4kVJop_PblayaFHqe4TQ23IWR7VrccpZtF6b9XHKWkutPLDX0/s2000/hong%20yee%20chiu.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="2000" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6UpEvaC9tu9oAFoPpjOKbkP5lIthrzFVJAyV53Hcpum0r4z76zQ7rJwMbhjy78CZdL3ssfuLxy1zHSNzX6Gw73TjqURHt4VtlhJOiednAhDiuV6e7x9APlnX54SBltJoHNPerDl4kVJop_PblayaFHqe4TQ23IWR7VrccpZtF6b9XHKWkutPLDX0/w400-h323/hong%20yee%20chiu.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It was on this day in 1962 that another faint “star” was identified as the quasar 3C 273. This quasar's spectrum was also very odd—and scientists realized that it was really just a normal spectrum red-shifted so far that it was hard to recognize.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow—what does all that mean?</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, the electromagnetic spectrum is like a rainbow of energy that is emitted from something. Your body and planet Earth emit infrared radiation—heat</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">—</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">and much hotter objects such as stars emit more energetic radiation, including visible light. A spectrum from a star such as our sun looks a rainbow because there are elements emitting various different colors of light.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQKF7_1W582YrhY16q2OfEpI2AGziaWcmBTcdrLn3SAiikAOncfkC5-4mfk2-z2xhB1c6Zk7rexMnlocKJcgpu27Bd8osMmEYTvwI5uwVBmY1cp1D8JsCVwJjLpS_cqNkRYVO0eDzm9humRFMZOkiYHTlVxdGeXd_LQaGPmvHNKOVicZoHpM14ZJ_/s378/spectrum.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="378" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQKF7_1W582YrhY16q2OfEpI2AGziaWcmBTcdrLn3SAiikAOncfkC5-4mfk2-z2xhB1c6Zk7rexMnlocKJcgpu27Bd8osMmEYTvwI5uwVBmY1cp1D8JsCVwJjLpS_cqNkRYVO0eDzm9humRFMZOkiYHTlVxdGeXd_LQaGPmvHNKOVicZoHpM14ZJ_/w400-h141/spectrum.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKU_aWCj5J9tq5dimHbr8lHMcdLKlgG5qDmh4IvNeL19HyOn4Yi3XYmLYAaQrTESVGW7B91JPyafYAewgY8CFtsxkj-eVTH5lyCOFqp0YOVFGjjrSm1LNNdoqDlQEvldXhqghliNqG7sqh19qFyNTrZn0PRofDkNKoJI3vwwEVqDthYMEWbstNHwT/s331/spectrum.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="331" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKU_aWCj5J9tq5dimHbr8lHMcdLKlgG5qDmh4IvNeL19HyOn4Yi3XYmLYAaQrTESVGW7B91JPyafYAewgY8CFtsxkj-eVTH5lyCOFqp0YOVFGjjrSm1LNNdoqDlQEvldXhqghliNqG7sqh19qFyNTrZn0PRofDkNKoJI3vwwEVqDthYMEWbstNHwT/w640-h294/spectrum.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Each element, when heated, emits its own characteristic spectrum, and the most common element in the universe, hydrogen, emits four specific, known spectral lines. What scientists realized as they studied quasars' spectra is that they were seeing familiar hydrogen spectral lines, with the expected spacing between the lines, but the lines were moved way over to the red end of the spectrum. That's what we call a red-shift.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx_WtNoIIH7X42j3GggyYeXhkOzxo0EgNpimScczIiG_BdwatI2RzTtQwMgc-wkA7s5s1LrxOHiF5_xSGOVO7n5RpI9VT0NykybmOOcbunF9xPmAruXrG87GCOrkcv1htk3F6RXnJ28vHvcex8_Xve1QF260X-KraULGkK2PuExGNcTNEkKcUsaPe/s300/doppler%20effect.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx_WtNoIIH7X42j3GggyYeXhkOzxo0EgNpimScczIiG_BdwatI2RzTtQwMgc-wkA7s5s1LrxOHiF5_xSGOVO7n5RpI9VT0NykybmOOcbunF9xPmAruXrG87GCOrkcv1htk3F6RXnJ28vHvcex8_Xve1QF260X-KraULGkK2PuExGNcTNEkKcUsaPe/w400-h224/doppler%20effect.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC99Ir-9fyBPu6XQMwa9wsCIUkBhmdHlOpaC8NyxNnVjOYxkusTBb9aZUZnFVic_xt-us5xp9B-ymeWZrdFZlsBuLfM_NKE7rIV8oYo350FoRtZA1qIi5Pn3DseZ8RyMxkuWBI2TvP3RYN/s1600/quasar+doppler+effect.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC99Ir-9fyBPu6XQMwa9wsCIUkBhmdHlOpaC8NyxNnVjOYxkusTBb9aZUZnFVic_xt-us5xp9B-ymeWZrdFZlsBuLfM_NKE7rIV8oYo350FoRtZA1qIi5Pn3DseZ8RyMxkuWBI2TvP3RYN/s1600/quasar+doppler+effect.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">A red-shift means the light source is moving away from us, the viewers. (And a blue-shift occurs when the light source is moving toward us.) </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe9yTmPXd7hhUu3FHih7eHYu882gA_NZQt2QQiKazvShdSE8Xmj7EVlA-hNG2IfQXDnaeQ_gCJeOIK0sB4jZ1TaGzdVGgKURQM6BUrJLs32bw70mn1E2jf7bUSBv7wljYW5v981dnGDZfEAcdA6Lf_2Q9HFIMn-ZaJZrIKeUEx1Efl2IksCgaHNnD/s275/redshift.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe9yTmPXd7hhUu3FHih7eHYu882gA_NZQt2QQiKazvShdSE8Xmj7EVlA-hNG2IfQXDnaeQ_gCJeOIK0sB4jZ1TaGzdVGgKURQM6BUrJLs32bw70mn1E2jf7bUSBv7wljYW5v981dnGDZfEAcdA6Lf_2Q9HFIMn-ZaJZrIKeUEx1Efl2IksCgaHNnD/w400-h266/redshift.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">This is similar to the way sound seems to change pitch depending on whether the source is moving toward or away from the listener. Have you ever heard a passing fire truck running its siren or train sounding its whistle? The sound dramatically drops from higher to lower pitch the moment the vehicle's sound source passes you. The faster the firetruck or train is going, the bigger the difference in the sound. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">And this sort of shift (also called the Doppler effect) happens in visible light (or other electromagnetic radiation) as stars or galaxies move toward or away from us.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIJn6AKAYL7QMiFi3WUPUqe4p2qtrpk36R8r3aoVUDF6tjvzkRfi9fWZ8pGpH0MiDj_a-_f8vkBNM0ldfFtlEARJvHmZxxKFsH5CcKnsiPrUZZ4Bf93ksM0HEy_pKDncRG11A0xtLwXbb/s1600/quasar+big+bang+english.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIJn6AKAYL7QMiFi3WUPUqe4p2qtrpk36R8r3aoVUDF6tjvzkRfi9fWZ8pGpH0MiDj_a-_f8vkBNM0ldfFtlEARJvHmZxxKFsH5CcKnsiPrUZZ4Bf93ksM0HEy_pKDncRG11A0xtLwXbb/s320/quasar+big+bang+english.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Almost all galaxies are moving away from us. You've heard of the Big Bang, right? Well, the galaxies are all flying apart from one another, and we can tell the distance of a particular galaxy by seeing how much the light it produces is red-shifted—the farther away, the quicker it seems to be moving away, and the more red-shifted the spectral lines.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">(This info may be easier to understand in a video. Try <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4OnBYrbCjY" target="_blank">this one</a></b>.)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Scientists are now quite sure that the mysterious quasars are the very energetic centers of very, very distant galaxies. These compact regions surround the galaxies' supermassive black holes.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">With our space telescopes (the famous Hubble, and the newly famous James Webb), we are able to see galaxies that are farther and farther away. It's pretty amazing to point a telescope at a black patch of sky and then - after collecting light for a while - to see this:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyPcCA2EEdi06960PMgEw44uEwFoYOp74Ybn3_nyWAQ2aGDPvAZT7c2HyqSyhgWCMDWlBDwEuuvtTBcsJmgGH50blGFhp4aTfYb_9gd8eMcG-Nyc89xM0GdBj--xgHEj6NOWH1O0Ho0hrNKiqFSe8-zRL3Q05nBMvS23ALhoVoD5EmHeIdPepuCK3/s996/photo%20webb.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyPcCA2EEdi06960PMgEw44uEwFoYOp74Ybn3_nyWAQ2aGDPvAZT7c2HyqSyhgWCMDWlBDwEuuvtTBcsJmgGH50blGFhp4aTfYb_9gd8eMcG-Nyc89xM0GdBj--xgHEj6NOWH1O0Ho0hrNKiqFSe8-zRL3Q05nBMvS23ALhoVoD5EmHeIdPepuCK3/w393-h400/photo%20webb.jpeg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">(The objects with starburst lines radiating outwards<br />are the few nearby stars in this view. The non-starburst<br />objects are faraway galaxies, and the little red arcs are<br />galaxies so far away that their shapes are distorted.<br />They are from the early universe!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: right;"><h3 style="clear: both; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="clear: both; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3060729683601375215" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5-FmEfyZHYtcNWz2srIpEDk0SFrgztqk6YIerJlH0wSvs2JF6X6B13eSbLPD2P4X9iODw3DD1NSYQ-fjFUQJwBrpgWx3as7Eut8C1hsTRqXMX6come1E6OKRvc_JQj8duHCg1gcXMU4a/s1600/flags+croatia.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; font-size: 19.7653px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b></b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 19.7653px; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5-FmEfyZHYtcNWz2srIpEDk0SFrgztqk6YIerJlH0wSvs2JF6X6B13eSbLPD2P4X9iODw3DD1NSYQ-fjFUQJwBrpgWx3as7Eut8C1hsTRqXMX6come1E6OKRvc_JQj8duHCg1gcXMU4a/s1600/flags+croatia.