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Colleagues,
Good Saturday morning!
The AP's photo team covering the Summer Olympics in Rio continues to draw highmarks, as the opening stories in today's Connecting demonstrate.
I am especially proud of AP Kansas City photographer Charlie Riedel, featured inthe opening story, who is among the finest shooters in the world. And so grateful
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that Cliff Schiappa was able to convince Charlie to leave Hays, Kansas, and theHays Daily News for a larger stage. Charlie replaced Cliff as a Kansas Cityphotographer in 2000 when Cliff succeeded Peg Coughlin as assistant chief ofbureau.
Have a great weekend.
Paul
I can't stop looking at this amazing wrestlingphoto from the Rio Olympics
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
By RAFI LETZTER
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One of my favorite things about the Olympics is the next‐level sports photography we'retreated to as all the world's best shooters gather in one place to capture the world's bestathletes.
We've already seen some stunning images from Rio 2016. The most famous of these ‐ andthe one everyone will likely remember ‐ has already been shot: Cameron Spencer'smuseum‐worthy image of Usain Bolt grinning as he crosses the finish line a full pace aheadof his struggling compeᜀ꼄tors.
But I want to take a minute to highlight another image, the one at the top of this arᜀ꼄cle. Itssubjects, wrestlers Zelimkhan Khadjiev (in red, France) and Japan's Sohsuke Takatani(Japan), aren't as famous. But the technique and execuᜀ꼄on involved is at least asinteresᜀ꼄ng.
Like the Bolt photo, this image involves some opᜀ꼄cal trickery and a slowed shuᜀ䀅er. Spencershot Bolt by taking the image over an unusually long fracᜀ꼄on of a second and swinging hiscamera to follow the runners.
On the occasions I've aᜀ䀅empted something similar, I've enᜀ꼄rely failed to capture a singlesharp face.
This shot by Charlie Riedel was even more technically difficult.
To make an image like this, you have to place your subject in the exact center of the frameand zoom in or out with the shuᜀ䀅er open. If you want it to come out right, you have to holdyour camera completely steady, all while shiᤀᘅing or twisᜀ꼄ng the zoom on your lens at aconstant speed. It takes some dexterity.
And of course, the challenge to any photographer geᜀng fancy in this way is that there aresignificant risks. As long as the shuᜀ䀅er's open on your DSLR, no light reflects up into theviewfinder. So you shoot blind, and hope for the best. Fail to get lucky, or make a mistake,and you've likely missed the big moment of the match to send along for publicaᜀ꼄on.
But Riedel captured a moment of high drama here, Khadjiev's leg flailing in the air as thetwo wrestlers grapple. It's a fantasᜀ꼄c image, and stands out even among the other slow‐shuᜀ䀅er shots we've seen this year.
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How The Associated Press uses roboᜀ꼄ccameras to shoot the Olympics
By KRISTEN HAREPoynter
In Rio, 11 robotic cameras and 16 remote cameras are part of a team of 61photographers creaᜀ꼄ng thousands of images per day.
"The need to place cameras on hanging truss over the field of play in venues with nocatwalks or roof access led us to working with several companies to find a way hang acamera and then be able to pan, ᜀ꼄lt, focus and transmit images in real‐ᜀ꼄me," said DavidPhillip, a photographer for The Associated Press who set up the AP's roboᜀ꼄c and remotecameras for the 2016 Olympics. "The process is on‐going as we conᜀ꼄nue to work onimproving the performance and design."
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In Rio, Geᜀ䀅y Images' underwater cameras that have goᜀ䀅en aᜀ䀅enᜀ꼄on for creaᜀ꼄ng stunningimages from the Summer Olympics. Images by human photographers have also alreadybecome iconic.
But how have the roboᜀ꼄cs evolved since the AP first started using them? Phillip spoke withPoynter via email about what bots can do, what they can't do, and what's coming next.
How do you describe both the robots and the remote rigs to people unfamiliar withthem?
Basically the latest roboᜀ꼄cs are like hanging a person from the roof to shoot photographs.We are able to pan, ᜀ꼄lt, zoom, focus and transmit photographs during an event. We have aneyepiece camera mounted on the camera which gives us a live picture as if we were lookingthrough the camera. It is operated by a joysᜀ꼄ck and computer over a network. We canoperate any camera in any venue from any locaᜀ꼄on. So an operator working at Athleᜀ꼄cs andswitch to Swimming and cover a race then switch back to Athleᜀ꼄cs or to another venue.
