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Holidays 7.19

Holidays

Battle of Mirbat Day (UK)

Bender Day

Bloomer Day

Brian May Day

Changing Places Awareness Day (UK)

Coach Day (Ukraine)

Colt 45 Day

Engineer’s Day (Nepal)

Feast of Cranks

Female Cabinet Minsters Day (Japan)

Festival of the Puzzlebox

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day

Flitch Day (Bacon given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for 1 year; very few took home the bacon)

Glioblastoma Awareness Day

Grocery Heroes Day (Canada)

International Retainer Day

K Days begin (Canada)

Lord of the Rings Day

Lumberjack World Championships (Wisconsin)

Martyr’s Day (Burma)

National Barbara Day

National Football Day

National Hug Your Kids Day

National Play Day

National Secretary Day (Mexico)

National Tell A Girl She’s Beautiful Day

National Urban Beekeeping Day

National Words With Friends Day

National Youth Empowerment Day

New Friends Day [also 1.19; 10.19]

One Voice Day

Palace Day (India)

Rojava Revolution Anniversary Day (Syria)

Roy Orbison Day (Odessa, Texas)

Sandinista Day (Nicaragua)

719 Day (Colorado)

Solomon Burke Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Spelt Day (French Republic)

Stick Out Your Tongue Day

Tabaski Day (Cameroon)

Tims Camp Day (Tim Hortons; Canada)

Triple Play Day

World Peter Obi Day (Nigeria)

World Product Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

National Daiquiri Day

Raspberry Cake Day

Independence & Related Days

Cyberia (Declared; 1997) [unrecognized]

Einglen (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Laos (from France, 1949)

Rennell and Bellona Province Day (Solomon Islands)

New Year’s Days

Egyptian New Year (a.k.a. “The Opening of the Year and the Feast of every God”)

3rd Friday in July

Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]

Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]

National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]

National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]

Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 19 (3rd Week of July)

Celebration of the Horse (thru 7.21) [3rd Weekend]

Robin Hood Days (thru 7.20]

Festivals Beginning July 19, 2024

Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (Dauphin Island, Alabama) [thru 7.21]

Atlas (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 7.21]

Bacon, Bourbon and Brew Festival (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 7.21]

Baltimore Restaurant Week (Baltimore, Maryland) [thru 7.28]

Bite of Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 7.21]

Boryeong Mud Festival (Boryeong, South Korea) [thru 8.4]

Cecil County Fair (Elkton, Maryland) [thru 7.27]

Copper River Salmon Jam (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 7.20]

Deer Fest (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]

Folkmoot Summerfest (Waynesville, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]

Gentse Feesten (Ghent, Belgium) [thru 7.28]

Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy) [thru 7.28]

Grainger County Tomato Festival (Rutledge, Tennessee) [thru 7.20]

Great Wellsville Balloon Rally (Wellsville, New York) [thru 7.21]

Hempstead Watermelon Festival (Hempstead, Texas) [thru 7.20]

Hillside Festival (Guelph, Canada) [thru 7.21]

Humeston Watermelon Days (Humeston, Iowa) [thru 7.21]

International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama (Paphos, Cyprus) [thru 8.10]

Jackson Hot Air Jubilee (Jackson, Michigan) [thru 7.21]

Jazz & Rib Fest (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 7.21]

Killington Wine Festival (Killington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]

Koloa Plantation Days (Koloa, Hawaii) [thru 7.28]

Marysville Peach Festival (Marysville, California) [thru 7.20]

Mississippi Watermelon Festival (Mize, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]

Muskie Days (Nevis, Minnesota) [thru 7.20

North Dakota State Fair (Minot, North Dakota) [thru 7.27]

Northwest Raspberry Festival (Lynden, Washington) [thru 7.20

Positivus Festival (Riga, Latvia) [thru 7.20]

Qingdao International Beer Festival (Qingdao, China) [thru 8.11]

Roscoe Village Burger Fest (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]

Royal International Air Tattoo (Swindon, United Kingdom) [thru 7.21]

Salzburg Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 8.31]

Saulkrasti Jazz Festival (Saulkrasti, Latvia) [hru 7.20]

Snowflake Pioneer Days (Snowflake, Arizona) [thru 7.20]

Sweetcorn Festival (Chatham, Illinois) [thru 7.20]

Taste of River North (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]

Tomorrowland Belgium (Boom, Belgium) [thru 7.21]

unWINE Downtown (Starkville, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]

Vashon Island Strawberry Festival (Vashon Island, Washington) [thru 7.21]

Vermont Brewers Festival (Burlington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]

Wannigan Days (Taylors Falls, Minnesota & St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]

Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire (Bonney Lake, Washington) [thru 8.18]

Waterford World's Fair (Waterford, Maine) [thru 7.21]

Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth, Maine) [thru 7.21]

Feast Days

Adonis and Aphrodite Wedding Day (Ancient Greece)

A.J. Cronin (Writerism)

Åke Hellman (Artology)

Ambrose Autpert (Christian; Saint)

Ancient Egyptian New Year

Arsenius the Great (Catholic Church)

Back-to-Front Yad (Shamanism)

Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)

Cervantes (Positivist; Saint)

Crannchur (Casting of the Woods; Celtic Book of Days)

Daiquiri Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Isis (Everyday Wicca)

Dr. Doom/Thulsa Doom Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Duke (Muppetism)

Edgar Degas (Artology)

Festival of Honos (Personification of morality & honor; Ancient Rome)

Garth Nix (Writerism)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Artology)

Isis and Osiris Wedding Day (Ancient Egypt)

John Martin (Artology)

Justa and Rufina (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Kirdjun (a.k.a. Abakerazum; Christian; Saint)

The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.21]

Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great (Christian; Saint)

Opet (Day of the Marriage of Isis and Osiris; Pagan)

Symmachus, pope (Christian; Saint)

Vincent de Paul (Christian; Saint)

Wedding Day of Adonis & Aphrodite (Ancient Greece)

Wedding Day of Isis & Osiris (Ancient Egypt)

Xu Beihong (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [41 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [22 of 32]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 33 of 60)

Premieres

Airlift A La Carte (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1971)

The Air Race (MGM Cartoon; 1933) [Never Released]

An Affair to Remember (Film; 1957)

Awkward (TV Series; 2011)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Film; 1991)

Clueless (Film; 1995)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Talk Show; 2012)

Crazy, Stupid, Love (Film; 2011)

Dance With Me, by Orleans (Song; 1975)

Day of the Dead (Film; 1985)

The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton (Novel; 1925)

Chaplin Corps./Accidents/Gas (A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Counter Attack (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Help!, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

K-19: The Widowmaker (Film; 2002)

The Legend of Billie Jean (Film; 1985)

A Little Bit of Mambo, by Lou Bega (Album; 1999)

Liv and Maddie (TV Series; 2013)

Mad Men (TV Series; 2007)

The Man with One Red Shoe (Film; 1985)

The Midnight Snack (Tom & Jerry MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Movin’ Out (Musical Play; 2002)

My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell (Novel; 1956)

Narcissus and Goldmund, by Hermann Hesse (Novel; 1930)

News Oddities (Phantasies Cartoon; 1940)

Our Miss Brooks (Radio Series; 1948)

Peace Time Football (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)

Pinto Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)

