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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.” — André Gide BIRTHDAYS: 1858 Lovis Corinth, German painter (Berlin Secession). 1865 Robert Kahn, German composer. Trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano, op. 73 MISCELLANEOUS: UPDATE. SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Pushed to Friday July…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” — Richard P. Feynman BIRTHDAYS: 1600 Simon Ives, English organist, lyra-violist, and court composer. La Cloche 1910 Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer. Meditation for Strings “Coventry” 1924 Robert D. Maurer, American physicist and co-inventor of optical fiber. 1947…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Teaching kids how to nourish their creativity and curiosity, while still providing a sound foundation in critical thinking, literacy and math, is the best way to prepare them for a future of increasingly rapid technological change.” — Peter H. Diamandis BIRTHDAYS: 1789 John Martin, English painter and engraver. 1834 Edgar Degas,…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Happiness has more to do with where you are heading than where you are.” — Scott Adams BIRTHDAYS: 1670 Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian cellist and opera composer. Per la gloria d`adorarvi, and La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista” Aria “Giá costretta dal martir l‘alma mia, and Sinfonia per violoncello 1891 Emil…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius BIRTHDAYS: 1702 Johann Schneider, German composer (pupil of Bach). Präludium und Fuge, g moll, and choral Mein Herze bring ich dir, singing and organ 1797 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter. 1839 Ephraim Shay, American inventor…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Advances since the takeoff of industrial society (which took hold in Britain around 1800) have multiplied the developed world’s productive capacity by a factor of one hundred or more, if one can compare products as different as wagons and aircraft, or books and computers.” — K. Eric Drexler BIRTHDAYS: 1704 John…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” — Garry Kasparov BIRTHDAYS: 1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch Golden Age painter, printer, and draughtsman. 1638 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian composer. Sonata Pirma per Trombetta sola 1796 Thomas…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.” — Elon Musk BIRTHDAYS: 1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter. 1707 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer and violinist. Sonate 1 opus 1854 Alexander Kopylov, Russian composer and violinist. Memories of Peterhof Op 29, and La…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.” — David Hume BIRTHDAYS: 1921 Ernest Gold (Goldner), Austrian-born American film composer (Exodus) (d. 1999). “Main Theme” – Exodus 1944 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian architect and inventor widely known for creating the Rubik’s Cube. MISCELLANEOUS: TYPO –…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.” — Michael Crichton BIRTHDAYS: 1675 Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice. Concerto a più strumenti in Fa Maggiore n.1 op.5 1813 Claude Bernard, French physiologist/scientist; key figure in…