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5-FmEfyZHYtcNWz2srIpEDk0SFrgztqk6YIerJlH0wSvs2JF6X6B13eSbLPD2P4X9iODw3DD1NSYQ-fjFUQJwBrpgWx3as7Eut8C1hsTRqXMX6come1E6OKRvc_JQj8duHCg1gcXMU4a/s200/flags+croatia.jpg" style="border: none; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="1000" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXPiGZJiCvN9nXdaHUHOXfp5TECkWuNthLO9O7ssV6QBm3PnH0zXWHzr8mikncFpDb5D-eq_Qgmwc21UyFIqmOTn3sBYZZziTmS27wlr_jAQhpX4d_ZuuSACwwJA9U9F7zSY3Bqz8_2w/s200/vitus+bering.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><b></b></b></span><br /></span><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-5-happy-birthday-vitus-bering.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of explorer Vitus Bering</span></a></b></b></span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1ZdOc7VlUNuFRhQtVSssSqIxycAqndp3Mm7iHnlY0LmErbgTwYHVBOW9cBPOqtIxa3pVtXe8dFhKhuZ1jvpgWzRcjLfU_KsAlbvJ0-AJuShzacv2vCBfRT1PYoyM1VWVbqzSjhMcxw0/s1600/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1ZdOc7VlUNuFRhQtVSssSqIxycAqndp3Mm7iHnlY0LmErbgTwYHVBOW9cBPOqtIxa3pVtXe8dFhKhuZ1jvpgWzRcjLfU_KsAlbvJ0-AJuShzacv2vCBfRT1PYoyM1VWVbqzSjhMcxw0/s200/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="157" /></a><b></b></b></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-5-happy-birthday-vitus-bering.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of explorer Neil Armstrong</span></a></b></b></span></div></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></b></span></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b></b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><br /></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-79898815437620600182022-08-04T00:30:00.077-07:002022-08-06T09:50:46.879-07:00August 4 - Constitution Day on Cook Islands<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;">Posted on August 4, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"> </span> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 4, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjdZpAZgIFyu93wX2AQnWeuOd3kKgsFgvlCMZdDPf5NYo7f7EDHlOzuH19Hk1jeXo-Dv4fF53YiP7KKNuWl01ERBqaeYbYPNW2C0Hbtprl7ohmbC1nypeVwCV7EVIeSnhWSGCbhuBjd0WZdRqTUXL91ZGDvsoieG2KOWS-p42i84G_XBrbkV1aveX/s318/sunset%20cook.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjdZpAZgIFyu93wX2AQnWeuOd3kKgsFgvlCMZdDPf5NYo7f7EDHlOzuH19Hk1jeXo-Dv4fF53YiP7KKNuWl01ERBqaeYbYPNW2C0Hbtprl7ohmbC1nypeVwCV7EVIeSnhWSGCbhuBjd0WZdRqTUXL91ZGDvsoieG2KOWS-p42i84G_XBrbkV1aveX/w640-h320/sunset%20cook.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-634981841895933255" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The fifteen Cook Islands, land-wise, added all together, are only about as large as a medium-sized city such as Orlando, Florida; Sacramento, California; or Knoxville, Tennessee.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The islands have a close relationship with New Zealand, use New Zealand currency, and count Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as the ceremonial head of state. The Cook Islanders are largely Maori, a group of Polynesian people who are considered the native people of New Zealand.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFq42k2JvL4M1sk5d_7GV-SKi374kNmTnOqDSAr__ItA00W_zebobWyzT_95P4o56_20mUxtVA4gKdG9ipacW7ql-BZhBQY6awzoRUGj4Fyme6QzkKb_DOEv7f2Ky2W8tFteoDK9lcHPOMPnXGOipIE5c1ij1XTRSq1Va1rJs0tejJrIXWr7aqhFT7/s299/boat%20cook%20isle.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFq42k2JvL4M1sk5d_7GV-SKi374kNmTnOqDSAr__ItA00W_zebobWyzT_95P4o56_20mUxtVA4gKdG9ipacW7ql-BZhBQY6awzoRUGj4Fyme6QzkKb_DOEv7f2Ky2W8tFteoDK9lcHPOMPnXGOipIE5c1ij1XTRSq1Va1rJs0tejJrIXWr7aqhFT7/w400-h226/boat%20cook%20isle.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9LGS46if0AuKKdgMbglybB0z8holRqwB_2WgJZcVX1GvRJXrIz0bzFledLZVm-vfuYIGvwzeJLjq_tjorH97VDScUAENiKVyybpagHHTS8l1sdURJpM17A7WNNCu3DSaR1Xq1kuE9Kc/s1600/pink+tents.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="122" name="graphics32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9LGS46if0AuKKdgMbglybB0z8holRqwB_2WgJZcVX1GvRJXrIz0bzFledLZVm-vfuYIGvwzeJLjq_tjorH97VDScUAENiKVyybpagHHTS8l1sdURJpM17A7WNNCu3DSaR1Xq1kuE9Kc/s200/pink+tents.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-3-national-eisteddfod-of-wales.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Eisteddfod of Wales</span></span></a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYqSR3kZhuPyOPXkzJm6gmPYAHQYxdQVm1LInyq9nOoOH_uGQBbwdGiYWUzkLKq7R7ivNhOQ_OwIBQYjxwTfzT-vx0h_EdpNx_Wy0J7TOkjgtQnzp352t5SMfWiz7wa4sHJvB7TtSno5F/s1600/variety.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">(July 30 - August 6 2022)</span></span></b><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYqSR3kZhuPyOPXkzJm6gmPYAHQYxdQVm1LInyq9nOoOH_uGQBbwdGiYWUzkLKq7R7ivNhOQ_OwIBQYjxwTfzT-vx0h_EdpNx_Wy0J7TOkjgtQnzp352t5SMfWiz7wa4sHJvB7TtSno5F/s1600/variety.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-4-national-chocolate-chip-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-4-national-chocolate-chip-day.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3-oHOALcUZrJX8LBaUtUWoB6jrPRzekm6-OA2FHnzJYvfqyVJxf2FNCPvRKuQsNTiSC0-vUpZ3WLj1vNxgguDlRT8wfFEZ3sgHReeNjW2K8P8gWtc60fhC50RAlwGqUsaWRp4MGSMlI/s200/choc+chips.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3-oHOALcUZrJX8LBaUtUWoB6jrPRzekm6-OA2FHnzJYvfqyVJxf2FNCPvRKuQsNTiSC0-vUpZ3WLj1vNxgguDlRT8wfFEZ3sgHReeNjW2K8P8gWtc60fhC50RAlwGqUsaWRp4MGSMlI/s0/choc+chips.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-4-national-chocolate-chip-day.html" target="_blank">National Chocolate Chip Day</a></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukct66qXw_62AnQQqAr0KXvxnaOXCNR6FV86t5_IyciEYnH7kVYYe6OAZr8UqYp30oKcfUCcuFZma43hh613TrapQHgYEVm-H3LuI0c8_fr2DhyphenhyphenPXWqehROYeD56d_t2Jp3t7eJtQDwU/s1600/hamilton3.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukct66qXw_62AnQQqAr0KXvxnaOXCNR6FV86t5_IyciEYnH7kVYYe6OAZr8UqYp30oKcfUCcuFZma43hh613TrapQHgYEVm-H3LuI0c8_fr2DhyphenhyphenPXWqehROYeD56d_t2Jp3t7eJtQDwU/s1600/hamilton3.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" data-pin-nopin="true" height="85" name="graphics129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukct66qXw_62AnQQqAr0KXvxnaOXCNR6FV86t5_IyciEYnH7kVYYe6OAZr8UqYp30oKcfUCcuFZma43hh613TrapQHgYEVm-H3LuI0c8_fr2DhyphenhyphenPXWqehROYeD56d_t2Jp3t7eJtQDwU/s200/hamilton3.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fImV74HNiTDkGRivxJeGsW5VWQa37L3h0Hl9j3JZd4g7m47nHdD3c16GdMaV9agNB-9fnWpoIgqPH7bCVUUsVVKJhalXfXztATmRr-HJVdu8fSi5PZ_5RcdP_gMFfpQ-Dq15xvav4Id/s1600/K+williamson+painting+easel.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-4-happy-birthday-william-rowan.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mathematician William Rowan Hamilton's birthday</span></span></a></b></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fImV74HNiTDkGRivxJeGsW5VWQa37L3h0Hl9j3JZd4g7m47nHdD3c16GdMaV9agNB-9fnWpoIgqPH7bCVUUsVVKJhalXfXztATmRr-HJVdu8fSi5PZ_5RcdP_gMFfpQ-Dq15xvav4Id/s1600/K+williamson+painting+easel.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="133" name="graphics122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fImV74HNiTDkGRivxJeGsW5VWQa37L3h0Hl9j3JZd4g7m47nHdD3c16GdMaV9agNB-9fnWpoIgqPH7bCVUUsVVKJhalXfXztATmRr-HJVdu8fSi5PZ_5RcdP_gMFfpQ-Dq15xvav4Id/s200/K+williamson+painting+easel.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></span></a><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 0.2in;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-4-happy-birthday-kieron.html" style="color: #336699; line-height: 0.2in; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Child artist Kieron Williamson's birthday</span></span></a></span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGm2hHhUoz4tRwZzAEfsCh0nAH3B-vCGuzgVwaC7p1pzVNkWZYZFh0LUTeMsHe_ezFug586nkVsc1uQ5YcF02hzBex11lHiM__92i6KZx8Mg98ZafmLYUK87zKHYWjfb2UxT1fUiH-tQ/s1600/rock+stripes.JPG" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="150" name="graphics34" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGm2hHhUoz4tRwZzAEfsCh0nAH3B-vCGuzgVwaC7p1pzVNkWZYZFh0LUTeMsHe_ezFug586nkVsc1uQ5YcF02hzBex11lHiM__92i6KZx8Mg98ZafmLYUK87zKHYWjfb2UxT1fUiH-tQ/s200/rock+stripes.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-4-2012-happy-birthday-johann.