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INSPIRATION OF THE DAY
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
National Corn
Fritters Day |
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Corn Fritters
2 cans
whole kernel corn, drained
2 eggs,
separated
2-3
Tablespoons flour
salt and
pepper
Preheat
large pan on medium-high heat
(non-stick is best) and add a bit of
oil and butter. Meanwhile, put corn
and egg yolks into a bowl. Mix. Add
flour, salt and pepper. Beat egg
whites until stiff. Gently fold them
into corn. At this point your pan
should be hot. Gently put big
spoonfuls of the corn mixture into
your pan. Lower heat at bit and let
cook for 3-5 minutes, until golden.
Make sure they do not get brown.
Turn and cook on the other side
until golden.
Serve with
butter, salt and pepper to taste.
OINK!
P.S. You
may have to play with the flour
amount. Don't use much or the
fritters will be floury. You just
want it to hold the batter together
a tad.
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Name |
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1923 |
86 |
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American educator |
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1924 |
85 |
Bess Myerson |
American beauty queen |
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1926 |
83 |
Irwin Rose |
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1927 |
82 |
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English cricketer |
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1928 |
81 |
Anita Brookner |
English novelist |
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1928 |
81 |
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American politician |
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1930 |
79 |
Michael Bilirakis |
American politician |
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1930 |
79 |
Guy Béart |
Egyptian-born French singer and songwriter |
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1932 |
77 |
Dick Thornburgh |
American politician |
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1934 |
75 |
Don Payne |
American politician |
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1936 |
73 |
Buddy Merrill |
American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show) |
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1936 |
73 |
Venkatraman Subramanya |
Indian cricketer |
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1936 |
73 |
Yasuo Fukuda |
Japanese politician |
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1937 |
72 |
Richard Bryan |
American politician |
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1939 |
70 |
Corin Redgrave |
English actor |
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1941 |
68 |
Mišo Kovač |
Croatian musician |
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1942 |
67 |
Margaret Court |
Australian tennis player |
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1943 |
66 |
Jimmy Johnson |
American football coach |
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1946 |
63 |
Barbara Lee |
American politician |
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1946 |
63 |
Richard LeParmentier |
American actor |
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1946 |
63 |
Ron Yary |
American football player |
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1947 |
62 |
Alexis Herman |
23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor |
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1947 |
62 |
Assata Shakur |
American activist |
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1948 |
61 |
Rubén Blades |
Panamanian singer and actor |
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1948 |
61 |
Pinchas Zukerman |
Israeli violinist |
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1948 |
61 |
Kevin McKenzie |
former South African cricketer |
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1950 |
59 |
Pierre Paradis |
Quebec politician |
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1950 |
59 |
Dennis Priestley |
English darts player |
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1950 |
59 |
Tom Terrell |
musicologist, deejay |
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1951 |
58 |
Jean-Luc Mongrain |
French-Canadian journalist |
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1952 |
57 |
Stewart Copeland |
American drummer (The Police) |
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1952 |
57 |
Robert David Steele |
American spy |
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1952 |
57 |
Ken McEwan |
former South African cricketer |
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1953 |
56 |
Douglas J. Feith |
American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
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1954 |
55 |
Jeanette Mott Oxford |
American politician |
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1956 |
53 |
Jerry Doyle |
American actor |
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1956 |
53 |
Tony Kushner |
American playwright |
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1957 |
52 |
Alexandra Marinina |
Russian writer |
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1958 |
51 |
Michael Flatley |
American dancer |
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1958 |
51 |
Pierre Roland Renoir |
Canadian artist |
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1958 |
51 |
Mike D. Rogers |
American politician |
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1959 |
50 |
Gary Anderson |
American football player |
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1959 |
50 |
Doug Herzog |
American television executive |
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1959 |
50 |
Zoran Jolevski |
Macedonian Ambassador to the US |
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1960 |
49 |
Terry Pendleton |
American baseball player |
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1963 |
46 |
Phoebe Cates |
American actress |
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1963 |
46 |
Srečko Katanec |
Slovenian footballer and coach |
