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"A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions."
"El único hombre que nunca hace un error es el hombre que nunca hace nada."
"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."
Theodore Roosevelt
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I have had a nice long walk this morning although I have to say it was just a little on the hot side. The weather continues to wreak havoc in China, India and Pakistan and these three countries might be advised to spend more of their budget on the provision for their people and less on nuclear weapons. Russia is also suffering with fire problems where extreme heat and wildfires have led to a blanket of smog over Moscow. Is it not rather strange that all the major players in world weaponry are suffering this year with major weather induced problems? Britain and France have had it in Europe and America always suffer. Maybe there-s a message being missed? Back in Russia global climate change is partly to blame for the abnormally hot and dry weather in Moscow, cloaked in a haze of smoke from wildfires, say researchers. I found a similar explanation was given to me when I spoke with Michael Fish the weatherman. The UK Met Office said there are likely to be more extreme high temperatures in the future. I think we already know this. Experts from the environmental group WWF Russia have also linked climate change and hot weather to raging wildfires around the Russian capital. Meteorologists say severe conditions may linger for several more days. The Moscow health department said earlier that the number of people dying daily in the city had reached about 700 - twice the usual number.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------US first lady Michelle Obama and her youngest daughter Sasha dined with the Spanish king and queen at their summer palace on the island, amid criticism of the expensive trip.
After joining King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and the wife of the heir to the throne, Princess Letizia for lunch, the resident´s wife and nine-year daughter returned to Washington DC, reports the Telegraph.
In the wake of the emerged details of the first lady´s luxury mini-break stay at the five-star Villa Padierna, one US commentator compared her to “a modern-day Marie Antoinette.”
The entire Spain trip is estimated to have cost the American public $375,000 even though Mrs Obama, and the friends who joined her, paid their personal expenses.
The president´s wife described her visit to Granada as “unforgettable” and was overheard saying that she would like visit again with her husband.
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Here- the Alicante Province weather forecast........
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
 33° C | 24° C |
33° C | 18° C |
 31° C | 18° C |
 27° C | 21° C |
 27° C | 22° C |
| Clear | Clear | Scattered Clouds | Chance of T-storms 30% chance of precipitation |
Chance of Rain 20% chance of precipitation |
Word of the Dayel atraso ah-trah'-so (noun)
slowness, lateness, delay; backwardness
EXAMPLES
Perdona el atraso. - I'm sorry for the delay.
Llegué con 30 minutos de atraso pero nadie me dijo nada. - I arrived a half hour late, but no one said anything.
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Sent by a UK citizen.....
So you're a sick senior citizen and the government says there is no nursing home available for you - what do you do?
Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. You are allowed to shoot 2 MP’s and 2 illegal immigrants!
Of course, this means you will be sent to prison where you will get 3 meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating, air conditioning and all the health care you need! New teeth - no problem. Need glasses, great. New hip, knees, kidney, lungs, heart? All covered. (And your kids can come and visit you as often as they do now).
And who will be paying for all of this? The same government of any day that just told you that you they cannot afford for you to go into a home.
Plus, because you are a prisoner, you don't have to pay any income taxes anymore.
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?
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Cancer organization endorses the sun
After decades of telling people to avoid sun exposure, one of Britain's leading cancer charities is getting ready to do a major about-face.
London's Independent newspaper has obtained a confidential report being drafted by Cancer Research UK along with a number of other charities, and instead of the usual claptrap about hiding inside, wearing a hat and sleeves, and slathering on sunscreen at all times, it will instead tell people that a little exposure is necessary and healthy.
"Cancer Research UK's SunSmart campaign encourages people to enjoy the sun safely and avoid exposures that lead to sunburn," the draft reads, according to the newspaper. "However, for most people, sunlight is also the most important source of vitamin D, which is essential for good bone health."
The draft even advises people to "get to know their own skin" and understand for themselves how much sun they can take, since it's different for everyone.
If it sounds familiar, you must be a regular Dose reader or a subscriber to my newsletter, The Douglass Report (and if you're not a subscriber, sign up now -- clearly, it's like reading tomorrow's news, today). I've only been saying this for decades now -- and I've been dismissed as a kook for my efforts.
Well... who's the kook now?
Of course, there's no doubt in my mind that the final statement -- if and when it ever sees the light of day -- will stop short of real change. I'm sure it will still approve of sunscreen most of the time and still urge people to cover up after a brief period of exposure.
But at this point, I'll even take a baby step back out into the sun -- because a new report in Endocrine Today shows just how bad the situation has become: Half of North America and Western Europe are now deficient in D, and in some regions as many as two-thirds of all people are missing out on this critical hormone.
