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Krishnadevaraya was crowned, restoring India’s Vijayanagara Empire, today (1509). Also, the execution of Emperor Atahualpa by Spanish conquistadors ended 300 years of Incan civilization today (1533), maids from Bramley and Hambledon played the first recorded women’s cricket match (1745), the Second Continental Congress established what would become the U.S. Post Office Department (1775), New York ratified the U.S. Constitution and became our 11th state (1788), the Surrey Iron Railway opened in south London (1803), Liberia declared independence (1847), Richard Wagner’s Parsifal premiered (1882), the publication of Unua Libro marked the start of the Esperanto movement (1887), U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte ordered the staffing of the Office of the Chief Examiner, now the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1908), Edward VIII unveiled the Canadian National Vimy Memorial (1936), the Labour Party was declared a landslide winner over Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party in Britain’s first general election in 10 years, on the same day the Potsdam Declaration was signed (1945), Aloha Airlines began operations (1946), President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act that created the National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Air Force (1947), and integrated the U.S. military with Executive Order 9981 (1948), the Cuban Revolution began with Fidel Castro’s unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, on the same day Arizona Gov. John Pyle ordered the Short Creek Raid on a Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints community believed to be practicing polygamy (1953), Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal (1956), Explorer 4 was launched (1958), as was the first geosynchronous satellite, Syncom 2 (1963), the Maldives gained full independence (1965), Apollo 15 launched on the first mission to stay three days on the Moon and use the Lunar Roving Vehicle (1971), Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis formed Greece’s first civilian government after 7 years of military rule (1974), the National Assembly of Québec declared French the official language of the provincial government (1977), Robert Morris was indicted for releasing the Morris Worm, the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (1989), President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), Mumbai, India received 39.17 inches of rain in 24 hours (2005), controversy erupted when Shambo, a black cow in Wales adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection (2007), 56 people were killed as 21 bombs exploded across Ahmedabad, India (2008), and an attack on a police barracks in Bauchi by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram sparked four days of unrest across the nation (2009). And six people were killed by an arsonist-gunman at an apartment complex in Hialeah, Florida (2013).
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Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Good morning, BPI! It’s currently a cloudy 64 degrees here, and it’s supposed to be in the upper 70’s today. We had some rain showers yesterday, nothing major, but in addition to the earlier rain the previous day, much needed. We’re still low for the year, and we’d need a couple of weeks of soaking rain to get back near where we should be. 🙁 I’m heading out of the field in a little while, so I get a couple of days of “break,” so to speak. Reports have been turned in, I still have one mid-season evaluation on a seasonal to give out before I head out. It’s not a good one, it’s a “you really need to improve” one. What most of the seasonals don’t get is that it’s a lot easier to do good ones than those. (sigh) On the agenda today, laundry, shopping, and general goofing off.
No supervisor much likes evaluations…
I have very mixed feelings about performance reviews. Coaching an employee to improve can work (sometimes) and surely people deserve to know how they are doing. All the energy devoted to the best formats and forms and how to deliver the messages seems wasted. It’s like trying to use a hammer on a screw. Good luck!
Well, in this case, coaching, pleading, and even writing up hasn’t done much. (sigh) This isn’t a “you’re getting fired next” one, and it isn’t even a “do not rehire.” But it is a “you will be demoted next year” one. Good or excellent ones are easy,mostly it’s a “did good, keep it up” thing.
I’ll take a slice of your goofing off. Sorry you have a tough report to write.
Good morning!
Damp out, with at least a small rain shower overnight. We’ve clouds, air you could cut with a knife, and 78 degrees… PW let Callie stay on the back porch overnight, where there’s a small fan on the floor. Callie must’ve camped right in front of it, ’cause she was still there this morning. Smart mutt!
Went up to church to T/T our church secretary, who coordinates the workers on our distribution Saturday. Last time the staff had to call the Sheriff on account of a disturbed person, and since she is the sort-of boss of that outfit, I wanted to assure her that I thought she’d 100% done the right thing. I also assured her that there would never again be a situation where it was all women, and no men. Gonna throw myself into the gap first, see who I can entice to come and help. Two ought to do it… Hopefully, some day Julie will be known as the only church secretary in the South Conference who has her own goon squad… 🙂
Picked up a two and-a-half gallon jug of herbicide at the farmer’s elevator. About a 4 or 5 year supply. Stopped by and T/T Kenny on the way home. Once home, worked in the garden and mowed there too. Grass grows fast in the garden. Mowed the roadsides later on, out by the mailbox. Hit the shower, put on clean duds, grabbed a burger then mustered over at Gas Girl’s place. Her M-I-L and S-I-L were there with the kiddos, so I just played with Ady, who was waking up from his nap and not having an easy time of it. He often has what we call, a rough wake-up. Whines, moans, flops around, will not tolerate consolation. IDK…
Hope all are well!