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1964 |
45 |
Phil Hellmuth |
American poker player |
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1964 |
45 |
Miguel Indurain |
Spanish cyclist |
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1964 |
45 |
Anne Provoost |
Belgian author |
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1964 |
45 |
Jf Pryor |
American actor |
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1964 |
45 |
Peter Dobson |
American actor |
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1965 |
44 |
Claude Lemieux |
Canadian ice hockey player |
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1965 |
44 |
Tina Tyler |
Canadian porn star |
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1966 |
43 |
Johnny Vaughan |
English writer and broadcaster |
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1967 |
42 |
Will Ferrell |
American comedian |
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1967 |
42 |
Christopher Rocancourt |
French con artist |
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1968 |
41 |
Dhanraj Pillay |
Indian field hockey player |
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1968 |
41 |
Barry Sanders |
American football player |
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1968 |
41 |
Larry Sanger |
American co-founder of Wikipedia |
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1969 |
40 |
Kathryn Harby-Williams |
Australian netballer |
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1969 |
40 |
Daryl Mitchell |
American actor |
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1969 |
40 |
Rain Pryor |
American actress |
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1970 |
39 |
Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
Thai film director |
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1970 |
39 |
Brett Goldspink |
Australian rugby leaguefootballer |
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1971 |
38 |
Ed Kowalczyk |
American singer (Live) |
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1971 |
38 |
Corey Feldman |
American actor |
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1971 |
38 |
Kirk Wilson |
American actor |
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1973 |
36 |
Stefano Garzelli |
Italian cyclist |
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1973 |
36 |
Shaun Pollock |
South African cricketer |
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1973 |
36 |
Tim Ryan |
American politician |
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1973 |
36 |
Graham Robertson |
American filmmaker and author |
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1974 |
35 |
Jeremy Enigk |
American singer/songwriter and guitarist |
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1974 |
35 |
Chris Pontius |
American actor and Jackass cast member |
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1974 |
35 |
Wendell Sailor |
Australian rugby league and union footballer |
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1974 |
35 |
Chris Chetti |
American Professional Wrestler |
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1975 |
34 |
Bas Leinders |
Belgian racing car driver |
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1975 |
34 |
Ana Paula Arósio |
Brazilian actress |
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1975 |
34 |
Jamie Oliver |
Welsh keyboardist |
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1976 |
33 |
Bobby Lashley |
American Professional Wrestler |
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1976 |
33 |
Carlos Humberto Paredes |
Paraguyan footballer |
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1976 |
33 |
Anna Smashnova |
Israeli tennis player |
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1976 |
33 |
Tomasz Kuchar |
Polish Rally driver |
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1978 |
31 |
Taj Anwar |
model and activist |
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1979 |
30 |
Jayma Mays |
American actress |
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1979 |
30 |
Chris Mihm |
American basketball player |
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1979 |
30 |
Farren Ray |
Australian rules footballer |
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1980 |
29 |
Jesse Jane |
American pornographic actress and erotic model |
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1980 |
29 |
Justine Joli |
American pornographic actress and former ballerina |
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1980 |
29 |
Adam Scott |
Australian golfer |
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1980 |
29 |
Tyson Stenglein |
Australian rules footballer |
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1981 |
28 |
Anchalee Voogd |
Thai/American Figure Skater/Coach |
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1981 |
28 |
Vicente Rodríguez Guillén |
Spanish footballer |
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1982 |
27 |
Michael Umaña |
Costa Rican footballer |
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1984 |
25 |
Katrina Kaif |
Indian Actress |
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1984 |
25 |
Hayanari Shimoda |
Japanese racing driver |
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1986 |
23 |
Calum Gittins |
New Zealand actor |
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1987 |
22 |
AnnaLynne McCord |
American actress |
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1987 |
22 |
Andrew James Allen |
American actor |
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1989 |
20 |
Gareth Bale |
Welsh footballer |
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1991 |
18 |
Randall Bentley |
American actor |
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1994 |
15 |
Mark Indelicato |
American singer and actor |
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Television Ratings |
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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NETWORK PRIME HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS |
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Current Week |