The Rag Dog (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

RED 2 (Film; 2013)

Revenge of the Pink Panther (Film; 1978)

R.I.P.D. (Film; 2013)

Speedy Ghost to Town (WB LT Cartoon; 1967)

A Squeak in the Deep (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)

That’s All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1954)

Trainspotting (Film; 1996)

Treasure Island (Film; 1950)

Trick or Tree (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Uncle Tom’s Cabana (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1947)

Weathering with You (Anime Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Bernulf, Justa, Marina, Poppo, Reto (Austria)

Aurelija, Zlata, Zora (Croatia)

Čeněk (Czech Republic)

Justa (Denmark)

Saara, Saare, Saari, Salli (Estonia)

Saara, Salla, Salli, Sara, Sari, Sarita (Finland)

Arsène, Micheline (France)

Bernard, Marina, Reto (Germany)

Dias, Garyfallia, Makrina (Greece)

Emília (Hungary)

Arsenio (Italy)

Digna, Jautrīte, Kamila, Kamilla, Sari (Latvia)

Aura, Aurėja, Galigantas, Mantigail��, Vincas, Vincentas (Lithuania)

Gerhard, Gjert (Norway)

Alfred, Arseniusz, Lutobor, Rufin, Wincenty, Wodzisław (Poland)

Dušana (Slovakia)

Arsenio, Áurea, Justa, Rufina (Spain)

Sara (Sweden)

Arsene, Arsène (Universal)

Armenia, Arcenio, Arsenia, Arsenio, Wayne (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 201 of 2024; 165 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 29 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 14 (Jia-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 13 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 12 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 21 Red; Sevenday [21 of 30]

Julian: 6 July 2024

Moon: 95%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Dante (8th Month) [Cervantes]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 30 of 94)

Week: 3rd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 29 of 31)

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Holidays 7.19

Holidays

Battle of Mirbat Day (UK)

Bender Day

Bloomer Day

Brian May Day

Changing Places Awareness Day (UK)

Coach Day (Ukraine)

Colt 45 Day

Engineer’s Day (Nepal)

Feast of Cranks

Female Cabinet Minsters Day (Japan)

Festival of the Puzzlebox

Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day

Flitch Day (Bacon given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for 1 year; very few took home the bacon)

Glioblastoma Awareness Day

Grocery Heroes Day (Canada)

International Retainer Day

K Days begin (Canada)

Lord of the Rings Day

Lumberjack World Championships (Wisconsin)

Martyr’s Day (Burma)

National Barbara Day

National Football Day

National Hug Your Kids Day

National Play Day

National Secretary Day (Mexico)

National Tell A Girl She’s Beautiful Day

National Urban Beekeeping Day

National Words With Friends Day

National Youth Empowerment Day

New Friends Day [also 1.19; 10.19]

One Voice Day

Palace Day (India)

Rojava Revolution Anniversary Day (Syria)

Roy Orbison Day (Odessa, Texas)

Sandinista Day (Nicaragua)

719 Day (Colorado)

Solomon Burke Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Spelt Day (French Republic)

Stick Out Your Tongue Day

Tabaski Day (Cameroon)

Tims Camp Day (Tim Hortons; Canada)

Triple Play Day

World Peter Obi Day (Nigeria)

World Product Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

National Daiquiri Day

Raspberry Cake Day

Independence & Related Days

Cyberia (Declared; 1997) [unrecognized]

Einglen (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Laos (from France, 1949)

Rennell and Bellona Province Day (Solomon Islands)

New Year’s Days

Egyptian New Year (a.k.a. “The Opening of the Year and the Feast of every God”)

3rd Friday in July

Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]

Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]

National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]

National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]

Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 19 (3rd Week of July)

Celebration of the Horse (thru 7.21) [3rd Weekend]

Robin Hood Days (thru 7.20]

Festivals Beginning July 19, 2024

Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (Dauphin Island, Alabama) [thru 7.21]

Atlas (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 7.21]

Bacon, Bourbon and Brew Festival (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 7.21]

Baltimore Restaurant Week (Baltimore, Maryland) [thru 7.28]

Bite of Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 7.21]

Boryeong Mud Festival (Boryeong, South Korea) [thru 8.4]

Cecil County Fair (Elkton, Maryland) [thru 7.27]

Copper River Salmon Jam (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 7.20]

Deer Fest (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]

Folkmoot Summerfest (Waynesville, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]

Gentse Feesten (Ghent, Belgium) [thru 7.28]

Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy) [thru 7.28]

Grainger County Tomato Festival (Rutledge, Tennessee) [thru 7.20]

Great Wellsville Balloon Rally (Wellsville, New York) [thru 7.21]

Hempstead Watermelon Festival (Hempstead, Texas) [thru 7.20]

Hillside Festival (Guelph, Canada) [thru 7.21]

Humeston Watermelon Days (Humeston, Iowa) [thru 7.21]

International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama (Paphos, Cyprus) [thru 8.10]

Jackson Hot Air Jubilee (Jackson, Michigan) [thru 7.21]

Jazz & Rib Fest (Columbus, Ohio) [thru 7.21]

Killington Wine Festival (Killington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]

Koloa Plantation Days (Koloa, Hawaii) [thru 7.28]

Marysville Peach Festival (Marysville, California) [thru 7.20]

Mississippi Watermelon Festival (Mize, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]

Muskie Days (Nevis, Minnesota) [thru 7.20

North Dakota State Fair (Minot, North Dakota) [thru 7.27]

Northwest Raspberry Festival (Lynden, Washington) [thru 7.20

Positivus Festival (Riga, Latvia) [thru 7.20]

Qingdao International Beer Festival (Qingdao, China) [thru 8.11]

Roscoe Village Burger Fest (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]

Royal International Air Tattoo (Swindon, United Kingdom) [thru 7.21]

Salzburg Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 8.31]

Saulkrasti Jazz Festival (Saulkrasti, Latvia) [hru 7.20]

Snowflake Pioneer Days (Snowflake, Arizona) [thru 7.20]

Sweetcorn Festival (Chatham, Illinois) [thru 7.20]

Taste of River North (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.21]

Tomorrowland Belgium (Boom, Belgium) [thru 7.21]

unWINE Downtown (Starkville, Mississippi) [thru 7.20]

Vashon Island Strawberry Festival (Vashon Island, Washington) [thru 7.21]

Vermont Brewers Festival (Burlington, Vermont) [thru 7.20]

Wannigan Days (Taylors Falls, Minnesota & St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) [thru 7.21]

Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire (Bonney Lake, Washington) [thru 8.18]

Waterford World's Fair (Waterford, Maine) [thru 7.21]

Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth, Maine) [thru 7.21]

Feast Days

Adonis and Aphrodite Wedding Day (Ancient Greece)

A.J. Cronin (Writerism)

Åke Hellman (Artology)

Ambrose Autpert (Christian; Saint)

Ancient Egyptian New Year

Arsenius the Great (Catholic Church)

Back-to-Front Yad (Shamanism)

Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)

Cervantes (Positivist; Saint)

Crannchur (Casting of the Woods; Celtic Book of Days)

Daiquiri Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Isis (Everyday Wicca)

Dr. Doom/Thulsa Doom Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Duke (Muppetism)

Edgar Degas (Artology)