So do yourself a favor and get back outside. Just don't get burned -- by the sun or bad mainstream advice.
Leading the blind into the light,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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Events
1792 - King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason.
1809 - Ecuador began its fight for independence from Spain.
1881 - Thomas Edison's exhibit opened the Paris Electrical Exhibition.
1914 - Austria-Hungary invaded Russia.
1927 - Mount Rushmore was formally dedicated. The individual faces of the presidents were dedicated later.
1945 - The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced they would surrender. The only condition was that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged.
1965 - In Austin, TX, a fire burned part of the 20th floor of the 27-story University of Texas main building. A collection that contained items once owned by escape artist Harry Houdini and circus magnate P. T. Barnum were damaged by smoke and water.
1969 - Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered. Members of the Charles Manson cult committed the crimes one day after the killing of Sharon Tate and four other people.
1973 - Arnold Palmer did not make the cut for the final two rounds of the PGA Golf Championship. It was the first time in his career.
1991 - In Phoenix, AZ, nine Buddhists were found slain in their temple. Two teenagers were arrested for the crime.
1994 - In Germany, three men were arrested after being caught smuggling plutonium into the country.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones.
1995 - Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were charged with 11 counts in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2003 - Ekaterina Dmitriev and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko were married. Malenchenko was about 240 miles above the earth in the international space station. It was the first-ever marriage from space.
2006 - In Great Britain, 24 people were arrested for their roles in a plot to blow up airliners traveling between Britain and the United States. In Pakistan, 7 people were arrested for their roles in the same plot.
Music Stuff August 10th1959, Four members of The Platters were arrested after a gig in Cincinnati after being found with four 19 year old women, (3 of them white), in various stages of undress. The scandal resulted in radio stations across the US removing Platters records from their playlists.
1961, Helen Shapiro was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with You Don't Know. Aged 14, Shapiro became the youngest act ever to score a UK No.1.
1963, 13 year-old Little Stevie Wonder started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fingertips part II', making him the youngest singer to top the charts.
1963, on UK TV, the 100th edition of 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' with Cliff Richard, The Shadows, The Searchers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and Alma Cogan.
1963, Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Ronnie Ross, Cyril Davies, Long John Baldry and The Rolling Stones all appeared at the third Richmond Jazz Festival held over two days in Richmond, England. A weekend ticket cost 20 shillings.
1968, Deep Purple, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ten Years After, The Nice, Ginger Baker and Arthur Brown all appeared at the National Jazz & Blues Festival, Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury On Thames, England.
1968, Tom Jones went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Delilah'.
1970, Simon and Garfunkels album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' was at No.1 on the UK album chart, The Beatles were at No.2 with 'Let It Be' and Bob Dylan was at No.3 with 'Self Portrait.'
1974, Roberta Flack No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Feel Like Makin' Love'
1983, Kajagoogoo sacked their lead singer Limahl who took up a solo career.
1985, 'Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits peaked at No.4 on the UK singles chart.
1985, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran was air lifted to safety when his boat 'Drum' overturned while racing off the English coast. Le Bon was trapped under the hull with five other crew members for twenty minutes, until being rescued by the Royal Navy.
1991, Luciano Pavarotti scored his third UK No.1 album with 'The Essential Pavarotti II'.
1991, The 5th Dimension received a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1999, it was announced that Oasis rhythm guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthur's had quit the band after finishing his guitar parts on the bands new album.
2002, Lisa Marie Presley married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. The marriage was Presley's third.
2005, James Blunt No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘You're Beautiful’,
2007, Anthony Wilson the UK music mogul behind some of Manchester's most successful bands died aged 57 after suffering from kidney cancer.
2007, Spice Girl Emma Bunton gave birth to a baby boy called Beau at London's private Portland Hospital.
2008, US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 65. Police were called to his home after his wife found him unconscious.
2008, American singer-songwriter Katy Perry went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Kissed a Girl’.
Birthday Boys and Girls August 10th1909, Leo Fender, inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars.
1928, Jimmy Dean, singer, (1961 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Big Bad John'. Went on to present a prime time variety show on US TV.
1929, American singer and entertainer Eddie Fisher, singer, (1953 UK No.1 single 'Outside Of Heaven', 1955 US No.6 single 'Heart').
1940, Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers,
1943, James Griffin, guitar, vocals, Bread,
1946, Mick Clarke, The Rubettes,
1947, Ian Anderson, flute, vocals, Jethro Tull,
1947, Ronnie Spector, singer, The Ronettes,
1948, Patti Austin, singer, (1983 US No.1 & UK No.11 single with James Ingram 'Baby Come To Me').
1949, , Andy Cresswell-Davis, The Korgis (
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