What's changed since you first started using them?
The design and funcᜀ꼄on has changed dramaᜀ꼄cally from the beginning. We conᜀ꼄nue to workon ways to simplify setup and ease of use. We can set specific seᜀngs and with the push ofa buᜀ䀅on the camera will automaᜀ꼄cally go to the preset, zoom and focus as needed.
I'm curious how you learn to set them up and use them. Is this something now beingtaught in journalism school or is it easy to learn on‐the‐job?
The use of these roboᜀ꼄cs is only about five years now, so it has been a constant learningprocess. We have worked closed with Canon to help develop the roboᜀ꼄cs and soᤀᘅware tooperate the systems. Most of the training has been on‐site with the manufacturers, Canonand our own research.
What can bots and remote cameras do that human photogs can't?
They can be in places where humans can't be. They give us the opportunity to make uniqueimages from angles not normally seen by the public.
What can human photogs do that bots and remote cameras can't?
Having a person in place to shoot is always our first choice. We have a wider view of oursurroundings and can change lenses and move more freely. While the robot fills a big part of
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our coverage, it is sᜀ꼄ll limited in some aspects.
What tech advancements do you expect next (or wish were coming next?)
A simpler setup and user‐friendly soᤀᘅware are the biggest steps we hope to make progressin before the next Olympics.
Click here for a link to this story.
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A circuitous route to an AP career
Elaine Hooker (Email) ‐ I loved Nancy Shulins' story about her first newspaper job. I toohad dropped out of college, though a decade earlier, in 1964, and had determined that Iwas going to work at the local newspaper, The New Milford (Conn.) Times. Unfortunately,the publisher, John Nash, didn't realize that, so he kept saying no. And I kept calling. Finally,he said he had an opening for a society editor. It was at odds with my persona as a memberof the Students for a Democraᜀ꼄c Society, but it was a newspaper job. I had worked on myhigh school and college newspapers and on my camp newspaper as a kid, but I'd never beenpaid. At the Times I even had a column, Women's World with Elaine Norton, with a photo ofme wearing what I imagined to be the requisite SDS uniform, a black turtleneck. Aᤀᘅer Ifinished the engagement and wedding announcements, I was free to write feature arᜀ꼄cleson some of the many characters who lived in the Litchfield hills.
My route to the AP was a bit more circuitous than Nancy's. I worked for a ᜀ꼄me at theUniversity of Harᜀစord news bureau, then at the Amherst (Mass.) Record. By the ᜀ꼄me I was21, I had a daughter, and the pay at the Record didn't cover the rent. So I took a secretarialjob in Harᜀစord and presumed I'd soon land a job at the aᤀᘅernoon paper, The HarᜀစordTimes. I couldn't get in the door. But in 1969 I did get an interview at The Harᜀစord Courant,a morning newspaper, and was trembling with excitement when I talked with the city editor,Irving Kravsow. Then he said, "You can't work nights with a baby." Panicked that I'd come soclose and was about to fail, I blurted out: "How do you expect a divorced woman to make aliving?" He gave me a half‐smile and acknowledged that I had a point. I got the job and didmanage to work nights with a child, who was by then 3 years old. And Irving was a greatsupporter over the years.
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Aᤀᘅer five years at the Courant, I was ready for a new challenge. AP COB Ambrose Dudleyinterviewed me, but didn't hold out much hope. Imagine my surprise when he called soonaᤀᘅer, in September 1974, and offered me a job. I had found my home for the next threedecades. By 1978, I'd had three more babies; fortunately, no one at the AP said I couldn'twork nights with a baby. I am grateful to so many who helped and encouraged me over theyears, including Ambrose, Boston COB Mike Short, Newspaper Execuᜀ꼄ve Jim Lagier, VP WickTemple and CEO Lou Boccardi, who took me back to the AP aᤀᘅer I had a brief fling withseminary.
When I joined the AP, I got a good raise from my job at the Courant, but sᜀ꼄ll there werecountless days when I would have paid AP for the privilege of working there. I had found mycalling.
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Oh man, er, human! Really, Princeton???
Bruce Lowitt (Email) Potential additions to Princeton HR department's list ofgeneric terms and expressions (CONNECTING, Aug. 19) regarding avoiding use ofthe word "man":
Humandalay: The second largest city in Myanmar (similarly: Humanhattan,Humanchester, Humanitoba ...)