Festival of Honos (Personification of morality & honor; Ancient Rome)

Garth Nix (Writerism)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Artology)

Isis and Osiris Wedding Day (Ancient Egypt)

John Martin (Artology)

Justa and Rufina (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Kirdjun (a.k.a. Abakerazum; Christian; Saint)

The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.21]

Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great (Christian; Saint)

Opet (Day of the Marriage of Isis and Osiris; Pagan)

Symmachus, pope (Christian; Saint)

Vincent de Paul (Christian; Saint)

Wedding Day of Adonis & Aphrodite (Ancient Greece)

Wedding Day of Isis & Osiris (Ancient Egypt)

Xu Beihong (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [41 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [22 of 32]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 33 of 60)

Premieres

Airlift A La Carte (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1971)

The Air Race (MGM Cartoon; 1933) [Never Released]

An Affair to Remember (Film; 1957)

Awkward (TV Series; 2011)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Film; 1991)

Clueless (Film; 1995)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Talk Show; 2012)

Crazy, Stupid, Love (Film; 2011)

Dance With Me, by Orleans (Song; 1975)

Day of the Dead (Film; 1985)

The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton (Novel; 1925)

Chaplin Corps./Accidents/Gas (A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Counter Attack (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Help!, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

K-19: The Widowmaker (Film; 2002)

The Legend of Billie Jean (Film; 1985)

A Little Bit of Mambo, by Lou Bega (Album; 1999)

Liv and Maddie (TV Series; 2013)

Mad Men (TV Series; 2007)

The Man with One Red Shoe (Film; 1985)

The Midnight Snack (Tom & Jerry MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Movin’ Out (Musical Play; 2002)

My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell (Novel; 1956)

Narcissus and Goldmund, by Hermann Hesse (Novel; 1930)

News Oddities (Phantasies Cartoon; 1940)

Our Miss Brooks (Radio Series; 1948)

Peace Time Football (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1946)

Pinto Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)

The Rag Dog (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

RED 2 (Film; 2013)

Revenge of the Pink Panther (Film; 1978)

R.I.P.D. (Film; 2013)

Speedy Ghost to Town (WB LT Cartoon; 1967)

A Squeak in the Deep (WB LT Cartoon; 1966)

That’s All Right/Blue Moon of Kentucky, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1954)

Trainspotting (Film; 1996)

Treasure Island (Film; 1950)

Trick or Tree (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Uncle Tom’s Cabana (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1947)

Weathering with You (Anime Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Bernulf, Justa, Marina, Poppo, Reto (Austria)

Aurelija, Zlata, Zora (Croatia)

Čeněk (Czech Republic)

Justa (Denmark)

Saara, Saare, Saari, Salli (Estonia)

Saara, Salla, Salli, Sara, Sari, Sarita (Finland)

Arsène, Micheline (France)

Bernard, Marina, Reto (Germany)

Dias, Garyfallia, Makrina (Greece)

Emília (Hungary)

Arsenio (Italy)

Digna, Jautrīte, Kamila, Kamilla, Sari (Latvia)

Aura, Aurėja, Galigantas, Mantigailė, Vincas, Vincentas (Lithuania)

Gerhard, Gjert (Norway)

Alfred, Arseniusz, Lutobor, Rufin, Wincenty, Wodzisław (Poland)

Dušana (Slovakia)

Arsenio, Áurea, Justa, Rufina (Spain)

Sara (Sweden)

Arsene, Arsène (Universal)

Armenia, Arcenio, Arsenia, Arsenio, Wayne (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 201 of 2024; 165 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 29 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 14 (Jia-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 13 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 12 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 21 Red; Sevenday [21 of 30]

Julian: 6 July 2024

Moon: 95%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Dante (8th Month) [Cervantes]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 30 of 94)

Week: 3rd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 29 of 31)

[dallaswinstonkinnie]

Wait a minute, man

Ayy, check this out, man (let him tell it)

It was this blind man right (man, check it, ayy), it was this blind man right (this fool right here)

He was feelin' his way down the street with his stick right, ayy (yeah)

He walked past this fish market, you know what I'm sayin'? (Fish market?)

He stopped he took a deep breath, he said

Whoa, good morning ladies, hahaha

You like that shit, man? (That was pretty good, that was pretty good)

Ayy man, I got a gang of that shit, man

I'll tell you what

My man on the guitar

Ayy, fool on the drums

Ayy, everybody just crowd around the mic

I'll tell you all these motherfuckin' jokes I got (clap ya hands, man)

But first I'ma start off like that, ayy, help me sing it, homeboy

Come on

Said Colt 45 and two Zig-Zags, baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park, after dark

Smoke that tumbleweed

As the marijuana burn, we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

So roll, roll, roll my joint, pick out the seeds and stems

Feelin' high as hell flyin' through Palmdale

Skatin' on Dayton rims

So roll, roll, the '83 Cadillac Coupe Deville

If my tapes and my CDs just don't sell, I bet my Caddy will

Well, it was just sundown in small white town

They call it East Side Palmdale (well)

When the Afroman walked through the white land

Houses went up for sale (hell)

Well, I was standing on the corner sellin' rap CDs

When I met a little girl named Jan

I let her ride in my Caddy

'Cause I didn't know her daddy was the leader of the Ku Klux Klan (hahaha)

We fucked on the bed

Fucked on the floor

Fucked so long I grew a fuckin' afro

Then I fucked to the left (left)

Fucked to the right (right)

She sucked my dick 'til the shit turned white

I thought to myself, "Sheeba-sheeba"

Got my ass lookin' like a zebra

I put on my clothes and I was on my way

Until her daddy pulled up in a Chevrolet

So I ran, I jumped out the back window

But her daddy, he was waitin' with a two-by-four

Oh, he beat me to the left

He beat me to the right

The motherfucker whooped my ass all night

But I ain't mad at her prejudiced dad

That's the best damn pussy I ever had

Got a bag of weed and a bottle of wine (woo)

I'm gonna fuck that bitch just one more time

Colt 45 and two Zig-Zags, baby, that's all we need (come on)

We can go to the park, after dark

Smoke that tumbleweed (uh)

And as the marijuana burn, we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

So roll, roll, roll my joint, pick out the seeds and stems

Feelin' high as hell flyin' through Palmdale

Skatin' on Dayton rims (come on)

So roll, roll, the '83 Cadillac Coupe Deville

If my tapes and my CDs just don't sell, I bet my Caddy will (uh)

I met this lady in Hollywood

She had green hair, but damn she looked good

I took her to my house 'cause she was fine

But she whooped out a dick that was bigger than mine

I met this lady from Japan

Never made love with an African

I fucked her once, I fucked her twice

I ate that pussy like shrimp-fried rice

Don't be amazed at the stories I tell ya (tell ya)

I met a woman in the heart of Australia

Had a big butt and big titties too

So I hopped in her ass like a Kangaroo

See I met this woman from Hawaii

Stuck it in her ass and she said "aii"

Lips was breakfast, pussy was lunch

Then her titties busted open with Hawaiian Punch

Met Colonel Sanders wife in the state of Kentucky

She said I'd fry some chicken if you'd just fuck me

I came in her mouth, it was a crisis

I gave her my secret blend of herbs' n' spices

Colt 45 and two Zig-Zags, baby, that's all we need (come on)

