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President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month in 1984 and the third Sunday of the month was proclaimed as National Ice Cream Day. This is due to the fact that President Reagan recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by a full 90% of the nation's population. During such proclamation, President Reagan called for all people of the United States to observe these events with "appropriate ceremonies and activities."

The proclamation was very much supported by The International Ice Cream Association (IICA) who encourages retailers and consumers to celebrate July as National Ice Cream Month.

The U.S. ice cream industry generates more than $21 billion in annual sales and provides jobs for thousands of U.S. citizens. About 9% of all the milk produced by U.S. dairy farmers is used to produce ice cream, contributing significantly to the economic well-being of the nation's dairy industry. So aside from being very delicious, ice cream also has other benefits particularly to a nation's economy.

The cast of the 2004 comedy movie Eurotrip Eurotrip Movie are as follows:

• Scott Mechlowicz – Scott "Scotty" Thomas
• Jacob Pitts – Cooper Harris
• Michelle Trachtenberg – Jenny
• Travis Wester – Jamie
• Jessica Böhrs – Mieke
• Kristin Kreuk – Fiona
• Nial Iskhakov – Bert Thomas (Scott's brother)
• Vinnie Jones – Mad Maynard (Hooligans' leader)
• Patrick Rapold – Kristoff
• Matt Damon – Donny
• Fred Armisen – Creepy Italian Male on Train
• Lucy Lawless – Madame Vandersexxx
• Jeffrey Tambor Scott's Father
• Rade Šerbedžija – Tibor
• J.P. Manoux – Robot Mime from the Louvre.
• Anetta Keys, Veronica Vanoza – Club Vandersexxx Girls (uncredited)

The soundtrack of the movie Eurotrip was released February 24, 2004. With this soundtack, you can remember all the funny experiences the characters in this movie came across. It has 14 songs sung by different artists.

EuroTrip is a 2004 American comedy film. The story tells about how a guy and his three friends travelled across Europe to search for his German pen pal, whom he initially thought was a man. Realizing that the guy has feelings for her, they visit London, Paris, Amsterdam, Bratislava, Berlin, Vatican City and Rome, encountering awkward and embarrassing situations along the way. This movie is about funny experiences. The film ends with the two lead characters embracing one another and kissing the girl on the bed.

The film was shown in 2,512 theaters all over the United States and Canada, on February 20, 2004. Eurotrip grossed $6,711,384 over its opening weekend and went on to gross $17,771,387 in the United States and Canada and $3,025,460 in other territories for a worldwide total of $20,796,847. Eurotrip is a product of DreamWorks SKG Company.

Stage 15 of the Tour de France stage 15 was dominated and won by Spaniard Alberto Contador who wears the yellow jersey, one minute and 37 seconds ahead of Astana team mate Lance Armstrong in second. In this cycling race, the breakaway in the 207.5km stage 15 from Pontarlier to Verbier came in dribs and drabs, which was started by Frenchman David Moncoutié (Cofidis team) after 42km, joined by Italian Franco Pellizotti (Team Liquigas), then six others, then another four, and then another three for a total of 15.

Spaniard Mikel Astarloza of Euskaltel, one of the three in that last mini-group, was the virtual leader on the course when the breakaway’s time gap rose almost a minute above his three-minute deficit to Rinaldo Nocentini in Tour de France Stage 15 cycle race. Team Astana gradually lessened the gap and the breakaway was caught with six kilometres to go, which was then the time for Frank Schleck and then Contador to attack. However, Lance Armstrong did not respond to Contador, and eventually lost 94 seconds on his Astana team mate.

Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts to a Russian Jewish family. His grandmother insisted that his first name be Louis, but his parents always liked to call him Leonard. Bernstein's father initially opposed to his interest in music. Despite this, his grandmother frequently took him to orchestra concerts. Bernstein, at a very young age listened to piano performances and was immediately captivated so he subsequently began learning the piano.

During his teenage years, Leonard's enthusiasm for music exploded. He staged amateur operas, dabbled at composition, and played on a radio show sponsored by his father's beauty supply company, a harbinger of the broad scope of his future professional activity. He became particularly adept at improvising variations in the styles of various classical and pop composers. Lennny, as what people sometimes call him, practiced the piano voraciously at all hours of the night. However, he was rather the type of player with a spontaneous outburst of the sheer joy of playing and invention.

Jason David Schmidt is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was born on January 29, 1973. On December 6, 2006 in Lewiston, Idaho and is a born-again Christian. Schmidt considers his place of childhood, Kelso Washington, home. He was a 1991 graduate of Kelso High School where he lettered in Football, Basketball and Baseball. While in this school, Schimdt once threw a seven-inning, 20-strikeout no-hitter against Hoquiam High School. During his senior year, he tossed a no-hitter, striking out 20 of 21 batters he faced.