Operson: A country in the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula
Individualdy Patinkin: Actor
Person Ray: Twentiethcentury avantgarde artist/photographer
Burning Fellow: An annual cultural event in the Nevada desert
Paranymph: A friend or relative chosen by the bridegroom to assist him at hiswedding
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Fu Beauchu: A fictional evil genius created by novelist Sax Rohmer
Humandelbrodt: A Jewish cookie made with matzoh, humanufactured byHumanischewitz(Editors are debating whether to add "hupersonkind" and "hupersonity" to theglossary)
AND Jeffrey Ulbrich (Email) It's comforting to know that our great universities aregrappling with the momentous issues of our time in this case Princeton's heroiceffort to strike the word "man" from our vocabulary. Goodness knows they shouldn't focus on trivial matters like the fact that either awoman 64 percent of Americans distrust and believe to be a liar or a USDAcertifiedwacko will soon be the president of the United States. Or that terrorism, one of thegreat scourges of our time, is spreading uncontrollably. Are women really at the barricades demanding the language be changed in absurdways to insure that "man" used generically is excised from daily usage? Do theyreally feel excluded, offended or insecure when someone is praised for aworkmanlike job or discusses the fate of mankind? Perhaps they are. I've lived outside of the United States for some time now, and Imay have missed it. Then again, it might be that I'm just a pedantic old grump wholoves the English language and sees no need to meddle with it in the name ofpolitical correctness. Where, after all, will it end? I suppose we are fortunate English isn't a genderbased language like French orSpanish. There would be those who oppose the designation of the French word forfrying pan as a feminine noun because it supposes women in the kitchen, or somewho feel left out of the bedroom because the word for sex is masculine. And what about men's rights in all of this? I'm the chairman of a local organization. Ifmy successor is female she can be a chairwoman if she wants to, or a chairperson,or, horror of horrors "the chair." But leave me my chairmanship. I'm depriving no oneof anything. If my wife wants to be called a spouse (in fact she doesn't give a damn),then call us man and spouse. AP has already started down this slippery slope by nonsensically banning the wordmistress from its stylebook. Who knows what will be next.
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Oh yes, let's hope the Chicago Bears draft a couple of extremely big linepersonsthis year, and that Trump finds a good helmshuman for his yacht.
AND Eileen Lockwood (Email) Like Ralph Gage, I'm getting fed up with all of thepolitical correctness intruding on our lives these days, his latest example relating tothe ridiculous new Princeton stylebook virtually outlawing the use of the word "man."How long will it be before the word police get around to "fixing" the language in ourgreat literature, e.g. Mark Twain, Shakespeare, etc. When I was in college, back in the political incorrect days of yore, we had a little dittymaking fun of some of the wellknown, revered colleges. More recently, I addedseveral stanzas to it when "distinguished" colleges (or, more correctly, easily swayedadministrators) began "uninviting" various distinguished people they had invited tobe commencement speakers. Soon I'll probably be able to add several more toocover the new followers of the Princeton stylebook. (Princeton was one of theoriginal "participants" in the ditty, too.) Here are the verses. The first two are from thearchives; the rest are mine. Along the same line, sort of: When a university press was in the last stages ofpublishing my husband's book, "Peanuts, Pogo and Hobbes," I noticed that the titlehad been slightly altered. There was a comma after Pogo. I complained to thepublisher, who said that the university stylebook rule stipulated that there must be acomma before the "and." I argued that this would not have been George's style and argued and argued. To no avail. The book now sits on my coffee table, and I trynot to wince when I look at the cover. Yeah, I know, I'm one of those picky, pickypeople... 0
Denver bureau bids farewell to AdrianaWiersma
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Adriana with Jim Clarke
Leᤀᘅ to right, front row: Denver staffers Kristen Wyaᜀ䀅, Colleen Slevin, sales plannerAdriana Wiersma, Los Angeles sales planner Donna Davidson, Denver staffer StevePaulson. Back row: Denver staffers Jim Anderson, Thomas Peipert and Sadie Gurman.
Jim Clarke (Email) It was a sad day in the Denver bureau Friday as the staffsaid goodbye to sales planner Adriana Wiersma, a 10year AP veteran who isretiring along with her husband. Wiersma joined the AP in 2006 in San Francisco,then transferred to Denver in 2013 when husband Dennis' job took him here.
