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Ellie's 2022 Blog Archives

Ellie's Text and Video Blogs






Friday July 22, 2022     6:30 PM ET


Ellie's World Blogs
Comic Con San Diego
My Grandson Michael Skydiving Last Weekend
End Time Algorithm and Time Loops
90 Degrees of Separation
Right Angle Contrail
Dog Days of Summer- Astronomy, Astrology, Mythology
Climate, Ellie's Messages and Memories of End Times


'First of its kind' triple star system likely gobbled up a 4th star

These Amazing New JWST Images of Spiral Galaxies Are So Beautiful We Could Cry

Astronomer suggests it is time to look for near-Earth asteroids in the direction of the sun

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The Pentagon is officially opening a UFO investigation office

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The bigger the temperature change, the larger the extinction event, reveals researcher

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

It's so hot, roads are buckling, they're putting foil on a bridge and roofs are melting around the world

Schools 'not preparing kids' for global warming

Treacherous heat paired with high humidity is likely to affect millions of Americans through the end of July

Deep Water Under The Colorado Plateau Reveals a Hidden Surprise

Scientists Analyzed Penguin DNA And Found Something Quite Remarkable

Italy heatwave peaks with 16 cities on red alert as Tuscany burns

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Facts about Food Expiration Dates

Scientists Analyzed Penguin DNA And Found Something Quite Remarkable as They Adjust to Climate

New study reveals large differences in types of contraceptives used across regions and age groups

First Polio Case in U.S. Since 2013 Detected in New York State

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Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 22, 2022


Leo

Happy Birthday to the Crystalinks readers born in Leo.

Leo is a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun.




July 22, 1946

Danny Glover - Videos - Filmography


I try to find hope in struggle, and resistance in small places.




July 22, 1955

Willem Dafoe - Videos - Filmography


I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance,
a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.




July 22, 1992

Selena Gomez - Videos - Discography - Filmography


You are a mirror reflection of your emotions.
More people battle depression now than ever before. Create boundaries.
I want to make sure I'm healthy. If that's good, everything else will fall into place.




July 22, 1967

Irene Bedard - Videos - Filmography


Shaman have great spiritual powers to enter a dream-like trance, or altered
consciousness and visit the spirit world, attempting to find a solution for something.




July 22, 1934

Louise Fletcher - Videos - Filmography


I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me
to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.




July 22, 1938

Terence Stamp - Videos - Filmography


As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that
I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed.




July 22, 1964

David Spade - Videos - Filmography


Covid has created a sense of depression and disconnect.




July 22, 1972

Colin Ferguson - Videos - Filmography


I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think ...
"Wait a minute. If I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?"
And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.




July 22, 1967

Rhys Ifans - Videos - Filmography


When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician.




July 22, 1849 - November 19, 1887

Emma Lazarus - Videos

Emma Lazarus was an American poet best known for writing
The New Colossus, a sonnet written in 1883, that is now engraved
on a bronze plaque on a wall in the base of the Statue of Liberty.





July 22, 1898 - November 11, 1976

Alexander Calder - Mobile Art - Videos


The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the
Universe or part thereof. For that is a rather large model to work from.




Thursday July 21, 2022     6:00 PM ET


The James Webb Space Telescope May Have Already Found The Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

'Canyon of Fire' Solar Storm Headed Our Way, But There's No Need to Panic

Near-Earth Asteroids We've Never Seen Before Lurk Hidden in The Glare of The Sun

'First of its kind' triple star system likely gobbled up a 4th star

How do galaxies evolve? A college student may have provided the missing link

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This Weird New Phase of Matter Seems to Occupy 2 Time Dimensions

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Biden unveils $2.3bn plan to fight climate change

Australia Drops a Bombshell: An Environment Report Card That Nobody Should Ignore

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Huge New Study Suggests Depression Isn't a Serotonin Imbalance After All

How to deal with hangry kids and reduce the chances of it happening again - 3 tips from nutrition experts

Foot-and-mouth disease and the efforts to stop it

A study links long COVID-related fatigue to anxiety and depression for the first time

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One of The First Animals to Venture Onto Land Went Straight Back Into The Water

The Mystery of When Warm-Blooded Mammals Evolved May Finally Be Solved

Signs of cancer found in mysterious 'pregnant' Egyptian mummy

Gold Viking ring unexpectedly found in stash of 'cheap jewelry' from online auction

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Biden tests positive for Covid-19, White House says

A year-and-a-half after he was appointed as Italy's unelected head of a unity government, Mario Draghi has resigned as prime minister




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 21-24, 2022


Comic Con San Diego - In the News




July 21, 1978

Josh Hartnett - Videos - Filmography


Do you ever wonder how others describe you?




