Paris Olympics, JD Vance, Wil Wheaton & More - 7/29/2024

Things You Might Not Have Heard

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Today's Rundown:
Paris Olympics organizers apologize for "The Last Supper" tableau
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-olympics-organizers-apologize-last-supper-tableau-religious-conservatives/
Simone Biles' husband, Bears safety Jonathan Owens, will be in Paris
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/28/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-paris/74358727007/?tbref=hp
Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Marvels With $96 Million Opening Day — the Sixth-Highest of All Time
https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-deadpool-and-wolverine-opening-day-1236086809/
Robert Downey Jr. is returning to ‘Avengers’ films as a villain in 1 of Marvel’s Comic-Con twists
https://apnews.com/article/comic-con-2024-marvel-c166d593d55e43825e3c8b397e5038ed
Fans swarm hill in Munich, claiming a high perch for watching Taylor Swift concert for free
https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-eras-tour-munich-476e861c34fad02a58ecaa7ac6f4028b
Prince Harry Declares 'I Won't Bring My Wife' Meghan Back To UK As 'It's Still Dangerous' For Her
https://theblast.com/615572/prince-harry-wont-bring-meghan-uk/
Attorney for cartel leader 'El Mayo’ says client was kidnapped, brought to the US
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/attorney-cartel-leader-el-mayo-zambada-client-kidnapped-112352415
Israel says Hezbollah will ‘pay the price’ after blaming it for attack on soccer field that killed 12 children
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/28/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-golan-heights-soccer-strikes-intl/index.html
Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds
https://us.cnn.com/2024/07/28/health/alzheimer-blood-test-p-tau-217-wellness/index.html
JD Vance gets Secret Service code name ‘Bobcat,’ joins ‘Mogul’ in bid to take White House
https://nypost.com/2024/07/27/us-news/jd-vance-gets-secret-service-code-name-bobcat-joins-mogul-in-bid-to-take-white-house/
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ONE DAY OLDER ON JULY 29:
Ken Burns (71)
Wil Wheaton (52)
Stephen Dorff (51)
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1981: Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
2000: Brad Pitt married Jennifer Aniston in Malibu, California. They separated after four and a half years of marriage.
2006: Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock were married in St. Tropez, France. They both filed for divorce four months later.
WORD OF THE DAY: valediction [ val-i-dik-shuhn ]
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/valediction
an act of bidding farewell or taking leave
During the graduation ceremony, the class valedictorian delivered a moving valediction that brought tears to many eyes in the audience.
DAILY AFFIRMATION: I Possess The Qualities Needed To Be Extremely Successful.
Enhances Self-Efficacy: Affirming that you possess the necessary qualities for success can significantly boost your self-efficacy, making you more confident in your ability to achieve your goals and tackle challenges head-on.
https://www.amazon.com/100-Daily-Affirmations-Positivity-Confidence/dp/B0D2D6SS2D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PX49BQTLR708&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NRYOXILA_fPs_fuXcyiwOKLSPc1miNJPkPYLS43UD7U.iesM1KX_TfB8x_NShsN6e_ugSFnaeNyIXs7mB5l8VoQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=100+affirmations+payne&qid=1722214674&sprefix=100+affirmations+payne%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1
PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Chicken Wing Day
https://www.nationalchickenwingday.com/
Whether you like them hot and spicy, sticky sweet or plain Jane and whether your prefer them served with blue cheese, plum sauce or celery sticks, chicken wings have to be the most versatile protein on the planet. Americans have been attesting to this fact, gobbling up wings by the boat-load with more than 27 billion eaten in 2013 and 1.23 billion wings consumed during Super Bowl weekend alone. That’s over 100-million pounds of wings. To give you some idea of what that looks like picture the chicken wings laid out end to end — they’d circle the perimeter of the Earth not once but twice!