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Geologist Johann Gottlob Lehmann's birthday</span></span></a></b></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="widows: 2;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 1;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOz9Q7i8S0Y2J30G42j_lbOuOcnwy_dDMxwZHPDYe4jx6hyOZLfbR2pvE_fnvCnGy8tCK-901Cp4xKTr5LSh0NBHQoxcFprNq9fXdAi81A5DaS5AJHbB0EMCe5LuUj7gerhQG3yjZ2ZTM/s1600/obama+gray.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOz9Q7i8S0Y2J30G42j_lbOuOcnwy_dDMxwZHPDYe4jx6hyOZLfbR2pvE_fnvCnGy8tCK-901Cp4xKTr5LSh0NBHQoxcFprNq9fXdAi81A5DaS5AJHbB0EMCe5LuUj7gerhQG3yjZ2ZTM/s200/obama+gray.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-4-happy-birthday-barack-obama.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>U.S. President</b> <b>Barack Obama</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapXOp46hemTPMjypDAnwuwJ3kXRD3sDgfxarfr9TkOtn2T3EJT8rendYuOxxVh_LjEmf6ilo81IW-pfzXRQJlONnlwbSfquw4FrgLJVzGVvcMCzCpUqu-79Dklhqj1WzTC63UeRRYHDY/s1600/smith+again.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1087" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapXOp46hemTPMjypDAnwuwJ3kXRD3sDgfxarfr9TkOtn2T3EJT8rendYuOxxVh_LjEmf6ilo81IW-pfzXRQJlONnlwbSfquw4FrgLJVzGVvcMCzCpUqu-79Dklhqj1WzTC63UeRRYHDY/s200/smith+again.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="135" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-4-happy-birthday-lillian-frances.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><b></b></a><b></b><br /><b><b><br /></b></b><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="widows: 2;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-4-happy-birthday-lillian-frances.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">Birthday of sharpshooter Lillian Frances Smith</a></b></span><br style="widows: 2;" /></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSqHf_hTk9NHEIuxqAXymlW13IgDLhJS9G6DiM7nd1l6fkldB-AUPARWXfeBGmkqeYmQBN4Xw5bnW0Ejjf4k1RvBld0OxnFH1gGMYUgQLgQlw0HJWYzFVi_uaHhUrrcoZ0UFit6prSu0/s1600/porcelaindoll.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></a><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></h3><div style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0cptqqn0ZQk21_eDO7EfCxi9dmgF-GwBOsYtoLXgtityv3zDjmJg46ZD1PdHQ5GvqKIIyzLpO7syxoggK7ZmCzQruXgocx1n04ivBvASRLpyLQvf63JClJ3wXON4FZf-DpYvstqeAfU/s400/meghan+markle+prince+harry+engagement.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; display: inline; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0cptqqn0ZQk21_eDO7EfCxi9dmgF-GwBOsYtoLXgtityv3zDjmJg46ZD1PdHQ5GvqKIIyzLpO7syxoggK7ZmCzQruXgocx1n04ivBvASRLpyLQvf63JClJ3wXON4FZf-DpYvstqeAfU/w200-h113/meghan+markle+prince+harry+engagement.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a></div></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-4-happy-birthday-to-meghan.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Birthday of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex</a><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="color: #333333; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-4-coast-guard-day.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-4-coast-guard-day.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEc-Y9ne-jEvKT1kQ34Tnkq98Oky7Iue6x_64IqIQJxo4uaOGFZHYozLYREvZLun6el1LaIumtJ0DoMKakzuGjCvuPi8ZHDB5zVGiV0gKztavmVJ-gLyhc5VnD3YJGi7vRK1lF8b23A4-dzMeM73ukI2MAmb7mPWwn0eG9KraY5saLetHckMqdUFs/s320/seal%20coast%20guard.png" style="clear: left; 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font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div><div style="widows: 1;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-33288665475944837742022-08-03T00:30:00.094-07:002022-08-06T09:52:41.764-07:00August 3 - First Watercraft to Reach North Pole<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 3, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 3, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1Qyof_Ey7KqDI0XsO7JujzIha23_aW3rTtv5t_0-sJ1VVKE6XxoNr1GHLi6JuXQGAqsd8n0YKOVZZrsdHuLAcryY9wtWGD_AXkOUbyr-Qh4wvru7a1wq7OAz43b610GkX47TQs3FJNLUKo48fgpUnsX_cWUCQ-8VPcQm87VzmLP7bISf3HO105IB/s1280/sub.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1Qyof_Ey7KqDI0XsO7JujzIha23_aW3rTtv5t_0-sJ1VVKE6XxoNr1GHLi6JuXQGAqsd8n0YKOVZZrsdHuLAcryY9wtWGD_AXkOUbyr-Qh4wvru7a1wq7OAz43b610GkX47TQs3FJNLUKo48fgpUnsX_cWUCQ-8VPcQm87VzmLP7bISf3HO105IB/w400-h280/sub.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6703261545109189009" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>USS Nautilus</i> was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. Because of her nuclear propulsion, she was able to remain submerged much longer than diesel-electric submarines, and so she was able to break many records and establish many firsts. One of her most famous exploits was achieved on this day in 1958, as the submarine reached the geographical North Pole.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The submarine began this West Coast voyage, called Operation Sunshine, in April of that year, and she tried to enter the Arctic Ocean in mid-June. However, there was deep draft ice that made it too dangerous. The <i>Nautilus</i> went all the way to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to wait for better ice conditions. In late July, it was deemed safe to try again, so the <i>Nautilus</i> traveled north again and submerged in the Barrow Sea Valley on August 1. The submarine reached the North Pole on August 3 and continued on another 96 hours (4 days) until she could surface northeast of Greenland.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGieKCOMd3ihG5h_IeneaNP1WrC-ugqjjxAEScVifaWiTRNfcEmoHx7Xg9ZIUBasGJ1FBGLNb3jZUcalYDNTTEYGRfGqGf3HjKuJieS29HqJOQN4SOGAZtwS3GdSRgHxxb6vdYchoSyLcfPlCRhnU80iotvYa6wjWyTrqYgf5h_iAU1hmZS6SQyni/s556/uss-nautilus-route.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="556" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGieKCOMd3ihG5h_IeneaNP1WrC-ugqjjxAEScVifaWiTRNfcEmoHx7Xg9ZIUBasGJ1FBGLNb3jZUcalYDNTTEYGRfGqGf3HjKuJieS29HqJOQN4SOGAZtwS3GdSRgHxxb6vdYchoSyLcfPlCRhnU80iotvYa6wjWyTrqYgf5h_iAU1hmZS6SQyni/w640-h418/uss-nautilus-route.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPZL3q0SORVspB093QnP1prFmA8rHx1qb8SvLklBFDkCZKIid5_T7eIsFm1OfHhLXleVNJNTQcmz6gHIBjjd2rtinM4M7ZgWb454Idnf0gx2WCPP57Fd6eW1wNCIkHTmPF1mA0NiUl6rN/s1600/nautilus+providence.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPZL3q0SORVspB093QnP1prFmA8rHx1qb8SvLklBFDkCZKIid5_T7eIsFm1OfHhLXleVNJNTQcmz6gHIBjjd2rtinM4M7ZgWb454Idnf0gx2WCPP57Fd6eW1wNCIkHTmPF1mA0NiUl6rN/w400-h300/nautilus+providence.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />This is the <i>USS Providence</i> celebrating <br />the 50th anniversary of the<i> Nautilus</i>'s <br />polar crossing--in the Arctic Ocean, of<br />course!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What is the geographical North Pole?</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the point in the northern half of Earth where the planet's axis of rotation meets its surface.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">On a globe, it is the spot where the upper portion of the metal rod around which the globe spins emerges from the Earth's sphere and attaches to the globe's stand.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk0CkwdQxuZ627O32pnePGx6iSx5GUsS7almKe731iQpDXKxoFd871XdQ844_1cUu380AiE5UG8BBlRA57NXVoevoCx0UHDbRBqNANF8bSe7VrpMjF_fwSkva1CT0lM_gwUqc9cwcuiaZs58JyPG7edQ_mBdBxs_ZKQnHKZyGsuIMQs8K_Qr9I34j/s355/globe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="266" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk0CkwdQxuZ627O32pnePGx6iSx5GUsS7almKe731iQpDXKxoFd871XdQ844_1cUu380AiE5UG8BBlRA57NXVoevoCx0UHDbRBqNANF8bSe7VrpMjF_fwSkva1CT0lM_gwUqc9cwcuiaZs58JyPG7edQ_mBdBxs_ZKQnHKZyGsuIMQs8K_Qr9I34j/w300-h400/globe.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The South Pole, of course, is the point in the southern half of Earth where the axis of rotation meets the surface. And on a globe it is the spot where the lower portion of the rod emerges.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Did you know...?</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The North Pole is defined as the northernmost point on Earth. It lies exactly opposite the South Pole, which is the southernmost point on Earth.</span></span></div></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The North Pole lies in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, although that ocean is sometimes covered in ice, and the South Pole is in the middle of the ice-covered land mass that is Antarctica.