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Monday, July 13, 2009
Embrace Your Geekness Day

Embrace Your Geekness Day is a great day to be a Geek. Or, to know a Geek.

A geek is an individual who is highly intelligent (brainy) and technically oriented. They are most often associated with the computer, and computer systems world. A geek is usually formal, studious and into his technical world, often to the exclusion of all else. A geek is closely related to a "Nerd". A nerd however, may or may not possess technical expertise.

Some people view the term "Geek" with a negative connotation. Are they jealous of your knowledge and skills, perhaps? We certainly think so.

Enjoy Embrace Your Geekness Day to the fullest. Spend plenty of time with your computer. Talk computer lingo and jargon. If you are a geek, stand tall and proud. Isn't it great to be so brilliant and gifted!?

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Holidays Around the World

	Canada	Orangemen's Day (NL) [Regional]
	Kiribati	Independence Day Holiday
	Mongolia	Naadam Holiday
	Montenegro	Statehood Day (National Day)
	Northern Ireland	Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (day in lieu)
	Tonga	Crown Prince's Birthday
	United Kingdom	Battle of the Boyne / Orangemen's Day (N.I.) (day in lieu) [Regional]

Today's Birthdays

Born	Age	Name	Profession
1913	96	Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller	Danish shipping magnate
1922	87	Anker Jørgensen	Danish Prime Minister, Democratic Socialist
1924	85	Carlo Bergonzi	Italian singer
1927	82	Simone Veil	French politician
1928	81	Leroy Vinnegar	American jazz bassist
1931	78	Frank Ramsey	American basketball player
1932	77	Hubert Reeves	Canadian astrophysicist
1933	76	Patsy Byrne	English actress
1934	75	Wole Soyinka	Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate
1934	75	Aleksei Yeliseyev	Soviet cosmonaut
1934	75	Gordon Lee	English footballer and manager
1940	69	Patrick Stewart	English actor
1941	68	Robert Forster	American actor
1941	68	Jacques Perrin	French actor and filmmaker
1942	67	Harrison Ford	American Actor
1942	67	Roger McGuinn	American musician (The Byrds)
1944	65	Ernő Rubik	Hungarian inventor
1946	63	Cheech Marin	American actor
1948	61	Catherine Breillat	French director and screenwriter
1948	61	Tony Kornheiser	American sports journalist
1948	61	Daphne Maxwell Reid	American actress
1950	59	George "Pinky" Nelson	American astronaut
1950	59	Ma Ying-jeou	President of the Republic of China
1951	58	Rob Bishop	American politician
1951	58	Didi Conn	American actress
1953	56	Mila Mulroney	wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
1954	55	Sezen Aksu	Turkish singer
1954	55	Rick Chartraw	American ice hockey player
1954	55	Louise Mandrell	American musician
1954	55	David Thompson	American basketball player
1956	53	Claude Giroux	Canadian midget wrestler
1956	53	Michael Spinks	American former boxer
1957	52	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian racing driver
1957	52	Cameron Crowe	American film director
1959	50	Richard Leman	English field hockey player
1960	49	Ian Hislop	English writer, editor of Private Eye
1961	48	Stelios Manolas	Greek footballer and manager
1961	48	Tim Watson	Australian rules footballer
1962	47	Tom Kenny	American voice actor
1962	47	Rhonda Vincent	American singer
1963	46	Neal Foulds	English snooker player
1963	46	Spud Webb	American basketball player
1963	46	Kenny Johnson	American actor
1966	43	Natalia Luis-Bassa	Venezuelan Orchestral Conductor
1967	42	Benny Benassi	Italian disc jockey
1968	41	Christian Taylor	British screenwriter
1969	40	Mark Greenway	British vocalist
1969	40	Kakhi Kakhiashvili	Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1969	40	Oleg Serebrian	Moldovan politician and political scientist
1969	40	Robert Gant	American actor
1970	39	Barry Pinches	English snooker player
1972	37	Sean Waltman	American wrestler
1972	37	Murilo Benício	Brazilian actor
1973	36	Ariel Silvio Zárate	Argentine footballer
1974	35	Deborah Cox	Canadian R&B singer
1974	35	Jarno Trulli	Italian race car driver
1974	35	"Steve-O" Gilchrist Glover	American stunt performer and television personality
1975	34	Danni Boatwright	American model, sportscaster and Survivor contestant
1975	34	Tim Dwight	American NFL football player
1976	33	Al Santos	American model and actor
1976	33	Sheldon Souray	Canadian ice hockey player
1977	32	Ashley Scott	American actress
1978	31	Ryan Ludwick	American baseball player
1979	30	Craig Bellamy	Welsh footballer
1982	27	Joost van den Broek	Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
1982	27	Shin-Soo Choo	South Korean baseball player
1982	27	Simon Clist	English footballer
1982	27	Yadier Molina	Puerto Rican baseball player
1982	27	Dominic Isaacs	South African footballer
1982	27	Nick Kenny	Australian rugby player
1983	26	Liu Xiang	Chinese hurdling athlete
1983	26	Kristof Beyens	Belgian athlete
1985	24	Guillermo Ochoa	Mexican footballer
1988	21	Steven R. McQueen	American actor
1989	20	Sayumi Michishige	Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1990	19	Matt Weinberg	American actor
1992	17	Dylan Patton	American actor
1992	17	Elise Matthysen	Belgian swimmer
1994	15	Hayley Erin	American actress
1994	15	Ridge Canipe	American actor