We can go to the park, after dark

Smoke that tumbleweed (uh)

And as the marijuana burn, we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

(Ayy, wait a minute, man, check this out, man, ayy)

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

I met Dolly Parton in Tennessee

Her titties were filled with Hennessy

That country music really drove me crazy

But I rode that ass and said, "Yes, Miss Daisy"

Met this lady in Oklahoma

Put that pussy in a coma

Met this lady in Michigan

I can't wait 'til I fuck that bitch again

Met a real black girl down in South Carolina

Fucked her until she turned to a white albino

Fucked this hooker in Iowa

I fucked her on credit, so I owe her

Fucked this girl down in Georgia

Came in her mouth, man I thought I told ya

Met this beautiful sexy ho

She just ran across the border of Mexico

Fine young thing, said her name's Maria

I wrapped her up just like a hot tortilla

I wanna get married but I can't afford it

I know I'ma cry when she get deported

Colt 45 and two Zig-Zags, baby, that's all we need (come on)

We can go to the park, after dark

Smoke that tumbleweed (uh)

And as the marijuana burn, we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

So roll, roll, roll my joint, pick out the seeds and stems

Feelin' high as hell flyin' through Palmdale

Skatin' on Dayton rims (come on)

So roll, roll, the '83 Cadillac Coupe Deville

If my tapes and my CDs just don't sell, I bet my Caddy will

<33333

[phgq]

Suspected NPA rebel nabbed in NegOcc

#PHnews: Suspected NPA rebel nabbed in NegOcc

BACOLOD CITY – A suspected member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) was arrested in joint police and military operation in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon.

A police report on Tuesday identified the suspect as Warren Lozano, 26, a resident of the southern Negros city’s Sitio Cantupa in Barangay Caradioan.

Lozano, alleged to be a part of NPA hit squad Special Partisan Unit or SPARU, belongs to the Sentro De Grabidad 3, Regional Strike Force of Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros-Cebu-Bohol-Siquijor.

Around 4:55 p.m., Lozano was cornered by personnel of Himamaylan City Police Station and 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) of the Philippine Army in the neighboring Sitio Ubay.

Lt. Col. Angelo de Guzman, 94IB commander, said Lozano is an active member of the NPA although they have yet to confirm his links with the SPARU.

The suspect was found in possession of a caliber .45 caliber Colt pistol loaded with six live cartridges and a black sock containing two cartridges for an M203 grenade launcher.

The police report said Lozano “failed to present legal documents for the lawful possession of firearm and explosives” and was detained in the station’s custodial facility.

In a radio interview, Maj. Romeo Vargas, acting police chief of Himamaylan, said Lozano denied being a member of the CPP-NPA and claimed that the firearms and explosives recovered from his possession were planted.

The suspect will be charged with violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act and Republic Act 9516 or illegal possession and manufacture of explosives.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. (PNA)

***

References:

* Philippine News Agency. " Suspected NPA rebel nabbed in NegOcc." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1132344 (accessed March 03, 2021 at 07:26PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. " Suspected NPA rebel nabbed in NegOcc." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1132344 (archived).

[ren-meteor]

New Stuff

I decided to update Scorch’s bio and shit, so I shall leave it here

Name: Nelle Griogalach

Alias: Scorch

Organization: CSOR

Home Base: CFB Petawawa

Home Unit: 2nd Service Battalion

DoB: 02/02 (35 y/o)

Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia

Weight: 67 kg

Height: 1.72 m

Armour: 1

Speed: 3

Gadget: F.A.X. Grenades

Languages: English, French, German, Dari, Russian   

F.A.X. Grenades:

Separate from the diffuser, like C4, the grenade can be defused when the operator chooses. The grenade can be thrown or rolled under barricades. A low beeping can be heard after being thrown, and when detonated creates a massive blast wave. 

The FAX grenades can be stopped by Jaeger’s ADS, and the wireless detonator can be jammed by Mute’s router. 

If standing within a one meter range, you are immediately downed, and will burn for 2 h/p for 10 seconds, or until a teammate can help extinguish the flames. Animation takes 3 seconds to complete.

In the 2-3 meter range, player will catch fire and burn for 3 h/p for 15 seconds or until you pat down the flames which take 3 seconds to complete. 

The user and teammates are not immune to the FAX grenades

Primary Weapons:

C7-A2:

Damage- 62

Firerate- 725 full auto mode (can be switched between full auto, 3 round burst or semi auto)

Mobility- 50

Capacity- 30

Mossberg 590:

Damage- 48

Firerate- single shot

Mobility- 40

Capacity- 7

Secondary Weapons:

Sig Sauer p229:

Damage- 117

Firerate- single shot

Mobility- 50

Capacity- 10

Colt .45

Damage- 75

Firerate- single shot

Mobility- 50

Capacity- 6

Secondary Gadgets:

Breaching charge

Flash Grenade

BIOGRAPHY

“I get tired of it, you know? War. But it is the only thing I know.”

MWO Griogalach was born for the military. Both her parents, her father; Rear Admiral to the RCN, and her mother; a retired pilot from the RAAF, were major influences for her career path. Born an only child, she was well taken care of. Though a lot of the time her father was away sailing, Griogalach’s mother was always there after retiring and moving to Canada to support her husband. Her mother taught her to hunt when she was young, which is where her interest in weapons came from. 

She joined the army cadets as soon as she could, deciding her career path early on. Though during highschool, she found herself to have an affinity for science- more specifically chemistry. She graduated a year early, starting on her first of many degrees. Kinetics of Chemical Reaction, Kinetic Processes in Materials and Chemical Engineering at MIT, and Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the U of T, all while advancing her career as a Weapons Technician in the CAF. 

After finishing her degrees, she felt restless. She needed something more, so she signed up for additional specialty courses for her trade. She went on to train on the Leopard tank, GIAT light towed Howitzer, and then on to reconnaissance patrolling. To say she was well trained would be an understatement. With her skills, she was recommended by her chain of command to apply for CSOR; the Canadian Operations Regiment, which specializes in conducting raids, capturing strategic facilities and undertaking reconnaissance. During her time with the unit, she specialized in arctic and desert warfare. At every turn, Griogalach was challenging herself.

On top of all that, she developed her own specialized grenade. The FAX grenade. The fuel to air explosive was developed to help clear out tight and confined spaces- fox holes, tunnels, bunkers and caves. While overseas, it found its fair share of usage. 

Griogalach was deployed to Iraq in 2006 as a weapons tech. During her deployment she worked with the Americans, which is where she first encountered Trace. During their time together they worked closely, getting along from the get-go. There had been rumours of the two having a loose relationship while deployed, but neither would talk about it. Not because of bad blood; the two still get along fantastically. It was just the past. This was the time where she started developing her gadget, in which Trace had some input on it. She was one of the reasons he decided to go back to school, and from that point on they worked together on developing weapons for use by both militaries. 

After, she was quickly deployed again to Afghanistan. In 2008 as a weapons tech, then again from 2010-2011 with CSOR in Kandahar City. It was during her time with CSOR that she earned her moniker ‘Scorch’. It was her hard work, dedication and innovation during her deployment that earned her notice, and in 2016 joined the Rainbow team. 

PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT

With the amount of training and experience that Griogalach has behind her, it brings me no surprise that despite the hesitation to take lead on missions, she is an incredible leader. A quick thinker and even quicker on her toes, she has the potential to be one of the best we have. However, during her tour on Kandahar she lost almost all of her squad- in a mission she led. This has planted a seed of ever growing doubt in her leadership skills in her mind. Not to mention whenever the topic comes up, she blames herself, and almost hits, what I like to call it, a reset. She turns cold, blames herself and throws herself into dangerous situations with no care for her own wellbeing. When this happens, I look into her eyes and see nothing- it’s so cold and indifferent. 

I tried to dig into the mission as much as I could, but the CAF has it sealed tightly. From what I could get, it was a lose-lose situation. She was commended for getting as much of her squad out as she did. Yet it is a sore spot for her. Sometimes I reread the report just because of the mission and the lessons we could learn from it. She was very well regarded in her unit, but the translation just isn’t there for her.  

I asked her why she chose to drive herself as hard as she did. Getting the amount of training, the schooling and whatnot. She told me of the stigma that comes with being a woman in the military, how she wanted to break it. The amount of times that her coworkers would talk down about her. Then there was the reputation of her parents. Her father; a Rear Admiral in the navy. One of the most well respected officers in his element. And her mother, a pilot from Australia. One of the first. There was a need to live up to expectations, and a want to impress. She pushes herself incredibly hard, to the point where it becomes dangerous, and she knows it. Thankfully, there are times where she recognizes this, and often goes to Imagawa for assistance. 

In her downtime, she is often found in the workshops, working on her gadgets and assisting other operators with theirs. During that time, she’s very approachable. I find that if I catch her in the middle of her work, she is more willing to converse. Though she has a hard exterior, some of  the other operators have taken a liking to her. She has good working relationships with Sanaa ‘Nomad’ El Maktoub, Lera ‘Finka’ Melnikova, Erik ‘Maverick’ Thorn, Adriano ‘Maestro’ Martello, Elena ‘Mira’ Maria Alvarez, Jordan ‘Thermite’ Trace, Dominic ‘Bandit’ Brunsmeier and unlike her fellow JTF2 counterparts, the Russians.

Now there is a whole other can of worms. But the one I was more interested in was her relationship with Brunsmeier. When in the eyes of others, they are nothing but professional with each other. But despite their discretion, there are a few times where if I happen to walk into the mess at the right time, the two of them are curled up on the couch together either watching TV or asleep. I approached the topic carefully during one of our sessions, but the closeness was denied. I wondered if there was a part of her that was scared to acknowledge it. If maybe they found some sort of similar comfort in the other. Either way, it seems after being together for a time they both come out of their shells.

[silvesters-end]

Wait a minute man

Hey check this out man (Tell it!)

It was this blind man right, it was this blind man right

He was feelin' his way down the street with this stick right?

Hey. He walked past this fish market, you know what I'm sayin' (Fish market?)

He stopped he took a deep breath he said:

"Woooo, good morning, ladies!"

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

You like that shit man? (That's pretty good!)

Hey man, I've got a gang of that shit, man.

I'll tell you what, my man on the guitar,

Hey, fool on the drum.

Hey, everybody's crowding around the mic,

I'll tell you all these motherfuckin' jokes I got,

But first I'mma start off like this, hey help me sing it, homeboy

Said Colt 45 and two Zigzags,

Baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park after dark

And smoke that tumbleweed.

As the marijuana burn we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

So roll, roll, roll my joint,

Pick out the seeds and stems

Feeling high as hell,

Flyin' through Palmdale

Skatin on Dayton rims

So roll, roll, the '83 Cadillac Coupe De Ville

If my tapes and my CDs just don't sell, I bet my cabby will.

Well it was just sundown in small white town

They call it Eastside Palmdale (Well.)

When the Afroman walked through the white land

Houses went up for sale (Sale)

Well, I was standing on the corner sellin' rap CDs

When I met a little girl named Jan (Jan)

I let her ride in my caddy

Because I didn't know her daddy was the leader of the Ku Klux Klan

We fucked on the bed

Fucked on the floor

Fucked so long I grew a fuckin' afro

Then I fucked to the left (left)

Fucked to the right (right)

She sucked my dick 'til the shit turned white

I thought to myself sheeba-sheeba

Got my ass lookin' like a zebra

I put on my clothes and I was on my way

Until her daddy pulled up in a Chevrolet

So I ran - I jumped out the back window

But her daddy he was waitin' with a two-by-four

Oh, he beat me to the left

He beat me to the right

The motherfucker whooped my ass all night

But I ain't mad at her prejudiced dad

That's the best damn pussy I ever had

Got a bag of weed and a bottle of wine

I'mma fuck that bitch just one more time

Colt 45 and two Zigzags,

Baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park after dark

And smoke that tumbleweed.

As the marijuana burn we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

So roll, roll, roll my joint,

Pick out the seeds and stems

Feeling high as hell,

Flyin' through Palmdale

Skatin on Dayton rims

So roll, roll, the '83 Cadillac Coupe De Ville

If my tapes and my CDs just don't sell, I bet my cabby will.

I met this lady in Hollywood

She had green hair, but damn she looked good

I took her to my house because she was fine

But she whipped out a dick that was bigger than mine

I met this lady from Japan

Never made love with an African

I fucked her once, (once)

I fucked her twice (twice)

I ate that pussy like shrimp-fried rice

Don't be amazed at the stories I tell ya (tell ya)

I met a woman in the heart of Australia

Had a big butt and big titties too

So I hopped in her ass like a kangaroo

See I met this woman from Hawaii

Stuck it in her ass and she said [Aiee!]

Lips was breakfast, pussy was lunch

Then her titties busted open with Hawaiian Punch

I met Colonel Sanders' wife in the state of Kentucky

Said I brought some chicken if you just fuck me

I came in her mouth, it was a crisis

I gave her my secret blend of herbs and spices

Colt 45 and two Zigzags,

Baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park after dark

And smoke that tumbleweed.

And as the marijuana burn we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong (Hey wait a minute, man, check this out...)

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

I met Dolly Parton in Tennessee

Her titties were filled with Hennessy

That country music really drove me crazy

But I rode that ass and said "Yes, Miss Daisy!"

Met this lady in Oklahoma

Put that pussy in a coma

Met this lady in Michigan

I can't wait 'til I fuck that bitch again

Met a real black girl down in South Carolina

Fucked her until she turned into a white albina

Fucked this hooker in Iowa

I fucked her on credit, so I owe her

Fucked this girl down in Georgia

Came in her mouth, man I thought I told ya

Met this beautiful sexy hoe

She just ran across the border of Mexico

Fine young thing said her name's Maria

I wrapped her up just like a hot tortilla

I wanna get married but I can't afford it

I know I'm gonna cry when she get deported

Colt 45 and two Zigzags,

Baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park after dark

And smoke that tumbleweed.

And as the marijuana burn we can take our turn

Singin' them dirty rap songs

Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong

(Hey wait a minute man, hey fuck that shit)

And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong

Have you ever went over a girls south to front

But the pussy just ain't no good (Say what?!?)

