Sunday, July 17, 2016

Peach Ice Cream Day July 17, 2016

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Peach Ice Cream Day
Peaches are a summer fruit, and Peach Ice Cream Day is a way to celebrate their goodness while enjoying a cooling delicious dessert.
Peaches are native to China and were taken to America by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. Commercial cultivation has made them the second biggest fruit crop in the US (after apples). Peach ice cream is generally only made during the summer months and can be enjoyed in a sundae, as an ice-cream cone, on top of slices of peach, or simply on its own in a dish. It doesn’t need sprinkles, sauces or toppings as they can overpower the delicate flavor.
Celebrate Peach Ice Cream Day by making your own in an ice-cream maker. It’s easy to do and you can use big chunks of fresh peach, like the old-fashioned ice-cream used to be. Be generous with your scoop!

Word of the Day

amphetamine 


Definition:(noun) A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression.
Synonyms:pep pill, upper, speed
Usage:The doctor prescribed amphetamines to stimulate the narcoleptic patient's nervous system so that he would be less likely to unexpectedly fall asleep.

History


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 1862 - National cemeteries were authorized by the U.S. government. 

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 1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA. It was the first dental school in the U.S. 

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 1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name. 

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 1941 - Brigadier General Somervell directed Architect G. Edwin Bergstrom to have basic plans and architectural perspectives for an office building that could house 40,000 War Department employees on his desk by the following Monday morning. The building became known as the Pentagon. 

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 1954 - The first Newport Jazz Festival was held at the Newport Casino, in Newport, RI.

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 1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA. 

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 1968 - The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, "Yellow Submarine," premiered at the London Pavilion. 



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If You Were Born Today, July 17
You are versatile and clever enough to wrap your brain around virtually anything you want to understand. You are an odd mix of progressive and traditional, as you can certainly identify injustices and root for the underdog, but you can be very stubborn in your own ways of thinking, balking at change just for the sake of change. You are extraordinarily intelligent and a fascinating conversationalist. You see things through. Famous people born today: Phyllis Diller, Art Linkletter, Donald Sutherland, David Hasselhoff, Camilla Parker Bowles, James Cagney.

Picture of the day
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb (1886–1961), shown here sliding into third base on August 16, 1924, was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He spent twenty-two seasons with the Detroit Tigers, including six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. During this time Cobb set ninety MLB records, though his abilities were sometimes overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style. In 1936 Cobb was made an inaugural member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 1999 editors at the Sporting News ranked him third on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".
Picture of a harvesting machine and two trucks in a crystallizing pond near the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Precious Mineral

Photograph by Jassen T., National Geographic
A harvesting machine gathers salt from a crystallizing pond near the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The briny lake is the largest lake west of the Mississippi River and is so salty that much of the aquatic life found in other lakes cannot live there.



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CRAFTS
Make the perfect table centerpiece or potpourri accent with these summer friendly dried lemon rounds. All you need are lemons and an oven!
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Dried lemons DIY - Blythe Ponytail Parades
I ALWAYS have fresh lemons in the house. I am kind of intense about my love of all things sour, but I decided to put a bag of lemons to a different use rece...
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 CHILDREN'S CORNER ... game
Get some string, hang some donuts from a low branch and try to eat the donuts off the string without using hands. It’s tougher than you’d think which makes for tons of laughter



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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. - Og Mandino




 The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket! -------------------- The blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling of Massachusetts’s New Bedford Whaling Museum oozes oil—it was struck by a tanker in 1998! -------------------- The rod at the top of the Empire State Building takes about 100 strikes of lightning per year! -------------------- Yoandri Hernandez Garrido of Baracoa, Cuba, is known as “twenty-four” because he has 12 fingers and 12 toes!


CLEVER
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LUCY THE ELEPHANT
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In Margate, NJ, a National Historic Landmark,  stands a 65-foot high wooden elephant astride the beach looking out into the mists of the sea, a spectacle that according to historians made many coast-wise seamen of the tramp ships from the West Indies swear off their rum rations for days.





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