Wiersma, a native of the Netherlands, iswidely considered one of the companymost skilled sales planners. She has beena great resource for regional directors andothers when it comes to navigatingSalesForce, the AP's new customer andcontract management tool.
Adriana's immediate plans for retirement other than sleeping in if her cat allows it are to take a road trip to the East Coastthis fall, then a trip home to Europe next spring. She and Dennis plan to remain inthe Denver area.
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More ("Aaaaah‐rgh!") on Dental Floss
Cam Gardett (Email) For the plodders among us
The dental floss story keeps surfacing, so I have to 'fess up and regurgitate. I haveto confess that I bothered friends at HHS to learn the regulatory status of floss, andthat I spent some mental joules trying to understand why this story a) had legs, whileb) being so irritating. I came up with the following:
1. Dental floss has been around since the mid1800's, and it was put into nationalcommercial sale by Johnson & Johnson in 1898. Medical products predatingestablishment of the FDA are in a somewhat anomalous category of regulatorygrandfathering, highly subject to decisions based on judgment.
2. Dental floss is a Class I medical device http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/Overview/GeneralandSpecialControls/ucm055910.htm Regulation of such products began in 1976. Class I products receive only thelightest regulatory touch possible https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpcd/315.cfm?GMPPart=872#NOTE20
They have minimal prenotification requirements, especially if they do not presentsafety issues. With regard to testing, the AP story seemed to acquire the words "asrequired by law" and "as required" as it moved along. These words are anoverstatement, or at least they would ideally need some explanation. The kind oftesting appropriate even for aspirin (another preFDA product) would be verydifferent than those for a nonactive product like dental floss.
3. The ideal these days is effectiveness research we should prove that medicalproducts and procedures work. This is a great ideal. I helped launch theeffectiveness research program at AHRQ (part of HHS) and I'm a big believer. Butthis research is complicated and expensive. Using public resources on dental flosspopulation research would not really reflect good judgment.
4. I also helped launch the Personalized Medicine initiative at HHS, and the more Ithought about it, the more dental floss seemed to lean in that direction. Populationresearch is a good base, but the new ideal is to refine down to the personal level(more accurately, down to clusters of individuals, especially genetic clusters for thediffering effects of different drugs.) Individuals and their dentists would be wellequipped to determine whether flossing works for them in particular. It seems quitelikely that the benefit would be different for different people, maybe especially forpeople of different ages. In the aggregate, to my mind, professionbasedobservations like this can constitute "research."
5. The curious tension of the story is that it calls up questions about effectiveness
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5. The curious tension of the story is that it calls up questions about effectivenessresearch as well as judgment about the use of resources, while not reallyconsidering the research issues that it raises, and instead hinting at conclusions thatappear to be wrong. The story leads to the mental lapse, as reflected in Paul's niceitem about his dad, where he referred jokingly to the "nonbenefits of flossing." Thatshould be "unproven benefits." "Unproven," that is, on a population basis; butapparently widely seen on an individual basis in dental encounters. The story maylead to plodding considerations like mine, and maybe that has some value. Ormaybe it really should have been a "brite."
With apologies, but not exactly Cam Gardett
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Dinner with Lynne, Heidi and Elaine
Lynne Harris, former admin services, (center) visited San Francisco for the MetsGiants game and had dinner Friday with Heidi Anderson (left), formerly Corp Comm,who now works for San Francisco schools, and Elaine Hooker of Berkeley.
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Could they be reading news distributed byearly AP?
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early AP?
Michelle Morgante (Email) Thanks so much for sharing the image of War Newsfrom Mexico, a painting I don't recall ever seeing before. (See Tuesday'sConnecting)
I couldn't help but think that, verylikely, the subjects would havebeen reading news perhapsabout the 1848 signing of theTreaty of Guadalupe distributedby the early AP.
Sharing this snippet froma synopsis by AP archivist ValerieKomor:
As the telegraph expanded up anddown the East Coast in the spring of1846, (The New York Sun's Moses Yale) Beach saw an opportunity to hasten the arrival ofthe latest news of the ongoing war with Mexico by combining the pony express, the U.S.mail coach, and the telegraph. The dispatches originated in the Mexican port of Veracruz,crossed the Gulf of Mexico by boat, and landed at Mobile, Alabama, where Beach employedan express rider to beat the mail to Montgomery. There, the news rejoined the mail for thejourney to Richmond, the closest telegraph head, and was put on the wire. Beach did notpay his riders unless they gained a 24‐hour edge over the mail. His greatest innovaᜀ꼄on wasoffering an equal share in the venture to other New York City dailies, his newspaper rivals.Four papers accepted: The Courier and Enquirer, The Journal of Commerce, TheExpress, and The Herald. With the Sun, they were soon referred to as "the associated pressof this city."