Schmidt was then named Washington's Gatorade State Player of the Year and All-State MVP in baseball. A scholarship to the University of Arizona was offered him but Schmidt chose to sign with the Atlanta Braves after they drafted him in the 8th round of the 1991 MLB Draft. And from there, Schmidt made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Braves, starting 11 games and finishing with a 3-4 record and 2.38 ERA. He made his major league debut in relief on April 28, 1995 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Schmidt recorded his first ML victory in his first start, pitching eight scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs on September 3, 1995.

An American F-15E jet crashed in eastern region of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two crewmembers aboard the plane, the US military said in a statement. The F-15E crashed at approximately 3:15 A.M. Kabul time while it was conducting coalition operations. The military officials said that the crash of the fighter plane was caused by some mechanical problems, ruling out the possibility of hostile fire at the jet. The F15e crash in Afghanistan occurred after a U.S. helicopter was shot down by Taliban insurgents in the restive southern province of Helmand on Tuesday. At least five people were killed in the attack. (The photo above is a file photo is a 15E crash in England in which the crew survived the crash).

Two crew members died when an F-15E fighter plane assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro crashed in eastern Afghanistan Friday night. The crash of the F-15E came in a month that has already proved the deadliest for Western troops in the course of the nearly 8-year-old Afghanistan conflict. At least 50 coalition service members, including 26 Americans, have been killed so far in July. The highest previous monthly tally for Western troop fatalities in Afghanistan was 46. No fighter jets have crashed in Afghanistan in years. Militants are able to shoot down helicopters with rockets, but are not known to have the anti-aircraft weaponry necessary to bring down a high-flying jet.

I love reading about DIY (Do-it-yourself) projects. In this project Michael Davis built his own laptop tray for his car. In his creative but “ghetto” idea he created a laptop tray out of PVC piping, wooden boards and a little ingenuity and hard work. Why did he do it? Davis does a lot of travelling in his car and travels to many estate sales and auctions. He also often brings along his laptop to keep in touch, and to check what things are worth before buying them at estate sales, yard sales or bidding in auctions. Michael Davis has a broadband access card for his laptop, so he can get online from anywhere.

Davis had always wanted a built-in laptop / notebook computer tray for his car. The commercially made units are pricey and through a little research he found that several models cost close to $300.

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Who wouldn't know the TV series "Friends" which dominated our screens from 1994 to 2004? One of its casts, Rachel Green, or Jennifer Aniston in real life, set new trend in hairstyling with her bouncy, square layered cut. Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. She grew up in New York City. Showbiz was really in her blood as this fine woman was the product of actor John Aniston and Nancy Dow. She was married to one of the hunks of Hollywood, Brad Pitt, on July 29, 2000 in Malibu. Before their marriage, they had been in relationship for 21/2 years. However they got divorced in October 2005. The separation was caused by another famous actress Angelina Jolie, who reportedly fell in love with Brad Pitt during the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The two are now married and had children.

Despite these, Jennifer Aniston maintained her composure and could be quoted as saying, "No daggers through the heart. I laugh. Am I surprised?... Considering the source, nothing surprises me". Indeed, Jennifer Aniston is one woman who could surpass every trial in her life. She concentrated on her career and focused on making more movies. After her divorce, Jennifer Aniston's love life hasn't been a boring one. She was linked to different eligible bachelors in showbiz, namely, Vince Vaughn, Paul Sculfor and John Mayer.

Michael Jackson, or more popularly known as "The King of Pop", surprised and shocked the world with his death at such a young age. He was born on August 26, 1958 and was the youngest of the 7 children. Michael Jackson launched his career as young as 11 years old, as part of the Jackson 5, together with his brothers. He debut as a solo artist in 1971. Michael Jackson was the first African-American to gather together a strong crossover following on MTV with his songs "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" which transformed music videos into art, particularly by introducing and popularizing physically complicated dance techniques like the robot and the moonwalk. The King of Pop's music has become so popular that some of his albums were included in the top world selling records, the "Off the Wall" (1979), "Thriller" (1982), "Bad" (1987), "Dangerous" (1191) and "History" (1995).

Prior to his death, Michael Jackson has been renting a Bel Air home which costs $100,000 per month and was described as a chateau estate with 7 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater.

Use Firefox or Google Chrome. Screw Microsoft Explorer. Last week they pulled this advertisement featuring ex Superman actor Dean Cain in "O M G I G P Internet Explorer 8 Puke Vomit Girl"

As Lady Gaga sings in her hit song "Paparazzi":

Got my flash on it's true
Need that picture of you
It's so magical

Someone has "invented" a new gadget for celebrities: an anti paparazzi flash gadget which fits in a purse. A photographer shooting a celebrity at night, complete with flash will find that every photo would be ruined as the flash from the anti paparazzi device will blind the camera's CCD sensors. There are still bigs in the "invention".