July 21, 1978

Justin Bartha - Videos - Filmography


The truth is often hidden in plain sight.




July 21, 1951 - August 21, 2014

Robin Williams - Videos - Filmography


Depression kills. Get help before it's too late.




July 21, 1978

Damian Marley - Videos - Discography


There must be pain before healing. So in that way,
the music is revolutionary, because it tells the truth.




July 21, 1920 - September 22, 2001

Isaac Stern Violinist, Conductor- Videos - Discography


Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul.
It shows what is there, and what isn't.




July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961

Ernest Hemingway Novelist- Videos


Sometimes the words just flow. Other times you just sit there and stare at the keys.




July 21, 1620 - July 12, 1682

Jean-Felix Picard Astronomer - Videos


We live in a changing universe, and few things
are changing faster than our perception of it.




Wednesday July 20, 2022     6:00 PM ET


NASA's new Moon rocket to launch as soon as August 29

Strange 'heartbeat' signal spotted coming from deep space

More helicopters look set to fly on Mars

Mars Express peers into Mars' 'Grand Canyon'

Studying Earth's defenses against solar storms

Engineer uses ancient art of origami to solve a very modern aerospace problem

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Strange new phase of matter created in quantum computer acts like it has two time dimensions

Astrophysicists Think They've Found The Mysterious Source of High-Energy Neutrinos

Physicists use quantum simulation tools to study, understand exotic state of matter

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The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time. It's a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia

Image: Smoke over Siberia

Heat records set and firefighters faced new blazes as much of Western Europe baked in a grueling heatwave.

Scientists discover world's longest underwater avalanche after rescue of lost data

New map shows where fracking-induced earthquakes could hit in Canada

Discovery of 'young' deep groundwater tells surprising tale

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Rethink what you thought you knew about COVID-19 reinfection

Micro-Arousals Can 'Wake' The Brain a Hundred Times a Night, Study in Mice Suggests

'Zombie Cells' Are Still Alive But Can't Function, And They Accumulate as We Age

Making a memory positive or negative

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Ancient Fossil Fragment Revealed as The Only Vulture Ever Discovered in Australia

7 famous mummies and secrets they've revealed about the ancient world

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Bipartisan group of senators cuts deal to change election laws in response to January 6 attack

Wisconsin assembly speaker says Trump called him this month to decertify 2020 election

House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage in effort to counter Supreme Court

Republican lawmakers thank Pence for his actions on January 6 and encourage him to run in 2024

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Toys R' Us is coming back. Soon, it'll be almost everywhere




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 20, 1969


Apollo 11: First Moon Landing - News - Videos - Conspiracies Theories

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 21 (0256 GMT), Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s.


I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges.

It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.


Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.

I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight.

The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more

pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.




"Better if he had said something natural like, 'Jesus, here we are.'"
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Sir Edmund Hillary, Commenting on Neil Armstrong's 1969 message from the moon.


July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary - Videos

Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer
May 29, 1953 he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, became
the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.


People do not decide to become extraordinary.

They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.


It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.




July 20, 1969

Josh Holloway - Videos - Filmography


My soul came to Earth on the same day the astronauts landed on the moon.
Long ago souls came to Earth becoming anchored in physical reality.
Your mission is to remember and find your way home.




July 20, 1973

Omar Epps - Videos - Filmography


It's all going somewhere.




July 20, 1980

Gisele Bundchen Model - Videos


I'm going with the flow during this heatwave. Stay cool. Stay hydrated.




July 20, 1971

Sandra Oh - Videos - Filmography


I certainly hope that someone is watching over us in these trying times.




July 20, 1988

Julianne Hough - Videos - Filmography


I take life one day at a time and hope for the best.




July 20, 1985

John Francis Daley - Videos - Filmography


My family has had the most influence on my career. They told me I could
do anything I wanted with my life, and then supported me the whole way.




July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892

Sir Richard Owen Paleontologist - Videos

English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist.
In 1842 he coined the word Dinosaur - terrible reptile.




July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884

Gregor Mendel - Videos



Google Doodle

Gregor Mendel - founder of the science of genetics.


The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness
of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the

case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected
to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted.




July 20, 356 BC - June 10, 323 BC

Alexander the Great - Videos


Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.