</span></span></div></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Earth has a slight wobble in its spin. For this reason, the North Pole isn't in one fixed location—but instead it ranges around a few meters.</span></span></div></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiztgEejqOy_ypTUWlVNz_SUUox3iKccD0_aPRSW5NTBc-utkSD2HTfYWyVVHcUeEfCn3Ntjj0FKroQrYMXOTfdnfMMn2sp4yD05ugJMxWRc5wD8uZ88IVblUXxl0DW45hJSEg__TbhWG/s1600/nautilus+magnetic.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiztgEejqOy_ypTUWlVNz_SUUox3iKccD0_aPRSW5NTBc-utkSD2HTfYWyVVHcUeEfCn3Ntjj0FKroQrYMXOTfdnfMMn2sp4yD05ugJMxWRc5wD8uZ88IVblUXxl0DW45hJSEg__TbhWG/s1600/nautilus+magnetic.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">The Magnetic North Pole is the point on Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which Earth's magnetic field points downwards. It is not the same spot as the Geographic North Pole, and it slowly changes over time. The Magnetic North Pole was in Canada in 2001, and it has been moving toward Russia more than 30 miles (more than 55 kilometers) per year! (Learn more <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/27005/earths-magnetic-field/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>here</b></a>.)</span></span></div></li></ul><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnVTg0kndLjJrbiHJIsFH9G9G0q7ZAKNxEfoX0B_foSr4YSwqufgv-RVDnAZeuSSFEKvr-5rFd6P-MS3ISOQnXc1f9BQvshmgv1UqwFayEroWc1il6sJECpKLtRrYsDpxOV4WJ4e73DliJrtDamFoClmswzEfGzYbXX33keREYYdpucukos4cButf/s1041/mag%20field.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1041" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnVTg0kndLjJrbiHJIsFH9G9G0q7ZAKNxEfoX0B_foSr4YSwqufgv-RVDnAZeuSSFEKvr-5rFd6P-MS3ISOQnXc1f9BQvshmgv1UqwFayEroWc1il6sJECpKLtRrYsDpxOV4WJ4e73DliJrtDamFoClmswzEfGzYbXX33keREYYdpucukos4cButf/w400-h304/mag%20field.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span><br /><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">There are even more “if's, and's, and but's” to discuss about the North and South Poles. Check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Geomagnetic Reversal</b></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession_(astronomy)" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Axial Precession</b></a>! </span></span></div></li></ul><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW35OlOGzyCfFBLr-Nxc-pjUxFUGzk1uDRl5s3XcP6ZKcM38f7TWIWWtz2dzO8CMnxXoFHJSlO1DE3TShDTvS0wz2AhkH0yy0pK3AQebabzukiDda3u9KeGSfI9yYbgFC1X9bR6Y2uyyBe9vowym7nJsHW5HeuvmLCXWGPKkC1r6h6aUsCKrEhMCct/s1279/Earths-Magnetic-Field.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW35OlOGzyCfFBLr-Nxc-pjUxFUGzk1uDRl5s3XcP6ZKcM38f7TWIWWtz2dzO8CMnxXoFHJSlO1DE3TShDTvS0wz2AhkH0yy0pK3AQebabzukiDda3u9KeGSfI9yYbgFC1X9bR6Y2uyyBe9vowym7nJsHW5HeuvmLCXWGPKkC1r6h6aUsCKrEhMCct/w450-h640/Earths-Magnetic-Field.jpeg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; 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line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-74231781168616415192022-08-02T00:30:00.076-07:002022-08-06T09:54:02.521-07:00August 2 - Ilinden AND Day of the Republic in North Macedonia<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 2, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 2, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdO-tBtH-8U1832XDXOGL7Hcrq40PA3vnXYzz9v07CzicTh3-COzPkJF-NQaGqbLd4uu1dJTue-GExuNZBZ3CmcfTHVm3qMVh4u_kG3mfYgIvGwSHCXnPSEMPA8WScm5ZtQh1irO0QAZ6-YmhiVH0kEVkxjCnwMTa9Khmgkh8xHzPUOAvr7MQDao5G/s225/republic%20day.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdO-tBtH-8U1832XDXOGL7Hcrq40PA3vnXYzz9v07CzicTh3-COzPkJF-NQaGqbLd4uu1dJTue-GExuNZBZ3CmcfTHVm3qMVh4u_kG3mfYgIvGwSHCXnPSEMPA8WScm5ZtQh1irO0QAZ6-YmhiVH0kEVkxjCnwMTa9Khmgkh8xHzPUOAvr7MQDao5G/w400-h400/republic%20day.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2607426363603045828" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftHpZK_vZpPF68FAA9BXIkAXy9Lood9-l2C0Ziwc9wI6PhALIQ5mx3JIezeOUBeAWbyw2mR8bxRNflZuWnWwTiTtrH0p4DPIE51sOVyPx3YUeDm7ftWZtMklMLRJ8VjfQ4aPkNaQeyuaW/s1600/Macedonia.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #336699; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftHpZK_vZpPF68FAA9BXIkAXy9Lood9-l2C0Ziwc9wI6PhALIQ5mx3JIezeOUBeAWbyw2mR8bxRNflZuWnWwTiTtrH0p4DPIE51sOVyPx3YUeDm7ftWZtMklMLRJ8VjfQ4aPkNaQeyuaW/s320/Macedonia.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="207" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">On this day in 1903, Macedonians rose up in the Ilinden Uprising</span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">against the harsh rule of the Ottoman Empire. For a while, they were successful, but soon the Ottoman forces crushed the rebellion and took revenge by killing people and destroying thousands of homes.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnm2KMYxXeZ1Q9MCxiU6gjuHOOgloCmQgm5WoXn2cqSIXIlu_Vre8F8CCl8t_FZ0MWuKfFnoM0OxkgBM_6L6295rV4wdeRerWLpTJE4fWyd655oV3NTnzNRZgF9n4qs-d1YzHJ1kS8bOPv4HNIldRoxZNcW4FZ8gkH7tH4A4CKpnek_rVL9MOTEZS/s2500/ilinden%20memoria.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnm2KMYxXeZ1Q9MCxiU6gjuHOOgloCmQgm5WoXn2cqSIXIlu_Vre8F8CCl8t_FZ0MWuKfFnoM0OxkgBM_6L6295rV4wdeRerWLpTJE4fWyd655oV3NTnzNRZgF9n4qs-d1YzHJ1kS8bOPv4HNIldRoxZNcW4FZ8gkH7tH4A4CKpnek_rVL9MOTEZS/w400-h266/ilinden%20memoria.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Ilinden Memorial</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">And on this day in 1944, the Republic of Macedonia was established. It was part of the communist nation of Yugoslavia.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't until 1991 that Macedonia was able to establish true independence, as Soviet-backed Yugoslavia broke apart. Independence day on September 8 celebrates this 1991 beginning of the modern Republic of Macedonia; still, August 2 is also celebrated as a patriotic public holiday.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2019, a dispute with Greece over the name <i>Macedonia</i> was settled, and the Republic of Macedonia became the Republic of North Macedonia.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnA7CTiAUOnzh5MKAxO3vYyhfO_iO2A3XarQcQNO38YfpBSdK1zZZKorj_HkQCnI8ubpcI5G9nzBAdsGzjiOgEbIFF1HDs0wya-r_QJY-k_r5CX9-9L3i0BoRHX6Y2uLP9rzl5PbdLNNG0UtAMFdcuOk4J-VLWjy9pBOutpWkvxFaLE1OQ6y_ed02/s240/macedonia1995.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="240" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnA7CTiAUOnzh5MKAxO3vYyhfO_iO2A3XarQcQNO38YfpBSdK1zZZKorj_HkQCnI8ubpcI5G9nzBAdsGzjiOgEbIFF1HDs0wya-r_QJY-k_r5CX9-9L3i0BoRHX6Y2uLP9rzl5PbdLNNG0UtAMFdcuOk4J-VLWjy9pBOutpWkvxFaLE1OQ6y_ed02/w400-h200/macedonia1995.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Don't you love the flag of North Macedonia?</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Do you know where North Macedonia is?</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">North Macedonia is a small landlocked nation on the Balkan peninsula in eastern Europe. Its neighbors include Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdYblPQ1LIUwHyMIpd-pIy1IWSkbUrl2xEwBEwD1ni4NwC6LPJ8yozONJvCA371U9Rpds32g1z3cghrc01rSbvTkpcAzH9VMgTBddVa1WVdnB_grDDtxkDHV05MqQkPCf-XL0h9HrHLuaA1bvWLUv9h84P1VNYWIekhh8FJwyt-pVL2jtAQ8F8_vA/s2000/world%20map.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="2000" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdYblPQ1LIUwHyMIpd-pIy1IWSkbUrl2xEwBEwD1ni4NwC6LPJ8yozONJvCA371U9Rpds32g1z3cghrc01rSbvTkpcAzH9VMgTBddVa1WVdnB_grDDtxkDHV05MqQkPCf-XL0h9HrHLuaA1bvWLUv9h84P1VNYWIekhh8FJwyt-pVL2jtAQ8F8_vA/w640-h382/world%20map.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikVbHdh3sQ2cfk1BoHw3OtXY6kI7DRgLElO835hXiqW_IEPSH0TDQY3xfj7852-ChMD3Y9GTbR0UQWJyyVTizS4VcdTnOaAGV1pbfBDIyosXI73vzw5o6J9MJsQaopzjGk1HMZ8PKI4eHFD2FUNLhTeFomIbVzO9TK7ourCYS22jxjVOua2-QdG1L/s800/europe%20etc%20macedonia.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="800" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikVbHdh3sQ2cfk1BoHw3OtXY6kI7DRgLElO835hXiqW_IEPSH0TDQY3xfj7852-ChMD3Y9GTbR0UQWJyyVTizS4VcdTnOaAGV1pbfBDIyosXI73vzw5o6J9MJsQaopzjGk1HMZ8PKI4eHFD2FUNLhTeFomIbVzO9TK7ourCYS22jxjVOua2-QdG1L/w640-h434/europe%20etc%20macedonia.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_N69v-lCLK5NrVSXIaR6Sb1Y8ewmrJQLSBJnWmo11KRZrylfB1pze5KHEIA5JxKvOSHRXgEmdcg3Tgv7j2Si1ONbF7Ir0FlnPNksAv7cTry9whxofApgUcgzF6Ac_jK_I-gCVMlWPrtYLPvuVAp5Xe1IYCg538Xnyrrt3IOhjpuZR_QWO7Kt2T59/s259/borders.