I mean you gettin' upset because you cant get her wet

Plus you in the wrong neighborhood

So you try to play it off and eat the pussy

But it take her so long to come (Say what?!?)

Then a dude walk in that's her big boyfriend

And he asks you where you from

So you wipe your mouth and you try to explain

You start talkin' real fast

But he already mad cause you fuckin' his wife

So he start beatin' on yo' ass

Now your clothes all muddy

Your nose all bloody

Your dick was hard but now its soft (What?)

You thought you had a girl to rock your world

Now you still gotta go jack off

Said Colt 45 and two Zigzags,

Baby, that's all we need

We can go to the park...

[the-new-hip-priest]

Eventually I want to go to the UK and the US and try all of your bad reputation alcohol and mediocre snackery. I want to try White Ace and/or White Diamond (and white cider in general? I’ve never seen it over here). Colt 45 and other malt liquors. Buckfast sounds like a tachycardia tonic but I’ve always been morbidly curious. And Special Brew! 3 standard drinks in a 500ml can?! Where was that at the height of my alcoholism?  We can compare Cadbury’s! Take me to your local supermarket so I can fully immerse myself in your culture and marvel at the slight differences. ‘Cillit Bang? Ooooh, we call that Easy Off Bam! in Australia’ (for realsies, though). I could explore entire galaxies of cereal. What is the single largest portion of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups I can purchase in one go? You have literal rainbows of energy drinks, too. I could get the full *~gamer~* experience and be up to my elbows in extravagantly flavoured Dorito dust and sipping on every colour of Mountain Dew. I hear legends that Hot Pockets are simultaneously molten yet frozen, is it true? Are pot noodles actually adequate? Why are your crisps all in the wrong colour bags? Let’s get, like, a 2L Slurpee from 7/11.  Yeah. I’ve had a couple of beers and some Jack Herer. But I promise your local grocery chain is fascinating if you look at it from the right perspective. 

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.6

355 – Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls. 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto. 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs. 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas. 1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. 1844 – The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted. 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of United States. 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. 1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game. 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. 1917 – World War I: Battle of Passchendaele ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium. 1917 – October Revolution: Troops loyal to the Russian Directorate clash with Bolshevik Red Guards over the control of several bridges in Petrograd. 1918 – The Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland is established. 1928 – Herbert Hoover is elected the 31st President of the United States. 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. 1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place. 1941 – World War II: During the Battle of Moscow, Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet people for only the second time. 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. 1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219. 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings. 1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. 1945 – Concerned that her cover was about to be blown, Elizabeth Bentley turns herself in to the FBI and confesses she had been spying for the Soviet Union. 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut. 1948 – Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launches a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the General Suppression Headquarters of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign. The largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins. 1956 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected President of the United States. 1962 – The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation. 1963 – Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam. 1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program. 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. 1984 – Ronald Reagan is reelected President of the United States. 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices. 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, which had been without an NFL team since 1983, when the Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis. 1998 – The Electric Tilt Train enters service in Queensland, Australia and becomes one of the fastest trains in the country and the fastest narrow gauge train in service. 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum. 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He is later formally arrested and convicted for “inciting subversion of the state power”. 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150. 2012 – Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States; Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. 2013 – Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Communist Party of China.

[safarifirearms-blog]

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Product Description:

The new model Ruger Blackhawk is considered to be the modernized single action revolver ever made, while offering a solid frame, feel and comfortable grip found in classic single actions. An all coil spring mechanism, adjustable sights and frame mounted firing pin are also the special features along with Ruger's patented transfer bar mechanism with loading gate interlock,

FEATURES:

·         Calibre: 9MM/357MAG

·         Action: Single action

·         Capacity: 6

·         Weight: 45 oz

·         Grips: Black Checkered

·         Barrel length: 6.5"

·         Sights: Ramp front, adjustable rear

 DIANA LP8 MAGNUM AIR PISTOL .177 180MM

Product Description:

One of the best bet – The LP8 Magnum pistol! It offers everything you could desire from a high-power-air pistol. Featuring a maximum power of 580 fps, integrated top rail for scope or red dot, as well as automatic safety, which can be handled from both side makes a special edition. Without any doubt it is quite impressive in terms of design, performance and price.

Specifications

·         Approximate weight: 3lbs 2oz

·         Overall length: 18"

·         Frame material: Synthetic

·         Barrel length: 9"

·         Sights: Open

·         Muzzle velocity: 580fps

·         Calibre: .17

 COLT 1911 RAIL GUN M45A1 45 ACP 127MM

Colt needs no introduction and once again has offered a high class product - The M1911 pistol, which adapts to meet the changing requirements of its customers. In terms of quality and performance, once more Colt has successfully registered its excellence as a gun manufacturer.  The Colt Rail Gun is outfitted with new and exciting features for the law enforcement community, the shooting enthusiast and the personal defence user.

Features:

·         Novak Low Mount Carry Sights with Dots

·         Enhanced Hammer

·         Extended Single Side Tactical Safety Lock

·         Colt Upswept Beavertail Grip Safety

·         3-Hole Aluminum Trigger

·         Lowered and Flared Ejection Port

·         M1913 Picatinny Rail

·         National Match Barrel

·         Front and Rear Slide Serrations

·         Calibre: 45 ACP

·         Finish: Cerakote Desert Tan

·         Barrel: 127mm

·         Mag Cap: 7

·         Grips: Composite

·         Weight: approx. 40oz

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[phgq]

5 ex-rebels in Samar welcome new life

#PHnews: 5 ex-rebels in Samar welcome new life

TACLOBAN CITY – Five members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Samar have abandoned the armed struggle against the government to start a new life this new year.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) identified the former rebels as alias Bening, 26; Bebot, 45; Jinky, 29; Narcing, 58; and Nora, 59, who surrendered on January 10 and were formally presented to officials of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 8 (Eastern Visayas) in Palo, Leyte on Tuesday.

Brig. Gen. Ronaldo de Jesus, PRO-8 director, said the provincial police office, including its intelligence unit and two mobile force companies, facilitated the surrender of the former rebels.

"The return of these rebels to the fold of the law is a promising development for this year. As they pledge loyalty to the government, the police force in the region also guarantees to give necessary assistance so they could start living in genuine peace again," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

The surrenderers handed over a caliber .45 Colt pistol with a magazine containing three live ammunition, an M1 Garand rifle with a magazine loaded with eight ammunition plus eight extra ammunition, and a Carbine rifle with a magazine containing 12 live ammunition.

Meanwhile, authorities are processing the application of the former rebels, so they could avail themselves of benefits under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program or E-CLIP.

The E-CLIP gives former rebels a holistic package of benefits, such as livelihood, medical, education, housing, and even legal assistance.

The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines. (PNA)

  ***

References:

* Philippine News Agency. "5 ex-rebels in Samar welcome new life." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127204 (accessed January 13, 2021 at 07:55PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "5 ex-rebels in Samar welcome new life." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127204 (archived).