Patrick Stewart

Robert Forster

Harrison Ford

Cheech Marin

Tony Kornheiser

Louise Mandrell

Cameron Crowe

Kenny Johnson

Robert Gant

Sean Waltman

Murilo Benicio

Jarno Trulli

Steve-O

Tim Dwight

Al Santos

Sheldon Souray

Ryan Ludwick

Nick Kenny (right, with Joel Clinton)

Kristof Beyens

Steven R. McQueen

Dylan Patton, just like you were reading Teen magazines again

Weekend Box Office

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TW LW Title Studio Wkend Gross % Chg Theaters Chg Average Total Gross Budget Wk #

1 N Bruno Uni. $30,426,000 - 2,756 - $11,040 $30,426,000 - 1

2 2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $28,500,000 -31.60% 4,102 3 $6,948 $120,573,000 $90 2

3 1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $24,200,000 -42.80% 4,293 59 $5,637 $339,208,000 $200 3

4 3 Public Enemies Uni. $14,111,000 -44.20% 3,336 2 $4,230 $66,538,000 $100 2

5 4 The Proposal BV $10,507,000 -18.30% 3,158 59 $3,327 $113,764,000 $40 4

6 5 The Hangover WB $9,930,000 -11.90% 3,002 -68 $3,308 $222,442,000 $35 6

7 N I Love You Beth Cooper Fox $5,000,000 - 1,858 - $2,691 $5,000,000 $18 1

8 6 Up BV $4,656,000 -28.60% 2,201 -455 $2,115 $273,775,000 $175 7

9 7 My Sister's Keeper WB $4,180,000 -27.80% 2,444 -162 $1,710 $35,801,000 $30 3

10 8 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Sony $1,600,000 -36.90% 1,116 -792 $1,434 $61,494,000 $100 5

11 10 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fox $1,525,000 -25.40% 854 -565 $1,786 $170,558,000 $150 8