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_N69v-lCLK5NrVSXIaR6Sb1Y8ewmrJQLSBJnWmo11KRZrylfB1pze5KHEIA5JxKvOSHRXgEmdcg3Tgv7j2Si1ONbF7Ir0FlnPNksAv7cTry9whxofApgUcgzF6Ac_jK_I-gCVMlWPrtYLPvuVAp5Xe1IYCg538Xnyrrt3IOhjpuZR_QWO7Kt2T59/w400-h301/borders.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">When was Macedonia powerful?</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In ancient times, in the 300s B.C.E., Philip II of Macedon conquered nearby lands and made them a part of his kingdom. His son, Alexander the Great, conquered even more lands and built up the kingdom even larger—as a matter of fact, Macedonia was one of the largest empires of ancient history. Alexander the Great was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful military commanders of ALL time!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLTbUhJHvsUaXrP8dyvAQsJQhLrXwzcUYxciYvMLsPzDxn4mtD9zBEb2B6xM2HWO9JYB-9qPqxgJzzQs95-9zWKGQ82E9s38h_dMCjQC2Hu1Glg10hDzwaFCPyI77YK4sQjPRoh9slNXxN839ATFZd5XHCZmyzBlhh-4MjENoZFR8dPAi1NLVtufu/s225/alex%20great.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLTbUhJHvsUaXrP8dyvAQsJQhLrXwzcUYxciYvMLsPzDxn4mtD9zBEb2B6xM2HWO9JYB-9qPqxgJzzQs95-9zWKGQ82E9s38h_dMCjQC2Hu1Glg10hDzwaFCPyI77YK4sQjPRoh9slNXxN839ATFZd5XHCZmyzBlhh-4MjENoZFR8dPAi1NLVtufu/w400-h400/alex%20great.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia<br />(facial reconstruction)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><h3 style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></h3><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-right: 1em;"><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjm8aQZKUvG2wUMAmR1p_nmJkny0v5j4xeuIbsCkGE16UzGEeDxSCfQUtwiuU_txFayzrS6jp5zJa4p9JNqjwxE0i9hFUjtJC-PFLd0h9fE3hnyHkHZIFQ3yBe5fxJYUaEYFaZN2FSCo/s1600/icsand+cookies.jpg" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></span></a><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjm8aQZKUvG2wUMAmR1p_nmJkny0v5j4xeuIbsCkGE16UzGEeDxSCfQUtwiuU_txFayzrS6jp5zJa4p9JNqjwxE0i9hFUjtJC-PFLd0h9fE3hnyHkHZIFQ3yBe5fxJYUaEYFaZN2FSCo/s1600/icsand+cookies.jpg" style="color: #004c99; 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display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VUoyULGOvz-1CUBItNihoLBksRB6IK0IUZbp2MWKF99NnmfQx3UWJDPD7CVRWNON3_cH1z30m9UKzu1c-g0mNCkSUkw8uhuPQ_A4U9Gx4Dp8MVfrPhVF_tGt3VEUmpk80_vEa2VuzkY/s200/colored+pencils.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-2-national-coloring-book-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">National Coloring Book Day</a></b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-2-celebrating-james-baldwin.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-2-celebrating-james-baldwin.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AgQLRQwpHVw_8liW0NE91R7QKzCvMs8FN0TBe8KFEP_rwxGCX1RFBDI3Y7RD_w8WSupvYvZkl98acOKFTtx_BYsMtck0UJpSbzYeB02wLnET0TgCC8j0qRygL9FhH10URWbcACwLA5Q/s320/james-baldwin-9196635-2-402.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AgQLRQwpHVw_8liW0NE91R7QKzCvMs8FN0TBe8KFEP_rwxGCX1RFBDI3Y7RD_w8WSupvYvZkl98acOKFTtx_BYsMtck0UJpSbzYeB02wLnET0TgCC8j0qRygL9FhH10URWbcACwLA5Q/w200-h200/james-baldwin-9196635-2-402.jpeg" style="border: none; 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margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-3-emancipation-day-in-st-kitts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-3-emancipation-day-in-st-kitts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlAq3z4ddsxFGm3IILRFZ6OMhpMJAQlZxq7F_t1IjPoLMUQeqgdXLwbiku7yEj77g2NfKdkIkKG1duHNmOrQJGUxCENcPZwhYRA-jJAztMlRdaU5gWwyzisw1eeBDX1AHqiAnyq4OmSs/s640/race+across+channel.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlAq3z4ddsxFGm3IILRFZ6OMhpMJAQlZxq7F_t1IjPoLMUQeqgdXLwbiku7yEj77g2NfKdkIkKG1duHNmOrQJGUxCENcPZwhYRA-jJAztMlRdaU5gWwyzisw1eeBDX1AHqiAnyq4OmSs/w200-h134/race+across+channel.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-3-emancipation-day-in-st-kitts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Emancipation Day in St. Kitt's and Nevis</a></span></span></h3><div><br /></div><div style="color: #999999;"><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /></div></div></div></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-2-happy-birthday-frederic.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-2-happy-birthday-frederic.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KT-hlI859qd88uVartBUQZOrirchpEcKHNdHZSDlnnp5xYF7zWAVR4Eob29Dz7aLgy7uLUg2GygBXXPQjaf1dQRa8PAyy3BHiQLTrfqdpcIU6nxe_RrucmbhsigMxKz_o8jzmyIitTupPL1YgZKet9qOaUiKnO7P8CJRuryoVs_6Bm-s-RzKmAm_/s640/statue-of-liberty%20under%20construction.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="459" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KT-hlI859qd88uVartBUQZOrirchpEcKHNdHZSDlnnp5xYF7zWAVR4Eob29Dz7aLgy7uLUg2GygBXXPQjaf1dQRa8PAyy3BHiQLTrfqdpcIU6nxe_RrucmbhsigMxKz_o8jzmyIitTupPL1YgZKet9qOaUiKnO7P8CJRuryoVs_6Bm-s-RzKmAm_/w144-h200/statue-of-liberty%20under%20construction.jpeg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-2-happy-birthday-frederic.html" target="_blank">Birthday of Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi</a></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-70125169937258520182022-08-01T00:30:00.069-07:002022-08-01T15:43:38.414-07:00August 1 - Lammas Day in Scotland<p style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;">Posted on August 1, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large; text-align: right;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on August 1, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOTc6Eozy-wB4uUv0x837o_ow3kXIF1xr0bop1dpVfWWmIAb6T83fwh7aZE4wpN8xgPtcdSPbXai_MA_4lj-MRxhfiSjgG27qC0OWBw1i0_M3_NfIR_kSeJEqRuHj8_hA44HfgYhwSWhx4mF8Xq0fI_AV-6jlz2Li1eFyGh-P-ExpU_TFXnh-1oEa/s225/Lammas%20Day%20cabdke.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOTc6Eozy-wB4uUv0x837o_ow3kXIF1xr0bop1dpVfWWmIAb6T83fwh7aZE4wpN8xgPtcdSPbXai_MA_4lj-MRxhfiSjgG27qC0OWBw1i0_M3_NfIR_kSeJEqRuHj8_hA44HfgYhwSWhx4mF8Xq0fI_AV-6jlz2Li1eFyGh-P-ExpU_TFXnh-1oEa/w400-h400/Lammas%20Day%20cabdke.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5573503841863106867" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Lammas Day is the first harvest festival of the year in Scotland and some other English-speaking countries. Some people call it the “feast of the first fruits.” </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Lammas is particularly about wheat and wheat bread, and traditionally, people baked loaves of “early wheat” to be blessed at their churches.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8zoL0qBMw7gP6fx-Cy9EpA00XKrPENMm5ZXQymuTClPZR4qTFYY4oD1qT_Mtz75hZHjvZPiIBZtTKiPo8BiuqqGEWQEyoVzIzWUYj0ydOu9_ZR3R2t2vaeXLcr9oSinJx7vvoj7cYDpnJ2mZP2m57g-e0WC6Gr_N7OXjlZq1TP81xGc-wzGFs9GO/s275/wheat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8zoL0qBMw7gP6fx-Cy9EpA00XKrPENMm5ZXQymuTClPZR4qTFYY4oD1qT_Mtz75hZHjvZPiIBZtTKiPo8BiuqqGEWQEyoVzIzWUYj0ydOu9_ZR3R2t2vaeXLcr9oSinJx7vvoj7cYDpnJ2mZP2m57g-e0WC6Gr_N7OXjlZq1TP81xGc-wzGFs9GO/w400-h266/wheat.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYLXLPb6-fvZUuYBEZsglZYYitlJZDs-DDN15L8qn230Kip3uuX9_sQxj7u1z7ruuOJc_MnhD5bBWe4fywsrmZeb3pv8t5joLFyJNrc26VGoFDuRBXS3EGIx9gPf-j2ebbeVpf2HGijwE99YygKG3eWWhY1WJ2hmoaCrYV6zyiIaIxijcv8-pq-RI/s1200/Lammas%20bread.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1200" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYLXLPb6-fvZUuYBEZsglZYYitlJZDs-DDN15L8qn230Kip3uuX9_sQxj7u1z7ruuOJc_MnhD5bBWe4fywsrmZeb3pv8t5joLFyJNrc26VGoFDuRBXS3EGIx9gPf-j2ebbeVpf2HGijwE99YygKG3eWWhY1WJ2hmoaCrYV6zyiIaIxijcv8-pq-RI/w400-h354/Lammas%20bread.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In some parts of the world, wheat bread is considered “the staff of life,” or an important staple food. (What two other staples exist in other parts of the world? Answers below.) </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNEcb8nvxnIO-3BF93v7jwuLcHcx8VwMXR51IMBxQCWCdeY_yn_odIObXIg53PcseB0yu05k2wuZUQvpQRRMCPau-poDKEsTtYzAY_MN1dgTz3sZ5pt-syB-Sg8li6MQS3PfhsCOM-HnZ/s1600/bread+meal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNEcb8nvxnIO-3BF93v7jwuLcHcx8VwMXR51IMBxQCWCdeY_yn_odIObXIg53PcseB0yu05k2wuZUQvpQRRMCPau-poDKEsTtYzAY_MN1dgTz3sZ5pt-syB-Sg8li6MQS3PfhsCOM-HnZ/w400-h300/bread+meal.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It seems like a perfect day to have a meal made from foods grown locally, using fruits, herbs, and vegetables from a farmer's market or (even better) from your own backyard garden!