Tuesday July 19, 2022     6:30 PM ET


Meteor impact left 'uncorrectable' damage to the Webb telescope's mirror, new report shows

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Like a Cosmic Time Machine. Here's Why

String Theory: NASA Rover Discovers Strange Tangled Object on Mars

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Transformer bursts into flames at the Hoover Dam

Climate warming, water management impacts on West Florida's continental shelf

Wildfires blaze in London during record heatwave

Heatwave: Ferocious European heat heads north

Heatwave: Living at 40C in Abuja, Delhi, Madrid and Sydney

Tons of nanoplastic are floating in the Wadden Sea

Earth's crust has been 'dripping' beneath Andes Mountains for millions of years

Major incident declared in London as fires burn

Lake Mead dwindles, and a WWII-era 'swamp boat' emerges

Scientists Have Finally Discovered Why Deep-Sea Corals Glow in The Dark

Aussies living remotely lack access to quality drinking water

Monster Hydrothermal Field Discovered in The Dark Depths of The East Pacific

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Survey looks at why patients request stem cell treatments

Women are more likely to die or require repeat surgery five years after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

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Study reveals 60 million years of penguin evolution

Skin: An additional tool for the versatile elephant trunk - Elephant biomechanics suggests a new approach for soft robotics

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What Triggered The Collapse of The Ancient Maya? A New Study Reads Like a Warning

The 6,000-Year Story of the Negev Desert Is Etched in Stone

100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found at restaurant in China

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Here are the key moments from the first day of Steve Bannon's trial

What we know about the armed bystander who killed the shooter at an Indiana mall

House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage in effort to counter Supreme Court

'Law & Order: Organized Crime' crew member fatally shot in Brooklyn, suspect still at-large




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 19, 1976

Benedict Cumberbatch - Videos - Filmography

Everyone has at least one back story. What's yours?




July 19, 1982

Jared Padalecki - Videos - Filmography


Things that go bump in the night aren't
the only reasons to be afraid in this world.




July 19, 1865 - May 26, 1939

Charles Horace Mayo - Videos - Mayo Clinic


Worry and stress affects the circulation, the glands,
the nervous system, and profoundly affects heart action.




Monday July 18, 2022     7:00 PM ET


An 'Invisible' Black Hole Has Been Detected Outside The Milky Way

Humanity's First-Ever Exoplanet Discovery Was an Unbelievable Fluke

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Robot dog learns to walk in one hour

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A Whole Lot of Southwest Europe Is on Fire Right Now, And It's Only Getting Hotter

Water resources to become less predictable with climate change

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Life on Earth began as inserts in an experiment or Simulation that had a beginning and is about to end.
There's Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA

1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossil Hints Modern Human Faces Were Present Earlier Than Thought

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We're Living Through The Biggest Drop in Childhood Vaccination Rates in 30 Years

These are the 10 healthiest communities in the U.S.- and none of them are New York or LA

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Cooperation among strangers has increased since the 1950s

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Cave explorers discover a 19th-century mining scene preserved like a time capsule

Unique sword casts new light on Viking voyages across the North Sea. The Gausel queen had rich artifacts from the British Isles with her in her grave.




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 18, 1982

Priyanka Chopra - Videos - Filmography


I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand.
I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures
for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?




July 18, 1980

Kristen Bell - Videos - Filmography


I'm a geek who loves fashion.




July 18, 1967

Vin Diesel - Videos - Filmography


A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most
fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.




July 18, 1940

James Brolin - Videos - Filmography


I always wanted to direct.




July 18, 1985

Chace Crawford - Videos - Filmography


Doubt your doubts before you doubt your beliefs.




July 18, 1954

Ricky Skaggs Country Singer - Videos - Discography


I have musical history with the architects,
the masters that started country music.




July 18, 1950

Richard Branson Virgin Group, 400 Companies- Videos


Once you're an astronaut you're always an astronaut.




July 18, 1921 - December 8, 2016

John Glenn - Videos

Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, politician
First American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.


I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word:
'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living.


Space exploration is the ultimate phase of our journey here.




July 18, 1947

Steve Forbes Publisher, Businessman - Videos


There is something fundamentally unfair about a government
that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal
control while telling them that life will be better as a result.




July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013

Nelson Mandela - Videos

Nelson Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He received more than 250 awards including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.


Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.




July 18, 1635 - March 3, 1703

Robert Hooke - Videos - Philosopher, Architect, Polymath


If I have seen further than many others,
by standing on the shoulders of giants.