Thus was born the Associated Press, a uniquely American insᜀ꼄tuᜀ꼄on, at once a business anda public trust. In structure, it is a not‐for‐profit cooperaᜀ꼄ve, engaged in gathering with"economy and efficiency an accurate and imparᜀ꼄al report of the news" for its newspapermembers. Where other countries have established state news agencies to address thecostly challenge of gathering and distribuᜀ꼄ng news from near and afar, in America it tookferocious compeᜀ꼄tors coming together to share the financial and logisᜀ꼄cal burdensassociated with informing the public. Because this effort by newspaper publishers wasaimed at reporᜀ꼄ng on the government's war against another naᜀ꼄on, as opposed to an effortby the government to shape public opinion on its own affairs, the Associated Press hasalways sought to protect and preserve its independent voice.
Connecting wishes Happy Birthday
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(on Sunday) To
Jay Reeves [email protected]
Stories of interest
A Charming Alternaᜀ꼄ve Universe of You, Your Friends and No
News (New York Times)
By FARHAD MANJOO
This column is about escapist social networks, but let's start with Donald J. Trumpbecause he seems more or less inescapable right now.
According to the research firm mediaQuant, the Republican presidenᜀ꼄al nominee hasreceived the equivalent of around $4.3 billion in media coverage over the last year.Almost no other person or brand even comes close; Hillary Clinton is at $2.6 billion.
But when you open Instagram or Snapchat, Mr. Trump all but disappears. WhileFacebook and Twiᜀ䀅er have lately become relentlessly consumed with news, on thesepicture‐based services Mr. Trump is barely a presence; he (and his Democraᜀ꼄c rival) areabout as forgoᜀ䀅en as GoTrump.com, Mr. Trump's failed travel search engine.
I was first struck by this absence earlier this month, when Instagram unveiled Stories, adiary like video scrapbook (which I'll describe in more detail below) that the appappropriated from Snapchat, the picture‐messaging sensaᜀ꼄on that your kid probably
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appropriated from Snapchat, the picture‐messaging sensaᜀ꼄on that your kid probablycan't stop using.
Click here to read more. Shared by Andy Volanakis.
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Philadelphia Daily News Mistakes Simone Biles for GabbyDouglas in Photo (Philadelphia.com)
A Philadelphia Daily News columnist has been leᤀᘅ "morᜀ꼄fied" aᤀᘅer the paper mistakenlyprinted a photo of Simone Biles alongside her story about Gabby Douglas in Wednesday'sediᜀ꼄on. Ronnie Polaneczky penned a column about the onslaught of mean comments Douglas hasbeen receiving on social media during the summer games in Rio. The piece was the Daily News' cover story, and when readers opened to the column, theyfound a large photo of Biles, mid‐leap, smack in the center of the copy. A capᜀ꼄on reads:
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found a large photo of Biles, mid‐leap, smack in the center of the copy. A capᜀ꼄on reads:'Gabby Douglas: Olympic gold medalist, need we say more?' "It makes you want to bash your head against a wall," Polaneczky told NBC10. "I'mmorᜀ꼄fied." Click here to read more,
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New York Times Editorial: The Bowe Bergdahl Case and Other
Threats to the Press
The cases against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is accused of being an Army deserter and isbeing prosecuted in military court, and Nasean Bonie, a former building superintendent inthe Bronx who was recently convicted of killing a tenant, have liᜀ䀅le in common. Butliᜀ꼄gaᜀ꼄on stemming from both could set a dismal precedent for press freedoms bybroadening the criteria under which prosecutors are allowed to obtain unpublished materialgathered by journalists.
The case of Sergeant Bergdahl, whose ordeal as a Taliban hostage was the subjectof Season 2 of the popular podcast "Serial," has caused alarm among press freedomadvocates ever since an Army prosecutor signaled early this year that he intended to issuea subpoena to obtain 25 hours of recorded phone conversaᜀ꼄ons between SergeantBergdahl and the journalist Mark Boal.
Click here to read more. Shared by Sibby Christensen.
