Wednesday, July 8, 2009
SCUD Day |
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Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama
(SCUD) Day
Do you find
that your life is nothing but drama?
Is it just too much to handle
sometimes? Than just stop being such
a Drama Queen and get on with your
life!
Today's the day
to put the drama behind you. Its
time to face your life with humor
and laughter. And you’ll find those
drama-inducing times much easier to
handle and your health, both mental
and physical, will be better too!
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Holidays
Around the World |
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Indonesia |
Public Holiday (Presidential Election) |
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Iran |
Sandstorm Public Holiday (Tehran)
[Municipal] |
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Thailand |
Public Sector Holiday [Government] |
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Today's
Birthdays |
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Born |
Age |
Name |
Profession |
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1914 |
95 |
Jyoti Basu |
Indian politician |
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1919 |
90 |
Walter Scheel |
German politician |
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1923 |
86 |
Harrison Dillard |
American athlete |
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1927 |
82 |
Maurice Hayes |
Irish politician |
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1932 |
77 |
Jerry Vale |
American singer |
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1934 |
75 |
Ed Lumley |
Canadian corporate executive and former politician |
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1935 |
74 |
Steve Lawrence |
American entertainer and singer |
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1935 |
74 |
Vitali Sevastyanov |
Russian cosmonaut |
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1941 |
68 |
Dario Gradi |
Italian-born football manager |
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1942 |
67 |
Phil Gramm |
American politician |
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1944 |
65 |
Jai Johanny Johanson |
American musician (The Allman Brothers Band) |
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1944 |
65 |
Jeffrey Tambor |
American actor |
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1945 |
64 |
Micheline Calmy-Rey |
Swiss politician |
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1947 |
62 |
Kim Darby |
American actress |
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1947 |
62 |
Luis Fernando Figari |
Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae |
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1948 |
61 |
Raffi |
Canadian children's entertainer |
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1949 |
60 |
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
Present Chief Minister of State of Andhra Pradesh,
India |
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1949 |
60 |
Frank Delima |
American comedian |
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1949 |
60 |
Dale Hoganson |
Canadian ice hockey player |
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1949 |
60 |
Wolfgang Puck |
Austrian-born celebrity chef |
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1951 |
58 |
Anjelica Huston |
American actress |
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1952 |
57 |
Jack Lambert |
American football player |
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1952 |
57 |
Marianne Williamson |
American new-age author |
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1952 |
57 |
Anna Quindlen |
American columnist |
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1955 |
54 |
Alison Fraser |
American actress |
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1956 |
53 |
Terry Puhl |
Canadian baseball player |
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1957 |
52 |
Aleksandr Gurnov |
Russian television personality |
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1957 |
52 |
Carlos Cavazo |
American musician (Quiet Riot) |
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1958 |
51 |
Kevin Bacon |
American actor |
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1958 |
51 |
Tzipi Livni |
Israeli politician |
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1958 |
51 |
Pauline Quirke |
British actress |
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1958 |
51 |
Neetu Singh |
Indian Actress |
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1958 |
51 |
Andreas Carlgren |
Swedish politician |
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1959 |
50 |
Robert Knepper |
American actor |
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1960 |
49 |
Mal Meninga |
Australian rugby league footballer |
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1961 |
48 |
Toby Keith |
American singer |
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1961 |
48 |
Andrew Fletcher |
English musician (Depeche Mode) |
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1962 |
47 |
Joan Osborne |
American singer and songwriter |
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1964 |
45 |
Linda de Mol |
Dutch actress and host |
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1964 |
45 |
Alexei Gusarov |
Russian ice hockey player |
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1965 |
44 |
Lee Tergesen |
American actor |
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1965 |
44 |
Corey Parker |
American actor |
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1966 |
43 |
Shadlog Bernicke |
Nauruan politician |
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1967 |
42 |
Jordan Chan |
Hong Kong actor and singer |
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1968 |
41 |
Akio Suyama |
Japanese seiyu |
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1968 |
41 |
Billy Crudup |
American actor |
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1968 |
41 |
Michael Weatherly |
American actor |
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1968 |
41 |
Shane Howarth |
New Zealand/Wales rugby player |
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1968 |
41 |
Thom Fitzgerald |
American-Candaian film director |
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1969 |
40 |
Sugizo |
Japanese guitarist and singer |
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1970 |
39 |
Beck |
American singer |
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1971 |
38 |
Amanda Peterson |
American actress |
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1971 |
38 |
John Juanda |
Indonesian poker player |
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1971 |
38 |
Neil Jenkins |
Welsh rugby player |
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1972 |
37 |
Karl Dykhuis |
Canadian ice hockey player |
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1972 |
37 |
Shōsuke Tanihara |
Japanese actor |
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1972 |
37 |
Sourav Ganguly |
Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team |
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1973 |
36 |
Kathleen Robertson |
Canadian actress |
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1974 |
35 |
Zhanna Friske |
Russian actress and singer |
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1974 |
35 |
Tami Erin |
American actress and model |
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1975 |
34 |
Elias Viljanen |
Finnish Guitarist (Sonata Arctica) |
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1976 |
33 |
Talal El Karkouri |
Moroccan footballer |
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1976 |
33 |
David Kennedy |
American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves) |
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1977 |
32 |
Wang Zhizhi |
Chinese basketball player |
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1977 |
