{"id":217,"date":"2016-08-25T20:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T20:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/?p=217"},"modified":"2016-08-25T20:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T20:15:56","slug":"fun-stuff-august-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2016\/08\/25\/fun-stuff-august-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun stuff, August 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey~<\/p>\n

Here is the fun stuff for today.<\/p>\n

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

inglenook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(noun)<\/span> A nook<\/span> or corner<\/span> beside<\/span> an open<\/span> fireplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

WWII: The Liberation of Paris (1944)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The<\/span> Liberation<\/span> of Paris<\/span> is considered<\/span> the<\/span> last\u00a0<\/span>battle<\/span> of the<\/span> Normandy<\/span> Campaign<\/span> to free\u00a0<\/span>France<\/span> from<\/span> German<\/span> occupation.<\/span> In July,<\/span>about<\/span> a month<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> Allied<\/span> invasions<\/span> of southern<\/span> France<\/span> and\u00a0<\/span>Normandy,<\/span> Allied<\/span> ground<\/span> troops<\/span> finally<\/span> broke<\/span> out<\/span> of the\u00a0<\/span>beachheads<\/span> and<\/span> began<\/span> a rapid<\/span> advance<\/span> across<\/span> northern<\/span> France.<\/span>With<\/span> help<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> French<\/span> resistance,<\/span> Free<\/span> French<\/span> and<\/span> US forces\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> liberated<\/span> Paris<\/span> in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

Birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Althea Gibson (1927)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gibson,<\/span><\/span> a US tennis<\/span><\/span> player,<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>African-American<\/span><\/span> woman<\/span><\/span> to compete<\/span><\/span> on the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>world<\/span><\/span> tennis<\/span><\/span> tour.<\/span><\/span> Though<\/span><\/span> tennis<\/span><\/span> had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>essentially<\/span><\/span> been<\/span><\/span> segregated<\/span><\/span> until<\/span><\/span> that<\/span><\/span> time,<\/span><\/span>she<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> finally<\/span><\/span> given<\/span><\/span> an opportunity<\/span><\/span> to play<\/span><\/span> at\u00a0the<\/span><\/span> US Championships<\/span><\/span> in 1950.<\/span><\/span> Having<\/span><\/span> broken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the<\/span><\/span> color<\/span><\/span> barrier,<\/span><\/span> she<\/span><\/span> went<\/span><\/span> on to become<\/span><\/span> the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first<\/span><\/span> black<\/span><\/span> person<\/span><\/span> to win<\/span><\/span> Wimbledon.<\/span><\/span> She<\/span><\/span> was<\/span><\/span> inducted<\/span><\/span> into<\/span><\/span> the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>International<\/span><\/span> Tennis<\/span><\/span> Hall<\/span><\/span> of Fame<\/span><\/span> in 1971<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n

Character<\/span> is not<\/span> cut<\/span> in marble\u2014it<\/span> is not\u00a0<\/span>something<\/span> solid<\/span> and<\/span> unalterable.<\/span> It is\u00a0something<\/span> living<\/span> and<\/span> changing,<\/span> and<\/span> may\u00a0<\/span>become<\/span> diseased<\/span> as our<\/span> bodies<\/span> do.<\/span><\/p>\n

George Eliot<\/a> (1819-1880<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Trivia<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Edward Teach was an English pirate other wise known as what?<\/li>\n
  2. First music video on MTV was what?<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0Lemurs are native to what island nation?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tell me about either a strange family tradition or a funny\/odd family rule you had as a kid.<\/p>\n

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

    Yeah!<\/p>\n

    Smile for me1<\/p>\n

    Lisa Y coaching<\/p>\n

    \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hey~ Here is the fun stuff for today. Word of the Day inglenook: (noun) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace. Day in History WWII: The Liberation of Paris (1944) The Liberation of Paris is considered the last\u00a0battle of the Normandy Campaign to free\u00a0France from German occupation. In July,about a month after the Allied … Continue reading Fun stuff, August 25<\/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-217","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\/217","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=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}