Best, G
A church secretary with her own goon squad? What an image. Recalling your description of the original incident I’m thinking maybe we need something like mental health swat teams. Too many of the police vs disturbed person end up with shots fired. I’d be fine with teasers or even tranquilizer darts but the pattern needs to be broken and another solution found.
Poor Ady. Sometimes waking up is hard.
Yup, yup… PW said the officer arrived W/O lights and siren, was very professional, handled it well… I guess I ought to write the Sheriff a THY letter?
So, I’m working on: If the situation is that DWS tilted the table at DNC in favor of Secretary Clinton, then was essentially let go by DNC and immediately hired by the Clinton campaign, um, isn’t that a giant thumb in the eye to Bernie and his supporters who claimed as much all along?
I caught a portion of Bernie’s speech last night. I thought he was gracious and articulate.
Bernie was terrific….Of course, MSNBC found 3 Bernie holdouts to speak to after the convention hall emptied creating the impression that after terrific speeches by Booker, Michelle, Warren and Bernie nothing changed — all Bernie follks hate Hillary.
I watched most of it last night and was so cool to see one of our local elected officials several times. One of my other friends is a Bernie or buster and she emailed me from the protests — “why won’t they arrest me?” 🙂 This is a nurse practitioner who’s responsible for Ms LI Mike’s care.
Republicans Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt with many kudos for our speakers, asserting that Republicans can’t measure up to our soaring rhetoric. Later, though, Michael Steele claims that the Democratic message isn’t playing to the zeitgeist whereas the Republican message is….what a sorry state of affairs if that is true.
I am beyond worried about the prospect of Trump as president. I really like the post floating around Facebook with the offices controlled by Republicans nationwide, the gist being that if you don’t like government look whose hands are on the steering wheel.
That would be effective if more people believed in facts. This election isn’t about facts, it’s about emotion…
That is why I’m so worried. You’re right.
Correct. Not fact, e.g., Trump is a good businessman. Hillary killed soldiers at Benghazi.
For the press that described the DWS position in the Hillary campaign as Imitatively Hired my suggestion is that they leave their current position and take an Honorary position as a stringer at no pay. A unity campaign finds role for everyone on the team.
Good Morning! Funny how things kind of pile up at the worst times. I ran away to the cities. I now have two new coach batteries installed and fully charged. My camper is at Cummins getting the generator looked at which will hopefully be simple and not too expensive. With these “improvements” I can survive up north until the electricity returns.
I tried to buy the batteries in Ely. Guy takes the old ones out and brings out the two new ones which are bigger and don’t fit in the space allotted. He puts the old ones back in and I pay him $10 for trying. Duluth’s batteries plus is sold out of what I need so I drive to the big cities. The frig runs on either electric or propane. To run on propane it does need a bit of power from the house batteries which is what set this off. The generator would start and run for an hour and shut off. Mystery o mystery. I put sea foam in the gas tank and it helped a bit. I was out of things to try and no generator mechanics in Ely either.
The community of locals and campers and friends really pulled together after the storm. I just got to the point that what I needed wasn’t happening in the woods. I called my oldest son and have been here for two nights. Hopefully Addi, oldest g- daughter and I will drive back to Ely this afternoon.
Got to watch the convention last night. G-son “Donald Trump is evil!” We all agreed that Michele Obama was wonderful and wished the Obamas could just stay in office. I thought Sarah Silverman was great too.
My son and d-i_l turned off the GOP convention in front of the kids. Not anything they wanted to encourage behavior wise.
Still wishing everyone a peaceful day.
Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Another grand summer day. Now 78 degrees. High 95 degrees. Isolated shower forecast. We had an isolated shower last night. I will have to check the rain bucket to see if we got rain as well as thunder from it.
Great germination of the lettuce seed I started on Friday. I am looking forward to enjoying fall salads.
Alright!
Sorry I haven’t been around much, folks. The trees keep falling (figuratively) and I’m kinda worn out. Everything will be okay but color me tired.
So hugggs and good morning to everyone. May you all have a great day. 🙂
And you have one too!