12 11 Star Trek Par. $1,130,000 -36.20% 763 -385 $1,481 $251,936,000 $150 10

13 9 Year One Sony $1,000,000 -57.00% 990 -1,250 $1,010 $41,192,000 $60 4

14 12 Away We Go Focus $749,000 -31.70% 406 -100 $1,845 $7,440,000 $17 6

15 13 Whatever Works SPC $740,000 -22.90% 320 -33 $2,313 $3,161,000 - 4

16 22 Moon SPC $721,000 174.60% 247 200 $2,919 $1,832,000 - 5

17 28 The Hurt Locker Sum. $623,000 374.80% 60 51 $10,383 $1,084,000 - 3

18 17 Land of the Lost Uni. $365,000 19.30% 313 -72 $1,166 $48,197,000 $100 6

19 16 Cheri Mira. $361,000 -7.20% 173 33 $2,087 $1,586,000 - 3

20 23 Monsters Vs. Aliens P/DW $250,000 -3.20% 261 -20 $958 $197,116,000 $175 16

21 24 Food, Inc. Magn. $250,000 -0.70% 81 -2 $3,086 $1,707,000 - 5

22 25 Drag Me to Hell Uni. $198,000 -20.90% 241 -57 $822 $41,426,000 $30 7

23 20 Imagine That Par. $181,000 -34.90% 209 -200 $866 $15,129,000 $55 5

- 36 Dance Flick Par. $135,000 90.90% 165 80 $818 $25,450,000 $25 8

- N Blood: The Last Vampire Gold. $103,000 - 20 - $5,150 $103,000 - 1

- 31 Easy Virtue SPC $67,300 -36.50% 48 -47 $1,402 $2,402,000 - 8

- 35 The Stoning of Soraya M. RAtt. $52,500 -29.50% 25 - $2,100 $339,000 - 3

- 34 The Brothers Bloom Sum. $47,000 -38.00% 90 -63 $522 $3,368,000 - 9

- 44 Every Little Step SPC $29,800 8.50% 33 7 $903 $1,531,000 - 13

- N Humpday Magn. $29,000 - 2 - $14,500 $29,000 - 1

- N Soul Power SPC $25,100 - 6 - $4,183 $25,100 - 1

- 43 Tetro AZoe. $20,300 -27.00% 10 -1 $2,030 $272,000 - 5

- - Unmistaken Child Osci. $12,300 - 5 - $2,460 $109,000 - 6

Today ...

Festival on the Green
July 12-18, 2009
Middlebury, Vermont

The Festival on the Green has been acclaimed by Vermont Life as “the best series of free performances in Vermont” and as Vermont's “Favorite Festival.” The event has again earned the Addison Eagle’s “Readers’ Choice Award for Best Summer Festival.” In September 2005, the Festival Committee was honored with the Theresa S. Brungardt Award for outstanding service as an organization to Recreation and Parks in Vermont and on Town Meeting Day 2003, Festival representatives were on hand to accept the Robert Collins Recreation Service Award from the Middlebury community. We have also been distinguished seven times with selection as a Vermont Chamber of Commerce “Top Ten Summer Event.” Members of the media and of our Festival audience have graciously complimented the event with these words:

“Small town, big fun!”
“One of the best community-oriented music festivals imaginable.”
“A gift to the entire community.”
“Middlebury at its finest.”
“Excellent quality and variety of performers.”
“Love it all -- what a treat!”
“The Festival on-the-Green is the very essence of New England in summer. A blanket tossed on the grass, free music, good ice cream, friendly neighbors' faces and children dancing in the shadows of the gazebo. This is the America we have mostly left behind, and to which we keep trying to return.”

Festival on the Green

On This Day...

in 1985 ... The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.

Live Aid

Video

Gay Pride Go Go Dancers at Universal Gear Store NYC

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Noctilucent Cloud Storm Panorama
P-M Hedén (Clear Skies, TWAN)
click above image for a higher-resolution graphic

Noctilucent or night-shining clouds lie near the edge of space. From about 80 kilometers above Earth's surface, the icy clouds can still reflect sunlight even though the Sun itself is below the horizon as seen from the ground. Usually occurring at high latitudes in summer months, the diaphanous apparitions are also known as polar mesospheric clouds and may be connected to global change in the lower atmosphere. This impressive 360 degree panorama made from 34 separate images captures an impressive display of noctilucent clouds all over the sky. It was recorded last month from Vallentuna, Sweden. The photographer reports that the display was like a noctilucent cloud storm, one of the best he's ever witnessed.

Photo Of The Day

Photo of the Day
Team colors

US tennis supporter watches as Croatian tennis team defeats US team during their quarterfinal Davis Cup match in the Croatian adriatic resort of Porec, some 250 kilometers from Zagreb, on July 12, 2009. (HRVOJE POLAN, AFP/GETTY IMAGES / July 12, 2009)

Daily Inspirations

Geeks are fun

Would you like some more geek to go with that?

Just because I go to the Shakespeare Festival doesn't make me a geek

Embrace Your Geekness Day

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Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts

Fin

Today's Mostly Useless Fact
Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.