FYI August 26, 2020

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On This Day

1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France’s National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.[1]

The Declaration was drafted by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson.[2] Influenced by the doctrine of “natural right”, the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place. It became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by the law. It is included in the beginning of the constitutions of both the Fourth French Republic (1946) and Fifth Republic (1958) and is still current. Inspired by the Enlightenment philosophers, the Declaration was a core statement of the values of the French Revolution and had a major impact on the development of popular conceptions of individual liberty and democracy in Europe and worldwide.[3]

The 1789 Declaration, together with the 1215 Magna Carta, the 1689 English Bill of Rights, the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, and the 1789 United States Bill of Rights, inspired in large part the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[4]

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Born On This Day

1797 – Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (d. 1879)
Saint Innocent of Alaska (August 26, 1797 – March 31, 1879, O.S.), also known as Saint Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow (Russian: Святитель Иннокентий Митрополит Московский) was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. Remembered for his missionary work, scholarship, and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century, he is known for his abilities as a scholar, linguist, and administrator, as well as his great zeal for his work.

As a missionary priest he took his wife and family with him. In these territories he learned several languages and dialects of the indigenous peoples. He wrote many of the earliest scholarly works about the native peoples of Alaska, including dictionaries and grammars for their languages for which he devised writing systems; also, he wrote religious works in, and translated parts of the Bible into, several of these languages. His books were published beginning in 1840.

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FYI


One bullet.
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News: Supreme Court denies killer Lezmond Mitchell’s stay request; execution set for Wednesday The Navajo Nation has argued that the federal action would infringe on the group’s culture and sovereignty
The girl’s family, however, wants Mitchell to die.

“An eye for an eye,” Daniel Lee, father of young Tiffany Lee, told the Associated Press. “He took my daughter away, and no remorse or anything like that. The Navajo Nation president, the council, they don’t speak for me. I speak for myself and for my daughter.”
 
 
 
 
By Chris Ciaccia | Fox News: Jeanette Epps set to become first Black female astronaut on ISS in 2021 Epps, who joined the astronaut corps in 2009, has been assigned to NASA Boeing Starliner-1
 
 
 
 
Al Cross and Heather Chapman at The Rural Blog: Los Alamos loses local paper and radio station on Aug. 30; An Oxford comma and an oxymoron walk into a bar . . . and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Rocky Parker, Beyond Bylines: Blog Profiles: Senior Blogs, Part 1
 
 
 
 
Megan Friedman Features Editor, The Keyword: Kubernetes engineers keep your favorite software running
 
 
Ben Greenwood Product Manager, Google Photos: Easy Wi-Fi backup from your Canon camera to Google Photos
 
 
 
 

By Eric Berger, ARS Technica: The big Delta IV Heavy rocket will try to loft a classified mission tonight Ready to see that pre-liftoff fireball.
 
 
 
 

The Passive Voice: A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question
 
 
 
 

The Learnng Network, The New York Times: The Learning Network – Teaching and Learning With The New York Times Aug. 26, 1920 | 19th Amendment Takes Effect, Giving Women the Vote
 
 
 
 

By Jack Kornfield: The Wisdom Of Uncertainty
 
 
 
 
By Ernie At Tedium: David Buck, Thirsty? Oh Yeah
Kool-Aid is a delicious drink with a fascinating story that extends beyond branding. Here’s how the powdered mix (and its famous mascot) came to define drinks.
 
 
 
 
Great upcoming books from Fireside Books. Order now!
 
 
 
 
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Recipes

Little House Big Alaska: Got Extra Tomatoes? Try Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
 
 
By Molly Watson, The Spruce Eats: How to Make Cloud Eggs
 
 
By Diana Rattray, The Spruce Eats: Simple Slow Cooker Ground Beef Recipes
 
 
Coleen’s Recipes: JAM SHORTBREAD BARS