{"id":26752,"date":"2023-06-19T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26752"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:36:25","slug":"monday-update-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/19\/monday-update-213\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went back to the Memphis Public Libraries&#8217; e-collection yesterday to find a new book to read &#8211; and I found one I&#8217;ve been meaning to read for years: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Team-Rivals-Political-Abraham-Lincoln\/dp\/0743270754\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S2SJWZLCVUOE&amp;keywords=team+of+rivals+the+political+genius+of+abraham+lincoln&amp;qid=1687164240&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C125&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln<\/a> by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It&#8217;s about the intertwined lives of four men, all of whom wanted to be elected President of the United States in 1860:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>William H. Seward, full of joy for life, Senator from New York<\/li>\n<li>The pious Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Edward Bates, elder statesman of Missouri politics<\/li>\n<li>The gangly and melancholy Abraham Lincoln from Illinois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lincoln won, of course, and showed his wisdom by making his rivals his closest advisors as the Civil war began:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He named Seward Secretary of State<\/li>\n<li>He named Chase Secretary of the Treasury<\/li>\n<li>He named Bates Attorney General<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is not a quick read &#8211; 944 pages in print &#8211; but if you&#8217;re into American history, I think you would love this book.<\/p>\n<p>On to the news!<\/p>\n<p>Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/disneys-frozen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frozen<\/a> kicks off an 11-day, 15-show run at the Orpheum this Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Myr6nzxZDLg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have kids, you might want to bring them to the Thursday, June 29 performance, when it will be <strong>Kids&#8217; Night on Broadway<\/strong>. Starting at 6:30, there will be kids&#8217; activities including an intro-to-the-theater packet, crafts, activities, and a photo booth. The performance starts at 7:30.<\/p>\n<p>Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/historical-legacy-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth<\/a> everyone. On June 19, 1865, Union troops entered Galveston, Texas, where they informed thousands of slaves that they&#8217;d been emancipated.<\/p>\n<p>Today is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/e1cdbac8cb3997c2a98458ba0f547e70\/take-your-cat-to-work-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Your Cat to Work Day<\/a>. Yeah I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;ll go well.<\/p>\n<p>Today is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/62e8b8a368c0ee3d2bfbb4af999f0a5d\/national-martini-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Martini Day<\/a>. Just don&#8217;t order it &#8220;shaken, not stirred&#8221; as James Bond did &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailymeal.com\/1180161\/should-a-martini-be-shaken-or-stirred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that&#8217;s a faux pas<\/a>. Shaking dilutes the taste of the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/crime\/teen-arrested-after-overnight-shooting-near-beale-street-peabody-place-garage\/522-edececa9-93d6-4ac2-bbb7-7682e7203b67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 19-year-old was arrested Saturday night<\/a> after gunshots were heard from the 250 Peabody Place parking garage near Beale Street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/business\/ap-business\/st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-ranked-top-trusted-nonprofit-brand-second-year-running\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Jude has been ranked the top trusted nonprofit<\/a> for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>University of Memphis baseball has a new head coach: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/06\/19\/memphis-hires-matt-riser-new-baseball-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Riser<\/a>, who spent the last ten seasons coaching Southen Louisiana. Under Riser, that school made four trips to the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Downtown Holiday Inn seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/viewjob?jk=a6971bc4937644df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chief engineer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The North American Grappling Association will hold its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nagafighter.com\/event\/memphis-grappling-bjj-championship-memphis-tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grappling championships<\/a> at the Renasant Convention Center Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s free admission to the National Civil Rights Museum today for <a href=\"https:\/\/tockify.com\/downtownmemphis\/detail\/3286\/1687183200000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth Community Day<\/a>. Are you a museum member? Today is an Appreciation Day for you. Come by for your member gift, store discount, and express entry.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1370832970180977\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tigers on Tour &#8211; Summer Social<\/a> event at Grind City Brewing this Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Memphis Tigers head football coach Ryan Silverfield and women&#8217;s head basketball coach Alex Simmons will address the crowd at 6:30. There will be giveaways and lawn games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MemphisWeather.net<\/a> says this is the day this week Memphis is least likely to get rain. 87\/71. Nice breeze coming in from the northwest.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I could round up for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went back to the Memphis Public Libraries&#8217; e-collection yesterday to find a new book to read &#8211; and I found one I&#8217;ve been meaning to read for years: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It&#8217;s about the intertwined lives of four men, all of whom wanted to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/19\/monday-update-213\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26752"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26753,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26752\/revisions\/26753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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