Daily Grind 9.29.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1953: Russians want the American dream.  Read more. 

1982: The Tylenol murders.  Read more. 

2006: Principal murdered by student.  Read more.

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Daily Grind 9.28.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Livid - furiously angry

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1918: Flu epidemic hits Philadelphia.  Read more.

1988: A cult leader kills a follower.  Read more.

1991: Miles Davis dies.  Read more.

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How much will you owe?

Daily Grind 9.27.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Phylum - a large group of languages that are historically related

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1869: Wild Bill proves too wild.  Read more.

1930:  Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur title.  Read more.

1989: Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of court.  Read more.

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Where does your job end?


WHEN YOU GET HOME (Short film) from Ben Brand on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.26.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Reprobation - rejection by God

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1928: Galvin Manufacturing opens for business.  Read more.

2007: Mistrial declared against Phil Spector.  Read more.

2008: Paul Newman dies.  Read more.

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How is junk food transforming you?


How Junk Food Is Transforming Brazil from The New York Times - Video on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.25.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Tryst - a secret rendezvous

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1957: Central High School integrated.  Read more.

1965: Satchel Paige pitches three innings.  Read more.

1978: Mid-air collision kills 153.  Read more.

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What if things were smaller?


Small Planet: Richmond from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.22.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Castigation - verbal punishment

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1953: Famous "four-level" opens in Los Angeles.  Read more.

1961: President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation.  Read more.

1985: The first Farm Aid concert is held.  Read more.

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What laws do you live by?

Wright's Law from Zack Conkle on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.21.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Superfluous - more than is needed, desired, or required

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1938: The Great New England Hurricane.  Read more.

1983: A 13-year-old's body turns up.  Read more.

1999: Earthquake hits Taiwan.  Read more.

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Despite the circumstances.

Do Better, Be Better from Charlie Mysak on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.20.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Forebear - a person from who you are descended

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1881: Chester Arthur sworn in.  Read more.

1946: First Cannes Film Festival.  Read more.

2012: Amish convicted of beard cutting.  Read more.

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A masterpiece in the making – your Leica M10. from Leica Camera on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.19.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Exonerate - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1957: First underground nuclear explosion.  Read more.

1973: Gram Parsons is cremated.  Read more.

1995: Newspaper publishes Unabomber manifesto.  Read more.

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Have you heard of Demetrius Mensah

Wells Fargo - On My Way from Kurt Schneider on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.18.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Symmetry - balance among the parts of something

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1973: Reported UFO sighting.  Read more.

1975: Patty Hearst captured.  Read more.

1981: Parking-lot record.  Read more.

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"Start by doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
- Saint Francis of Assisi 


Maria's Story from Bjorn Amundsen on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.15.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Anticlimax - a disappointing decline after a previous rise

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1954: Famous Marilyn Monroe "skirt" scene filmed.  Read more.

1963: Four schoolgirls killed in Birmingham.  Read more.

1978: Ali defeats Spinks.  Read more.

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One of the best ride alongs.

Daily Grind 9.14.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Anodyne - capable of relieving pain

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1901: President William McKinley dies from gunshot wounds.  Read more.

1982: Grace Kelley dies.  Read more.

1999: Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd.  Read more.

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"I want to be judged by what's left, not what's missing."


Mark Smith - Strongman from Matthias Hoene on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.13.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Punitive - inflicting punishment

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1990: Law & Order debuts.  Read more.

1996: Tupac Shakur dies.  Read more.

2004: Oprah gives away new cars.  Read more.

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"If you want to be an anomaly, then you have to act like one."

Daily Grind 9.12.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Anthropologist - a social scientist who specializes in the study of human beings

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1940: Lascaux cave paintings discovered.  Read more.

1993: Lacey V. Murrow Bridge opens.  Read more.

2002: Tyco execs indicted.  Read more.

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Tenderness.


What does it mean to be human? from Eliot Rausch on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.11.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Incongruitythe quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1985: Pete Rose hits into the record books.  Read more.

1991: Commuter plane crashes.  Read more.

2001: Attack on America.  Read more.

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This is a tough goodbye.

Always a Family - StoryCorps 9/11 animation from Rauch Brothers on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.8.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Tantalize - harass with persistent criticism or teasing about something that is unobtainable

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1974: Ford pardons Nixon.  Read more.

1986: Oprah goes national.  Read more.

2003: RIAA begins suing.  Read more.

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In case you missed it yesterday.

Daily Grind 9.7.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Obeisance - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1921: Flash flood hits San Antonio.  Read more.

1970: Julie Kavner is born.  Read more.

1996: Tupac Shakur is shot.  Read more.

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How do you gather inspiration?


Fall Impressions. A Yeti Tribe Story. from Yeti Cycles on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.6.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Dissident - disagreeing, especially with a majority

 THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1847: Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden.  Read more.

1997: Princess Diana's funeral.  Read more.

2013: Drew Peterson is convicted.  Read more.

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Watch out boys, women will get you almost every time.


Geoff The Film from Y&R New Zealand on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.5.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Venturesome - disposed to venture or take risk

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1957: On the Road gets rave review.  Read more.

1972: Arabs take Israeli hostages.  Read more.

2005: Katie Couric makes network anchor debut.  Read more.

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What was kindergarten like for you?

Daily Grind 9.1.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Ambience - the atmosphere of an environment

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1807: Aaron Burr acquitted.  Read more.

1981: A teenage boys murders his father.  Read more.

2007: Into the Wild premieres.  Read more.

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Something unique happened August 21, 2017.  What did you do?


Eclipse 2017: One Nation Under The Sun | NPR from NPR on Vimeo.