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ANSWERS:</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In some parts of the world, rice is a staple food, and in other parts, the role is filled by corn, which is often made into flat bread called tortillas.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W5YkBF1jfv1oKYqfxQ6--8ic6pgrGujW6hW_UDKpsvJePVtNM4LdZ14NgcMRv2Cr53BfEIgVHNE4sR2RIW82Phl_Y3tityOxR4s373YTySVDyj04cOn_FGIGDyW1V0il3dzOckFsPUOxbL_4BPRwA8Lp0a-vLwKHDjxs3u26w3DbktWQ23Yg16dv/s282/Lammastide%20stamp.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="282" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W5YkBF1jfv1oKYqfxQ6--8ic6pgrGujW6hW_UDKpsvJePVtNM4LdZ14NgcMRv2Cr53BfEIgVHNE4sR2RIW82Phl_Y3tityOxR4s373YTySVDyj04cOn_FGIGDyW1V0il3dzOckFsPUOxbL_4BPRwA8Lp0a-vLwKHDjxs3u26w3DbktWQ23Yg16dv/w400-h254/Lammastide%20stamp.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also on this date:</span></b></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPXPzZcNbXYenuRMtpT-CPBbt-FdTl1q5-AG0mP-P10T6Cj4E_tteKvmxzDhrIeF01hAXVozxEaVvyq5pk99da1vjnTy_-xgLlLMH2xyFxG7ROGru-lW-9WiRWwcRHE89caKSI2SbqKg/s1600/pt-109.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR13JGvdoV4a_ONhuyTpsHib5T-FpD91ADyVGIupWPAi31GY6G4QOhcVnp_dDqieMNhVm4qlkdbPXIfhyCPrtbYWoYNxqPpARI_RtyOlod6HCMTFrX9Ace3jsq8yrtfa2H3wAqTtZtmEIH/s1600/perched+rock.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #004c99; float: left; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR13JGvdoV4a_ONhuyTpsHib5T-FpD91ADyVGIupWPAi31GY6G4QOhcVnp_dDqieMNhVm4qlkdbPXIfhyCPrtbYWoYNxqPpARI_RtyOlod6HCMTFrX9Ace3jsq8yrtfa2H3wAqTtZtmEIH/s200/perched+rock.jpg" style="border: none; color: #336699; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-1-colorados-statehood-woot-woot.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado's statehood anniversary</span></a></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fvc8NgmrBCCYBzG-o8vuHlTye2Wnl7AsbN7-91e6lpXUZsoMarl8nvdebBfYyb6Kvv0CRwPOcdIgT9iAuejz4P1FcT1ZYIPv6dyF1GJwkfU9unAUjoQxKsUiAUlhnXejRbxtd36mgRGg/s1600/zambia+cat.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1100" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fvc8NgmrBCCYBzG-o8vuHlTye2Wnl7AsbN7-91e6lpXUZsoMarl8nvdebBfYyb6Kvv0CRwPOcdIgT9iAuejz4P1FcT1ZYIPv6dyF1GJwkfU9unAUjoQxKsUiAUlhnXejRbxtd36mgRGg/s200/zambia+cat.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-1-africa-from-to-z.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Africa from A to Z</span></a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1abySMxe62HCa2ZXF1Gp8Hqy8_qHzRNCsXM1vKig1a_FraEo5pa87Y6PkSCug-BK_24E9BUbcuKIqnPsoXJvdXp9NjOl4rvf6RZD_fH0t6U_2rTpcEfapgxQTAHjkklWB0dm00RABDo/s1600/forming+army.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="600" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1abySMxe62HCa2ZXF1Gp8Hqy8_qHzRNCsXM1vKig1a_FraEo5pa87Y6PkSCug-BK_24E9BUbcuKIqnPsoXJvdXp9NjOl4rvf6RZD_fH0t6U_2rTpcEfapgxQTAHjkklWB0dm00RABDo/s200/forming+army.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-1-peoples-liberation-army-day-in.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">People's Liberation Army Day in China</span></a></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbObhKN05ucBAO1aWK4Z8BtNGbJ5M8uU7BoNEEUZervjh9EXDrk-sGvUeCPgqVq45_NomZF9BPghEnQ9-MJDEOyY9s51NbZIpi-442cV60HEcpl-Y1h8y8zwWKaK-Ahks-mqraWdrNMU/s1600/fire.png" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; font-size: 16.335px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="830" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbObhKN05ucBAO1aWK4Z8BtNGbJ5M8uU7BoNEEUZervjh9EXDrk-sGvUeCPgqVq45_NomZF9BPghEnQ9-MJDEOyY9s51NbZIpi-442cV60HEcpl-Y1h8y8zwWKaK-Ahks-mqraWdrNMU/s200/fire.png" style="border: none; color: #33aaff; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a><b><div style="color: black; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-1-emancipation-day-caribbean.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Emancipation Day in the Caribbean</span></a></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: black;"><br /></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #004c99;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-1-happy-birthday-maria-mitchel.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-1-happy-birthday-maria-mitchel.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxCLA_PuKFksHXjgc4wegu2NuVqesoN4ELflrJKHiwGtscyZrQrLHhYDjAwQ3DFbzftgxweHfuW3OCmWAAw0CGTzsPuzEu48FYmnEYguzDchA1jaOXQn3ASmlOe-ARQlzjsdppjZuj56LFcmvLfdMCyNF9O5URa3HxKFpeMvIj8Suus-dK4gvt-Z9/s640/mitchell_telescope-1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="546" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxCLA_PuKFksHXjgc4wegu2NuVqesoN4ELflrJKHiwGtscyZrQrLHhYDjAwQ3DFbzftgxweHfuW3OCmWAAw0CGTzsPuzEu48FYmnEYguzDchA1jaOXQn3ASmlOe-ARQlzjsdppjZuj56LFcmvLfdMCyNF9O5URa3HxKFpeMvIj8Suus-dK4gvt-Z9/w171-h200/mitchell_telescope-1.jpeg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-1-happy-birthday-maria-mitchel.html " target="_blank">Birthday of astronomer Maria Mitchell</a></span></b></span></div></div><h3 style="font-size: x-large; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div align="LEFT" style="color: #333333; font-size: 21.06px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="color: #004c99; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-5-2012-assistance-dog-day.html" style="color: #004c99; font-size: 21.06px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #004c99; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-5-2012-assistance-dog-day.html" style="color: #004c99; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UyzfoY_ghRHsa63nr-DOw_-TSmmXEgXiCFaeSmSvNO8HuvazBmWdnJw2p94g8L4CJEEqXwIp1d2EaxczHbJ8D6CG5o482A_GgEK5e5w69jZkjTSgjMZahE-l7_CAkyrVobxpdI4TU_4/s320/guide+dog.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #336699; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UyzfoY_ghRHsa63nr-DOw_-TSmmXEgXiCFaeSmSvNO8HuvazBmWdnJw2p94g8L4CJEEqXwIp1d2EaxczHbJ8D6CG5o482A_GgEK5e5w69jZkjTSgjMZahE-l7_CAkyrVobxpdI4TU_4/w200-h150/guide+dog.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-5-2012-assistance-dog-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Assistance Dog Day</span></a></b></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Monday of Assistance Dog Week)</span></b></div></h3></div><div style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div><div style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="display: inline; line-height: 0.2in; margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></h3></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></span></h3></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div align="LEFT" style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-august/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in August</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And here are my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/september-birthdays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September birthdays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/historical-anniversaries-in-september/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historical anniversaries in September</span></a></b></span></div></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193364064153971972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726422534572614.post-49868871519404024382022-07-31T00:30:00.239-07:002022-08-08T11:14:29.421-07:00July 31 - La Hae Hawaii<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;">Posted on July 31, 2022</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: right;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an update of my post published on July 31, 2011:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7734663890661775045" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r_4voAsH53PYu0f3DxjumN8EsoEvlJSEVcmFvMxu_b36_bBrnj6Z0YAO4b-UYSpkrqpxvqtbZ67MPlPfGU7V6eRf2pdtg3kyquE7jiiHwrGSUTMGg9ynRzkKhTSqDv6sUrrHBPe5Bmc/s1600/flag+hawaii.jpg" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="441" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r_4voAsH53PYu0f3DxjumN8EsoEvlJSEVcmFvMxu_b36_bBrnj6Z0YAO4b-UYSpkrqpxvqtbZ67MPlPfGU7V6eRf2pdtg3kyquE7jiiHwrGSUTMGg9ynRzkKhTSqDv6sUrrHBPe5Bmc/s400/flag+hawaii.