{"id":197,"date":"2016-08-19T21:42:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/?p=197"},"modified":"2016-08-19T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:42:28","slug":"fun-time-august-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2016\/08\/19\/fun-time-august-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun time August 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Word of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

credenza;\u00a0noun)<\/span> A buffet,<\/span> sideboard,<\/span> or bookcase,<\/span> especially\u00a0<\/span>one<\/span> without<\/span> legs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day in History<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Outlaw John Wesley Hardin Shot Dead (1895)<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardin<\/span> was<\/span> an American<\/span> desperado<\/span> who\u00a0<\/span>claimed<\/span> to have<\/span> killed<\/span> 42 men,<\/span> one<\/span> of them\u00a0<\/span>allegedly<\/span> for<\/span> snoring.<\/span> He became<\/span> a gambler\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> a gunman<\/span> very<\/span> early<\/span> in life,<\/span> but<\/span> his<\/span> friends\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> gun fighting<\/span> skills<\/span> helped<\/span> him<\/span> evade<\/span> the\u00a0<\/span>authorities<\/span> until<\/span> 1877,<\/span> when<\/span> he was<\/span> sentenced\u00a0<\/span>to 25 years<\/span> for<\/span> killing<\/span> a sheriff.<\/span> He studied<\/span> law\u00a0<\/span>in prison<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> released<\/span> after<\/span> serving<\/span> 16\u00a0years.<\/span> Pardoned<\/span> in 1894,<\/span> he passed<\/span> the<\/span> bar<\/span> exam<\/span> and<\/span> began<\/span> to\u00a0practice<\/span> law,<\/span> but<\/span> a local<\/span> constable<\/span> shot<\/span> him<\/span> to death<\/span> a year<\/span> later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today’s Birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madame du Barry (1743)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Madame<\/span><\/span> du Barry<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> mistress<\/span><\/span> of Louis<\/span><\/span>XV.<\/span><\/span> She<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> first<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> mistress<\/span><\/span> of Jean<\/span><\/span> du\u00a0Barry,<\/span><\/span> who<\/span><\/span> introduced<\/span><\/span> her<\/span><\/span> into<\/span><\/span> Parisian<\/span><\/span> high\u00a0<\/span><\/span>society.<\/span><\/span> Admired<\/span><\/span> for<\/span><\/span> her<\/span><\/span> beauty,<\/span><\/span> she<\/span><\/span> joined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Louis<\/span><\/span> XV’s<\/span><\/span> court<\/span><\/span> in 1769<\/span><\/span> after<\/span><\/span> a nominal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage<\/span><\/span> to Jean’s<\/span><\/span> brother,<\/span><\/span> a nobleman,<\/span><\/span>qualified<\/span><\/span> her<\/span><\/span> to be Louis’s<\/span><\/span> official<\/span><\/span> royal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mistress.<\/span><\/span> Though<\/span><\/span> she<\/span><\/span> exercised<\/span><\/span> little<\/span><\/span> political<\/span><\/span> influence,<\/span><\/span> her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unpopularity<\/span><\/span> contributed<\/span><\/span> to the<\/span><\/span> decline<\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span> prestige<\/span><\/span> of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crown<\/span><\/span> in the<\/span><\/span> early<\/span><\/span> 1770s.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n

A most<\/span> paradoxical<\/span> mixture<\/span> of sound<\/span> and\u00a0<\/span>silence<\/span> pervades<\/span> the<\/span> shady<\/span> parts<\/span> of the<\/span> wood.<\/span>The<\/span> noise<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> insects<\/span> is so loud…;<\/span> yet\u00a0<\/span>within<\/span> the<\/span> recesses<\/span> of the<\/span> forest<\/span> a universal\u00a0<\/span>silence<\/span> appears<\/span> to reign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Darwin<\/a> (1809-1882)<\/span><\/p>\n

Trivia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. What is a baby rabbit called?<\/li>\n
  2. What is the lowest point on dry land on Earth?<\/li>\n
  3. Who wrote the Little Mermaid?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Friday Contest<\/b><\/p>\n

    Example of either a mean person or a boss with unreasonable requests.<\/p>\n

    Share at www.facebook.com\/lisaylifecoach<\/p>\n

    Yeah!<\/p>\n

    Smile it’s Friday.<\/p>\n

    Lisa Y coaching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Word of the Day credenza;\u00a0noun) A buffet, sideboard, or bookcase, especially\u00a0one without legs. Day in History American Outlaw John Wesley Hardin Shot Dead (1895) Hardin was an American desperado who\u00a0claimed to have killed 42 men, one of them\u00a0allegedly for snoring. He became a gambler\u00a0and a gunman very early in life, but his friends\u00a0and gun fighting … Continue reading Fun time August 19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lisay-coaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}