32 |
Milo Ventimiglia |
American actor |
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1978 |
31 |
Rachel Lillis |
American actress |
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1978 |
31 |
Joe Galuvao |
New Zealand rugby player |
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1979 |
30 |
Ben Jalen |
Scottish singer-songwriter |
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1980 |
29 |
Robbie Keane |
Irish footballer |
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1980 |
29 |
Achraf Tadili |
Canadian sprinter |
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1981 |
28 |
Anastasia Myskina |
Russian tennis player |
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1982 |
27 |
Hakim Warrick |
American basketball player |
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1982 |
27 |
Joshua Alba |
American actor |
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1982 |
27 |
Sophia Bush |
American actress |
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1983 |
26 |
Jaroslav Janiš |
Czech racing car driver |
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1983 |
26 |
Elizabeth Del Mar |
American pornographic actress |
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1983 |
26 |
John Bowker |
American baseball player |
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1983 |
26 |
Robert Lathouwers |
Dutch sprinter |
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1984 |
25 |
Alexis Dziena |
American actress |
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1985 |
24 |
Jamie Cook |
British musician (Arctic Monkeys) |
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1986 |
23 |
Renata Costa |
Brazilian footballer |
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1986 |
23 |
Jake McDorman |
American film and television actor |
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1987 |
22 |
Vlada Roslyakova |
Russian model |
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1988 |
21 |
Dave Taylor |
Australian rugby league footballer |
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1992 |
17 |
Benjamin Grosvenor |
British pianist |
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1998 |
11 |
Jaden Smith |
American actor |
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This Week's Album Releases |
 Soundtrack
- Hannah Montana, Vol. 3
Maxwell - BLACKsummer's
Night
Billy Boy On Poison - Drama Junkie Queen
LMFAO - Party Rock
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Original Broadway Cast - Rock Of Ages
Imagination
Movers - For Those About To Hop
stellastarr* -
Civilized
The Jayhawks - Music From The North
Country: The Jayhawks Anthology
Drive-By Truckers -
Live From Austin Texas (CD + DVD)
Son Volt - American
Central Dust
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Today ... |
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National
Cherry Festival
July 4-11, 2009
Traverse City, Michigan
FACTS ABOUT THE
NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL
FIRST FESTIVAL
-- was held in 1926
ANNUAL
ATTENDANCE
-- over 500,000 over eight
days
FINANCIAL IMPACT
-- on area -- (conservative
figure based on nationally accepted formula)
$26,000,000 new dollars each year
PROGRAM
-- 150 events and activities
(85 percent are free)
SOURCES OF
INCOME
-- Event Sponsors, Local
Membership, ticket sales
Enjoying the paradeMISSION OF FESTIVAL
-- The mission of the National
Cherry Festival is to celebrate cherries, tourism
and community involvement.
PROMOTION
-- through promotional
material, including regionally and nationally
distributed brochures; news releases; feature
stories in national media; National Cherry Queen
tours and appearances; interchange with other major
festivals in the country; 60,000 Festival week
programs; Midwest media blitzes; highway billboards
personal presentations
OPERATION
OF FESTIVAL
-- minimum of 35,000 volunteer
hours and 10,000 staff hours each year
FESTIVAL
EXPENDITURES
-- over 75 percent of dollars
spent by Festival remain in the area
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
-- International Festival and
Event Association; Michigan Festival and Events
Association
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Mid-American Competing Band Directors Association
FESTIVAL
PUBLICATIONS
-- "Cherry Creations -- The
Ultimate Cherry Cookbook" (distributed nationally)
-- "Hidden
Cherries" -- Mackinaw Island Press
RECOGNITION
-- Top Ten Events by USA
Today, 1999, 1998, 1997
-- Embassy of Michigan Tourism
Award -- 1976
Governor's Declaration
honoring the Festival's 50th anniversary -- 1976
Joint Resolution honoring the
Festival's 50th anniversary by Michigan House and
Senate -- 1976
Publication awards, national
competition -- 1972, 1975, 1978, and 1982
Annually rated in top 100
Festivals and Events in North America by the A.B.A.
Named Michigan's favorite
Festival by AAA Michigan Living Magazine Page two --
Circulation: 1,000,000
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On This Day... |
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in 1776 ... Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of
the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at
Independence Square in Philadelphia.
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Video |
Dancing Inmate's Michael Jackson
tribute
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Astronomy
Picture of the Day |
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The Trifid Nebula
in Stars and Dust
Credit & Copyright: Adam
Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona
click above image for a higher-resolution graphic
Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found
together in the Trifid Nebula. Also known as M20, this
photogenic nebula is visible with good binoculars towards
the constellation of Sagittarius. The energetic processes of
star formation create not only the colors but the chaos. The
red-glowing gas results from high-energy starlight striking
interstellar hydrogen gas. The dark dust filaments that lace
M20 were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and
in the debris from supernovae explosions. Which bright young
stars light up the blue reflection nebula is still being
investigated. The light from M20 we see today left perhaps
3,000 years ago, although the exact distance remains
unknown. Light takes about 50 years to cross M20.
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Photo
Of The Day |
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New Sport in Warsaw
Young
people jump into the air using
PoweriZers, a new sport that has found
adherents in the Polish capital, in
Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday.
(CZAREK
SOKOLOWSKI, ASSOCIATED PRESS / July 7,
2009)
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The
Front Page |
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Orange County Register - July
8, 2009
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Daily
Inspirations |
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Comedy or Drama ... you choose |
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I am NOT being dramatic ... leave me alone |
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Don't be a comedian ... this is a SCUD missile
in here |
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Savor the Comedian |
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You want to unplug the drama?
Click me. |
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Random
Thoughts |
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Fin |
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Today's
Mostly Useless Fact
A person cannot taste
food unless it is mixed with saliva.
For example, if a
strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry
tongue,
the taste buds will not be able to taste it.
As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is
dissolved, however,
a definite taste sensation results.
This is true for all foods
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