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Today is Hawaiian Flag Day. The flag is unexpected, at least to me—it doesn't seem to catch the island flavor or the Pacific/Asian ancestry of many Hawaiians—and it features a British “Union Jack” in one corner!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">But in 1816 this flag was commissioned by King Kamehameha the Great to show Hawaii's close ties with Great Britain. The eight red-white-and-blue stripes stand for Hawaii's eight major islands.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">This flag represented Hawaii as the flag of the Hawaiian Kingdom, as the Republic of Hawaii, and as the territory of Hawaii. Now it represents the State of Hawaii.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfcAp-NEq9Uxa0ef2DBjSX_LrYpkKiuGZIyjFhDngRvxZSHKtGlYst6v4zNX1oLNHh6wFTd0ioVfE6pqqf9t2Af6Vj7tU8vrSeFg5SKdt_l13nHOaE8qN2Oo51zuGZ89gaIHtUbrIkWzf/s1600/Hawaii+beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfcAp-NEq9Uxa0ef2DBjSX_LrYpkKiuGZIyjFhDngRvxZSHKtGlYst6v4zNX1oLNHh6wFTd0ioVfE6pqqf9t2Af6Vj7tU8vrSeFg5SKdt_l13nHOaE8qN2Oo51zuGZ89gaIHtUbrIkWzf/w400-h300/Hawaii+beach.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Celebrate Hawaii!</b></span></span></div><br /><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">Here are some </span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/usa/hawaii/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>activities and coloring pages</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">. </span></span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/hawaii.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><b>A to Z Kids Stuff</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"> website has lots of links to explore. </span></span></li></ul><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Eight major islands?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I bet most folks cannot name more than four to six Hawaiian islands! Without looking it up, I can think of six:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Oahu - The capital city of Honolulu is located on this island</span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2kJdU6VSlTecJeiXNjsvG_Gia83IKVVjQC2TO9LtN-vJk5-DEYM9ZpaR4jcjf_P1ONZl7fe52L77AHQU9ISkzt9RZeq3-HuoVk980jTNmSBpAw1SPph_maD7nNQ-t_9oTCbbww5CVu_I_OZlv05j-7AOibKKEQUoBfDnRzPixnMJoP5wIvY_sE8V/s1698/Oahu-Honolulu-Aerial-Hero-2_1.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1698" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2kJdU6VSlTecJeiXNjsvG_Gia83IKVVjQC2TO9LtN-vJk5-DEYM9ZpaR4jcjf_P1ONZl7fe52L77AHQU9ISkzt9RZeq3-HuoVk980jTNmSBpAw1SPph_maD7nNQ-t_9oTCbbww5CVu_I_OZlv05j-7AOibKKEQUoBfDnRzPixnMJoP5wIvY_sE8V/w640-h374/Oahu-Honolulu-Aerial-Hero-2_1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkE0NdBpGZ3NgCAb57YRrmVr5tgiau9_3CHsHhWF_Lmlb3i3AxHD0lIYomHUQSVKZw2MoZ8_70ktEpyDgqF-wE2UduifjMiZaomw9Ixm1kggQDjTW44S36l0vGpXmm_LsyDL5t3gbaih_w7bY_2-ZsLAbXbsM9FdCVmSePAzq_h2BqKEa98-NEbkgP/s1920/diamond%20head.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1920" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkE0NdBpGZ3NgCAb57YRrmVr5tgiau9_3CHsHhWF_Lmlb3i3AxHD0lIYomHUQSVKZw2MoZ8_70ktEpyDgqF-wE2UduifjMiZaomw9Ixm1kggQDjTW44S36l0vGpXmm_LsyDL5t3gbaih_w7bY_2-ZsLAbXbsM9FdCVmSePAzq_h2BqKEa98-NEbkgP/w400-h286/diamond%20head.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Diamond Head mountain</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Maui - Famous for the dormant volcano Haleakala and the road to Hana</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw37lmZGa7I-Sz9GvkdE0i_jQlQU__c4FCTSQxRkZ8e43pHzs2Qxac7nUor6avgMlTTyFOKgeEu4SPKYc35qeyhlCIsBNmCVOHh5AO5aFiD1Ymj-nAhd1zth8Y91P_LOSryzSity2HcB_qW4yyIm3P53j1snRNsL4qoMZeJViFTjBSSngcox2et9qc/s2560/hawaii-maui-haleakala-filming-scaled.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="2560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw37lmZGa7I-Sz9GvkdE0i_jQlQU__c4FCTSQxRkZ8e43pHzs2Qxac7nUor6avgMlTTyFOKgeEu4SPKYc35qeyhlCIsBNmCVOHh5AO5aFiD1Ymj-nAhd1zth8Y91P_LOSryzSity2HcB_qW4yyIm3P53j1snRNsL4qoMZeJViFTjBSSngcox2et9qc/w640-h426/hawaii-maui-haleakala-filming-scaled.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Above, clouds fill Haleakala's crater.<br />Below, the road to Hana is dotted with falls and pools.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh9w9bPIMfJwKelTbO8tY6pJo2nZLD0SX6SRZo4i9QL_PtFNWsLZKuWL4kMUVMYuteo60qP9rXIrXLkRKc8trOIi4EoWHYgHWbVdhlvwta0IdrL4z-VU94ox42pTkJ5js36STGxXAUCYa2m09bvN5NmALgIM5ibL6WUjjTlxyYL5XTkGE6QNA9LvZ/s1716/road%20to%20hana.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1373" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh9w9bPIMfJwKelTbO8tY6pJo2nZLD0SX6SRZo4i9QL_PtFNWsLZKuWL4kMUVMYuteo60qP9rXIrXLkRKc8trOIi4EoWHYgHWbVdhlvwta0IdrL4z-VU94ox42pTkJ5js36STGxXAUCYa2m09bvN5NmALgIM5ibL6WUjjTlxyYL5XTkGE6QNA9LvZ/w512-h640/road%20to%20hana.jpeg" width="512" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Kawai - Famous for the Napali Coast with its dramatic cliffs </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SwtRR6QiBJ02-P64_VW0Z9NC-m3N2ft0ZL10aB1P1o6vnpG_6iAt1yKO2lg6o7wY6jjX33Cp5RPcWDHbO7jOjwfQ9snEVtawe8GhXmzR9KD3PuL_TxrFLpWIBdREVkS3UmOeEEqzHdE6O7vyOudBXT4YyXFdeLVjGAxIYrZ_2vU0RLXamhro7tmg/s1700/Kauai%20Napali%20Coast.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SwtRR6QiBJ02-P64_VW0Z9NC-m3N2ft0ZL10aB1P1o6vnpG_6iAt1yKO2lg6o7wY6jjX33Cp5RPcWDHbO7jOjwfQ9snEVtawe8GhXmzR9KD3PuL_TxrFLpWIBdREVkS3UmOeEEqzHdE6O7vyOudBXT4YyXFdeLVjGAxIYrZ_2vU0RLXamhro7tmg/w400-h266/Kauai%20Napali%20Coast.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Big Island - Famous for the active volcanos and destructive/constructive lava flows </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdQ5ILu9uJ6gIJuL2uMFQBhexMZeTeh9O1goGCwD8JyNUSIhgxL4Z_BvjWxRMpTa1jRZ6ksh4G01Sg7fgDTjZWZyYGfDW-zXqd_6A58qz0QvY5Ir5wwvxKf8s-HwNMp1Q6QmjPEtWAYART5s8g5Fq-e0lC8bHeq6oAH1da3CSkjw-OYAw3oYvoMWd/s1942/volcano%20erupting.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="1942" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdQ5ILu9uJ6gIJuL2uMFQBhexMZeTeh9O1goGCwD8JyNUSIhgxL4Z_BvjWxRMpTa1jRZ6ksh4G01Sg7fgDTjZWZyYGfDW-zXqd_6A58qz0QvY5Ir5wwvxKf8s-HwNMp1Q6QmjPEtWAYART5s8g5Fq-e0lC8bHeq6oAH1da3CSkjw-OYAw3oYvoMWd/w640-h510/volcano%20erupting.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Lava is destructive when it covers and burns<br />existing forests, homes, and roads.<br />Lava is also constructive, too; the Hawaiian<br />islands are, after all, entirely made up of <br />cooled lava, and fresh new lava makes<br />them larger. A new island is being created,<br />even as we speak, about 18 miles away<br />from the Big Island. It is still a long time<br />in the making; the top of that newest<br />island is still about 3,000 feed underwater,<br />and scientists think it will take around 50,000 <br />years for the island to arise from the sea!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJZzdrn9UmVJujsL9ZkGFpMe_p-uGpVXuRsVexPlI4xEPsMBZbdWBv2T3BGdXdjrwKunzXH7niKPgCVFmt4vtt2R7_WRUE1nC7r4Qet8gAFnK3BAnQKrHOFPhn2oT8gzgPLwpU-9kzX93Pla-RP5wEH1sbW0O3FQyyYAcFdCP6Snz_C7tE_zM-oK4/s720/lava%20boat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJZzdrn9UmVJujsL9ZkGFpMe_p-uGpVXuRsVexPlI4xEPsMBZbdWBv2T3BGdXdjrwKunzXH7niKPgCVFmt4vtt2R7_WRUE1nC7r4Qet8gAFnK3BAnQKrHOFPhn2oT8gzgPLwpU-9kzX93Pla-RP5wEH1sbW0O3FQyyYAcFdCP6Snz_C7tE_zM-oK4/w400-h266/lava%20boat.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Lanai - also known as Pineapple Island</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkFSvksLgEAz4lSJ5_yJZPAueeXQpVYVcbgPVgwoMuaTv2k0mtQZT7716YGnE7ORzompH7gMnJxnd0AFpmw5EWk0BbjJulvRxGHiSbyDcXLM6V_93sReFJKojELQo6H4hSsM4NKxzYsGcJygQdPI7wFLl64jawW_SnL5gZN9f4SPZFCzlLikhuLaV/s823/lanai.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="823" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkFSvksLgEAz4lSJ5_yJZPAueeXQpVYVcbgPVgwoMuaTv2k0mtQZT7716YGnE7ORzompH7gMnJxnd0AFpmw5EWk0BbjJulvRxGHiSbyDcXLM6V_93sReFJKojELQo6H4hSsM4NKxzYsGcJygQdPI7wFLl64jawW_SnL5gZN9f4SPZFCzlLikhuLaV/w400-h240/lanai.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />I read that Lanai used to provide about 75% of the<br />world's pineapples!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Molokai - of the six largest islands, this one may be the least developed and therefore most pristine and secluded</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPWaH2wNimgcFNgYMLSGBTF-eoWFQ1HxXiZsg0MfGg3bNdudMXIa1b31OVx3LNMTKhY_DvfltZdlpS-aBdozaUM2n82V9Kb7pcb-LKDF-G08UeFpCWOJG_WcDBmUHjQfuzWAp7uqFrkZIwsFB2xvSJKGEy6X3vk5TsWJOCS86KR8S4thyOUZ6fr1Z/s1920/molokai.