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The conquest of SA    Saturday 30 Dec. 2017

it will be quite a while before I can post news about the new house .... so....as I was working with my old photos .... I came up with the idea of presenting a bit of memorabilia ....... photos from my past

yes .... you can have a laugh ..... we all change a lot and I am not exeption

the photo above is the main street in San Carlos de Bariloche  aprox. 1942

same street looking in the oposite direction .... I was borne in 1947 and this is exactly what the centre of the town looked back then

3 generations here..... my sister Ana Maria......my grandmother Fanny and my mother Teodora

I actually skied 7 consecutive seasons and this was my first big WIN

This was my Italian made bicycle .... better than a Ferrari !!!!!

my family ready for a Sunday outing, now in Buenos Aires

as a High School student during an excursion to see the steel works

this photo was taken the last day of my military service, I was a Policeman in the big city..... and I had a colt 45 gun ..... I was able to win any arguments back then ......... be ready for my next Posting ...... my life in Australia

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Philippine gun makers take aim from the backyard to the production line| Reuters

By Manuel Mogato | MANDAUE CITY, Philippines &hl=en_US&fs=1&"> &hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"> MANDAUE CITY, Philippines In the Philippines, they vote with their trigger fingers. Elections mean big business for illegal gunsmiths, who are looking forward to 2013 mid-term polls. With election-related violence commonplace, the Philippines imposes a ban on the carrying of guns for six months, from campaigning to the proclamation of winners. With legal access denied, Filipinos simply turn to the many illegal gunsmiths who ply their trade in back alleys and on the edge of rice fields despite government crackdowns. In Danao City, in the northeast of central Cebu island, they are already anticipating a windfall. "There's actually huge demand for guns, especially now and because of the elections next year," said a 33-year-old gunsmith, who asked to be named only as Remo, as he hammered away at bits of scrap metal in a makeshift factory in Danao. Loud music drowned out the noise of Remo's workshop on the edge of a dry creek, hidden from view by thick bamboo groves, as he and two assistants hammered, filed and drilled away. "We are actually having some difficulty in keeping up with the orders because it usually takes at least two weeks to make one .45 caliber pistol, even if I work 16 hours a day," he said. "THE WORLD OF OUR FATHERS" As the pro- and anti-gun lobbies in the United States agonize over how to respond to yet another massacre of innocents, in the Philippines many want even more liberal gun laws to boost production of a small but growing legal industry. Guns have long been part of everyday life in the Philippines, especially since the end of World War Two. After the war, farmers took up arms during agrarian unrest in the late 1940s and early 1950s and then a Maoist insurgency that has become one of the world's longest-running conflicts. Today, all private security guards in the Philippines carry either handguns or shotguns, or both. Guns are a common sight in shopping malls, government and private offices, banks, restaurants and even schools. "When we were children, we were already surrounded by guns. It was the world of our fathers," said Elmer Genzon, a third-generation gunsmith who once made "paltik", or illegal weapons, out of scrap metal and bits of angle iron. "We grew up making guns." According to www.gunpolicy.org, a site hosted by the University of Sydney's School of Public Health in Australia, there are about 3.9 million guns -- legal and illegal -- held by civilians in the Philippines, or about 4.7 per 100 people. That puts the Philippines 105th place on a list of 179 countries, tiny in comparison to the 88.8 per 100 in the United States and behind even Australia with 15 per 100. While it is impossible to count the number of illegal guns in the Philippines, the national police estimate there are about 350,000, again paltry in comparative terms to Central and South American weapons hotspots like Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia. Yet the Philippines suffers worryingly high gun-crime rates. According to the latest available figures from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, there were 8.9 homicides per 100,000 people in 2003, by far the worst in Asia and outstripping Europe. (www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html) While not at the levels of Central and South America, the number was still almost triple that of the United States, which had 3.3 homicides per 100,000 people the same year. Illegal guns are not just carried by criminal gangs, Maoist rebels and Muslim separatists. They also belong to civilians and politicians who keep private armies. Investigations into the Ampatuan family, a political clan linked to the 2009 massacre of 57 people, including dozens of journalists, found more than 1,000 high-powered weapons, including mortars and .50 caliber machineguns. HEALTH PLAN In the 2004 elections, authorities decided to crack down on illegal gunsmiths in Cebu.

There had been more desultory attempts to act against an industry dating back to the early 1900s. Police closed the Genzon family's home factory on the edge of a rice field during the 2004 crackdown. Like other gunsmiths from his hometown, he was soon working at the government-registered Shooters' Arms Manufacturing factory about 25 km (15 miles) down the road in Mandaue City. "We no longer have to worry about police raids and we also have a steady source of income, plus some health and other social benefits," Genzon, 33, told Reuters while he wrapped a handcrafted model of a 1911 Colt .45 destined for a dealer in Rochester, New York. A small army of 400 workers assembles revolvers and pistols at the Mandaue factory, which exports guns to the United States, Australia, Italy and Thailand. Factory owner Romulo de Leon III, a second-generation gun dealer, quickly recognized the unusual skills developed by the illegal, backyard gunsmiths when he decided to switch from selling imported weapons to making his own. His partly automated factory now produces about 20,000 guns a year, with up to 85 percent of them sold abroad, making him the second largest gun manufacturer in the Philippines. With cheap labor and Filipino ingenuity, de Leon wants to expand into new markets in Eastern Europe and South America. With more foreign markets in their gunsights, legal manufacturers hope President Benigno Aquino, a gun enthusiast who shoots competitively, will help liberalize gun laws. "What we want is a more balanced gun legislation, not too restrictive, but we also understand that guns must be regulated," said Demetrio Tuason, head of the largest and oldest manufacturer in the Philippines, Armscor, at a Manila gun show. Existing laws allow Filipinos to own one "long" firearm -- a rifle or shotgun -- and one handgun. Guns are meant to be licensed and owners must have permits to carry them in public. Tuason wants gun licenses more like driving licenses, allowing people to "own as many guns as they can afford". Not surprisingly, gun sellers also want to expand the industry, worth about 2.5 billion pesos ($59.37 million). Export receipts grew fourfold to $23.4 million between 2000-11. But, just like in the United States, there seems little appetite to change existing laws. "That's not a priority right now," Aquino told Reuters in an interview earlier this month. There are 34 gun-related bills before both houses of parliament, some seeking looser laws and others more control. Supporters of two prominent bills seeking to outlaw civilians carrying guns in public and stiffer penalties for possession of illegal weapons have all but given up hope. Much like the United States, guns are so deeply ingrained in Philippines culture that they don't expect the July 20 shooting in a Colorado cinema, in which 12 people were killed and 58 wounded, will have much of an impact. "For the last 22 years we've been telling our lawmakers ... to pass a strict gun control law but nothing has happened," said Nandy Pacheco of the Gunless Society group.