Today in History August 20, 2016
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By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Aug. 20, the 233rd day of 2016. There are 133 days leᤀᘅ in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 20, 1866, months aᤀᘅer fighᜀ꼄ng in the Civil War had ended, President AndrewJohnson issued Proclamaᜀ꼄on 157, which declared that "peace, order, tranquility, and civilauthority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America."
On this date:
In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend,Ohio.
In 1882, Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" had its premiere in Moscow.
In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1940, during World War II, Briᜀ꼄sh Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to theRoyal Air Force before the House of Commons, saying, "Never in the field of human conflictwas so much owed by so many to so few." Exiled Communist revoluᜀ꼄onary Leon Trotsky wasassassinated in Coyoacan, Mexico by Ramon Mercader. (Trotsky died the next day.)In 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1
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In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1billion anᜀ꼄‐poverty measure.
In 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact naᜀ꼄ons began invading Czechoslovakia tocrush the "Prague Spring" liberalizaᜀ꼄on drive.
In 1972, the Waᜀ䀅stax concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraᤀᘅ carrying a 12‐inch copperphonograph record containing greeᜀ꼄ngs in dozens of languages, samples of music andsounds of nature.
In 1986, postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office inEdmond, Oklahoma, shooᜀ꼄ng 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.
In 1989, entertainment execuᜀ꼄ve Jose Menendez and his wife, Kiᜀ䀅y, were shot to death intheir Beverly Hills mansion by their sons, Lyle and Erik. Fiᤀᘅy‐one people died when apleasure boat sank in the River Thames (tehmz) in London aᤀᘅer colliding with a dredger.
In 1994, Benjamin Chavis Jr. was fired as head of the NAACP aᤀᘅer a turbulent 16‐monthtenure.
Ten years ago: John Mark Karr, the suspect in the death of 6‐year‐old JonBenet Ramsey,sipped champagne and dined on fried king prawns in business class of Thai Airways as hewas flown to the U.S. (Although he'd implicated himself in JonBenet's slaying, Karr was latercleared.) Former Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who'd taken the iconic IwoJima flag‐raising picture during World War II, died in Novato, California, at age 94. TigerWoodswon the PGA Championship, closing with a 4‐under 68 for a 5‐shot victory overShaun Micheel and his 12th career major.
Five years ago: Israel issued a rare apology for the deaths of three Egypᜀ꼄an soldiers whowere killed during a cross‐border aᜀ䀅ack blamed on Palesᜀ꼄nians. North Korean leader KimJong Il arrived in Russia's Far East on a nearly weeklong visit. Jordyn Wieber won her firstᜀ꼄tle at the U.S. gymnasᜀ꼄cs championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, in a rout, finishing with121.30 points, 6.15 points ahead of McKayla Maroney.
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One year ago: With a broad smile and an upbeat aᜀtude, former President Jimmy Cartertold a news conference in Atlanta that he had cancer in his brain, and felt "perfectly at easewith whatever comes." (In March 2016, Carter announced that recent scans had shown nosigns of cancer and that he no longer needed to receive doses of an immune‐boosᜀ꼄ngdrug.)
Today's Birthdays: Writer‐producer‐director Walter Bernstein is 97. Boxing promoter DonKing is 85. Former Sen. George Mitchell, D‐Maine, is 83. Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R‐Texas,is 81. Former MLB All‐Star Graig Neᜀ䀅les is 72. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 70.Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 69. Actor Ray Wise is 69. Actor John Noble is 68. Rocksinger Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 68. Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 64. Singer‐songwriter John Hiaᜀ䀅 is 64. Actor‐director Peter Horton is 63. TV weatherman Al Roker is 62.Actor Jay Acovone is 61. Actress Joan Allen is 60. Movie director David O. Russell is 58. TVpersonality Asha Blake is 55. Actor James Marsters is 54. Rapper KRS‐One is 51. Actor ColinCunningham is 50. Actor Billy Gardell is 47. Rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 46. Rockmusician Brad Avery is 45. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 45. Actor Misha Collins is 42. Rocksinger Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 41. Jazz/pop singer‐pianist Jamie Cullum is 37. ActorBen Barnes is 35. Actress Meghan Ory is 34. Actor Andrew Garfield is 33. Actor BrantDaugherty is 31. Actress‐singer Demi Lovato is 24.
Thought for Today: "Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything." ‐Floyd Dell, American writer (1887‐1969).
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