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPWaH2wNimgcFNgYMLSGBTF-eoWFQ1HxXiZsg0MfGg3bNdudMXIa1b31OVx3LNMTKhY_DvfltZdlpS-aBdozaUM2n82V9Kb7pcb-LKDF-G08UeFpCWOJG_WcDBmUHjQfuzWAp7uqFrkZIwsFB2xvSJKGEy6X3vk5TsWJOCS86KR8S4thyOUZ6fr1Z/w400-h266/molokai.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are the two lesser-known main islands:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Kahoolawe—“The Target Isle” - this island was used as target practice for U.S. military!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxO-3s5UPczJr8HYl9v-vwd6Kv1jR5POgEMldoU_EGo1dwLPkWDDMJsTHxmplAl1_Vbv2wHCKX9lVmPLJ8Gw7AZPFxO-77PMmdwUCBkvCExNIMlLHinQ7if2JAP2LFHbwuqIDrl6T6Es0chrss8Jm_EIXDsZ2pIKplZKmesMKgrrEDu3tsfzAiZO0/s1188/500%20tons%20of%20tnt.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1188" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxO-3s5UPczJr8HYl9v-vwd6Kv1jR5POgEMldoU_EGo1dwLPkWDDMJsTHxmplAl1_Vbv2wHCKX9lVmPLJ8Gw7AZPFxO-77PMmdwUCBkvCExNIMlLHinQ7if2JAP2LFHbwuqIDrl6T6Es0chrss8Jm_EIXDsZ2pIKplZKmesMKgrrEDu3tsfzAiZO0/w400-h266/500%20tons%20of%20tnt.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />This was the drop site for around 500 tons of TNT!</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Niihau—“The Forbidden Isle” - basically, forbidden to outsiders in oder to keep it Hawaiian</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjWfrz8g2Un8dCou_jhw-t9Vn1NiEwfHTYKdNhmULdxaHY5L9UxB0GySQtY9PfLuZMtGZfLZXZJlANse6ZN-g0RH0bZ4g1xuK-kR74MrrpKYKUzWzegCkt-ITZVoRb4vZLewRnDWWd1d9MTWUEG9PU4gx-wLJOk6kMkR0AS3xJUyywwn671yLaf0n/s1000/forbidden%20island.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjWfrz8g2Un8dCou_jhw-t9Vn1NiEwfHTYKdNhmULdxaHY5L9UxB0GySQtY9PfLuZMtGZfLZXZJlANse6ZN-g0RH0bZ4g1xuK-kR74MrrpKYKUzWzegCkt-ITZVoRb4vZLewRnDWWd1d9MTWUEG9PU4gx-wLJOk6kMkR0AS3xJUyywwn671yLaf0n/s320/forbidden%20island.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />This is THE least developed and most secluded of the<br />eight main islands, because the owners keep it that way!</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And what about the minor islands? Turns out, there are 137 islands (including atolls) in Hawaii!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L8uqOug5NXHHwMrHgylWGqB1MZVZm5XFL831EggQ_JJWgDFOo_LWRwOnPLUXpLg-y0FMl3UGmOLlifBUDqfIh8iKgK7_dcCFNCauEra4kKaDpUvVTl-Ec8UujAS7_XkugVyj-JsV05soysNzaanbEZA_sO8wx3rZWehRAEY7KlXL5r5hty6fhzD4/s550/eight%20islands.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="550" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L8uqOug5NXHHwMrHgylWGqB1MZVZm5XFL831EggQ_JJWgDFOo_LWRwOnPLUXpLg-y0FMl3UGmOLlifBUDqfIh8iKgK7_dcCFNCauEra4kKaDpUvVTl-Ec8UujAS7_XkugVyj-JsV05soysNzaanbEZA_sO8wx3rZWehRAEY7KlXL5r5hty6fhzD4/w400-h261/eight%20islands.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />These are the eight major island...<br />And here are some others:<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_m35zQlIR2TDvMifrrL3EIGsGQcqsamr-etwpUs7JV5v59fvPd2pGTqjHJ4QzeY4tCjoaDIcFj84pmFGTu95IP_q5GhG-gTPMg9somGkwSBqjLndlE1W7mYrgCh7cKpDounnc3kJP2E0I8veswAAayFqgRREVlnc91etyCqYytWucEYNdD_JQW9x/s670/other%20islands.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="670" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_m35zQlIR2TDvMifrrL3EIGsGQcqsamr-etwpUs7JV5v59fvPd2pGTqjHJ4QzeY4tCjoaDIcFj84pmFGTu95IP_q5GhG-gTPMg9somGkwSBqjLndlE1W7mYrgCh7cKpDounnc3kJP2E0I8veswAAayFqgRREVlnc91etyCqYytWucEYNdD_JQW9x/w640-h286/other%20islands.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2015/07/july-31-first-u-s-patent.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Anniversary of the first U.S. patent</a> </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXTPnzWSO3gOvGUCCvGfwo7j2iKFGeE-fmTG_-rPcnonYgqGwJugQgV7isLaaNVOy04OWAN0D7YqsvSLTm-oOknz8xfWQLxgfsfYxwdQGvzuuCr7mynU62FZRRZB7uVWnSROkvr-eLK8P/s1600/ranger+snake.jpg" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-31-2012-uncommon-instruments.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Uncommon Instruments Day</span></a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2016/07/july-31-upswing-of-revolution-in.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Upswing of the Revolution in the Republic of the Congo</a></b><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></h3></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf2Yh0i7E32JVubxmwuqBVEaAkiGuTUHiJwoB5g_OaRt8y_2FohcZ2zT4nhJ9l0I7JcR3kdr4WACS2g0K_sb180ho8CirZKItD76gyLbcsi2EePYtdZdvlChrBTCbHtjfdgpdt4bZSx9o/s1600/Nouvelle_carte_generale_des_provinces_asiatiques_de_L%2527empire_Ottoman_%2528Kiepert%252C_1883%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="220" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf2Yh0i7E32JVubxmwuqBVEaAkiGuTUHiJwoB5g_OaRt8y_2FohcZ2zT4nhJ9l0I7JcR3kdr4WACS2g0K_sb180ho8CirZKItD76gyLbcsi2EePYtdZdvlChrBTCbHtjfdgpdt4bZSx9o/s200/Nouvelle_carte_generale_des_provinces_asiatiques_de_L%2527empire_Ottoman_%2528Kiepert%252C_1883%2529.jpg" style="border: none; font-weight: 400; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0in; position: relative;"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2017/07/july-31-happy-birthday-heinrich-kiepert.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday of mapmaker Heinrich Kiepert</span></a></b></h3><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZHyxvd-OvQJCLg5Y5AhmosO2Uyxc4ftJnlb5QqiwRn01lhdAFxoidmMXDj4In6O7A4Jnw18_visB73d8Oy4T16axki47mms2PlGT4r2MaUVxrAicBmhYj3wEGG6SLPQdrlu5pBEHCuM/s1600/avocado+outside+and+in.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="735" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZHyxvd-OvQJCLg5Y5AhmosO2Uyxc4ftJnlb5QqiwRn01lhdAFxoidmMXDj4In6O7A4Jnw18_visB73d8Oy4T16axki47mms2PlGT4r2MaUVxrAicBmhYj3wEGG6SLPQdrlu5pBEHCuM/s200/avocado+outside+and+in.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></span></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-31-national-avocado-day.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">National Avocado Day</span></a></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><h3 style="margin: 0px; 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font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="800" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEWlqLIz-RrFH5QFUj67DhYqJBAZSVl8jfZMTsNf0XJTyVH1jkvVGRzNN7XFTd4P2omO5WUJDeExnrbMdevFzVAllJ8wQ5XCnAg7-KEinZRP0TmsIBoJfFTcPy29iIDZOkjXAnDIRZp4/s200/flowers+for+the+pillory.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-31-of-public-punishment-and-flowers.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anniversary of Daniel Defoe in a pillory - being pelted with flowers?!</span></a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="orphans: 2;" /></span></span></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/07/july-31-happy-birthday-stephanie-kwolek.html" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/07/july-31-happy-birthday-stephanie-kwolek.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0ZGHY-f53ljeCmElyaLJgOoJ0VVuXK1pJSU3cFJa7CaTPyX3U_9YHZZNWkyP2jV6kMvSO7QLQAQUahoaY5AST60amvES70lhoUzv-Uabaj_fxYDTiDhXpuPhkLUala3ZtRrLRPSicD8AdUO8f5vKEQoYCeDvCsFvOdxzAL6o83XdDZM6-N5aXiXo/s320/kevlar%20helmet.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="320" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0ZGHY-f53ljeCmElyaLJgOoJ0VVuXK1pJSU3cFJa7CaTPyX3U_9YHZZNWkyP2jV6kMvSO7QLQAQUahoaY5AST60amvES70lhoUzv-Uabaj_fxYDTiDhXpuPhkLUala3ZtRrLRPSicD8AdUO8f5vKEQoYCeDvCsFvOdxzAL6o83XdDZM6-N5aXiXo/w200-h179/kevlar%20helmet.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://every-day-is-special.blogspot.com/2021/07/july-31-happy-birthday-stephanie-kwolek.html" target="_blank">Birthday of Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek</a></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><h3 style="font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></h3><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan ahead:</span></b></div></span></b></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my Pinterest boards for:</span></b></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1; padding: 0in; widows: 1;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/specialeveryday/august-holidays/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">August holidays</span></a></b></span></div></li><li style="border: none; 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