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07/06/09 - 07/12/09 |
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RANK |
PROGRAMS |
ORIG |
HH RATING (LIVE+SD) |
# OF PERSONS 2+ (LIVE+SD) (000) |
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1 |
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P |
NBC |
7.2 |
11,907 |
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1 |
NCIS |
CBS |
7.2 |
10,998 |
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3 |
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-TUE |
NBC |
6.2 |
10,570 |
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3 |
MENTALIST, THE - TUESDAY |
CBS |
6.2 |
9,247 |
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5 |
PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS |
ABC |
6.0 |
8,657 |
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5 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
6.0 |
9,411 |
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7 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
5.9 |
8,769 |
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8 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
5.7 |
8,761 |
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9 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
5.5 |
8,258 |
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10 |
BACHELORETTE, THE |
ABC |
5.3 |
7,708 |
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10 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
5.3 |
8,342 |
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Cable Network Top 40 Ranking Report |
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07/06/09 - 07/12/09 |
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HHLD |
P2+ |
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RANK |
PROGRAMS |
NET |
Live+SD US AA% |
Live+SD AA(000) |
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1 |
CLOSER, THE |
TNT |
3.8 |
6,053 |
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2 |
ROYAL PAINS |
USA |
3.7 |
5,733 |
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3 |
JACKSON MEMORIAL
SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009 |
CNN |
3.5 |
5,720 |
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3 |
JACKSON MEMORIAL
SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009 |
CNN |
3.5 |
5,386 |
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5 |
JACKSON MEMORIAL
SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009 |
CNN |
3.4 |
5,125 |
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5 |
BURN NOTICE |
USA |
3.4 |
5,505 |
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7 |
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) |
USA |
3.3 |
5,399 |
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8 |
M JACKSON MEMORIAL
CVG(S)-07/07/2009 |
CNN |
3.2 |
4,709 |
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9 |
M JACKSON MEMORIAL CVG |
CNN |
3.1 |
4,967 |
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9 |
ICARLY |
NICK |
3.1 |
5,226 |
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Today ... |
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California
Worldfest
July 16-19, 2009
Grass Valley Fairgrounds
California WorldFest features
eight stages of music and dance from around the
world, camping with family and friends, workshops,
international food, fine crafts, and the renowned
children's program... celebrate mid-summer with us
under the cool, tall pines of the Sierra foothills.
California WorldFest features eight stages of music
and dance from around the world, camping with family
and friends, workshops, international food, fine
crafts, and the renowned children's program...
celebrate mid-summer with us under the cool, tall
pines of the Sierra foothills.
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On This Day... |
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40 years ago,
Apollo 11 was launched.
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Video |
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Astronomy
Picture of the Day |
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The Chameleon's Dark Nebulae
Credit & Copyright: Andrey Kuznetsov
click above image for a higher-resolution graphic
The Chameleon is a small constellation near the south
celestial pole. Boasting no bright stars, it blends
inconspicuously with the starry southern sky. But, taken
in dark skies over Namibia, this image reveals a
stunning aspect of the shy constellation -- a field of
dusty nebulae and colorful stars. Blue reflection
nebulae are scattered through the scene, but most
eye-catching is the complex of silvery dust clouds that
only faintly reflect starlight, punctuated by dense dark
nebulae. The dark nebulae stand out because they block
out background stars. This view of the cosmic dust
clouds spans about 4 degrees on the sky.
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Photo
Of The Day |
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Cooling off in a fountain
Joggers run under a fountain in
Lisbon, Portugal Wednesday. Temperatures
in Lisbon on Wednesday reached 27C, 80F.
(ARMANDO FRANCA, ASSOCIATED PRESS / July
15, 2009)
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Daily
Inspirations |
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Who wants some corn fritters? |
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Corn fritters make me ... |
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You keep makin' fritters, I'll keep paintin' |
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National Corn Fritter Day |
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Wanna see what a good corn fritter makes me do?
Click away. |
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Random
Thoughts |
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Fin |
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Today's
Mostly Useless Fact
The first automobile race ever seen in the United
States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from
Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank
Duryea, whose average speed was 7-1/2 miles per hour. |
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