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2017 Current Events Study Guide
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I hope that they had a good time at the Grand Canyon nonetheless. Even the South Rim is at high enough elevation that the heat should be partly abated. That being said, only the hardy should brave a descent into the canyon very far in summertime. Phantom Ranch in summertime can be brutally hot.arjavrawal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:02 pmMy dad's brother recently visited the US with his family for the first time ever. Part of their trip was a visit to the good ol' Grand Canyon. As we were descending onto the runway at Sky Harbor my cousin began complaining about how it was getting hotter and hotter.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:46 pmMy son considered going to college there and went out for a visit. A few days in Phoenix in June convinced him it wasn't a place he wanted to spend the next four years of his life.arjavrawal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:07 pmMaricopa is also one of the hottest places in the country I believe.
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Dow Chemical and DuPont have completed their merger into DowDuPont
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dow- ... SKCN1BC4MO
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dow- ... SKCN1BC4MO
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Peggy Whitson returns to Earth after 665 days in space, the longest of any US astronaut and the longest of any female astronaut
https://jezebel.com/astronaut-peggy-whi ... 1798796611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson
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https://jezebel.com/astronaut-peggy-whi ... 1798796611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson
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President Trump announces the delayed repeal of the Obama-era DACA program. The acronym stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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TV Shows
American Horror Story (Season 7): Cult
Freddie Highmore as autistic doctor: The Good Doctor
Marvel's Inhumans (Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, Gorgon, Crystal & Black Bolt)
The Orville with Seth Macfarlane as a space captain
TV Show Remakes
Dynasty
S.W.A.T.
TV Show Comebacks with Returning Cast Members
Roseanne
Will & Grace
Books
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & (his son) Owen King
Artemis by Andy Weir (author of The Martian)
Movies
Battle of the Sexes (Emma Stone as Billie Jean King) (Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs) [That's tennis]
Colin Firth & Taron Egerton in Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049
Thor: Ragnarok
Record Album
Rainbow by Kesha
American Horror Story (Season 7): Cult
Freddie Highmore as autistic doctor: The Good Doctor
Marvel's Inhumans (Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, Gorgon, Crystal & Black Bolt)
The Orville with Seth Macfarlane as a space captain
TV Show Remakes
Dynasty
S.W.A.T.
TV Show Comebacks with Returning Cast Members
Roseanne
Will & Grace
Books
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & (his son) Owen King
Artemis by Andy Weir (author of The Martian)
Movies
Battle of the Sexes (Emma Stone as Billie Jean King) (Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs) [That's tennis]
Colin Firth & Taron Egerton in Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049
Thor: Ragnarok
Record Album
Rainbow by Kesha
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A Legacy of Spies a book by John le Carré with character Peter Guillam a colleague of George Smiley
Ozark - Netflix show with star Jason Bateman as head of Byrde family featuring drugs and money laundering in the Ozarks
Ozark - Netflix show with star Jason Bateman as head of Byrde family featuring drugs and money laundering in the Ozarks
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To be more precise, the 665 days cover three missions.Volante wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2017 4:23 pm Peggy Whitson returns to Earth after 665 days in space, the longest of any US astronaut and the longest of any female astronaut
https://jezebel.com/astronaut-peggy-whi ... 1798796611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson
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Those protected by DACA--undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children--are referred to as "Dreamers". The term "Dreamers" comes from the proposed DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which would have offered legal status in return for attending college or joining the military. Congress never passed the DREAM Act.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:23 am President Trump announces the delayed repeal of the Obama-era DACA program. The acronym stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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I was wondering about that, but never bothered to look it up. Thanks for the extra info.Blue Lion wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:28 pmThose protected by DACA--undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children--are referred to as "Dreamers". The term "Dreamers" comes from the proposed DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which would have offered legal status in return for attending college or joining the military. Congress never passed the DREAM Act.MinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:23 am President Trump announces the delayed repeal of the Obama-era DACA program. The acronym stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz the 5th book in the Millennium series begun by Steig Larsson.
HBO series The Deuce by David Simon & George Pelecanos who did The Wire. James Franco & Maggie Gyllenhaal are the stars in the show about New York City's Times Square area in the early 1970s with drugs, mob, hookers and the porn industry.
The name "The Deuce" comes from a nickname for (copied from Wikipedia) 42nd Street (Manhattan) between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue.
HBO series The Deuce by David Simon & George Pelecanos who did The Wire. James Franco & Maggie Gyllenhaal are the stars in the show about New York City's Times Square area in the early 1970s with drugs, mob, hookers and the porn industry.
The name "The Deuce" comes from a nickname for (copied from Wikipedia) 42nd Street (Manhattan) between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue.
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Stieg.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:50 pm The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz the 5th book in the Millennium series begun by Steig Larsson.
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Figures I would get Lagercrantz right and botch Stieg. Thanks.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:23 pmStieg.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:50 pm The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz the 5th book in the Millennium series begun by Steig Larsson.
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Too bad it's not Steig; we could B&A him with the creator of Shrek.
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Okay, they probably won't ask about him on J!, but he's a public enough figure that it feels right to post about this here.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
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Did you meet him when you were at the TOC?seaborgium wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:11 pm Okay, they probably won't ask about him on J!, but he's a public enough figure that it feels right to post about this here.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
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No, I met him when I went to Christine's QF viewing at their home, and at a few WQC quizzes over the years.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:31 pmDid you meet him when you were at the TOC?seaborgium wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:11 pm Okay, they probably won't ask about him on J!, but he's a public enough figure that it feels right to post about this here.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
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I watched him on this game show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBKFjJkT4Eseaborgium wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:53 pmNo, I met him when I went to Christine's QF viewing at their home, and at a few WQC quizzes over the years.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:31 pmDid you meet him when you were at the TOC?seaborgium wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:11 pm Okay, they probably won't ask about him on J!, but he's a public enough figure that it feels right to post about this here.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
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georgespelvin made a thread about it here.seaborgium wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:11 pm Okay, they probably won't ask about him on J!, but he's a public enough figure that it feels right to post about this here.
Len Wein, creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, and general comic book titan (and husband of fellow 2010 ToC alum Christine Valada) has died.
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Sloane Stephens (unseeded in the tournament, 83rd in the world at the time) wins the US Open after defeating Venus Williams and Madison Keys.
Sloane Stephens (unseeded in the tournament, 83rd in the world at the time) wins the US Open after defeating Venus Williams and Madison Keys.
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
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