"Our gun laws are encouraging a culture of guns, a culture of violence. When do we act? Are we waiting for a similar attack to happen here in our movie houses?" ($1 = 42 pesos) (Editing by Paul Tait) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-guns-idUSBRE86S00S20120729

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Philippine gun makers take aim from the backyard to the production line| Reuters

By Manuel Mogato | MANDAUE CITY, Philippines MANDAUE CITY, Philippines In the Philippines, they vote with their trigger fingers. Elections mean big business for illegal gunsmiths, who are looking forward to 2013 mid-term polls. With election-related violence commonplace, the Philippines imposes a ban on the carrying of guns for six months, from campaigning to the proclamation of winners. With legal access denied, Filipinos simply turn to the many illegal gunsmiths who ply their trade in back alleys and on the edge of rice fields despite government crackdowns. In Danao City, in the northeast of central Cebu island, they are already anticipating a windfall. "There's actually huge demand for guns, especially now and because of the elections next year," said a 33-year-old gunsmith, who asked to be named only as Remo, as he hammered away at bits of scrap metal in a makeshift factory in Danao. Loud music drowned out the noise of Remo's workshop on the edge of a dry creek, hidden from view by thick bamboo groves, as he and two assistants hammered, filed and drilled away. "We are actually having some difficulty in keeping up with the orders because it usually takes at least two weeks to make one .45 caliber pistol, even if I work 16 hours a day," he said. "THE WORLD OF OUR FATHERS" As the pro- and anti-gun lobbies in the United States agonize over how to respond to yet another massacre of innocents, in the Philippines many want even more liberal gun laws to boost production of a small but growing legal industry. Guns have long been part of everyday life in the Philippines, especially since the end of World War Two. After the war, farmers took up arms during agrarian unrest in the late 1940s and early 1950s and then a Maoist insurgency that has become one of the world's longest-running conflicts. Today, all private security guards in the Philippines carry either handguns or shotguns, or both. Guns are a common sight in shopping malls, government and private offices, banks, restaurants and even schools. "When we were children, we were already surrounded by guns. It was the world of our fathers," said Elmer Genzon, a third-generation gunsmith who once made "paltik", or illegal weapons, out of scrap metal and bits of angle iron. "We grew up making guns." &hl=en_US&fs=1&"> &hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"> According to www.gunpolicy.org, a site hosted by the University of Sydney's School of Public Health in Australia, there are about 3.9 million guns -- legal and illegal -- held by civilians in the Philippines, or about 4.7 per 100 people.

That puts the Philippines 105th place on a list of 179 countries, tiny in comparison to the 88.8 per 100 in the United States and behind even Australia with http://moversburbank.weebly.com/ 15 per 100. While it is impossible to count the number of illegal guns in the Philippines, the national police estimate there are about 350,000, again paltry in comparative terms to Central and South American weapons hotspots like Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia. Yet the Philippines suffers worryingly high gun-crime rates. According to the latest available figures from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, there were 8.9 homicides per 100,000 people in 2003, by far the worst in Asia and outstripping Europe. (www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html) While not at the levels of Central and South America, the number was still almost triple that of the United States, which had 3.3 homicides per 100,000 people the same year. Illegal guns are not just carried by criminal gangs, Maoist rebels and Muslim separatists. They also belong to civilians and politicians who keep private armies. Investigations into the Ampatuan family, a political clan linked to the 2009 massacre of 57 people, including dozens of journalists, found more than 1,000 high-powered weapons, including mortars and .50 caliber machineguns. HEALTH PLAN In the 2004 elections, authorities decided to crack down on illegal gunsmiths in Cebu. There had been more desultory attempts to act against an industry dating back to the early 1900s. Police closed the Genzon family's home factory on the edge of a rice field during the 2004 crackdown. Like other gunsmiths from his hometown, he was soon working at the government-registered Shooters' Arms Manufacturing factory about 25 km (15 miles) down the road in Mandaue City. "We no longer have to worry about police raids and we also have a steady source of income, plus some health and other social benefits," Genzon, 33, told Reuters while he wrapped a handcrafted model of a 1911 Colt .45 destined for a dealer in Rochester, New York. A small army of 400 workers assembles revolvers and pistols at the Mandaue factory, which exports guns to the United States, Australia, Italy and Thailand. Factory owner Romulo de Leon III, a second-generation gun dealer, quickly recognized the unusual skills developed by the illegal, backyard gunsmiths when he decided to switch from selling imported weapons to making his own. His partly automated factory now produces about 20,000 guns a year, with up to 85 percent of them sold abroad, making him the second largest gun manufacturer in the Philippines. With cheap labor and Filipino ingenuity, de Leon wants to expand into new markets in Eastern Europe and South America. With more foreign markets in their gunsights, legal manufacturers hope President Benigno Aquino, a gun enthusiast who shoots competitively, will help liberalize gun laws. "What we want is a more balanced gun legislation, not too restrictive, but we also understand that guns must be regulated," said Demetrio Tuason, head of the largest and oldest manufacturer in the Philippines, Armscor, at a Manila gun show. Existing laws allow Filipinos to own one "long" firearm -- a rifle or shotgun -- and one handgun. Guns are meant to be licensed and owners must have permits to carry them in public. Tuason wants gun licenses more like driving licenses, allowing people to "own as many guns as they can afford". Not surprisingly, gun sellers also want to expand the industry, worth about 2.5 billion pesos ($59.37 million). Export receipts grew fourfold to $23.4 million between 2000-11. But, just like in the United States, there seems little appetite to change existing laws. "That's not a priority right now," Aquino told Reuters in an interview earlier this month. There are 34 gun-related bills before both houses of parliament, some seeking looser laws and others more control. Supporters of two prominent bills seeking to outlaw civilians carrying guns in public and stiffer penalties for possession of illegal weapons have all but given up hope. Much like the United States, guns are so deeply ingrained in Philippines culture that they don't expect the July 20 shooting in a Colorado cinema, in which 12 people were killed and 58 wounded, will have much of an impact. "For the last 22 years we've https://www.neustarlocaleze.biz/directory/us/ca/burbank/91506/real-rocknroll-movers/901431787/ been telling our lawmakers ... to pass a strict gun control law but nothing has happened," said Nandy Pacheco of the Gunless Society group. "Our gun laws are encouraging a culture of guns, a culture of violence.

When do we act? Are we waiting for a similar attack to happen here in our movie houses?" ($1 = 42 pesos) (Editing by Paul Tait) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-guns-idUSBRE86S00S20120729

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NPA terrorist dies in central Negros clash

#PHnews: NPA terrorist dies in central Negros clash

BACOLOD CITY – A militiaman of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) died in a clash with government troops in the hinterlands of Moises Padilla town in central Negros on Thursday.

In a report on Friday, the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) identified the fatality as Rio Jacaba, a member of the Yunit Militia (YM), who along with his two comrades, engaged soldiers of the 62nd Infantry Battalion in Sitio Arum, Barangay Macagahay.

Col. Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of 303IBde based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, credited the village residents for their vigilance in reporting the presence of armed terrorists and for taking concrete actions to ensure that the CPP-NPA rebels are unwanted in their barangay.

“We will ensure that their intimidation and extortion activities are halted,” he said.

The troops encountered the three militiamen after responding to a report from concerned citizens on the presence of suspicious persons believed to be communist-terrorists. After a brief firefight, Jacaba was found dead while his comrades fled.

During the clearing operation, the soldiers recovered a .45-caliber Colt MK IV pistol with spent cartridges, a black colored holster, and subversive documents.

The remains of Jacaba was retrieved by personnel of Moises Padilla Municipal Police Station led by Staff Sgt. Rocky Tonog after conducting a scene of the crime investigation.

“With the Moises Padilla Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, we will unify and harmonize our peace and development efforts especially with the different stakeholders,” Pasaporte said.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "NPA terrorist dies in central Negros clash." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1121030 (accessed November 07, 2020 at 12:40AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "NPA terrorist dies in central Negros clash." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1121030 (archived).